What's Your Song?

I participate in link ups every now and then

and I'm happy 

to be participating in this one.

Especially at it's one year anniversary!

The blogger that host's the 

"What's Your Song?" 

Link-Up is amazing.

So go visit her

and

the other blogs 

that have 

linked up as well.

My song is Coldplay - Major Minus

It's the lyrics that

get me, 

and 

it doesn't hurt that it has an awesome beat.

So, here's my song! 

What's your song?

These cute little swimsuits

Are on their way to me and I couldn't be more happier!

I'm looking forward to sporting these

bad boys 

during our summer trips 

to both 

Maryland

& 

Florida

 

Purchased Here

Purchased Here

Hopefully, I'll fit them. :-/

What's your beach style this year?

180 Days With Jillian

It's my new mission.

I'm spending 

180 Days w/Ms. Jillian Michaels

and

trying to get down 

from 197.2

to a healthier 

number

whatever that may be

and 

gain some healthier habits. 

Subscribe 

and follow along in my journey.

http://www.youtube.com/user/180DaysWJillian?feature=mhee 

Expect the Unexpected.

I'm one of those weirdo people who hate to plan.

I don't even like the word plan.

I'm not type-A.

I procrastinate like it's my job. 

I live life as it goes.

I try to live by the golden rule.

Keyword there try.

I'm not perfect.

No one is. 

I make mistakes.

Tons of mistakes. 

I'll probably make a mistake in the next 

10 minutes.

I get angry.

I say things I don't mean.

I yell.

I cry.

I scream.

I rage. 

None of that makes me any less of a person than you?

Does it?

Right now, I'm sitting on my balcony, 

with nothing more than

this laptop

fresh cup of chai tea,

and the morning sounds of Bahrain

traveling up to my ears.

There aren't many sounds as Friday is their holy day.

No work, shops are closed, and everyone is relaxing.

I can describe this feeling in one word.

Bliss.

Expecting the unexpected 

can definitely be a good thing.

This. What I'm doing right now, 

is unexpected. 

My kids are doing their morning reading, 

my husband is walking the dogs,

and 

I'm here in a state of peace.

In Bahrain.

Unexpected.

Unfiltered.

Uninterrupted.

Bliss.

We're over half-way done!

It's wild to think that we have been living outside

of the U.S. for over a year

and that when we go back this year for vacation 

it's will be over a year and a half 

since we've set foot on 

U.S. soil.

The thought of return

is both

frightening and exhilarating 

at the same time.

Don't get me wrong,

I love my country

and I can't 

wait to visit, 

but part of me 

is worried that

when we go

I won't have the 

strength to get on the plane 

and come back here.

Back to the heat,

back to foreign

Back to thobes and abayas

Ramadan

and

did I mention the

heat?

I know by my posts 

you would think that this place is 

ALL BAD

all the time.

I hate to say this, 

but it isn't.

It's in this land that

I've learned who I am

I've learned how to be the Godly wife

my husband needs

I've learned how to be a mother

my children need.

I've learned how to be a friend

and 

how not to be a friend.

I've learned to let go and surrender the little things

and that the big things 

are not so scary when you 

meet them head on,

face to face.

I've learned what it's like to love angels

and 

to carry them preciously in your heart.

I've learned how to comfort a loved one 

from 

6000 miles away

and it feel as if 

I'm right there next to them.

It's here in this place that 

I've watched my children growing

and learning all about a new culture.

I've watched make friends that speak several different languages

and them take on those languages as if they were their own.

I've experience the kindness of a stranger

and in any place/language

that is truly a blessing.

Most of all I've learned what it means to be a military wife.

To adapt to your surroundings no matter where they be,

to make the best of where ever you are

because home is where your heart is

and

all three of my hearts are right here with me.

Here's to another crazy/beautiful/awful/wonderful year.

XOXO,