He has such a goofy face. This is how I love to spend my mornings on my day off... Cuddled up with my sweet pup Jasper. I hate how long I left him alone yesterday. So, to make up for it I am taking him with me wherever I go today. Except for the Nex. He would not enjoy being left alone in the car that long. I love my dog.

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Day 15: A picture of something you want to do before you die.

I have a pretty extensive bucket list, but I have never actually taken the time to write it all down. Most of the things I want to do are actually things I want to learn. However, I'll go ahead and post a goal that I intend to accomplish fairly soon. 

I am taking this semester off, but not by choice. When I moved to SC my financial aid got messed up. I plan to go back to school and finish my undergraduate degree when Rusty and I move to our next station. SO that brings me to my first thing I want to do before I die. Complete my undergraduate degree and continue on and complete a masters or higher. I would love to get a doctorate one day, but I am not sure if that will happen.

Moving on to more of the things I want to learn about before I die. I want to know about coffee, tea, wine, and beer. I don't just want to know names of popular kinds. I want to know some of the trivia. I want to know what makes the drink good or not. I want to learn about the process in which the drinks are made. 

I am currently working on the coffee knowledge by working at Gloria Jean's. I am not really studying it, but I definitely know more now than I did a month and a half ago. 

I would love to work at a Teavana to learn about tea, the same way I am learning about coffee at Gloria Jeans. When I say I want to know about tea I don't mean southern sweet tea. I am talking about white tea, green tea, oolong tea, black tea, herbal tea, rooibos tea, and mate. 

The last two are the booze lol. First I need to acquire a better taste for these beverages before I embark on a knowledge quest! :-)

There are more things I want to do before I die, but honestly I am typing this at 7am so I really don't have much motivation to keep going. I'm tired. I want to sleep in some more and then have a relaxing day at Isle of Palms.

Day 14- A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.

Geeze. I am going to have to go with my amazing husband Rusty Furlow on this one. I know it is super cheesy that I keep using him for these categories. He is just so important to me and has had one HUGE impact on my life.

I never imagined I would get married so young and I CERTAINLY never imagined I would get married to a military man. When Rusty and I started dating I didn't even really like him. He had to basically beg for me to go out with him. It took awhile, but when I fell... I fell hard. Now I can't imagine my life without him. I recognize that I have different priorities than many women. I understand that how I have changed may make feminists cringe. I have changed my entire lifestyle to be with him. I feel like everything is completely worth it to be with him. I love knowing that I will spend the rest of my life with him.

Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist

Oh jeeze. I really don't know right now. I am kind of sick of EVERYTHING on the radio and I haven't listened to older music in awhile. I really don't know what my "favorite" artist is. I'm not sure if I have ever had a "favorite".

I really like the music from Glee if that counts for anything.

I love Katy Perry's energy and music.

Bono is doing some great things in the world and I really respect him and his actions. (U2 is great as well)

In High School I loved the Cure. 

My favorite modern song is "Stereo Love" but I have never heard any of their other songs.

I used to love Lady Gaga, but she is getting too extreme for me to keep up with,

Day 12 - A picture of something you love

Initially my first response to this is my husband Rusty and my dog Jasper. I feel like I keep using them to fill these categories and my blog in general. Time to look a little harder....

I love serving others. In high school I did this as a server and as a Christian doing missions work. At VSU I did this by being an RA and serving my residents. Now I am doing this as a Barista serving coffee to our guests. While some serving is "more important" than others, my life is much more satisfying when I have a serving aspect. 

I love making others smile. I am not the funniest person around, but I'd like to think I have some good moments. This also goes along with making people happy by serving. I like to be the person who goes above and beyond to make someone smile. I love being there for people in their best and worst days. 

I have had a really fun past two days off of work. They have been filled with my favorite four legged animal. 

On Wednesday I went to get Panera with Nicole and Rachel. It is always nice to have some girl time. I still like McAllisters more, but I really liked my food at Panera. 

After we went to Panera we went to go get some puppies!!! They were ADORABLE! I love puppies they are so cute and sweet. Sometimes I wish I could have gotten a younger dog, one that still looks like a puppy. But then I remember how difficult puppies can be to housebreak and train. Plus I love my Jasper so very very much. But anyways... Here are their new babies:

This is Zillah. Rachel's pup.

This one is Summer, Nicole's pup.

Aren't they precious!!?? If only they would stay that small! We spent some time trying to give them names. We were naming them funny body parts, stripper names, random household items, just whatever came to mind. :-)

I hung out at Nicole's place for a bit and watched them introduce the baby to their kitties. This is my favorite picture of that experience.

One happy family <3

--- Thursday ---

Jasper and I started obedience classes at Petsmart yesterday. He did REALLY well. We started learning how to work with a clicker, "watch me", and "sit". He just knows that if I have the clicker in my hand he should sit. I think he is missing the point. But he is really eager to please so hopefully this will make training a lot easier. He doesn't get the command "watch me" very well though. I need to work on that. He just knows if I have the clicker he should keep an eye on me in case I drop a treat on the floor. Hopefully he will get better before our next class.

After petsmart I had a fun playdate with Kim and her pup Kalua. You may remember, Kim is the one who told me about Jasper! We had a little family reunion! It was a lot of fun. I have never seen Jasper play with another dog so well. You know, if you don't mind the fact that he kept trying to hump his sister... for real Jasper?? He has been fixed though, so I actually think he was just doing it as a dominance thing. 

I wish I had gotten a picture of Kalua in her super cute dress. But these are the ones I did get.

After all of yesterday's events were finished I had one tired pup. He likes to sleep on his back and I find it hilarious!

I don't think he liked me taking pictures.

He looks so awkward in this one!! lol

Day 11 - A picture of something you hate

I really hate all of the drama associated with being a navy wife. I feel like it has just gotten increasingly bad recently. Everything I say and/or post I feel like has to be watered down and censored. I hate not being able to be myself around here. While someone can easily say "just leave the FB groups" I like to be ABLE to continue to meet people. Also, people post a lot of questions that I may have myself down the road. 

I was involved with some "private" drama a little over a month ago. I learned that even though people say they want feedback and input, they really only want to hear the positives. I gave my opinion and ended up getting hurt because of it. This person said some pretty mean things about me, when my contact with her was not malicious.  Now I feel like I am walking on eggshells with every post I make on FB. I hate that it all happened. People that I have never even met don't like me, because of things that were said behind my back. I try not to let it get to me too much, because I know my intent wasn't to cause drama or upset anyone, but it does hurt.  

I started keeping to myself more after that drama and I am just now opening up again. I am thankful that I am not a wife that sits around all day on FB, I actually have a job! I think the only excuse not to have a job that these girls have are the ones pregnant or already have children. Other than those two categories, these girls need to get off their butts and get a job! Yeah, you will have to work sometimes when your hubby is home. That completely sucks, but really it is worth it. I feel like a MUCH better person now that I have a job. My marriage is also much better because of it.