in our bedroom

If you were to walk into our bedroom at night, you would see...

 Hubby would be stretching for his own space, with half of his body covered and the other half uncovered. This is how he settles in, right after he wrestles with me. Then he quickly falls asleep {I really don't understand how he does it so fast}. He falls asleep with his arm up and under my pillow. Once in a while, he twitches as he's drifting off and will literally launch my head into the air...
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I would be snuggling with my body pillow, blankets cozied around me, all while holding my "babers" bear {and yes, I still sleep with a stuffed animal that Bry gave me.. in my defense, B's not much of a cuddler but I'm training him}. I would most likely be sleep-talking at some point during the night...
{hey, blogging is about keeping it real right?! no lies here, kids}

If you were to walk into our bedroom in the morning, you would see...

Bry with no blankets on.

Me with the blanket still cocooned around me.

The bottom comforter {yes we sleep on our lovely goosedown for extra comfort} is usually pulled down near Bry's waist. When he climbs into bed at night, that lovely goosedown starts tucked under our pillows. I have a feeling he burrows during his sleep. Just like a lil doggy.

Both of our cell phone's alarms going off simultaneously and both of us hitting snooze for 45 minutes.

Bry handing me his phone thinking it's mine and telling me to shut it off.

Me waking up by checking the email, weather, and instagram... all the while trying to keep my eyes open {this usually consists of one eye staying open, which then leads to both eyes closed until the next snooze}

Body pillow on the floor. Sometimes bear too. And usually 4 socks that were worn during the night end up around the room.
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And that's just a glimpse, people... 

today I am 24

I brought out the balloons for celebration!

Today I am 24. My life is no where close to being perfect. But, I am alive. I am healthy. My hubby's the best. He's healthy. Our family is loving, supportive, and always there for us. We both have jobs. We both have cars. We have a place to live. We have recently found a church that we love attending. Our friends are the best- even the ones we see only once or twice a year. We are blessed. I am blessed.  

clark w. griswold

Chambray. Such a hot trend right now. I've been loving my chambray button down. I wear it a lot. Maybe too much. But as you can see here and here, I love it.

Last night, I was watching Vegas Vacation {one of our favorites} and I realized that Clark W. Griswold and I were wearing the exact same shirt....

Either the trends from 1997 are coming back in, or Clark and I are both very fashionable. I'm choosing the latter.

Two peas in a pod, Clark & I. 

birthday snow!

We were forecast to get some snow last night into today and I was so excited, unlike the rest of New England. Regardless, a perfect addition to my birthday weekend if you ask me! 

The snow makes sitting inside and relaxing all day completely acceptable even though I already do that without snow. 

Happy Snow Day!

on the phone

Bry and I usually call each other on the way home from work each day. Today's conversation went like  this...

Bry: Johnston residence, Bryan speaking!
me: Oh hi! Can I speak with the head of the household please?
Bry: She's not here right now.
me: HA.HA! Well her birthday weekend has begun!!!
Bry: I think she's on her way home...
me: Yup, going to the store then I'll be home. K, bye!

We're lame, but we entertain ourselves. 

7 deadly sins

{cheesy photobooth oldie}

Apologies for my lack of posts lately. This time, I'm blaming the dead of winter (ie my love of being cozy inside watching TV) and my new love for knitting. Hey, I'm not a granny, it's just relaxing... okay?!

I found this here and she got it from here. It's a link up, kids. So fill one out yourself and meet some other bloggers!

pride

seven great things in your life

bryan p. johnston
our families- so supportive and loving
our cars are both working and both paid for
my students
our friends who are so sweet to us
my metabolism
teaching schedule- summers off!

envy

seven things you lack and covet
a new wardrobe
a bigger salary
discipline to maintain a yoga routine
our very own puppy
the desire to eat healthy meals
to be able to vacation wherever whenever
hair full of volume

wrath

seven things that make you angry
bad drivers
losing electricity for more than a day
liars
when people don't follow through on their word
watching a tv show with 40 commercials
being woken up with the overhead light
when I don't eat anything for 6+ hours 

sloth

seven things that you neglect to do
dishes
cleaning up my clothes
getting an oil change
have more patience
paying bills
pick up the 10 empty water bottles out of my car that roll around everywhere
say i love you enough

greed

seven worldly material desires
a house
more cash {duh}
a person that will blow dry my hair for me everyday
a Chevy Equinox
an unlimited free supply of Jcrew clothes every season
a new & cozy couch
weekly manicure/pedicures

gluttony

seven guilty pleasures
candles
bejeweled blitz
shopping
newlyweds: nick & jessica
pinterest
16 handles fro yo
blogs
laying out in the summer for the entire day

lust

seven things you love about love
snuggles
3am late night chats about deep issues
sleeping next to each other
being a team- yes that's how we do chores
kisses
inside jokes
starting and ending the day together


Happy Friday!

rusty

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Love you (& this picture)!