I've been attempting to make my own blog button & I *finally* succeeded. I won't tell you how many tries it took me to make it! If you need some help making your own blog button check out this tutorial. It was all I needed to finally get it right. What do you think? 

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I've been inspired to make my own 101 in 1001 list. It's pretty simple, you complete 101 tasks in 1001 days. I think it's a beautiful idea! I start today, October 11, 2011 & I end on July 8, 2014. Wish me luck!

1. Marry Aaron
2. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
3. Take a picture every day for a month
4. Visit Rome with Aaron 
5. Make a new friend
6. Send a post card secret to PostSecret
7. Write a book
8. Watch 10 classic movies I’ve never seen before
9. Travel to 8 different countries
10. Complete a coloring book
11. Grow my hair past my shoulders
12. Cut my hair short
13. Watch the sunrise and the sunset in the same day
14. Write a song
15. Take a foreign cooking class
16. Get a facial
17. Carve S+A on a tree
18. Host a dinner party
19. Plant a tree
20. Take a photography class
21. Have a tea party with my girlfriends
22. Get dressed up for a fancy party
23. Skinny dip with Aaron
24. Learn Japanese enough to ask directions and understand the answer
25. Get a tattoo
26. Paint a picture
27. Watch every episode of The Sopranos
28. Slow dance with Aaron
29. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
30. Write a letter to Aaron to open in 10 years
31. Hand make presents for people I love and deliver them in secret
32. Meet my first niece or nephew
33. Tie a note to a balloon and release it into the sky
34. Learn 10 new recipes
35. Decorate candy Christmas trains with Aaron
36. Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet
37. Learn the rules to football
38. Learn how to salsa
39. Go to a concert with Aaron
40. Reconnect with a friend who has drifted away
41. Spend a romantic night on the beach with Aaron
42. Sub for Santa for a family in need
43. Don’t log on to Facebook for a week
44. Dress up with Aaron for Halloween
45. Unplug completely for 24 hours
46. Kiss Aaron underwater
47. Secretly perform the 12 Days of Christmas for another family
48. Have professional family pictures taken
49. Drink a bottle of water every day for a month
50. Write a letter to someone who has inspired me
51. Take photographs of something Aaron and I both love and frame them in our house
52. Teach Aaron the joy of Birthday Week
53. Wear red lipstick + red heels
54. Try 5 new dessert recipes
55. Have a wedding photo printed on canvas
56. Wear an outfit that I’ve made myself
57. Take a family vacation to somewhere we’ve never been before
58. Go camping with Aaron
59. Go to a professional football game
60. Beat Aaron at a game of chess
61. Use hot rollers on my hair for a week
62. Put on fancy eye makeup and wear it out in public
63. Do yoga every day for a month
64. Take 10 minutes to meditate alone every day for a month
65. Buy something from The Vintage Pearl
66. Take a dance class just for fun
67. Run a 5K with Aaron
68. Buy a vintage dress
69. But something on Etsy
70. Sing karaoke in front of people
71. Go on a cruise with Aaron
72. Go skydiving
73. Find out my blood type
74. Donate blood
75. Visit a National Park with Aaron
76. Bake cupcakes, decorate them & deliver them anonymously to friends
77. Spend a day at the beach
78. Have a real life Angry Birds fight with Aaron
79. No fast food for a month
80. Find an inspirational quote & display it creatively in our home
81. Do volunteer work
82. But a lottery ticket
83. Throw a surprise party for someone
84. Send a message in a bottle
85. Fly a kite with Aaron
86. Bake a birthday cake for someone
87. Go vegetarian for a month
88. Have dinner by candlelight
89. Re-memorize The Night Before Christmas
90. Go to Las Vegas with Aaron
91. Make my own recipe book filled with all my favorites
92. Learn to knit
93. Watch a meteor shower
94. Go to Comic-Con with Aaron
95. Join a book club
96. Go rock climbing
97. Wear a princess crown for a day just because
98. Have a spa day
99. Have a blog giveaway of my favorite things
100. Do something wild that must be kept a secret
101. Kiss Aaron in the rain

life isn't perfect.

7,000 miles

15 hour time difference

endless phone conversations

sleepless nights

we cry

we laugh

we fight

we make up

we have bad days 

we have good days

but we always love each other

and that's what matters.

sometimes pretty flowers show up at my door

just because.

Since I am a soon-to-be (36 days!) military wife I decided to do a little research. I spent a good part of this evening reading (stalking?) milspouse blogs- their words not mine! I found some spectacular blogs by some incredible women. Some made me laugh, some made me cry. I was truly inspired. 

I'm not choosing the Air Force. I am choosing Aaron. The Air Force just happens to come along with him and for better or worse I'll do it all. It was never a concious choice I made. Once I realized I truly, deeply love him I knew I'd never be without him. So now I'm just along for the ride. Do not worry though, I won't get lost in his identity. I will always be myself. Speaking of such silly things, Aaron told me that none of the people I meet on a military base will ever know me as or call me Sue. To them I'll always be "Mrs. Aaron." Wow, I just said that out loud. What fun! But also strange. Isn't that supposed to be my MIL? I wonder how long it will be before I actually start to respond when called that.

There are 34 days and 5.5 hours until I get to see my lover again. I'll get to feel his arms wrap around me and his sweet lips kiss mine. When I close my eyes I can almost feel it now. It's coming slowly... it's almost here... My Aaron is worth every second I wait. 

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We all feel this way sometimes, right?

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