Deux.

I miss....

• Mini breakfast dates with my husband at Panera.
• Play dates with my Mommy friends in the IE.
• The BEST Mexican food known to man for dirt cheap.
• On the whim visits to Disneyland.
• Weekend long trips to Vegas.
• Get togethers hosted at our house at least 1x every 1-2 months.
• Pumpkin carving/Halloween party.
• "Fakesgiving"
• Annual Christmas parties w/Secret Santa.
• My boss and my job.
• Zoey's sitter/nanny.
• Torrential rain w/hail storms.
• Snow w/snowboarding.

It doesn't look like we are planning to move back to the desert. With friends spreading out and leaving, really, there wouldn't be the same types of memories being made. I am rather happy to hear my former roomie is moving back here in fall, I know she won't be the same, because she's getting married, but it will be nice to reconnect with her once in awhile versus once a year.

Thoughts do run through out heads and we could get a better paying job, but is it worth leaving family (again) and having to stand tall on our own without the help of my parents to love and adore our children. I don't think money could ever cover that. If my parents were to move with us, I think that we could do the move, but I highly doubt that would happen.

On a happier note though, five things I am indeed thankful for...

• Good health, at least last I heard...
• Family that always stands by us and willing to help out.
• Friends that I can always count on for everything!
• Love, the wholesome, forgiving, unconditional love my husband surrounds me with.
• My children who fill my house with laughter, joy and craziness. 

Reminiscing Life in the Desert

It's funny when I look back at the Mobile Uploads folder on my Facebook. I saw things I had totally forgot, and I almost brought me to tears laughing. Between my children and my loving husband, all of them combined melt my heart. 

He put this together in Kindergarten for Father's Day. I had totally forgotten about this, I know I have it stored away because I am a sentimental person, but because it's out of sight, it's out of mind. It's things like these that truly melt my heart... Actually, my point was I miss his teachers in the desert. I almost feel like I owe them everything for starting out J's education on a good note and because of them, he took off. BME truly shaped my child and I am thankful...

But it wasn't just that picture, it was a whole bunch of pictures combined to make me miss life in the desert. A few years ago a friend once told me, "You will be driving your car and laughing your butt off!" She was trying to remind me that a "good life" was just around the corner, and that the temporary hardships of residency will come to an end. She was my pillar when I needed her. She is a friend I truly miss....

...because of this friend I learned that Red Robin is one place that accommodated our two families and learned to love BBQ chicken. How I miss my Whisky Wrap; I could just go for one right now, unfortunately none exist on this island.

Life here is good, but sometimes it good to remember the good times in a different part of our lives. It may not have been "good" but it sure gave us some good memories....

Something New...

I don't usually make new year resolutions, and so this year wasn't any different. But, after all the Christmas/New Year's parties and junk food galore, I decided to lose some weight as of last week.

Being married to a physician I am constantly reminded about the benefits of eating healthy and exercising regularly. Though my husband doesn't practice what he preaches he continues to lose weight, I haven't got a clue how! He lost weight when I removed dairy and fried foods from our meals that I put together at home, and low and behold I lost about 10 pounds. I somehow gained it back after carelessly eating out and not reading the labels.

Fast forward to today I gained about 15 lbs. My goal is to lost about 15 lbs - 20 lbs. I signed up for an online program that will last about 3 months. I hope to see results within that time... I do exercise regularly as of last month, now it's just to get the eating part of the lifestyle change down.

Lawn Fawn Challenge

Love, love, love their stamps..... Had to make it a local card with all the honu!!! :)

Doctor Visit

I missed last week due to a crazy busy schedule. This week I worked on it earlier....

Besties

Week 2 of Sketchy Thursdays!

I am loving this weekly motivation! :) Can't wait to see what's coming tomorrow!