gotta love my girl talk

so today was a fantastic day!! it all started with my first cup of coffee over at my neighbor Joanne's. I saw Jo gardening at 7am, an decided she could use a break, lol. You gotta love my neighborhood because i swear i don't know where else i can chill in my pj's with my hair in a rats nest and one of my already squinty eyes half way open... other then this hood, lol. Jo and i must have sat there for almost 2 hours just chatting away about "relationships". A topic a woman can talk about for hours at a time. A topic that we might never really have complete answers to. The only thing we know for sure about relationships is that they are HARD work! As i sat there on Jo's patio sippin my coffee chatting away with the sun beating on my skin so early in the morning already,i knew it was going to be a good day. After my awesome chat i had to get back home and wait for my cable guy to come....yes, again (damn tv). i got to clean, shower, and do laundry all before "Phil" the cable guy finally showed up! geez they really take advantage of that lat minute. when they say they will come between the hours of 9 and noon..they don't lie, cuz 11:50 is between 9 and noon i guess. Well, Phil fixed what needed fixin and was out before 1, just in time because i needed to get on the road!! I didn't mention that today i was headed to Antioch, IL to see my cousin Liz!! The sun was going to be out and it was a perfect opportunity to go to the lake house. Liz and i talk daily, but we haven't had a chance to really sit down with no interruptions and just talk. So there we were, in our bikini's out on the boat dock looking out into the beautiful water with the sun beating on us, talking away about what u ask??? yep RELATIONSHIPS! hahah. the never ending topic i swear! i loved being out there by the water. It's relaxing and i find peace and comfort with not a worry on my mind ( and belive me i have many worries these days, lol). i think everyone should have a place to go to escape reality for a bit. It might not have to be all the way on a dock on the middle of water, it can easily be in your own backyard. Grab your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, or whomever you have to share some good laughs with, and go somewhere for some theraputic chitchat. i tell ya what, i talked enough today for the next two days, haha. goodnight ya'll!! xoxo

it will all be ok, it has to be

everything will be ok, it has to be. At least this is what i tell myself daily. Love stinks! ok, i take that back, lol. Love hurts is more like it. So my 19 year old cousin recently ended an engagement with her boyfriend of 4 years i believe. It's hard, very hard for her right now, but in the end she will be great and happy again. I have had my heart broken many times now, so i can relate to her. However, there is nothing anyone can do to make it better. Sharing my love experiences with her and being there for her is all i can do for that broken heart at the moment. Why is it that love is the best and sometimes the worst thing? its great to be in love isn't it? i mean NOTHING else matters when you are in love with someone. There could be a house on fire and you wouldn't see it because you are blinded by love. It is the greatest most unexplainable feeling left on earth. The high you get from it is worth millions. I can live in a cardboard box under a bridge as long as the man i love is there with me. Am i right or am i right? lol. Now, on the other hand, when love doesn't go your way it hurts BADDDDD. I remember my first heartbreak, i thought my life was over. My world felt empty and came crashing down. This is what my baby cousin is feelin right now. And you know what heals a broken heart?? TIME, my friends, time.... I have been in love a lot in my almost 29 years of life on this earth. Each time a new love came along i thought OMG! Not this again, do i even dare going down this path again?? But each time i did..why? because of that awesome feeling, that "cloud 9" feeling. Each time i fell love it was different though. Each time it just keeps getting better. Like wine that gets better with age..so does LOVE. Im older and wiser now and have a true understanding for Love. Tania (my cuz) will see that her best love is yet to come. She is still in love with her ex, and will be for quite some time. But, i wish i could put her in a time machine to show her that she will be in love again..with someone better!

i can touch base on this subject for hours.. but for now i have to get ready for another awesome day at the salon (the other love of my life; my job) I realize i just need to stay married to my job. I love it, and it loves me back..very reliable i would say, lol.

Tania, if you are reading this i just have one thing to say to you. You are beautiful, awesome, outgoing, fun, smart, hardworking, and very lovable. You don't even know what this life still holds for you. Your world is about to change for the better. If you think life has been good so far, you have no idea how much greater it can be. Remember my darling cousin, that at the end of the day all you have to take care of is YOURSELF. YOU, that's it. God only gave us one of you and we want you to be the best you can be. You know what you need to do for yourself and your journey has already begun. I'm so proud of you for being so strong. Hang in there, and don't give up on love. I never did.Even with all i have been through so far. Keep on smiling. Keep on laughing. Keep on LOVING, because just like me, it comes naturally to you. It's ok to love even when you get hurt. As long as you learn from it.