Life isnt Easy

It's been a while since I posted. I've been so very busy but there's really no excuse. Honestly I'm really bad at this whole keeping people updated. Although I can Facebook and Twitter all day without missing a beat. HAHA What can i say...

I guess I should start by filling you in on whats been going down with me and my "not so easy life". Lets see, I picked up and moved back to Fort Worth cause my brother-in-law offered me a job I just could pass up. The down side, I'm away from my husband, our gorgeous home, and our child aka the pup, London. Its been 2 whole months and I've seen my love a whooping 4 times. He's been waiting on his raise that they told him he'd be getting in July and they still haven't sat down with him to discuss if its going to happen or not. Its really got me on edge not knowing and being in the blind while I'm 3 hours away and don't always get to talk to him. But, what can i say or do, i signed up for this when i accepted to job in another city. So now we wait. Until when we don't know, but its called a waiting game for a reason.
I also started back to school to become a Radiographer. Its been a challenge, but who doesn't like a challenge. I love learning about the anatomy. Its very cool. Being in school is also the reason why Neal and I haven't seen each other in awhile. I'm in class every Saturday so there is really no point in Neal wasting is only time off from work to come see me if I'm not even around, BUT exciting news.... he'll be here in a couple more days cause we don't have class next weekend. SO SO HAPPY! I miss him and my puppy so very much. It beyond hard to deal with.
What else do I have to talk about?.... Hmmm....
Well, I guess that's it for now. Not a whole lot going on here, but I'll try AGAIN to keep this blog updated.

xo,
Kim

Polish Your Day

So I've been addicted to this new blog called The Daily Nail. Ever since I learned of this ladies goal to polish her nails with different designs everyday for a year I've been intrigued and completely inspired to do the same. Well not the whole 365 days a year thing, but to try and change up my nail color rather often and well, so far so good. I guess going to school to become a nail tech somewhat paid off seeing as that's not the career path I ended up taking. haha. Well onto the pictures.

Here are all my polishes 9/8/10

Here is my first nail design. 9/8/10 - the base coat is red, topped it with pink, and then brushed on yellow with two strokes.

The next day I thought I needed new polishes so I went out and bought 4 new colors that I feel in love with.

9/9/10- I decided I wanted to see if I could still do a french tip with polish. I haven't done a french tip since I worked in a spa, and it's really hard to do when you're not skilled with your opposite hand. Let me just say doing a french tip slowly with your left hand his VERY hard, but it turned out quit well. I was shocked and pleased. :)

9/13/10- Here is todays polish design. I wanted to go simple, but they say simple is usually the hardest and well, they were right. Not my best work. *womp womp*

So there you have it. Just a couple of quick nail designs. Nothing compared to The Daily Nail but still pretty awesome!

xo,
Kim

Marriage Survey

1. When is your “engagement” anniversary: December 16, 2005

2. When is your “marriage” anniversary: July 7, 2007

3. How long have you known your spouse: 5 years

4. How long did you date/court before you were engaged: 5 months exactly

5. Where did you meet your spouse for the first time? We meet on a blind date. Thanks to a client of mine who was his old next door neighbor. We went on our first date and were together as much as we could be following that.

6. What is your spouse’s full name: Richard N. Collins

7. Do you have any children: Yes- one dog.. haha- only a fur baby at this point!

8. How many – boys/girls: A little fur girl named London

9. Do you have any house pets: Yes:) London 2 years old.

10. Do you own a house or rent: Own

11. Do you live in the country or town/city: City (Austin- it's an alright city)

12. What is one of your favorite activities together: Relaxing at home with a yummy meal and movie, or doing projects together, ehh i don't know, we just like to be together!

13. Do you have a favorite vacation spot: We both love Vegas!

14. When did you first kiss? July 19, 2005

15. What church do you attend? We dont. We believe you dont have to attend church to believe in the lord. I pray to him every night. I dont have to go to his house to talk to him.

16. Is this the church you were married in: No, we got married in Vegas! :D

17. What town is your current address at: Round Rock

18. Do you work or stay at home: I work at the beautiful RIATA Apartments

19. Where did you go on your honeymoon: We've been married for 3 years now and still havent gone on our honeymoon. I believe it's about time! he he

20.What was the funniest gift you gave when dating? I dont remember ever giving each other gifts or funny gifts. We were each others gifts since we were long distance relationship for a year.

21.How long have you been together? 5 years 2 months

22. How long did you know each other before you started dating? A day. (blind date :))

23. Who asked who out? Well, i gave his neighbor my business card and told her to tell him to call me if he wanted to get together and if nothing else we could just be friends. So she gave him my card and he called that same day. (the longest voicemail i have ever had in my life..LOL)

24. How old are each of you? He is 33 and I am 27.

25.Where do each of you go to school? I am done done done with school and so is he.

26. Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?Honestly so far we haven't had anything thats been that hard. We have been really blessed to have an amazing 3 years of marriage. I mean every marriage is going to have it's ups and downs but thats what builds your relationships.

27. Did you go to the same school? No, he went to school here in Austin and I went to school in Fort Worth.

28. Are you from the same home town? No, I was born and raised in Fort Worth and he was born and raised here in Austin.

29. Who is smarter? Im not even trying to "lift" him up here, he is WAY smarter than me, but honestly...I like that:)

30. Who is more sensitive? Haha is this even a question, by FAR me!

31.Where do you eat out most as a couple? Different places as long as they are close to the house. We are homebodies.

32. Where is the farthest you two have traveled together as a couple? San Diego, CA

33.Who has the craziest exes? Considering he only dated 4 girls before he was married and divorced at 27, I'd say me.

34. Who has the worse temper? He does, but then again I can be just as bad.

35. Who does the cooking? Neal does, but it's more like grilling.

36. Who is more social? Usually I am.

37. Who is the neat-freak? We both have our little things.

38. Who is more stubborn? Ehh- depends on the topic.

39. Who hogs the bed? For sure I do, but not so much hogging as much as it is stealing all the covers -sorry babe!

40. Who wakes up earlier? Hahah, DEFINITELY Neal. He sets his alarm even on his days off for 8am. Eeeek! Are you insane.... YES!

41. Where was your first date? I had told Neal how much i love Italian food so our first date was going to be at The Olive Garden (which is my fav restaurant) but he switched it up on me the day of the date and took me to The Italian Grill close to downtown Fort Worth. Thats also were we went for our 5 month anniversary and where he proposed.

42.Who had more boyfriends/girlfriends? For sure me:(

43. Do you get flowers often? Not often to some peoples standards, but definitely enough for my taste:)

44. How do you spend the holidays? Trying to evenly divide between the families. We LOVE the holidays, but our families are 300 miles apart so we have to rotate and sometimes we miss holidays together because of his job!

45. Who is more jealous? Neither. Thank God for that.

46. How long did it take to get serious? 3 weeks. He/we move fast. haha

47. Who eats more? He does.

48. Who does the laundry? We both do it. It's not hard, but the folding part is what we both hate. Someone should really invent the machine that goes next to the dryer that folds the laundry for you. It really is the worst chore in the world!

49. Who’s better with the computer? He is. I'm not even going to try to say I am.

50. Leave a piece of advice for the other couples. Laugh a lot, spend a lot of time together, love and respect each other, and pray that you both live to 100 years old together.

SEPTEMBER 1st

Happy September!!! I cant believe it's already the 9th month of the year, but her she is! Good morning, good morning!

There's not a whole lot going on this month in the Collins lives besides Papa Collins b-day and my moms b-day. Other then that I guess we'll just have to play it by ear. I'm sure I can come up with some fun things to get into.... I always do! ;)

xo,

Kim

Map It Out

As I'm sure you've noticed on the wall of asymmetical frames in the guest bedroom there's a frame with an adorable map. I had decided that I wanted to map out all the places Neal and I have been together as a couple. We've only hit 4 places but that just means we need to get out a bit more. Here are some before and after shots of the map and how I put it together.

Before I finished my map idea:

(It's a little rough but you get the idea I was going for)

After shots:

How I made this project happen was first I picked out a map I liked online. I then printed it out and laminated it. After that I wanted to see what it would look like inside the frame which was how the purple background came about. But as you can tell by the first shots It didn't look that great. So I went out and bought cork backing

and decided to use some wrapping paper I already owned.

I glued the wrapping paper to the cork and added the map pins to the final project and it turned out just the way I wanted it!

I LOVE IT and it was so easy!

xo,
Kim

London's Happy Tummy

Neal and I decided to switch London over to a RAW natural food. These other pet foods we've tried with her have only caused problems for her digestion system and so far so good with this food. She's a very picky eater and never finishes her food, but for the first time on Saturday when we placed the soft raw food in her bowl she ate the whole thing standing over her bowl which she's never done before. Neal and I were so excited.
I did have to go out and buy stainless steel bowls for her because we were told since it is a raw food and refrigerated it cant be left out for too long . And with her bowl being a ceramic bowl, its considered a no-no! So what did mama find for her baby... The most adorable Martha Stewart pet bowls she could find. Plus they matched perfectly with the floor mat she already has.
I must admit I did get a bit emotional taking away the bowls we bought her the day we brought her home almost 3 years ago. You might say it was my hormones that are all out of whack thanks to auntie flow, but it really was sad washing her baby bowls and putting them away never to be used again. :(
She loves her new bowls though and that's all that matters; plus this food is much healthier. We'd do anything for London even drive all the way Cedar Park for pet food every month and a half, and that's what we'll be doing from here on out. This is all for you Lammies. We love you! Here are couple of pictures.

It's Yummy

My Sleepy Baby (she was only 10 wks)(So teeny!!)

Always by her daddy's side

But not always! She's a mama's girl! Even has the t-shirt that say's "I'm with my bff" he he

We'll keep you posted on how she's doing with this new food and hopefully she'll have less painful BM's. So far so good. Lets hope she keeps a happy yummy!

xo,
Kim

Look at what I come home to find!!!

Yep! I walked into the house from work and there it is, a pile of laundry on top of my just cleaned laundry room. UGH.....NEAL!!!!!

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Kim