Project 365: Day 76- February 14th

"I know what it is to not feel like you're in the room until he looks at you or touches your hand..." - PS I Love You

This would be the AMAZING meal my boyfriend cooked for me for our Valentine's Day dinner. Could he not be a chef? Let me tell you. It was absolutely delicious! Chicken quesadillas, spanish rice, and those cute little onions! I was SO impressed.. and okay, I am going to admit it, SO surprised, haha! He did an amazing job. He even took my lactose intolerance into consideration. I just absolutely adore him.

After our amazing meal, I rented "The Ugly Truth" (because I wanted a romantic chick flick, with some humor.. and a hot actor, haha!) and so we popped that in the DVD player to watch that. It was so nice to just lay down and relax with him. We get so caught up in our own schedules sometimes that we don't get time to just enjoy each other.


Then.. and I am 100% serious about this.. he had me watch his lava lamp LOL He got this lava lamp and was so impressed by it that we had to sit for about 25 minutes or so to see it in action, hehe! It is rather impressive, I am not going to lie. He is so adorable.

Then, Ethan decided to play the song he learned just for me.. and sing it. I was trying to be sneaky and record him on my cell phone... well, he figured out I was attempting to do this, so listen to this video and enjoy, haha! You can hear towards the end he'll say "I can see you, and I'm going to see you smile... and I feel like you're recording" and I say "OMG I'm not" haha! Yes, I lied, but dangit, I was caught!

And this would be us :) This was just before I left the house so I could meet my parents for our Valentine's Day plans, hehe. I love you Ethan! Thanks for an amazing day!

And this would be my Valentine's Day present. He bought me speakers that can connect to my laptop, iPod touch, DVD player, or TV. I always complain about how quiet the TV and my laptop are, so he wanted to nip that in the bud from here on out, haha! It looks great on the desk with my laptop, huh? Thanks lovie!


And my day was complete when I met my parents for dinner and movie. We went to see The Wolf Man (which I wasn't that impressed with, haha) and ate some good ol' Taco Bell. It was great just to spend some time with them. We haven't done that in awhile.


All in all, it was a fantastic weekend! I am so thankful for every person in my life. I love each and every one of you and just want to take the time to express that today.

Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love.- Leo Tolstoy

Happy Valentine's Day and Cheers to Project 365.

Project 365: Day 75- February 13th

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ~Abraham Lincoln

Today started out with a trip out into the winter wonderland with my momma! I know I'm biased, but I have the best mother alive. We went to rent some movies.. and she totally bought Burger King :) Nothing like chicken tenders, fries, bbq sauce, ranch dressing, and a large coke to make the day exceptional! We enjoyed our lunch together, chit chatted about life.. it was great! I haven't really got to sit down and talk to her in awhile because of how busy things have been so it was wonderful to catch up. Here's another shot of us waiting in line haha :) And yeahh, my momma represents Ohio State. Worrd, holmes!

Then it was time to get ready for my wonderful date night with the boyfriend! I usually always wear my hair straight or in a ponytail lol, so... today got curls! It's quite the change haha! I usually always wear jeans and a shirt when Eth and I are together.. and today he's getting a dress and curls! Crazy talk, right? haha! :)

Then it was time to load up the car. I'm not leaving till about 6 to head up there, but hey, I'm too excited! I wanted to be fully packed and ready to leave hehe! Here's a shot of my car.. my bags and food in the car.

And my mom is sending cookies with me that she made.. you can't see it really well but they are two big cookies and they say "Ethan" and "Alyssa" on them hehe! She's so precious :) Thanks mom! We love you!

I figured I'd update my Project 365 today before I leave to go to Ethan's and then I'll take pictures of the dinner he makes, our dessert, and all of that good stuff tonight and post those pictures with my update tomorrow hehe! :) I am so excited! I have one of the best boyfriends ever!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Tell someone you love them today! Cheers!

Project 365: Day 74- February 12th

The most beautiful view is the one I share with you. ~Author Unknown

Today was the day Ethan's Valentine's Day package FINALLY got delivered to him! Oh my lanta! I was so beyond excited! Ethan's sister Susan (who is absolutely amazing!) took it to him at his work since she works at the same place. He said he was so surprised! I could hardly sleep last night anticipating him getting it! haha! I got together a "Morning" surprise, "Afternoon" surprise, and an "Evening" surprise and separated each section so he'd get 3 presents at different moments throughout the day... but guess who didn't follow directions. Yep, you guessed it. My boyfriend, haha So he ended up opening ALL of the gifts at once, but oh well! I am just glad he got it and liked it hehe! :) Happy Valentine's Day babe! I love you!

Then, as Friday tradition goes... it was time to clean*sigh* haha! Nah, I actually enjoy it! I blare some T-Pain, T.I. Lil' Wayne, and Jay-Z and get on with mah bad self, haha! Here's a random shot. I really am a happy person, lol.


Then it was a trip to Walmart to get things for the AMAZING Valentine's Day weekend I have coming up with the boyfriend! :) It was an odd combination of things so don't judge me and don't make me explain haha! But it was DEFINITELY a funny experience pulling things out of the cart and seeing the reaction on people's faces... well, because, what an odd mixture of groceries hehe! :)


And yes, I came home and made me a scrumptious bowl of Chicken Noodle soup! I had been CRAVING it earlier and bought some because it was on sale at Walmart! I LOVE Chicken Noodle soup.. and I downed that sucker in about 2.23423423423 seconds haha! So good! I'm definitely going to be eating another bowl tomorrow!


Cheers to Project 365 and my wonderful boyfriend! You deserve some credit today! I love you!

Project 365: Day 50- January 19th

“If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons.”- Chuck Palahniuk

Today, I started my day off with Education 620: Meeting Individual Needs With Technology. I am one of those weirdo dorks that absolutely LOVES school. And I'm so excited to have a paper due Monday.. no, there is no hidden sarcasm there. That is all truth. I just love being a student, I love learning, and I love writing; thus, papers fit me like a glove. I'm sure I'll update you as the weeks progress... and I'll probably be dreading papers by March, but we'll see, haha!
And when I went to check the mail today, I had a card in there from one of my friends Kat! Thank you Kat for the sweet card. You will never know how much that meant to me. Kat and I have had similar life experiences and it just was sweet that she thought enough of me to send a card and make my day better!

And how was my night spent? Working on the boyfriend's Valentine's Day present! I can't really say much about it on here (because of course I don't know who's reading this and who knows him haha) but it's taking a lot of preparation.. and I am SO excited! Today was basically the planning stages... seeing what I need to purchase, make, etc. I'm sure I'll continue updating as the weeks progress hehe! :) I absolutely LOVE surprises especially when they are for Ethan! hehe! :) I just love seeing his face light up! I'm anticipating February already!

And the night ended starting my paper for class on the application of learning theories. It's going to be a really busy week this week as far as class, work, and extra curricular activities go... so I wanted to get a head start on it tonight! We'll see how far I get. American Idol seems to be distracting me haha!

Cheers to Project 365 and to life <3>