New Year's Resolutions

Brando did the sweetest thing yesterday in the car on the way to Town Lake for our bike ride and asked us all what our goals, ideas, and things we want to do for the upcoming year are.

Shawners was:

-Wants a laptop

-(oh no! I forget, I will have to ask him again!)

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Justinbustin wants to:

-snowboard again

-get a laptop

-(oh no! same here)

Mine were:

-Start a work out regime whether it be hot yoga, pole dancing, aerial dance classes, or something else.

-Decorate our home with Brando.

-Support Brando in starting a business this year.

Brando's were:

-Build a business this year

-Work out.

-Have regular family nights/days

-Blog on a regular basis.

It was so good to hear each other's goals and desires and be able to focus on them for each other. Today, Brando and I took our first step towards decorating together! We got some beautiful, functional bookcases at Costco, came home and immediately set them up. Brando and Justinbustin set up the first one together (so sweet!), then Brando set up the second one while Shawners and Justinbustin played Monopoly together. Brando even switched the second one up a bit to make it a little more decorative, put a lamp on it, framed a picture of our wedding renewal, rehung artwork to accomodate the new bookcase, and grabbed flowers from another room to put on two of the shelves. I completed the picture with a vase full of coral from our first trip to Hawaii to celebrate our nine year anniversary. The whole thing makes me smile the hugest smile from cheek to cheek.

Brando also started on his blogging regularly by documenting the process of setting up the bookcase, inspired to not only decorate with me but blog about it by these amazing couples.

What I just woke up to

To which I told Brando he's heaven in a Brando shape

WTH

How the heck is Forever 21 literally 500 times busier AFTER Christmas than before?!

At least they're nice now versus before Christmas. Overheard from one girlfriend to another:

"I love this store."
"It makes me want to sing and skip through the store."

Deliciousness

It's wrong how delicious these are. Oh, The Farm, how I love thee, your chocolate macaroons, chicken & fresh mozzarella sandwiches, and Cafe Au Laits.

Seriously?!

This morning Brando had laser eye surgery (in-office procedure to upkeep his prior surgeries from ten years ago), this afternoon we're on our way to the snow in his Mom's Pilot with four snowboards on top - Brando's old one, mine and Shawner's new one, and Justinbustin's acquired one from a cousin in Ut*h who outgrew his. Now let's just hope we don't get snowed out (or in!).

Also, staying at my sis's - can't WAIT to see her!! Usually she comes down to see me but since she knew I was coming up she didn't this time and it feels really weird to be back in my hometown without her around.

OMG I got a snowboard!

Now let's just hope I can ride it. It's gorgeous! With a peacock and black & gold bindings.

Thanks for the Christmas present, Oma!

So Annoyed

So sick of girls who use their husbands for an excuse instead of just saying they don't want to do something and so sick of girls who let their guys choose all their fun plans!!!

Sorry for the vent but seriously if you don't want to do something SAY IT instead of blaming it on his schedule, whims, and fancies, cause I'm gonna stop asking and be pissed that you're not saying how it is.

Also, choose your own fun, girl!!! Don't let something you want to do not happen just because your man doesn't feel like it. I am so sick of having to be dragged into whatever he feels like as well since that's all he'll ever do!! We have fun any way, but stand up to him so maybe one of these days we can do something one of the rest of the four of us has chosen to do.

Excuse the bitch moment.

This must fall under the category of things I want to say out loud but haven't quite figured out how to come across as a total bitch while doing so.