Dave Barnes

I went to his concert last night and it was awesome! I swear it made me fall even more in love with him. ;) He has so many amazing songs that I can't get out of my head, so I thought I would post some of my favorites!! <3>

:D !!!!!

I got to meet Dave Barnes tonight!!! That is all!! =)

p.s. I'm in love

Annoyances

Okay, this post might come off as mean and stuck up, but that's really not how I intended it to, but its my blog so I can say what I want. So here it is....



Marine girlfriends bugggggggggggg me....even though I am one. I really hope I wasn't like "they" are when I first started dating Andrew. For example, Andrew is in the field this week but no one would ever know that because I haven't complained once about how much I miss talking to him or how I'm so sad that he is in the field. First, that's pathetic. Girls have to get their own lives outside their boyfriends. If it was a deployment I would definitely understand the feelings of sadness, trust me, I've been there...or heck even if they were in the field for a month straight. But come on.....if you're boyfriend is in the field for 4 days and you are SOOOO sad that you haven't gotten to hear his voice at night and you can't sleep because he hasn't called to say good night, you need to grow up. Simple as that. Maybe I am just used to this whole marine corps thing by now since it has been apart of my life for 3 years, but geez. Also, I guess that is why I have more friends that are wives then girlfriends. And, let me make this clear, I am not by any means talking about ALL marine girlfriends. Just certain ones that make me wanna throw up.



Oh, one more thing that I have noticed here lately (and it doesn't even involve me) that really bugs me is the way people brag. I get that you are ecstatic that your boyfriend called, but please please don't copy and paste the same exact status over and over again every single day. Or brag about how your boyfriend is spoiling you with all these phones calls when you know for a fact other girls haven't had that opportunity. I know when Andrew was deployed I would post about how he called, but not EVERY.SINGLE time. I don't even know this girl really, but even she bugs me and my boyfriend isn't even deployed. okay sorry *end rant*

moving on.... I'm in love with this song

"Me Without You" by Love and Theft

Ohh

Like a thundercloud without a chance of rain
Like a stretch of sandy beach without the waves
It's like I'm spinning my wheels
Down a lonely interstate...
Me Without You

It's a picture perfect sky without a view
It's an empty seat at a table for two
It's having all the time in the world
And nothing to do...
Me Without You

I've been loving you so long
I'm a leaf lost in the wind
I want to be so strong
But I don't know how to begin
So I keep holding on
Cause I don't know what else to do
I try to be, but I'm not me
Without you

It's a beautiful song to be sung
But nowhere to sing
It's this beat up old guitar missing a string
It's me calling in the middle of the night
And it just rings
Me without you

I've been loving you so long
I'm a leaf lost in the wind
I want to be so strong
But I don't know how to begin
So I keep holding on
Cause I don't know what else to do
I try to be, but I'm not me
Without you

Baby, tonight I'm gonna light your favorite candles
And open a bottle of my favorite Spanish wine
Gonna listen to the song that we made love to the first time
It's all I can do
It's all I can do...

I've been loving you so long
I'm a leaf lost in the wind
I want to be so strong
But I don't know how to begin
So I keep holding on
Cause I don't know what else to do
I try to be, but I'm not me
Without you

I can try to be, but I'm not me without you.

Today was

good. I feel like I haven't been able to say that in quite sometime but I can today. Nothing spectacular happen, but for some reason it was just good. Church this morning was awesome, but isn't it always? My pastor said something today that he says a lot, but it really caught my attention today. He said, "I hope you don't leave here saying how good the sermon was, I hope you leave here saying how awesome my God is." And that is so true. The sermon is only good because of God and I need to remember that more often. Also, Pastor Sam was talking about a word in the Bible and its herbew meaning. I don't remember what exactly the word was, but it meant something like to love something so much you can feel it in your intestines. Weird, huh? But, my mom scribbles a note a gives it to me and it read: "Now you can tell Andrew you love him with all your intestines." She is a funny one all right. haha But you gotta love her. So, Andrew, if you ever read this....I love you with ALL my intestines! ;)

Also, speaking of Andrew....that boy makes me smile. Last night he was out with some friends and he sends me lyrics to a song that reminded him of me (he has never done that before, so I thought it was uber sweet). I had never heard the song before so I had to google it and try to find it. I finally did, and I of course started crying while listening to it. I know, pathetic, but I'm a cryer. Here it is....

You gotta admit its sweet.

After church and lunch, I worked on some homework, and I feel like that is what I did allllllll day. I'm working on a project for marriage and family, so its not boring homework, it is just time consuming, I just hope the final product is worth it. Also, right while I was watching Army Wives, Andrew calls.....usually I would care that I was missing it, but I honestly didn't tonight. He said something that really warmed my heart though. He was talking about how he has basically two years left of his contract and that WE need to talk about if he is going to re-enlist. It just made me extrememly happy that he is including me in that decision, and what a HUGE decision that is. I told him I honestly didn't care either way, I just want him to be happy. But man, he makes me happy. When we were getting off, he told me he loved me and then goes "thanks for being mine." Why does he have to be soooooo far away to where I can't kiss him. ha

I know this post tonight was mostly about Andrew and love...but oh well =)




-Philippians 1:3 "I thank my God every time I remember you"

L.O.V.E.

I got this idea from Lauren's blog (hope it is okay that I stole the idea) and since I am such a huge sucker for love of any kind, I wanted to find some love pictues and quotes so here goesssss =)

Just to see you smile I'd do anything that you wanted me to, when all is said and done I'd never count the cost, it's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.




Do you realize what you are to me? What you're always going to be? You are the love of my life... everyone else will always be second best. There will never be another you.

Without you tomorrow wouldn’t be worth the wait and yesterday wouldn’t be worth remembering

One boy, one girl, two hearts beating wildly. To put it mildly it was love at first sight. He smiled, she smiled, and they knew right away, this was the day they had waited for all their lives. For a moment the whole world revolved around one boy and one girl

Sometimes just holding hands is holding on to everything.

You know when I realized I loved him? It was when I realized that anything that ever happened, good or bad, I wanted to tell him about. He was the first person I wanted to know, and I couldn't wait to tell him, and talk to him, and listen to him and it's like I love learning new things every time I talk to him.

He really does make everything okay

It was no accident, me finding you. Someone had a hand in it long before we ever knew. Now I just can't believe you're in my life. Heaven's smiling down on me as I look at you tonight. I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars. He sure knew what he was doin' when he joined these two hearts. I hold everything when I hold you in my arms. I've got all I'll ever need thanks to the keeper of the stars.

And its that feeling I get every time his face comes into view. The way my body tingles as he touches my skin. It's the way he loves me, it's how he loves me. Its just him, anyone else but him would be completely wrong. He is my little piece of heaven, my place in the stars.

Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.

The world is going to throw us a million reasons why this isn't gonna work out between us, but I'm armed with the one reason why it will - I love you.

It was just you and me. Two friends. And then with a simple look, my hand fell into yours.

Find someone who makes you smile, and never, ever give up on them.






I have found the one whom my soul loves. - Song of Solomon 3:4

Attitude

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one strong we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of Attitudes.

Slow Down

This song describes how I've been feeling a lot lately

Life I need to talk to you

Can you spare a minute just tell me what to do

I’m trying to climb this hill

I can feel you pass me by like I’m standing still

The things I gotta do I’m feeling you leaving me behind

And I know I don’t wanna go down this road alone and I’m running out of time

So slow down you’re losing me

And I can’t see what you want me to be

So slow down cause all I know is that I can’t go as fast as you’ve got me spinning round

I’m barely hanging on, slow down

Life the moments pass me by

Memories that I can’t keep as hard as I may try

Life you’re so beautiful I wish it wasn’t so but I can only stay until

You say I gotta go God only knows when that’s gonna be

With all my might I’m trying to keep up with you

Now you’re running away from me