Weekend moments

This weekend was rockin' full of memorable moments.

book release with ymc girls

welcoming october

amazing late-night prayer with a friend

new dishtowels for a friend who needs them

a bathroom rug for free -- kohl's cash cards... holla!

encouraging vision meeting with ymc friends

authentic carne asada and guacamole

payday

two long walks with mom

new coffee shop

michaels browsing and sale shopping ($5 baby, i am good! :))

discovering the best chocolate chip cookies in. the. WORLD.

a brief unexpected sister visit

2-hour family nap time

feet up on the sofa

sweet homemade iced tea

fall crafting

grocery shopping with j

homemade dinners all weekend and a new recipe

dog walks

laughing out loud

planning/dreaming seshs with j

drumming my fingernails on the table (i know you understand, c)

yummy smelling home

clean towels, sheets and clothes

spotless bathrooms and a clean kitchen

vacuumed floors and a clean cage and fresh food for luigi

finding $20 and birthday gift cards

date to starbucks

figuring out a few christmas gifts

new pens (thank you arie!!)

organized kitchen cabinet filled with beautiful mugs

fall decorating

j's hands playing his guitar

jimmy robeson's cd over and over again

answers to prayer

incredible ymc time

celebrating small goals met

a [mostly] empty evening calendar for the week ahead

studying the word

serving the God of the universe

remembering He loved me first

Weekend Recap

Although my J had to work much of the weekend,

there were still many joys to come out of these last couple days.

trip to the gym
yummy steak dinner and puppy play time at my parents' house

late night starbucks run

a little blogging {no more trip blogging, i promise... until next time ;)}

staying up late and sleeping in

meeting sweet new neighbors

celebrating kristina's twins in her tummy with the ladies in my condo complex

two eight-month-old girls playing

sunshine, sunshine, and more sunshine

sweet texts from friends

italian on the town with my baby

redbox movie night complete with popcorn, red licorice, and sno caps

hugs from good friends i haven't seen in awhile

conversations about marriage

cleaning off a few countertops

michaels shopping trip with J

puppy cuddling

hubby-wife cuddling
instagram fun

spontaneous target run with mom

visiting my special friend's brothers

women's world cup... always proud of you USA girls. you did great.

watching snippets of aristoula's wedding - 1200 people there! for her!!

a little reading

a few ice cold glasses of water
grocery shopping at a few stores... wheelin' and dealin' ;)

So very thankful for the short two days that provide a bit of mental and physical rejuvenation.

Saturday sunshine

This weekend, I'm looking forward to:

celebrating my mom's 50th birthday (!!!) with

a date with the girls this morning,

brunch and some shopping tomorrow

and dessert tomorrow evening

with a few presents and pictures along the way :)

hanging with my baby this afternoon

some family walks

sunshine (omgosh... i said it)

ice cream and fruit pizza

some crafting

cleaning and laundry

church

and memory making, planned or unplanned :)

Have a sunshiney Saturday!

And for this weekend's recap...

my weekend... in a nutshell 

{there's another one of those phrases that is somewhat confusing to me...}

lots of time with mom prepping for our yard sale

puppy play time with sammy

celebrating paige's 34th birthday with a surprise mexican fiesta

a super successful 3-day yard sale with mom

fundraising excitement

marghee and candice hunting around at the sale... i love my friends

j and steve helping us clean up [i love my family]

visiting my favorite place in san diego... point loma

adalbertos #22 breakfast burrito

starbucks on the harbor with j's bestie brandon and his beautiful sarah and fam

starbucks planning sesh with my handsome hubby

ymc convo about love and the importance of praise
tropicana no pulp orange juice

celebrating fathers

a little shopping and some learning too

father's day dinner/j's first of many birthday bashes ;)

puppy play time at grandma k and grandpa j's house

i'm looking forward to a three-day work week,

j's 26th birthday,

and visiting sam and valinda!

Celebrate the weekends

Well, I'm a week behind, but last weekend was awesome, so I wanted to share a few highlights.

 the marriage conference at shadow

spending {late night super quality} time with our good friends j&j... and yogurt mill :)

celebrating katie and her baby-girl-elle-in-her-tummy with friends jen and jessi

{p.s. i adore these girls}

a much needed and perfect 3-hour nap with j

aunt linda's 50th birthday bash with c... aunt lin adds so much life to my italian side :)

and the beginning of a new marriage series at ymc.

[since i'm writing a week later and {unofficially} suffer from short-term memory loss,

this is all i remember at this time. 

but i remember it was awesome. i remember we were tired but had time to be home,

and spend quality time with each other and with special friends and family.]

Weekend Recap

This weekend was filled with friends, family, love, life chats, and laughter.

It was perfect.

ladies night on Friday

late [late late late] night conversation with special girls in YMC

morning 3-day training walk kick-off on the water with mom

meeting a sweet girl and Matt from channel 8 who are also walking in the 3-day

my first 3-day outfit purchase {!!!}

starbucks

laughing and story telling with mom and carly

~~ afternoon with J! ~~

ihop pancakes at 3:30pm

target shopping

{thank you for being so patient and supportive as i tried on 3-day clothes, honey!}

chatting about life and lots of laughter

walk with the puppies

some laundry and straightening {unfortunately cleaning didn't happen... but it was worth it}

flag cookies and dancing with j and sis

heart sharing with j at 3am

great table conversation at YMC with good friends... and being on time!

spontaneous lunch date with jaclyn

$1.25 strawberries and some chocolate covered almonds

evening of photos and laughter on the water with the sansom family

worship music playing throughout our home

Great weekend. So thankful.

Marriage conference this Friday and Saturday!!! San Diego friends - come!

Week past and weekend to come

Monday: Homemade Mexican fiesta... successful at that!

Tuesday: Free Coffee Bean summer ice blended drinks

can i just say... cookies and cream ice blended? A-MA-ZING. my new favorite fo-sho!

Wednesday: Meeting a nice new doctor, 

having mrs. dr smile and say "i should have known" when i said i'm an RN, 

and entering into the Sharp healthcare system [as a patient]

thank you, work health insurance. this is a first for me.

Thursday: Haircut and catch up with my friend Kelli visiting from Sac-town

it... is... too... short! this happens everytime. a picture will come soon.

Friday: Super sale at Kohls...
$10 free coupon + shirt with no tag + guy at register quitting his job = free for me.

Followed by a night with no plans! 

And here's how this weekend is looking:

a little organizing this and that

a little cleaning here and there

a fun car trip with mom and Carly to north county 

celebrating my friend Casey at her bridal shower with my mom

a trip to paper source {!!!!}

church, church, and more church (in a good way)

some Bible reading

some bill paying... call me crazy but I actually like paying bills

some time with my hubby

our Hispanic pastor/friend's birthday party!

some blog catch up - reading and writing

american idol watching

and possibly some card making

Happy Saturday!

Weekend Highlights

early morning sunrise

hours and hours of classroom study paying off by...

becoming an Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) provider and...

meeting some incredible nurses

chinese food and ice cream cake to celebrate J's Grandma's birthday... happy 86th birthday Grandma!!

a few encouraging texts

a few fun phone chats with my family

late night Target run with J

morning cuddle time with the puppies

morning clouds and afternoon sunshine (yep I'll admit it... it was a pretty day)

incredible testimonies from pastors at church

cinnabons for breakfast

completing a few big job applications

installing placing a new silverware holder in our drawer

finishing up last week's episode of the Bachelor

hubby pumping my gas at the gas station for me... thanks babe.

happy hour at the Brig with Mark and Katie

and did I already say pretty skies?

Good weekend.

Always too short.

But boy do I love them.

This time change has left me so tired today! Anyone else?

How was your weekend?

Weekend Highlights

This was a great weekend. 

We enjoyed dinner with our dear friends Mark and Katie to celebrate Mark's birthday.

[please excuse the zoomed in 'me' - i was obviously taking the picture and a bit too eager, so J got a bit hidden...]

 Saturday morning RAINY :) coffee date with my mom - it had been FOREVER!!!

Some laundry, organizing, cleaning, relaxing, napping, walking, and blog-reading.

A sunshiney day on Sunday - which was beautiful... although I was promised rain all weekend... 

An awesome Sunday morning of church - I love church on Sundays!

Grocery shopping with my hubby

Beautiful flowers - thank you Bun!

A bit of "Trauma" watching - love that show!

Lots of good chats

The Brig's happy hour - and my first bowl of clam chowder... love it!!

And the beginning of a BIG adventure with my mom...

more on that coming soon :)


What did you do this weekend?

February love: I love weekends

Working full time has given me a whole new appreciation for two small days called weekends.

Weekends bring: 

rest, rejuvenation, busyness, family and friends, socialization, catch-up, cleaning, cooking, and sleeping... 

to name a few things.

I love

weekends

This weekend in particular,

J and I spent the entire time together. 

We went to Starbucks, Michaels, Target, Costco, and Vons.

We celebrated Steve and visited with family, including Carly, at his birthday dinner at Grandma's house.

We [attempted to] sleep in.

We went to church.

We cleaned and did laundry.

We watched the Super Bowl. [yay Packers!!]

We revisited our goals and talked about life, today, tomorrow, and the future.

We cooked, we laughed, and we rested.

It was the best.

If only every day was the weekend...

Finally Friday

J and I brought in Friday night with a bang,

ordering an entourage of foods for happy hour at BJs. 

T'was a blast.

 (a glimpse from my phone)

Do you have any fun plans for the weekend?

Because I want to remember

John and I have had the best few days.
And I don't want to forget.

Friday night, I was feeling overwhelmed with the number of things left to accomplish.
I wanted to do them all, but didn't feel like there was enough time.
And J came to the rescue with a pen, paper, and a little encouragement.
We made a list of all the things I was thinking about,
and he helped me accomplish them, one by one.

Saturday:
we mailed our Christmas cards,
went out to breakfast,
cleaned out all our food in the kitchen,
and laughed a lot during that (J found all kinds of randomness I buy :)),
made a target list and conquered it,
planned our items to bake,
visited my family and welcomed my sister home
(and J put on his brillant hat to rescue mom's lost emails),
got Christmas stuff together,
lit a candle,
made muffins for our YMC Christmas party
as well as tons of sugar cookie dough yet to be baked,
cuddled and enjoyed the rain.

Sunday:
we got up early and went to church (gosh I love Sunday church)
and our YMC Christmas party.
we did lots of laundry,
planned meals for the week
and then conquered Vons,
but not before Mexican food next door.
we talked about our dreams,
played with our puppies and took a few rain walks,
laughed, hugged, and enjoyed each other's company.

Monday:
while I did some last minute Christmas shopping after work,
J fed the animals (twice!) and braved the storm to take them for walks.
We made dinner together while chatting
(mmm... wheat pasta with white sauce and asparagus),
and then J made us homemade vanilla lattes.
we sat in the living room together,
listening to Christmas music and worship music,
continuing to plan our future (we like planning)
while getting some more Christmas stuff together.

I love my husband.
I love to be with him.
I love when he does things with me and for me - the little things.
And I love love love when he smiles while doing it. :)

Thank you, honey, for this weekend.
I'm so glad I get to be your wife.

So ... yeah

I'm kinda struggling. I don't know what to blog. I'm lacking creative inspiration and also motivation. And it's frustrating! I want to be cute and creative, inspiring and funny... but sometimes, it just doesn't work. I think it's when I try too hard. Not that I'm trying too hard, really. But when I think about what to write, then I can't come up with anything. This is why journaling never worked for me. Oh well.

The other thing that has kept my mind and body incredibly busy this week is work. It was my first week of work. It's quite a new experience for me, but I am so thankful for a nursing job and believe that this is where the Lord has me for now. And so, I am content in that. At least, trying to be. But working is hard work. Most people know that already. But I forgot about the mental exhaustion that goes with figuring things out for the first time, trying to remember all new information, chart everything. Starting a new job is kinda overwhelming. Anyway, I'm enjoying my few days off before I begin an eight-day work cycle, bringing me right up to Thanksgiving, before three days off and then right back at it. Hard work I tell ya. But I'm not complaining. There are so many people who don't have jobs and I am blessed to be one of the ones that does.

This weekend has been so nice. Well, besides the fact I got sick this week. I know, right?! Right when I have to start working. [please pray I get better by Tuesday!!] But let me just say, my hubby has been amazingly sweet. The sweetest hugs, tucking me in, and lots and lots of love. I love him. I love being married. I mean, don't get me wrong. Marriage is hard work! But then there are really good days, and I know it is so worth it. :) I went to bed at 7:30 Thursday night, in time for my 4:15am wakeup call (early work!). And yesterday, in bed close to that. This is verrrrry early for me. But I'm realizing how fun it is to have J tuck me in. Like I'm five again when Mom tucked me in and said prayers every night (oh wait, I was 15.. :). Anyway. Today I'm thankful for marriage.

We went to this hip little place called Wine Steals tonight to celebrate J's friend's birthday. Man that place is hip! I did not feel cool enough to be there - sipping my water, trying to identify the pretty little cheese squares, grabbing squares of pizza and literally climbing into my chair because people were standing against it. So graceful. Right as we're meeting this really neat couple. Brie, of the fun new couple, is going to school to be a marriage and family therapist! I think that is such a cool job. So that was fun.

Tomorrow we have snack for YMC. I've been creative a couple times. But I couldn't do it today, so tomorrow, everyone is getting donuts. Hopefully no one will mind too much :).

Well, it's bed time for me. "whew" you say. I know, blah blah blah :). I hope this finds you well. Are you up to anything fun this weekend?

Weekend delights

This weekend was a good weekend.

I made breakfast Saturday

  

and homemade cinnamon rolls Sunday

We lounged

We went to church

and YMC

We had a super fun dinner date (with hilarious marketing) and grocery shopping

We had chili and baked potatoes and watched the Chargers dominate with some YMC friends

I met Ali for coffee (check out Coffee Bean's specials this Tuesday!)

I talked to Mom and Steve and Grandma via el telefono :)

Did laundry

Cleaned (mostly)

Ironed my new scrubs to wear tomorrow for the first time (and hubby's work clothes :)

And am now ready for my first work week in three years... (I'm not counting clinical since I didn't get paid). 

If you think of it, send a prayer my way this week! Thanks!

And honey, thanks for being my buddy. I love you.