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Wordless Wednesday~ Baby Attack & Daddy is Home from the Field!

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I'm Not A Poet.....

As I go through my hard drive trying to organize items, delete duplicate pictures and file them under the proper month, day and year, I came across a file that had a few old poems I had written.... 

I found myself writing a lot throughout junior high & high school. Lyrics, poems, letters to friends, etc. This is one I had written years and years ago. I never got around to titling it though, but now looking back, it really doesn't need one. 

The soft tepid sand beneath my feet

   is swiftly cooled as the tide rolls in.

Sunset illuminating the sky’s crisp blue

   with fiery shades

The outlines of sailboats passing

   directly in the suns rays

Smells of the ocean arise

   the air now feels chilly following a balmy summer’s day.

Your lips meet mine and this moment

   becomes motionless, embedded in time.

We gaze into the distance as the sun

   settles in for the night.

My heart yearns for this point in time to remain

While now it appears only in my memories and dreams.

Rain gathers on the roof

Thunder bellows in the night's sky.

Silence between us as we take pleasure in

   all that is.

Words are not necessary

   as I’m assured that you are nearby,

   if only for a little while.

I can tell that you are bothered

   knowing it is from the time we were apart,

   yet suddenly feeling so lonely,

   though you are beside me.

I shake it off, although it still haunts me,

   there is nothing I can say or do,

   except wait…

Wait as I have before,

   wait as I will continue to do…

He’ll come around, I reassure myself

Just be here for him, let him know that you love him,

   show him that no matter what you care…..

Then when all is right, he’ll do the same for you…

I continue to patiently wait,

   hoping that our chance might transpire….

The Newlywed Game {Bloggy Style}

1. What advice would you give a friend who found out that he/she is getting married?  
Mr. B:What kind of question is this? You don't just find out you're getting married, unless it's an arranged marriage. Which in that case tough shit.

Mrs. B: Ha.... Odd question to ask, or odd way to ask what it really means...
 
2. Do you have a pet name for your spouse? If so, What is it?  
Mr. B: I call you babe.

Mrs. B: I call him hunny bunny sometimes.... Other times it's nasty, disgusting and all time favorite, from when we first met, Jerk-Face. (This stuck when he told me a week after we met that he was deploying in 2 weeks).
 
3. What are 3 things your spouse cannot live without?  
Mr. B: hahaha.... You? Coffee, computer, Iphone

Mrs. B: Him,  Gym, Guns, FOOD.

4. What is your favorite date idea? (Something you have or haven't done)  
Mr. B: That sunset sailboat ride was pretty cool.

Mrs. B: Anything where I'm not checking in on the kids every 30 min.... (has not happened yet).
 
5. Is there a book or movie that reminds you of your marriage? If so, which one & why?  
Mr. B: Not yet.

Mrs. B: I can't honestly think of one that catches all of our interests and lives....
 
6. Rate the very last kiss you had with your spouse. How was it on a scale of 1-10?  
Mr. B: Man WTF are these questions? So cheesy... But I'll give it a 7.

Mrs. B: Morning kisses before coffee are not my thing.... 6-7.... He responded with: that's so bullshit...
 
7. What was the very first thing you noticed about your spouse when you first met?  
Mr. B: Oh my god she's normal, not like the other f'in dates I met on here (online) She looks like her pictures.

Mrs. B: Height, body... Smile :)

8. What was the very first gift that your spouse ever gave you?  
Mr. B: Oh this is hard... I'm really trying to think really really hard.... I don't know I can't remember...

Mrs. B: HE got ME a very large teddy bear from FAO Schawtz when we went to NY. 

After talking about it.... He remembered I got him some movies that he watched back at his place.
 
9. Is there anything you sacrificed when you married your spouse? If so, What?  
Mr. B: I'd have a lot more guns that's for sure... I don't know, I'm still pretty much able to do what I want. Just no..... WTF is up with these questions. They put you on the spot. (My response, that's the point of this game).

Mrs. B: Room in our house.... That drove me crazy at first...
 
10. What would your spouse say is the funniest photo of you? Try & Describe the picture & post it below!

Mr. B: GOD I hate being put on the spot like this... I'd be horrible on a game show.... Hold up let me scroll through facebook real quick....

Mrs. B: While he does that.... I think the funniest picture of him is when he and our oldest were at the Aquarium and he was acting like he was going to throw him in with the alligator.The oldest didn't find this too funny and thought he really was going to do so.

Mr. B: That's a good one. With the blue frosting on our face. And not too embarrassing...

Mr. B: Alright next one

Mrs. B: That's it.

Mr B: What? Man screw this I'm going to go online and

                                             start finding some surveys that are longer...

Wordless Wednesday~ Baby B's First Self Feeding of Spaghetti!!

Home Designing {In my Dreams}

My husband is now home, and has suddenly taken a distaste to our very small home.... I was the one always complaining about it before (I had bought it for just my oldest and I), and now he sees how a 2-3 person home (2 bedrooms) is actually not working out so well for us and baby and dog.
It took him being back home for 2 months and coming back to actually notice this I guess.

With this it has brought back my thoughts of the "dream home" I'd eventually like to have built/build ourselves for us.
I've always wanted to have my own home built from the ground up. On a piece of property that had some sort of water source attached to it, ocean, river or stream (No lakes.... they've always been "dirty" to me). In high school I sketched out my "dream home" Over the years it has expanded to include children and many new ailments that I have grown to love while moving throughout the country. Wrap around porch with a screened in porch in the back, large play room for the kids, game room with pool table and bar, master bedroom with a sitting area and walk-in closet, bathroom with natural stone rainfall shower, textured glass around the front door and in the bathrooms, large kitchen with middle island, fireplace in living room (maybe in master bedroom too), wine room, outdoor grill/kitchen station, natural rock pool in the back yard, 3-4 car garage to work on my dream cars (67 Chevelle & 71 Chevelle). I had some interior design books for well over a decade, DIY books to do a lot of the work ourselves (which we've done in our current home), and landscaping books to piece together parts that I love. 

Of course over the years the internet has been a huge help as well with a photo file dedicated to ideas and likes, and HGTV and the DIY channels are on our TV several times throughout the week. Some day when the life of moving every few years has come to an end, I dream of that perfect location that we can settle down and retire in.

What would you have in your dream home?

These are only a few of the things I have in mind, and of course this is a dream home. The following pictures each have a certain aspect within them that I would love to add to my own home someday.