3 Best Friends in a small town in WEST TEXAS!

Today like most times when I come to my home town I make it a point to see certain people before we leave. Today I got to see two of them. My two best friends from middle school and up through high school. 

We are on totally different life paths but it is always so great to catch up with them. They both came over to my parents new house (which tonight is the 2nd night they/we get to sleep in it) and I was able to give them a tour. I think they feel the same way as I. This isn't the house I/we grew up in and it made us all a little sad. We have had plenty of sleep overs and birthday parties and just hanging out at each others house to where it was like we had 3 homes instead of just our one. After a little bit we decided to head to the small town of Ft. Davis and pick up some pecans. I know I know pecans you ask? Well these pecans are amazing. its from the Nut Company and they have all sorts of different flavors. I picked up the Cinnamon Toast flavor, K picked up an orange flavor, and L picked up a Key Lime Pie flavor. We got to sample all the other flavors, which is what got us all to buy a bag of our favorite kind. I was hoping to take this bag home to California and share with my friends there, but I am pretty sure they will be finished by the morning ha! 

When we got back to town we stopped at a new coffee shop downtown (that wasn't good at all, but then again its no starbucks ha!) And then decided to head to K's house. Her dad and brothers and step mom were there and it was just like in high school. We were welcomed in with open arms and hugs and kisses and it just felt like being home. It was super awesome.

We got to chit chat for a few hours before L and I got texts that dinner was ready and K's brother came up to tell us their dinner was ready as well. 

Unfortunately L is flying to AZ to meet her new BF's parents (this is serious but I don't want to jinx it) and Mister and I leave for California on Friday. K and I will hangout tomorrow for a little bit but I'm very sad this trip was so short and I won't be able to be back for at least the next year with Mister deploying soon and all. 

Hanging out with these two made me think. Yes we are on totally different life paths like I mentioned, but we still have a great time. We have our different stories to share and we laugh and giggle and almost pee our pants when we talk about our "younger" days. Both of them are in College and living that "college wild life" and seem to be really happy. I enjoyed hearing their drunken stories and their stories about their boyfriends and tacky roommates. They are interested in my married life and what Mister and I get to do and see as we travel and such. They both know that Mister and I are "trying" for a baby. They are updated every month and their faces light up today when I talked about it. I was worried at first about telling them because they are no where were I am in my life. But all through grade school my goals on my notebooks were to graduate high school, get married, and have a family. So I guess I could figure that they would totally be supportive and excited for me but I was just worried. Their families too ask them about the baby process and seem to "can't wait" to see a baby Banegas! But hanging out with them I got to thinking about maybe putting it off. I know I said that yesterday also. But what am I going to do when the 3 of us are in town and I have a baby. I can't just get up from the sofa and take a trip with them to Ft. Davis with a child. I can't go to one of their houses with this baby and chit chat for hours on end. I can't meet them at the "bar" for a few drinks with a baby. I mean I'm sure my mother wouldn't mind me leaving the baby with her (she can't wait to be a grandmother) but I just think its rude when people go home and "pawn" their children off on the grandparents so they can go out and have fun. 

I hope that I will get to see them both again together soon rather than later. I sure do miss them. They are the only thing I miss about High School. Our friendship. Our bond. Our memories. They will always hold a special place in my heart and I will always keep in touch with them.

Married 2 years, Say What?

I cannot believe our 2nd year anniversary is coming up in a few days! It feels just like yesterday that I was making breakfast burritos for my "boy crush" in high school. That was before he officially asked me out on our first date and before we officially became a "thing." I still get those butterflies, at least once a week. I can remember how I had just had my heart broken a few months before I met Eric in the athletic medicine room. I had sworn to my friends that the next boy I "dated" I was going to break his heart. Ha! And look here we are 6 years later, 2 years of marriage later and happy and healthy and in love as can be. I could not have asked for a better man to be my life partner. He is my soul mate, my better half, the bubble to my gum Ha! He makes me whole. Makes me a better person and makes me want to be an even better person. He knows what makes me go round and what makes me fall down. He knows how to pick me up and knows how to spoil me and love me. He can tell before I even say anything, that something is wrong. That someone has done me wrong. That someone has broken my heart. Not many people have what we have. We have a love built on a fire and the flame continues to grow in warmth as the days pass. I pray for those who do not have the love that we have for each other. I can't imagine my life without him. It makes living that much more exciting and that much more worth living for. My world falls apart when he has to leave for days or weeks at a time for work. To be honest I haven't a clue what I'm going to do when he has to leave next year for 7-9 months for deployment. (That will be another blog post when that time comes). I can't imagine what it is like to not have what we have. To be bonded together not because of love but because "of a child." I feel sorry for those that have/had to go through that. Didn't have the opportunity to enjoy life together before children. We have and we have enjoyed every minute of it and will continue to enjoy life as it is. Life is grand just the way it is for now and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I just cannot believe that we will be married for 2 years this Sunday! I love my husband more than anything in the world and I'm so Blessed to have him next to me. I praise the good Lord above daily for him.

Its December already

I know that the last time I blogged was back in October. But that doesn't mean that I don't get on and read others. I just feel like my life has nothing fun or interesting to blog about like I can read on y'alls. I don't have children that I can blog what they are doing to keep for ever and ever. I don't work so I don't have funny stories to share. All I do is go to school online and stay home as a house wife. There are things like Thanksgiving that I can blog about which I will in a little bit. Also Eric and I have been talking about starting a family but not sure when exactly we want to officially start trying trying. So I do know that when that time does come I will deffinetly be blogging about that. I wanted to make this an online journal but most of the stuff I want to write about aren't fun interesting things that have happened but times that have put me in a slump and my hearts been broken. I don't do to many crafts so I can't really post about the crafts I do. I think I am really just trying to come up with an excuse as to why I am always away from blogging and why I only have 22 followers who probably don't even follow any more. Ha!

I'll go on and post about our Thanksgiving.

I had originally planned to have our dear friends Brittany, Joe, and their son Elias along with a Marine that is stationed here as well from our home town who wasn't able to go home. Then I decided I want to invite another family of 5, which then turned into another family of 7. By then Mister decided that, that was way to many people/kids for him. Which I totally understand because it would have been for me as well. I was also kinda unhappy about that because I wanted to (be the selfish person I am) cook the entire meal by myself and a few others wanted to pitch in. Needless to say we backed out and had our own Thanksgiving the way we wanted to with the family of 3, our Marine friend, and us.

Our menu:

A 27 lb Turkey

A 7 lb Ham

Sweet Potatoes

Potato Salad

Mashed Potatoes

Greenbean Casserole

Stuffing

Corn

Sweet Cornbread

16 Dinner Rolls

Deviled Eggs

2 Pumpkin Pies

2 Pecan Pies

The night before I made the cornbread for the stuffing. Made all four pies. Boiled all the eggs. Which I believe ended up being like 48 eggs or so. I also made the Sweet Cornbread and made sure the Dinner Rolls were in the fridge ready to be backed in the morning. Then about 10pm I got the turkey out. Made sure I got the giblets and the neck out and then I proceeded to rub down the entire turkey with a stick of butter and then put a stick of butter inside the cavety.

At 5 am I woke to put the turkey in the over so it could cook for the proper amount of hours to be ready by 2pm. I went back upstairs and to back to bed and Mister woke up and came downstairs to start playing his video games ha! About 8am I woke took a shower and got ready to come back down. I started all the rest of the sides. About 1pm our friends came over and the boys started watching the game that was on while I finished cooking and Brittany (was was 35 weeks pregnant at the time) sat and drank a coke to keep me company! The turkey took 30 minutes extra then I planned but 30 minutes was fine with me. It came out and as I had Mister start to carve it, he had no problem with it for it pretty much just feel off the bone. It was by far the best turkey I have ever had. I know I know I'm still boasting about it but it was my first turkey alone ever and I loved it. I normally hate turkey because it is so dry. Not mine!! ;-)

After dinner we sat around and watched tv, played games, and just enjoyed each others company. I couldn't have asked for a better Thanksgiving Day. Oh wait yes I could, if my parents would have been here like last year than it would have been the BEST Thanksgiving ever! But it was still good.

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!!