February was a whirlwind of a month to say the least, but in an amazing way. It was such a short month, but so much happened.

This month I... started Kayla Itsines Beach Body Workout, spent Valentine's Day with Shae for our 5th year in a row, gave my blog a makeover, started house hunting and last but not least, I got accepted into the surgical tech program as a category 1 applicant!!!! I will probably make a post about the surgical tech stuff later on, but I am SO stoked.

Besides that, I almost kept all my monthly goals! My goals for the month were to:

1. Actually get back in the gym - I got back in the gym this month and I was so proud of myself. I also started Beach Body Workout, but am starting back over soon. So there's that.

2. Get rid of anything un-needed - Failed on this one. Truthfully we only really need to go through our clothes and I guess this month just got away from us. We really need to get this done though.

3. Finish the Crossfire Series - This one was way too easy. Not only did I finish the Crossfire series, but I also finished the first book Release Me in the Stark Series. What can I say, I am sucker for erotic romantic books.

4. Quit going out to each so often - We did pretty good this month, honestly. Kept it down to once a week!

5. Do a juice cleanse - While I didn't do an actually 1, 3, 5 or 10 day juice cleanse, I did start drinking Suja juices and they are so amazing. I plan on doing the day juice cleanse they have soon because I can get all three juices at Target!

Bring on March!

I can't believe this month is almost over! I am more than ready for March, though. I was thinking about doing something festive for St. Patty's Day, but we will see! I found this recipe for St. Patty's Day Rice Krispy Treats that look delicious. I know Shae would love them. I also love anything pistachio so when I stumbled across this Pistachio Fruit Dip recipe, I got way too excited.

March also means HOUSE HUNTING for us. I just did a post on that yesterday, so you can read that here if you would like. Considering how excited we are, I am pretty shocked by how fast the months keep going by.

Anyway, I figured I would share some of my favorites from this month. I swear working at Target makes me way top excited about anything holiday related. I was all about the pink hearts, cute valentine's day stuff and now we have the cutest Easter stuff up and I am already tempted to go buy a bunch of it. But I won't bore you with all the V-Day stuff I was into at the beginning of the month. All things below are what I have been loving for the entire month!


Winter Candy Apple Shower Gel - This has always been my favorite scent from Bath & Body Works and unfortunately it is only a seasonal item. It comes out in the winter time around Christmas so I always load up on it around then. Shae bought me all the items in this line for Christmas and I still have about half the bottle left. I have also been loving the foaming hand soap!

Sweet Spun Sugar Candle - Target sells some of the most amazing smelling candles. I love this one so much. I swear I could have it burn all damn day.

Tarte Maracuja Oil - My skin loves this stuff. I absolutely love it.


Tiramisu Frappe - Okay, it doesn't really taste like tiramisu but it sure tastes good! The lady at Starbucks told me that it's a hit or miss for people but I actually really liked it. I was proud of myself for branching out.

Macadamia Deep Repair Hair Masque - I've been using this for years and years and trust me when I say it is worth the money.

Rose printed Converse - I had to have one Valentine's Day themed item this month ;) But in all honest, they are the cutest shoes of all time. I absolutely adore them. I love the rose print and I'm so happy I purchased these. You can get them at Journey's!

What are your favorite's for this month?

For the last sixish months, Shae and I have been counting down the days before we could move out of our one bedroom, 800sq ft apartment and into a house. We chose an apartment as a first place to live because it was convienient, in a gated community and well, everyone else seemed to be doing it! I fully regret signing a 15 month least though. 15 months is just way too long in a place you really want to get out of. Okay maybe I am being a little harsh, the apartment is nice and it was a great first place but we are NOT apartment people. We grew up in Oregon, where we had yards and lots of land. We could go outside and shoot guns in our back yard if we wanted. Here, we have no space at all. It got old real fast.

We are finally able to start house hunting. We went and looked at a cute house about ten miles away from our current apartment and I fell in love. It had a bright yellow kitchen with white cupboards, bright colored walls, a ginormous gated back yard, an adorable front yard, a garage, and a garden tub. I loved everything about it. Shae thought it was a little too small, and we are going to look at a couple more houses. This was a compromise because I wanted to settle on the first house we saw. He doesn't think we should jump for the first hose we see, and I now agree.

We are being a little picky just because we want to choose a house we can live in for the next two years while we are still here. So wish us luck! We are so beyond excited.

Do you have any tips for house hunting?

Some days it is truly hard for me to not brag and write an entire novel about the wonderful man I get to spend my life with. These past few weeks I have felt completely overwhelmed with love and support from Shae. He has grown into the most amazing man that I've ever known, and I truly cannot express into words how wonderful he is.

It's the little things we all often take for granted. The selflessness, the patience and the loving words. I wake up every morning to my feet tangled up with my best friend's, I get an uncountable "I love you's" throughout the day, I get foot rubs and my hair played with while we watch our favorite TV shows together. On the other hand, I also get a husband who will willingly fold all the laundry without a single complaint, I get a husband who will get home from a long day of work and still offer to make dinner, a man who will get up with our dog late at night to take her out just so I don't have too. I know these are all things to be expected, but it never goes unappreciated. One of my favorite things in the world is going to work and coming home to a clean house (all done by Shae) and a happy man greeting me at the door.
 

Over the course of 4 1/2 years, we have grown so much. In fact, in many ways, we grew up together. We molded ourselves into the best versions of ourselves and only loved each other more for it. It makes me so incredibly happy to know that I ended up with such an amazing man. The best one.

Anyway, husband appreciation post. I couldn't help myself. ;)

Hey guys! Has it really been three weeks since I last posted? World's worst blogger. Anyway, this month has flown by. I seriously can't believe it. It's been a pretty busy month for us with lots of stuff going on. We are working on finding a new place, dealing with snow, freezing weather, work and school! I figured I would give you all a little update.


All of Fort Bragg/Fayetteville shut down for a couple days when we got some snow. Granted it got to be 15 degrees outside and our entire yard was an ice rink. I toughed it out and went to work the first day, and was one of the only people who didn't call out. Go me! It was probably the slowest, most boring day I've ever had and was completely jealous of MyLee and Shae who were cuddled up at home all day while I was at work. But it sure was beautiful!
  MyLee was NOT a fan of the snow, the ice or the cold weather in the slightest. She was bundled up in blankets for days. Haha. She's so cute though! If it weren't for her white face she would be camouflaged with the blanket.


Shae and I have been working out at the gym and I've been working on changing my diet and I had been craving pizza, so instead of ordering Domino's for dinner, we decided to make homemade pizzas. I made a chicken pesto alfredo flatbread. Here is the recipe:
1 flat bread (I used a fire-roasted flat bread from Target)
White sauce or Alfredo sauce
1 tbsp pesto
1 can artichoke hearts, drained and rinsed
1 can fire roasted tomatoes
Chicken
Low Fat Mozzarella
I spread the white sauce all over the flatbread, and then added the pesto and mixed it together. I then added as many artichoke hearts as I wanted (which was a lot), as well as many fire roasted tomatoes to my liking. I then added the cheese and baked in the oven at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes. I pulled it out and added my already cooked, shredded chicken breast, and some Parmesan cheese (optional), and baked it for another couple minutes (just enough to head the chicken through fully). It was super easy, super yummy and not full of greasy pepperonis!


Shae and I have been wanting to go shooting for awhile now. Fayetteville is nothing like back home. We can't go in our back yards and shoot if we want too like we can back home. I sure miss that. So we found a gun range and Shae used his 44mag and I rented a glock 17. We are looking to buy me a gun in the near future and I want to get a feel for different guns before we decide. I really liked this gun and did extremely well. Shae was very impressed with my aim and was getting a little competitive because I kept hitting all the targets we made. ;) It was so much fun and we are going to make it a habit to go once a month!


Well, it warmed up for a couple days and both of those days it rained. We woke up this morning to lots of snow! Shae still had to go to work and I had the day off so I have spent the morning drinking coffee, cleaning up the kitchen, snuggling with MyLee and catching up on a couple shows. Just wishing Shae was home!
So that has been the last couple of weeks for us. What have you all been up to!?

Hey everyone! I'm back with a new set of goals for the month of February. You can view last month's goals here! I slacked a little big time with last month's goals. In my defense, it was an extremely difficult month for me mentally and I had so much stuff going on. I posted a little bit about it in my recap of last month's goals so if you want to read about it, click here.

Here we go -

1. Actually get back in the gym. I really did want to get back in the gym in January but with being in the hospital, being very sick, and some really personal occurrences happening, I skipped the gym. I did go on a really active hike at Raven Rock and did some physical activities but it is my ultimate goal to get back in the gym this month.

2. Get rid of anything un-needed. Both Shae and I need to go through our clothes, as well as everything else in the house and get rid of the things we do not need or are old and just taking up space. We move in two months so we need to get going on this!

3. Finish the Crossfire Series. This will be too easy.

4. Quit going out to each too much. So so guilty of this in January. It needs to end.

5. Do a juice cleanse.