All Things Love

Day 6

today is valentines day! and i have so much {{Love}} for so many different reasons, it was hard to narrow it down to just one for the past couple of days (: 

but todays {{Love}} is the most obvious. lol. i {{Love}} my one and only, my best friend, my everything, my husband, Giovanni Anadom Thieme! i {{Love}} him for the man he was 12yrs ago when we met. i {{Love}} him for the man he is today. and i know i'll {{Love}} him for the man he will continue to become! i {{Love}} him for supporting me, through it all. i {{Love}} that he wants the best for me, for us. i {{Love}} that he always wants me to be happy and will go to no end to make sure i am. i {{Love}} the memories we've made together and i {{Love}} the memories that are going to be made! i {{Love}} that we laugh together, and sometimes laugh so hard we cry! i {{Love}} his smile, it's heart melting :) i {{Love}} that he is truly a good person. i {{Love}} that he has such a caring heart, and would do anything for anyone, anytime. i {{Love}} that he is comfortable enough to be himself, he hides nothing from me! (and i mean nothing) lol. i {{Love}} that he'll sit and watch a chick flick with me. i {{Love}} that we share a common goal in life. i {{Love}} that he values me, as a woman, as his wife, as his best friend! i {{Love}} that we can act like such fools together! i {{Love}} the joy and smiles he brings to my life. i {{Love}} that he chose me to spend the rest of his life with, to call his wife!

I {{Love}} Gio for so much more than could be put into words! I {{Love}} him whole heartedly and I couldn't imagine my life without him by my side! The  struggles we've been through, the triumphs we've had make me {{Love}} our life together. I feel so honored, so blessed, to have a {{Love}} like ours to show to the world!

I {{LOVE}} YOU, Giovanni 

yesterday, today, tomorrow, always and forever!

xoxo

I wish to belong to you, I’ll be the one you’re looking for 

and we’ll be the one heaven’s searching for!

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.

It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
Judy Garland

All Things Love

Day 5

 The third member of our family Echo, is my {{Love}}. Echo has been apart of our family since 2009! She's got such a personality! She can be such a stinker or she can be a lovie dovie little thing (: She def {{Loves}} us both, when I'm not here she {{Loves}} on Gio, but as soon as I get home, she's like my shadow! lol. Gio likes to give her a hard time when playing, makes me laugh and shake my head (: I like to cuddle with her, (she's a great foot warmer)! I {{Love}} when Echo greets us at the door when we've been gone. I {{Love}} that she likes to be in our company. Echo gets in this wild mood and starts running through the apartment, I {{Love}} it, it makes us both laugh, the burst of energy just comes out of nowhere! Echo also {{Loves}} to watch the birds that come by the patio window! I {{Love}} when she gets low to the ground, wiggles her butt and runs up on them, like she can actually get them! It's the cutest! I {{Love}} that she's got one specific toy she likes the most, and no matter how many times we bring it to the living room, it ALWAYS is back in the bedroom the next morning! I also {{Love}} that on the weekends, Echo comes to the bed and depending on her mood, will either lay there with us, or meow at us till one of us gets out of bed! I {{Love}} Echo, she brings such joy and laughter to Gio & I's life!

She hates pictures. Lol

Echo

It's just the 3 of us, but we are a family <3

All Things Love

Day 4

Early weekend mornings spent by myself and the things I enjoy about it is my {{Love}} for today.  I {{Love}} the simplicity of it. I {{Love}} that there is no tv on, no radio blasting, no facebook notifications coming from my phone. I {{Love}} the early morning light that comes in. I {{Love}} the sound of birds chirping. I {{Love}} the smell of my morning coffee, I {{Love}} that I can slowly enjoy my coffee. I {{Love}} that I can sit and read and get lost in what it is I'm reading. I {{Love}} that I can just let my mind wonder about whatever it desires. I {{Love}} that echo comes to cuddle with  me. I {{Love}} that I have a little bit of me time. I {{Love}} that this time restores, re energizes, refuels me.   But eventually I {{Love}} hearing Gio's voice coming from the bedroom, saying my name, letting me know he's awake.

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

Audrey Hepburn 

All Things Love

Day 3

todays {{Love}} is the random time when gio and i play! this kind of play doesn't happen often, it's unplanned, and i {{Love}} every bit of it! we tickle each other, roll around on each other, pick on each other, laugh at each other, it's so much fun! lol i truly {{Love}} how random this play is, and i {{Love}} that playtime comes at the best of times (like when we most need it)! i {{Love}} that we as a couple just sorta know when it's a good time to play, and i {{Love}} that something so random, gives us so much joy, laughter, and fun (:

All Things Love

Day 2

I {{Love}} when my half morning off from work is a day Gio is off! I {{Love}} that it's not a typical day with him. I {{Love}} that we cuddle, I {{Love}} that we stay in bed until we can't! I {{Love}} that we lay there and talk about whatever! I {{Love}} waking up first and watching him sleep :) I {{Love}} that there is no alarm set, telling us time to get outta bed, time for work. I {{Love}} the morning light shinning in and the birds singing to us (: But mostly I {{Love}} waking up to him and I {{Love}} that I'm the one he chose to wake up too!

All Things Love

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and for the next 6 days, everyday I will post about what I Love! (:

Day 1

I {{Love}} that I can go into work, and get a good {{laugh}} from someone! That someone can put a {{smile}} on my face no matter the mood I'm in! It's a great feeling to know that after 3 years I can still say at the end of the day I had a good day (: It's such a {{blessing}} to have that at your job! And I {{Love}} that I can even say that about my job!

A good time to laugh is any time you can. 

~Linda Ellerbee

Memories & History

Superbowl 46 was held here in Indianapolis Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium!! It was a week long celebration, full of concerts, celebrities, street performers, food, and football! Honestly we weren't going to head downtown due to the mass crowds of people. Luckily we went, and we're both so glad that we did! Downtown looked awesome! (: The superbowl was between the New England Patriots (main player Tom Brady) and the New York Giants (Eli Manning)!  The week full of concerts included, (but not limited to) 50 cent, LMFAO, Pattie Labelle, Bret Michaels, Fuel, Edwin McCain, the Roots, Nas, En Vouge, Snoop Dogg. Halftime was one of my favs Madonna!!! The Winner of Superbowl 46, the New York Giants!!!! 21 to 17, close game (:

Ice Sculpture, Colts

Bears, Street Sign

Eagles, Super Car

Superbowl 46 at Monument Circle

Gio & I in front of Lucas Oil Stadium

Extras. The Giants had their hometown favorite pizza flown in from New York (a 2hr flight). Rapper Eminem & 50 cent rented a house in Geist to party and Eminem was spotted at a local grocery. Tickets were on average $2500. Daily millions of people attended the superbowl village!

Superbowl 46 was awesome, I'm so excited that we were apart of history, and the memories are all on photo! (: Congrats Giants!!!

For My New Home

so with a brand new house almost ready for gio & i to move into, my brain has been working overtime! my computer has been too! lol. i've been so busy with thinking about all the things i want/need for the new house, so i window shop online. it's such an addiction for me, i seriously can't help myself! i really do need to win the lottery (: and as you can imagine the things i want far out weigh the things i need. and honestly the things i want are much more exciting then the things i need (:

I want:

a storm door with screen

3 bath & body works wallflowers w. scent

a romantic crystal chandelier for our entryway

some sort of a detective furniture piece for the entryway

front door wreath, for the summer/spring time http://www.etsy.com/listing/40469937/shabby-chic-wreath-cream-berry-wreath

an entryway floor runner

new bar http://www.crateandbarrel.com/furniture/bar-cabinets/sloane-grey-leaning-wine-bar/s165266

new barware

new toaster

new drinking glasses

new kitchen table

new sectional

new tv

white down comforter

window bird feeder (for echo) http://shop.wbu.com/products/productdetail/part_number=2710/567.0.1.1

a puppy, male akc certified westie (sir bertram phillip thieme)

grill

patio furniture

monogrammed welcome mat http://www.frontgate.com/ascot-coco-entry-mat/outdoor-decor-accessories/outdoor-door-mats/personalized-door-mats/378239

I need:

washer & dryer

a ceiling fan for in the master bedroom

a new mattress

a new master bedroom setup

patio curtain treatment

 

again, sadly the things i need, i really do need to live, to have privacy, to feel good when waking up! the things i want, i try to hard to convince myself that if i don't have them when i move in, my house won't feel "homey". but in all reality it's going to feel so right, and i know that the want list will all come in good time, i just need to be patient. not saying that some of that i can't get soon, i just need to understand i can't have it all! or at least all at one time ;) lol

My Smiles

so much brings a smile to my face, and here is what has made me smile lately. 

~my husband, even when i'm not is the best of moods his silliness always takes away the worst of feelings :D he brings the most joy, laughter, and life to me and i love him so much more than he may ever know because of it! his very own smile makes my heart melt. its such an additive smile, you can't help but smile back at him. <3

~echo, whenever i sit in our recliner and throw my blanket over me, she hurries over to sit on my lap to love on her :) 

~our new home, every weekend we go to see the house and the progress from week to week. many pictures are taken and move in date is closer and closer!! :D

~my favorite drinks: iced tea (so refreshing) & coffee (love my morning cup)

~memories (the good & the not so good), as we are preparing to move from our first place in indy to our new home, the wonderful memories we have made since moving down here flood my brain. here are a few: 

2008: our move from kendallville to indianapolis

2008: our wedding

our marriage license 7.12.08

2008: gio & i living off of unemployment for months, and still making it work

2008: starting college for medical assisting

2009: gio getting temporary work after being laid off

2009: gio being hired on full time to a job

2009: graduation from college, and landing a job a week later

2009: filling for bankruptcy

2009: gio's grandpa richard passing

2010: short weekend trip to cincinnati

2010: our first and second concert ever together!! Tom Petty & then John Mayer

2010: we held our first thanksgiving dinner for my family, success!

our homeade thanksgiving pies, pumpkin & pecan

2011: losing one of our immediate family members, lucca our male cat. 

buddy man lucca, on his last day

2011: buying our first home, & watching it be built from the ground up!

the lot we chose #102

gio & i as of today in our house, not quite finished

2011: i got to witness one of lifes greatest gifts, birth. in may i witnessed a vaginal birth to a healthy baby girl, hayley and in december a cesarean to another healthy baby girl, rebecca!

~my many blessings that i have and can't even count, bring the biggest smile to my face, can't believe i've been through the things i've put myself through and come out such a strong woman!

~my career, i have good and bad days at my job, just like everyone else. the only difference i like what i do, and i'm good at what i do, and my co-workers, and bosses respect me and my work ethic!

~mostly my very own life has brought such a smile to my face. i haven't lived perfectly, but everything that has happened to me i understand it has been for a reason. and for that reason i can only think of the whole and be proud of the person i am, and the goals i have for myself. i can't believe how lucky i am of a person, to have done the things i've done and still have such success and greatness in my life!