Bring on the Rain

july 17, first day of rain in 46 days.

july 19 rainstorm coming in

july 19 rainstorm p

Indiana has not seen rain for 46 days from June 1 through July 16! Area farmer's crops are suffering, reservoirs are low, a county wide water ban is in place, and the plants and grass are brown and dry. For days the news has said scattered storms expected with no rain arriving, a huge let down! But finally rain has arrived!!! July 17, 18, and 19 have had rain!!! PRAISE THE LORD, we've had rain!! Who knew rain could make me feel so happy! :)

More Than Expected

July 6, 2000, Gio asked me if i would be his girlfriend. I didn't know then what God had planned for me and him. April 29, 2007, Gio asked me if i would be his wife. By this time i had fallen so much in love with him and couldn't wait to spend the rest of my life with him. God had tested me, him, and us, and we made it through. July 12, 2008, We said "I Do" in front of God, Family, & Friends. Both excited to begin this new chapter in our lives, and encouraged to have a long lasting relationship and marriage by my parents, my grandparents, as well as his grandparents.

July 6, 2012. We've been together for 12 years now, and the time has really just flown by, not to sure where it has went to.
July 12, 2012. We've been married for 4 years, and more in love than i thought possible.

12 years together, 4 years happily married

We've grown and changed so much in the time we've spent together, but it's been for the better! We've been through some of the hardest of times, and made it through! We've been strong and successful all due to our love for each other, our strong positive marriage and relationship examples, and God! I look forward to growing old with my best friend, my love, my husband, Giovanni. I look forward to the years flying by, but revisiting the memories over and over. I look forward to falling more deeply in love with the one person i have chosen to spend the rest of my life with. Happy Anniversary Babe!!

The Sweetest Butterflies

Finally 16, and i can start to date!! I've waited for this for what seems like FOREVER!! I have found that special someone and every minute of every day i can only think about being with him. I get butterflies in my stomach just thinking about the next time i'll hear his voice or even better see him, everything he does gives me butterflies!

Almost 12 years have went by! And so many stomach butterfly memories have passed. It sometimes saddens me to know that the littlest thing could make me so crazy, so happy, so in love. But then the sweetest thing happened and gave me the stomach butterflies that I miss. . . .Gio can remember where we had our first kiss!! I didn't even remember, and sadly I really didn't think he would care, nor did I think he even knew! But he did, and he could tell me as if it had happened yesterday. Our first kiss was at Bixler Lake in Kendallville the summer of 2000 (: <3

It melts my whole heart to know that he (a man) would remember such a thing. It brings the biggest smile to my face. It reminds me how much he really does care and love me!

I realize that Love is not measured by the amount of stomach butterflies that he can give, and I realize that I don't need stomach butterflies everyday to Love him, but after 12 years the stomach butterflies that I do get are so much more than what they used to be, and I cherish them. . . .I cherish them so so much! And you know what else?. . . .I am not sadden by the fact that stomach butterflies are so few, I actually look forward to that feeling, that feeling that I forget about, which makes those stomach butterflies the sweetest butterflies.

How am I doing?

It's may which means that this yr is almost half way over!!! I really don't know where time goes to sometimes. But I wanted to recapped my New Years resolutions, so here goes. . . . .

*I still need to work on my stubbornness and giving my opinion when it is needed, not when I want to give it!
*Want to save at least $1500, we have saved only $250, in the next six months I have a ton of saving to catch up on!
*Still working on losing 60lbs, but I do work out mon-fri for 45mins-1hr, and i have lost approx 7lbs but have lost more inches than anything! I also have a gym buddy (which helps alot). Also gio and I are going to be taking an evening walk after dinner every night (: KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!
*Me making dinner twice per wk started out nicely, and then kinda drifted, but in my own defense, (sometimes) when it would be my night to cook (and i got something i could make) gio ended up making it instead, and then tells me "you don't have to cook, i can do it, i like to make dinner for you" and there it is folks, i just say ok and it's over, i didn't make dinner. Let me change this to dinner once per wk and see how that goes. (:
*An out of state trip, not going to happen this yr, i've pleated with gio about this, and it's not gonna happen, so i feel i should just give up and begin to play for next yr!
*Date night once per month, ha, we've been so busy doing things for the house we've been calling our weekly friday night visit to lowe's our date night :D so i guess that counts.
*Church every sunday, needs to begin again! no excuse, I really don't mind going, it's just I'm to lazy to get up and get going :(
*Time on the computer has seemed to slow down, i even gave up facebook and twitter for lent (: it was really kinda sad how much time i was online, doing NOTHING!! KUDOS to me! (:
*Talking with my parents weekly is going pretty well (: i just need to make sure to not talk so much about myself (i notice i do this alot), and also i need to start calling my grandparents more often, they aren't going to be here forever! :(
*A solo day, hasn't happened, maybe this next month will be better.

So overall it seems to be down the middle, not an epic fail, but by no means a "way to go" either. I need to continue to work on the above, self improvement is always worth the time and effort.

Saturday Sweets

What makes Saturday So Sweet. . . . .

{{sunshine}}

 

~ music~

 *fresh cut grass*

(: songbirds :)

Short and Bittersweet.

Goooooood Morning! :)

it's already shaping out to be a day spent in bed with some comfy cloths on, girly movies, coffee, and the windows open to hear the rain make it's entrance. buuuut, i've got things to do today, so a raincheck for today will have to suffice.
i continue to pray for my dad (he's needing surgery for a leg tumor) for a safe recovery and my grandma (who's got cancer and dying) whos more brave than i. and for myself to be strong.

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

We are finally in our new home, and it's beautiful!  March 27th was a very long day, thats for sure! lol. But it'll be the last long day Gio and I have like that, as we don't plan on moving ever again (: Our new house is beautiful and I can't wait to begin making it a home!

Echo is still adjusting, but overall I think she's gonna love it here (: She's still exploring and finding new ways to give us heart attacks! (we've "lost" her at least half a dozen times already! little stinker ;)

Gio and I have both talked with our parents, who are all very happy for us, and we've had our first guests also, David and Naomi, they helped us move. We're having our first cookout tomorrow with Izaak and Erica, and Tim from Gio's work! Too excited! We've had our first home cooked meal after what seemed like tons of eating out (gross!), and I cooked! (: We had lemon chicken with rice and broccoli. 
It's been a long haul, we signed papers in July 2011 and have watched our slab turn into a structure, and the structure into a house, and now we have the rest of our lives to turn our house into a home.

 God has really looked out for me, for Gio and I, he really truly has, and We are so appreciative of the life he has given us! He has given us some rough/hard times. But He's helped us pull through, and shown us how wonderful our lives can and will be. He has given us true strength and happiness with eachother. We now know and understand that We are good people and deserve to have happiness, good health, and prosperity. 

As I sit here, in my new home, I can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of happiness and pride! I can't ever say it enough, how BLESSED i am!