Update for February

February was a rough month. Okay, so it wasn't literally. February was a great month. I was just so lazy that I haven't updated my blog. So I'm updating today for the last few weeks. There are lots of pictures. I hope you like!

Oh Moose, he is a sweety pie. I know I don't look good but I had to take a picture of Moose cuddling with me. He really is the sweetest dog. I wish he would live forever.

When Rob got his smoker, I knew he was excited. I didn't know he was this excited. He smokes food almost every weekend. It is some of the best food I've ever had. Rob is a good cook anyway, but the smoker has taken it to a whole new level. So this picture is him taking notes while he smokes. He writes down everything from the rub he used, the times he checked it to when it's finished and it's temperature. Now that is someone who wants to perfect his cooking skills! I wish I was more like Rob in this sense.

This fancy picture of food is shredded pork. Rob made this for the Superbowl party. It was fantastic. There was so much that he wanted to give it away but I didn't want to. I wanted to keep it all for myself.

Here are some ribs he smoked the following weekend. They were good. His first set of ribs were better. They fell off the bone. These were good too. I hope he makes some of these soon!

My dear friend got some flowers from her mom for her birthday. They showed up after she left work already on a Friday. She said that it would be okay for me to take them home for the weekend and babysit them which made me happy. I love flowers. I wish someone would send me flowers too.

So Monday when I took her flowers to work and we were looking at them because they were so pretty, we noticed a petal and the leaf were combined. Weird. Have you ever seen this?

On one of the days I was driving to school I passed the trax station. Now you wouldn't notice it at first but this picture is really of the bag sitting on the bench. Someone forgot their bag of groceries after getting on the train. I felt kind of bad for this person imagining the frustration and annoyance of realizing you left something behind. I hope that someone who needed the food found this.

On another night at school, when I was walking to Sociology, the moon was rising. It was so full and so pretty. In this moment I wish that I had a better camera so I could take a picture of it more close up. This picture doesn't do the scene justice.

Since joining craft websites, I feel like a junky. I can't get enough crafts. I saw this awesome heart pillow pattern and decided I would try it. Sadly, when I tried to crochet it, it was very difficult with the yarn it called for. So rather than giving up, I decided to make a little pillow still using my loom knitting stuff. This is it. I absolutely love cuddling with this.

And of course I have to have a picture of one of my cats. Isn't she stinkin' cute!

This is just to funny! He drags this bone around everywhere.

Ferren! I believe she is 20 weeks along in this picture. Almost time for another picture! It's pretty exciting going along with her pregnancy. Counting the weeks, wondering how big the baby is. I can't wait to meet the little boy growing. Ferren and Ken will be great parents. But I'm gonna be the most awesome, special auntie Melissa!

What is this?, you ask. Yes, that is my engagement ring. I am engaged. Sorry everyone, off the market forever! Actually, I've been off the market for a long time but now it's official. There is no special story about how he proposed, not yet at least, but I can tell you we are both excited. It's weird, I was starting to wonder if I would ever get married again. I was okay either way but this is exciting. It's almost like I don't know what to think about it, is this real type of thing. But it is real. And we're really ready to start a family. That's my main goal in life, to have my own family. And now it's all happening. Ahhh now this is what makes me giggle and feel joy. Anyway, I'm thinking (actually I'm pretty sure) that we are eloping to the Virgin Islands. Doesn't that sound awesome! So if you want to meet us there when we decide to go, you're more than welcome. But the cost is on you.

I decided to go try on dresses. I want to look pretty when I get married. The only part about dress shopping that I really didn't like is being the center of attention. Not that I don't like making people smile and stuff but this was awkward. I also didn't like feeling bad for the sales girl because she wanted me to buy a dress and I had no intentions of buying a dress.

I really like the tea length dresses but I was worried that they would make me look shorter than I already am. But when I tried this fun dress on my mind was changed. The dress is fun and it totally fits my personality. So with that said, I will probably get a tea length dress.

I love lace. This dress was beautiful. It was classic, simple, elegant. And I didn't realize it made me look wide in the hip area until seeing the picture. I was really sad that this dress didn't complement me that well. I am wondering though, if the lace was a different pattern, would it look better. I think I'll be trying more dresses on. Maybe I can get a pretty lace dress in a tea length style.

Here is another lace dress. I really like lace. I was if-y about this one. It is really pretty but I don't think it is my personality.

I think this flower hair clip is awesome! My neighbor showed me how easy it would be to make my own, so I probably will. It's just so neat and different. So now the question is, what color should I make mine?

Alright folks, that's it for now. I can't believe we are about to start March. Which means, I've had this blog for nearly a year. I've had active times, down times, completely stagnant times with this blog. I hope to keep going with all the pictures and updates. As time goes on, I may not post pictures every week, but I may be posting updates about the exciting new adventures I'm about to embark on -- wedding details, TTC details, my friend's pregnancy adventures, school drama. I can honestly say that I am the most happy right now than I think I've ever been. I feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be in my life and it feels good. Goals are being accomplished, new joys are coming my way, I feel crafty again, and making new goals seems to be easy. The rocky road I was on has come to an end. That's not to say I'll never be on another rocky path but next time I'll be prepared to OWN IT!

BTW, does anyone know any bloggers who get paid for blogging? I would honestly love to start blogging more and getting paid for it. If I could blog about fitness, family planning, depression, obstacles in life, crafts, or anything (even fiction) and get paid to do it, I would really love that. If  you have any suggestions about how I can get started for this, let me know.

Love y'all!