half a year.

It has been a whole 6 months that I have been living in New York.

6 months that I haven't seen my family & friends in Florida.

So,most of you know that A & I were supposed to be up here in NY for 6 months. Well... lets just say in Navy time, apparently that means a year. Let me explain;

We moved here in May which means that would leave in November. BUT when we got here, A didn't start his "classes" till a month later... (+ 1 month = 7)
So now we would leave in December. Yeah, NOPE. Apparently his graduation got put back about 2 months later. (+ 2 months = 9)
And well, on top of that... the class that graduated 3 months ago... they are STILL HERE!
(+ 3 months = 1 YEAR!)
Thats right... A whole year.
Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE New York. love love love love.
But there are a few reasons why I didn't want to (plan to) stay here for so long....
-We decided to rent furniture because it would be less of a hassle to move with it & a 6 month lease was reasonable. But now we have to keep getting extensions put on the lease. (bye bye money)
-We are outgrowing our apartment. When we first moved in... it seemed so big. But I swear every day the walls are closing in a tiny bit more.
-I want to be somewhere that I can properly "root" myself. I'm not too fond of this feeling of not knowing when we're leaving.
-I want to be on base... where I can have more friends and get out & do things.
-We don't want to or even know how to deal with snow. We barely knew what to do with the 3 inches we recieved last month... can you imagine adding feet to that?? 
But I think the biggest reason why I want to leave is because I want his orders to come in. I want to know WHERE we are going to be stationed. I just wannnna knoowwww!!!

A was given 7 options of where we could be stationed, and then had to make a "wish list" from what he wanted the MOST to least.

1. Hawaii

2. California

3. Washington

4. Connecticut

5. Virginia

6. Georgia

7. Guam

I pray every night for Hawaii or California. EVERY night. But honestly, as long as I end up in a nice area with a nice house... I would go anywhere.

But until then, I'm gonna keep on lovin' me some New York! (:

those autumn leaves,

Autumn

This cold weather in New York has been so refreshing. I've always been a fall/winter person, so to experience a true fall foliage and then have it snow... PURE BLISS (: 

The snow storms seem to be over for a while. And we are so blessed that we didn't get it really bad where we're at. We received less than a foot of snow each of the 2 days... enough to make a snowman but not too much to snow us in. So, now that the snowfall has subsided, its back to regular autumn days 

( but they are just a bit on the chilly side)

A and I had a picnic down by lake & I managed to take some pics of the beautiful scenery:

Have I mentioned that its absolutely breath taking here?? (:

seriously;

I ♥ NY

thanks Pinterest

Frozen Dinner Blues

About a month ago, our garbage disposal in the sink broke. A decided it would be a good idea to turn it on and dump fish rocks down it. Yeah... lets just say it didn't end well.
Sooo the sink couldn't be used at all because it couldn't drain the water. After a few days, the food that was stuck in there started to smell REALLY bad... and still no word from maintenace. So we had to cover the sink with a trash bag and seal it up. (ghetto I know lol)
I attempted to wash dishes in the bathroom sink, but it just didn't work out. So for the next couple of weeks, we had to eat frozen dinners & use plastic utensils. (anything to not dirty dishes).
IT SUCKED.

So now that my sink is FINALLY fixed (and Alex is actually home for dinner), I have been cooking up a storm (:

I've been using recipes from Pinterest and I've come across a few that I MUST share with you.

Last night, I made Mexican Stuffed Shells. It sounded a bit weird, but it is actually SO delicious. Adding cream cheese to the taco meat is pure brilliance. If you like tacos, you really need to try this recipe out.

Tonight I made, Crispy Cheddar Chicken. Its one of my favorite chicken recipes now. I am in love with it! (: A ate about half of the pan lol o I'll be making this often.


Let me know if you guys try these recipes & if you enjoyed them as much as we did! (:

let it snow!

Let it snow!
On Thursday, I experienced snow for the first time in 12 years. (:

A and I grabbed our coats, gloves, and ran out the door. It was his first time actually seeing snow fall and his face lit up so big. (:
I'm sure everyone thought we were on something because we were the ONLY ones outside and I was running in circles going crazy lol -it was quite a scene!

I scooped up some snow and pelted it at A... he caught on quickly because before I knew it... snowballs were flying everywhere. Within about 10 mintues, we were covered in snow and thats when the chill started to sink in.
But we were far too excited to let any cold stop us, so we decided to take a walk down to the lake. There, we made a little baby snowman together on a picnic table and named him, Philbert Icicle. (: By time we were done, our hands were frozen and stinging under our soggy gloves. so I scooped up Philbert and brought him home to sit on our balcony. 

It continued to snow through the night and then eventually rain. The next morning (at 5am) we headed downstairs to scrape the snow off of the car before A had to leave for work. Well, it took over 30 minutes... and A LOT of patience. Thank goodness Amanda picked us up a snow brush thingy the night before... because we would have been screwed.

He's clearly not used to this
snowy weather haha (:

view from the balcony when the
snow first began to fall.

  

But, it was a pretty fun experience overall (: The snow had a day to melt away. BUT we're expecting a snow storm today from about 4pm till Sunday morning. I'm not sure how much snow is expected... but lets just hope we dont have dig our way out of the parking lot... and that we have no trouble with black ice.

We're not quite ready for the snowy season... but just wish us luck!!

I'm alive,,, I promise!

So it's been quite a while...

but I think that most important thing to fill you in on is...

I'm happier than I've ever been in my whole life!!

Things have been so perfect lately. I think my life was on pause for a bit when I first moved here to New York... but I'm finding my way ;D

{I love my friends, my home, my little kitties, and most of all, my amazing husband.}

There is so much that I have to fill you guys in on... but I'll have to break it down into different posts or something lol

But for the first story in a while;
My Mary Kay lady, Jenny came today! She is so awesome!! (: We had such a fun time being girly and talking that our appointment lasted for HOURS lol we didn't even realize. Anyway, I felt really beautiful and I couldn't stop smiling (: Since I was all out of my MK makeup... I ordered about $150 worth lol (thanks, A)
So with that said, I've been thinking about becoming an MK representative and selling it. It's a practical job for me because I LOVE makeup, I'm comfortable talking to people, my previous job was all about selling to people like crazy... so I'm good at it lol & the best part....  I DONT HAVE TO DRIVE! I can just turn an extra room in my new house into an office/spa area.
With traveling, I can still keep my clients by providing free shipping to them & sending samples... PLUS when I move, I'll have a chance to gain more clients.
See, PERFECT. (:
It's a big step though, so I haven't made any final decisions. But, boy oh boy, I've been dreaming :D

hello fall

-Ello Bloggy- -Loves-

So it's been a while... but in my defense,you should know that my computer is sick with the "flu" momentarily.

A lot has happened lately. A WHOLE LOT. But too much to blog about today. So I'll just go with the simple stuff.

For starters, A and I both got new phones. His old piece of crap of a phone accidentally got left out in the rain and well didn't work at ALL. So we were thinking about just getting a lame prepaid one for him so that he at least had something.... but then we just decided to hit the Verizon store and see what they could offer us. Luckily, we were the only people in the store with this super awesome verizon guy. After about an hour of playing with phones and deciding which features I wanted, I chose a beautiful newly released Droid Incredible 2 :D I've never had a smartphone before... so this was extremely exciting for me. *in love*

A's schedule has changed again and again... and for the next week he works from 

7:30pm - 7:30am

I didn't think I'd like this schedule at first... but turns out I LOVE IT! I just stay up and watch movies or craft (or play on my sweet phone) until I'm ready to pass out & then before I know it, he's home. I clean and get ready for the day while he sleeps and then he wakes up at about 1 or 2 and that gives a few hours to go out & shop or just hang out and spend time with each other. I LOVE IT!!! However, it does get pretty lonely when I actually decide to go to bed. Thank god for my two furbabies <3

The weather has been getting colder with each day. It's actually pretty exciting! I cant wait to see all of the leaves change. In Florida they grow from green to dead in a week lol
Today the low was 37degrees.... & I consider MY first official day of fall in New York <3

partner in crime

A few posts ago I had mentioned that a Navy couple moved in down the road. Well, A & Ben have been friends since boot camp & Ben's fiance, Amanda and I get along GREAT! :D I absolutely LOVE her.

We spent the a majority of our time the for the last 5 days with them. Thursday we took them out to La Fiesta (that delicious mexican restaurant) and they thought it was pretty tasty.

-Snowy Mountain-

Saturday we decided to head up to the Adirondacks & go mountain hiking. I thought this was a fantastic idea! I love nature, I love the mountains, I love fresh air & I love spending time with them... so why wouldn't would this be an awesome trip?...
Welp, I will tell you why;
I've lived in Florida for 12 years... where there is no-not a single mountain... not even hills to hike over. So I have never really experienced climbing at an upward slope at ridiculous elevations.
ALSO.... I've spent the last 3 months in my apartment- doing NOTHING. I think my most physical activity is grocery shopping.... and even then I lean on the cart & barely do any work.

So imagine me... trying to vigorously climb a mountain, at a fast past... in the summer. (with Lupus)
Yep... didn't turn out so well.

But luckily, Amanda & Ben were extremely understanding & helped me out. (: & A stayed behind me to be ready to catch me if I fell. I love that man! (:

Aside from Snowy Mountain nearly being the death of me, we had an awesome time together & celebrated our mountain climbing attempt with a delicious dinner at Ruby Tuesdays (courtesy of Ben & Amanda) & even though we all smelled like dirty butthole & looked like we spent a week in the wilderness... it was a GREAT day! (:


 Sunday we all went to Sam's Club & signed up together & then raided the entire store... just in time to catch a rain storm & have to move all of the groceries up stairs, in the rain. GEEEZE.

-But I'm so thankful to have such a great friend here. The New York life is gooooood! ;D