Nowadays

A few things have happened since I last updated my blog:

• I am no longer a blonde. I wanted to dye my hair, and I thought if I don't do it now, I never will. So I set up an appointment and I just did it! I like it, and I don't regret it.

• Shane and I picked out the kind of dog we want. Of course we won't be getting one until we have a house years and years from now, but it's still fun to think about. I want a dog so bad it's not even funny, so dreaming about him helps. One day, we're going to get a super cute labradoodle! We researched them and everything about them is perfect for us.

• Of course right after getting married and becoming poor, we start having doctor bills haha. (Isn't that how it always happens?) In January Shane started having trouble breathing. It was not good, so he went to a doctor for it and had to get an inhaler. (This wasn't a big surprise because we already knew he has asthma, we were just relieved it wasn't anything more than that.) In February I started getting really bad stomach pains. They were so bad I was dry heaving and feeling nauseous all the time. After a few days of that not going away, we saw a doctor. We found out it was nothing serious, I just had an ovarian cyst that had ruptured. It's a pretty normal thing, but oh man it is so painful I hope it never happens again. Anyway as of now, Shane and I are in good health! We are crossing our fingers for no more doctor bills!
• I am jobless. I loved where I worked and I loved the clients that I worked with. They were amazing and I learned so much from them. But after a lot of prayer, thinking about it, and talking it over with Shane, we decided it's best if I quit. There were a lot of reasons behind why I felt I needed to quit, but I don't think they're all that relevant. Let's just say it was very stressful, emotionally overwhelming, and a bit unorganized. So I am looking for a new job now. Hoping to find somewhere I can do what I've wanted to my whole life, work with kids.
• The weather is so nice Shane has been riding Ruby! He took me for a ride Saturday and Sunday and it was wonderful. I can't wait for the weather to just keep getting warmer and warmer!

• Shane and I get to go on a cruise with my family in June! We are so excited it is just ridiculous! Can't even wait, except that we have to, but we don't want to!

That's about it for now. I am not even sure how to end blog posts sometimes. . . . uh. . . ?

My Husband, The Romantic

On February first, Shane and I were watching Smallville and eating dinner when the doorbell rang. It was so strange because no one ever comes over. I was hesitant to answer because I looked through the peep hole and no one was there. I opened it anyway, and sitting on our doormat was this:

I started going, "awwww" and "oh no!" because I thought someone was asking a person to Sweethearts and asked the wrong place by mistake. I started freaking out, telling Shane we need to go through all of the pennies until we find out who this person is. And then we need to find them on facebook asap and tell them they asked the wrong person. So our search began. We went through almost ALL of the pennies before we finally found the name. It looked like this:

I told Shane, "Holy cow, isn't that funny that this person has the same name as you?!" He started laughing and told me that this Shane was him, that he was the one asking me to a dance. Awwww, my husband was putting a dance together for me!

On February 13th, (because I had to work late on the 14th,) Shane left to get ready and I got ready at home. At 6:30pm, he arrived at the door with the biggest corsage I have ever seen in my life! It was bigger than my hand! But it was awesome!

We left for dinner, but Shane wouldn't tell me where we were going. He said it was awesome and we had reservations, but he still refused to tell me where we were going. We got to the freeway and he realized he didn't have his wallet. SERIOUSLY?! I didn't have mine either, so we had to turn around and race home as fast as we could. We got to the apartment and went inside, and there was this:

(Don't worry Shane didn't decorate it, that was from a dinner a few nights before.) Shane had his sister set up a candlelit dinner in our apartment with food from our favorite place, The Red Lantern. It was so sweet and Shane couldn't have chosen anywhere better for dinner. We ate. . .

And then we left for the dance. Shane made me keep my eyes closed the entire time. He drove weird ways just to throw off the route so that I didn't know where we were going. Once we got there, he lead me up a driveway, up some stairs, and then down some stairs. We then went around a corner and I opened my eyes. Here is what I saw:

Shane had put together a private dance just for us in the Pike's basement! We slow danced, fast danced, jumped around, played with the balloons, and goofed off for two hours.

 It was so much fun and I couldn't have asked for a better Valentine's day! Shane is so thoughtful and so amazing! I love him and everything he does for me, he makes me so happy, and I feel so lucky to call myself his wife!