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....
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
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 :)
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 :)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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!
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!
Monday, April 4, 2011
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.
" 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.
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