My life now...

Things have changed since I last wrote on my blog. As of 28 SEPT 2011 my divorce was finalized. I cannot say I'm happy about it because that would be a lie but I am happier than I have been in years. I do not regret getting married young, what and where I have been in my life because everything has brought me up to where I am today but I know I am where I am supposed to be and I will get married again someday.

I'm down 20lbs since the 4th of July. I started with my new personal trainer yesterday. I started a new blog but I'm going to make it private because I am posting pictures on there I don't want the whole world seeing until I get to where I feel comfortable flaunting it to the world. But those who are close to me will defintely be on the list for that. My goal is to be at goal weight of 150lbs by my 25th birthday which is just under 6 months to go. Actually 26 weeks away from tomorrow. 80 lbs in 6 months and I totally got this!

I'm enjoying my time with my friends and family. Getting back in touch with my roots and enjoying life again in a way I haven't done in years. Cheers to the future. Thank you for all the support the past year and some change. I love you guys!

I'm learning to be domesticated!

I'm learning one project at a time! I used to sew when I was in High School, no really! My Grandma, Mom and Mother-in-law are expert sewers and I just hope I have half their talent! I fell in love with pinterest.com, seriously go check it out! Tons of DIY projects that I can't wait to start.

Yesterday I went and bought new sheets, comforter and then headed to Joann Fabric to buy well, fabric! I'm going to cover our decorative pillows from our old bedrom set, make lamp shades (they are currently black) , some curtains to block out the pesky neighbors and light up the room a little! I'll post pictures when I'm done!

I'm also starting to make wreaths! There are tons of tutorials and while I love love love the $15 Target ones that they have for every season, I just can't afford that right now in our life and why not take some time to make my own (one for every holiday & season!) and also get really good so I can make them for holidays, birthdays & celebrations! My grandma already wants one :) I'll post pictures when I get a few done too.  I'm just excited to finally be using my craft room. I'm sure Brian is too as he painted and put it together for me last September! A little late is better than never at all!

I hired my sister to be my motivator/personal trainer. She's freaking brutal and honest and while I like to say I hate it I know it's the only thing keeping me going. I'm down 6 lbs and have 60+ to go. My sister says if I get down to a size 12 she'll buy me a whole new wardrobe, what other motivation do I need?

Brian's out of school for summer and working on all the honey-do lists around the house and within the next 2 weeks will start painting the house, I promised to do the trim and fence outside. Busy busy little bee's we are! Summer is finally here, my flowers are blooming like crazy and my garden is coming in nicely!

I'll be around more. Promise!

15 Reasons I Love My Husband

I think everyone once in a while you need to focus on the positives and not the negatives. Right now is one of those times. I'm trying to learn how to respect my husband whole heartedly and why not start it off with this!

15 Reasons I Love My Husband

1. I know he trusts me completely. Which is really, really refreshing to know.
2. I'm proud of the fact that he joined the Marines to be able to afford school, and despite a 5.5 year break, is doing amazing in his first semester! (which ends in 2 weeks already!)
3. He is one of the handiest men I know.  He can fix anything. Ok maybe not everything... But he tries until he either gets it or knows he needs a professional. Also, I'm so glad he will come running when I find a bug or spider and kill it for me b/c the good lord knows I did enough of that when he was in Iraq.
4. He is very handsome.  This really shouldn't be important to me, but I love that when I see him I smile.
5. Who knew he was such a good cook? He may ask me for a recipe 5 times, but it turns out great!
6. I love when he finds something he is passionate about and can't wait to tell me about it.
7. That he calls it like he sees it. Even if I don't like what he has to say.
8.  That I know he would buy me the moon if that's what I wanted.
9. He may think all my ideas are crazy, but he still tells me to go for it.
10. Because he provides for our family and our future.
11. He says he likes everything I cook.
12. He is self sufficient... if I didn't clean, he would do it.  If I didn't do the laundry  he will just put in a load and do it.  No prompting necessary.
13. That even through our rollercoaster of a life the past 4+ years, he's still as confident as he was the day we got married.
14. When I told him a month or two ago that I wasn't sure if I ever wanted to have children he didn't get upset. He said we would handle it when the time came and if that's what I wanted he was ok with it.
15. We have this ESP thing. I swear he always knows when something is wrong. Honestly, it's quite scary.

What 15 things do you love about your spouse?

Spring has sprung!

Easter was fantastic in Minnesota. I spent a wonderful few hours with my family playing basketball, four square, hiding the Easter eggs for the egg hunt for the younger cousins and flying kites around my uncle's neighborhood. It was the perfect Sunday afternoon. Then over to Brian's parents where we (Brian, Tim, my BIL and myself) had our own Easter egg hunt filled with money!! wahooooooooo. I made out with $14.25! And some sunburned Rosy cheeks to boot!

Spring is finally here, as I type this it's pouring outside. The grass is greening up, my lillies are growing out of the ground and the tree's are getting some buds on them.  I'm already ready for May to be here. We had snow multiple times in April and I am definitely not used to that after the last 3 years in North Carolina. Overall I am very happy to be home but could do without the 6 months of winter we had this past fall/winter/spring. We've been working on raking up the yard, transplanting our seedling vegetables to pots and doing some landscaping around the house. Brian has 3 more weeks of class before finals and registers for summer/fall semesters tomorrow. He's decided on engineering and the next 2.5 years will be interesting for the both of us.

Not too much else on the Fulton home front. Life is busy, work is getting busy, spending more time with friends and family and what little time Brian and I can get in between our non-correlating schedules.

until next time....

Who gets excited over pillows?

ME!!!

Brian and I have had a crazy busy day. We transplanted our vegetables, planted our sunflowers ouside (which my mom has now told me I did too early,oops!) We crushed 9 months worth of cans my husband has been neglecting since we moved home, that took over an hour itself! We raked the backyard and burned all the twigs and sticks. My puppies are exhausted from all the excitement! I cleaned out my flower beds and I'm SO ready to plant my mixed flowers once they grow another 2-3 inches. The house is clean, bedding is freshly washed, bathroom is spotless, laundry is in the dryer and now I'm off to Target to buy... pillows. Yep, on a Saturday night. What in the world is my life becoming? My sister told me I need more hobbies, I just told her she'll understand after she's been married for almost 4 years and has pillows that needed to see the bottom of my garbage can. Until next time.... keep smiling :)

my little brother is no longer a teenager and a life update!

My little brother, Matt turned 20 today. At 6:25am to be exact! Happy Birthday Matt-man! I turned 24 nine days ago, and the day started crappy but ended up on a great note. I love my family and my friends. I got off the plane from Texas and had 20 emails from facebook wall posts and text messages. I had a great dinner with my family and ended up going to sleep with a smile on my face.

Work is picking up, finally. It's been a long 4 months of being very very bored and it's great to finally be able to use my skills. My birthday present from Brian arrived today. My kindle! I am a huge reader, always have been and it's going to be great to have something to slim to take to the beach, road trips (the millions we plan to take this summer!) and also just everyday times to enjoy a good book, and way cheaper!

The snow has melted in my yard, finally! Gosh this winter was long. I think it was finally ranked the 6th snowiest winter in Minnesota history, unbelievable! I'm so ready to get outside again, start running again and hit my weight loss goals. Brian and I are planning a few trips for this summer and I'm hoping to make it out to North Carolina at some point before the leaves start to turn. Yay for being a traveler!

Other than that not a whole lot going on. I'm paying off two of my school loans this month. Totaling 5k and it's so great to know I have less than 10k to go. Brian paid off the SUV today and so now all we have left is my school loans from the University of Phoenix and my Mazda. Which with a 0% financing it's only showing us being able to pay our bills on time so I'm just going to keep making those payments and we're starting to grow our savings for a 20% down payment on a house!

Brian is doing great in school although I am sure he wants to quit. He's so tired of studying every single night and can't wait for summer break. He finally choose his major, Electrical Engineering and I know he's going to do great!

Alright, that's enough of a novel. I want to get to the gym tomorrow morning before my appointment so I better get to sleep. Later loves!

A quote that couldn't be more real

So I was catching up on my weekend blogs since I didn't even turn on my computer yesterday and saw this quote someone had written,

" If you are not a naturally independent and self-reliant person when you marry into the military, you will become one. Sink or swim. Or get divorced."

Is that not far from the truth or what? Maybe it's just because of the conversation Brian and I had on our drive home from my dad's last night about how he was so glad he married me, knew right away and that we are so much simpler people because of being in the Marines but then again so happy that we are out.

I *LOVE* him.

TEXAS

HERE I COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be back on the 27th! My 24th Birthday no less :)

PCOS

I guess I thought because I have never had anything really wrong with me that I would always be that way. That's the naive part of me saying this of course. But today went to the doctor and was told it's 90% likely that I have PCOS. My hormone levels are off the chats and for my age they shouldn't be. It would explain alot of my symptoms right now and only really started to show when I got off birth control in November. I guess we'll see in the next few months. I'm glad I can figure this out now instead of in 3 years when we want to start trying to concieve! I guess that's all. At least I'm not diabetic, but I am very deficient in Vitamin D. Well of course I am, I haven't been outside to enjoy the sun in freaking MONTHS! I'm ready for spring, summer AND fall! To enjoy walks with the dogs, mtn biking with the husband, being out on the lake this summer and getting to finally run outside again! Camping, hiking, and just putting on my sunglasses and getting some natural Vitamin D. I'll probably still be deficient but at least I can get some energy back. Stupid winter & clouds.

A-Z of me!

A. Age: 23, 20 days until I'm 24!

B. Bed size: King!

C. Chore you dislike: obviously all of them. But I think the worst is dishes

D. Dogs: 2 mutts. Missy is 3.5 and Charlie is 1.5

E. Essential start to your day: husband kisses and puppy snuggles

F. Favorite color: Orange, although I'm really starting to like Purple

G. Gold or silver: Silver or white gold. 

H. Height: 65.5 inches. As told by my doctor last week!

I. Instruments you play(ed): trombone baby!

J. Job title: Sr. Member Support Representative

K. Kids: None at the moment

L. Live: White Bear Lake, MN

M. Mom’s name: Pam

N. Nicknames: Just Becky

O. Overnight hospital stays: none! *knocks on wood*

P. Pet peeves: so many it's not even worth it to write

Q. Quote from a movie: 

R. Righty or lefty: Righty

S. Siblings: 2 amazing younger siblings: Megan & Matt

T. Time you wake up: Mondays- 5:45, Tuesday-Sunday 8am

U. Underwear: whatever I grab out of the drawer that day!

V. Vegetables you don't like: asparagus 

W. What makes you run late: snow.

X. X-rays you’ve had: teeth, stomach & ankle

Y. Yummy food you make: cupcakesssssss

Z. Zoo animal favorites: Polar bears!

I'm married to a Sgt!

Basically the title says it all. Brian logged in to his MOL today (I have no idea why, I was in the living room talking on the phone with my best friend in Texas) when he ran in with the living room with his computer all he said was, "want to see something freaky" and then showed me where it says, Sgt Brian P. Fulton. Holy shock! We knew it was possible while he was IRR(Inactive Ready Reserve) for the first year to pick up SGT because you need to have a PFT on file for 1-2 years. It's pretty unreal and while it doesn't really mean a whole lot because he's IRR if he wanted to re-up to the reserves he could and quite possibly get a bonus. I'm just proud of him because he deserves it. He worked hard Active Duty. I just <3 him to death.


I guess I should update a little bit more also. Brian's doing really well in College. He even told me the other day he loves it. He's studying... ALL THE FREAKING TIME. Work is going good and getting busier. We opened our Louisville market and that should keep me a little bit busier. We finally got health insurance since August when Brian got out! I've been pretty sick lately and hoping to have some answers to that soon. Other than that not a whole lot going on in the Fulton Household. We're ready for Spring && more importantly SUMMER!!! We have tons of plans and the time and money to take advantage of it.

So for now... catch ya later!

health insurance!

I HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, I HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, I HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE!

YAYYYYYYY! I haven't had Heath Insurance since Brian's EAS date in August. It's like it came at the perfect time being how sick I am, that it's day 6 and I'm still not getting any better. I can officially say I carry the health insurance for our family :) Oh and being employer sponsered is fantastic! I feel so blessed.

oh the sickness

Upper Respiratory Infection? Never had one of those.. until this winter. Boo. My eyes are dark and swollen, my nose is bright red and I can't seem to quench my thirst. Oh and I'm wheezing. We shall see how it goes, all I need is rest, rest, rest oh and fluids. Be back later.

update

So I gave up on the 30 day challenge. It just didn't do anything for me anymore. So I'm sorry I've been MIA for the past few weeks.

Brian's J-term ends tomorrow. He's got a big final for his Theatre class and then on Monday starts Sociology, English and Theology. I'm so proud of him and really think he's going to pull an A out in this theatre class. Not bad for not being in College for 6 years. Things are slowly starting to be normal again. I'm seeing a counselor, hitting the gym 4-5 days a week, eating good, changed my work schedule around and things are finally starting to become busy there. If only it was Spring and it was warmer out our life would be great. Brian and I are ready to be outside, playing with the dogs and just not be cooped up inside. We're over it! We're ready to finish up our taxes and get those sent off. We're thinking of taking a honeymoon (it only took 4 years!) and that makes me happy. More positives than negatives lately and that's quite a change from our life the past 6 months. Just need to take it a day at a time.

Day 13 & 14

Day 13 – A picture of your favorite band or artist.

Right now it would be Kesha. I love listening to her music when I am in the car and she's the first singer on my ipod music when I hit up cardio at the gym. I can always get in tempo and it keeps me up beat!

Day 14 – A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.

My brother, Matt. My sister, Megan and My husband, Brian.

It helps that all three of those people who I feel that way for are in this picture. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to either of these three. They are my favorite people in the world, the three who know me better than anyone and know would be there for me anytime, any place. I love you guys.

Day 10, 11 & 12

Day 10 – A picture of the person you do the most jacked up things with.

Honestly I don't do jacked up things with anyone. I'm a pretty boring person. So I'm going to leave this blank and maybe I'll come back.

Day 11 – A picture of something you hate.

Gas prices these days are freaking rough. Going through a gas tank a week is becoming ridiculous.

Day 12 – A picture of something you love.

I love watching the sunrise on my way to work in the mornings. It's quite beautiful. Nothing like watching the sun come up or sun go down.

2010 in review!

Let's see if I can stick to just one picture for each month! So without further ado... here is my year in review!

January - Ready to get back to Minnesota

February- Photos taken by Jill on the Atlantic Ocean

March - My 23rd Birthday

April - Easter weekend to Washington, D.C.

 May- Going away party with my CW girls

 June- Our last picture in our house in NC

 July- Moved back to Minnesota!!

August- Lady GaGa Concert with my sister!

September- Graduation!!

 

 October- My new Car!

And I completed a 5 mile race!

November- I voted this year!

December- I got a new job and....

went to Las Vegas with my sister!

Here's to many more memories in 2011!