One year ago today my sweet fiance proposed to me!! As you can all see we have evidence...see the banner up top?! We were down the shore on vacation...our favorite place to be during the summer...when he asked a lady nearby if she could take our picture. This is when he got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife! And what did I say...YES!!!! I LOVE YOU my HUSBAND-2-BE!!!

I LOVE SCRAPBOOKING!!!

I must say it again...I love scrapbooking! It's such a wonderful craft and very relaxing. It gets your mind in such a creative state and it's tons of fun when you scrapbook with other people...like I did last night with my step-daughters to be! I'm almost finished my scrapbook my fiance gave me for Christmas...which is All About Me and what and who makes me who I am. I started off with pages of me and the things I am like a scrapbooker, a writer, a listener, a soon to be wife, etc. Then I made a page of pictures of me growing up and then started with pages of people in my life starting with my fiance all the way to my grandparents, cousins, etc. So here are the three pages I've created last night. The first one is of my grandparents( my mom's parents in the black and white photos and my dad's parents holding me in the colored photo!), the 2nd is of my aunts and uncles, and the last one is of my cousins.

Life is Good...

What a wonderful weekend with my MOH and my bridesmaids...and of coarse my fiance too! I found my dress! And we also found bridesmaid dresses. But the thing is...we forgot to take pictures! Well...the story is that we were told we were'nt allowed to take any pictures unless we were going to buy that particular gown...but through all the trying on and excitement we forgot to take pictures of the dress when we finally knew that it was, "The One"!! I'm planning to go back to the bridal shop sometime soon...maybe this week...to try on the gown again for my mom who couldn't make it to this gown trip. But I knew the wedding gown was the one...it has everything I am looking for...lace, beading, sparkle, and it makes me look thin!! LOL! We all knew it was the one...the girls loved it, and the sales lady was so nice...goofy, but nice! Then after shopping the girls and I got some chinese food for lunch and then saw X-men Origins: Wolverine...which was a little violent...but it is a great movie for all the X-men or Wolverine fans! :) We came home and I sooo wanted to tell fiance about the dress...but I guess I can keep the details to myself until our wedding day! On Sunday we had a nice relaxing day with each other after the kids and MOH went home. And then you look into each other's eyes and you know that they are "The One"...and that you are lucky in love and lucky in life. How amazing is it that I get to spend the rest of my life with this human being who makes me feel this way. So since I didn't get to take any photos of my gown yet...here is a new scrapbooking layout I made tonight! Happy Monday!

12 things to do on my Birthday!!

Later on in the day I will post 12 things I did during my birthday...inspired by a wonderful woman who celebrated the 10 things she did on her birthday two days ago! However, here is number one to start you off...

1. My fiance sang "Happy Birthday" to me and gave me a beautiful card and a wonderful gift!

Here is the rest of my list now that my Birthday is almost over!

2. Got many birthday wish calls through out my day that made me feel wonderful and loved!

3. I even got a surprise phone call from my younger sister...I'm glad she called.

4. Worked out...trying to work off that birthday cake!

5. Explored the wonderful world of wedding blogs...check out the list to the right...it keeps growing!

6. Woke up with a sore throat...been sucking on Halls all day!

7. Drank some lemon juice and put honey in my oatmeal to soothe my throat!

8. Got a beautiful voice message of my stepdaughter singing "Happy Birthday" to me which brought me to tears!

9. Called my soon to be mother-in-law to wish her a Happy Birthday as well...yup we were born on the same day...of coarse not the same year! Silly!

10. Went to work...yes I still have to work on my birthday what a bummer!

11. Got a new entry posted on my other blog All Women Stalk...check it out!

12. Found out I have a few more birthday gifts on the way!! HEHE!!

Blessed

I am truly blessed this Christmas. I am surrounded by those who love me and appreciate me for who I really am. I am blessed for I have a wonderful fiance that I love more than this world, who has wonderful children who have taken me in as part of their family and loved me as much as I love them. For my parents, though they have struggled at times, I'd like to think they raised me right. I am also blessed with two sisters, who I have struggled with, but they are mine and I am theirs and I love them. For many great relatives (aunts, uncles, etc.), who have been there for me throughout the years. And for a soon to be in-law family who have blessed me with their open hearts. As I surround myself with the people who I am blessed with...I hope you are blessed as well this Christmas. Put all those differences aside and think about how blessed you really are.

Holiday Weekend!

What a wonderful Holiday weekend we had. My fiance cooked a delicious Thanksgiving feast...with two of my favorite sides...his pineapple stuffing and marshmallow yams!! I'm the only one who eats the yams...but he is that great that he goes through the trouble to make them for me. I am a lucky gal. I just cherish the holidays. We have hung our stockings and put our decorations all in a row in hopes that St. Nick will find our apartment on Christmas Eve! I can't wait to share the beautiful pictures...this year I got a little creative...well in my eyes I did!

Any how...the girls and I took it upon ourselves to have some fun with the video feature on my digital camera! I recorded some Christmas songs like, "Santa's Coming to Town" and "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree", on my cell phone and started to play them while we were decorating. That's when I got the idea to start lip-syncing to the songs and told the girls to join in!!! The videos are so funny...I laugh every time I watch them! They will def be one of my favorite holiday memories! It's so funny when the part of Santa's Coming to Town comes on because the girls look like they are screaming at the top of their lungs...but they are only mouthing the words! I'm very excited to see what fun Christmas weekend brings along!