BEYOND EXCITED!!

I'm so excited.. I have been wanting to do Christmas cards as a family for the last few years but since we weren't technically "family" yet we just never did them! This year, I found out that on shutterfly they are promoting 50 FREE holiday christmas cards for all bloggers that blog about shutterfly! What a perfect opportunity! It's getting chilly here and I have been tempted to jack up the christmas music and start decorating already but I figured Jas could only handle one month of that so we'll settle and I'll do it in a few weeks! I can't wait to design a family christmas card to remember our VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS as Mr. & Mrs. Chinnis!

Love Love Love my husband! He has been so encouraging and supportive in the tough times lately. We have been faced with tons of medical bills (with no solution to my issues) and he has been very realistic and keeps me in line so that I take everything one my one. I put everything off because of school being so hectic and then when I get a day to chill out I focus on all the other needs like a messy house, bills, homework/projects/meetings, and trying to spend time together and with family. On the rare days that I actually get to sit for a minute my mind just races with everything that there is to be done. Thats when I'm most thankful for my man. He holds me, comforts me, and encourages me to take everything one day at a time.

Yesterday was our 5 year anniversary and we spent it by going out to dinner and then studying! It wasn't the best way to celebrate but gotta do whatcha gotta do! We spent some time talking about the last 5 years and pondering what the next 5 years could bring! Will we have kids? Where will we travel? Where will be live? Who will our friends be? Lots and lots of questions that only time will tell!

How's Huxley?? Our pup is no pup anymore. He will be 1 in December and we think he has finally reached his growth spurt. He is over 60 lbs and is just as much of a pain as always! He learned how to whine and he uses it daily.. very annoying! He still likes to bite and nibble and tends to bully Jas more than anything! He is super sweet and tender and gives lots of sloppy kisses. His favorite food is ice and anything that we are eating. He really likes chick-fil-a fries but will eat ANYTHING in his reach. He thinks he owns the whole house and he is pretty much right. He sits in our cup chair, fluffs the pillows on the couch to get comfy, and rolls around on our bed (even pulls the sheets and comforter with his mouth and digs with his feet) to get comfortable. I'm thinking maybe this weekend we can try and get some family pictures but we shall see!!

Enjoy!

married life takes work..

Yep, there I said it.. married life takes work.. well it's definitely not easy. I think going into marriage we totally thought we wouldn't have to work on things because we'd been together for 4.5 years and we had this.. WRONG! Jas irritates me, yells when all i want is peace and quiet, leaves stuff all over the house, rigs things that require fixing, doesn't do things i ask, and the list goes on.. BUT with all of that said we are learning so much and we are learning to work together and communicate and make this work! We may argue and be mean at times (mutually) but every time we come out of it and know we love each other and want to make marriage work because we are spending the rest of our life together! Also, in his defense I'm a brat, and yell/fuss, make it seem like nothing he does is right (when they are totally fine) and am just plain annoying at times.

We have been married for 5 months and will be celebrating our 5 year anniversary on the 26th.. school is crazy crazy busy and I graduate in less 6 months!! I cannot wait to be a nurse and I definitely cannot wait to have more time to spend traveling with the hubs and making more time for family and friends...

Right now life is just sooo hectic and crazy that I barely have time to think but blogging does keep my sanity so be looking for more..

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I usually get really annoyed when people don't blog and keep me updated on their lives and then I look at mine and I'm pretty much WAY more of a slacker than most.

We have been crazy busy and since school started I've had a test every week and Jason has been working like crazy. When we get home we focus on school work, dinner, and spending time with huxley since he is caged all day. However, this weekend I have other plans. I'm hoping to take huxley to the dog park to let him swim in the pond on saturday and then just leave sunday up in the air so that we don't feel tied down with plans. I know sounds pretty boring but when life is going going going full speed it's nice to take a breather every now and then.

Updates

-jason got a new car. it needs a little smell good on the inside but it has AC and gets good mileage so that's all that matters.. it is a 2003 White BMW Passat. VERY GIRLY but we're lucky he got a car so it's all good.

-I registered for graduation so in 6 months I will have a bachelor's degree and will be able to take my NCLEX and I WILL PASS :) soo excited to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

-Jason is looking for a youth minister position so he can step in as full time youth minister. which is so scary for him but I am more than excited because I know he will be great at being a youth minister.

-we are looking for a new church aka the one jas get's a job offer at!

- suddenly our 9 month old pup is not a pup anymore. he is more like a toddler. He squeaks his toys 24/7, eat pillows, doesn't listen,m and very much bully's jason all in a day's work.

-we are hoping to get away to the islands with my family this summer but it's all on stand still since i have no idea when my boards will be :(

-we are doing a little decorating of the house. we got a new couch that huxley seems to think is his. painted some touch ups, added some picture frames, and it's season's time so i can put up decorations.

i'm beginning to feel like this is all hodge podge so for now i will go study and maybe post some pictures later.

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things i've been wanting

So lately I've been really just wanting to go out and spend lots of money on things I want.. however, the reality that school has begun and working 24 hours a week isn't gonna get me all of these things kinda sucks. So until May 2011 when I'll graduate and have enough money to get more things that I want then I'll just have a wanted list!

1New boots!

2. A new WINTER coach bag

3. A couples massage

4. Wreath for our front door.. which I want to make but don't really have the time or crafty ideas.

5. House decor

6. Someone to print off the pictures from our wedding so that I could frame them.. frankly, I'm just too lazy to sit in line at cosco for another 2 hours just to get them to load to the computer then have to sort through 800 plus pictures...so can't someone else do it for me?

7. Vacation to the Islands!! I would so post a picture but I really don't want to see those pretty blue waters and tempt myself when I have no time to be going there. So for now I'll just envision myself under my cabana on the white sand beaches looking out at the blue waters.. ahhhh!

8. I also want to purchase like 500 songs to go on my ipod so I feel motivated when I'm running.. but seeing as each song is like $1.39 this totally isn't happening.

9 And while I'm on a roll I'd really love for someone to finish nursing school for me so that I can just enjoy life :)

Any takers?? Yea, didn't think so!

Anyways, there are plenty more wants but I don't have time to jot them down.. hopefully my lovely hubby will read this post and remember that our 5 yr anniversary is in October and my bday is in November and Christmas is in Dec and then in May our 1 yr anniversary!!! Love you hunny :)

still here

I seem to have neglected to blog as i'm so caught up in all of the other blogs I read.

So... I wish I had some crazy awesome news to share but we're just living life. Married life is great and we're enjoying our final week of summer before school starts back in full swing!!

I'm sad to say that I haven't been to the beach all summer.. sad! I'm also really into shopping lately. I don't know if it's that we wanted to get a new couch and that just got me in the mood to shop but I've been "browsing" A LOT! So far I've bought two super cute dressed for me and two cute shirts for jas online at Forever21 (I'M SO EXCITED CHARLESTON IS GETTING ON NEXT YEAR).. my mom bought me a super hot pair of hot pink heels!! my first pair of heels EVER! with a size 5 foot it's a little hard to find a nice pair of fitting heels so when we saw these i had to have them.. thankfully my mom picked up the tab because they were CRAZY expensive.. however, in my defense we never put a price tag on shoes because my foot NEVER grows so i have TONS of shoes in my closet that have and will continue to fit for years!! i also have my eye on a few black dresses to wear to a wedding we're invited to in december which i'm really excited about! one.because i get a new dress and two. because we're sooo excited to have a "new" couple in our group of newly married friends.

i've been really really trying to get in shape because i definitely feel the 'wedding' poundage adding on. so i just got back from a run which was very refreshing and i just recently discovered a soup that is absolutely delicious for only 80 calories (FOR A WHOLE CAN!!) it's progresso LIGHT sante fe style chicken.. of course i pick out the chicken because i just can't do chicken in a can but the soup is great with a dash or five of hot sauce and they have TONS of other yummy types that i haven't tried yet! despite my efforts of trying to diet i have been cooking ALOT lately and i'm proud to say everything has been really good!! thanks to pioneer woman i can actually cook!! We've had chicken enchiladas (DOUBLE YUM with lots of calories..totally worth it) apple puff pastry (Super easy and delish) yummy salad with balsamic honey lemon dressing, ranch chicken kabobs (from kellys korner grilling blog post..these are so so delightfully yum!!) and fajita's that were to die for, spaghetti, and so much more... to say i'm starved would just not be right!

hmm.. so since i'm on a totally random blog kick i'll just continue on... we're planning a camping trip to table rock, nc in october and i'm totally excited about it! we've invited friends and we have tons of fun things planned so i'm really looking forward to it.

enjoy- i'll blog more about what we're up to and possibly try and post some of our wedding pictures soon..

Hubby's home and ya know what that means... SO IS DINNER!!

honeymoon pictures

Finally I find some time to post the pictures from our honeymoon at the sun palace resort in cancun! This is only half so enjoy and i'll post more later..

JUST NOTICED THEY UPLOADED BACKWARDS SO OUR FLIGHT TO CANCUN IS AT THE BOTTOM AND THEN US ENJOYING CANCUN IS TOWARDS THE TOP! adios!