10 things i love.

{1}

i love...

going on adventure bike rides with the brothers.

and finding too big to be true trees

that irene pushed over

just sitting there,

waiting for a photo op!

{2}

i love...

that izey longed to marry me

all. summer. long.

and we finally tied the knot

during one of our last pool trips of the summer.

{3}

i used to NOT love isaak's love

for thomas the train.

until i realized

how completely inappropriate it is.

and you KNOW

i love inappropriate.

{4}

i love...

how silly lover is.

and how he plays it off so well

in front of everyone else.

{5}

i love...

when pawpaw comes to visit.

and i love even more,

that the brothers love it too.

{6}

i love...

being white trash

and making budget swimming pools

for the brothers

on super hot days.

and clearly,

i'm not the only one who loves it.

{7}

i love...

my butt.

i do.

it's taken me almost 33 years to be able to say that

but i can honestly and proudly say that i do love it.

i love that it's huge.

that it's ghetto.

that it shakes the earth when i do box jumps.

or slaps me in the back of my head when i do sprints.

it's mine.

and i love it.

however,

i don't love it

when it knocks entire shelves

out of the fridge.

stupid butt.

{8}

i love...

how ocd my Lover is each night.

how he lays each of these items

on the kitchen table,

in a neat little row

all ready for work the next day.

{9}

i love...

my best friend bonnie.

(please don't be mad that i posted this. it's my favorite)

and i love this picture of her.

i wish i was your friend back then

so we could talk about all of the crazy adventures

we had back in the days

of air dried swimming pool hair

and hawaiian shirts.

and speaking of friends.

{10}

i love...

my friend rita

dammit, i'm crying.

i loved being neighbors with you,

i loved all the yummy treats you made me,

i love how you always had everything i needed,

i love how you love my kids,

i love your fun personality, your generosity, your compassion.

i love your example to me

to be a better person.

i love your triangle mouth face.

i love that you order 8 meals at a restaurant.

i love hairnets, finger condoms, and wax lips.

i love your mysteriousness.

i love how you still gave me a chance at being friends

even though i brought peanut butter cookies

to your child who is deathly allergic to peanuts.

i love your carl, your michaella, your bryndle and your hayden

more than you will ever know.

and i'll miss you all so. so. so. soooooooo. much.

good luck pretty friend :)

ricka ricka rewind.

remember when i had that Lover

who was in afghanistan for 7 months?

and remember how i whined and moaned

and quit blogging

until the radical day i was able to fly away

and go and be with him for his homecoming?

k.

i'm gonna talk about that now.

a little flashback monday action for ya

to recap what i failed to blog about

because i was being lame.

so the time had come

to frickin finally go see my Lovie mcLovester.

i had planned for me to go alone.

eleven days.

alone.

me. Lover. alone.

i know right?

thankfully i have a pretty sweet A friend

mia.

and a sweet A father in law

pops.

and sweet A parents

who were able to help out and cover for me.

before i could jet,

there were some items of business i had to take care of.

first up?

a horrid trip to "brazil"

and then another trip to brazil again the next day

because my tour guide wasn't thorough enough the first day.

bleh.

talk about embarrassing.

(i'll save you the visual aid on this one.

your welcome.)

next up?

toes!

a little homemade pedicure action.

and i couldn't forget the face.

a nice orange peel mask.

which i don't think did a THING

except make my skin smell nice and citrus-y

and clear my nasal passage ways.

now attire.

this was a tricky one.

i only needed a couple hundred outfits.

which may or may not have made me pay

an additional $90

for having extra heavy luggage.

and i only needed a few pairs of shoes.

because you just never know.

and apparently i really didn't know

because it ended up being

like practically snowy weather while i was there.

it was awesome.

not really.

after one final shot

of me being a single mother of 5

i was off!

the first couple of days

i just played with friends.

i arrived on the first day of Lover's flight window

and he didn't end up coming till the last day

so i had a little time for some nonsensical fun

with two bone-heads.

we of course had to do a little

goodwill hunting.

i told michele she should have gotten

the leopard business jumper.

the shoulder pads made her look professional.

and smooooth.

but she thought it didn't play up her curves enough.

she's kinda boring.

we also got our gangster on

eating sushi.

have you ever been somewhere

and your eyes meet with some dudes eyes

and they lock by accident.

and then you look away

but he thinks that was a sign

that you're hot for him.

and then every time you look in that direction

he hurries and looks to catch your eyes again?

yea.

that's what happened to me.

awkward.

but only because rita wished he was looking at her.

hah.

sorry rita.

he liked roundy girls

with seriously long bony fingers.

what can i say? that's hot.

after all of our lolligaggin

i went home to have sweet dreams of my Love

on rita's insanely

too good to be true

air mattress.

and then...

oh shoot.

you'll have to wait until the next post

to read about the day i got to

smoooooooooch

my Lover.

stay tuned!