{Just A Week and A Half!!}

Hello dear friends! :)

Today has been a very cold and windy Tuesday, perfect for staying inside in front of the heater and under the blankets. I cleaned the house a little and rearranged my room and in the process of doing that...my boyfriend who I haven't spoken to in 2 weeks texted me and I tell you...I literally jumped for joy LOL. I got so excited because not only did I hear from him the first time today in 2 weeks, but I am literally seeing him NEXT WEEKEND!! That's right...NEXT WEEKEND! We are beyond excited it's crazy LOL

My dress for the Marine Ball is finally fixed thanks to an amazing friend of mine! When we got the dress, my boyfriend's mom asked if they could alter it so it wouldn't drag on the floor and they ruined my dress completely! One side was longer than the other and it was just horrible, and not only did I have to try and find the perfect shoes to match my dress, they made the dress too short that it showed nearly the whole front of my shoes! Now maybe I'm just a little old fashioned, but a Ball gown is meant to just touch the floor right? Yeah not anymore, they ruined my dress x_x but once again, thanks to my good friend she managed to save it and I got another, shorter pair of shoes and now my dress somewhat touches the floor, so now I am ready for the Ball! Unfortunately I can't put pictures up now because Steven does read my blog and it's kind of a surprise for him hehe

It is that time of year again for tights and my funky long socks. I think I am well known for my funky long socks LOL I absolutely love them and especially in winter. I have so many pairs it's ridiculous! I kind of have a love/hate relationship with Winter...I love it because it's perfect for cuddles and hot chocolate and just staying in, but I hate it because I have to go out in it and feel the cold...if that makes sense haha. I can be a little crazy and go into great detail, but that's one of the many things people love about me.

so that was me dropping in for today. I'm sorry I don't really write up a lot, just those few things have been going on and not much more, but I hope you enjoy reading nonetheless :)

Have a good night everyone and stay warm! <3

{The Excitement Kicking In!}

So Fall is finally here, and I am so excited! Not too keen on the cold weather, but that's nature for you I guess! I actually stole these pictures from my Tia's Facebook page because I just love the beautiful Fall pictures she takes on her camera. These pictures were actually taken last year, but who cares right.....FALL IS HERE!! <3

I woke up this morning exhausted because I could not fall asleep last night and ended up going to bed at 2 AM and it looks like the same is going to happen tonight, which sucks because I need to be up early tomorrow to help Steven's mom take the fur babies to the vet. We are going to be taking Chevy which is Leeann's Chocolate Lab pup and we are also taking Sammy which is Steven's Golden Lab. He's a bit of an old boy and he has a horrible skin condition going on and so we are taking him in for the second time to see if they can figure out what he got into or what is going on, so Prayers that everything is okay with our fur babies! <3

It's one of those nights where I am missing my family back home and now the family in Texas :( I just scrolled through some pictures of all of us from when we were living together all the way through our final moments together and it is heartbreaking. We had amazing moments together and gorgeous memories, I just hope soon enough we will be able to go visit and we could be together again!

Because this is my blog and I feel safe to speak my mind here...I am a little heartbroken that I only got to spend a short amount of time with my Tia who is like a second mother, best friend, aunt and big sister all in one person. She was there for some things and unfortunately missed others, but I got to know her properly and that was what I have been waiting to do since I started walking and talking LOL. I have mentioned before that my Tia moved to the States when I was only a year old, probably going onto 2 years and so I never "knew" her as a person and now that I have she is gone again :( this is not an attack on my aunt, my uncle, or my family in general, but like I said...this is my blog and I feel safe to speak my mind and my feelings. But...life goes on and we have no choice but to get on with it.

I think It's time I leave this post off here :) I hope you all have a wonderful night and an awesome Friday! :)

{Busy Monday!}

And so Monday is done! I'm pretty excited about that...I have had a long, but fun day with my little troublemakers at work. They are so cute and can sometimes be polite, but most of the times they are defiant and have no ears at all and that kind of makes me rethink having a child anytime in the near future LOL!

I am up super late because I was actually watching Monday Night Raw with my family (yes..I am a WWE fan! Have been since I was tiny LOL) and it only ends at 9 PM, so I took a later shower and on top of that I needed to wash my hair and still make it look like pretty hair once I was out haha mostly because I might see my man tomorrow over skype because they might get back from being on the ship for a week (hopefully) and so I decided to make myself look pretty for when I see him.

After a long day at work, mom and I came home to dinner already made and dad had bought a bottle of wine for my mother...talk about a true Blessing right there! My dad is amazing and has gone out of his way to keep us safe and happy...hence moving all the way across the ocean. I'm not saying its safer where we are, but its a lot safer to where we used to be and I have my parents to thank for actually sacrificing everything to give us the life we have dreamed of having.

I guess you can say I'm daddy's little girl...hehe

Well this was a random post, but I just wanted to tell you about my day and just brag about my family a little, but other than that I hope you all had a wonderful Monday...I'm actually gonna go to bed because it's pretty late and I need to be up early...so...goodnight! <3

{Winter is Upon Us}

Hi everyone :)

How are we all doing? I hope you are all doing well and getting ready for winter! Can you believe winter is here already? Anyway...a lot has happened since the last time I was here, where do I begin?...

Well....in about 3 weeks I'm heading to California to spend 5 days with my man and going with him to the Marine Corps Ball which I am extremely excited about. The last time I saw Steven was in June and it's been 5 months! I am so excited to finally be in the arms of my true love once again <3

While I am impatiently waiting to leave for California, I have been working...which I forgot to mention...I got a job as a substitute teacher at a daycare looking after little ones from tiny little babies to 5 year old kids, and I have to say, I actually kind of love it! I want to pull my hair out sometimes, but just sitting with them and watching how they learn and grow really makes my heart warm <3 but unfortunately this was a summer job and ends in 3 weeks and will only open up again next year, which means I need to start looking for a new job x_x but I'm only gonna start doing that once I get back from California, I want to spend as much time with Steven as possible before his 9 month deployment next year.

I have been told many times that military life is not for everyone, and now I understand why, but I refuse to give up on my dream because he is everything I have ever wanted and more. This has been a tough journey so far, and I have no doubt in my mind it's gonna get harder, but I am willing to fight through it all if it means spending my life with the man of my dreams <3
You're probably thinking I'm crazy and obsessive while reading this LOL but after been hurt so many times and you start thinking that no man will ever treat you right, this just happened to be a Blessing from God himself, He sent me a man that is respectful, trustworthy, funny, responsible, and has a heart of pure gold and I am truly grateful for him <3

So that is my blog post for today :) I am going to try and keep at it everyday from now on...and I know I have said that a couple MILLION times haha but I will try from now on, because I actually miss my blog and writing :) 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and I hope you all have an AWESOME week ahead :)<3

{And....It's....Monday!}

Happy Monday everyone, I hope you all had a relaxing weekend and hope you are ready for the busy week ahead! Didn't really want to wake up this morning, but who does on a Monday? Lol I got up pretty late (which is not new for me) and I started on some laundry, washed a few dishes and now I am sitting here typing up this post. I think once I'm done here I can start applying for the jobs I have my eye on, that's if I'm not hanging out with my best friend...or should I say...the sister I never had lol. Leeann is Steven's older sister and while he is gone, we kind of keep each other company....everyday! Haha I love her to death and we really know how to laugh and have a good time.

Even though it's Monday, I have to say it started off perfectly! While I was typing up this post I got a Skype call from my man, out of the blue and that gave me the biggest smile! <3 He just wanted to see me and tell me that he loves me and was hoping to bring him up a little after having a crappy morning, and hopefully I did just that. I love being able to make people feel better and smile, especially if it's the people I love and adore! <3

Right now while the laundry is going and the house is clean, I think I'm going to enjoy a cup of green tea while job hunting.

I hope everyone has an amazing and Blessed Monday! <3

{The Journey is Just Starting}

Well it's been a very laid back summer for me...which is exactly what I wanted before heading out into the world and making my dreams come true. So far I have already found an online fitness course that I am really thinking about joining, as a fitness freak I cannot wait to start my journey in the fitness world and help other people get the body they've always wanted and also show them healthy lifestyles.

I haven't found a beauty school that I want to go to yet, but that will come in later on...right now...I need to find a job!!!.......GRRRRR!!!!!......I have found different jobs already and to be honest I can't wait to start applying, I am really scared but I think the excitement is kind of driving the fear away :) Most of the jobs I have found deal with kids, like baby sitting, or daycare, things like that and I honestly would not mind working with a bunch of little ones. I love kids and even though I might want to pull my hair out at work, I think it will be a fun and joyful experience for me!

Onto my relationship journey with the man of my dreams...things have been a little tough, but not tough enough to drive us apart.....well further than what we are right now. I was going to post about the week he came home after 6 months of being apart, but I was so caught up in the moment and the time we were spending together that I honestly put everything else aside, I know that probably doesn't sound good lol but being away from the one you love for so long and then finally getting to spend time with them again really puts you in a "la la land" state of mind <3 I'm sure a lot of Military couples would agree with me.

It was an amazing week and sadly ended far too quickly for my liking, but unfortunately with the situation we are in, we just have to pick ourselves up and look forward to next time. We still talk everyday, and skype every night which makes it a whole lot easier to be honest, but I am counting down the days till I get to see him and be in his arms again.

This is all still very new to me, I don't know the first thing about being a Military girlfriend and that scares me because the last thing I want to do is screw this up with someone so amazing. I don't think I have ever been in a relationship that was this hard, but I honestly wouldn't trade it for anything else in this world. If there is someone who has been in this situation and knows what it's like, please could you drop down a comment and give me a little advise on how to keep our relationship strong.

A week before my man came home, we had my grandmommies from home come and stay with us for a month :D we had an amazing time showing them around and just spending all the time in the world with them. They were excited to meet my man and his family which was the best feeling in the world knowing that both families love each other lol. The month flew by and we had to say goodbye yet again, if there is one thing you need to know about me, its that I hate to say goodbye, regardless of who it is but to say goodbye to family again....that is not something I take very well, but hopefully I will see them again in the near future, along with Steven :) and I cannot wait! 

I hope you have all been well and would love to see what you have all been up to the past few months :)

{I'm Finally Back!}

OMG! It feels so good to be back :D it has been an extremely stressful and crazy few months, but now all is calm and I am ready to tackle my next obstacle!

Yes...I have graduated High School and it wasn't easy either. Coming from South Africa I had to work harder than most students to get the credits I needed in order to graduate, I'm pretty sure I mentioned that before in my previous posts...but anyhow LOL it has been hard and I was so close to actually graduating a little later than I was supposed to. I had to take up another course called IDLA and as easy as they said it would be.....it was all lies!! Haha, but I made it through and here I am ready to tackle the world head on.

Graduating wasn't the only exciting thing that happened to me this year. 5 months I go I met and fell in love with a Marine <3 everything has been absolutely perfect since I met him and I know I said this before, but this feels like the real thing. I have never been so happy with anyone else and I think this is my forever love story <3

We met through a friend and from the first time we looked at each other, something just clicked and if I could, I would do it all over again <3 Our first date was the typical dinner and a movie, but to me...it was ~PERFECT~

So that was what I have been up to these past few months....well....the only two things that were exciting for me!

I hope you have all been well :) please drop down some comments and tell me how you have all been!

Love you all! <3

{Here To Stay...:)}

Hello everyone

I am back and I am so sorry for not updating, but reality is just starting to hit me and I have been busting my ass to try and get my life on track. I have started a whole new course for Math and Language to prepare me for my ISAT's as I did not get the required marks on my previous ISAT's, so I have been working really hard to just get the grades I need, not only in the course but in my actual schoolwork too.

Life right now hasn't been all that bad...I have my amazing friends, and yes there is possibly someone new in my love life <3 not going to mention his name because for all I know, something might not happen and I am not going to push it, all I can say is he is a Marine or should I say, he is training to be a Marine and is in San Diego at the moment doing his training. The good news is he might come home sometime next week and may stay here in Mountain Home for 2 weeks or even a month...so the feeling I have right now......

EXCITED!! <3

But moving on :) I am getting a lot closer with my new friend Hailee and I can tell you, its been a while since I felt like I could talk to someone I actually trust with every secret I have, and I know that she trusts me too considering the things we talk about. I love that child to death, and I honestly think that we are going to be friends for a very long time. She lives my dream life, which is being a country girl, living out in the country, not being afraid to get down and dirty, and also just being able to appreciate life the way it is. I am already getting into the habit of not always caring what people think and whether they like me or not, and its actually amazing because right now I feel like I can breathe. 

I feel that all of that sums that up in these pictures...<3

Right now I try and enjoy every little moment I have with friends and obviously my new mystery crush ;)...I try not to worry about my school and grades too much because if I worry and panic I know I will put myself in a state and right now that cannot happen, so I work hard but then I leave the rest in God's hands <3

It feels so good to back, what have you all been up to these past few months? :)

{Back to the Routine}

Good morning my friends!

Yes I am back, and I have missed my blog so much and I promise to try and post every single day now...I am not even kidding anymore!

These past few weeks...oh my word, where do I even begin? Well first off all I can say is....School!!!!!! I'm pretty sure you all know I did not say that in a good way. I just cannot wait to be done, I just want to start my life already and explore and travel and just find myself. There was a bit of a side problem that came up last week sometime...My Tia and myself received an e-mail from the school indicating that I did not meet the State graduation requirements for my ISAT's....so I started freaking out and crying and just trying to figure out why...what....just losing my head. Turns out I was freaking out for nothing, all I have to do is take courses in Language and Math since those were the subjects I didn't get the best marks in and then if I get an A or B for those courses then I go back and write my ISAT's again and then from there I should be able to graduate (hopefully).

Its been really hard for me since we've moved here to get into the school routines and then learning new things and picking them up quickly, it hasn't been easy, but I have made it this far and I am not willing to give up just yet. Back in South Africa we never had test like the ISAT's and such, so that was a very big wake up call for me and I was kind of just thrown in there not knowing what to expect, but it's not the end of the world, just need to focus on passing the next ones and I'm pretty sure I can do it :)

This week is the last week we can submit schoolwork and tests before the end of the semester, so Jasmine and I are just really trying to get done and dusted so we can start the new semester fresh and with a BANG! So hopefully we can do it! :D lol

Okay...I need to start getting done, hope you are all doing well and smiling no matter what!

Have a great Wednesday everyone <3

{Beautiful Wednesday!}

Good Morning Beauties!! :D

Happy Wednesday! Hope you are all doing well and smiling...why? Because you are all beautiful and we should thank God for waking us up this morning healthy and alive :)

I know I haven't been posting on my blog lately, I am such a bad person x_X haha, but I am going to try and keep on it from now on :) and that's a promise ;)

I know some of you might look at this picture and think "why in the world would she put such an ugly picture up"....well this picture is my view from my bedroom window, it's not much, but just look at how beautiful it is today...the sun is finally shining a bit stronger than it has been in a while, and I don't know if you can tell, but I am quite excited haha. The snow is melting all around and there is nothing but that gross brown, mushy snow......yea no not my favorite!!

I won't lie, this year is starting off great, I have deleted all the negative things out my life.....okay maybe not all, but I'm working on it LOL....but everything that has brought me down and made me feel like I am not worth anything, that has all been left in the wonderful year of 2014 :)

I hope are all starting your year off with the same feeling I am and if you ever feel like you need someone to talk to, even though you do not know, please know that I will be here to listen and help as best I can :) so feel free to drop me an e-mail <3

I hope you all have a Beautiful Wednesday!

God Bless

{2015..This is Going to be THE year!}

Hello friends :)

Well...Happy new years! Hehe hope you are all ready for this new year, I know I am but to be quite honest I am really scared LOL, this is the year my life starts and that to me is a little exciting but mostly scary!

Last year was a hard year not only for me, but I think for everyone. 2014 seemed like the year for lessons to be learned ( I think I mentioned that in one of my previous posts, but Oh well...let's mention it again LOL ), but this year we are going to take those lessons and use them to our advantage in the obstacles that are coming our way!

WE GOT THIS!! <3

I do have a few resolutions, healthy resolutions haha. I am going to be doing daily workouts and I am going to try and help my mom and brother as well...which shouldn't be so hard because I am fun to work out with! ;) ( yea...they don't agree! :( ) I am also planning on drinking a lot more water and green tea because I tend to dehydrate and that is not happening this year....I WILL be hydrated hahaha! Also I think healthy eating is a huge MUST! No more junk food, and if there is going to be junk food...it won't be all the time or often, maybe like once or twice a month at least ( yea let's see how well that goes )

I hope you are all going to take this year and make it YOUR year! 

You are in charge for the next 365 days ;) make it count! <3 

Have a great day beauties!