This crazy little thing called life....

I know we love it and try to live it to the fullest, but my oh my sometimes it just consumes us! Even when you have good intentions life takes you by the straps and says "nope, remember me? we're doing it my way"

My goal for the year (yes, I'm making goals for the year in July, don't judge) is to slow down and (both literally and figuratively) try to smell the roses. In my personal, social and work life. It's never too late right? I just feel like life is going to pass me by, crazy or not, and I will have missed out on those important little moments.

So this is me trying to do better and "smell" our friendship a little more

Get It Right

We both know I'm not a writer by any means. I wish I were. Cards come out so poetic when I can't articulate and there is always a song to say exactly what I'm thinking or feeling. So when I heard this song, well it just spoke to me.

Get It Right
Sung by: Rachel Berry aka Lea Michelle (Glee)

What have I done? I wish I could
Away from this ship goin' under
Just tryin' to help, hurt everyone
Now I feel the weight of the world is
On my shoulders

What can you do when your good isn't good enough?
When all that you touch tumbles down?
'Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow

But how many it times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me?
To get it right
To get it ri-igh-ight

Can I start again with my faith shaken?
'Cause I can't go back and undo this
I just have to stay and face my mistakes
But if I get stronger and wiser
I'll get through this

What can you do when your good isn't good enough?
When all that you touch tumbles down?

But how many it times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me?
To get it right
To get it ri-igh-ight

So I throw up my fist
I will punch in the air
And accept the truth that sometimes life isn't fair
Yeah, I'll send out a wish
Yeah, I'll send up a prayer
And finally, someone will see
How much I care!

What can you do when your good isn't good enough?
When all that you touch tumbles down?
'Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow

But how many it times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me?
To get it right
To get it ri-igh-ight

Our poor blog has suffered from our lack of writing. So I'm here to remedy that, I hope.

Hard to believe that it's practically mid-December already. Where did 2010 go? I feel like it was just summer and we I was just suffering from a HOT Arkansas heat wave! I'm not going to complain though becuase this is my favorite time of year. At least it use to be when I lived in Kentucky. By this time of the year, usually, we would have already gotten a little snow. Not enough to really make a difference in the day, but snow no less. In fact they've already gotten some up there and I'm here missing it. {insert heavy sigh here}

With the Fall/Winter time rolling around also come our busy schedules. Now, I won't lie, I like being busy and we both know you wouldn't know what to do if you weren't running in 20 different directions, but too busy to talk to my bestie?! What's going on here!!!?? It's like we're living in the twilight zone! Ha ok maybe not that bad, but still different all the same. Darn that 2 hour time change. What can we do about that?!

Hope you are having a great day today. Miss you.

Hot Tea & Cider

I got to talk to you last night for a long time and it was great. It's been a few weeks since we have been able to talk at length and it had been a few days since we had been able to talk at all! You were camping with your family and I was in Dallas with mine. After I got off the phone with you I laid in bed thinking about you for a few minutes. 2005-2010, Amber & Amanda. 5 years of being friends, real friends. I suppose if you could go back farther since we probably met a few years earlier, but I pretty much start our relationship out in 2005. We've come a long way in 5 years. I look forward to seeing where we'll go together in another 5 years, 10 years, 20 years...



I love you.

(Almost) Home sweet home

So would you like a tour of 10785 Joeger?

Well of course you do!

Brace yourself. It's going to be a pretty bumpy ride!

In the driveway looking down at the front door.

Clearly the dad is happy.

Not sure why. That door frame has a hornets nest on it.
Musta been before he saw it. 

The steps down to the front door. (Where I'm standing now)

The driveway is up there.

Front door looking in.
I will say one of the best parts about this house is the awesome front door.
My dad said it probably wasn't up to code because it was cut down to fit in the low frame.
Fortunately, I'm only 5'2". The door is perfect.
I may however need to have a height requirement for friends.
"You must be under this ---------> height
To enter the Weaver home.
Tall people may use back door. "

 Entry way looking at the back of the door.

In the front room looking at entry way.

Living room looking back at entry on left side of picture.

The brick area is where a stove used to be.

Standing on the brick area.

Weird bathroom on left corner of screen.

Kitchen directly in front.

"Master" bedroom is the door on the right.

Entry and office are behind me.

Awesome chandelier in "Master" bathroom

"Master" bathroom. That sliver of a wall on the right? That's the closet that's in the bathroom.

Don't you just love the hidden nook in the tub? It's like a secret hiding place! In the shower!

And I know you're just loving that green corner piece.

Don't you just loooove the wall paper?

*Blech*

"Master" bedroom. Bathroom is on the right.

The basement.

Please ignore the gross floor, hideous paint and creepy wall decals.

The steps upstairs are on my left. The door to the carport is behind me.

I have really high hopes and big plans for this one.

The oh-so-awesome retro bathroom.

I do love the built in cabinet.

I'm warming up to the pink set.

I will not however fall in love with that wall paper.

Or sink.

(I told you the wallpaper had naked European people bathing. I can't make that kind of stuff up)

Back porch.

Loooooove it.

The creek is on my left.

Clearly dad likes it too.

On the porch looking at kitchen. The sink is through the window on the corner. The sliding door is just past the dinosor of a washing machine. 

Standing on the covered porch at the sliding door.

That's the bridge over the creek.

The pasture is up that dry grassy walk way.

I do realize I didn't take any pictures of the kitchen.

So I'll hopefully be able to take some next time we're up there :)

Same time, Different place

I love that this morning we were up at the same time sharing our morning together.

"...things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. But it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart... and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away.”