friendship blues :(

So, I had an interesting conversation tonight with my husband about me being social, or rather the lack of.  You see, I'm definitely an introvert and my husband is definitely the extrovert. If we were at a party, I would stay attached to my husband and let him do all the talking, maybe jumping into the conversation a time or two. If we were talking to complete strangers, I probably wouldn't ask any questions, but would respond if asked one. I don't like to walk up to random strangers or people that I don't really know and talk to them. My husband, as a friend once said about her husband, "could talk the paint off of a wall and then have it talk back!"

Most of the time, I don't really think about this. I enjoy being alone and having some quiet time. This probably stems from the fact that I come from a family of 9 and grew up without any space and rarely any privacy. I don't have to be around people all of the time, but my husband does. I love going out with our best friends, but we don't have any that actually live in Rockwall. Close, but not enough where we could hang out at the drop of a hat.

Tonight my husband was concerned that I was too unsocial, not happy, and don't have any friends. I tried to explain to him that I AM happy and if that changed I'd let him know! :) Well, the more that I thought about what he said tonight, the more that I realized that I really don't have any girl friends that I hang out with in Rockwall. It's different for Bryan because he has a few guys that he could call up and go hang out with anytime. Me, not so much. I just am not comfortable doing that.

It's hard for me to explain it to my husband, but I feel that I shouldn't really have to work hard at making a friend.  When I think back to when I met all of my best, lifelong, friends, I either just happened to come in contact with them, we had something in common, or we just met and totally clicked. I've never had to try to get any of those friendships. I just want it to automatically happen, and nothing be awkward about it. I just don't want to seem like I'm trying too hard, or a loser you know? I can't stand the thought of me forcing my friendship on someone.

The other thing that I hate is the fact that I have met all of you wonderful people in the blog world, but it's practically impossible for us to be real life friends. Mostly because you live in a different state, or somewhere nowhere near where I live! It just kills me because I know that with some of you, if we lived in the same city, we'd be best friends. I could call you up to go shopping, or go get a mani/pedi or just hang out doing nothing. I miss doing that with my real life best friends.

Bryan and I have been doing good with getting involved with our church and life group and met a ton of great couples! Bryan of course has clicked with several of the guys and I like hanging out with the girls, but it hasn't gone any further than that. I know that I need to be more social and put myself out there, but it's just so hard!

I love my husband to death and love spending time with him, but sometimes I just need a girl friend to hang out with! I'm sorry this is such a depressing post. You can blame it on my husband for making me think about it in the first place! ;) Just please pray that God will bring me a friend. I've prayed about this once before and He brought me Bryan! Maybe this time I'll be a bit more gender specific when I pray! ;)

Well, thanks for listening to me complain! I'll try to write a happier post next time! :)

recipe ideas please!

Well some of you may or may not know that I love to cook! I'm actually a very good cook, but am not good at trying new things. All of my recipes come from my grandmother and mother and that's the way that I like it! I might try something that I found online, but not often. I don't cook uber healthy, but I also don't cook uber bad. I never fry anything and husband grills out a lot of chicken and pork tenderloin. I guess I'd say I'm somewhere in the middle. My husband loves everything that I cook; however, this has caused somewhat of a problem.

In the year that we've been married, we've both put on some of those "married pounds". The biggest concern though is for my husband. We've recently found out that he has very high blood pressure and cholesterol. He's been working very hard the last few months to exercise more, watch what he eats and cut back on portions. I'm trying to help him monitor everything and help out as much as I can, but I need help with my cooking. I really try and think of ways that I can modify my cooking to be healthier but I'm really lacking the recipes. For instance we're really watching his sodium intake, so when we go to the store, we buy things that are salt free, and then I can just salt my stuff.  I just don't know what to cook at home for him that is good. He eats chicken like crazy, so that's good. We try to eat a lot of fresh veggies and fruits, buy baked chips (if he even eats them), we've bought good whole grain wheat bread, he doesn't really ever drink alcohol and we drink sugar free koolaid and water all the time.

This is what I need from you. I know many of you are great cooks out there and more health conscious than I am. If you have any recipes or suggestions for me, I would greatly appreciate it! It can be a whole meal, it can be a snack, it can be elaborate or super easy. I'm just asking for anything you have! :)

You can comment on here if you'd like, or if you have a recipe for me that you'd like to e-mail, just send it to bcmoss627@gmail.com.

Thanks so much guys! I really appreciate it! :)

My Summer Haircut!

I'm a bit behind on this post, but I ended up going to my hairdresser and getting a nice summer trim at the end of June. And when I say trim, I mean she cut off about 5-6 inches! Hehe..

Bryan and I were having a romantic weekend for our 1 year anniversary, so I wanted to be looking good for him! I called my hairdresser and she orignally was booked solid and didn't have any openings. However, when I explained that it was for our 1 year anniversary and I was going out of town soon after that, she agreed to fit me in. Have I said how much I love her? It's funny because she's pretty young, like 21 or 22, but she's awesome! She takes such good care of me, and always asks about Bryan and my family. She's very sweet! Anyways, she gave me a good color and cut, and even showed me some different ways I could style my hair! I always love whatever she does to me, so you can bet I'm not going anywhere soon!

So you can see how much I took off, here are some before and after pictures!

back before

                                                                     front before

front after!

back after!

                                                                       ponytail!

I've got my toes in the water, toes in the sand...

in Destin, Florida baby! Sorry that I've been MIA recently, but I plan on staying that way for a few more days! :) Right now Bryan and I are on vacation with my entire family. We left my parents house Friday night at midnight and arrived in Destin around 3 on Saturday. It was quite a long drive, but definitely worth it! We will be in Destin until Thursday and then we'll be making the drive back.

I'll hopefully do more updating when I get home and have a better internet connection! I have to update about

• our 1 year anniversary
• my new hair cut
• the never ending cough
• Destin

I've been keeping up with you all on Google Reader, but I just haven't had time to comment on anyone! Hopefully I'll be able to fix that soon! I hope you're all doing well and enjoying your summer! I know I am! ;)

Love from Destin.....

Family and Freedom

As the 4th of July approaches, I wanted to share two of my favorite songs as of recently! They're about family and freedom, something that we should always be thankful for, especially now.

Enjoy "This Ain't Nothin" by Craig Morgan and "Free" by the Zach Brown Band!

Honoring Baby Cohen

Sweet Baby Cohen went to be with Jesus last week. His parents Megan and Brent, are having Cohen’s memorial service today. Today all of her blog friends are having a moment of silence to honor Cohen and this family. The moment of silence is an opportunity for Megan’s blog community to stand behind her and support her on this difficult day. To send your love, go here. To read about Cohen's story, go here.

Jesus, we pray that you comfort the brokenhearted.

One year ago today....

I stepped into my wedding dress and had my father walk me down the isle to my future. One year ago today, I said "I do" to the man of my dreams and became his wife. One year ago today, I became Mrs. Bryan Moss and am so blessed to be able to spend the rest of my life with the man God made for me. One year ago today,was the happiest day of my life and each day spent with him is better than the last. Happy 1year anniversary baby!

reservations-check!

So today I had a pretty productive day!

• Slept in until about 11
•  lounged around and watched episodes of CSI: Miami and Property Virgins
• got the mail
•  did 2 loads of laundry
• did the dishes
• cleaned the stove
• swept the floor
• made dinner
• checked Facebook and my e-mail multiple times today
• went on a 2 + mile walk with my hubby
• made reservations for our hotel and restaurant for our 1 year anniversary!

Now, I know that some of you might not think that my entire list was "productive" per say, but I don't care! I was satisfied with my day! :)

I'm very excited that I finally got our reservations set up! We're set to have our anniversary dinner at Truluck's in Dallas and we're staying at the Westin Park Central hotel in Dallas! I used Hotwire.com for the first time and got a great deal on our hotel. I'm anxious to see how everything works out! Yippee for a fancy night out and our one year anniversary! I can't wait!

Happy Birthday! :)

Anybody recognize this handsome birthday boy?!

Well, he actually doesn't look "exactly" like this today. He looks a little bit more like this!

Instead of a birthday boy, now he's the birthday man! :)

Today is my husband Bryan's birthday! He chose to celebrate his birthday by.........working! Why am I not surprised?! He's a Moss and loves helping other people. That's why I love him so much! I truely don't know what I would do without him. He is so good to me and such a servant!

Tonight we're going to begin to celebrate his birthday with presents and then tomorrow we're going out for a nice lunch so all of his family can be there. More pictures to follow!

Bryan Mitchell Moss,

I love you more than life and am so blessed that you made me your wife! Happy 26th Birthday sweetheart!

Cake anyone?

I can't believe it, but Bryan and I's first year anniversary is quickly approaching! I can't believe that we've almost been married for one year! It has flown by! J We haven't made any formal plans yet for our anniversary, but are thinking about getting dressed up and going out for a nice dinner and maybe staying in a hotel. Friends that live/are familiar with the DFW area, do you have any recommendations on a nice restaurant that you've heard great things about or have gone to?

Also, as you know tradition calls for us to taste our disgusting yummy, top tier of our wedding cake! As much as we are dreading looking forward to tasting our cake, I also had the idea of maybe ordering a small cake for us to eat (that we would actually enjoy). I know that it's popular now for couples to contact whoever made their original wedding cake and have them make a smaller version of their wedding cake for their anniversary. Well, I would do that except that the lady that made our cake lives about 6 hours away, so that's really not possible. Does anybody have any suggestions for where to get a cake made? I want a nicer place, so nobody recommend Wal-Mart! J

I can't wait to hear your recommendations! Thanks guys!

There's something in the water!

Yep, there's something in the water, because my other best friend Jacque is pregnant too! Whoo hoo!

It was really funny because she and Jason called us this morning while we were on our way to the gym (we're in Shreveport right now helping out his parents for the week). Today Jacque was scheduled to have her gall bladder out, so I told her to call us and let us know how her surgery went. I looked on Facebook this morning and saw she had posted that she was going in for her surgery, so I thought it was odd that she was calling us so early in the morning. She made Bryan put us on speaker phone and then she said that they ended up canceling her surgery because of "drama" and she said Jason would tell us about it. Jason then got on the phone and said, "Well they couldn't end up doing the surgery, because JACQUE'S PREGNANT!" Bryan and I just looked at each other and we were like NO WAY!!

We are so excited for our friends! I also just realized that BOTH of my matron's of honor (Kyrbie and Jacque) from my wedding are pregnant at the same time! How crazy is that?!

I'm sooooo excited! Our people are having a baby! :)

Watch out for that water though...there's something in it! ;)

Happy Memorial Day!

I'm happy to report that we've had (and are still in the process of having) a wonderful weekend! We drove down to Shreveport on Friday after school and have spent our weekend relaxing, grilling out, going to the pool, and just being LAZY! It's been wonderful! J

It was soooo nice to be able to sleep in today and know that in just 4 short more days, summer will officially be here! I have a ton of stuff still left to do before school gets out, but I'm not going to think about that today. There's time for that tomorrow! I hope that you all are having a wonderful Monday off and enjoying time relaxing with friends and family! I know I am!

Remembering all those who have fallen…

The Secret's Out!

I'm so excited that I can FINALLY say that my best friend Kyrbie is going to be a Mommy! :) She told me a couple of weeks ago, but I've had to keep it a secret until now. Last night she and her husband, Will, finally made it official on Facebook, so I guess it can be official in the blog world too! ;)

I am so unbelieveably happy for her! We've been best friends for 12 years now and have gone through high school and college together, been in each other's weddings, and now will begin this brand new journey into motherhood!

Kyrbie Alexis, you are going to be such and amazing mother and I am SO excited for you both! I love you best friend! Baby White is in for some major spoiling from "Aunt" Chelsey! Yay for new babies and best friends!

Graduation Pictures!

Sorry it's taken me so long to get around to posting pictures of my graduation! Here are a few, but you can check out the whole album on Facebook! Graduation was a big success and I was so blessed to have family and friends come out to support me! Love you all!

Love,
Master Chelsey!

hmmm..

My husband has been complaining about the lack of clean clothes in his closet and dresser drawers and that I have not been doing laundry lately. I have NO IDEA what he's talking about!

;)