Bared to You

Today I am linking up with blondeundercoverblonde for book club! The book I am going to tell you about is called "Bared to You": A Crossfire Novel

 

 Ladies let me tell you if you like the 50 Shades books you have to read this! I LOVED this book. I couldn't put it down. I thought it was written so much better than the 50 Shades books. I have been so excited all week to tell you guys about this book. 

Amazon say: "He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily...

Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private worlds...and desires.

The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart..."

Now the only part that sucks is that book #2 doesn't come out until October and book #3 comes out in December. I. CAN'T. WAIT. until book #2 comes out! The way this book leaves off makes you itch for more. While reading it I thought man these people have so many issues but then I really got to thinking the author wrote it as a "real life" relationship. 

So what are you waiting for run out and grab that book! You will thank me later! :) Please let me know if you go get it or have read it. I really want to know your thoughts! 

Have a great weekend! 

Changes

Do you notice when getting older or going through a life changing event makes you change or changes your friendships? Why is that? Does that mean that the friendship you thought you had is not as strong or true as what you thought it was? Do any of you experience any of this? When something like this happens to me it really puts me in a bad mood. I get way emotional about it. Wait I get emotional over everything! HA HA I guess these changes are done for a reason, God has a reason. You may not see it or know why now but one day you will. I find that part to be the hardest for me to accept. I am so not good with change.

One change that is bothering me is bub going to a new school. I loved our school in Indiana. I am scared to death about him starting a new school here. I am ready for him to make some friends tho. He had some great friends at his old school. I hope he can find some great ones down here. He is not one for change. He is like me and is a creature of habit.

Friendship is a change. I had friends I could talk to all the time anytime back in Indiana. Down here I don't know anyone. I haven't met anyone face to face. Last week I did meet someone that is another blogger but we haven't "met" face to face yet. I know I am going to like her a lot and we are going to become great friends. She gives the best advice! Those are the friendships that I really value. The kind that are themselves 100% of the time and are there for you and vice versa. I think if there were more people in the world like that this place would be so much better.

How do you guys feel about change? What change have you gone through? Was it welcomed or not?

Opinion Wanted

So I am on this workout kick. Since moving from Indiana to Houston it is just way hotter down here. Way hotter means less clothing. I want to look good in my clothes and I want to look better being naked. (My trainer asked me what my goal was and I did tell him I wanted to look better naked, he totally blushed he is learning I don't have a filter and I speak my mind! LOL) You know I don't want my rolls hanging out and what not. So with that being said I joined a gym a few weeks ago. Along with joining a gym I got a trainer to workout with me and to keep me accountable once a week. He maps out my workouts for the week for me. I meet with him on Mondays. I don't know about you but when I go to the gym I know I am suppose to work arms one day then the legs the next. I feel like I just roam the gym trying to pick the correct equipment to work on. Well I had thought about putting my workout that he came up with up every week. This way if you are like me and are kind of clueless then this will help and you will get your $$ worth from your gym membership. What do ya think? By the way I signed up for my first 5k for November call The Color Run. If  you are in the Houston area you should totally check into it!

I also wanted to say WELCOME to all my new followers! You all have no idea on how EXCITED I am that I have this many followers! I thought I was going to be stuck on 7 of them forever! :)

Pet Peeves

This morning I woke up and started my normal routine...coffee get on google reader and read some blogs. I started reading Aly's over at Analyze This and she did a post on Pet Peeves. I think I am going to follow suit and lay out my pet peeves. So shall we?

1. Ice chewers
2. People who chew with mouth open
3. One of my personal pet peeves to myself is when I pump gas and I can not stop if it is something like 31.51, I have to go up to the whole dollar.
4. Butt cracks showing when the pants should be covering it
5. Nail Chewers
6. Two faced
7. People who do not call or txt back when they say they will
8. People not keeping their word
9. Loud snoring
10. Body Odor


Now what are your pet peeves?

Sidenote: I worked out last night with my trainer for the first time...can we say my legs are so sore and my hamstrings are so tight! Tonight I workout on my own. He told me to do cardio for an hour. So I am going to go run!

The Weekend

I am going to skip over Friday and Saturday because it was boring and nothing really happened and we didn't really do anything. Moving along to Saturday evening. We decided since Todd had been on a business trip all week Saturday night was family movie night. I took the kids to the movie store to pick out a movie. Brayd had it in his head he had to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Instead of getting the snacks at the movie store we ran to Target to stock up. We grabbed a huge bag of twizzlers, M&M's and Airheads. Needless to say movie night was great.

Sunday we went to a few furniture stores. Todd and I just recently purchased a king mattress and need a king bed. I want a sleigh bed. I am into the darker wood at the moment. First we went to The Dump then we went to Gallery Furniture. The Dump is a dump. The furniture is so overpriced. They say it's low but it isn't. For a five piece bedroom they charge you every piece of the bed then you get a dresser with it. Everything else is seperate then you are added on to around a $175 delivery fee. Gallery Furniture is the most fantastic place ever. They have parrots and monkeys. YES real MONKEYS! I'm telling ya I could sit all day watching the monkeys! One actually fell asleep sucking its thumb. It was so cute. I found two bed outfits I liked. So we are deciding between the two. Sidenote if you purchase anything from Gallery then you get your picture taken with a monkey! I. CAN'T. WAIT.

How was your weekend?

Book Club Friday

Hi everyone! It's finally FRIDAY! TGIF right!?!? Do you have any good weekend plans? I am not sure what we are doing yet. I am sure it is going to rain again here in Houston! Okay let's get to Book Club!

I am linking up with Blonde Undercover.

The book I read this week is the third book is the McMaster Disaster Diaries. The last one is called The Wedding Wager. It was okay. I liked the first two better. It did keep you in suspense at one point in time which was really nice..at that point I could not put the book down.

Amazon said :Book 3 in the McMaster the Disaster series.

Josie's back and she's getting married!

Except, how is she supposed to plan a wedding when her mother and her best friend Mattie both think they're the designated wedding planner, and none of their ideas are remotely similar? Mom wants super-traditional and Mattie wants... well, the complete opposite.

And that's not all Josie has to deal with. The gossip hounds are as invasive as ever; setting up polls on everything from what shoes she'll wear to when the divorce will be! Can't a girl at least get married first?

But the marriage is threatened when the Disaster Diary provides Josie with an opportunity of a lifetime and the real question becomes: with the stakes so high, is Josie willing to risk it all and take a chance on herself?


What good books did you read this week? 

Happy Anniversary

Nine years ago I married the man of my dreams. We have been through so much in the past 9 years. The biggest adventure happened about a month ago when we moved 1000 miles away from our friends and family back home. There is not one person who I would rather have the adventure with other than Todd. We have taken several trips together, have two wonderful boys, and lots and lots of great memories! One thing that I love is he rarely calls me by my name. He always calls me "baby". Sometimes a "Lins" will slip out but not very often.

Our wedding day was such a great happy day. I smiled all day. we did our pictures before hand but before our pictures started Todd and I had our few minutes together so we could see each other. Those were the best few minutes ever. I remember walking down the isle to him and him tearing up and me too. He told me how beautiful I looked and that I took his breath away. He didn't look to shabby himself. :)  During the wedding when daddy got ready to walk me down the isle my heart was beating so fast I got so nervous. I was afraid when walking that the under part of my dress the skirt thing that makes it full was going to fall off and then I was also afraid that the isle runner was going to bunch up and come rolling back down. I got down the isle with no problems! When it was time to exchange rings Todd held out his wrong hand and the ring went on the wrong finger. During the unity candle he asked me if it was correct and quickly had to change it. :) It was the best day of my life. (besides the birth of my kiddos of course)

Babe,
Even though we are not in the same state together today I am thinking about you and replaying our wedding over in my head. You have made me the happiest women ever. You are a hard working dedicated family man. I could not ask for more. Thank you for giving so much to me and the kids. You always put us first and yourself last. These past nine years have been nothing short of an adventure but I have loved every second of it. I can't wait to grow old with you drinking sweet tea and sitting in rocking chairs on our front porch. I love you to the moon and back!  XOXO