The Cure for the Monday Blues

Sorry for not blogging Friday through Sunday its getting so hard for me to just find the time. I think Im just going to keep it as a Monday through Friday thing because it always seems that I have something major, or alot going on over the weekend. Friday night after I came home from school Muffin was transferred to Port Lavaca so I only had a couple of hours with him before he had to leave. After getting off school and getting home at learly 11pm I was super tired so we just laid down and held eachother for those few short hours we had together. I passed out and when I woke up I just cried and cried and cried because he left while I was sleeping. Omg it hurt so much to wake up alone and know that I wasnt going to see him for awhile so I cried and I cried hard. So I really wasnt in the mood for anything at all especially blogging. Being a full time  student and having a full time job really sucks the life out of you. I was so exhausted this weekend all I really wanted to do was lounge around and just be lazy but I had to get stuff done.  I also had my little sister this weekend which made things alot harder for me. She is way to energetic and I just couldnt keep up. I really just wanted to lounge and she wanted to go go go so it sucked.
I know that this weekend Im going to go to my Aunts 40th birthday and then its just going to be me time. I have no energy for anything else and I dont have any money to be spending so Im probably just going to rest, catch up on tv, jog, and rest some more.

Ok so now for a list of things I am loving today and keeping me going on this foggy, dreary Monday morning. Im really in need of some Christian time and I have a feeling that this weekend is going to be just that. Ugh some good ole Girly Christian Renee alone relaxation time!!!

-Missing Muffin and just thinking about all the fun and great things we do together, he really is my best friend and I love him so much
- Private one hour massage in the comfort of your own home. :) oh yea thats what Im talking about I didnt get one this weekend but I for sure am getting one next weekend
-Pedicures mmmm I totally want to get one soon with a nice glass of wine and a massage chair. Oh yes this will definitely help me destress. Maybe this weekend. I need to get me a good magazine or a good book and just go
-Chick flicks oh God how I love a good romantic comedy. I need to go see one but there arent any good ones. Im thinking this weekend Im going to rent bridemaids and open up a bottle of wine and just chill out
-Running, I may not be running fully but Im jogging and let me tell ya, it feels amazing. I went jogging this weekend 3 miles and my body is so sore but it feels good.
-Sleeping in, I will totally be doing this one
-Eating more fruits and drinking more water. I love what this is doing for my body and I love that Im in love with all the tastes of all the different fruits
-Aveda, last week was my first week of school and Ive learned so much about our philosophy and our products and Ive fallen in love eith it all. I can wait to get something done to my hair with our products and the best part is I get 50% off all services and 45% off all products for the first month :) I will definitely be using this soon
-Losing weight, after this weekend and seeing just what I kind do with my body at the weight I am right now I cant wait to lose the extra person of fat I have living inside of me and get out there and strengthen my body to its full potential.
Im definitely going to make this week a good one and I will leave the stress away from me because I never want to be in that amount of pain again. I want to be the best  me I can be and this weekend was a sneak peek and Im excited.


Well I will talk to you guys later :) Have a good Monday everyone

Muffin and Cupcake are heading to the chapel

So I'm sitting here super excited that everyone is on board of our idea of just eloping. I know there are some dear friends that I wish could come and be there for the both of us but we will completely understand if you just simple cant.

I just felt like we were getting so far away from what the purpose of a wedding really was, that it didn't even make any sense to me anymore. Weddings are supposed to be about love, the couple and close ones. I know we are both silly goofy ass people but our wedding was getting to be more about " I think this is fun", "lets do this for them", "lets hope they aren't bored" when it should really be more about Mark and I and ho much we love each other. I felt like I was just dragging all of the fun elements about each other and making a great big party, when in reality we are there to support and cherish the love I have for Muffin. So I was feeling extremely overwhelmed by the monster wedding and I had to get away. I figured that eloping was the answer. I was also inspired to stick with my decision by this cute little elopement

The plan is to send some cute save the dates sometime in December to let people know that we will not be having a wedding here in  Houston, but we will be getting married elsewhere. So for the people who want to come out to support us, are more than welcome and it gives them enough time to start saving.

For the people that will not be able to attend our wedding ceremony there will be invitations to bachelor and bachelorette parties and a great big couple shower. Where we will receive our wedding gifts and we will have great food, music, alcohol, friends and lots and lots of fun.

When I first started planning my wedding I wanted it to be in the fall, its my favorite season and living in Houston is bearable again!!! I picked October because in other states that are not Texas they actually have beautiful seasonal foliage and great weather and that is what I always dreamed of. So now planning our elopement is like my dream to get married in beautiful fall is really coming true. I really wanted to get married somewhere where the leaves change colors and fall really feels like fall. At first I was really considering Nashville Tennessee because that's where Muffin and I will be honeymooning it up at. Since I haven't found a church or a Chapel, that doesn't look like a scene from Steel Magnolias I was really considering giving up and just going to the JP. Seriously some of those chapels are beautiful but are ruined with all the gaudy bunting, and silk flowers and crap crap crap!!!

Well ladies and gents I have found my chapel of my dreams...

*drum roll please*

Its Palmer Chapel in North Carolina Cataloochee
Its small, old, cute and white and I'm totally in freaking love. I saw pictures of the inside and its exactly what I have been imagining this whole time. I cant wait to be in my little white dress with my handsome Muffin waiting by the altar and I am being walked in by my mother and grandfather. Its going to be beautiful and intimate and I just cant wait.

Its beautiful and I cant wait, I'm really liking this plan so much better and I'm glad everyone agrees with me. At first I thought that it should only be me and Muffin but I know that there are some great family and friends out there that would totally not want to miss our wedding so this is an opportunity for everyone that can make it and really really wants to be there to support us can totally do so. I love you guys and I cant wait to see you guys at Palmer Chapel.

A day for Charity

Iam so stoked for today. Number one its Friday and number to its like pretty much going to be a half day.
Today the company that I work for is going to do the Beautification project. We as a company have chosen a person in need and we will beautify their landscaping and make their gardening dreams come true. The case we have chosen is of a 23 year old soldier who was shot in the neck and paralyzed from the waist down. This is his story...

A wounded GI's new battle
Sugar Land soldier is one of thousands returning home disabled
By ROSANNA RUIZ
Houston Chronicle


It was about 1 p.m., and his convoy had paused at a checkpoint near Baqubah, Iraq, northeast of Baghdad, after a report that a man may have planted a bomb. Just the week before, in the same area, an improvised explosive device detonated under his vehicle, damaging the windows.
The team was on alert, but Cannon noticed nothing suspicious.
"I don't remember hearing the first shot," he says, "but I remember feeling short of breath." Five weeks ago, a sniper dropped this Sugar Land soldier, barely out of his teens. The bullet struck him in the neck, exited his back and left him paralyzed below the waist. As Cannon left the battlefield, he joined a growing procession of service members coming home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan not in flag-draped coffins, but casualties nonetheless. "An Iraqi national, a local, told us that somebody suspicious had dropped something off that looked like an IED," he says. "It might've been a setup, it might've been there, but we didn't know." His team leader told him to get down, but Cannon couldn't move. His hands and feet were like lead. Another bullet ricocheted off the turret.
He learned he'd been shot only after his team leader radioed the others. The convoy was forced to push forward to reach a nearby aid station. "I didn't know what was going to happen and I was like, 'Am I gonna die?'" Cannon says. "He told me to keep my eyes open and to look at him, and I remember seeing a tear drip down his face." At the aid station, Cannon made a doctor promise not to let him die. From Iraq, he was flown to Landstuhl, Germany, where doctors used bone from his hip to salvage a ravaged portion of his vertebrae. They reinforced his back with metal rods and pins during a 10-hour surgery. "I'm going to walk again as much as it's going to take out of me," he said. "No matter what I do, I want to walk again." For now, Cannon can be counted on to lighten the mood with jokes about the bicycle ride he will take or the spinners he wants for his wheelchair. His sense of humor and "smart ass" sensibilities help him stay positive as he remains "fixated on living hour by hour." He quickly became expert at maneuvering his motorized wheelchair, equipped with two controls similar to joy sticks. All of his equipment and medical costs are covered by the VA and will be for the rest of his life. He also can count on monthly VA benefits of $2,300.
 

Our Company has a mission ans its "To make a more beautiful place to live work and play"
When my boss heard his story he knew we had to do something to help him and so this is our Beautification Project. Every year we like to give something back to the world so we pick a case that speaks to all of us. We want everyone to see the oue world is still a very beautiful place and there are plenty of people willing to help and share and love one another the way that we should. We want to make his life a more beautiful place to live and work and play, so the beautification project is on. It just so Happens that today is his birhtday so we are also throwing him a little surprise party. We leave here at 10:30am and wont be back until 3pm. Im excited. His dream was to have a back yard that could be like a manly get away where he can barbeque and just hang out with his friends and drink. So we bout him a beautiful rustic out door cooler that has cool Texas symbolys burned into the wood. Its truely beautiful, it made me want one for my someday house and I just found out that one of my coworkers is know for making them so I asked him to make me one as a wedding gift! That would be sooo cool.  Anyways back to Dillon, So his backyard is going to have neautiful ladscaped garden and flowers and a picnic area, barbecue pit and the cooler. We are going to make it his grilling paradise, well thats our dream.

Happy birthday to the best little boy I know

Today is my nephew's birthday he is 2 years old.
Man oh man it has been the best two years of my life knowing this little guy. It wasnt always like this, there were times that I cursed God for giving my sister a baby. I just couldnt comprehend why he would bless people who shouldnt be having children, children and the people who really wanted childres at times couldnt. I didnt understand why he would give her with a baby because she was so young, not in a good relationship with the baby's father, and definitaley not financially ready for anything let alone a baby. So I was against it all along.
On the day of his birth I went for sisterly support, I had to be there for her, even though I was so angry about it all. From the moment I held that baby in my arms I knew I would love him more than anything in my life.
I felt like I  just had to protect him from everything, especially every stupid decision my sister would make, because knowing her there would be alot. He was never a burden, he was a blessing a beautiful beautiful blessing. I didnt understand that until he was in my arms, it wasnt till then that I realized that God wouldnt curse anyone by giving them a child a child is always a blessing. Everything happens for a reason and I think he sent me this baby to realize that through all hardships there is always a silver lining. He has made me happy just by being alive, just by looking at me with those gorgeous eyes or by hugging me and wanting my attention at all times, he has made my life 100% happier. From the moment I held him in my arms I knew my life would change forever, he was my blessing. Holding him I felt like nothing else in the world mattered. Everything was going on around me but it was just us, us against the world. I guess I cant really describe that moment but I think this picture can...

My life has forever changed and no one can make me as happy as wolfie. That little boy has seen me through so much pain and when he smiles at me or hugs me nothing else seems important, every pain in my heart just melts away and Im so happy that it just comes from within him. I honestly feel like all the bad just melts away. I love him so much and I am so blessed to have him in my life. I want to be there for him always just as he has been there for me, even though he didnt know it. I cant ever imagine my life without him. If something where ever to happen to him I wouldnt know what to do. He is my little man he is my tiny blessing, he is my WOLFIE.

You all must think its so weird that I call him wolfie but it is me, what would you expect!!! The reasons behind his nickname are...

When my sister's water broke we were waching a movie about vampires, as you all know "commercially" vampires and werewolves are always enemies and since I was heavy into reading and watching anything about vampires, I had vampires and werewolves in my mind. When she was pregnant with him I was obsessed I became obsessed with werewolves, I loved them more than vampires and that says alot. So when Allie's water broke it was late at night and as we were driving to the hospital the only thing I kept thinking about was the huge, gorgeous full moon following us all the way to the hospital. When I think I go into like a fantasy world and I kept thinking that the baby was going to be a werewolf as soon as he came out of the womb, I mean why else would my sisters water break during that movie, why would the moon be so close and full? It had to be a werewolf. Im crazy, I know! Also when he was born he was super hairy. His little head was full of hair and the thing that influnced the nickname the most were his little ears. They were small but pointy and oh so hairy so he is my little warewolf hence the name WOLFIE!!!

His first haircut by my sister hahaha

He was a little scared but he got through it

His new haircut isnt he a doll!

My little man, my best friend my Wolfie!

Man I cant believe how time flies I want him to always love me as much as he loves me to this day. No matter how much of a brat he is, no matter how bad he acts nothing will ever change my perception of him, there isnt anything he can do to make me not love him. I want him to know that he can always count on me for anything and that I love him more than cupcakes and unicorns hahaha.

 I will always be there for you kiddo. I love you

HAPPY 2ND BITHDAY WOLFIE

Your aunt Christian loves you more than you will ever know!

Picture heavy Cure for the Monday Blues

Hmm well I had a hell of a weekend and not in such a good way. I had a pretty stressful weekend filled with tears. 

I'm sorry I didn't post Friday through Sunday but my mother had a mini stroke Friday and my entire weekend was just awful. Since I no longer want to shed tears I just want to be happy and start off this week on a good note I am happy to announce my Cure for the Monday Blues. Things that make me happy…


1. First and foremost is the song Sleepyhead by passion pit!!! But I love this video because the guys dance ridiculously like Mark at times, and right now I'm missing my love muffin






2. This little cartoon is exactly how Im feeling right about now!

3. These bad boys I need to get me a pair!!! From Iron Fist.

4. My zodiac sign Oh how I love being a sagittarius

5. Yummy gummy worms. Oh how I love these sweet and sour gummies, they put a smile in my tummy !!!

6. This adorable cupcake, it combines two of my favorite things *LOVE*

7. This is how much I love you my little LOVE MUFFIN!!!

8. These oh so cute JeffreyCambell shoes in pink :) *SWOON*

9. My pink barbie dream kitchen, oh how I love love love pink!!!

10. Dream Hair ugh if I didn't have naturally super dark hair I would want my hair to look like a swirly cotton candy mess! *BIG LOVE*

11. My favorite trees in the world, Magnolia trees. Luckily I live in Texas and they are everywhere :)

12. Gardenias! Oh they are just lovely and smell so beautiful. I love this enchanting fragrance

13. This chick -> Audrey Kitching! I think we are soul mates lol she is totally like in my style mind

Happy Admin day

Happy Admin/Secretary Day to me!!!

Iam having the most amazing Day ever. I woke up early today to pack Mark his lunch and get him ready for the day. I love him sooo much I think whenever he stays over I will wake up early and make him breakfast and pack his lunch. We need to save money so he doesn’t need to be buying fast-food for breakfast and lunch. I need to make him a good breakfast and get him ready to face the day. Iam so full of energy today and I have B-12 to thank for it all. I started buying liquid B-12 from my fit foods and it really peps me up and keeps my energy level high all day without crashing I love it I recommend it for everyone. Any ways so I packed his lunch and then started packing mine and I also made my breakfast. I think I’m doing well this time around with preparing my meals and eating healthier and that is also another reason as to why I am so full of energy today. Anyways so I get to work early and I’m reading my horoscope, emails and other inspiring things and my boss comes in screaming happy admin’s day with a cute flower pot and balloons. Also following behind her are my Boss’s boss, my work buddy (Jamie) and the Hr Assistant. I love where I work they really appreciate all I do for them. They were smiling and happy and they told me why they appreciated me I love it so much. It makes me feel good that what I do doesn’t go un noticed and that I work in such a family oriented environment.

They love me, they really love me!!

Anyways so let me tell you about my Zumba experience. I freaking LOVED it. It was so much fun and they people are right it really doesn’t feel like a workout. Its just dancing and having fun. I had some problems with certain steps but for the most part I got it down. I was sweating like never before and usually I’m sore but never this sore I loved it and I cant wait to go back and get all the steps down. There was this one girl in front of me that had all the steps down and she looked so graceful while dancing I aspire to be like her one day. My aunt and I have decided that up until I start school that we will be working out at the YMCA Tuesday through Thursday. Tuesday is Zumba and Wednesday is an ABS+ Kickboxing class and Thursday is Zumba again!!! I know that once I start school I wont be able to go to the YMCA any day of the week but maybe on the weekends I can get a little workout in. Im going to try to work out on Mondays and Fridays on my own at the gym at my apartment so I can get into shape sooner.

This morning while I was getting dressed I was actually thinking a lot about how I was dying to get out of Texas. Well before I started dating Mark my goal was to get out of here and fly to greener pastures but now that Iam with Mark I really don’t see myself ever living anywhere else but Texas. I love Texas!!! I know a year ago you would have never caught me saying that but its true I love it. Although I do want to travel a lot and visit other cities and states nut Iam so happy here.

Reasons why I love Texas/ The Lone Star State…

-          The best Iced tea ever(I should know I LOVE tea)

-          The best Mexican food outside of Mexico

-          Amazing music festivals

-          Great rockabilly/psychobilly scene

-          Texas has its own type of rock

-          Texas has crazy, and I mean CRAZY unpredictable weather

-          Its very diverse especially Houston

-          There is always that great southern hospitality

-          Mmmm Southern home cooking yummers

-          Great amusement park

-          Some parts have hills, lush green scenery

-          Cute wineries

-          The Texas Renaissance Festival, The international Festival, Strawberry festival… so many festivals

-          The livestock show and Rodeo which is the largest in the world

-          The living costs are amazing here

We just have so many great things here why would we want to go live somewhere else?

Ok well I will have to go back to reading my book. Where do you guys live and what are some great things about your City or State?

I hope you all have a really happy Hump day!!! Here are some pictures that needed posting!!!

 My super awesome possum new phone case

 Wolfie in his baptismal outfit!!! He looks like a miniature pope

Wolfie and my mom I love them both so very much!!!

More than a feeling

Ive been following this blog that I think is just freaking adorable and so I decided to go back and read all of her previous posts and I came across one that had these few sentences

“Before you can grow up, you must fall in love 3 times.

Once you must fall in love with your best friend, ruining your friendship forever. This will teach you who your true friends are, and the fine line between friendship and more.

Once you must fall in love with someone you believe to be perfect. You will learn that no one is perfect, and that you should never be treated as anything less than what you deserve.

And once you must fall in love with someone that is exactly like you. This will teach you about who you are, and who you want to be.

And when you’re through with all that, you learn that the people who care about you the most are the ones that you hurt, and the ones that hurt you are the ones that you needed the most.

 But most of all, you learn that love is only a concept and is not something that can be defined, it is different to each person that experiences it.

And you will learn to respect each and every person on this earth, knowing that everyone only wants to be loved.”

 It had me thinking about it pretty much all day and I believe I have fallen in love 3 times and Iam finally ready to love and be loved I fully understand myself now and what I want as of relationships and I’m ready to marry my one true love. The greatest  love I have ever had and it just makes me smile thinking about how happy we make each other and how lucky Iam to have found someone as amazing as Mark to be my husband. He is the goofiest, funniest, sweetest lovable guy I have ever been with and he has all of my love. For him Iam grateful and now I can’t wait to go home and run into his arms and love on him.

Life according to Suki

So first of all I want to welcome you all to my blog. This is my way of giving my friends and family insight into my hectic life. I have recently changed jobs. I went from being a full time Barista at Starbucks to being and administrative assistant at a landscaping company. This was such a big step for me since I really only had "afterschool" jobs and now Im working for "the man" hahaha

Anyways I guess introductions are at hand... My name is Christian, I am 23 years young and I live in Texas.

Iam a big kid at heart and I love anything that is pretty, crafty, colorful and girlie. I like to think of myself as a spiritual person, I may not go to church but I do believe in a higher power. I do not believe in western medicine, I believe in herbal healing and all things natural.
I am a strong believer in Love, Karma, Fate and that everything happens for a reason which is destiny.
Love has always been the one thing that I hold highly and believe in with all that I am. We are not meant to wander this earth alone, we all have a person to link to, we all have a soulmate, a true love. I believe there is someone out there for everyone and that true love only happens once. All the others you have loved that fooled you into thinking it was true love was to prepare you for the greatest love of all.
  Some weird factoids about me...
I read my horoscope everyday to get my day started
I wouldnt be me without my shot of B12 every morning
I cant sleep in complete darkness
I cant stand silence, so if Iam alone I sleep listening to Bowie, Cat Stevens, The Beatles or Jefferson Airplane.

I love being in the sun, but I prefer nights to be able to gaze at the stars
I love bubble baths
I cant stand my hands being dirty
I guess those are the only ones that come to mind as of now, but that should do.

I love my family, they are my everything, no one can compare to my big Mexican family. I love who Iam , and it took me a really long time to realize how amazing I really am.

I have finally met the one person that makes me feel unique, beautiful and perfect.
In my opinion he is the most amazing guy ever. He is someone with passion, soul, and compassion,  who strives on love and understands its meaning. He expresses just how much he loves me on a daily basis. Mark is definitely someone who appreciates life ad everything its given us and he makes a difference in my life. I dont know what I would do without him he really adds some zest into my life, I adore him.
People alwys tell me that Iam the hardest person to figure out and I like it that way. I like that there is a very small group of people who do get me and they mean the world to me.

I think my boyfriend Mark is one of those lucky people that understands me, he knows Iam a little bit crazy, unique and full of life. I think that is why he loves me, the greatest part about it is that I love him too!!!



Me(without makeup) and my love muffin