ABCs of Me

I was getting caught up on reading all the blogs I follow (boy I have been slacking!)  I came acroosed this on Moore to Love's blog and decided to do it too!

A. Age: 22 but feeling much older!

B. Bed size: I must say I LOVE MY BED! It's a queen size, and the most comfortable thing ever!

C. Chore that you hate: Cleaning the shower.  Least favorite task ever.

D. Dogs: No but I have had puppy fever for awhile!  I am especially in love with blue heelers

E. Essential start to your day: Nothing like a hot shower to wake you up!

F. Favorite color: I love green and purple.

G. Gold or Silver: Silver all the way.

H. Height: 5'3 and love it

I. Instruments you play: Does a mean air guitar count?  Cause I am pretty good at that!

J. Job title: Preschool Teacher

K. Kids: No :/  I want kids but other things must fall into place first.

L. Live: Beautiful Colorado!

M. Movie: The Notebook (gets me everytime) and I could watch The Hangover again and again

N. Nicknames: I don't really have any.  My mom calls me Anna Bana or Peanut though.

O. Overnight hospital stays: Never

P. Pet peeves: Dishonesty. Messes/clutter.

Q. Quote from a movie: "haha Classic!" from the Hangover

R. Right or left handed: Lefty when it comes to writing or eating, right for anything else!

S. Siblings: A big brother!

T. Time it takes you to get ready: Right around an hour or so

U. Underwear: Is pretty important in the whole getting dressed process I would say!  And it must always match my outfit haha!

V. Vegetable you hate: Hmmmm, I can't really think of one that I "hate"

W. What makes you run late: Indesiciveness when picking out an outfit :)

X. X-Rays you’ve had: My teeth, my neck/spine, my hip.

Y. Yummy food that you make: I have some famous beef tacos, good chicken enchilada casserole, several pasta dishes. Yeah I am a decent cook, or so I have been told :)

Z. Zoo animal: Monkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!

Decorating Bug

This is really nothing new per say, but recently I have really enjoyed filling my time with Etsy excursions and finding new and pretty things to fill my surroundings with.  Since I am kind of in limbo right now, I am trying my hardest not to buy too many things.  But I did feel the need to place some new "pretties" in my bathroom and bedroom.

Above the toilet in the bathroom

The bed

The dresser wall

And here is the jewlery box up close...

Another huge project I did was helping my mom to completely redecorate the main level of the house (front room, kitchen, kitchen nook, and family room).  It was quite the project.  I simply made a suggestion to update the place a bit and before I knew it we were at Lowe's and I was painting away!  Everyone is very happy with how it turned out, I can say however I have no plans of painting a single fireplace brick again in my life :)

Before:

After:

♥ I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives. ♥

Words to Live By

So the new title of my blog "Learn. Live. Hope" is derived from "Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow"  I find this quote to be beyond true and I will always try to live by this.  Anyways, I have been wanting to "complete" my tatoo for awhile, and finally last weekend I did.  I love it ♥

Halloween Fun

Wow!  I have not been good at blogging lately at all!  Goal of the day...to get back on track :)  I have been keeping myself busy with work. I was planning a field trip to a farm with a pumpkin patch and such for the kiddos, but due to a snow storm it got cancelled.  We did however have a very good halloween party yesterday for the kids and the families.  It turned out great and they all looked so cute in their costumes!  We danced, we had yummy snacks, and even managed to get them to do a mini cotume parade for the parents :)  I must say that through these last few weeks those kids have been my saving grace.  Some days can be hectic and stressful, but those sweet kids keep me going.  They give me a purpose in my life right now.  And can brighten my day with a simple comment or look.  I love them to pieces and wouldn't choose any other job in thw world right now!  And as for Halloween, even us teachers got dressed up for the occasion...

I was a ballerina, then Ms. Cassie was a princess, and Ms. Audrey was Ms. Spider from James & the Giant Peach!

Birthday Week

I have had a busy busy week.  My birthday was yesterday (Oct 20th).  After finding out some of my friends were going to be busy this weekend, I decided to go have some drinks with some friends last Saturday.  Little did I know that my dear mom was secretly planning a happy hour on my behalf.  I showed up thinking I was going for another friend's birthday and to my surprise had ballons, flowers, a cake, and confetti in my name!  It was very nice.  I had a great night with some good friends. 

Then began a busy work week.  I had one co-worker out of town and my boss was getting ready to have a baby (which as I side note, her baby was born on my birthday!)  I was working long days doing opening to closing to help out.  The kids fed off our energy and so we were all a bit restless.  So needless to say by this afternoon I was more then ready for the weekend and picked up some wine on my way home from work!

The night before my birthday I went to diiner with some old family friends, and then yesterday (my birthday) my friend Megan and her boyfriend came and took me to dinner downtown at The Keg Steakhouse, if you have never been there well it is very good!  And their creme brulee is to die for!  She showed up and had bought me flowers....my favorite flower!  It was very sweet and a simple gesture that meant the world to me.  I have some great friends in my life and those ladies mean the world to me!

I am glad the week is done though and am ready to try to unwind from the hecticness that has been my life lately.  I am ready to feel calm, to feel relaxed, and at ease.  I am hopeful for my tomorrows, and as for today I will enjoy my glass of wine and call it a night!

Changes

As many of you may notice my blog (along with my life) is going to be going through some changes.  My former blog name "Oh the Life, Of an Army Wife" has been replaced with "Learn. Live. Hope".  My blog url is now www.ohthelifeofangela.blogspot.com I am the same girl, same blogger, just a new name.  My life and marriage has faced many struggles, I have forgiven for many things, and have reached a point where changes must be made.  I have been on a roller coaster ride the last 3 years (faced 2 deployments and a very serious injury sustained by my husband on the second deployment).  I stood by through it all and tried to always be the best wife I could be.  I however did not receive the love and loyalty I wanted, and so now I am going to endeavour on a whole new roller coaster in my life.  So I invite all my readers to share with me in this new chapter and hope that you all can offer me support in this time of change.

Betrayal

One word, cuts very deep.  Cuts to the core of a person and cuts them down, eats away at them.  You know when you dedicate your life and every piece of yourself to someone and they betray you, it is not easily forgotten.  But you try for the might of you, because you love and are a good person.  But they keep doing it.  you keep forgiving and trying to move on thinking it won't happen again.  Then a tragedy strikes, and you drop your world to be the rock for someone else.  Every day of your life you spend being that rock and support system, even though you are slowly breaking down from the weight on your shoulders.  But you push through and try harder, and have hopes tomorrow couldn't possibly be any worse.  And then one day you are ok, and think you finally made it and things will be great.  Then slam you are once again reminded how worthless you are to that person, how easily they betray you and not think twice about it.  the extent of that betrayal.  And then you are forced to look yourself in the mirror, through the hurt and the disgust and try to find strength to make your next step.  Where does one go from here, how to put all the tiny shattered pieces back together.  You gave your all to someone, and they gladly took it all.  I am broken...broken from betrayal.