Oh....the Places the I've Been!

Traveling has always been a one of my many loves in life!  If only we had more moola to go on many different adventures:)  I've traveled to several places throughout the United States such as: Wyoming, Las Vegas, Philedelphia, New York City, Atlantic City, Florida, South Dakota, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Tenneese, Virgina, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinios, Washington D.C., the Bahamas, and several other places that I know that I'm forgetting.  Soon I will be traveling to Hawaii for our honeymoon....YAY!!!!  I can't wait :) :)  My plans are to visit all 50 states, Mexico, Europe, and Australia before I get to old to travel which I know that I have a long time until that day comes, but why not start early right? 

One of the reasons I find traveling so much fun is because, depending on where you go, you can see the  different ways of living and cultures.  For instance, I fell in love with Chicago because of the sense of community that the city has.  I was surprised that for such a huge city, the people are friendly and very helpful!  When we went on our mini-moon, of course I had to document everything we did and everything we saw, so i guess you could call me the picture queen, but the locals were always asking us if we wanted them to take our pictures.

 Just arrived in Chi town and living it up!!     On a boat tour around the Navy Pier!

A Lil' About Me:)

This will be my 3rd post, and I haven't explained who I am or what I do.  Well, from the title of my blog, you can see I'm living in the midwest and always have, always will:)  The thing I love about the midwest is the change in the seasons, the down to earth people, and my friends and family are within an hour drive!                                             

Here is my family:

This is me, my momma, and my sis:)                                               This is my "adopted" sis, my brother, and     me:)

Life As We Know IT...

Why does life have to be soo complicated?  Why can't life be simple, easy, and great all the time?  I know some people say you have to have the bad times to realize the good ones.  Why do terrible things happen to deserving people?  Why is it when life is going great there is a HUGE road block lurking around the corner?  How can people look you in the face and tell you something that's a complete lie?  How can people live a lie for six years and be sorry even after being given a second chance?  Are they really sorry or sorry for being caught in their lies? Are their lies so big and complicated that they lie to themselves to make it feel better and make themselves look better?  Can they even trust themselves?  Can people change for themselves or do they change for others just so they can get what they want?

This weekend has been a VERY trying weekend, as you can tell, and I just wish I knew the answer to all of these questions.  Wouldn't it be simplier if you were given a book that was about how to live the best life.  Be given step by step instruction on how to make it happen?  The truth is life isn't as we know it and life isn't cut and dry, straight and simple.... and it never will be!  Are we all alone in this world and can only rely on oursevles?  It seems the older we get the more things go wrong and astray. Why is that?  Shouldn't it be the older we get then the happier we become?

Well, here is to hoping for a much better and restful week ahead!

Halloween is Lurking Just Around the Corner:)

I've had this blog for quite some time now, but just haven't posted anything yet, so here it goes:)  I have to say that Halloween is the BEST holiday ever!  Maybe it's because you can feel like a kid again, and I truly am a kid at heart:)

Every year we have a Halloween bash at our house, our maybe I should just say I do because my husband is usually combining during that time.  This year I wanted to make the party more fun and better than last year.   So, I have found some pretty neat adult games to play from other blogs or websites out there.  One of them is a scavenger hunt, but this isn't one for little ones, nope!  It's an adult scavenger hunt and I can't wait to see what some of the people come up with!   You know, of course, it wouldn't be a Halloween bash without some type of drinking game and that's just what I purchased from Party City.  If you haven't been there before they have the best things there!  You should go check it out if you need party items or Halloween costumes!

In case your wondering, I have picked out what I'm going to be this Halloween and have started thinking about next Halloween already.  I told you, I am completely crazy about Halloween:)  I'll post some pictures after our Halloween bash of what I was and hopefully my costume makeup will look alright:-/

I have plenty of things to keep me busy for planning for this party!  One of the things that I do EVERY year is decorate our house, every single room!  Yes, it takes FOREVER to do it and take it down, but once it's up, it looks aMAZing or at least I'd like to think that:)  Here's a couple photos from our Halloween party's before: 

  This is how my kitchen was decorated....spooky huh?!?!