4th of July... How far we've come, how far we get to go...

It's hard to believe it's already the fourth of July. Seems like Christmas was just yesterday. Time moves so fast when you get older. That's something they don't tell you when you're young and you're dying to be a grownup. Or maybe they do tell you, but you never really hear. I've been thinking all day about this time last year. Our one year anniversary is next week. I've been thinking about how about this time I got the letter that changed my world. Got the call that changed our future. I remember going to work expecting a letter telling whether or not we could be together. I remember my mom bringing me the letter at work, in tears and utter disbelief. I remember telling my sisters and grandma and hugging my dad. I remember anxiously waiting for him to call his parents, wondering if they were going to hate me. It's amazing how quickly life moves. How your life can change in an instant. Forever.

Enough about the past, here's the present. I had a wonderful fourth. Ate a lot of food (doughnuts and kettle cooked bbq chips), had some drinks, bought a fire-pit and some lawn chairs and turned our back little patio into a little getaway. We strung up some Christmas lights and I must say it's lovely. It was a splendid little day for sure. It's been so nice having Ty home this past week. I like having him around all of the time and he's definitely less stressed and tired. (Right now he's watching something about Planking? I swear, I have the strangest man ever.)
I'm so ready for next weekend though. San Francisco vacation. Well, we're going up for the weekend. We're not really doing anything special. Just out to eat and explore. But it's kind of like a mini-honeymoon that we never had. A romantic getaway weekend. All to ourselves and away from reality. Needed every once and awhile I think.
Well the wine and the food are kicking it and making me sleepy. I hope everyone had as good of a Fourth of July as I did. Goodnight! :)

Bacardi Razz+Sprite=Drink of the day.

The Big Gulp of BBQ

We don't need no stinkin' instructions.

Not diggin the fire.

Perfect night.

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Random Adventure Sunday...

We had one goal: Macy's. We got there too early. So we set another goal: Lunch. It turns out, that goal was a lot harder to accomplish than we thought. There's this lovely little diner in Pacific Grove we love and were excited to have an excuse to go. Apparently everyone else thought so because it was packed. My husband and I aren't patient people, him even less so when hungry. So, we left our beloved diner in a desperate search for food. We walked around Pacific Grove for a half hour going in and out of cafes and diners which were all busier or more expensive than we wanted to deal with. So back to Macy's we went. And we ended up with pretzels. Oh well. Here's a couple of pics from the day.

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Where the land meets water and the sun disappears...

Sometimes I forget just where I live. How lucky I am and how beautiful it is. It's not like I've never seen the water. But growing up in a river-town is not exactly the same as on the ocean. I won't lie and say I don't miss home. I miss the fall there especially. The colors of the leaves and the way the air gets crisp and you can just smell it. The first snowfall. The first warm day of spring and the ensuing flowers and rain. The weather is rather consistent here. 50-60 degrees with either sunny or foggy. I do miss the changes in seasons. But this place has it's charms. Where else could you sea the sunset on the ocean casting it's brilliant colors across the giant mirror below? I'm obsessed with the ocean sunset. I'll miss it when we leave.

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Let's Play some Ketchup...or Catchup. Whatever.

There really hasn't been anything going on worth writing about. Really still isn't. Oh well. I'm desperately trying to remember anything worth discussing from the last week or so. How sad is that?
I did have some fun yesterday I suppose. B. and I went out shopping which was nice. Having no friends here gets tough, lonely. So it was nice to hang out. Started the day at the Victoria's Secret sale (awesome) and then went to Plato's Closet. I've always wanted to go thrifting and I'm glad we did. I found a lot of cute stuff. I can foresee it becoming an obsession. 6 dollars for a shirt? Right up my cheap mindset.

I was liking my outfit a lot as you can see. A little more trendy than I normally wear. I found such good stuff. Those jeans?? Those are Lucky jeans that I got for 20 bucks. They have a really pretty design on the pockets and are my first pair of lucky jeans. I'm trying to branch out with my style. Stop being a billboard for Old Navy while looking like a 17 year old.We'll see how that goes.
Anyways, next week my husband gets a week-long break. He needs it. I wish I could take it off to be with him, but alas I cannot. Besides, if it's anything on how our weekends go, we'll just sit here on our computers asking each other what we want to do and not having any idea what to do. Is it bad that we've run out of things to do together after only 2 years? I mean, it feels like the only things to do cost money, which we don't want to partake in. So we end up doing the same thing all of the time. I need free ideas. Luckily we both do enjoy just watching movies, but I know he gets bored easily. It seems like we used to do a lot of free stuff together back home. We'd walk around town for hours doing nothing but talking. I suppose it's harder to do that here since we'd have to drive to town to walk around. Oh well, I suppose we're that old couple already. Drinking coffee and watching movies all day and going to bed at 8.

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Diamonds are a girl's best friend... And ninja's are apparently a boy's.

Well, I got my ring. Finally! It's gorgeous. I'm so in love with it that I just can't stop looking at it. And taking pictures of it.

Sorry, but I'm in love with it. Is it weird to say that I feel officially married now? I mean, of course I've felt married, but for some reason it feels so much more real now. And I love it. I don't know why, but with just the band it felt like I was just engaged, you know? Now I have the set it's official. I'm so weird.
That's my new toy. And here's my husband's.

Yeah. He got a motorcycle. Well, we got a motorcycle. I'll admit I was hesitant about it, but seeing how freaking excited he is about it, I'm glad we did it. It'll be so much easier for him to go to and from work, he'll be home sooner, he won't have to rely on me, and it's a lot better on gas than a new car. And price. He's like a kid at Christmas right now.
After these two purchases, we're definitely broke. Okay, not broke. Nowhere near, but we're less comfortable than we like to be so we're on spending lockdown. We're really wanting (well, probably more me than him) to go to San Francisco for our anniversary in a month. That's going to involve some money. So I'm going to have to resist the urge to buy. Ugh. So hard.
All of this is really making me feel grownup. I mean, we bought a ring with cash and were approved for a loan on the bike. We're creating credit and making decisions on big things together. I like that we both wanted each other to get these. I'm not excited about having to pay on a loan just and I'm hesitant of credit cards just because of all of the crap I saw my parents go through with credit an debt. I'm not going to get there. But we need to build credit and this is a good way to start. We did this on our. We didn't ask our parents what they thought or their opinions. We discussed it and did it. And we're handling, I think, like adults. We understand we have to be careful with money, but we also realize we're young and can enjoy ourselves a little.
Overall I'm very happy right now. I've got a beautiful new bobble and my husband is ecstatic with a new toy. Life is good.

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