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10/15/12

show & tell: when i was 17

 
man I cant believe I was 17 almost 10 years ago! crazy how time flies when your having fun!
 
1. When you were 17, tell us what kind of car you drove, where you worked, and what you were usually up to on the weekends.
I drove my sisters hand-me-down 97 teal Saturn. The sun roof leaked, like  majorly, and the air conditioning didnt work. Remind you, I live in South Florida, where a) its hot all the time b) its extremely humind and c) during hurricane season, it rains, ALOT. So try having a car with no A/C and a sunroof that leaks. When it rained the back floorboard would fill with rain water and because it was raining I couldnt have the winds down, plus no A/C made it smell incredibly bad. Needless to say, that summer I got my first job so i could save up and buy a new car.
Said first job, was as a hostess at a seafood restaurant on the beach. I actually really enjoyed my job and loved where I worked, so much so, that I stayed there through college and began waitressing, then became a bookkeeper on the weekends, then got promoted to a manager, then started bartending there for extra money. I only recently stopped working there about 2 months before Matthew was born. Which means I was there for close to 11years. Im still really close with the people who work there and go visit often. Oh and my mom still works there too, she does the bookkeeping I used to do. :)
Usually on the weekends you could either find me working (i really wanted a new car) or at the beach with friends, or at hubbys house (boyfriend at the time hehe).

2. Show us a picture of you when you were 17 {roughly}.

3. When you were 17, tell us what you wanted to be when you "grew up."
I really wanted to be a fashion designer. It was my dream to move to New York and become successful at designing clothes! Then i realized, it was highly unlikely that I would become rich doing this with the amount of fashion designers already out there. So I decided, really as long as I could design something I would be good. Today I am a graphic designer!
 
4. When you were 17, tell us the kind of boys that you dated. Did you have a type? Do you have a relationship you remember well? Tell us about it.
Well, technically I really only "dated" one boy, my hubs! :) hes my highschool sweetheart! but i guess you can say there were a few "flings" that I had. All of which were baseball players, and i guess coincidentally they were all the "bad boy" types lol. And yes, hubs falls into both of these categories as well. ;)
 
5. When you were 17, tell us where you pictured your life 10 years from then. Did it turn out the way you expected it to?
In my mind, since i had been with my hubby for so long, i had told myself that i wanted to get engaged at 20, married at 21 (you know so i could drink at my own wedding lol), pregnant at 21, first kid at 22. All the while, I would have a degree and be at least on my way to being successful with my career. We got engaged the day before my 23rd birthday, married at 24, pregnant at 25, first kid at 26. And although I cant say we are rich, i do believe we are both on our ways to very successful careers. So ever though It didnt turned out exactly how I had expected, I would change it for the world!




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10/12/12

fridays letters


dear hubby, im not sorry i got my new iphone 5 yesterday and you didnt, hopefully yours will come soon too, but until then stop giving me those lil puppy dog faces, im going to enjoy my phone whether you like it or not. dear matthew, it was horrible seeing you not feeling good last night. daddy even helped put you down but he was concerned that with your stuffy nose you couldnt breathe while having your pacifier in. you looked so sad at 2am so I brought you in to sleep with us, not surprisingly you feel asleep within seconds. dear best buy, thank you for accidentally sending me a "your preorder is ready to be picked up" email, even though it was a mistake because all you had was an open box item (literally just the wrapping was off) you thought it was necessary to give me a 15% off discount, can you say "oh yeah, $30 off!" i guess i can stop cursing and belittling your customer service now. dear iphone5, i have been waiting for you for sooooo long, like 6 years long, you are just as wonderful as i expected, but you are so light that i feel i might break you, dont worry though, i bought a pretty pink otter box so if you do fall it will protect you. dear bloggy friends, if you have any iphone apps that you just cant live without  either for personal use or as parents or for toddlers, please let me know, i would love to hear about them. dear self, you got a ton of crafty projects to do and yet your procrastinating way to much, Avery's 1st bday party is tomorrow at 1pm and you still havent finished her letter blocks (DIY post coming soon), get your big butt in gear! dear hubby, because you always deserve 2 letters just like matthew, i know you feel bad about having to buy 4 brand new tires for your truck on the credit card, but please know, I am not upset at the expense, im actually happy, because now we can take your truck to Orlando next week instead of mine. dear matthew, I cant wait to take you to Disney for the first time. Auntie D, cousin Jenna, and cousin Andrew will be there with mommy and daddy too. we hope you love disney just as much as the rest of us. dear jenna, my beautiful niece, i cant believe you turned 6 this week. I can remember the day you were born, me and your daddy spent the entire day at the hospital anxiously awaiting your arrival with your mommy, you are such a lil beauty and are finally letting me take lots of pics of you, thanks for being my only model :)

And because I can never leave you without a pic:





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10/11/12

wedded bliss wednesdays: date night

Yes I know its Thursday. I dont know why this didnt publish yesterday, but whatevs, Holy moly this week has flown by! Time to link up again.
How often do you and your husband have a date night?
We dont necessarily plan one out, but since the baby was born we try to go out by ourselves at least once every 2 weeks. Even if it was just for a quick dinner at Panera Bread. We are lucky enough to live close to my parents and sister, who both completely enjoy watching Matthew for us whenever we need some time to ourselves. I think now, I have to focus more on how we can incorporate family activities into our routine. And I dont mean the normal everyday stuff, Im talking about in-the-making plans for a trip to a local pumpkin patch kind of thing.

What did you do on your first date?
lol. No need to rehash memories. Lets just say, we never really had a "first" date. The first time I went anywhere with Matt, it was actually my first time ever skipping school. My exbest friend had decided we were going to skip 4th period and convinced me. Her friend Matt (hubs) was leaving school so he said he would take us. When push came to shove, said best friend found out there was a pop quiz in her 4th hour and she couldnt miss it. And me being totally paranoid as is, to skip class, didnt want to show up to my class late, so I went with this complete stranger. (i know, so not a good role model) Turns out, the reason he was leaving school was to go to court because he had gotten arrested for trespassing on private property. Great first impression. The case was dropped but still, I had no clue.
highschool days
  What is your favorite kind of date night?
i love going to dinner and then a movie. I know its not really fancy or anything, but both me and hubby love movie theater popcorn movies. We also very much enjoy going to local art festivals. We never really end up buying anything but there are two that we like in particular Las Olas Art Festival and Coconut Grove Arts Festival. Oh and concerts too!! We've been to soooo many country music concerts since weve been together and we both really enjoy them ;)
sugarland concert September 2009
 How do you do date night on a budget?
Umm hello, have you read my recent obsession with deal sites? I swear anytime there is a groupon for movie tickets I end up buying the max allowed for that deal. I think currently we have like 4 tickets to use :D now to find a babysitter......
 
What is the best kind of date your husband could surprise you with?!
I would love if he planned a family picnic around sunset on the beach. I know he absolutely despises sand, which means we hardly ever go to the beach together. But if he set it all up because he knew I loved the beach and had everything ready to go with a bottle of wine food and the baby, i think we all could enjoy it. Especially since its started to finally get a lil cooler outside (you know high 70's low 80's lol)
this would be fine...
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