May 28, 2013

Happy Belated Memorial Day! What a WEEKEND! My cousins from Vegas and southern Ohio were in town so I spent all day saturday and some of sunday with them :) then monday we were at my Grandparents house for the day :) The only thing that would've made it better is if it was not FREEZING COLD! Ugh I hate ohio sometimes...
Saturday: I stopped at the cemetary to see my uncle and my Great Grandparents. (Just put that in there so you aren't confused later on when I bring it up.) I went to pick up my grandma so we could go to the lake house with the family... Barely out of my car and this is how the conversation goes:
Grandma: What did you do to your hair Regina?
Me: Oh I...
Grandma: I hate it...
Me: Thanks Grandma...
So we decide to take her car... Which I barely fit in.... And we drive out to the lake house... We get there and EVERYONE is there... and we were late.. of course... So we are there and there are a MILLION little kids... half family the other half friends... it was crazy.. they were all between the ages of like 10months and 13 years old... it was ridiculous. We played with bubbles and the adults played cornhole I kicked Butt and everyone wanted to be on my team after I got four cornholes in a row! We went out on the boat, I went twice... but anyways so I went with Ryan the first time and we went around circles, incessantly... And then I went back out with the older kids and my aunt and uncle and cousin Kevin and his wife. We had a great time.. I almost got thrown off the boat just because Kevin was being mean :-P

 The three musketeers and me <3

Kevin and me :)

So I take Grandma home after the boat trip and I stayed with her for a little bit and talked. Then I went back out to the lakehouse at like 8ish and sat around the fire with s'mores and talking with my cousins and they were talking about how Great Grandma and Grandpa Mart never had filters. Because one time my Great Grandma said to Kevin: Boy you are getting fat! and then said to my cousin Ryan: You are too skinny and scrawny and have chicken legs... So I said "Oh that reminds me I went and saw them today!" and Zach (Kevin and Ryans cousin on their moms side) said "They are still ALIVE?!" and we gave him this look like "Seriously?" and just all started laughing really hard.. Milk came out of Kevins nose cause he was laughing so hard.... 

 Okay, So I was trying to do bunny ears to them but my arms weren't long enough to reach above their shoulders to their heads (Story of my life). they are both like 6'2" basically ridiculously tall.

THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS REGINA! :-P Thanks Ryan I love you too :-P

So Sunday I took one of my closest and very best friends with me to see my cousin (whos not really my cousin but he might as well be) perform at a carnival in redneck country... there was a car show that was really cool and we watched Zach perform and he was INCREDIBLE and basically my whole family was there. I kept poking him because he was just standing there I was like "you having fun?" and hes like "Yeah!" 

Then we left about a half hour after Zach was off stage because I was hungry so we stopped for dinner and then we headed home. I won't go into detail of what was said between us because theres only a few people who know and I want to keep it that way so, just gonna say this...Things need to progress soon between us.

Monday: it seemed like everyone in my family was in a really crappy mood monday.. We played apples to apples and just everyone was in a really sour mood me included.... 

Anyways so saturday I realized something... I am smack dab in the middle of my family... You have the older people like my aunt and uncle and Grandma, you have your middle aged Including my mom dad cousins and their wives, then you have me... I'm 22 and in the middle of my family because after me we have the teenagers. and then the babies.. And I'm perfectly okay with that. I'm not married, I don't even have a boyfriend, No kids. I can do anything I want! 

Anyways, until next time dearies

XOXO, 

Regina 

May 25, 2013

HEY ALL! I've got to be quick today because I have places to go and people to see  I created my summer playlists today .

Summer Country 2013:

All Night Long  (feat. Jimmy Buffett)        Lionel Richie                     

Always Gonna Be You    Kenny Chesney

Amen    Edens Edge       

American Honey              Lady Antebellum                            

Angel Eyes          Love and Theft

Anything But Mine          Kenny Chesney              

Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not  Thompson Square         

As She's Walking Away                  Zac Brown Band Ft. Alan Jackson             

DONE    The Band Perry

Bait a Hook         Justin Moore   

Banjo    Rascal Flatts       

Barefoot Blue Jean Night              Jake Owen        

Beer Money       Kip Moore

Begin Again        Taylor Swift      

Better Dig Two  The Band Perry

Boys 'Round Here feat. Pistol Annies & Friends Blake Shelton

Blown Away       Carrie Underwood         

 Beat This Summer          Brad Paisley                                                                      

Can’t Stand The Rain      Lady Antebellum                            

God Blessed The Broken Road   Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood                       

Come Monday  Jimmy Buffett 

Come Wake Me Up        Rascal Flatts      

Country Girl Shake It For Me       Luke Bryan                                                        

Cruise   Florida Georgia Line      

5-1-5-0  Dierks Bentley

Downtown         Lady Antebellum            

Eighteen Inches                                Lauren Alaina

Fastest Girl In Town        Miranda Lambert           

Feel Like A Rock Star       Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney           

Fish        Craig Campbell

Fly Over States                  Jason Aldean   

-Get Your Shine On         Florida Georgia Line

Girl at Home                       Taylor Swift      

God Gave Me You           Blake Shelton  

Golden                 Lady Antebellum            

Good Luck With That      Zach Paxson     

Good Morning Beautiful               Keith Urban      

Gunpowder And Lead                   Miranda Lambert           

Highway Don't Care (feat. Taylor Swift & Keith Urban)                    Tim McGraw    

Honeybee           Blake Shelton  

How Forever Feels          Kenny Chesney              

I Had One One Time       Josh Turner      

I Knew You Were Trouble            Taylor Swift      

I Want Crazy       Hunter Hayes  

I Won't Let Go   Rascal Flatts                                                      

If He's Anything Like Me                               Brad Paisley      

It's America        Rodney Atkins                                 

It Felt Good on My Lips                 Tim McGraw                                    

Why You Wanna               Jana Kramer

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems             Kenny Chesney                              

Knee Deep (featuring Jimmy Buffett)     Zac Brown Band              

The Last Time  (Feat. Gary Lightbody Of Snow Patrol)      Taylor Swift      

Live A Little         Kenny Chesney                              

Little Moments                 Brad Paisley      

Long Teenage Goodbye                                Lady Antebellum            

Lookin' For A Good Time               Lady Antebellum            

Lovin' You Is Fun               Easton Corbin  

Margaritaville    Jimmy Buffett 

Merry Go Round              Kacey Musgraves           

My Wish              Rascal Flatts      

Never Wanted Nothing More    Kenny Chesney              

No Hurry              Zac Brown Band              

Nothin Like The First Time            Lady Antebellum            

Ohio      Zach Paxson     

Old Alabama (feat. Alabama)      Brad Paisley      

One Of Those Nights      Tim McGraw    

Our Kind Of Love              Lady Antebellum                            

Ours      Taylor Swift      

Pirate Flag           Kenny Chesney              

Put You in a Song             Keith Urban      

Red        Taylor Swift      

Remind me         Brad Paisley feat Carrie underwood      

Say You, Say Me (feat. Jason Aldean)     Lionel Richie

Smile     Uncle Kracker                                   

Somebody's Heartbreak                               Hunter Hayes  

Something ‘Bout a Woman          Lady Antebellum            

Somewhere Love Remains                          Lady Antebellum            

The Sound Of A Million Dreams                 David Nail          

Southern Comfort Zone                                Brad Paisley      

Springsteen                        Eric Church        

Stand                    Rascal Flatts      

Starlight                               Taylor Swift      

Stay Stay Stay                    Taylor Swift      

Storm Warning                  Hunter Hayes  

 Stay                                      Sugarland                                          

Sweet Thing                       Keith Urban      

This                        Darius Rucker  

1 2 3 like a bird I sing                       Tim Mcgraw                                                     

Courtesy Of The Red, White, and Blue                   Toby Keith                                                        

How Do You Like Me Now            Toby Keith                                                        

Toes      Zac Brown Band                                                               

Wagon Wheel   Darius Rucker  

Wanted                                Hunter Hayes  

Wanted You More           Lady Antebellum            

We Owned the Night     Lady Antebellum            

What Was I Thinkin'        Dierks Bentley 

Whatever It Is   Zac Brown Band              

When The Sun Goes Down (Duet With Uncle Kracker)    Kenny Chesney                              

When You Got a Good Thing       Lady Antebellum            

Where Im From                                Jason Michael Carrol                     

Why Wait            Rascal Flatts      

You And Tequila (Feat. Grace Porter)      Kenny Chesney              

You Are (feat. Blake Shelton)     Lionel Richie     

You Don't Know Her Like I Do     Brantley Gilbert

Young   Kenny Chesney                                              

Jump Right In                     Zac Brown Band                                              

Dirt Road Anthem            Jason Aldean   

El Cerrito Place                  Kenny Chesney

Generation Away            Lady Antebellum                            

Keep Me In Mind             Zac Brown Band              

(Kissed You) Good Night                               Gloriana             

Perfect Day        Lady Antebellum            

Truck Yeah          Tim McGraw    

Two Black Cadillacs          Carrie Underwood        

Without You       Zach Paxson     

The Wind             Zac Brown Band              

I love country music and I love creating playlists for summer. <Anyways sorry for the short post but I have to get ready to leave today because my cousin and his family are in from Las Vegas and I'm going out to the lake house to see them :) and then tomorrow I am spending time with one of my closest friends and we are going to a memorial day festival. Have a great memorial day weekend dearies :)

xoxo, 

Regina :)

May 21, 2013

WOW, I really haven't posted anything in wayyyy too long. So maybe I should update you, the last time I posted was April 6, 2013.. And let me tell you, a lot has changed. For one I am not with Joel anymore... that was the biggest change. Alright I'll start it.

April was a pretty tough month for me, not only was it my first month home but I had that lump, had to deal with boy drama... 
But first the lump, went through a month of testing including like five ultrasounds, a biopsy, a month of waiting and torture, and a couple of different doctors and I FINALLY got the news last week... IT WAS A BENIGN TUMOR called fiberedanoma but its in my surgeons gray area for removal because its 2.4cm and her removal limit is between 2.5-2.7cm but after 2.7cm she wants it out... but for the moment we are just keeping our eye on it. 
For those of you who have never had a biopsy done... they numb you with a needle.. and then all you feel is pressure.. but its AWESOME cause the biopsy needle looks like a harpoon gun! :D 
Two days after my biopsy I had my friend Khloe's baby shower for little Aidan <3 had to have my brother bring in her baby shower gift because I didn't want to tear my incision. I had only my gauze on my incision and it looked weird, the baby shower was so nice <3 I can't wait to meet little Aidan <3 

The proud momma to be and me <3

the cake <3 they spelled his name wrong :-P

<3

That sunday I took off my gauze and my boob looked square.. so i started crying.. and my mom was like "Regina it's normal... it will go back to being round in a day..."  So my family now calls me "Squareboob"... yeah... even made up a song for it... My family is so wonderful >.>

(Sorry for the Jumpiness, I mentioned that I found out my results and I pretty much told you all about last weekend... My bad)

April was a pretty tough month there's no doubt in my mind that it was one of the worst months, not only did Joel and I break up but I had to deal with two deaths. But I'll start with happy stuff :) My 22nd birthday, for my birthday my momma bought me an hour massage oh my god it was so relaxing :) and then we came home  and got ready for my birthday dinner with my two best friends Lucy and Jessica. We went to the Chocolate Bar in Cleveland where they play "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory" on repeat all the time and everything has chocolate in it. My first drink was a cherry vodka shooter that came in a little chocolate shot glass (Yes it was edible). Then I had a Chocolate covered pretzel martini and then for dessert I had SMORES! Yes actual smores with fire and everything :) 

Chocolate covered pretzel martini <3

my best friends <3

MY SMORES! :D

Then a couple of days later Joel's uncle died, who I got really close with, I was there for him and his family. His aunt Paula actually hugged me! Calling hours were brutal... but the funeral was even worse. I never saw his cousin Eric cry (didn't think he was capable of that emotion) and then we got to the cemetery turned out it was the same cemetery that my great grandparents were buried (in a wall)  so we went into the mausoleum and I found them, and while I was looking up Joel joined me along with his uncle lucky and said "Them yours?" and I laughed for the first time in two days.

That Saturday was Jessica's birthday <3 for her birthday we had to dress up because we went to a "High Tea" it was awesome! They cut their sandwiches into different shapes, and we went with Mrs. T, Jessica's sister Kaitlin and Lucy <3 we had such a good time. :) 

The day after was Sunday and I found out that an old friend had died (right just my luck when it came to funerals last month :-P) I wasn't as devastated as a couple of people I knew...

Alright TUESDAY April 24... Started out like any other, but I couldn't get him (not Joel) out of my head so I texted him asking him to meet me at chipotle cause I had something for him.... well we ended up not going to chipotle and we went to Panera instead... The thing I had was a love note, because I couldn't get him out of my head and no matter what I did I couldn't stay away and the note basically said that... Anyways, we decide to go sit in my car and talk for a little while, and when I gave him the note he looked me in the eyes and said "if this is what I think it is , I love you too" TOTALLY NOT THE REACTION I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET!.. anyways about an hour later he has to go because his girlfriend was at his house... yeah thats a problem...

Next day, I found out where and when the funeral and calling hours were at for our friend called him and told him and he asked if I would go with him... so naturally i said yes... the next day was the calling hours and he looked so handsome in his dads leather jacket... just saying I have a thing for boys in leather jackets... and we went to the funeral and I saw a couple of people who I haven't seen since high school... and he went up to the casket and me (being terrified of dead bodies because I've seen way too many horror movies) I just stood on the sidelines waiting to give him a hug and shoulder to cry on.. then we left and decided to go to swensons for dinner...

The next morning was the funeral but we didn't go because he had to be at work later that morning so out of the blue my dad wakes me up and says "Were you expecting someone?" and I was like "No dad its 830am... I'm not expecting anyone until 1015?" and when i walked downstairs in my PJs mind you.. there he is standing there he said "I can't go to the funeral because I have to be at work... Wanna do something?" So we ended up going on a walk with Krypto.

Next day he called me at 7am (darn lucky I was already up.) and asked if Vito (my little brother) and I wanted to volunteer with him, I said yeah just let me go home and change and we will be there in about an hour. Anyways volunteering was fun we served hot dogs and different snacks raising money for 4H, I just remember one of his closest friends looking at me and saying "That boy is stupid" and I was like "Well we know this but why now?" and he said "Because obviously he likes you and you like him... but hes not dating you..." and all I could say was "I know..."
Later that day we went out to his family's farm and he bought a 1974 Porsche 911.. really hot car, real fixer-upper. Then we went to his cousins house to go swimming.. and then that night my parents were gone for the weekend and Vito had his buddy Jaxon over so I said "Why don't you come over and stay the night.?" mind you other then when Joel lived with us... I never asked a guy to spend the night... NO WORLD NOTHING HAPPENED. We just cuddled and traded Pj's, and fell asleep in each others arms.. 

The next morning I was pretty much up at the crack of dawn and decided I was gonna be nice and go get the boys some donuts, well lone and behold I woke him up so we both decided to go and get donuts. :) Came back had breakfast and then they all decided they wanted to wrap me up in duct tape... ugh it was hell trying to get out of it....

Couple of days later I decided to get my hair cut and colored :) and my hair stylist wouldn't let me see it until she was all done :-P but I fell in absolute love with it :) I love my hair stylist... I truly do.. I didn't think after my original hairstylist retired that I would find someone that I liked as much as I did her.. But I adore Gracie (my current stylist) and she knows what I want and what will look good :) and I love her for that <3

Well after that whole thing I'll tell you about yesterday :) Yesterday I went to lunch with my best friend Jessica :) and then we went on a hike with Lucy in the gorge and while there we decided to sit on a dock and stick our feet in the water... Nothing on earth beats a nice lunch, hike and then sitting on the dock with your feet in the water with your best friends not even having to say a word but just knowing that everything is going to be perfect and will work out one way or another. So I end this extremely long blog post basically telling you all about my life the past month with this. 

It was in this moment sitting with my best friends on a dock in the middle of the Cuyahoga river not saying a word, that I felt infinite, and I realized a couple of things. 1. You choose you attitude, people can influence it but ultimately you choose to be happy or be miserable.. I choose to be happy :) 2. That I truely have the best friends in the world and I would do anything for them. 3. Life is too short to be anything but happy <3 4. Everything will work out in the end.. If it hasn't worked out yet... then it isn't the end. <3 and 5. I need a pedicure ;)

Until next time, XOXO

Regina.