Christmas Recap

Lets see if I can remember the 5 shindigs I went to.

Last Saturday I went to the boy's dad's girlfriends party. I'd have to say this was my favorite out of all the parties we went to. There were about 40 people there. There was a self-service bar downstairs which I hit up mulitple times. So I guess this is why I must have liked this party so much. Haha. There was lots of delicious food to be had as well as great conversation and many laughs. There was a football game on that night and the boy placed a bet and one the money. We also had a white elephant present exchange. All the gifts were roughly about $10. I bought a wine accessory kit, which isn't that much of a gag gift, but the boy said not to buy anything way out there. Let's just say there was that gift that nobody wanted which was 3 empty cookie tins. And the gift everybody wanted, Packers and Brewers gear. I walked away with ice trays and the boy got a wine opener. Not horrible gifts since eventually we will need those for our own place.

Christmas Eve we went to boy's dad's side of the family. There were LOTS of people there. Boy was drunk within the first hour. I guess thats the only way to get through the holidays. There was lots of conversation and a frantic gift opening that started at 11pm! We also didn't eat dinner until 10. It was a late night for us.

Christmas Day we woke up around 8 and watched Christmas Vacation, because we have to. We exchanged gifts between each other. I got perfume I've been dying to get and a shirt. I got boy a Keurig and homemade batman coasters. We went to his mom's for lunch and exchanged more gifts. Around 230 we went to his uncle's and sat squished together in a very small room with about 20 other people. We left about 5 and headed to my aunt's place and had dinner there. It definitely was a lot more quiet and calm than the other places we went. We stayed til about 715. Headed back to his place and I got right back in my car and went home.

I definitley was blessed with tons of gifts that I didn't expect. I literally have no place to put this stuff, but I will get there eventually. I'm so thankful for my boyfriend and his family and them welcoming me into their homes and family. All in all it was a great Christmas and I look forward to many more with the boy!


Peace&Love
~L

Merry Christmas!

I'm a very exhausted woman and have work in less that 12 hours, but I just wanted to wish everyone a very blessed and Merry Christmas! I received so many gifts that I really didn't need and got to spend my holiday with amazing family and friends. The stories and pictures will soon come but now its all about thinking about this Christmas and wishing everyone out there a Happy Holiday and that the spirit of Christmas is carried with you throughout the whole year!


Peace&Love
~L

The End

No I'm not going to talk about how the world is or was supposed to end today, because I'm still here. And i'm guessing tomorrow at this time I will still be here. Not that I'm complaining you see. This post is about how I have yet to purchase one single Christmas present for anybody. I'm not sure why I haven't gone out and bought a single thing. I know what I'm getting everybody, it's the simple fact I just don't want to deal with the crowds. Now it could be even worse with people getting their last minute shopping in, but at this point I don't have a choice. I'm buying only the boy's thing in store since it wouldn't come in time if I order online. The rest of my family are getting gifts off of Amazon and being shipped directly to them. I've got a busy weekend ahead of me. I have a full day of work today, and some time to go shopping after. Then tomorrow I have a little time in the morning to prep myself for the long weekend. Tomorrow night I'm going to the boy's dad's girlfriends side of the family party. Sunday will be a little bit of a recovery day, but apparently the boy and I are hanging out with the boys. Monday during the day will be wrapping presents for boy's family and then at night is his dad's side of the family party. Tuesday is his mom's in the morning, his uncle's in the afternoon and my side of the family at night. I'd say this is going to be a Christmas for the ages. I'm going to be so completely exhausted.


Peace&Love
~L

Take Me to The Sea

"Looking at the sea again tides that rise and fall and then rise again" ~Susie Suh

To me there is no greater inspiration than the ocean. Spending 2 years in Myrtle Beach allowed me the chance to go the beach any time I chose. Trust me, I spent a good portion of my days catching some sun and loving the ocean, but also lots of time sitting like that girl in the photo above. I don't know what it is, the thing never changes, and you'd think after seeing it for the 650th time I'd be bored of it, but I'm not. I never will be. There is something about looking out into the horizon and seeing this massive expanse. It humbles me. I did a lot of my best thinking when I sat there and looked out. I think the salt air and the sound of the crashing waves clears the mind and soul. I love the feeling of staring out there and feeling small, because I know thousands of miles on the other side of this ocean is a whole new world. I wish I lived closer to the ocean, because there are many days I wish I had my place to leave a butt print in the sand and stare out and just wonder and think.

Peace&Love
~l

Weekend Recap

This weekend was definitely needed and I'm thankful for the boy to come up with stuff for us to do on the weekends like only he can.

Friday night we went downtown Waukesha and went to one of our favorite burger places. They have about 20 different burgers to chose from and we are trying to work our way through all of them. After that we went on a horse drawn sleigh ride through downtown. It wasn't much of anything, but it was still romantic none the less.

Saturday we were without internet and cable for a good chunk of the morning so boy went off to a bootcamp class at the gym while I waited patiently for said cable to come back on, which it did. The internet however was out until about 3 this afternoon. After bumming around we went to his mom's for about an hour or so and came back hoping to watch some Rescue Me but as I said there was no internet. So we were trying to come up with ideas to pass the time before our dinner date. We decided to hit up Mayfair Mall, which is never a wise idea around the holidays, but it really wasn't as bad as we thought. Boy bought a cheap fedora which in my opinion he looks dashing in. We also went to this thrift store at the mall called Ragstock, which had any kind of ugly Christmas sweater under the sun. We tried on some of those and took pictures. We also tried on windbreakers from the early 90s...you know the ones you had as a child. Just look in an old photo and you were probably wearing one at some point. For dinner we went to Transfer Cafe, which has about 60 different varieties of pizzas to choose from or you can create your own. We ate here once way back at the beginning of our relationship and finally made it back. After dinner we went to the Comedy Cafe to see some local acts as well as Joey Cola do some comedy. All of the acts were hilarious but very raunchy. I also had the pleasure of sitting next to a whore. I mean that seriously.

Today was more of a lazy day. We wanted to watch the Packer game but got about 1/4 of the way into the game when the cable went out again, which sent boy into all sorts of hysterics. We decided to do some errands instead and made it back for the last 15 minutes of the game, which we wound up only watching a few minutes worth because it was boring. We watched Rescue Me instead. Boy cooked stir fry and rice while I watched more crap tv. Overall, it was a good weekend. And I'm truly blessed to have him in my life.


Peace&Love
~L

Take A Look

I'm disappointed in myself to say the least that I have not been at this inspiration thing on a daily basis. I guess this is what happens when life gets in the way. I don't want to do a lot of writing today so my inspiration is photography and I think by simply looking at the pictures you will understand why. (I take no credit for any of the photos displayed herein)

Classy feeling

Serenity

Perspective

Sometimes you just got to let it rain

What every groom should look like

My all time favs, so beautiful

So happy in love

Great perspective

What a storm

Vintage

Jumpin on the bed

How epic is this?

Peace&Love
~L

On Love

If there is anything I've learned this weekend is that relationships are not easy. If you truly love someone you are going to work on it to make it better and grow from your mistakes and arguments. If you truly love someone you will fight for them. As long as you let them know how much you love them and are willing to fight for it and they feel the same way in return, I think it will work.

Love was going to be one of my inspirations, because of the love I have for the boy and the love I believe he has for me. But I want to let pinterest help me with how I feel about love:

Sometimes it is hard to put into words exactly how we feel about love and relationships. I feel the longer you know someone the more you learn about them and chances are the deeper you fall in love with them.

Peace&Love
~L

Remembering Rebecca

I know I have mentioned my cousin in posts before and how big of an inspiration she has been to me. I know it has been a couple years since her passing and I wouldn't say I've forgotten about her, but I don't think of her day to day like I used to. Some would call that moving on others would call it forgetting her. I want to make it clear that I have not and will never forget her or her strength in her final days.

She was a blessing to anyone she ever knew. She had an abundance of friends and family. She left a mark on this world that not many people can leave behind, especially after only 19 years. When she found out she had cancer she did not ask God why her. She did not question the reasoning behind why she got cancer. She never blamed anyone for being sick. Instead of going into a state of depression like most of us would, she turned a negative into a positive, she created her own non-profit called, Cure With Hope. http://www.curewithhope.org/Home_GKFI.html Check out her website and her story.

She taught me that life is short and you can't waste away your days in bad moods or being angry at someone. She taught me that if things are going bad to look at the positive always. I also realized how many people she touched along the way and if I could just do that to half of those people I will die a happy person. So to my cousin thanks for being an inspiration. You are forever in my heart. You are gone in a much better place, but never forgotten. Your favorite quote, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." You did change the world. And I hope you are smiling down from heaven right now seeing how much you have done!


Miss and Love You hun!

Peace&Love
~L

The Big Guy Upstairs

Yeah, yeah I know I've been lacking on the day to day as promised inspiration bit, but I'm trying. I'm a busy woman you know.


Truth be told I don't know if the Guy upstairs is big or not. I've never seen him. Except in pictures of what people think He looked like. Yes I'm talking about God. Sadly, I have not gone to church in almost a year. I feel as though I've been losing touch with Him. I know deep down inside I love him and He loves me. I know where I stand as a Christian, but unfortunately not as a practicing Christian. I don't want to put out excuses because He never made excuses at me. I don't want to say I've grown apart from God, but in some ways I feel I have. I feel like I've always had religion and God with me my entire life and I'm truly grateful for that, but part of me feels like taking a break to remember why I believe what I believe. Doing the same thing day in and day out, loses its meaning to me. And I most importantly don't want to lose God or what He means to me. Above anything and everything He is my only inspiration. My greatest source of love and happiness. Without Him I am nothing. No greater time to thank Him for being who He is than now. Remembering what this season is all about: Christ.


Peace&Love
~l

They Who Birthed Me

My day 3 inspiration would be my parents. As some of you may know my parents are no longer together as of just over a year ago. As a 24 year old and as a 23 year old then, I accepted this quite easily. I saw their relationship going south shortly after I started college. But this is not really about their relationship or the current state of it. It's about the relationship they built while they were together. Part of me for awhile believed, shortly after the divorce, that they never loved each other. But as the months went on and I knew they were still friends, that they really loved each other. I have feelings more involved than what I am willing to share online about the reasons for the divorce. I know my parents were not perfect and they fought just like any other couple. But they always forgave each other and moved on. I saw my dad's simple, yet deep love for my mom, by gestures he did. Like writing her poems. They went on many different trips just the 2 of them.

I've chosen my parents as an inspiration because even though their marriage ended in divorce, I firmly believe they loved each other and still love each other, but in a different way. It also allowed me to realize what it was like to go through a divorce and it made me realize I want to never go through that, or put someone else through that. I want to make sure the person I marry is the one I die with. That is the love I want.


Peace&Love
~L

31 Days of Inspiration Day 1&2

I realize in my previous post I said 30 days, when I actually meant 31 days and never went back to correct it.

Why am I doing this you may ask...I'm doing this as a way to finish out the year. I think it will give me time to reflect on my year and the changes I've made in my life as a result of my inspirations. Not just in this year, but in years past. Each day I want to select something or someone who has inspired me in some way. I want to be able to dig deeper into myself as a person and figure out the things that make me who I am. Figure out what fuels me.

Day 1- "Pin It" Yes you know exactly what I'm talking about...Pinterest. I stumbled upon this site late last year and have loved it ever since. I don't think I need to explain what it is since most of you know what I'm talking about. I like to think my boards tell a story of me. It shows my style interest. It shows what creativity and art I like. One of my biggest boards are of quotes, which simply in and of themselves are enough to inspire. I thank the creators of the site for allowing people to post ideas and thoughts and beauty that most of us would otherwise never think of or see. It allows us to connect with random strangers in a different way. It shows us how much we are alike and so different at the same time. It allows me to feed off of others' creativity. It makes me think about things I like and what I want.

Day 2- "Life"

 

 

As you might have guessed this is a pin from my quotes board. I think it is a great inspiration piece. So often we think if we had everything we want and everything is in order and not in chaos our lives will be perfect, but really our lives will never be exactly perfection, because people are not perfect. Life doesn't and won't be perfect so we must accept that, but that doesn't mean it won't be wonderful. Life is what you make of it.

 

 

Peace&Love

~l