One Year Later

So our one year anniversary has come and gone. I still cannot believe how fast the last year has flown by. We took a great trip to the Lake of the Ozarks Friday through Sunday and then headed back to St. Louis on Monday to continue celebrating our anniversary. It was great that our anniversary was on a holiday, that way neither of us had to work. Once we got home we relaxed for awhile and then headed to dinner to one of our favorite restaurants, Brio's. We also exchanged gifts. I gave Ryan a book with an inscription in it, a Zodiac watch, and a few shirts for the fall. He loved all of his gifts especially the watch and get this...the wristband on it actually has a cologne smell. I thought that it was pretty cool! I got a Tiffany's bracelet with a "Happy Annivesary" charm, an engraved wine bottle, and a beautiful clock for our house. I absolutely loved my my gifts! He did a wonderful job. It was so nice that we both were able to get something for each other in each of the traditional (paper) and modern (clock) categories for one year anniversaries. We just have one thing left to do and that is eat a piece of the top layer of our birthday cake. We forgot about in on Monday and I have had class all week so far. We are going to try and eat some of it tonight when I get back from class. Hopefully it is good. :) We had a great anniversary together and I was so happy that we were able to get to spend time together and just relax. I am looking forward to many more years of celebrating us!

Alicia Needs.........????

Here you go Alaina. :)

1. Alicia needs more funky beats and innovative tunes in her music.
Hey I guess everyone needs some funky beats.
2. Alicia needs new home.
I am quite satisfied with mine really.
3. Alicia needs your prayers.
I am much more fortunate that most of the world, but hey I could always use a prayer now and then.
4. Alicia needs your help.
I could use a hand cleaning the house this afternoon.
5. Alicia needs to get out of my head.
I am physic. LOL :)
6. Alicia needs to know if there are scissors, crayons, paper, and pencils available at home.
Scissors..check, crayons..negative..paper..check, and pencils..check.
7. Alicia needs to get over herself.
This one is mean. :(
8. Alicia needs to quit making out with that microphone.
I just can't resist.
9. Alicia needs to smile more, too, seriously.
I smile often, but more wouldn't hurt.
10. Alicia needs your love, energy, hugs and financial support.
Interesting...I am taking donations. :)

Time is Flying........Fast!

Well our vacation to Destin has come and gone. It was really fun and we all enjoyed ourselves. Most of all it was really relaxing just sitting on the beach, soaking up the sun, and enjoying the company of friends and family. Ryan and I were sad when the time came for us to return to good ole Missouri. But we did have another trip to look forward to. Ryan was going to surprise me with a little vacation getaway for our one year anniversary. He told me we would be going somewhere tropical, but other than that it was all a secret. Unfortunately, my class is going to interfere. I thought that I would only be missing 1 day of class, but the way the trip would have worked out I would have had to miss 3 days. That was not a good idea considering it is only a 4 week class. So we are most likely going to go to the Lake of the Ozarks instead and go on our other trip in the future.

I cannot believe that in less than a month now we will be married for 1 year! It has definitely flown by for both us. I am looking forward to the rest of our lives together, I am one lucky gal. :) Now that we are not going on the trip Ryan is asking me to give him several ideas of things that I would like and then he will pick and then add something of his own. I am trying to come up with some things, not too sure yet though. I figure that if I give him a list he has to give me one too, it is always SO hard shopping for guys and on top of that I want to give him something meaningful too. I guess we will see how that works out. Well got to get back to work!

Destin...here we come!

Tonight we leave for Destin, FL. We are staying at the Jetty East.We are going to be there for a full 7 days. I am so excited to get away and have absolutely nothing to do at all. Now all I have to worry about is getting the million things done before we leave tonight. I am sure it will get pretty hectic.

My parents are keeping Brodie for the time we are away. I am sad to leave him, it will be the first time since we got him that we were away for more than 2 days. I just hope that he will be okay. I am sure there will be nothing to worry about because they will take good care of him and he will have 2 other dogs to play with. They get along really well, I am sure he will come home so worn out from playing.

4 hours of work left and counting............................

Flowers.................Tulips to be Exact!

So I was so in love with the tulips that I planted last fall that bloomed this spring. It is just too bad they do not last that long. I really need to find something that has some similar color, but last longer than two weeks.

Yay it is Friday!!!!!!!!!!

Well, not much new here on the Robinson home front, just enjoying being husband and wife, and all that goes with that. We have had a busy, but very fun summer so far. I just finished up my summer class this week and will have off until the second week of August. We plan to get some things done with the house. Our upstairs has been done since right after we moved in, but I want to go shopping for decorations and such. We have been in the house for over a year and having nothing hang on the wall! Other than that I want to find some curtains for our bedroom. We have something up, but I do not really like them anymore. I change my mind often. The biggest project will be the bathroom in the basement. We are basically redoing it all together. I want a modern looking bathroom and while this one is nice, it is no where near modern. We are also trying to find a leather sectional that will fit where we want to put it. Apparently the size that we want is not common so it has been a trip to find something that we both like that will work. The only other project is changing a few things on our bar in the basement. The last owners apparently like teal counter tops, me not so much. I am excited to get it done. It will be really nice so that we have a great place to hang out in the winter to entertain, right now most our entertaining is done outside on the patio or upstairs. But if we host family Christmas this year we will need more room than that!

Ryan has also been working hard on the outside. We already have some really good landscaping thanks to the last owners so now our work (well mostly Ryan's) has just been fine tuning it and adding some things. It will be so nice once everything is done and we can sit back and enjoy it 100%, but I don' t think that ever happens anymore these days. There are several others things that we have seen at design centers that we would love to do, but it would be silly since this is not the house we plan on being in for a long time. Once we are about to have a second kiddo, we are gonna move. But that will be awhile since we don't plan on having the first bun in the oven for a few more years.

Other than house stuff we have my little sister's 21st birthday coming up on the 4th of July. We are going out on the 5th to celebrate at Fast Eddie's. The weekend after that we have a float trip with all of my friends from home. I am so excited that we get to go since it has been going on for several years now and we have not been able to go. Then we leave for Destin on July 18th and won't be home until the 25th. I am definitely looking forward to sitting on the beach and relaxing. Especially since once the end of summer and fall approaches we will be busy with weddings and all that goes along with those. Ryan and I are in several of them, so it will be a fun and busy time also. It will definitely be interesting to see my stress level once I have all that, work, and trying to keep up with my masters schedule.

I am gonna try and post some pics on here from our fun adventures together, but I cannot really figure it out. I am gonna need some help with this so whoever can offer some pointers that would be great! Well, now that I have probably wrote the longest blog ever, I am gonna get back to work!! Hope everyone has a fun and save weekend! God Bless!

Its Been Awhile

So clearly from the lack of posts I have been busier than ever these days. Tonight I finished up my first semester of grad school. Woo hoo!! I think that I did pretty good in both of my classes. I have a week off then I will start my summer class, but at least that is only until mid-June.

Although Ryan and I have both been pretty busy we have done a few fun things the past month or so. We just got back from Gulf Shores for my friend Courtney's wedding. The wedding was so beautiful on the beach and Courtney was gorgeous. I plan to post pics pretty soon on Myspace so if you have an account you can check them out.

On Friday morning we leave for Cincinnati for Ryan's brother Matt's wedding. This wedding has been two years in the making so I bet is going to be pretty fun. At the end of May is my 5 year high school reunion. I hope I get to see some of the people that I never get to see anymore.

I am still working to get back to my "ideal" weight. This is a challenge I started back in November, I am doing really well. I have been losing all the weight by dieting alone, but last week I started doing Pilates. I wanted to do something that would tone, but not really give me huge muscles. :) I was surprised how sore I was after the first few workouts. For such simple movements it really works those muscles! I now am 4 pounds from my goal weight. It is exciting because my clothes are fitting so much better. I was thrilled when I went dress shopping for the wedding this weekend and I bought a size 2. I could not help from grin from ear to ear when I had to go down two sizes than what I thought. I am not sure if it was just the brand, but it definitely was a good surprise. I plan to keep on working hard to get to my goal by the end of June. I suspect those last few pounds will be the hardest to lose.

Well it my bedtime so I better end this. Goodnight!