Spring Cleaning Facebook

I have started getting a little bit of "Spring Fever" lately. With "Spring Fever" I always get the typical "Spring Fever" symptoms, wanting to plant my garden, open up the pool and of course, Spring clean! Since I live in Colorado, starting a garden in March is not a very good idea, especially since March is when we get the most snow. So, to ease my "Spring Fever" symptoms I have decided to do some Spring cleaning. I have been getting rid of things I don't need and cleaning in spots that sometimes get neglected. Last night I could not sleep! Sunday was the start of "Daylight Savings" and that has really messed me up! I found myself wide wake at 1 am. Since I really couldn't do much with everyone asleep I decided to check out the Internet. I naturally went to "Facebook" to see what all my friends are up to. No one was up this late so I had no one to chat with. A few weeks ago one of my friends on "Facebook" posted that she was cleaning up her account and getting rid of people that are more stalkers than friends. Although I don't think I have any stalkers I started thinking about the people that are listed as my friends, and are they really friends or mere acquaintances. I decided to clean up my account and only have friends that I really associate with. I noticed that I had lots of friends from high school and even from past church wards that I don't really ever speak to anymore and they never message me to see what is up in my life. I must say that by deleting them it was not a mean thing. I still like them I just don't find that we associate any more with each other. I have come to think that for some people "Facebook" is all about who has the most friends, kind of like a popularity contest. I noticed that I had several friends on my list that in high school they never even gave me the time of day. Now they want to be friends, weird. Not all of the people that I deleted I felt that way about but there were a few. I challenge anyone that is reading this post to do the same, "Spring Clean" your "Facebook" account! I bet half the people that you delete will never even notice.

My Dress Has Arrived!

Today I got a very pleasant surprise! My dress arrived at my door! I must say that I have been very excited and also very nervous at the same time about my dress. I was excited about finally finding the dress but nervous about ordering my dress online from a company that I knew nothing about. I found them be simply "Googling" Modest wedding dresses. This company has a section called, "Temple Ready Gowns." I looked through them and found a dress that I really liked. Before ordering from them though I "Googled" them to read reviews about the company. Everything that I read was good so I took a chance. Before I placed the order my husband wanted to look at the dresses. He saw a dress that he liked better than the one that I had chosen at first. He liked my first choice but did not like that the bottom of the dress was just tulle. I loved the dress, it was what I always dreamed my dress would look like. I kept looking with him and we both found a dress that both he and I liked so I placed my order on the 25th of February. A week later I still had not received my dress and had not heard anything from the company. I called up the company and the person one the phone left a message for the shipping manager to call me. On Tuesday the manager called me. She said that when my dress was pulled to ship the person who prepared my order got the size mixed up. They had boxed up a size 26, not my size! She told me that my dress would be in stock in May. I did not want to wait til May so I asked her about my first choice. It was available!!! There was a $100 difference in the dress. My new dress was $100 cheaper. So instead of asking for a refund I ordered my veil. I found a beautiful veil for $150. They took off the extra $50 for me since my order was messed up. Today when I opened my box I was very surprised. The Romanticgowns.com had also included in my order, free of charge, a satin wrap and a bridal purse. My dress was more beautiful than I could ever imagine! The plain tulle bottom was not plain! In the picture you can not see but there are random pearls and clear beads all over the tulle! It is stunning! The light just bounces of the beads and the dress looks amazing! Also the veil I chose has the same kind of beading on the bottom of it. It is a perfect match! Some things are just meant to be!

Happy Birthday To Me!

On February 21, I turned 38 years old! I have always felt that age was just a number so with that I celebrated another great year of life! As with all my birthdays over the past few years I was met with many birthday surprises! That might explain why I still LOVE my birthday! I woke up to lots of sweet birthday wishes and songs from my wonderful children and husband as I do every year. Throughout my day I kept receiving lots of little gifts of love. My 13 year old son Christopher had gotten up early to make me breakfast. Getting up early for Christopher is a big deal because since he has been home schooled this year he has enjoyed sleeping in. Christopher had gotten up and made me to beautiful and very yummy pancakes! With each bite I felt the sweetness and love from my son. Two of my babies that have went off to preschool spent the day with me because their school was closed for the day. Chance and Brody brought me beautiful pink tulips and 2 cookbooks! I loved it all! My sweet little daughter Bailee pulled out her fake kitchen food and made me a birthday cake. It was an actual plastic cake. Part of me so badly wanted to keep it because I cherish everything that my children give me. But I also knew that Bailee would want to play with it again so I took a picture of it for me to cherish. I also received several very beautiful pieces of art from my son Brennan and Bailee. Brennan took a large poster board and drew me a red tulip. It is now hanging in my craft room for me to cherish everyday. Tatiana, my 16 year old daughter, made me a birthday cake. Now that is a big deal for Tatiana because she does not cook much. I loved it! My dear friend Tina came by and instead of making me something, she bought me the supplies to make my own craft. I loved it! Richard, my wonderful husband, wanted to take me out to dinner for my birthday but I told him that I would rather eat at home since I knew that this week I would be eating out a lot. He also wanted to take me to a jewelry store and buy me a ruby ring since he knows that I have been wanting one. I told him that there is something more that I would like and it wouldn't cost as much as a ring would. For under $50 and lots of elbow grease, my husband made for me a wall with hooks for coats and backpacks. I had seen it on someone else's blog and loved it so much that I wanted to have it in my house as well. Richard did an amazing job and I love it! In the mail I also received an Embroidered apron from my sister Mary! It was the perfect gift for me since I spend half of my life in the kitchen! I love to cook and Mary knows it is one of my favorite hobbies! Every year for our birthdays my best friend Holly and I go out to eat at "Texas Roadhouse". My birthday is on the 21st and hers is on the 24th so this works out perfect for us. Each year we always get each other a little something. This year I got her a Target gift card because we have a history together of shopping the clearance at Target. She had went to Target as well for me. She bought me a beautiful necklace that is engraved, "I am thankful that in God's design he planned it so your path crossed mine." It was perfect because I fell like it was meant for us to meet. I was called to be her "visiting teacher" and that is were our friendship began. I am so grateful to this day for getting that calling. Throughout the day I also kept checking "Facebook" as I always do. I was so moved by the amount of birthday wishes that I had received. It really did touch my heart so much. I vowed to always wish my "Facebook" friends "Happy Birthday" because of how it made me feel with each wish that I received. My birthday was filled with lots of love and as of today it was the best birthday ever but I can't wait to see if my 39th birthday can top this one!