Twenty-Fourteen Recap

I must admit, if I were eight years old again and asked what I thought 2015 would be like, I would respond with flying cars and everyone would wear those terrible looking silver suits like you see in those futuristic movies. Instead, cars are still on the ground, fashion has not taken a major turn, there are more options for fast food, and a crap ton of things have been exposed through the news.

Tomorrow is 2015, where has this year gone??

Twenty-Fourteen has been a year filled with new friendships, love, experiences, stress, beauty, joy, and blessings. It's been our first full year here in Virginia, and reflecting back to last years post Out with the Old our hatred for Virginia has still remained the same, if not grown. Bryan finally knocked out a semester at Old Dominion University, and I am just a class short from receiving my Associates in Health Sciences. Joy.
Blakely has sprouted from a baby beanstalk to a toddler terror. No is still her favorite word and arguing is her favorite pastime. Blakely and I took a drive through the mountains to get her little pup Folly, who is stubborn as hell and does whatever she likes. Bryan and I have met some amazing people and made a handful of new friends. We have been blessed so many times and could not be more thankful.

This year the we will be ringing in the New Year with family; creating memories, sharing laughter, and enjoying some really good food. We look forward to what 2015 has to offer to our little Family and could not be more excited.

We hope that you have many blessings and an endless amount of opportunities within this new year.

Happy New Years!

Xo

M.

#Vaniversary

Things I own:

Mac desktop, Macbook, 3 pairs of blue jeans, a pair of white jeans, Chino pants, 3 bins of workout clothes, 5 pencil skirts, 12 dresses, and a crap ton of shirts and jackets that I have but don't wear. I have too much jewelry and enough designer hand-me-down bags to know what to do with. I have a table stacked with heels, boots, tennis shoes, loafers, sandles, most just sit there looking pretty. The crave of wanting more can never be filled; its an unchievable appetite. Tyler Durden in Fight club made a bold statement: "the things you own, end up owning you." So what are the real necessities? I can tell you only what I know...

Necessities:

1. Food- A well fed body makes the brain fueled and the soul happier. Plus without this we would be malnourished.
2. Water- Our body is made up of it. Replenish what was lost.
3. Sleep- Ever gone 18 hours without sleep? YOU. ARE. MISERABLE. Speaking for myself anyway.
4. Clothes- Realisticly everyone walking around naked would not be pretty. Let's face it, even Adam and Eve sewed leaves together.

The other Necessities:

Today I Celebrate my Anniversary, Christmas Eve, Having a loving family, A forgiving God, and a beautiful Life. I will never forget my original feelings of Bryan when I started to work for him. He was a straight up asshole. He made fun of my ears and gave me such a hard time but eventually the annoyance turned into being smitten which in turn we fell into Love. Id be lying if I said these past years were easy, and often times wondered why we were placed on eachothers paths. We have rode more rollercoasters than we could care for. Fought more than we should have, been there for each other's worst. Screamed and cried, laughed and loved. Our marriage has come a long way and with that said, we both have grown tremendously. Bryan makes me spiritually whole, comforts me when im sad, generalizes with me when im unrealistic. I could not even imagine a stronger man and a better half to stand by my side. Love is my other First Necessity.

Happy Vaniversary Lovebug.
Forever and Always.

M.