Dr... Who?

No, not that Dr. Who with the awesome universal screwdriver...but my husband.   

Hubby told me some interesting news this past week.  His boss/professor told him that with the research he is currently doing he could forgo his Master's and skip straight to attaining his Doctorate...like skip start and still collect the $200.

Whoa boy. What? My hubby could be a Dr in engineering at 27?  ...crazy sauce

This is a huge deal since

a) I am graduating in May,  

Since I am graduating in May with my Bachelors, any normal person would go and get a big girl job right out of school; and I don't want to start said job and then have to quit and find a new one a year later when we do move back home.  Plus I am perfectly fine with working full-time as a secretary or in retail for a year just to help the keep the wallet from drying out.   We've even thought that maybe I could work in the Stillwater school district as a substitute teacher or heck, even as a teacher.

 b) we were planning on moving back to our hometown,
We can put off moving home for another year or two... it won't hurt too bad.  Plus, when we moved back the hubby will probably have a higher pay stub so paying off all those school loans might go fast therefore buying land may come sooner than later.  That's good.

 c) we will probably push back the day we start a family,
I say this but who are we kidding?  God is going to give us a little cookie monster when He see's us ready.  So it may be tomorrow, a year from now, 3 years from now or never (lets not think the never thing please).  So really this isn't in my hands so it shouldn't be a reason for stay or go, ya know?

d) and the money...can't forget about how many smackaroos much it cost to get a Doctorate.
Oh money you fickle little thing.  I know in my heart that if hubby is supposed to do this that God will help us find the way financially. But man, it's scary just thinking about how much getting a Doctorate can cost.

Right now we're talking and praying, and praying and talking about this and just haven't completely decided yet one way or another.

Any thoughts y'all?

The Sweetness of Coming Home

I just spent a great time in North Carolina visiting a friend and her sweet family, but boy was I ready to come home.   Don't get me wrong, I loved visiting and hanging out with them but it was the first time that Hubby and I were apart for that long since we've been married.  I felt like we were dating again because I would call him every night and text him like crazy during the day and counting down the days until we were reunited (insert song here: Reunited and it feels so good...).

When I finally made it home, with a new hair color, it was like releasing a breath I didn't know I was holding.  Walking into our small, too cramped apartment and seeing Hubby walk through the door after work, cooking dinner & cleaning up afterwords just made me feel... right. Heck, even doing the laundry felt good!

But, what was the best was the sweetness of seeing Hubby and just cuddling with him while watching the never ending parade of John Wayne, "Pilgrim..." and sippin' on some good ol' iced tea while in our pajamas.  

I guess the heart does grow fonder with time because, man, isn't it sweet to come home?  

The Beard Trim Turned Haircut By Moonlight

Thank goodness this blog is anonymous (for now) because Hubby told me I can't tell anyone this story.

So naturally I'm telling the blogging world where it's anonymous-ville, because this is too awesome of a story to not tell.

So last night we were going to bed and Hubby decided his beard needed a trim, so into the bathroom he went and I jumped in bed and talked to him (small apartment ya'll).   So la-dee-da, blah, blah, talking about the upcoming weekend, blah, blah, and then I hear Hubby say,

"oh crap, I just cut a hole into my hair."

What?

I get out of bed and check out his head and low and behold he cut a nice little spot out of his temple with the clippers set on a 2 (I usually cut them at a 3 and he was due for a cut so it was a little long).  He is kinda freakin out and I'm laughing at the whole situation. Then he asked me to give him a haircut right then and there!  I tried to tell him that it wasn't bad, you could hardly tell, and I'll cut it tomorrow night before we go 2-steppin but no, 


Hubby wanted it cut now.  At 11pm.  In our little bitty bathtub.  & I'm trying not to crack-up laughing and failing miserably at it.  

So what do you know, I gave Hubby a quick haircut (not my best one) at 11pm, in our little bitty bathtub (that he doesn't fit in), while trying not to crack up laughing.  

So... this ends the tale of the beard trim turned haircut by moonlight

I hope ya'll's weekend is half the excitement and twice the laughs :)

200 mL of chocolate milk please

 I asked Hubby for some chocolate milk the other night and this is what he gave it to me in, my beaker :)

This is why I love my friends :)  My bestie got me this beaker mug for my birthday last March (since I'm such a chemistry nerd) 

and I love it.

   I also have one with the formula for caffeine drawn on the outside.  

It's pretty awesome, you should be jealous.

Ewww... I hate bugs.

bugs + me =

Anytime we go outside I'll be the one that gets 5+ bug bites, but this time I think I'm starting to be allergic to them because these two swelled up real big and hurt like the dickens!  It's been a week and they are still there camped out on my right foot just chillin.

I hate bugs.

Rubber Ducky, you're the one

Like promised this is the little fella I made over the weekend for my cousin who has a little boy due in November.   I found a cute, easy, and fast pattern online (thank you pinterest!) and tweaked it a little bit for this guy.   My cousin loved it and is dying for an elephant like the one I've made below but in boyish colors.

We celebrated my uncle's 50th birthday this weekend by having a surprise get together at Grandma's house. It was a blast. Cake, ice cream, and us all in black in my uncle's honor :)    

Other than that the hubby and I had a quite weekend that was much needed.  

Well, here goes this week. I have a physics exam Thursday so keep me in your prayers!

See ya'll later :)

Fireworks, Laundry & Crocheting

Well July 4th has come and gone and the work week is coming to an end, thank goodness.  
We didn't have a party this year at my in-laws like usual, which I bet the neighbors are happy about, and heck we didn't even see anyone over the holiday.  Hubby went to the office to work on his grad research for a little bit and I cleaned house, did laundry, and worked on some physics homework.  We did going outside to our apartment parking lot to watch some of the big fireworks over the trees, and I have the mosquito bites to prove it.
 Not a whole lot of partying going on there haha.  

But it was great to do nothing and catch up on the never ending laundry piles.

This weekend we're having a big family get together for my Uncle's 50th birthday with my Mexican side (I'm a quarter Mexican but I'm also the whitest one you'll ever meet) at my Grandma's house.  So lots of eating, laughing, yelling, and just plain awesomeness shall ensue on Sunday afternoon :)   And I need to crochet 2 different animals before then; a pastel multicolored elephant for my Aunt and a little blue animal (that I haven't decided on yet) for my cousins who just found out they are having a baby boy in November.

Have a great weekend ya'll & I'll post some pictures of my little crochet creations next week :)

See ya'll later :)