Here's to you, 2011.

Well, what can I say?  This year has been good to me.  I liked 2011.  I started the year off with a week vacation in Mexico.  Do that.  It was awesome.  We loved our honeymoon, and it sucked to come back.  But, we have had such a great year with so many blessings and surprises.  If you are an avid blog visitor you know of buying a house and all that jazz.  Our house is now our home.  We love it here and each day.  It really is special because it is our first home together.  We have also fenced in the yard for Ripken and he loves it here too, except for the neighbor dog.  He doesn't like him.  Which he made quite clear the day my neighbor decided to bring Bandit inside our fence.  He said "oh Bandit is nice, he isn't going to do any harm."  You go on and think that Bandit is nice, until he has a 20 pound monster snapping at his face.  That'll bring out the worst in anyone.  And, it did.  We have not tried that again. Anyway, I want to thank all of you who have helped us make this house special.  Thank you for you house warming gifts, your visits, and your well wishes.  And kudos to my mom for the rocking Dyson.  Without that, I'd hate vacuuming even more than I already do.  Maybe next year you can buy me a little lady to clean for me!  I would like to thank Jeremy for letting me park in the garage so I don't freeze my ass off in the morning at 5 am when I have to go to work, no that he really had much of a choice.
Now, let's talk about the weather.  Crazy.  I didn't have to work when we had the flood.  That was nice, because some people wouldn't even get into work.  As Andrea, another RT I work with put it "THERE WERE WHITE CAPS IN MIDDLETOWN".  It was crazy stuff. But, I didn't really care and Ripken had a fun time swimming in the lake in our back yard.  It just rained...for a really long time.  Then we had Irene.  I did have to work that night.  But I rode with my friend Beth to work.  I was swearing up and down this Irene thing was a hoax. Well she pulled into my drive way that morning and I looked over at my neighbors yard and felt bad because the tree they had had blown over. It was blocking their drive way.  Oh wait, I forgot...we had the same tree in our front yard.  Ours was on my car.  I went and told Jeremy (he was still sleeping, it was 7 am on a Saturday).  And, of course he didn't believe me, because I always tell him stupid things all the time (like, say, walking into a room and saying "Ew Ripken pooped on the floor" when he really didn't).  It is usually funny to trick him like this.  He thought this was a trick.  Until I got pissed and told him to get out of bed...nicely.  It only left a little dent in my car, and I got two beautiful new trees out of the deal, so I ain't mad.  What I am mad about is snow in October. Really?!  I also had to work that day.  It pissed me off.  I was in the ER, I was busy, and I had dinner in the crock pot and the power went out. So, when I got home, I ate half cooked potatoes in the dark.  Our power was out for 3 days.  You can't do anything with your power out for 3 days.  And I am not sympathizing for anyone so don't even tell me people had no power for a week.
What else happened in 2011? Everyone got knocked up.  Or had a baby.  Literally, EVERYONE.  We are so excited for all of our friends who welcomed little nuggets of joy and love this year.  Our friends Nate and Katie had a girl in June, Addison.  She is stinkin' cute as a friggin' button.  I love to buy her clothes. Snuggle with her, pretend like she is mine then give her back.  Jerm, Ripken and I also had quite the experience in November.  We watched my friends 18 month old boy, Leonard, for a whole weekend.  Now, you may ask why I included Ripken in this.  It is because he was his primary caregiver when he was here.  They LOVED each other.  They played all weekend, and I am still trying to convince Adrienne that Lenny needs a puppy.  She is still not buying it.  I have to also say, props to Adrienne, because that kid is clockwork. He was so good to watch!  He went to bed at 7 both nights and woke up at 8 both mornings, with a 2 hour nap during the day.  Babies come out like that, right?  It was a fun, but exhausting weekend.
Now, on to the present.  Its almost Christmas! uh, yay! We are actually all ready.  We have been pretty much for weeks.  I finally broke down and bought a Christmas tree.  I like it.  It is Ripken's first tree. He could really care less about the thing.  I'm not sure he is into Christmas--flashback to 2009 where he attacked his cousin Peanut Christmas morning, causing Peanut to poop himself, his grandmother to bleed and me to be so pissed because he ruined Christmas, maybe that is why.  Anyway, we are going home this weekend to celebrate Christmas with my family, and I have to work all next weekend, celebrating Christmas with my patients, I am sure they will be as thrilled as I am.
In closing, as we approach the new year, and the end of our first year of marriage.  Thank you to everyone who has made this year extra special for me, and my little family. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

Goals.

I know, it is the wrong time of the year for setting goals that I probably will not achieve.  But, let's face it, I don't really achieve much that I start. And, I was a little busy getting married and drinking margaritas on my honeymoon to give a crap about new years resolutions.  I am going to run a 5K.  I know, I know you are thinking "Really?".  Yes.  I could run a 5 K now.  If there was a large man chasing me or if there were bagels and mac and cheese at the end.  I want to run it, enjoy it, and be ready for more, instead of keeling over at the end of a minor heart attack. I am slowly working my way up to 5K so I'll feel confident going into it.  I am also hoping that my mother will by me a cute new running outfit if I in fact follow through with it.  Which is still debatable.  I have been going to the gym and I am successfully running 1.5 miles without sounding like I am having an asthma attack after.  I could push myself to do more, but I am trying to slowly increase the distance every day.  And, my belly kinda hurt today because I ate a bagel before the gym (I know...so inappropriate).  So anyway, there's whats new with me. Nap time.

Long awaited!

I know, it has been a very long time.  Four months and six days actually.  I had a busy summer.  And, I have been thinking about blogging, really. It has gotten done just as much as the other things I have been thinking about, like working out and dieting.  Which, by the way I just got back from the gym and I resisted the super cinnamon bagel I have been craving for about six days now.  So go me! Three things checked off my mental to do list.  Check, check, and chhheck.  So, since last time I have updated not too much has changed, hence the not needing to blog I suppose.  Over the summer Jeremy and I enjoyed a nice vacation to OCMD with his family.  We also visited Darin and Tammy in Virginia and had a few mini trips here and there.  Overall, a rather enjoyable uneventful summer.  Oh, and we fenced in our yard which the pooch is very happy about.  And he expresses his happiness by running around barking like a wild man and pooping inappropriate places like in front of the grill (just ask Jerm) and on the deck (really?! we just spent a lot of dough fencing in the yard and you poop on the deck?).  So anyway he loves it and we are glad we did it.

More recently I have been busying myself with such things things as making applesauce, making applesauce and loving on my pup while I heal from what felt like someone sawing into my face to pull out four little wisdom teeth.  Jamie, my sister in law and I went apple picking two weeks back and went nuts-o.  We each picked 40 pounds of apples.  I believe that equals about a bushel, but in Lancaster you apparently pay by the pound, which my aunt has informed me that I overpaid, to the extreme.  Whatever.  It was about the experience.  Now, I went apple picking because I wanted to make applesauce.  Jamie went because she wanted to make assorted apple dishes and desserts, and partially because her stupid friend on facebook kept posting about apple picking at the "orchid" and I guess it got her in the autumn spirit.  For any sane couple of ladies they may have picked 10-20 pounds each and called it a day.  Jamie and I, we went to friggin' town.  We could not stop picking apples.  Every variety we got to was new, and exciting and tasted like liquid gold.  Empire, Jonathan, Gala, Fuji, Red Delicious, Ida Red, Golden Delicious, we were trying them all, and picking them all.  We had a good time.  And, we laughed on the way back to my car joking how wear we were and that the boxes we were carrying felt like 50 pounds each.  Then we got to the scale.  I heaved my box on to the scale and almost pooped my pants when the lady said 41 pounds.  It was a dollar a pound.  But, you see since we bought over 50 (40lbs each) we paid .90 a pound.  Those Amish sure know how to rip a girl off.  So we left the orchard $40 poorer and with a lot of apples, but we had a really good time.  I have since made 40 pounds of apples worth of homemade applesauce.  My freezer has applesauce coming out its ears.  I also made a very enjoyable apple crisp.  But, I think I am all appled out until next year.
Friday I got my wisdom teeth out.  Everyone was telling me how bad it was.  And it was bad. Awful.  I was fine on Friday.  I just drooled some blood mixed with saliva on my nice couch pillows which I now regret.  But I was pretty much numb all day, and I was feeling good.  Saturday I was in some pain but I was feeling alright.  I was taking ibuprofen to control the pain and it seemed to be doing the trick.  By Saturday night I was ready to get out of the house.  I had been sleeping for the majority of two days and I was going crazy.  On Sunday I went out to Jeremy's softball game and had some scalloped potatoes for dinner.  I was really thinking that all these other people are babies.  I overdid it.  I woke up in the middle of the night Sunday throbbing.  Thinking quick, because I always do, I popped a vicodin and went back to sleep.  I was so sick the next morning it took all I had to walk down stairs and lay on the couch.  Finally, around 4 I started to feel better, just still having a lot of pain.  So, before bed again I take another vicodin, because that really did take away any jaw pain that I was having.  Woke up Tuesday feeling fab.  Ate some cereal, and get ready to go to market.  I don't even get a mile down the road and I have to turn around and come home I feel so sick to my stomach.  Now, let me tell you, probably the most painful thing to do after having your wisdom teeth ripped out is to vomit.  I was so sick on Tuesday.  My jaw hurt, I was hungry and I was miserable.  God Bless my little pooch, he did not leave my side all day either two days. Normally he is not much of a snuggler, but I think he was worried, or so I am going to tell myself.  My husband was also a very good caregiver and quite receptive to the barking of orders. After that, I didn't take any more vicodin.  I've either dealt with the pain or taken enough ibuprofen to give a small horse a stomach ulcer.  Anyway, I am feeling much better now, it just looks like my husband had punched me in the jaw on both sides and I have nasty stitches hanging down in the back of my mouth.

Last night I played "The Book of Love" by the Magnetic Fields, the song I walked down the aisle to in our wedding, while Jeremy and I were sitting on the couch. We danced.  Right in our living room at 11pm.  It hasn't been a difficult 10 months.  We haven't struggled.  I know we will, and I know there will be bumps in the road.  But, I love that man and we are so happy.  At some point in your life you reach a point where the job doesn't matter, the house doesn't matter, and the money doesn't matter.  Because, I could spend 12 miserable hours at work, but I come home and I am so unbelievably happy and know that the twelve hours I just suffered through was to make our lives simpler.  The hardwood floors we don't have but I so desperately want, I can live without because at the end of the day when I am watching tv with my husband and my dog is passed out on out hunter green carpet I despise, I am happy.  After all isn't happiness the ultimate achievement?

Until next time.

Pinch me, Squeeze me, Make me wine.

It has been quite a while since I have blogged.  Why yo ask?  I have been busy as shit.  I have been taking trips, I have been working massive amounts of overtime, and continuing to work on our house.  Now about my adventures..
I drove to Virginia and visited my sister in law,Tammy, while my brother was away.  We had a really great time!  We smashed a lot of things into 3 days.  We went to the beach, we shopped, we went to a winery, made some nasty fondue and her bi-otch dog ate my nice beach bag.  A good time was had by all, except my beach bag.  Here is a picture of her and I at the winery...

I am happy I went, and it was a much needed girls weekend. 

After that I worked about a million hours and then I headed to Troy for a weekend with my longest friends tasting wine on Seneca Lake.  My friend Adelyn Hall (artist formerly known as Addy Stroup) and her husband are soon leaving for Africa, because they got pretty much the greatest oportunity of all time to go for the Peace Corps!  I am so proud of them!  Anyway, we wanted to spend a weekend together before they went abroad.  We had a slammin' time.  We rented a huge bus, packed in, Ryan made a "wine tour" mix and we were off like a big ole' dysfunctional family.  Here are some of the highlights of the day...

The best friends a girl could ask for.

Mostly all of us at Hazlett

Thank you Loni for your skills organizing the day, You're the best!

Girls at Hazlett

All of the girls...plus Ryan.

We had such a great time and it was so fun to get together with everyone!  Good luck to Ryan and Addy on their new life adventures!

Since then, I have worked a million more hours and Jeremy and I have been working hard on our house.  We painted trim, stained our deck, and we still have some mulching and planting to do.  So far all looks great and we have surprised ourselves with how handy we really are!  That is it for now!  Stay cool y'all.

Home Sweet Home!

Well, it has officially been more than a month since I have blogged.  And, like most things I take up I have kind of forgotten about it, or just become plain delinquent about updating.  Like, say...knitting.  It is just too much.  I am proud of myself for trying, but really what was I trying to make that I cannot just buy or con my friend Adrienne into making for me?  Pretty much nothing. And rollerblading, I bought them about a month go, and I have gone...once.  But they make me look sporty hanging in my new garage.  But, I will use them, this summer, when it is warmer.  I will.  Anyway, enough talk about how I suck at sticking with things.  I know I am not alone, and I have been working out frequently for more than a month now so put that in your pipe and smoke it.

So, since my last update, we have moved in to our awesome house, I have painted I have decorated, and I have thrown away so much crap that I am not sure why we ever packed to begin with.  I have shopped regularly at the Home Depot and Lowe's, and I have been handier than I ever thought that I could be.  With that said, I will now show you pictures.  My husband (ha) and I are so proud of our new house!  We LOVE it.  We love that it is OURS.  And, we (well mostly I) love making it OURS!  In fact, I believe he is loving mowing the lawn right now, with our brand new push mower we bought at Lowe's this weekend!  Now, without and further rambling...HERE IS OUR HOUSE!!  (For the sake of showing you how much work we have done, I will post some before and after pics!)

Alright, I know, you need some shades for this pic.  This is the second bedroom pre-paint.  This picture does not even do the lemonade yellow justice.

And, Yet another.  Just wait to see how I transformed it! I know you are on the edge of your seats!

Alright, now this is the master bedroom before.  The paint...was AWFUL.  It was worse than the 2nd bedroom.  This picture does not even begin to show how bad it really was. 

This picture better exemplifies some of the awful-ness of the paint.  But, the room itself was awesome.  It has peaked ceilings with a fan (which was also not good...see previous picture)

And this is the third bedroom pre-US, which if I had a little nugget, would be perfect.  But I do not.  Luckily it was a wall decal that was easily removable.

This is the upstairs bathroom before, we did not make any major changes.

Again, the upstairs bathroom before, you best believe I painted that sucker and added new hardware!

This....is the stairs, before. Exciting.

This is the living room and into the family room. Pre-furniture.

This is my kitchen.  We have moved in!! I didn't change much here, but there are changes to come!

This is our back yard, it overlooks the park, and it needs mowed (pre husband mowing).

This is our back deck, cute, right?  We got a grill, now we just need some patio furniture and we will be set for summer and some grilling.

Please excuse the crap in the corner here (we still have lots of hanging to do) But, this is our dining too.

And this is our living room, like I said, not too many changes here, just some furniture.

And again...

Alright, so like I said before, please excuse the millions of picture frames, we have some hanging to do. But, here is the other side of the living room.  A big thank you to Adrienne for the awesome H. I LOVE IT!

This is our hallway when you come in the door. 

This is the awesome artwork I found online, and I could resist.

And, this is one of my favorite things in our house.  It does not go with any of the decor of the house but I love it. (If you cannot tell it is our marriage certificate).

Our stairs, again, exciting.  But I did hang something,

My shower with my awesome shower curtain (shout out to Danielle and Katie).

A different view.

And, my pride and joy.  I took this sucker head on and I think it turned out great!

Ahhh, my beautiful new ceiling fan in the master.

Master with new color, and furniture!

Again...and I must add that in real life the color is a bit more "gray" than this shows.

My beautiful new bedspread (Thanks mama!)

Another view

My pooch enjoying his new house!

My master closet.

The second bedroom...Did you forget that awful yellow? Now it is a tropical oasis. For those of you coming to visit, I promise I will get some curtains before you come!

Ripken chillin'

And another print I found online.  Yes, I am obsessed with my dog.

And here is our 3rd bedroom transformed into an office....sort of.

Here is what I kept of the decal.  I am sure it will come off as we finish up this room, but we don't have the furniture for it yet anyway, so I kept these to love birds. (and, an ode to the Orioles)

Here is our front porch. We just need two rocking chairs!

Here is a view from the road

This tree stinks, but it looks pretty.

And, that is our humble abode!  We love it so far!  We are excited to have our friends and family over, and I am excited to do some more upgrades!  We also have a huge basement with 10 ft ceilings that I did not include because it is unfinished but it would looks fancy finished, which we hope to do sometime in the near future.  I hope you are as excited about this as I am!!

And, I wanted to say.  As we were moving in, I realized how much stuff I really had gotten for my bridal showers and wedding, and it is overwhelming!  I have put all the stuff to good use (literally using almost everything already)  And I love it all!  People have said there is no way I will use all my casserole dishes, but I am taking it as a challenge, and I love each of my gifts equally, and I am excited about every single one of them! Thank you everyone!

Oh, and I want to add, if you are able please help Jeremy and I!  We are walking in a Cystic Fibrosis was May 22.  I treat these patients frequently at my job and all the proceeds raised go to the CF foundation to help find a cure! Every little donation helps!

Here is my link:  http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/WhitneyHohn

And, if you like Jeremy better, here is his link:  http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/JeremyHohn

Thank you in advance! Walk on!



2 dozen!

Today is my 24th birthday. When I was 12, I never thought this day would happen.  24 was old. really old.  Now, here I am, married, buying a house with a one car garage, owning a dog and working full time.  Who would have thought?  Not me. This past year has gone quickly, and with all the changes that is to be expected.  But, I have faith that this next year will be even better than the last.  Today, I treated myself to some new shoes, so I started out the fresh new year of my life right, with a pair of beautiful pumps sparkling pumps.  My dog gave me a cover for my Kindle with a built in light that I have been wanting since I got my Kindle for Christmas.  He is a good gift giver, and he somehow managed to order them online even without thumbs.  He is a good little pooch.

We move into our house in 2 weeks.  I have been picking paint colors, changing my mind, picking more, googling home improvement, changing my mind, picking more colors, googling more and changing my mind again.  I know what I want, I just have so many creative ideas in my head that I can't seem to pick which one is right for OUR house.  With all that said, I am so excited to move in and make some changes to really make our house OURS.

That is all the updates that I have for now!

New digs!

Jeremy and I needed a new computer, bad.  So we bought one!  We bought a nice new Toshiba labtop.  Feels like a million bucks compared to the old dell I got freshman year of college!  Anyway, fancy this, it has a webcam!  So we took some pics, this is for you Adrienne, since everyone else in the world has Facebook! Miss you!

Bye Bye Baby

I have been getting this a lot lately, so I am going to blog about it to set the record strait.  No, Jeremy and I are not having a child any time soon.  For goodness sake, we just got married 2 months ago and my ovaries are not going anywhere anytime soon.  Now, for those of you who know me, I don't "love" babies, I don't even "like" babies.  When I get to the point where I feel like I could tolerate one for 24 hours a day, I will reconsider pushing one out of my body, in the mean time, no, we are not having a child...for a long time.  Besides, it takes a lot to raise a child.  It takes money, which we could use more of.  It takes patience, which Jeremy can vouch for me that I already don't have enough of.  It takes time, which I feel like it at a premium now-a-days.  It takes love, and I am still trying to perfect loving my husband with all that I have.  It takes space, and we just bought a new house, which means LOTS of projects. 

Now, about that house, we had inspection on Friday, and a few minor things later all is a-go with closing on March 31st.  We bought a pretty bedroom set for our second bedroom, and last night we went to Home Depot and I picked up every patch swatch and book they had.  I am excited to move in and make the house OUR home.  We have a lot to get done to make it just the way I want it, but together we can do it, and it will be the perfect house for us. 

The new job at Hershey is going well, I have been picking up a lot of overtime which should help with previously mentioned projects.  I like it so far, and I think that it was a good decision to make.  We are very happy in Lancaster, and I am thankful we got the opportunity to move back here. 

Until next time!

Happy V-Day!

Happy Valentine's day to all of you that are happily in love and enjoying the blissful-ness of this day.  For all of you not in love, eat some red and pink candy and call the day a success.  Now, I never used to celebrate Valentine's day, I thought it was silly.  I was never one of those righteous ladies that said "my boyfriend/husband/significant other should show me love every day of the year, not one commercialized holiday" , I just didn't do Valentine's day.  So this year Jerm totally outdid himself (remember we've never celebrated before, so that was easy).  We took a little two day trip to Gettysburg last weekend and we went two three wineries, out to dinner and stayed overnight at the Gettysburg Hotel.  It was a nice little retreat, and we really enjoyed ourselves.  Not to mention we bought about 10 bottles of yummy wine.  Today, on the actual day of Saint Valentine I have to work 12 hours, but I did get to celebrate by sleeping until 10 with one of my main men, Ripken.

30 Years!

Well, I have a little bit of everything to say today, so I am blogging.  So, first I should tell you that Jeremy and I have put an offer in on a house that we really like and, after a little negotiating the sellers and us have met at a price we are both comfortable with, so pending nothing getting in our way, we will be happily in debt for 30 years at the end of March! Good news!  The house is a cute little semi-detached with 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths.  It has an awesome back yard for my little pooch to run around in, and it backs up to a park. We are really excited about having a place of our own again, and I cannot wait to decorate!
Now, I have a life lesson that I have recently stumbled on, and I am going to blog about it, because I want to.  Here goes nothing.  Sometimes in life, people really surprise you, sometimes people really disappoint you.  It seems like sometimes the people you know will never let you down, some how manage to disappoint.  And then, there are the people that you don't expect much from that totally knock your socks off.  I wish I had more the the second in my life.  Now, with that said I must say, not many people disappoint me, I have an awesome friends and high expectations, they usually live up to them. That is all the life lesson is. Thanks for reading!
Happy Thursday!

Snow What.

Well here we are in approaching the end of January and we find ourselves in the middle of a blizzard, well at least in Lancaster.  Now, I must say that I was pretty lucky because I got to leave work early tonight.  I was able to leave at 5 and it still took me considerably longer to get home than normal, but since then the snow has really been coming down and there is probably at least 2-3 more inches out there.  Jerm and I went outside and played with Ripken for a while.  He really love the snow, and he is SO stinkin' cute when he is chasing it. 
So, I guess I should give you all an update, because my life is so exciting, so exciting that I get about 100 hits per blog entry.  Than you to my loyal followers.  So,  My job, is going well.  I have been happily married for almost a month, and we are ACTIVELY looking for our first house together! While on the house topic, I should also say that my brother Darin and his wife Tammy have recently moved to Virginia, near Virginia Beach and they have found a very lovely house on a golf course.  Now I tell you this because I know she reads my blog, and I would like to be invited frequently in the summer, because let's face it, this tan is not going to keep itself.  So, anyway, we got our wedding pictures back, and for those of you who have not already seen them here is the website. 
http://www.webpicsgallery.com/?event=hohnbaumunkwedding

We are so happy with how they turned out!  Our photographer did such a great job, it makes me want to go back and do it all over again!  We had so much fun, and he really captured the moments that were special. 

I don't really have anything more exciting going on in my life, but stay tuned, hopefully I will!

Happy New Year!

Well, well, well. Look at us all here with the new year upon us.  It seems like just two weeks ago I was stressing out over a wedding, and now I am sitting here on my day off with a nice tan waiting for 12:30 to come so I can go get a pedicure.  Life is too sweet.  So, I guess that I have a lot to write about since last entry, and I decided that I am going to give some details, but I am going to do it in while giving all of you the life lessons that I have learned.  So, here it is.

Love your best friends, they love you back.
With this lesson I have to state the obvious, my bridal party was awesome.  Danielle somehow singlehandedly kept me from killing about four people the days approaching my wedding and my wedding day. Lauren reached up my dress and put my garter on my leg....I mean you have to be a good friend to do that right?  And, lets just get this out there, they all saw me mostly naked.  I am so thankful for all that my bridesmaids did for me, from just supporting me along the way, to lacing up my wedding gown on my wedding day. Props to you girls.

You're the bride, you can be a bitch, but you still have to look classy.
I have to say I took full advantage of at least the first part of this.  Classy, well I tried but lets face it sometimes that is hard to achieve.  I have to say that I had people running all over doing stuff for me, and it was awesome.  They...just did it. They didn't even ask questions.  I had people picking up my dog, running for flowers, doing my make-up.  Now, with that said, I never want to be a bride again.  It is stressful. I just want people to do everything I say because they love me.  Good thing I am married!

You can have your cake, and eat it too.
First I should say my wedding cake was awesome. It was really really frickin' good.  We did the whole cake on every table thing, which was a sweet treat.  Everything just turned out great.  And, I just have to add that about 6 brides told me that I would not get to eat my meal on my wedding day because I would be to busy.  We had 2 entrees, crab stuffed flounder and filet. I had both, and I ate them both.  Eat on your wedding day.  It is the most expensive meal you will ever eat.  With that said I also have to add that our food was slammin', and I when I was done I think I needed my dress corset loosened, but I danced it off instead. Oh, with this said....

Shake your tail feather, even if you can't dance.
I have always thought I can't dance, and according to the Wii game Just Dance 2, I thought right all these years (supposedly even Jeremy is a better dancer).  But, I must say at my wedding I shook it like it was going out of style and I had so much fun!  I danced all night long, as did my bridesmaids. It was a lot of fun, and I would dance all night again if I could.

Find a person you love, and marry them.
I love being married! It feels pretty much the same, except a little more bling on the right hand, but I don't hate the bling.  I cannot wait for all that is to come in our life together.  Now, I must tell you all, Jeremy and I decided to see each other before the wedding.  People criticized this(which brings me to another life lesson People will criticize, mentally bash them, and ignore them).  But, when I was walking to meet Jeremy I knew we had made the right decision.  We met in a private room, just him and I, and it was awesome.  It was emotional, but not in the crying sense of the word.  He told me I looked sammin', we kissed and went to take some pictures, but I have to say that moment we had was pretty awesome.

Ring in the New Year with people you love.
It was so fun to be around people who you love and who love you back to ring in the new year. We are so thankful we picked new years eve to have our wedding date, because it truly was a hell of a lot of fun.


Make a new year's resolution, and try to keep it.
This one may be the hardest of them all.  Now this year Jeremy and I are making to new year's resolutions (well actually WE made one, and I made the other one for both of us).  Number one, Make our marriage work, get through rough patches, and have fun.  This resolution will be a new years resolution every new years for the rest f our lives.  Numero Dos learn Spanish.  We both took 5 years of Spanish in High school, but going to Cancun for our honeymoon we both realized that we do don't know much at all.

Don't forget your camera on your honeymoon.
There will be about 750 times you will want to take a picture if you do forget it.  And, you will have no memories of your honeymoon besides the film you develop from the crappy $22 camera you got suckered into buying.  You guessed it.  We forgot our camera.  Hope no one wanted to see honeymoon pics.

You cannot light a Cuban cigar on a windy beach with a book of matches.
It just simply isn't possible. Trust me, Jerm and I tried, for about 20 minutes.  Then we gave in, bought a lighter and enjoyed 2 Cubans.  We bought a 10 pack for $10, we gave the rest to some Mexicans, they loved it.  It was worth the $10 and the hassle.

Work out before you go to a country where woman wear thong bikinis.
Self explanatory right?  My ass does not look like theirs did.  Well except for the few ladies that were wearing things that shouldn't have been.  But, you'll have this at every beach right?

If you want to be a good mom, watch a Mexican lady soothe her baby.
Mexican mothers are really good moms.  A little Mexican lady just soothed her baby on the bus, it was beautiful, and it helped that the kid was really stinkin' cute.

Don't go to a Mexican market if you are a sucka.
Those bitches sure know how to pull the wool over your eyes.  Too bad I wasn't biting!! I got some slammin' deals at the market, and I am really happy with my purchases.    

Drink too many big margaritas on the beach, then take a nap.
Don't ignore this one, its a goodie....and "nap" may be the wrong word, maybe "pass out" would be more appropriate. 

I guess that is all I have for right now, but I have to admit that is a wealth of wisdom right there.  I will post some pics of the wedding once we get some professional ones back.  I want to thank all those that made it so special for Jerm and I.  Until next time!

Peace.