i fell in love again...

you came to take us

all things go, all things go

to recreate us

all things grow, all things grow

we had our mindset

all things know, all things know

you had to find it

all things go, all things go

neuhaus

nehaus

ever heard of earl grey dark chocolate?

a coworker of mine who goes by the name of bubba had her husband pick up a box of belgian chocolates. the company goes by the name neuhaus and carries all crazy sorts of varieties. i tried more than i should have... my two favorites being cinnamon and earl grey.

you know i was all over that.

now while these chocolates might be a bit too expensive for me, i'm on the hunt. i would like to see if i can find an earl grey dark chocolate made somewhere in the u.s. (shipping would be cheaper, i'd imagine...)

update.

i would just like to tell you that this evening over dinner, my dad in law handed me an envelope and said, "this is for you." i tucked it in my purse and politely said "thank you" thinking that it was a thank you card for his birthday gift, maybe. inside was tucked a fifty dollar bill with a note telling me that i was to get myself something nice while in new york.

God saved the best of His in law stash for me.

addicted.

so i've realized this:

i'm addicted to blogging!!!

i for sure apparently love to talk about myself :)

i'm also pretty sure i've experienced withdrawl because i haven't been able to share in a few days. i had a huge spiritual awakening in an area of my life a few days ago... and now i can't even remember what it was.

haha...

big spiritual awakening that was...

anyway here is what my schedule is looking like for the next few days:

tonight: MEXICAN with my mom and dad in law (love them)

tomorrow: work till 1:30, yoga, clean, clean, clean our dang house

sunday: worshipping with my friends at old union, surprise party, work

monday: mid shift... start packing

tuesday: open... work out... keep packing

wednesday: open... then my mom n law will be heading to the airport to catch a plane to

NEW YORK!!!!

weeeeee, i cannot wait!! we will be visiting my sis in law before she moves to japan in a few months.

never been there.

kind of excited.

first item on the agenda (and i'm talking the night our plane lands...)

find the red mango and eat it all.

so we will be flying back sunday

then i will spend monday with my Sweetie.

tuesday i will work.

wednesday i took the day off.

thursday we will be heading to

CHICAGO!!!!

yeaaaaaah, buddy.

our friends mitch and kristen have agreed to let us stay with them for a couple of days.

where we will see josh ritter

(who put on the best concert i've ever been to)

eat at giordarnos, i'm sure

(incredible place if you are looking for chicago's style pizza)

and... pay ikea a little visit

(where, thanks to my sister, i will finally get my cheapo lack tables)

did i mention that red mango has my lack tables?

i'm not sure if i like that or not...

who cares, they are cheap!

we have some other business to attend to, but that i will talk about later!

we will drive back on saturday after the concert

and i'll be back to work at the bucks sunday night!

definitely looking forward to my first vacation(s) since my honeymoon!

Josh Ritter - Mind's Eye from Artists Den on Vimeo.

hey, there, HEYYY!

today i took a look outside my window and here is what i saw:

woo hoo!!! welcome, SPRING!

in other news

my mom has offered to let me borrow her blender!

so i will be back to makin' that sweet smoothie love!

good thing, too....

i'm not so good at gettin my fruits and veggies without it!

julie gave me a cherry almond recipe i'm psyched to try!

!!!!

and big news next week.

so stay tuned...

happy two years to us!

two years ago today i married this guy:

yep, that's the one!

and after this day...

we took ourselves on a little honeymoon!!

then we came back and made ourselves a little home

adopted this little guy

he bought me lots of these

and we laughed a lot

overall, i'd say we had a great time!!

happy two years to us, Love!

thank you for making our marriage the funnest! :)

when i was 12, i named my journal "staranne"

Monday, Dec. 30, 1996

"My sister is literally a dirtball. She drives me up the wall! She treats me and her friends like I don't know. She is always acting like I am so stupid; I don't know what she is really thinking. Sometimes, I wanna slap her!

G.G.

'Star'

a/k/a: Misty"

Wow, what cute perspective this brought me today! Last week, I found an old journal in my memory box. This entry made me laugh, of course and I shared it with both my sister and husband. How silly, I thought.

Today while cleaning off my dresser, I found it again and realized how so much can change in 24 hours, one year, or even 14 years! I love my sister more than life and something really petty and insignificant (the fact that I cannot remember what she did to me is proof of that) caused me to write little hateful, juvenile words about her. At the time, I felt like slapping her. 14 years later, we are great friends and share a relationship most sisters aren't blessed to have.

I will be annoyed with and frustrated by a lot of people over the course of my life. This helps in reminding me to let it go and forgive... because I certainly won't remember it 14 years from now.

!!!!!!!!!!

gobbler grievances.

so i'd just like to start out by saying that i have really been enjoying blogging this week! so much in fact that i went to my blog this morning (while drinking my morning coffee) before i even checked up on....

people.com

taza-and-husband.blogspot.com

jaleneb.blogspot.com

tiffanyntate.blogspot.com

experimentinpoverty.blogspot.com

missmartz.blogspot.com

eclipsemovie.org

so onto today's blessings!

today, tiffany and i are going here:

so we can get us some of this:

and some of this:

(yes i have chocolate cake on my tongue)

here are some good wedding photos of me n my soul mate:

and of course don't forget our modeling career

you wanna be on top?

fierce!

so why didn't we make it?

you might ask...

well let's just say i'm waiting until i can have my gobbler surgery

and she can't bear to start her career/reality show without me

*update: if we do get our own reality show, ben will guest star on 85% of the episodes and then get his own spinoff.

but we promise

it won't be as horrible as "Joey" was

happy thursday!

1. i am not pregnant

i may be late

i may be craving peanut butter constantly

lemonade may have given me a biley sort of taste in my mouth

"biley" haha

and i might be cranky and feel utterly exhausted today...

but alas, i am not pregnant...

just a freak!!

2. people need to turn their filters on

attention:

*ahem*

i do not want to be informed that someone hates me

that's just something i'm better off not knowing.

i know it's work and all

and at the end of the day, i don't really care

but...

turn your dang filter on!!

3. text message typos are the best

I was trying to con my sister into going to the grocery store with me

definitely not in the mood to go alone today

and as much as i love conning tiffany into helping me with grocery shopping

tomorrow we are going on a real date.

so i knew i had to fly solo to aldis, kroger, marsh, and walmart

(we are most definitely trying to save money)

back to lacey.

she told me:

"Im sry, i wish i could go with u"

and i said:

"loar"

haha.

i was trying to call her a liar!!

made me giggle....

and i forgot all about somebody hating me!!

:)

ladies and gentlemen...

firstly, i must introduce you to this:

my friends, i have been eating this by the spoonful as of late.

my record stands at 7 yesterday.

yes, 7 spoonfuls of peanut butter for an afternoon snack.

the lovely rachel bought me some to try with her recommendation, of course.

the ingredients include:

peanuts, evaporated cane juice (good sugar), vanilla, cocoa butter, palm fruit oil, lecithin, and salt... there are no hydrogenated oils and no high fructose corn syrup... yay!

check out peanut butter & company's website for all of their other enticing varities!

secondly, i am currently trying to talk tim into this:

this LACK side table from ikea is $7.99!!

this LACK coffee table is $19.99!!

these tables are such a great steal...

they are completely simple and not bulky at all,

which is exactly the direction i think we should take right now.

minimize and simplify!

that's all for now. thanks, hannah, for that bit of encouragement today. when someone stops to check in every once in awhile... i'm motivated to journal & share! :)

fabulous.

double click on this fantastic twlight video so you can actually see the whole screen on youtube!