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!