There are a few times in our lives where everything seems to be in the perfect place. The perfect day, the perfect date, the perfect meal... Everything is just right. But since being married I've found that my perfect times are not what they used to be. Maybe the DH and I fought through dinner, argued in the car ride, and ended up watching tv at home instead of doing chores because we were both frustrated. Then, all of a sudden, I see him lounging on the couch and he just takes my breath away. He is such a good man. Such a caring and forgiving person. So I walk over and lay down next to him as he automatically moves to adjust to me being there. And all of a sudden he kisses me. Not a quick peck, but an ardent display of his deep love for me. And I respond equally. We are one. We meld and as we do so all the days troubles and arguments and annoyances fade away in the jumble of limbs and lips. It's perfect. It's not the perfect I've known before. It's perfect because it's a normal day. Nothing extraordinary, nothing super romantic or expensive. Just us.


Sex with your hot Hubby is pretty great. Especially when it's the perfect ending to a not so perfect day. BlogBooster-The most productive way for mobile blogging. BlogBooster is a multi-service blog editor for iPhone, Android, WebOs and your desktop
Natalie

I'm up. It's 0912 am. :) I should go to bed, but last night I was on call, so I stayed up until 3, then slept until 7. So I gotta stay awake a little more so I can sleep the whole day! THEN I HAVE THE WEEKEND OFF! :D How amazing! Soooo this is what I've been doing these last few hours!Reading with Sophie

That's my sweet kitty. Staying with me in the early morning while I read. At least she's loyal SOMEtimes. :)

Well, other than me being/feeling like a fatty, life is still normal. Brent and I have started bickering some, but I think it's because we get anxious when we don't spend enough alone time together. We feel disconnected. I'm so glad I have this weekend off. We need it. I'm gonna clean, organize, and buy a treadmill! :) I've come to the conclusion that I'll probably run more if I can do it at home, without having to go to the gym and change after working 12 hours. That's the plan at least. I weighed myself the other day. Ugh. I was 196. That's awful. It's the most I've ever weighed. I NEED to be running. I NEED to be active. I need to commit. I will. I want to be a sexy wife, not a fat lumpy one. :/ I still have all my treadmill workouts, so that will be my plan. I also want to sign up for a 5k and make that a goal. We'll have to see. I'm getting a treadmill this weekend! :D It'll be a start!

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It's 0233 and I'm awake. I am not, by any means, a night owl. I have preferred all my life to go to bed early and rise early, rather than staying up and waking late. However, all that has changed since I switched to the Night Shift. =/ BLEGH. So, tonight, the last of my days off, I am forced to stay awake until the sun rises, just so I can sleep the whole next day to be ready for work at 1900. UGH. Can I just inform those of you who have never worked a 12 hour NIGHT shift how awful it is?!?

On my days off I am tired, forced to stay awake during the day to get errands done and spend quality time with the Hubs. I miss sleeping with him every night. I miss sleeping IN THE DARK. I have this awful eye-mask that I'm using to help me sleep during the day and THAT is awful too. I get hungry at 2 am on my days off and don't feel hungry at all during the day. It's hard. Harder than I thought. But I'm finally getting slightly more used to it after a month. The only thing left is to figure out how to work in my workouts... But, I'll get there. All in good time. :)

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. It's nice to finally have him all to myself. I miss him terribly when I work three or four shifts in a row. He's sleeping when I come home, I'm sleeping all day while he's up, then we are both awake for a few hours before I go to work, then I leave and he goes to bed alone, only to wake up to me jumping into bed with him after my shower. It's not ideal. We miss each other. Some nights he will stay up texting me while I'm at work.. until three or four am. He'll fight sleep because we feel deprived of each other. We make our time count though.. Many nights I leave him, exhausted after a fast and furious romp between dinner and work. :) It's fun. We make the most of it. On the days we both have nothing to do we end up staying in bed until noon, only having left to make a delicious brunch of scrambled eggs, grilled ham and sausage, toast with jam, orange juice, and occasionally wine. We enjoy each other.
I cannot claim to have a monopoly on love, but I can claim my own personal stake in the territory. I never knew how much I was missing in past relationships until I met Brent. When I was younger, the boys I dated never were allowed to have control over me, in fact, I flaunted the fact that I didn't need to check in with them, or their opinions, to make any decisions. Knowing and loving Brent has made me into a better person; I no longer feel the need to be completely independent. I realize that being a partner with him is much more rewarding and satisfying than remaining in sole control of my life. I want his opinion, his goals, and his dreams just as much as I want mine. And they both influence each other. He is the fiercest advocate of my happiness, just as I am of his. We love one another wholly, just as our vows stated. (Not that I think that we have been tested much, as of yet.)

Currently, Brent in asleep in our bed, and I'm in the guest bedroom, with Sophie. Sophie graciously decided to stay with me, even though Brent is her new favorite. Since we have been married Sophie has given up sleeping behind my knees in favor of sleeping between Brent's. It's cute, but in an annoying I-saved-you-from-the-shelter-you-should-love-me-more kind of way. She was mine for years before Brent even came into the picture, but now she's a Daddy's girl. I can only hope Brent and I's future children act more neutral with their affections, for my heart's sake. =/ At least she hasn't pooped on his side of the bed like one of my friend's cats did when she got married! :0

Anyways, it's still only 0306, and I've got to be up for another 3 hours at least, but I'm going to Pinterest instead now. :) I think I've sufficiently blogged for the next few months.. Heh.

G'night!

I will be married to Mr. Brent Ashmore!!! I cannot believe the time has come! I'm so excited!! I am so in LOVE! I am sick at the thought of being the center of attention, but I am swelling with joy at the thought of being HIS FOREVER. :D My life is so amazing. My family is all here, my home is full of them and all their love and support... I have more than I could have ever hoped to ask for. I am so excited. I wish all the planning wasn't so taxing, but in the end all the work will pay off. There are still a million things to do, but I'm gonna get though it and get everything done somehow. Sheesh, I just remembered I still need to pack for the honeymoon!! That'll be fun though!

I can feel my ZzQuil kicking in, so I'm going to bed! Goodnight!!!
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Well, it's been about a year since my last post.. Seems about right. :D I'm finished with college and I'm working as a nurse! :) It's two months exactly until I marry my Mr. Perfect, Brent. :0 I'm so excited. Wedding plans are mostly done and it's just time for showers and parties and fun. ;) My life could be no less perfect. I'm so happy I can hardly believe my luck. Or my blessings.

I'm surrounded by amazing people both in my private life and in public. Work is a blessing of its own with challenges every single day, but ones that enthrall me, body and spirit.

I finally gave in and read Fifty Shades of Grey. What can I say? It reminds me of an "adult" Twilight. Both set in cloudy Washington state, both rich men with secrets they long to share to one hopelessly normal girl. She is swept off her feet with no regard to her safety or sanity. Sheesh. Fifty shades of copy-write. Awful writing, just like Twilight. If it wasn't for the nasty sex the book would have been a blunder in sales. Too bad.

Anyways. I'm off to bed! ;) Fifty Shades will keep me dreaming of my honeymoon only two months away! As if I needed any more to think about on that topic! ;)

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Hmmm

Well, as usual it's been MONTHS since I last checked in. Tomorrow will be November 9th; that's 7 months for me and Mr. Brently. :)

I still am completely infatuated with him, even if he does drive me bananas sometimes... Like today. Hahah. I can, kinda, laugh about it now, but I'm still a little frustrated with him. We are just so different! He's super chill and takes like as a joke or as a game, but I'm so caught up in planning and details. I mean, we work perfectly 99.9% of the time, but man, that other 0.01% killed me today.

Oh well. Tomorrow is a new day. And tonight will get better! Currently school is kinda sucking. I'm taking all of my nursing school classes plus a British literature class. It's been a fun few weeks. I just keep telling myself that it's almost thanksgiving and then the semester will be almost over. I'm so ready for a break. Nursing school is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. It's really challenging. Not only that but we are all competitive with each other, and that doesn't exactly foster a fun relationship between students. :/

I'm waiting right now on one of my teachers to get out of a meeting so that she can give me a FREE flu shot. I thought it would be nice, but I've been waiting up here for 30 mins... Ugh!

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Once again, it's been a while since I've posted anything.. :) I've been having too much fun to post. Heh.


Welllllll. Last time I posted I'd just got a new job. Well that job lasted a whole month before I realized that the place was just not for me. There were serious safety issues that weren't being addressed, even after several guards mentioned it to the management, and apparently speaking out about safety hazards isn't advisable.. so I got fired. Yup. Fired. But in the end, I think it was best. The management was a husband and wife, the husband is a pastor at the church that owns the pool, and they weren't very receptive to my safety concerns.. Oh well. I have a job at my college pool and it's working out great. This pool is SAFE and I don't have a commute at all like the other place. All is good. :D

As for Brent and I, well, I'll just say it : I'm in love. It's been almost 4 months since we started dating and I wouldn't change ANY of it. My life is complete when he's around. We've been spending a good amount of time with each other and our families, in fact, I just got back from vacation with his family. :) We went to the lake for 5 days.. it was amazing. He was home with me for 4 days earlier in July too. Because he works 30 minutes away at a Baptist Church Camp, we only hang out one night a week, and then on weekends, so I feel like we're balancing things well. He spends a lot of time with friends too, and we make a point of not dropping other plans to hang out with each other. It's a good system. We both work and hang out with friends, but also spend time with one another. I'm looking forward to seeing where this relationship goes, though I'm pretty sure I know anyways. :) I'm so happy.

School starts August 29th! UGH! I'm soooo ready for my SENIOR YEAR OF COLLEGE!!! :D I just want to be DONE! I want my degree so I can go be a Nurse already.. sheesh! :)

Well, it's late, and I have work in the morning.. so goodnight and God bless!!

Natalie M.

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