We'll Never be Royals.

But we're pretty dang close. Carlos and I have been having a lot of fun these last few months. Eating at cool places, taking spur of the moment road trips and hanging out with good friends.

 For Christmas we got a SodaStream and have been loving it! Our favourite flavours are Pink Grapefruit and Orange Mango... I think. I didn't ask Carlos.

 We went to meet some friends for dinner at Ikea and fell asleep on an incredibly comfortable couch in the as-is room. It was so nice. People who actually wanted to buy it were trying to wait us out so they could sit on it. We won.

Carlos got into a fight. You should see the other guy. Just kidding, the other guy was a squash ball and its recovering quite well. And yes, you are supposed to wear goggles when you play that sport.

We said goodbye to our very first Christmas tree together. It was also my first real tree ever. It smelled so good but was a pain in the butt. Note: C$'s makeshift eyepatch. It's a makeup remover pad secured with scotch tape. He wore it for many days.

 Multiple trips to the happiest place on earth. 

Target Canada.

We stopped shaving for a week. It runs in the family.

 Took a road trip to Calgary. Peter's now accepts debit. Its a big deal guys. Also, chocolate coconut is amazing.

 Maija got married and we had a party. Two parties actually. But this was the better one. We wore pj's and read J-14. Kissed a picture of Brady and ate lots of gushers, dunkaroos, double bubble and fruit roll ups. It was a 90's kind of a night. Kenzie did an amazing job planning it.

We found love in a hopeless place.

 A very blurry valentines day where we found love in another hopeless place... Swiss Chalet. It was a throwback to our first valentines day together where I told Carlos not to do anything. And he really didn't. Then I cried and he ordered Swiss Chalet. It came late. And it was cold.

We went to Banff and ate at Chaya and had too many Beaver Tails. We were just trying to be patriotic. We also took a million pictures of the mountains but i didn't want to bore you with that. So i'll bore you with more selfies of us. 

Other Highlights include cleaning our house and finding new renters. We have eaten cookies with the Andraskos and made a salad bar with Kenzie and Dan. (just realized i don't know how to spell Dan's last name)

Also we are watching the Bachelor. I may have to do a review of it when its over. I have loved it and hated it. Mostly I hate Clare.

I can think of a conclusion but we've had a pretty awesome year so far. Thats all.

2014

i haven't blogged since i got married but i was reading my old posts and it made me smile. it was so good to be able to remember these small moments that are so easily forgotten. so here i go. im gonna take another shot at this blogging thing... even if no one reads it.

i still read a lot of blogs and i've noticed that everyone is coming up with a word for the new year.
one word.
im not so good with goals but one word? i can do one word.

i've actually put a little thought into this and i've thought of a million words but the one i think i'm going to stick with is... ENJOY.

i have recently come to terms with the vast amount of anxiety in my life. i worry about dying, about carlos dying, what to wear, how people perceive me, what is the plan, am i doing enough, do we have enough money, am i working hard enough, did i work out long enough or hard enough. but this has to go.

Carlos and i have so much fun together. we really do. i love being with him and living my life with him. i need to RELAX and ENJOY it more. once we have kids and are old we will look back at this time with fondness. we will remember being young and in love and poor and stupid. i need to BREATHE and know that everything is going to BE OKAY. things will work out. i am good enough.

i want to spend more time with friends and less time stressing. everyone is getting married and everything is still changing just as i predicted, but in a good way.

girls, lets make time for one another. lets build a support system that will stand the tests of time. lets be there for one another no matter what. things are gonna keep changing. our husbands will graduate and we may have babies eventually. people will move and change. but we are important and our friendship is important. lets ENJOY this year together.