After being married for so long, it kind of gets hard to be innovative when it comes to romance and dating. After while, some couples fall into this rut, where they do the same routine over and over and it just gets so old! That's why it's important to keep things fun and interesting every once in awhile.
This past weekend my husband and I went on a date. At first, it was the typical weekend date of eating out and watching a movie, but after the movie, we decided to walk around town and I wanted to keep exploring, while my husband just wanted to do what we always do and just go straight home. I started to get down because I am a very adventurous type of person that loves spontaneity and exploring new things, so while he started driving home, I just told him, "WHY CAN'T WE JUST PICK A ROAD AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES US?!" He saw that I really wanted to go on an adventure, so my husband being the supportive man that he is, got off the freeway and told me "Left or Right?" I knew if we turned right, we would just head back home eventually, so I told him "LEFT!" which was towards the mountains and an area I didn't think I been to before? We drove it through three cities we never heard of before. One was called "Sparta" I think and one was Montrose? I never heard of those cities but they were near Hollywood and Burbank and were very interesting cities to visit. We then kept driving up and ended at the foothills of the mountains and when we couldn't drive any higher, we put our car in neutral and coasted all the way back down. To be honest, not only was it fun and exciting to explore new places we never been to before, but it was also a great time to spend with your spouse or significant other because we spent the whole time just talking and enjoying each others company. So there you have it, if you guys are looking for something fun and inexpensive to do this weekend and are feeling a little adventurous, why not grab you sweetheart and pick a road and see where it takes you; you never know, it might just lead you to falling in love.....Until Next time!
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
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Monday, October 5, 2015
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
The love of Family
I usually get really depressed around this time. I'm not sure if it's because Summer has come to an end and it's a realization that time is fleeting and another year has come and gone, but I think it goes deeper than that? You see it was around this time that I lost someone very close to me, that I loved with my whole heart and when I lost him, it felt like a part of me died with him. It's been almost 20 years already, but every year around this time, I go into this dark depression. People always say that time heals all wounds, but sometimes, it just isn't the case. Sometimes, the wounds heal, but the scars are left as a reminder of what was once there and now is gone. I used to get to a point where I didn't even know where and if I would come back? I remember once it got so bad that I became catatonic. I would cry so uncontrollably that when I would get so tired and weak from crying, I would just be numb. I think I said this all before in a previous blog somewhere, so I'll just leave out all the dramatics and just cut the present. Today, I'm much better with the help and support of my loving husband and family which is why I wanted to blog about it.
Have you ever had one of those days, where there are so many people around you, yet you feel so utterly alone? I was having one of those days today and I wanted to just talk to someone, yet, even though there were people around me, I just felt like I was in such a dark place. It got to a point, where I went into my room with the lights out and was watching videos online and I just wept and cried. I was remembering my lost relative and missing them so much, but then out of the blue, my phone rang and it being so late at night, I didn't think anything of it, but then my phone rang again so I picked up. On the other end of the line was my niece, with her ray of sunshine attitude and with her light, it in an instant brought me out of the darkness. She called to ask if I can see them as they were visiting my mom and wanted to see me. I told them yes of course and in a matter of seconds, all that pain I had in my heart turned into pure joy, simply by being around my happy, wonderful nieces. I just wanted to put that out there in the universe. If you are ever feeling sad and alone, just remember you are not and the best medicine for it is surrounding yourself with people that love you and give you pure joy....Until next time!
Have you ever had one of those days, where there are so many people around you, yet you feel so utterly alone? I was having one of those days today and I wanted to just talk to someone, yet, even though there were people around me, I just felt like I was in such a dark place. It got to a point, where I went into my room with the lights out and was watching videos online and I just wept and cried. I was remembering my lost relative and missing them so much, but then out of the blue, my phone rang and it being so late at night, I didn't think anything of it, but then my phone rang again so I picked up. On the other end of the line was my niece, with her ray of sunshine attitude and with her light, it in an instant brought me out of the darkness. She called to ask if I can see them as they were visiting my mom and wanted to see me. I told them yes of course and in a matter of seconds, all that pain I had in my heart turned into pure joy, simply by being around my happy, wonderful nieces. I just wanted to put that out there in the universe. If you are ever feeling sad and alone, just remember you are not and the best medicine for it is surrounding yourself with people that love you and give you pure joy....Until next time!
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Don't ever give up on LOVE
Hello my beloveds! How are you doing today? As I sit here in my office just scanning through my facebook news feed, I came across a post that one of my friends had made. It is kind of like a small blog, but in comment form and I thought it was interesting enough to blog about. She was commenting on a blog she read from Jim Daly and if you don't know who Jim Daly is, then click here and you can see for yourself JimDalyBlog.com. Getting back to my topic though, she titled her comment as "Epic Love in Marriage," and talked about the Titanic.
She mentioned how everyone was so enthralled with the main characters love story that it made it seem like love like that could only exist in movies, but gave some enlightening information about a true love story from that fateful day. She goes on to write:
"Aboard the Titanic when it sank in the Atlantic Ocean’s frigid waters on April 15, 1912 were Isidor and Ida Straus. As the terror of that ill-fated journey unfolded, the couple knew that after forty years of marriage they were about to spend their last moments together. “Women and children first” was conventional protocol at the time, of course, which meant Ida would have to leave behind her beloved husband. But when the moment came, she refused, saying, “As we have lived, so we will die … together.” Numerous accounts of that night indicate the couple then settled into deck chairs and held hands, waiting for the inevitable."
I'm not sure if you remember the movie, but in all the chaos, there was an elderly couple that accepted they were not going to get off the ship and retreated back to their cabin, where they both died holding each other as the waves came crashing in. These characters were to represent Isidor and Ida Strauss, although, there was a lot more to it then that.
Isidro and Ida were the owners of Macy's Department Store in New York and they had seven children and as their children were grown, would travel a lot together. They were actually coming back home to America after vacationing all Winter in the South of France. Being that they were of upper class and their age, they were both offered a seat in one of the lifeboats, but Isidro refused to get on while there were still women, children and men that were in line before him, he told them, "I have lived my life." After his refusal to get in the boat, his wife with one foot already in, stepped back and said her famous words, "I will not be separated from my husband, As we have lived, so we will die … together.” It is also documented that she then took off her fur coat she was wearing and gave it to her newly hired English maid whom she made get on the boat. She then told her, "Take this, you will need it more than I will now," At which point she went to her husbands side and there is where she stayed until the cold, bitter end.
This is the kind of love story that doesn't exist in movies. Whenever you watch a romantic movie, it always goes like this: They meet, fall in love, something traumatic happens and then they either separate or get married and live happily ever after. Movies never show you what happens afterwards and how two people can be so in love and devoted to each other. I am sure both Isidor and Ida had their ups and downs and hardships in marriage, but the fact that at the end of it all, they can still love each other enough to stand together on a sinking ship...Well....there's no greater love than that.
I have been blessed enough that I have found my own Isidro and Ida story and if you don't know what I am talking about, then I suggest you start reading my blogs from the beginning. I would like to think that if my husband and I would of be put in this kind of situation in our old age, that we would probably do the same thing. To be honest, we have been put in similar situations, maybe not as dramatic or epic as being on an actual sinking ship, but we have made our sacrifices and proven over the years that my husband and I are stronger together, then we are separate and that nothing in this world can tear us apart.
So what is my point about all this? LOVE DOES exist and it is out there for anyone to find. If you can't find it, then maybe you are looking for the wrong kind of love. Isidro and Ida didn't just love each other, they loved God and showed it through their actions.
(1 John 4:8-16) Until Next time Beloved.......
She mentioned how everyone was so enthralled with the main characters love story that it made it seem like love like that could only exist in movies, but gave some enlightening information about a true love story from that fateful day. She goes on to write:
"Aboard the Titanic when it sank in the Atlantic Ocean’s frigid waters on April 15, 1912 were Isidor and Ida Straus. As the terror of that ill-fated journey unfolded, the couple knew that after forty years of marriage they were about to spend their last moments together. “Women and children first” was conventional protocol at the time, of course, which meant Ida would have to leave behind her beloved husband. But when the moment came, she refused, saying, “As we have lived, so we will die … together.” Numerous accounts of that night indicate the couple then settled into deck chairs and held hands, waiting for the inevitable."
I'm not sure if you remember the movie, but in all the chaos, there was an elderly couple that accepted they were not going to get off the ship and retreated back to their cabin, where they both died holding each other as the waves came crashing in. These characters were to represent Isidor and Ida Strauss, although, there was a lot more to it then that.
Isidro and Ida were the owners of Macy's Department Store in New York and they had seven children and as their children were grown, would travel a lot together. They were actually coming back home to America after vacationing all Winter in the South of France. Being that they were of upper class and their age, they were both offered a seat in one of the lifeboats, but Isidro refused to get on while there were still women, children and men that were in line before him, he told them, "I have lived my life." After his refusal to get in the boat, his wife with one foot already in, stepped back and said her famous words, "I will not be separated from my husband, As we have lived, so we will die … together.” It is also documented that she then took off her fur coat she was wearing and gave it to her newly hired English maid whom she made get on the boat. She then told her, "Take this, you will need it more than I will now," At which point she went to her husbands side and there is where she stayed until the cold, bitter end.
This is the kind of love story that doesn't exist in movies. Whenever you watch a romantic movie, it always goes like this: They meet, fall in love, something traumatic happens and then they either separate or get married and live happily ever after. Movies never show you what happens afterwards and how two people can be so in love and devoted to each other. I am sure both Isidor and Ida had their ups and downs and hardships in marriage, but the fact that at the end of it all, they can still love each other enough to stand together on a sinking ship...Well....there's no greater love than that.
I have been blessed enough that I have found my own Isidro and Ida story and if you don't know what I am talking about, then I suggest you start reading my blogs from the beginning. I would like to think that if my husband and I would of be put in this kind of situation in our old age, that we would probably do the same thing. To be honest, we have been put in similar situations, maybe not as dramatic or epic as being on an actual sinking ship, but we have made our sacrifices and proven over the years that my husband and I are stronger together, then we are separate and that nothing in this world can tear us apart.
So what is my point about all this? LOVE DOES exist and it is out there for anyone to find. If you can't find it, then maybe you are looking for the wrong kind of love. Isidro and Ida didn't just love each other, they loved God and showed it through their actions.
(1 John 4:8-16) Until Next time Beloved.......
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
Making Sweet Memories
I was driving in the car recently with my young nephew, who just turned 4 years old this past June and we had the sweetest conversation that I thought I should share. To set up the conversation, we just got in the car and started driving to our destination when my nephew started singing, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."
ME: Is that what you are going to sing when Christmas comes around?
My Nephew: Yes and I already know what I want for Christmas too!
ME: What do you want for Christmas? (secretly wanting to know since Christmas is rolling around and I wanted to know what to buy him)
My Nephew: All I want for Christmas is memories.
(I have to admit, I was shocked and touched. I thought, aww my nephew is so sweet and loving what more can an aunt ask for......)
ME: Awww, all you want is memories that's so nice.
My Nephew: Yeah, I want Alien memories.
ME: Wait, you want what?!
My Nephew: I want Alien memories. (Ok, this conversation got creepy real quick)!
ME: How do you get Alien memories?
My Nephew: Oh, you just ask Santa
ME: OK, that sounds pretty interesting. You make sure to tell Santa to bring you that then.
My Nephew: I also want socks. (Awww, there he goes again being so humble)...and new shoes and a bike and a scooter! (Oh wait that makes more sense for a 4 year old).
ME: You just got new shoes
My Nephew: Oh Just Kidding...What do you want for Christmas?
ME: All I want for Christmas are loving memories with my family, that is all I want.
My Nephew: Awwww that's so sweet. Why don't you ask Santa for a new bike too, like me, so that we can make memories together then?
HAHAHA, my dear sweet nephew, he always manages to put a smile on my face and hopefully, he was able to do the same to you, even if it was only for a brief moment....Until next time beloved!
ME: Is that what you are going to sing when Christmas comes around?
My Nephew: Yes and I already know what I want for Christmas too!
ME: What do you want for Christmas? (secretly wanting to know since Christmas is rolling around and I wanted to know what to buy him)
My Nephew: All I want for Christmas is memories.
(I have to admit, I was shocked and touched. I thought, aww my nephew is so sweet and loving what more can an aunt ask for......)
ME: Awww, all you want is memories that's so nice.
My Nephew: Yeah, I want Alien memories.
ME: Wait, you want what?!
My Nephew: I want Alien memories. (Ok, this conversation got creepy real quick)!
ME: How do you get Alien memories?
My Nephew: Oh, you just ask Santa
ME: OK, that sounds pretty interesting. You make sure to tell Santa to bring you that then.
My Nephew: I also want socks. (Awww, there he goes again being so humble)...and new shoes and a bike and a scooter! (Oh wait that makes more sense for a 4 year old).
ME: You just got new shoes
My Nephew: Oh Just Kidding...What do you want for Christmas?
ME: All I want for Christmas are loving memories with my family, that is all I want.
My Nephew: Awwww that's so sweet. Why don't you ask Santa for a new bike too, like me, so that we can make memories together then?
HAHAHA, my dear sweet nephew, he always manages to put a smile on my face and hopefully, he was able to do the same to you, even if it was only for a brief moment....Until next time beloved!
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Remnants of the Past
Hello all my wonderful beloved friends in the world! I finally came back on and was reading all my old blogs and can't believe it has been almost a whole year since I've chatted with you! Shame on me (hits my own hand) I know I should be talking to you on a daily basis, but what can I say, if you know me in person, you know that I am not very good at keeping in touch heeheehee.
To be honest, it isn't my fault, so many things have happened to me this past year that again, I really don't even know where to begin? Hmmmmmm, where do you guys want me to begin? Well to start off, I'm still here and alive! Yay! I have been dealing with a lot of health issues, but the funny thing is that after everything, it turns out I just have a vitamin deficiency..go fig...I just needed to go out and get some sun....guess I can't be a hermit anymore (frowny face). So now after seeing a lot of specialist and getting what feels like a million lab test, I am finally on the right track of getting healthy!
As far as the rest of my life, I am on the right track and feel so blessed to be on the path that I currently am on. For once in my life, the possibilities of my future are endless and I am happy to report that the only stress that I am currently experiencing is in deciding which road to choose? Should I become the Children's Ministry Director at my church? Should I become the CEO of an up and rising company or should I teach at a Montessori school and work towards opening or running my own school? Decisions, decisions, decisions...what do you guys think? All I know is that whatever path I am on, it will for sure be working with children...At what capacity.....I guess we will have to wait and see?
I still have moments where I get pretty low still, but lately they are few and between and in my pursuit of happiness I have come to the realization that in life and in order to be happy and I mean TRULY HAPPY, you need all of it. By IT, I mean the sadness, the fear, the anger, the joy...I know it sounds like I'm naming all the characters of the Inside Out Movie, but I swear it's true! You ever hear the saying...you can't have the sweet without the sour, or you need the ying and the yang? In life, you need to experience the anger, the fear and the sadness in order to know what pure utter joy is! In my life, I have experienced so much sadness, fear, anger, hurt, pain. But through all of that, I learned how to be happy, brave, courageous and above all else, how to truly and whole heartedly LOVE!
Life is going to throw us so many curve balls, but God doesn't put us in those situations for us to ask Him to change it....God puts us in those situations to change US. After reading all the blogs I have written over the years, I can honestly say that I have truly seen God work in my life and has changed me in such a way that I didn't even think was possible?
Something out of the blue happened to me today or should I say someone from the past who hurt me happened to me today. To be honest I was waiting for this day and for all the things that I would say and do to them. I had some pretty good comebacks and remarks waiting for them too...I was even considering a couple of Judo Chops in the process if I ever saw them in person. But now that all these years have passed us by and I have grown not only spiritually, but also in wisdom, I had nothing but forgiveness, becuase if I didn't meet this person, I would have never of been put on this path that I am on and even though it has been a long ardous one, I wouldn't have it any other way.
I know this is going to be soooo nerdy of me, but I can't help it, I figure this would be a good place to put some awesome qoutes...Until next time beloved:
“The universe is big. It’s vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles.”
— The Doctor, Season 5, Episode 12
“When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… Grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that’s it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It’s so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.”
— Elton Pope, Season 2, Episode 10.
“Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.”
— The Doctor, Season 3, Episode 6
“We’re all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?”
— The Doctor, Season 5, Episode 13
**yes, they are all Doctor Who qoutes, because Doctor Who always knows exactly what to say! But nothing says it better than GOD:
"For I know the plans I have for your." declares the Lord,"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
To be honest, it isn't my fault, so many things have happened to me this past year that again, I really don't even know where to begin? Hmmmmmm, where do you guys want me to begin? Well to start off, I'm still here and alive! Yay! I have been dealing with a lot of health issues, but the funny thing is that after everything, it turns out I just have a vitamin deficiency..go fig...I just needed to go out and get some sun....guess I can't be a hermit anymore (frowny face). So now after seeing a lot of specialist and getting what feels like a million lab test, I am finally on the right track of getting healthy!
As far as the rest of my life, I am on the right track and feel so blessed to be on the path that I currently am on. For once in my life, the possibilities of my future are endless and I am happy to report that the only stress that I am currently experiencing is in deciding which road to choose? Should I become the Children's Ministry Director at my church? Should I become the CEO of an up and rising company or should I teach at a Montessori school and work towards opening or running my own school? Decisions, decisions, decisions...what do you guys think? All I know is that whatever path I am on, it will for sure be working with children...At what capacity.....I guess we will have to wait and see?
I still have moments where I get pretty low still, but lately they are few and between and in my pursuit of happiness I have come to the realization that in life and in order to be happy and I mean TRULY HAPPY, you need all of it. By IT, I mean the sadness, the fear, the anger, the joy...I know it sounds like I'm naming all the characters of the Inside Out Movie, but I swear it's true! You ever hear the saying...you can't have the sweet without the sour, or you need the ying and the yang? In life, you need to experience the anger, the fear and the sadness in order to know what pure utter joy is! In my life, I have experienced so much sadness, fear, anger, hurt, pain. But through all of that, I learned how to be happy, brave, courageous and above all else, how to truly and whole heartedly LOVE!
Life is going to throw us so many curve balls, but God doesn't put us in those situations for us to ask Him to change it....God puts us in those situations to change US. After reading all the blogs I have written over the years, I can honestly say that I have truly seen God work in my life and has changed me in such a way that I didn't even think was possible?
Something out of the blue happened to me today or should I say someone from the past who hurt me happened to me today. To be honest I was waiting for this day and for all the things that I would say and do to them. I had some pretty good comebacks and remarks waiting for them too...I was even considering a couple of Judo Chops in the process if I ever saw them in person. But now that all these years have passed us by and I have grown not only spiritually, but also in wisdom, I had nothing but forgiveness, becuase if I didn't meet this person, I would have never of been put on this path that I am on and even though it has been a long ardous one, I wouldn't have it any other way.
I know this is going to be soooo nerdy of me, but I can't help it, I figure this would be a good place to put some awesome qoutes...Until next time beloved:
“The universe is big. It’s vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles.”
— The Doctor, Season 5, Episode 12
“When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… Grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that’s it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It’s so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.”
— Elton Pope, Season 2, Episode 10.
“Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.”
— The Doctor, Season 3, Episode 6
“We’re all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?”
— The Doctor, Season 5, Episode 13
**yes, they are all Doctor Who qoutes, because Doctor Who always knows exactly what to say! But nothing says it better than GOD:
"For I know the plans I have for your." declares the Lord,"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Falling in Love
We were at church recently and as I mentioned in previous blogs, I haven't been that well. In fact, due to some sudden health scares and complications, it made me do an instant halt and re-evaluate what's really important; my health or everyone and everything else? So for now, I chose getting healthy and it caused me to step down and take a step back from volunteering, especially at church. Which might I add was a very hard thing for me to do, because I was so dedicated and immersed in my ministry work; I was even going to the Praise School of Ministry to become a better ministry leader so when I all of a sudden couldn't do it, I just needed to accept that sometimes, stepping back and letting go is the best thing to do.
But anyway, getting back to why I originally started blogging this, my husband and I were at church when the Pastors wife came up to us and asked how I was doing? I told her I was much better than I was the week prior and that I appreciated the support and prayers of our church family members as they really renewed my spirit. Then she gave me some encouraging words and turned to my husband and told him that he needs to be a leader in the household and make sure to always lead his wife to the Lord. My husband and I looked at each other and smiled and my husband graciously told her, yes I will, but in my head, I was saying to myself, He already does that?
The thing about my husband is that he is not the type of person that so freely expresses himself that the whole world can look at him and instantly know what kind of man he is. In all actuality, there are many layers to my husband, layers that I don't think anyone has ever really even seen or known about except for myself, him and God? So I was thinking about what the Pastor's wife said and was just wondering why she would say that? Was it a subliminal message saying that because I stopped volunteering that I am veering away from my faith? Was it just words of encouragement or was it just so that she could say something inspirational to my husband? So here I was being the thinker that I am...always thinking, thinking, thinking.....just like Winnie the Pooh, just without all the honey! LOL..that reminds me, if you ever want to know what my husband and I are like and look like....we pretty much look and act like Winnie the Pooh and piglet!...ok...getting back to what I was saying.
So here I was thinking when I had an epiphany! When people first meet my husband, they don't really like him! It's funny, but it's true! My husband is very stand offish and doesn't really socialize, in fact if it was up to him, he would be in and out without hesitation and back in the safety of his beloved house where his best friends the television, ipad and computer are. Naturally, this is not really a good trait to have, especially at church where everyone is so warm and welcoming so no one really knows or talks to my husband at church, accept for a select few who actually get him. Aside from being an introvert, he is very straight forward, my husband hates dilly dallying and beating around the bush, when he needs something he will say it, when he wants something he will say it and when he has an opinion he isn't afraid to tell you regardless of what your status is, so again..reasons people don't like my husband.
But like I said in the beginning, there are layers to this magnificent man, layers that no one ever gets to see, which is why I am blogging and gushing about him so everyone can get at least a glimpse of what I see in him everyday!
I always tease my husband and say he suffers from "White Knight Syndrome." One layer of my husband is that he is chivalrous..yes that's right ladies, Chivalry still exist and I was one of the blessed ones to get him! I have countless stories I can tell you of where my husband courageously put himself aside and helped someone in need, regardless of how big or small or even dangerous, he always tries to help in every way that he can, which is why I love him so much! I think I mentioned some of the other stories in other blogs, if not, I should start, because he really deserves some credit, but that's another layer about him.
My husband hates the lime light, he says that when he does something, it isn't to get the credit or the glory, he does it because he WANTS to do it and he does it to serve the Lord and that isn't anything special to need recognition or anything. Again at church, people would come up to me and make comments about how they never saw my husband in the Sunday service and he was always missing, but what they don't know, even now is that as soon as he gets to church, someone is always calling on him for assistance because he knows about networking and programming so he volunteers and helps set up the background and fix things. He is also a Sunday School teacher and all those weeks he wasn't in the service, it was because he was helping me by teaching Sunday School classes that I wasn't able to find volunteers for. But no one ever knows that about him, because they don't really talk to him.
Another thing about my husband is that when he loves, he does it whole heartedly! When he met me, I was already damaged goods. My heart was in pieces, I didn't know who I was or where I was going, but yet he still loved me and since I'm spilling all our secrets, when I get depressed, it is a very dark time in our household. At one point when my depression was really bad, I became catatonic to the point where I just couldn't function and my husband had to dress me, feed me and put me to bed because I would just cry and cry and cry and when I wasn't crying I was just numb. Also, when I was rushed to the E.R. my husband never left my side, despite having scoliosis and a weak back, he sat next to me on a stool without any complaint for 14 hours straight because he wanted to be near me, incase anything happened. Aside from all of this, whenever I do start going into a dark place, my husband is the ONLY one who could ever bring me back to the light.
So why am I telling you all of this, because I love him, not just for what he is or who he is, but because he first loved me and by him just loving me, he reminds me of God's love for me and how he blessed me with such a precious gift and in turn, I fall even more deeply in love with the Lord each and everyday that he blesses me with a husband who shows me kindness, patience, benevolence and above all else LOVE...isn't that what the Lord wants for us after all? So for all you out there that sees someone in church that really isn't that approachable, maybe next time you can get to know them a little more, you never know, they just might show you how to fall in love with the Lord!....until next time
But anyway, getting back to why I originally started blogging this, my husband and I were at church when the Pastors wife came up to us and asked how I was doing? I told her I was much better than I was the week prior and that I appreciated the support and prayers of our church family members as they really renewed my spirit. Then she gave me some encouraging words and turned to my husband and told him that he needs to be a leader in the household and make sure to always lead his wife to the Lord. My husband and I looked at each other and smiled and my husband graciously told her, yes I will, but in my head, I was saying to myself, He already does that?
The thing about my husband is that he is not the type of person that so freely expresses himself that the whole world can look at him and instantly know what kind of man he is. In all actuality, there are many layers to my husband, layers that I don't think anyone has ever really even seen or known about except for myself, him and God? So I was thinking about what the Pastor's wife said and was just wondering why she would say that? Was it a subliminal message saying that because I stopped volunteering that I am veering away from my faith? Was it just words of encouragement or was it just so that she could say something inspirational to my husband? So here I was being the thinker that I am...always thinking, thinking, thinking.....just like Winnie the Pooh, just without all the honey! LOL..that reminds me, if you ever want to know what my husband and I are like and look like....we pretty much look and act like Winnie the Pooh and piglet!...ok...getting back to what I was saying.
So here I was thinking when I had an epiphany! When people first meet my husband, they don't really like him! It's funny, but it's true! My husband is very stand offish and doesn't really socialize, in fact if it was up to him, he would be in and out without hesitation and back in the safety of his beloved house where his best friends the television, ipad and computer are. Naturally, this is not really a good trait to have, especially at church where everyone is so warm and welcoming so no one really knows or talks to my husband at church, accept for a select few who actually get him. Aside from being an introvert, he is very straight forward, my husband hates dilly dallying and beating around the bush, when he needs something he will say it, when he wants something he will say it and when he has an opinion he isn't afraid to tell you regardless of what your status is, so again..reasons people don't like my husband.
But like I said in the beginning, there are layers to this magnificent man, layers that no one ever gets to see, which is why I am blogging and gushing about him so everyone can get at least a glimpse of what I see in him everyday!
I always tease my husband and say he suffers from "White Knight Syndrome." One layer of my husband is that he is chivalrous..yes that's right ladies, Chivalry still exist and I was one of the blessed ones to get him! I have countless stories I can tell you of where my husband courageously put himself aside and helped someone in need, regardless of how big or small or even dangerous, he always tries to help in every way that he can, which is why I love him so much! I think I mentioned some of the other stories in other blogs, if not, I should start, because he really deserves some credit, but that's another layer about him.
My husband hates the lime light, he says that when he does something, it isn't to get the credit or the glory, he does it because he WANTS to do it and he does it to serve the Lord and that isn't anything special to need recognition or anything. Again at church, people would come up to me and make comments about how they never saw my husband in the Sunday service and he was always missing, but what they don't know, even now is that as soon as he gets to church, someone is always calling on him for assistance because he knows about networking and programming so he volunteers and helps set up the background and fix things. He is also a Sunday School teacher and all those weeks he wasn't in the service, it was because he was helping me by teaching Sunday School classes that I wasn't able to find volunteers for. But no one ever knows that about him, because they don't really talk to him.
Another thing about my husband is that when he loves, he does it whole heartedly! When he met me, I was already damaged goods. My heart was in pieces, I didn't know who I was or where I was going, but yet he still loved me and since I'm spilling all our secrets, when I get depressed, it is a very dark time in our household. At one point when my depression was really bad, I became catatonic to the point where I just couldn't function and my husband had to dress me, feed me and put me to bed because I would just cry and cry and cry and when I wasn't crying I was just numb. Also, when I was rushed to the E.R. my husband never left my side, despite having scoliosis and a weak back, he sat next to me on a stool without any complaint for 14 hours straight because he wanted to be near me, incase anything happened. Aside from all of this, whenever I do start going into a dark place, my husband is the ONLY one who could ever bring me back to the light.
So why am I telling you all of this, because I love him, not just for what he is or who he is, but because he first loved me and by him just loving me, he reminds me of God's love for me and how he blessed me with such a precious gift and in turn, I fall even more deeply in love with the Lord each and everyday that he blesses me with a husband who shows me kindness, patience, benevolence and above all else LOVE...isn't that what the Lord wants for us after all? So for all you out there that sees someone in church that really isn't that approachable, maybe next time you can get to know them a little more, you never know, they just might show you how to fall in love with the Lord!....until next time
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
I missed him before I met him
Hello beloved! Sorry I haven't been writing for awhile, so much has been happening that I haven't had the energy! I was feeling inspired though and thought I would come on and share.
As I was doing my wifely duties today; you know, cleaning the house, doing the laundry, dishes, ironing my husbands work clothes, etc. I was listening to my playlist on my phone. I always like to download songs that describes something that relates to my life or my marriage and I like to think that I am compiling a song list to the soundtrack of my life. At any rate, I was listening to my lifes soundtrack and I started thinking about my life and my husband as songs often make us do and it was a song by Christina Perri titled A 1,000 years and also another song by my favorite band The Civil Wars called To Whom it May Concern, that really got me thinking. These songs are about loving someone before even knowing who they were and that's EXACTLY how it was with my husband.
I was thinking back...waaaayyyy back from when I was a little girl. I never could sleep very well, I was always afraid of the dark and never felt safe, so I would put pillows next to me in order for me to feel secure enough to sleep. I wouldn't use just one pillow and cuddle with it either..NO, I would use like 10 and make a small mountain, then I would either cuddle or put my feet up over them and then I would fall asleep. After I got married, now that I think of it, I don't use pillows anymore, because when I turn to my side, I see that same exact mountain and feel secure..LOL But to be honest, I always felt so insecure at night, but since I got married, from that first moment that I laid down in my marital bed and my husband put his arms around me to cuddle, all my fears and insecurities melted away and I felt safe and secure enough to sleep.
It was like before I was married, I was only living half a life, like a HUGE part of me was missing and I knew in my heart that it was Marko and that he was out there somewhere looking for me too. As cheesy as it sounds, I am a big movie buff and when I was younger, one of my favorite movies was An American Tail, where they sang this song that still gets to me until this day titled Somehwere out there. Okay that's not the cheesy part, the cheesy part is that I use to sit at my bedroom windowsill and sing that song as I looked up at the great big moon in the sky and I would wonder if he was looking at that same moon and somehow we were connected? Yeah I know, cheesy right? Nah, I'm just a hopeless romantic like that! Anyway, as you probably read in my first blogs where I spilled about our whole love story, I would literally see him in my dreams, but never his face because I didn't meet him yet. Truthfully, I think God did it that way, because half the fun of the journey was trying to find him and if I already knew who he was, then what was the point of that adventure?
All in all, the point of my crazy ranting is that I missed my husband before I even knew him. It was like in my dreams I could see the magnificent romance of it, but when I woke up, he was gone. I think that is why I slept so much when I was younger because when I was awake it felt like an eternity before I would see him again in my dreams. Then when I got married, I stopped sleeping so much, because finally my waking reality was my dream come true.....until next time beloved <3
As I was doing my wifely duties today; you know, cleaning the house, doing the laundry, dishes, ironing my husbands work clothes, etc. I was listening to my playlist on my phone. I always like to download songs that describes something that relates to my life or my marriage and I like to think that I am compiling a song list to the soundtrack of my life. At any rate, I was listening to my lifes soundtrack and I started thinking about my life and my husband as songs often make us do and it was a song by Christina Perri titled A 1,000 years and also another song by my favorite band The Civil Wars called To Whom it May Concern, that really got me thinking. These songs are about loving someone before even knowing who they were and that's EXACTLY how it was with my husband.
I was thinking back...waaaayyyy back from when I was a little girl. I never could sleep very well, I was always afraid of the dark and never felt safe, so I would put pillows next to me in order for me to feel secure enough to sleep. I wouldn't use just one pillow and cuddle with it either..NO, I would use like 10 and make a small mountain, then I would either cuddle or put my feet up over them and then I would fall asleep. After I got married, now that I think of it, I don't use pillows anymore, because when I turn to my side, I see that same exact mountain and feel secure..LOL But to be honest, I always felt so insecure at night, but since I got married, from that first moment that I laid down in my marital bed and my husband put his arms around me to cuddle, all my fears and insecurities melted away and I felt safe and secure enough to sleep.
It was like before I was married, I was only living half a life, like a HUGE part of me was missing and I knew in my heart that it was Marko and that he was out there somewhere looking for me too. As cheesy as it sounds, I am a big movie buff and when I was younger, one of my favorite movies was An American Tail, where they sang this song that still gets to me until this day titled Somehwere out there. Okay that's not the cheesy part, the cheesy part is that I use to sit at my bedroom windowsill and sing that song as I looked up at the great big moon in the sky and I would wonder if he was looking at that same moon and somehow we were connected? Yeah I know, cheesy right? Nah, I'm just a hopeless romantic like that! Anyway, as you probably read in my first blogs where I spilled about our whole love story, I would literally see him in my dreams, but never his face because I didn't meet him yet. Truthfully, I think God did it that way, because half the fun of the journey was trying to find him and if I already knew who he was, then what was the point of that adventure?
All in all, the point of my crazy ranting is that I missed my husband before I even knew him. It was like in my dreams I could see the magnificent romance of it, but when I woke up, he was gone. I think that is why I slept so much when I was younger because when I was awake it felt like an eternity before I would see him again in my dreams. Then when I got married, I stopped sleeping so much, because finally my waking reality was my dream come true.....until next time beloved <3
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Hurt people, hurt people
Hello my beloved, how are you all doing this September month? The season is finally changing and I'm so glad because I don't think I can take anymore of the heat! These past few weeks I've been really dehydrated and having dizzy spells which is why I haven't been on here that much lately. But I'm back now and that's the past, so lets move forward on today's topic of interest: why do people hurt people?
I don't know if it's the heat wave or what, but this whole summer or better yet, this whole past year, I've been pushed down, mowed over, stabbed in the back, crushed, mutilated and the worst one of all.....hurt. For awhile I reflected on myself and what I've done wrong to cause these certain individuals to attack me so hateful and spitefully? I prayed, I meditated, I asked the age old question of why? And after it all, I've come to the conclusion that it's not my fault, heck it might not even be their fault?
For my situation, I looked back long and hard to try to find where I could of done these individuals wrong, but the truth is, all I ever did was try to be there for them, love them, give them loving advice and support, but they took it as me "trying to control them, take over their lives, get involved in their business, when it's none of mine?!" To that, I reply, then why did you come to me with your problems if you didn't want my help? It's not like I was forcing them to conform or change...the fact of the matter is, as you know I am Christian and all I tried to do was give them Godly advice and spiritual guidance in a loving and encouraging way, but my mistake was that these individuals are NOT the spiritual type so any advice other than "do what you want," is considered " judgemental and critical" which makes me un Christian because supposedly I'm suppose to just accept them as they are. Well yes, that is true, I do accept you as you are, but I don't accept your sin. The problem with unbelievers is that they choose to pick and choose parts of the bible that rule in their favor, but the problem with that is, they don't read the entire context of the word before they start accusing and throwing judgements. Instead, they want to continue hurting and in return hurt you more, thinking that would make them feel better.
For that, I'm sorry but you can try to break me, hurt me and say whatever you want, but I'm not going to compromise my faith or beliefs and conform to your worldly ideals just to make you feel better. As a Christian it is my job to love you with the love of The Lord and out of Love, help guide you on the right path for your life which God wills for you. It's not my doing or your doing or any one's doing BUT Gods, the only thing is he gives you the free will to choose wether or not to accept it. So for all those who have been hurt or make it a point to hurt, just know the only way you will ever find true happiness in your life is through Christ Jesus as your Lord and savior and I promise you that your life might not get any easier as a Christian, but it will be more fulfilled and joyful. It's like I said in the beginning, I've been trampled on, dragged across the mud, have personally gone through hell and back. Honestly, I'm going through a couple of trials and tribulations as I write to you now, but beloved despite it all I have peace in my heart knowing God Rules it and joy in my life knowing God is in control and will take care of me and for those of you who want to hurt me for standing steadfast for The Lord, while then I will not say anything to you accept, Matt 5:44 "do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you." Just know my beloved, God knows our hearts and our pains and it says in 2 Corinthians 1:5 "for just as the suffering of Christ flows over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows"..........Until next time my beloved
For that, I'm sorry but you can try to break me, hurt me and say whatever you want, but I'm not going to compromise my faith or beliefs and conform to your worldly ideals just to make you feel better. As a Christian it is my job to love you with the love of The Lord and out of Love, help guide you on the right path for your life which God wills for you. It's not my doing or your doing or any one's doing BUT Gods, the only thing is he gives you the free will to choose wether or not to accept it. So for all those who have been hurt or make it a point to hurt, just know the only way you will ever find true happiness in your life is through Christ Jesus as your Lord and savior and I promise you that your life might not get any easier as a Christian, but it will be more fulfilled and joyful. It's like I said in the beginning, I've been trampled on, dragged across the mud, have personally gone through hell and back. Honestly, I'm going through a couple of trials and tribulations as I write to you now, but beloved despite it all I have peace in my heart knowing God Rules it and joy in my life knowing God is in control and will take care of me and for those of you who want to hurt me for standing steadfast for The Lord, while then I will not say anything to you accept, Matt 5:44 "do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you." Just know my beloved, God knows our hearts and our pains and it says in 2 Corinthians 1:5 "for just as the suffering of Christ flows over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows"..........Until next time my beloved
Thursday, August 29, 2013
If husbands want to survive another day..then read this
Husbands, do you have the kind of wives where you had a loooong day at the office and you come home and they are acting irratically, yelling at you and cursing you out? Did you go to a sports event that went into overtime and when you receive calls from your wife you ignore them until after the game.. because well... you're at a sports even, you need to focus on the game, not whats going on at home? Does she for an unknown reason start texting and calling you when you're out on the road even though you told her you were going to be back about an hour ago?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, well let me tell you a secret to avoiding all the drama and making your wife be as cool as a cucumber when she sees you. CALL HER!!!!! If you're going to have a looooooonnnggg day at the office and you're not going to be home on time, how about giving her a courtesy call and let her know you're running late! If you are going to a sports event and YOU KNOW you're going to be longer getting home, then you said you were..geeee I don't know...HOW ABOUT CALL HER and let her know??!!!!!!!!!
The things that you don't seem to understand is if your wife is anything like me, and you told her you're going to be home at a certain time, most likely she has made plans and probably cooked dinner and made an intricate itinerary circled around the whole time that you said you were going to be home and when you DON'T have the common respect to call her and let her know the original plan changed and instead you leave her waiting and wondering with a million and one thoughts running through her head.....
then guess what..she is most likely going to be either REALLY mad or if she's like me, she is most likely going to turn into a big huge scary monster that if cornered and you don't have something nice to throw at her to diffuse the situation, she will most likely chew and spit you out. So husbands, take my advice, I'm not telling you this because I just want to talk about it..I'm telling you because I care about you and your marriage...so just think of her next time you want to take your time coming home.....until next time my beloved <3
Friday, August 16, 2013
The joys of having children
Given I don't have children of my own...yet....I thought I'd share this silly story.
I was feeling pretty grumpy and inconvenienced earlier and really wasn't in the mood for anything, but we picked up our two year old nephew so he could spend the night at our house and we were on our way home, when he saw McDonalds. Like all American toddlers, he recognized the arches and got really excited, "DONALD'S!!!!!!! DONALD'S!!!!!!" Since we still needed to feed him dinner, we stopped, but went through the drive thru since it was late.
I was feeling pretty grumpy and inconvenienced earlier and really wasn't in the mood for anything, but we picked up our two year old nephew so he could spend the night at our house and we were on our way home, when he saw McDonalds. Like all American toddlers, he recognized the arches and got really excited, "DONALD'S!!!!!!! DONALD'S!!!!!!" Since we still needed to feed him dinner, we stopped, but went through the drive thru since it was late.
He was so excited and we got to the first window and paid and started driving to the second window, when he became nervous and his eyes got really big and concerned and he started asking, " fries??!!!" Fries??!!!"
So I had to explain to him that we paid in
the first window and now we have to drive to the second window to get the food and he still seemed confused so he asked, "why?" So I told him, "because they don't want to mix the food with the money because that's just unsanitary," so again he asked, "why?!" So I told him, "because it's easier that way" and he asked, "why?" By now I figured he was just messing with me so I told him, it's so traffic can flow faster and the cars can just drive through and yet again he asked, "why?" So by now I had no more answers to give and I just said, " because!" At which he replied, "why?" So again I said , "because" at which he replied, "why?" And we went on like this for about a minute, until he got confused as to who was saying why and who was saying cause? Hahaha, the whole time my husband was laughing at us from the front seat and telling me, he never thought he would ever hear that conversation?! We all laughed and in that instant, my whole mood changed to nothing but joy. It's crazy how a child changes everything.....until next time
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Friday, August 9, 2013
The night I fell in love
So I was sitting on my couch after a long day, eating a bag if chips like a fatty when I got to the bottom of the bag and licked it clean. Now making a frowning face, I turn to my husband and say, "Marko, I ate all my chips!" Without even looking at me, his eyes still on the t.v. He replies, " awwwww, do you want to go buy some more?" He then looks at me with sympathy, I have $4 and some change we can go out and buy some right now?"
Siiiighhh, it made my heart grow for him double! I don't know if I told you all this story before; I probably need to check my previous blogs, but before we were married, my husband and I would have long conversations at night on the phone, like all young couples in love.
One night, we were talking and I had a real bad cold and I told him, "I'm so hungry!!! You know what I can go for right now?" What?" he asked me in a doting voice. " I could really go for a First Street Burger with some fries and a gallon of orange juice, cough....cough, sniffff!"
"Where is that at?" He asked curiously, " well it's on First Street of course, but its like 10:00 at night so I guess its too late?" I figured he wouldn't do it, but without even hesitating he said okay, I'll see you in an hour. With that, we hung up, but I didn't think he would really do it, but just as he said, an hour later, he called me to say he was at my door and when I opened it, he had a bag of first street burgers and fries and a gallon of orange juice. I was shocked and amazed and that was the night I fell madly in love for the first time in my life.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Am I going to die???
As you know, before I started my business with my husband I worked in another job, which required a lot of extraneous physical labor from me. Although my body was getting into shape, it was also wearing and tearing my body and one of the things it did was mess up my toe!! I came home one day and took my shoes off my achy feet and when I looked down, my toenail on my left foot was black?!!! I freaked and didn't know what happened, but after gaining my composer, I remembered that I kept tripping on the sidewalks when I was making my deliveries and think that the trauma from that caused my toe to get injured? I told my managers, but they said it was all part of the job and I just needed to push through the pain and let my body get used to it. So I continued working, until I left to start my work with my husband and it's been three months later, but my toenail is still black and it's starting to cause leg pain? It hurts when I wear closed toe shoes or walk on it a lot so today, I couldn't take it anymore and I told my husband to cut it off!! I would go to the Doctors, but we don't have health insurance and considering our business is actually upside down right now, we can't really afford such a luxury as going to the doctors, so we did the next best thing and I dubbed my husband a "Doctor" for the day and told him to make my pain go away. Being the wonderful and supportive husband that he is, he put on his pretend Doctor hat and started cutting away at the dead nail and scraping out the old dry blood that apparently was the culprit for all my pain. Of course he took sanitary procedures to ensure the health and safety of preserving my toe and sterilized all his tools which was basically a nail clipper and one of those wooden toe picks that look like giant tooth picks. Then, he got rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide to kill any germs or bacteria that might have developed under my nail.
After he put the peroxide on, he said my toe started fizzing and that it was killing all the germs, then he elevated my leg and gave me a cold pack to put on my foot to help with the pain. I have to say Doctor Marko is quite good at his job, because my toe feels much better than what it did earlier although it is still sore. On the plus side, I got to eat ice cream afterwards as my reward for being good during the procedure..yay!
I love my husband so much, because truth be told, I started freaking out and thought I was going to die?!!!!
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The perfect anniversary!!
Hello beloved, welcome back to my blog! I know it's been awhile since I wrote to you all, sorry for going M.I.A I have just been soooooo busy lately, I barely have a moment to catch my breath!!
Lets see what have I been up to? As I probably mentioned in a previous blog at some point, my husband and I started a company together and have been working towards building that up from nothing and I have to say....it IS taking some work so I will keep you all posted on that at another time, another blog! In the mean time, I have been doing a lot of volunteer work at my church and there have been a million and one events going on the last couple of months with weddings, birthdays, showers, etc....it's been so crazy!! But again that's another blog; tonight I want to tell you all about my wonderful anniversary that I had with my sweetheart recently! Are you all tucked in and ready for our bedtime story? Okay my beloved here goes:
The following day, we went to the movies once again and this time saw " man of steel," to be honest my husband LOVED it, but I felt like I've seen it all before in marvels other movies (I.e. Thor, avengers, etc.) but it was okay I guess? Afterwards we went to Disneyland and spent the entire night running around the park with my sister and her three daughters and had the time of our lives! The next day after that, we spent a quite day at home and then when the day cooled down a bit, we went to this old fashioned ice cream parlor called Fosselmans where they make home made ice cream like they did back in 1919 and it's a family owned business. We got their salty caramel and English toffee nut ice cream and I was in absolute heaven!!! Although, I think it went straight to my hips so I'm not feeling all that great about it anymore. Now we are back home, enjoying each other, but in our separate corners. Sigh, these past three days have been heavenly and I know to some, it really doesn't sound like much, but considering what big movie and theatre buffs my husband and I are, I'd say it was actually quite perfect and I wish it didn't have to end!!.....until next time
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Lets see what have I been up to? As I probably mentioned in a previous blog at some point, my husband and I started a company together and have been working towards building that up from nothing and I have to say....it IS taking some work so I will keep you all posted on that at another time, another blog! In the mean time, I have been doing a lot of volunteer work at my church and there have been a million and one events going on the last couple of months with weddings, birthdays, showers, etc....it's been so crazy!! But again that's another blog; tonight I want to tell you all about my wonderful anniversary that I had with my sweetheart recently! Are you all tucked in and ready for our bedtime story? Okay my beloved here goes:
It was ten years ago that I met and fell in love with my soulmate. I would tell you the story, but I already did in my earlier blogs so if you want the details I suggest you start there. Fast forward after that fateful night in 2003 where our hearts and eyes met,we are still going strong and even more in love than ever!
A week or so before our special day, I asked my husband what we were going to do? Can you believe he had the audacity to sit beside me and say point blankly, " nothing!" Oh my goodness you should of seen how upset I got?! " how can you say nothing?!" I responded, " do you know how long we've been married? TEN YEARS!!! Some couples can't even last seven years...shoot Kim kardashian couldn't even last three months!!" "72 hours," is what my husband came back with, " what?!" I said, "Kim kardashian was married for like 72 hours." "No, she's still married, they didn't give her a divorce, she's still fighting it, thats besides the point, we have been married for a whole decade and.... My husband cuts me off and asks " what's a decade?" " that's 10 years." " are you sure, are you sure, then what's a century?" " a century is like 100 years right?" No America has been around for a hundred years though; isnt that a millennium?" No, what's mil in Spanish? 1000...there you go then, stop changing the subject..how can you do this to me, we've been married for ten years that is BIG!! We need to do something special!!" We went on like this for the rest of the week or so, but then in the end, my husband really pulled out all the stops to make this anniversary special!
First we took two days off from business and just focused on "us time." On the first day which was our actual anniversary we went to the movies and watched " this is the end," starring Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, etc.....we really enjoyed it although I felt they kinda cursed a little too much for my taste? Afterwards we went home and rested a bit before heading downtown to the actual theatre and saw a musical play called " the scottsboro boys," it's the true story circa 1930s Alabama where 9 colored men were falsely accused of raping two white women and it gave us the story of what they went through during their trials....surprisingly, despite the history of the story, it was a comedy and I felt that it was very well written and everyone should see it if they could. Afterwards, it was late at night and we were starving, so we had a nice, sweet dinner at IHOP.
The following day, we went to the movies once again and this time saw " man of steel," to be honest my husband LOVED it, but I felt like I've seen it all before in marvels other movies (I.e. Thor, avengers, etc.) but it was okay I guess? Afterwards we went to Disneyland and spent the entire night running around the park with my sister and her three daughters and had the time of our lives! The next day after that, we spent a quite day at home and then when the day cooled down a bit, we went to this old fashioned ice cream parlor called Fosselmans where they make home made ice cream like they did back in 1919 and it's a family owned business. We got their salty caramel and English toffee nut ice cream and I was in absolute heaven!!! Although, I think it went straight to my hips so I'm not feeling all that great about it anymore. Now we are back home, enjoying each other, but in our separate corners. Sigh, these past three days have been heavenly and I know to some, it really doesn't sound like much, but considering what big movie and theatre buffs my husband and I are, I'd say it was actually quite perfect and I wish it didn't have to end!!.....until next time
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Friday, March 15, 2013
My husband the hero!
There are many reasons why I love my husband, but one thing that always has me falling back in love time after time is how chivalrous he truly is. I have countless stories about how he put himself in harms way to protect and defend the innocent, but I don't think there is enough space in my blog to boast, so I decided to just tell you about what he did today instead.
We had a lovely day (despite this horrible rash I acquired on my face that is so itchy and making my life miserable), but that's another story, another day. We went to the happiest place on earth Disneyland and spent the day with our nephew, nieces and sister; it truly was a day to be had!
At the end of the day, after we dropped off our nephew, we decided to go shopping for a few needed household items at our local store and on our way back to our car, my husband stopped in his tracks and gasped, " oh no!" I had my eyes down and when I looked up and towards what he was staring at, there were two women in the street of the parking lot. One was an elderly woman laying on the ground and the other was a slightly younger woman (maybe her daughter or home health aide) trying to pick the elderly lady back up. On the sidewalk was a wheelchair that was half on the sidewalk, half on the street; Just then, a car was entering the lot coming towards them. After assessing the situation further and seeing the car coming towards them, my husband quickly handed me our shopping bags and ran towards the scene without any hesitation. I stood behind trying to figure out what was going on and as I looked around, I saw two other gentlemen running towards the women as well, but my husband was the first at the scene so only one of the other guys came over and held the wheelchair, while my husband and the younger lady helped the elderly woman back to her chair. Luckily, by this time, the car that was coming in the parking lot saw the situation as well and stopped in front of them and got out to see if he can also lend a helping hand. Fortunately, by this time, my husband, the other woman and the third stranger all were able to safely get the situation under control and the ladies out of harms way.
When I got closer to the scene, the younger lady was apologizing profusely to everyone and explained that she wasn't paying attention so she thought she was rolling the wheelchair down the slant of the sidewalk, when in actuality she rolled her off the curb, which I guess caused the wheelchair to dip and the elderly woman to fall out into the street. My husband offered to assist in pushing the wheelchair across the parking lot, but the younger woman just kept apologizing and saying she was okay. We walked back to our car, but with a watchful eye towards the two women which now seemed to be stopped behind a bush in the parking lot, where the younger lady was assessing the elderly woman to see if she was seriously injured. My husband said that the elderly woman was yelling at the younger one and that the elderly woman was complaining about her arm, but as we pulled out and started to leave the parking lot, we looked back and seen the two women walking back towards the store, while the younger lady kept rubbing the elderly women's shoulder.
We hope that she is okay, because I know how serious even the smallest falls can be for the elderly, but for now my husband was a knight in shining amour or at least in my eyes anyway!....until next time.
We had a lovely day (despite this horrible rash I acquired on my face that is so itchy and making my life miserable), but that's another story, another day. We went to the happiest place on earth Disneyland and spent the day with our nephew, nieces and sister; it truly was a day to be had!
At the end of the day, after we dropped off our nephew, we decided to go shopping for a few needed household items at our local store and on our way back to our car, my husband stopped in his tracks and gasped, " oh no!" I had my eyes down and when I looked up and towards what he was staring at, there were two women in the street of the parking lot. One was an elderly woman laying on the ground and the other was a slightly younger woman (maybe her daughter or home health aide) trying to pick the elderly lady back up. On the sidewalk was a wheelchair that was half on the sidewalk, half on the street; Just then, a car was entering the lot coming towards them. After assessing the situation further and seeing the car coming towards them, my husband quickly handed me our shopping bags and ran towards the scene without any hesitation. I stood behind trying to figure out what was going on and as I looked around, I saw two other gentlemen running towards the women as well, but my husband was the first at the scene so only one of the other guys came over and held the wheelchair, while my husband and the younger lady helped the elderly woman back to her chair. Luckily, by this time, the car that was coming in the parking lot saw the situation as well and stopped in front of them and got out to see if he can also lend a helping hand. Fortunately, by this time, my husband, the other woman and the third stranger all were able to safely get the situation under control and the ladies out of harms way.
When I got closer to the scene, the younger lady was apologizing profusely to everyone and explained that she wasn't paying attention so she thought she was rolling the wheelchair down the slant of the sidewalk, when in actuality she rolled her off the curb, which I guess caused the wheelchair to dip and the elderly woman to fall out into the street. My husband offered to assist in pushing the wheelchair across the parking lot, but the younger woman just kept apologizing and saying she was okay. We walked back to our car, but with a watchful eye towards the two women which now seemed to be stopped behind a bush in the parking lot, where the younger lady was assessing the elderly woman to see if she was seriously injured. My husband said that the elderly woman was yelling at the younger one and that the elderly woman was complaining about her arm, but as we pulled out and started to leave the parking lot, we looked back and seen the two women walking back towards the store, while the younger lady kept rubbing the elderly women's shoulder.
We hope that she is okay, because I know how serious even the smallest falls can be for the elderly, but for now my husband was a knight in shining amour or at least in my eyes anyway!....until next time.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Today was a good day
Hallo! Shalom! And all those wonderful greetings to all of you friends around the world; how the heck are all of you?! As for me, I am doing great! I started training in my new job, I am happy and in a place in my life that I feel is peaceful.
The only thing that I am disappointed in myself about is that I missed church this morning; I can't believe I did that! I totally forgot about turning the clocks forward for Spring, so this morning I thought I woke up at 9 a.m. and so I didn't nag my husband to get ready or anything, because church starts at 10:45 so I figured we had plenty of time......that was until I looked at the clock on the television that said it was already going to be 11:30 a.m!! We decided to just take the day as it is and enjoy what was left of our morning because by the time we got dressed and made it to church, it would have already of been over :( besides that hiccup, we had a nice day.
My husband made me a delicious breakfast sandwich that had sausage, a slice of turkey and then grilled it with melted cheese and topped it off with a nice steaming cup of my favorite tea ( this is probably why I was in such a mellow mood in the morning). Afterwards, we watched a few episodes of some random reality tv show ( seems like that's all there is on tv now a days) then we got dressed and set out on our adventure for the day.
I told my husband I wanted to be romanced and go on an adventure with just the two of us, because I know once I start working, I'm not going to have so much free time as I do now. Sadly, the only thing he could come up with was to go get some cupcakes at this cupcake shop two cities over from us. I told him, " is that all you can come up with? I have like a dozen different adventures running through my mind just as we speak?!!" He asked me what ideas I had and I told him, we could go on adventures to see how many countries we can visit without living the state? I know we have a Mexican town, China town, Korea Town, Little Armenia, and even a Dutch town and I always wanted to just take a road trip and see all of them. The way I see it, if you fly around the world, you have to buy a plane ticket, rental car, rent a room, pay for food, etc. and in the end that will cost you what, between $5,0000 to $10,0000 or maybe more? If we just traveled to each town, which has the same culture anyway, we would only be spending what $1,000 tops? By now beloved, you all know I'm cheap, so which one would you choose?
To make a long story longer, we didn't end up doing that or the cupcake run. Instead, we used a free coupon I got in the mail for one of my favorite restaurants, then we walked and bought some cream puffs from a near by Papa Beards. Usually, I love their cream puffs, because they are so light and fluffy, but today they seemed a little dry; oh well, se la vie. After our dessert, we walked around town and found this really great shop called Ten Thousand Villages, that is a non-profit store. Apparently, from what I read, they buy handmade merchandise from people in different countries and sell them to help pay for their livelihood, like food, water, etc. they had some really cool things in there like jewelry, sculptures made out of recycled cans, etc and each item has a sticker with the location from where they are from and the name of the individual who made it. I walked around for awhile and found this really cute onyx cut elephant. It was from Pakistan, but it didn't have the name of the person that made it. I LOVE elephants and if you look inside my home, you will see that I have quite a few around my living room.
The elephant is actually pretty small and fits in the palm of my hand and it is grey with a little but of brown, gold and white in it. I think it is so adorable and I love buying things that go to good causes, so even though I'm broke as a joke right now, I was still more than happy to indulge with this item. After walking around, we decided to walk back and somehow made our way to a clothes store (it wasn't me that lead the way, I swear....or maybe it was)? Anyway, we made it into the store and I told my husband that I wanted to look for a dress for my upcoming birthday party. For all of you that are following me already know that this is a big year for me since I'm getting closer to the top of the hill and decided to throw myself a mad hatter tea party unbirthday spectacular!! So we walked around and I found a couple of options and showed my husband and he told me I should try them on. So being the obedient wife that I am...heehee...I took the dresses and tried them on for him. The first one just didn't do it for me. The second one was alright according to my husband, but then I tried on the third one and when I walked out of the dressing room to show him, his eyes lit up and he told me, " that one is REALLY nice!" Pleased with his response I changed back into my regular clothes and brought the dresses out to give back to the store clerk. Then my husband being the spoiler that he is, told me that if I really want it, that I can put it on my credit card and that it really looked nice on me. I accepted his permission to use my credit card, because I know that it's hard finding things that fit just right on me and since the dress was less than $30, it made me happy that I wasn't splurging all that much. After dress shopping, we did a little more walking around and decided to call it a day, but remembered we had to go to the 99 cents store. For all the readers that aren't from around here, or ever heard of the 99 cents store, it is pretty much my most FAVORITE store to shop at. Here the name of the store pretty much sums it up; EVERYTHING is 99 cents!! Doesn't matter if its a pack of gum or household utensils, literally EVERYTHING is 99 cents! Well wait, actually not everything is 99 cents, it take it back. There are actually a few items that cost less than 99 cents like cups of noodles are only 29 cents and there are items you can buy 3 or 4 of them for a dollar, but nothing is over 99 cents...I love that store so much! Okay, Okay, enough praising of the 99 cents store. So we went and bought some fruits and vegetables that were too expensive to buy at the regular store, as well as some other food items to get us through the week, then we came back to our humble home and started to clean up a bit to get ready for the week. Then we sat down on our couch and spent the rest of the evening ignoring each other; oh what a glorious day! Just kidding, actually he is sitting right next to me playing video games and I am here chatting with you all, while I am waiting for my load of laundry to finish. On that note, I better get back to my wifely duties and get my husband off the video games before he turns into one of those zombie teenagers, then I will never see him again!! Until next time my beloved.........
The only thing that I am disappointed in myself about is that I missed church this morning; I can't believe I did that! I totally forgot about turning the clocks forward for Spring, so this morning I thought I woke up at 9 a.m. and so I didn't nag my husband to get ready or anything, because church starts at 10:45 so I figured we had plenty of time......that was until I looked at the clock on the television that said it was already going to be 11:30 a.m!! We decided to just take the day as it is and enjoy what was left of our morning because by the time we got dressed and made it to church, it would have already of been over :( besides that hiccup, we had a nice day.
My husband made me a delicious breakfast sandwich that had sausage, a slice of turkey and then grilled it with melted cheese and topped it off with a nice steaming cup of my favorite tea ( this is probably why I was in such a mellow mood in the morning). Afterwards, we watched a few episodes of some random reality tv show ( seems like that's all there is on tv now a days) then we got dressed and set out on our adventure for the day.
I told my husband I wanted to be romanced and go on an adventure with just the two of us, because I know once I start working, I'm not going to have so much free time as I do now. Sadly, the only thing he could come up with was to go get some cupcakes at this cupcake shop two cities over from us. I told him, " is that all you can come up with? I have like a dozen different adventures running through my mind just as we speak?!!" He asked me what ideas I had and I told him, we could go on adventures to see how many countries we can visit without living the state? I know we have a Mexican town, China town, Korea Town, Little Armenia, and even a Dutch town and I always wanted to just take a road trip and see all of them. The way I see it, if you fly around the world, you have to buy a plane ticket, rental car, rent a room, pay for food, etc. and in the end that will cost you what, between $5,0000 to $10,0000 or maybe more? If we just traveled to each town, which has the same culture anyway, we would only be spending what $1,000 tops? By now beloved, you all know I'm cheap, so which one would you choose?
To make a long story longer, we didn't end up doing that or the cupcake run. Instead, we used a free coupon I got in the mail for one of my favorite restaurants, then we walked and bought some cream puffs from a near by Papa Beards. Usually, I love their cream puffs, because they are so light and fluffy, but today they seemed a little dry; oh well, se la vie. After our dessert, we walked around town and found this really great shop called Ten Thousand Villages, that is a non-profit store. Apparently, from what I read, they buy handmade merchandise from people in different countries and sell them to help pay for their livelihood, like food, water, etc. they had some really cool things in there like jewelry, sculptures made out of recycled cans, etc and each item has a sticker with the location from where they are from and the name of the individual who made it. I walked around for awhile and found this really cute onyx cut elephant. It was from Pakistan, but it didn't have the name of the person that made it. I LOVE elephants and if you look inside my home, you will see that I have quite a few around my living room.
The elephant is actually pretty small and fits in the palm of my hand and it is grey with a little but of brown, gold and white in it. I think it is so adorable and I love buying things that go to good causes, so even though I'm broke as a joke right now, I was still more than happy to indulge with this item. After walking around, we decided to walk back and somehow made our way to a clothes store (it wasn't me that lead the way, I swear....or maybe it was)? Anyway, we made it into the store and I told my husband that I wanted to look for a dress for my upcoming birthday party. For all of you that are following me already know that this is a big year for me since I'm getting closer to the top of the hill and decided to throw myself a mad hatter tea party unbirthday spectacular!! So we walked around and I found a couple of options and showed my husband and he told me I should try them on. So being the obedient wife that I am...heehee...I took the dresses and tried them on for him. The first one just didn't do it for me. The second one was alright according to my husband, but then I tried on the third one and when I walked out of the dressing room to show him, his eyes lit up and he told me, " that one is REALLY nice!" Pleased with his response I changed back into my regular clothes and brought the dresses out to give back to the store clerk. Then my husband being the spoiler that he is, told me that if I really want it, that I can put it on my credit card and that it really looked nice on me. I accepted his permission to use my credit card, because I know that it's hard finding things that fit just right on me and since the dress was less than $30, it made me happy that I wasn't splurging all that much. After dress shopping, we did a little more walking around and decided to call it a day, but remembered we had to go to the 99 cents store. For all the readers that aren't from around here, or ever heard of the 99 cents store, it is pretty much my most FAVORITE store to shop at. Here the name of the store pretty much sums it up; EVERYTHING is 99 cents!! Doesn't matter if its a pack of gum or household utensils, literally EVERYTHING is 99 cents! Well wait, actually not everything is 99 cents, it take it back. There are actually a few items that cost less than 99 cents like cups of noodles are only 29 cents and there are items you can buy 3 or 4 of them for a dollar, but nothing is over 99 cents...I love that store so much! Okay, Okay, enough praising of the 99 cents store. So we went and bought some fruits and vegetables that were too expensive to buy at the regular store, as well as some other food items to get us through the week, then we came back to our humble home and started to clean up a bit to get ready for the week. Then we sat down on our couch and spent the rest of the evening ignoring each other; oh what a glorious day! Just kidding, actually he is sitting right next to me playing video games and I am here chatting with you all, while I am waiting for my load of laundry to finish. On that note, I better get back to my wifely duties and get my husband off the video games before he turns into one of those zombie teenagers, then I will never see him again!! Until next time my beloved.........
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