Sunshine and Roses: ~My Goodness~!

I just realized that it's been 21 days since I've updated this! I have been so busy with new projects that I barely have time to get on here anymore. To start off, I have started making jewelry. I don't know what inspired me to get into it, but it's become a passion of mine. I went to Hobby Lobby when they were having a Mother's Day sale, spent 80 bucks, and got a ton of stuff. I made a Mother's Day Bracelet for my Mom, Dustin's Mom, and Dustin's Grandma. I would've made one for my Nana but I didn't think she would wear one. I need to make her one anyway because it's the thought that counts, I wish I would have already though! I also made myself an earring holder out of a cardboard box, fishing line, clear finger nail polish, and a paper gift bag. It's hard to explain so I am posting a picture. I needed something to display my earrings and this just came to mind. On another subject, we've been fishing a little less lately, but have gone some. The Keystone Dam was so high up for awhile from all of the rain we got, and then it got too low. We tried it for awhile one night while it was up, and caught some sand bass. Dustin threw his cast net out trying to get a shad for an old man fishing, and caught about 100 baby catfish in the net. I spent about and hour afterwards cutting them out one by one, but I think they all lived. One night, we went with Dustin's coworker Thomas to our spot in Broken Arrow. We were hoping the water was up because we always catch big fish when the water is up. The water wasn't up but Thomas caught his first decent sized catfish that day. I went swimming with Brady, Brendan and his girlfriend sometime in the beginning of May. I went to Brady's Birthday party the day before Mother's Day, which was fun. I'm just trying to piece things together as I go because I like to use this as my diary with pictures :) I know that next to no one reads this besides me, which I kinda like. On Mother's Day, Dustin and I went fishing in the morning. I locked the keys in the car, which was really expensive to get unlocked :( Then we went to visit my Nana, who had babysat my adorable cousin Ellie the night before, so I got to see her too. We visited her for awhile before we went home and gave Dustin's Mom her present. Last week, Dustin was sick with a sinus infection and had to miss some work. I finally got his butt to the Doctor and they put him on antibiotics, which have made a huge difference. This weekend, Dustin and I went to Chanute, Ks to visit Skylar, who just came back from Air Force training in San Antonio and got to stay home for a few weeks before heading to Montana. We will miss him in Montana, but we will come visit! We had a great time. We rented a hotel room for 2 nights. The first night, Skylar stayed the night with us and we had a blast. Dustin really missed him! The next day, they went skeet shooting. I didn't go because I was at the hotel puking all day :( But I still had a great time. We both really like hanging out with Skylar. We came home on Monday and took Grandpa out to Logan's steakhouse. Then we came home and went out back to fish. Dustin ended up catching a good sized bass, but he threw it back. Harley and Gunner swam because it was hot out. Because I was in Chanute, I missed Blake's birthday party on that Sunday. I will get to see him on his actual birthday though, I'm going to get him a fishing pole for his birthday. I doubt he'll be real excited about it, but he has so many toys and needs a new fishing pole. I guess I'm just overly hoping that he's into that kind of stuff when he's older :) On another note, I didn't think it was possible, but Dustin and I have become closer lately. It's like our relationship is on another level than it's ever been lately. Our relationship has always been 'friendship set on fire' but lately it's just been even more. I can't explain it, we just have a really close bond. He is truly my best friend. He is the best thing to ever happen to me and I view his family as my family, and vise versa, I believe. I love how we have so many common interests and can talk and laugh like best friends. I also love the mutual understanding that we both have that is, although we love each other very much and know we will eventually get married, we don't want to do it anytime soon. We both feel like there's plenty of time to take those steps and enjoy living in the moment. We feel like there is no hurry, and want to take our time every step of the way. Here are some pictures of the jewelry I have made.