Laughter sparkles like Sunshine

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Go figure (this is me whining!)

I can't sleep the last night I'm able to sleep next to the hubster =(. I reallyyyy don't care if anyone rolls their eyes as they read this. I fully understand this isn't deployment, and he'll be home soon...but, I miss Will like crazy when he's gone...and I don't think I should have to apologize for that. ( Please, remove my blog from your feed if you have an issue). This past week I've barely ventured out into society unless it was to spend time with him. I did go swimming with some friends today =)...and got my make-up. Then hung out with Will and grabbed some yummy dinner at Carino's. Shrimp scampi, Caesar salad, yummy bread, and happy hour drink specials make for a happy Vaughan family. I got a Cosmo while Will bravely tried this Italian spritzer. Came home to it raining again...sorta lol.

My Too Faced eyeshadow is this:
(boy toy)


And my Smashbox is:  Rapture.

Both were WAY cheaper than Merle Norman, and I supported the PX =D. (so yay for tax free shopping + discounts!)

If these last, I'll look into expanding my collection. Pretty excited about the subtle shimmer in both of them.

Anyways, I'm about to do my May faves blog, and head to bed. =)

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

This week is too short

I cannot believe May is over already! I've been busy the past couple of days. We had Beer Olympics Friday, Slumber Party Saturday, and our anniversary date Sunday. We went out for dinner & saw Hangover Part 2. Great movie!  Monday we stayed home, cleaned, and packed =/. Tuesday, went out to lunch and then spent the evening with Will. Today we paid bills, and got some amazing food. I had smoked turkey, potato salad, and peach cobbler while Will had a beef brisket sandwich, cole slaw, and banana pudding, and we both had actual sweet tea. =D. Got good news today. My friends are purchasing their airplane tickets Friday! Thank goodness I have something to look forward to in June =/. But we came home and watched 10 Things I Hate About You, and it started to rain! After 100 and something days without it. We stood outside in it like cool kids ;). Now I'm updating my blog, and reading the newest Cosmo. I'm in dire need of a new eyeshadow, and I'm considering trying Smashbox make-up...if anyone has tried it, let me know your thoughts =D. Merle Norman in El Paso irritated me by trying to sell me over-priced make-up =/, even called the one in the Oaks Mall to confirm the price is set by the company. So..my addiction has to wait until we're in FL again. =(
Anyways, off to finish Cosmo. Nighty-night bloggers. =)

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Great way to start off Memorial Day weekend

...is with a Beer Olympics  challenge, and a cake fight =D. My team, Jessica and I, were Juicy. Will's team name was Southern Charm (totally picked it out ;) ). Pretty epic stuff. We had brackets consisting of beer pong, flipcup, relay race, quarters, long jump, and high jump. I did the long jump, and Jess did the high jump (thankfully, lol).  Both jumps, you drank half a beer, and jumped, lol. My long jump was like 58 inches, which is almost my height, yayyy me. The relay was ten cups, 2 beers per side, and you chugged them. It all ended with a massive cake fight. =D. It took me 3 washes, and a deep conditioning for my hair to return to normal. Got home pretty late...let's just say as we were headed to bed, my Gamma was waking up =D. But, I'm off to tackle today's to-do list. Enjoy your weekend everyone, and thank an Armed Forces person, past or present, as they are the reason you're more than likely enjoying a long weekend.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Update

So far, my health is good. Got prescribed a med to help reduce the acid in my stomach, hoping this will help elleviate my gagging issue. My cervix seems to be fine, and I'm scheduled for an ultrasound next month. But Will & I had a serious discussion, and we'd both prefer to put adding to the family on hold until he comes home. Obviously this was not our emotions talking, as it kills us not to be parents. =/. I'm actually tearing up just typing it. But if something were to happen, I'd want him by my side. I'm not that strong yet. I got the ultrasounds today. It felt like time. I don't care that there was nothing in my uterus, there was life inside my Fallopian tubes, and I want those images.

But! after my appt Will was home, so we went out and spent time together. Came home so he could play his games while I finished the book I bought yesterday, Sarah Dessen's 'What Happened to Goodbye.' It was amazing, read it!

Yesterday was a good day too. Got Will everything he needed for NTC, and watched a movie by myself. This may sound strange, but it was sooo peaceful sitting in the theater by yourself. I watched Something Borrowed, and highly recommend it =).

I'm off to eat my veggie sub and watch a movie with the hubs. G'night =)

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Pirates and dancing robots

Today Will & I enjoyed a easy date. Burgers and a movie. (Weirdly, my best friend Miranda and her Will were doing the exact same thing hundreds of miles away, lol.) We grabbed some Five Guys and then went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean, pretty durn good movie. While in the mini-mall, there was a silver dancing robot guy who had some pretty sweet moves, raising money for something or another. We actually ran into a battle buddy of Will's who challenged the guy, lol.


Came home and made grilled cheeses, then cuddled up in our bed with our LuLu and watched last week's SNL. Not as funny as other's have been, the time Taylor Swift hosted it is still one of my faves, buttt it mentioned El Paso! Lol, only b/c Obama visited a short time ago, and of course SNL had to poke fun at it. But still, it was pretty coool. Anyways, only one hour and seven minutes left of today, and so far..I'm still alive ;)....thankfully.

Nighty-night bloggers!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Nostalgia (Long post about memories of Senior year)

I never thought once in high school I'd actually miss it, but I do. For the past two years, I've been totally separated from everyone I grew up with. And it suckss! I was watching Laguna Beach on my DVD, and started texting with my best friend about all the fun we use to have, especially the summer before and during our Senior year. That summer, we (Miranda, Taylor, Kristen, &I ) were ALWAYS together. From the springs, to hanging out at each other's house, to Gainesville, to Cedar Key, almost every other day we were together. We started senior year off right too. The night before, we all went to Chiefland and rode the go-carts, grabbed some food at Pizza Hut, and came back to my house, to eat more junk food. And we made lists, of what we saw the others doing with their lives, and were we wanted to be with our lives. Thank goodness the first day of school is a joke (getting supply lists and syllabus' of that year's work). We cruised up to school to a Fergie song, because we're just that cool.  (I sadly didn't have an actual car to drive yet =( ). After school, we went to grab lunch at the local hangout, and planned to go to WalMart to get supplies afterwards. We prolonged the day  (it was a Friday anyways) by going to the springs and then crashing at my house (where Brad and Taylor's brother totally got us with Tay's birthday cake). Life was so simple then. We knew who our friends were, and we found our place in the world. I got my car!!!! about 2 weeks after school had started, my 2005 Pontiac Sunfire with less than 30,000 miles on it. Not too shabby Momma and Gamma. ACT's were not a fun thing, esp since me & Tay took them on no sleep (we had an away football game, then we spent the night in the boonies with Rand'r, and had to be up way early since we both forgot calculators, lol), and after them we went to Gainesville to see a movie. I believe that was that was the first time I drove to Gainesville in my car, lol. Fridays we usually ate at Cypress before the games. Dixie vs.Chiefland was my favorite one, obviously. Senior photos, senior Homecoming, our last football game, it all flew by, but we were too busy focused on graduation. I wish I could stop that. Christmas break came and went. I turned 18 in March, and my mom made it a pretty big deal. We had a party that Friday night, cake, pizza, fruit & veggies trays, and my girls spent the night. The next day my mom treated us to a day in the Ville. 2 movies(Fool's Gold and Step Up 2), dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, On the Border, and Build-a-Bear! Spring break came soonafter, which we spent on the water, lol. Season skip day was fun, us 4 went to Cedar Key, after prom dress fittings and my impromptu interview with Winn Dixie (still surprised I got the job since I was in beachwear cover-up, but to be fair, I had no idea when I called asking about my application it'd lead to an interview! ;) ), came home to Taco Bell and some cake we grabbed at Walmart, lol. Prom season came with promises. The year before we all went as friends, this year was date year. I loved loved loved my dress, I felt like Cinderella. I took my best guy friend, Codey, since we had to sign up our dates way early, and I met my boyfriend, now hubby, Will right before prom. But we got all glamed up, went to dinner (it was hard finding a restaurant since we were a party of like, 22) and had a blast at Prom. Afterwards, I came home to Will, and we watched Grey's all night. Lol. I started working soon-after, actually went to work the day we had graduation practice, and was almost late due to it. Graduation was fun. Our party was funner ;).  Our parents got together, and we threw a pretty awesome party, along with Sherriah. We each had a color theme, and the decorations matched that. Kristen, Miranda, and Taylor all got cars that weekend, which was exciting for them =).

I miss just texting them, out of the blue, and making plans. Countless sleepovers. We shared pretty much everything. Since graduating, a lot has changed. Miranda, Taylor, and I are still as close, but Kristen..not as much =(. I got closer to many friends though.

Anyways, never wish for things in future, but enjoy the present =).

Monday, May 16, 2011

Recap

Friday was an interesting day. Will amazingly got home early from his FTX. We went over to a friend's to celebrate his birthday, and as always, had a good time. I even got to place my Slumber Party order, woohoo!

Saturday we had a date night. Applebee's 2 for $20, he had the chicken penne pasta while I enjoyed the fiesta lime chicken (which came highly recommended). Went and saw Bridesmaids, which was so funny it had me crying lol. Afterwards we walked around the mini-mall, and got some pretzel bites to share.

Sunday..wasn't fun. We had grabbed breakfast at Mickey D's so we could accomplish some errands. Halfway out, I got extremely sick. Not sure if the greasiness just didn't agree, or the fact I got a sausage biscuit instead of my usual cheese, but..yeah.. We stayed in bed, playing the PS2 and began our Fast & Furious marathon. (And when he got sick of the PS2, I got to watch Never Say Never!)

Now it's Monday, and thankfully while Will was gone, the apartment was clean, and it didn't get cluttered this weekend, as I'm still not up to par, and it's not just my stomach today, it's my abdomen =/. Can we just take out my entire stomach? Please?

Next Tuesday is my doctor appointment. Joy. And then I have a follow-up ultrasound in June.

I'm off to watch Army Wives =).