Day 21: Picture of something that makes me happy

Day 20: Favorite movie/song

My all time favorite movie is Love Actually. Its such a fantastic story of love. My favorite quote in the movie is right at the beginning it literally brings goosebumps to my skin every time. Here it is:

 "Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaking suspicion... love actually is all around."

<3<3 LOVE IT<3<3

Picking a favorite song is impossible. I love music way to much to be forced to pick just one. Plus different songs bring back different memories or feelings that mean so much to me and I can't choose from all those songs with memories attached, they are all my favorites. I love when a song pops up on ITunes that I haven't heard in a while, but I am taken back to a place several years ago laughing and sining with friends. That is truly one of the best feelings in the world.

Day 19: Nicknames

I've always wanted a super-cool nickname. Here are some that I've had

RHLS (Red Head Little Snot): One of the counselors at my high school that I was really close too used to call me that. It always made me smile. If he saw me in the hall he'd shout "how ya doin' today RHLS?" and it was always funny because my friends always asked me who he was talking to and what that ment.

Sugar: My Gramps calls us granddaughters that

Shan: My Gramps uses this one some times too, Gram uses it almost always as well as Kelsey and Jordan

Shanner: This one started in college I can't really remember how

Shay-shay: My best friend Kate's husband came up with that one for me and still to this day calls me Shay

Day 18: Plans/Dreams/Goals

Dreams are big right now for both Aaron and I. We are anxious for all this med school stuff to be over and to actually be able to  "start" our lives. We dream about buying a house in Colorado with views of the mountains, and sipping our coffee on the porch on the weekends, watching our dogs and children running around in the yard. We also talk about what features we'd want in our home. I of course want a nice open kitchen, with an island that has seating for the kids to eat breakfast at. I also want a master bathroom with a walk-in shower, seperate his and hers vanities and a jacuzzi bathtub with a big open window looking out at the mountains. Aaron's only request....a "man cave". Here are a few more of our Big house dreams....


A wine room. How cool would having a wine room be?!


It would be fun to have a movie room to watch movies with our family and friends


I'd love to have one wall in a living room or sitting room be floor to ceiling book shelves. I have always liked the look of that.


Then, of course, there are children. We definitely want a couple of those :) I personally would like to have one or two of our own then adopt one. There are just so many children in the world that need warm loving homes and I'd like to provide that for someone if we are able. I still have to convince Aaron, but I'm sure he'll catch on :)

AND.......more dogs!!!!! I think we are going to have to live somewhere with a lot of land because we also want a bunch more four-legged babies!

We dream pretty big around here because it gives us something to look forward to and something to work towards. Med school can be pretty taxing on both of us and dreaming is our way of getting through it.

Day 17: Someone I'd switch lives with for a day and why...

Hmmmm..... this is a tough one! I think I wanna say Oprah. She knows so many people and has so much money that for that one day I could literally go anywhere and do anything. So that would be pretty cool. On the other hand I wouldn't mind being Victoria Beckham, it wouldn't be too shabby to get to hang out with her hunky hubby all day!!!!!! (no offense sweetie, I still love you and think you are as hunky as they come)

Who would you want to trade with?

Day 16: Something I won't Leave the House Without

Mascara. Yup can't live without it. Even if I am in sweats, a t-shirt, and haven't brushed my hair in a week, I WILL NOT go anywhere without a quick swipe of black mascara. I have eyelashes the same color as my hair, so they are barely visible without mascara and it makes me feel like a freak! I love mascara. <3<3<3<3 

Day 15: First 10 songs that play on my IPod

1 Octopus's Garden  The Beatles
2 Purple Rain  Prince
3 What if I Do  Foo Fighters
4 I Never Told You Colbie Caillat
5 Suddenly  LeAnn Rimes
6 My Friends  Sweeney Todd
7 Bring it On Home  Little Big Town
8 Mercy  Glee
9 You Thought Wrong  Kelly Clarkson
10 Career Choice  Ben Lee

There ya have it my crazy IPod's mix

Day 14: A picture of Me and My Family

Here is my beautiful family. Can you believe in a couple weeks Aaron and I will have been married for 8 months! That's crazy talk! I also feel like we just moved to NY and yet we've already been here for 6 months. Life moves fast, too fast! (Much like dogs when you are trying to get a good picture)

I think Aaron's face in this one is the best

Day 13: Places to go before I die

I know, I know I fell behind :(  And I was doing so well! But in all fairness I warned you... :) OK here are the places I day dream about

Ireland, Shannon Ireland to be exact. I also want to go to the Guinness brewery.

Octoberfest in Munich Germany, because who doesn't like a celebration all about beer?!

Australia, to dive by the great barrier reef, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, and so mush more, I may need to visit Australia more than once

Paris, They say it's dirty, but whatever, I want to go to the city of love and see all there is to see.

There are more, but those are the highlights and the most important ones to me. Now here's to hoping I get to see at least a couple of those places in my life time! Happy Friday!

Day 12: 10 things I'm thankful for

1 My friends and family
2 My wonderful husband
3 Fresh baked amish friendship bread
4 My loving and loyal puppies
5 Skype
6 Air conditioning
7 My health
8 Books
9 Freedom
10 Greek yogurt :)

Day 11: More pictures of my friends and I

Flippy Cup...T and I always win!

Cody Bud

Aaron makes a fantastic Riders girl

Napping with my two best friends

"I'LL SEW!" 

My Canadian Family

Kate and Cody looking their best!

Shots at Champs

Team work

Our last time at Red Rock

This was right after the giant wave hit Jordan in the ass

Homemade avocado masks

jager bombs, the boys favorite

Fun night on the town

<3

Day 10: music according to my mood

Happy: When I'm happy I pretty much listen to anything. Definitely something I can sing along to.  Here are some of my favorites

• Elton John- Tiny Dancer
• Beatles- all their stuff
• Glee soundtracks
• Britney Spears
• Barry Louis Polisar- All I Want Is You
• Show Tunes LOVE them!

Sad:

• Ingrid Michaelson- Keep breathing
• Sara Bareillies- City
• John Mayer- in repair
• Andrea Bochelli- Time to Say Goodbye
• Inara George- Fools in Love
• Brandi Carlile- The Story
• Melissa Etheridge- Breakdown
• Daniel Powter- Bad Day
• Lea Michele and Idina Menzel (Glee) and Les Miserables- I Dreamed A Dream

Excited/ getting ready to go out:

• Ke$ha- Tik Tok, Your Love Is My Drug, We R Who We R
• Pink- Raise Your Glass
• Britney- If You Seek Amy, Gimme More, actually anything Britney gets me pumped, I love her :)
• Garth Brooks- Friends In Low Places
• Bon Jovi- Livin' On A Prayer
• Jesse McCartney- Leavin

Mad:

• Get Set Go- I Hate Everyone
• Blue October- Hate Me
• Pink- So What
• Theory of A Deadman- Hello Lonely
• Ingrid Michaelson- Starting Now
• Glee Cast- Hate On Me
• Linkin Park- One Step Closer, Runaway
• Lily Allen- F*** You
• Shinedown- 45

Relaxed:

• Zac Brown Band- Toes
• Michael Buble
• Dave Matthews- Crash
• Foo Fighters- Times Like These, Miracle
• Sister Hazel- Champagne High 
• Iron & Wine- Such Great Heights

Sentimental: Songs that bring back memories

• Mariah Carey- Shake It Off
• Chris Brown- Forever
• Craig Morgan- Redneck Yacht Club
• Snow Patrol- Chasing Cars
• Finger Eleven- One Thing
• Vanessa Carltion- White Houses
• Moulin Rouge- Come What May
• Darius Rucker- It Wont Be Like This For Long

There are soooo many more I could list, but these are a few highlights.

Day 9: Something I'm proud of in the last few days...

I'm proud of my Meeka baby. She was only 5 weeks old when she was rescued, so because she was so young when she was taken from her mother and litter mates she missed out on some really important puppy socialization skills. The only dogs she was ever around on the island was Lily and a few play dates to the beach with a couple litter mates Dora, and Koa. So she never really learned how to "play nice" with other dogs. When we first got home, when we saw a dog her fur would stand on end and she would start to try and prove her dominance over them, growling, trying to stand over them, etc. However after taking her to the dog park regularly and forcing her to be around other pups she is finally starting to learn how to act around them and even play with them. I used to get so nervous when other dogs would come around, but now I know she can handle it. She is doing so well! Whenever I see her playing with other dogs I feel like the parent who's child just scored a goal. She LOVES to play with a little beagle named Peanut. He likes to rile up all the dogs and get them to chase him, and oh boy do the girls love it. Meeka also loves the water. the place we go has an area where they are allowed to swim in the lake and so we bring along the Aqua Kong and throw it in and she jumps in after it. I'm so proud that she is learning that playing with other dogs can be fun. I am so happy that we can go to the dog park and let the girls run and play, and its fun for me too because we have met so many nice people there. We have even become members of FIDO which is the organization that got the park to allow the off leash hours. Its great, they have a little get together on the first or second Saturday every month where the dogs can play and the humans can eat breakfast, drink coffee and socialize and they have the occasional "pupnic" where everyone brings some food to share and watch the dogs play. They also help with lost/found pets. We really like it. 

"What, who is it? Who's there?"

Leading the way

All kinds of smells!

Making new friends

Keep up the good work Meeky!

Day 8: my goal for this month

I have a few so I'll share,

One goal this month is to lose at least 5 more pounds!

Survive the last full month of Aaron's surgery rotation

And to not have any missed days of my 30 day challenge! So far so good :)

Day 7: What has the biggest impact on me

My Grandparents. I adore them. They have always been there when I needed them and have never let me down. I am so grateful to have them. They mean more to me than they could ever know. I love you Gram and Gramps! Thank you for all you have done for me, it never goes unnoticed.

This is my favorite picture.

Someone forgot to tell them to smile! 

Day 6: Favorite Superhero

I have to be honest here, I pretty much only know the basic superheros. The ones everyone can name. I don't read comics but if I had to chose I guess my favorite Superhero would have to be Mystique from X-Men. However I think she is a villan not a hero. Oh well, she is pretty bad ass. Her power is pretty cool too, being able to shape-shift. I think that would come in handy. Rogue is pretty cool too, I like her hair, its like Stacy Londons. 

      

Mystique

     

Stacy London                                 Rogue