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  1. and my chest cracked wide open with love…

    June 11, 2009 by shishnit

    Text message received 2:03 p.m.

    from Rick: I am looking through ur flicker lots of mem there  i love u

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  2. Happy Graduation to me!!

    June 6, 2009 by shishnit

    Remember how I wasn’t excited about Graduation today?  I don’t either.  Rick bought me a very pretty journey diamond necklace for graduation.  Keith gave me this priceless note…that made me cry and realize I went to college for all the right reasons.

    “Dear Mommy,

    I know this is no beautiful necklace from Zales, or a fancy cool graduation card that we saw at Borders, but I just wanted to let you know that I’m so proud of you, and how well you’re doing.  You’re truly inspirational to me. 

    I couldn’t of asked for a better Mommy,

    Keith

    Big grin courtesy of achievement accomplished….teddy bear courtesy of Rick & Keith.

    Me & Keith

    I’m the blur on the left…..right after I shook hands with our campus director.  He said “Congratulations Kristy!” and I said “Thank you…I’ll be back!!”  I’m a bit more motivated to go finish my Masters now. I think this picture accurately captures the craziness it is to be a student sometimes…it’s one big foggy blur….and YES Keith is taller than me…..WHEN did that happen?

    Me shaking hands

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  3. you are my “every little thing”

    May 1, 2009 by shishnit

    We just set up the desk…we just spent time doing something so not fantastic. I’m listening to music watching the stream of sunlight come into the library.  You are in the shower….I’m listening to “Every little thing by Dishwalla”.  ”I wish I could be every little thing you wanted…all the time….”   I can only hope that I am. 

    I have no words to write just how blessed I am.  How happy I am.  It swells inside my chest so big…bigger than my ribs can contain..and that is amazingly ok with me. I am so in love…so happy…so insanely peaceful.  I can hear the shower running in the far side of the house.  Your naked…and that thought…..I love you oh…so….

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  4. just to remind ME how lucky I am

    March 31, 2009 by shishnit

    Rick is the sweetest guy I’ve ever met.  He acts hardcore and rough around the edges but I have witnessed him cry when it’s appropriate. I have called on him to bail me out of jail, which he did with intent and absolutely no judgment or speech.  Rick knows how to mop a floor. This may seem a small thing but when he’s mopping I am extremely happy about the fact that he is willing to do this and doesn’t complain or call this “women’s work”.  He is a simple dude who loves hamburgers, French fries and meatloaf.  He likes to fish with his brother and get wasted drunk about 3 times a year.  The rest of the time he chills only with an occasional beer.  He’s willing to smoke outside on the back patio to appease me, and he rarely ever truly complains about this arrangement.  I have seen him sit beside me in a hospital while I threw my guts up in a plastic bucket and never had him get all “grossed out”, but instead kept asking me if he could do anything.  I like how he laughs at stupid things on TV as if his lungs are going to shoot straight out of his chest because he finds something to be so worth a fall out belly laugh like that. I love when he makes big kick ass breakfasts with biscuits and gravy and I will never be able to see “biscuits and gravy” on a menu again in my life without smiling.  I love that he takes his socks off the minute he gets into the house and that he prefers to walk around in boxers and be all chill and relaxed.  I love that he loves his family with intensity and that no matter how bad they fuck up or what they say or do to him his loyalty knows no bounds. I love seeing him hold little kids and I love how his face lights up around his nephew Matthew. I love that he’s kept every single email I’ve ever sent to him, even the ones that say nothing but “here’s those blinds I want to buy”.  I love that after he moved out he forgave me and willingly came back when I asked him to. I love that he knows how to hook up the stereo and change up any electronics and all their cords are clear maps to clarity and he never makes fun of the fact that I can’t set up a computer to save my life (unless it’s a laptop that you plug in and insert the mouse into). I love that he calls me the smart one, even when I can’t add the tip to the check without counting on my fingers. I love that he doesn’t get a haircut at a barbershop but instead hands me the clippers and lets me go at it. I love that he wears any fucked up t-shirt that I buy for him regardless of what it says on the front. I love that he laughs at them and puts them on and let’s people laugh at his funny t-shirts too. I love that he always smells good, like soap but it’s not soap or cologne…its his smell, his clothes always smell like this and I often smell them just because they are him and it makes me happy. I love that he moves my hundreds of books without complaint. I love that he works hard for a living and comes home dirty and sweaty and covered in freshly developed muscles.  I really love that he’s not a weight lifter who brags about how much he can bench, but he’s probably stronger than most of those buttheads. I love that he’s humble and that he’s never arrogant or cocky.  I love that he gives the best hugs ever and I always feel like I’ve won the lottery when I come home from a bad day and he hugs me like that. I love that he loves coffee as much as I do and that he never measures it and asks me to make him coffee and then he says “mmm I love that perfectly measured coffee you make!” I love that he lets me be a smart ass and he’s a smart ass back. I love that he’s not a pussy and that he doesn’t bow down to me or wait on me hand and foot but he’s always there full of kindness when I’m falling apart. I love that he’s willing to go to work and work hard for a living. I love that he’s responsible with his money. I love how he’s great at playing Poker but he’s not a cocky player. I love that he’s quiet with everyone else and never shuts up with me. I feel special when he talks that much and that openly with me but doesn’t with the entire world. I love that he doesn’t tell me how to mother my son; he lets me be the same mother I’ve always been. I love that he supports my desire to get further education by simply not getting in my way and never dictating to me what I should be doing. He’s never said ‘Go do your homework!” once.  I really love how he holds my hand when we go to the movies and he always plays with my fingernails, running his fingers along the edges of my fingernails the same way for six years now.  I love his sloppy handwriting. I love how he asks me to spell words he can’t spell and then asks me if I really spelled it right. lol  I love how he doesn’t really care if his socks are new, if his shirt has wrinkles or if his pants are clean.  I love how he’s willing to try to fix things that he’s clueless about. I love that he succeeds 50% of the time. I love the way he drags off of a cigarette. I love how he says he hates the dog but I often catch him giving her tons of love and calling her doggy names that only make sense to him. I love that he cried on our wedding day overcome with emotions. I love his five minute maximum on talking on the phone, he hates it. I love how he constantly fights to keep those two big ugly stereo speakers because he simply wants them and he doesn’t let me always have my way. I love how he doesn’t take my bullshit and how he will hang up on me on the phone and put an end to my female tirades quickly. Yes I love that…he’s manly and not a whimp and I love that.  I love how much he loves me and how often I feel like I’ve won the lottery when I think about my marriage and my husband and my current life.  I love how I never consider what I don’t have because of how much I do have. 

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  5. The $300 “make me happy” bathroom!!

    March 30, 2009 by shishnit

    A few weekends ago we spent a Sunday working on our bathroom.  One Sunday all day and then a few hours the following night.  We decided that Sunday mid morning to go ahead and just do it within an hours time of talking it over.  We then set off to Lowes and Home Depot and therein began the project I like to refer to as the “recessionary re-do”.  We did not change out any major bathroom fixtures.  The tub is an old cast iron tub that was previously re-done and looks great.  The toilet is brand new as well.  So are the white cabinet and the sink.  We did remove a new medicine cabinet and light….it was cheap and ugly.  And we did swap out the following: 
        

    Bathroom Light Fixture   64.00     Bathroom Medicine Cabinet  96.00 
    Paint Color – Valspar Sky Blue EB6-4 23.47New Faucet – Lowes (not on website) 24.99

    New Cabinet Knob    2.49

    Shower Curtain   29.99
            

    Black/white wall clock from Target 2.97
              Black Umbra plastic Garbage can 9.99
            Black bathroom rug  12.99
            2 new black bath towels   12.00         

    Total  278.89 Tax   19.52  

    Grand Total 298.41      

        Before AND After 
    Bath Before 3       Flash 

    Not bad eh?  I love it.  I absolutely LOVE it.  I’m very proud of the work we did and the dramatic changes that we ended up with. I love the room. It’s bright, cheerful and makes me immediately happy every morning.  Since we live in an 1100 foot house with only one bathroom, making that bathroom a happy place has made a huge difference.  It only took us 11 months to finally get to that Sunday when we went forth making the changes we wanted to make from day one.  The majority of these items (shower curtain, rug, towels, clock…all from Target). We put a note on the wall behind the new medicine cabinet that read “We replaced the medicine cabinet in March of 2009. If you think this one is ugly and are replacing it, you should have seem the beast we removed!!!” You can see the entire bathroom info and pictures on my Flickr here   

    Reason # 991,203,123,094,233 that I pick Rick. He did the majority of the painting and swap out work.  I just put the icing on the cake details and did the shopping.  Thanks honey!                                       

                              

            

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