Wowzers

WOWZERS is right!

Where in the world have I been???? 

I must say...I have missed blogging SO much.

It's crazy how you can start something and not really have any idea where it will take you. You think it means nothing - what's writing a few things down on a computer, right? 

But then you realize...you miss the moments spent in front of the computer assigning real words to nameless emotions and pealing back the scaly-skin of "feelings" and exposing yourself to what really lays within you.

It's amazing how quickly blogging can become a part of you.

So....

where the heck have I been?

What the heck have I been doing?

Time to insert some bullet-point paragraphs, my friends. 

(My organizational OCD is elated right now)

• First things first - hubby and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary this year - celebrated it in May. We took a trip out to Thousand Acres (literally exactly what it sounds like - a 1000 acre field) and we let our 1 1/2 year old Cattle Dog pups off the leash for the first time. I love exploring new places, especially if they are outside in wide-open spaces like woods or fields or oceans. We took the most lovely walk, held hands, smooched, ran with our puppies. It was really just such a perfect get-away. 

Later that night we went out to eat at a classy place here in Portland on the 34th (?) floor of a major downtown building and we sipped on Coca Cola's and ate the world's best appetizers. Talked about work and life and love. Got all dressed up. It was a very romantic 45 minutes :)

Then we enjoyed late night movies and snacks - my all-time favorite thing to do with the hubs. 

Love is simply the most wonderful thing in the world when you share it with the right person. I'm so incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to share love everyday with this man.

• Secondly, I celebrated my 27th birthday this year. Hubby took me out to my favorite restaurant in all the world: Olive Garden, and spoiled me with chocolate cake lit by the sparkle of a single candle flame.

 He went all-out this year and gave me mullah (thats "money", for you less gangster readers) to purchase a Nike Running Band which I couldn't be more excited about. I made the very personally-frightening but equally challenging commitment to sign up and participate in my very first 5k this coming September. So having something to track my performance is a big fat A+++ in my little black book of all things awesome-sauce. As if all that wasn't enough lovin', my sweet, sweet friends - the Tarter's - baked me some birthday goodies. This woman and her baking skills are 

A-MA-ZING. 

• Ok, third bullet-pointed paragraph (are you loving these as much as I am, yet?): The next big thing to take my attention away from blogging was our trip to Coronado Island. Ok, so my hubby INSISTS it's not an "island" because a small part of it is technically still attached to a bridge that connects San Diego to Coronado but....since I'm the one blogging here. I get to tell the story the way that I want to tell the story. 

So, there we were on an island.....

We went to visit the Reynold's family for a family reunion. I had the amazing privilege of meeting family I had never met before and honestly just getting to know those I have so much better. I had the best time loving and being loved on by my hubby's family. It was such a wonderful trip.

• The week before we left for Coronado I found out that I was blessed with a new job. I am now, officially, the Administrative Assistant for the Staples Distribution Center here in Portland, OR. I could not be MORE excited. I am so, so thankful to GOD for HIS favor. I feel incredibly blessed to be working with such a reputable, well-known and profitable company. The people I am meeting really seem just so genuine and honestly happy to work there. I completed day 3 there today and I am very excited to complete many, many more. I am very humbled to have this opportunity. I owe it all to the favor and goodness of GOD. HE is so, so good.

• Lastly, I received such an amazing honor this week. I opened my email this week to find an amazing blogger named Tiffany from A Fanciful Creature nominated me for a Liebster Award! If you dont know what that is, check out Tiffany's post about it here. I will post my official response and answers about it this weekend when I have some dedicated time to sit down and really invest time in expressing my absolute sincere appreciation and "awe" for being thought of to be nominated. But, I just want to say (in preface for my post this coming weekend): Thank you SOOOOOOO much, Tiffany, for taking the time out of your day to do something so thoughtful and kind. I appreciate your sweet gesture so much. I really look forward to getting to know you and your blog much better.

I have missed you all!!!! I promise to return to my more punctual, routine-blogging lifestyle very shortly. Did I mention I also started a summer course at Portland Bible College? Yeah...I'm juggling homework, as well. Oh, and 2 bible study classes throughout the week...while training for my marathon...while learning a new job...while taking care of my hubby and house and pups....

while un-crossing my eyes and letting go of the handfuls of hair in my fits. enjoying all the blessings in my life. :)

Hugs, love and other glittery stuff, as always!

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