Random Thoughts

What an amazing weekend! We woke up on Saturday and headed to Hershey, PA for a fun-filled day and night of roller coasters, cook-outs and an amazing hotel room at the Hershey Lodge, all given to us by my husband's company. We had such a great time! On Sunday, we woke up and then drove home to get ready for our Bible study cook-out we were hosting in the evening. We had a great turn out and a fabulous time entertaining and mingling with friends. Our Bible study is taking a break over the summer, and I honestly am a little bit relieved - we started missing so many studies because we have been gone! It will be nice to meet back up again in the Fall.

We have been looking at puppies! We visited a breeder last week and saw a litter of one week old Labrador Retrievers. They were the cutest little things! I have been hesitant about getting a puppy for a while now, since we travel so much, but my hubsy has been wanting one since the day we were married. We agreed that once we got back from Italy we would start looking. And we are! And honestly, now I want one so badly I'm becoming almost impatient! Haha. The weather has been so beautiful and I am so excited to go on long walks in the evening with our little guy (we want a male) and my hubsy. He has grown up with Golden Retrievers and LOVES them. Right now we are looking at Golden Retrievers and Yellow Labs. Any suggestions on which one you think we should get? I know all about the hair with the Goldens and the energy levels with the labs, so I'm really in the middle. We're visiting a few Golden Retriever litters this week. I will keep you posted! I really have never been one too obsessed with dogs, but I can SO see myself becoming one of those owners who refers to their puppy as another child. In fact, we have his name picked out and we aren't telling anyone what it is. How funny is that?!

I'm going to re-do my blog soon. I say soon, but honestly I have no idea when. It's funny, I don't own ANYTHING pink. I never wear pink, I don't decorate with pink...but I love the essence of pink. That's why I chose the theme for this blog to be about pink. But I am honestly getting a wee bit tired of the theme, and soooo much pink. Haha! I love change and I think it's about time to embrace a new one. I also feel that it is time to shift gears a little bit in my writing. I am sure you have noticed, but most of my entries are about what my hubsy and I have been up to and what is going on in our lives. I want to feel open and free to continue these writings, and still add my recipes here and there and other fun things. I'm definitely keeping the same URL, and will still be "Pocket full of pink", but I'm going to change the theme up a bit with the layout and use of colors. But don't worry, there will still be pink!

The other night I woke up around 4am and was FREEZING! It was so hot during the day but it cools down so much at night. We didn't have the windows open or the AC on, and I'm usually never cold at night, but for some reason I was absolutely freezing. I was only half awake too, and started earnestly looking for my comforter that I had kicked off earlier. My hubsy woke up and asked me what was wrong and I mentioned that I was so cold. He SHOT out of bed and ran and grabbed about four, huge pillows and started building a nest around me. He had the pillows so tight around me that I felt like I was in an oven. It was heavenly. He tucked me in, kissed me and went right back to sleep. An hour later, his alarm went off and he was up and off to work. I woke up later in the morning, still nice and toasty, and wiggled myself out of my "nest". I just sat there astonished at what an amazing man I have. He is always taking care of me. It didn't matter he only had one hour left to sleep, he got up and went about making sure I had everything I needed to be comfortable and warm. I praise God every day for giving me the man that I married. I love him so much and am caught up in disbelief every now and then at the fact that he is, in fact, MY husband. How cool is that?! It will be two years in September and I am just as giddy as day 1 at the fact that we're married. What a gift I have in him. I praise God so much for loving me enough to give me the blessing that is my husband. And I am praying extra hard this week that He will guide my actions and my words, and work with me to be a continuous gift in my husband's life: supportive and loving. I can do anything in Him!

Here's to a new week! Happy Monday!