USMLE Step One

Today is the day my husband has been preparing for the past 2 years and intensely studying for the past 10 weeks for - The USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam)  An 8 hour exam!
dun dun duuuunnnn

I know he will do great because in anything he does he puts forth 200% effort and is always very prepared, very calm, and very Lee like.

If you're reading this today and have 1 minute to spare, could you please send a little word up to God and ask him to watch over my precious husband and bless him in his diligent efforts to fulfill his calling to be a doctor.
you no... no biggie :)

Canada, eh?

I decided to throw caution to the wind and head north to see my husband
or I had a 4 day weekend because of President's Day and Parent Teacher Conferences and my mom offered to make the 10 hour drive with me....

either way. I'm here!!
and he's beautiful and perfect and 100% mine.
and I have to leave tomorrow and not see him for another month. boo.

On Valentine's Day I got a sweet surprise when he emailed me a song he had written for me and he has allowed me to share it with you!  It's too cute to not share :)

xo He Loves Me xo

I am so blessed.  I love my husband so much.  I wish we could be together this Valentine's Day... but even though we're far apart we're just as much in love as we were that very first Valentine's Day we spent together 7 years ago... ok. actually, way way way more in love than we were then. 
He is like a fine wine, just keeps getting better with age.
seriously.

My beautiful Lee.... I miss you so much!

fresh off the press

I'm so excited about Lee & I's new pictures I couldn't wait to post them!
I'm a very lucky girl in the fact that I have had a ton of photographer friends in my life in Grenada... most of whom have been new at it and have asked to practice on me.  
I am not one one to turn down pictures!  Especially pictures of Lee and I!
It just so happens that the timing has worked out perfectly that we were able to do a photo shoot last year for our 1 year anniversary{here} and then again this year for our 2 year anniversary!

I got a lot of my inspiration  for the pictures from pinterest and was able to use the jute ampersand I made a couple weeks ago!
Thank you so much to my friend Allie for these pictures.  She's just starting, but I think she did a fabulous job!  She's working on a website soon and I'll be sure to share!

and a really big thanks to my Lee.
isn't he a good sport??
he indulges me when he can because med school is so life controlling... but I know he loves me.

highlight of the day

I broke down and started using twitter. 
Mostly so I could stalk even MORE blogs, designers, companies, famous people...
and also because Cat told me she followed Picnik on twitter & they commented on her blog!
jealous much?

I signed into twitter for the first time in over 2 years the next day.
and today Picnik started following me!!
O happy day!

This brings me to a mid-week Picnik update.

Lee and I had pictures taken for Christmas this past year & while we absolutely love the pictures... Lee has never been happy about the fact that his shorts got splashed by a huge wave moments before we started.
kinda surprising that a man would care about such a thing, huh?

anyway, with my new found love of the cloning tool I went in and simply erased the water spots by cloning areas of his shorts that were dry!

a little 1960s effect

See my last post about the amazing cloning tool here
and duh... follow me on twitter!

The Cotton Anniversary

Yesterday my precious husband and I celebrated 2 years of marriage, and today we're already working on year 3!
Since we're on a super tight budget holidays and celebrations are quite creative around our household and I am so blessed to have a husband who actually put thought and time into what he wanted to do for me... even if it didn't turn out quite right.

He attempted to make me cotton candy.
at home. in Grenada.
that sweet wonderful man.

I love cotton candy probably much more than the average girl... and since it was the "cotton" anniversary it was perfect! 
except Grenada is the most humid place on earth. kinda like living in a sauna.

He was so excited to do a DIY project with me & we had a blast covering our entire kitchen in sugar :)

preparing the solution... I was still clueless as to what he was making.

see it's working!!

but once we started rolling it it turned sticky :/

still delicious though! so we ate it like suckers! 

the little sugar droplets on the floor....

So what if the cotton candy didn't turn out exactly right? we still had a ton of fun... and got some cotton candy flavored hard candy out of it :)

I love that he wanted to do something a bit crazy and diy for me & I did something practical & useful for him, so like us!

I sewed him a new pillowcase because just last week his tore... and I mean, tore beyond repair.  He's a rowdy sleeper.

My friend Cat was a genius and brought a little sewing machine down to Grenada and let me try it out!
I found this green fabric in town for $6.95EC a yard (about $3US) and 1 yard was plenty to make a pillow case!

The pillow case is nothing spectacular... a rectangle.
But I did dress it up by using teal thread and sorta monogramming his name on it!

I remembered to take a picture after he had already slept on it! ha!

Lee ♥ done with the sewing machine. lol. would have been better off hand stitching it.
but o well! life is an adventure.

Here are a few wedding pictures I picnik'd this week. 

Happy Anniversary my Lee!! I love you more than words can describe.