New Blog!!

I have started a new 'personal' blog about my personal daily battled with a rare disease know as Pots Syndrome, Postural Orthopedic Tachycardia Syndrome. 


It is a mish-mash of how I am dealing with my treatment for the disease, how I am feeling, my goals for each day, what I want to do with my future, etc. 


Please check it out, become a follower, tell your friends about it, leave comments, etc.

www.terracottapots.blogspot.com

Glitz & Glam.

Kat

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The Small Things that Make Me Smile

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      This nail polish color has been making me smile all day. It is called Thinking of Blue, by Sally Hanson Complete Salon Manicure. It is this deep indigo blue, almost midnight blue. I know you can't really see it too well in this picture, but it's fantastic!!

      Also, these rings makes me happy everyday I wear them. Which is why I wear them everyday. Ha. :)

That's the color. Big change from picture to picture, right?!

Glitz & Glamour,

Kat

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Lovin A Marine...The Story of How We Met

I met Otto, my Marine, when he was stationed in Japan. He is absolutely aMaZiNg!! It started out with us emailing back and forth about once a day. The emails were long. I looked forward to checking my email everyday so much. Then, we started chatting online occasionally. From there we started talking on Skype any time we could for hours; on his lunch break, after he got off duty, most of the time this would be late at night for me...with him being half way around the world.
We talked about anything and everything. The things we discovered we had in common were unbelievable,  same favorite ice cream-mint chocolate chip (yum!), same favorite cereal-frosted mini wheats. It's crazy enough that we even drive the same kind of car, VW Jetta...just wait, it gets crazier, we drove the same kind of car before that too, GMC Sonoma.
Things just kept getting better and better. What I couldn't believe is that even though we met while he was half way around the world, I live in the same small town as his three sisters & Mom! How crazy is that?
This continued for three months. The rest of his time in Japan, after which he was to come home and be released from the Marines, after five years of service. Talk about perfect timing!!
The day he came home was so exciting. He had told his family that he wouldn't be able to come home until mid June. So they weren't expecting him for another two weeks. I went to the airport to pick him up. I was so excited & nervous waiting there in the international terminal for him. It seemed like it took years for his plane to arrive. Then he had to go thru customs and find his bags. Ugh.
Finally, I saw him for the first time in person. Wow. There were no words to describe the feelings then, & now months later still...no words to describe those first minutes.
We couldn't believe that we were finally together. On the whole drive home we just kept holding hands and poking each other, being able to actually touch each other was so new.
Other then that, everything was so natural. We fit together just like we had while he was in Japan; talking non-stop and laughing all the way home.
That was just the beginning of the most memorable evening.
I was still the only one who knew he was actually home.
We drove to his Mom's house to surprise her. He knocked on the door...and when she opened the door I thought she was going to faint. She immediately burst into tears and couldn't believe it was him. She was so excited to see him, it has been a year since the last time he had been home. It was the most awesome thing to witness their reunion.
Then, I got to meet her. Yes...I was getting to meet him for the first time in person, and his whole family in one day. Besides that, we were surprising them with his early arrival. It was CrAzY.
We had planned to tape the whole thing for posterity...but when it came down to the actual moment, we were just too excited to stop and grab the video camera. I'm sad about that now, but in the moment it was the right move.
After his Mom calmed down enough to breathe, and she had stopped 'oohhing' and 'aahhing' over me (and my bambi-like eyes, she loves my eyes), the three of us went to surprise one of Otto's older sisters, Monica. 
When she answered her door, she also flipped out & couldn't believe that he was standing there on her front porch. After a hysterical conversation, we were all off to surprise their oldest sister, Mary Ann, at work.
While Otto & I hid behind a column (it felt so good to have his arms around me), his Mom, Claire & sister, Monica, went up to the store & asked Mary Ann (MA) to come outside, there had been a family issue.
Mary Ann came outside, fairly worried. Then, she saw Otto and freaked out. Screaming and crying at the same time. She jumped into Otto's arms. I must say, I think her reaction to Otto's homecoming was my favorite.
Then, she greeted me. Telling me how much she had looked forward to meeting me and how she wasn't usually this crazy. I really do love her!! Unfortunately, after that she had to go back to work.
So, our merry little gang decided it was time to take Otto 'home.' To Mark's house where he would be living. Mark is one of Otto's best friends, basically a member of the Schmid family, and now Otto's landlord. 
So, we went to see where Otto would be staying and I was introduced to Mark.
For those of you who have been keeping track, Mark is the 4th 'new' person I just met in about a two hour time period (not including Otto). Phew. Believe it or not...there are more to come.
It took until the next day for us to get in contact with Pam, Otto's little sister, & her son Nathan, Otto's nephew. They both came to see him & were so excited that he was home.
That is a 24 hours I will never forget. So full of craziness and happiness. I met some of the most wonderful people that day. Otto & his family are fantastic. I am so thankful to have each of them in my life.
While Otto is no longer officially an active duty Marine, having served his full 5 year service, I keep telling him he will always be a Marine in my heart. We met while he was a Marine, and I am so proud of his dedication to himself, his family, and our country. 

This song is wonderful. She makes me wish I could play guitar. Her Marine is a lucky man, I hope he knows that.

Mr. Fantastic & I

How did you met your man?

Glitz & Glamour,

Kat

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Make A Memory

Bon Jovi

Hello again, it's you and me

Kinda always like it used to be

Sippin' wine, killing time

Trying to solve life's mysteries

How's your life, it's been awhile?

God it's good to see you smile

I see you reaching for your keys

Looking for a reason not to leave

[Chorus]

If you don't know if you should stay

If you don't say what's on your mind

Baby just breathe

There's nowhere else tonight we should be

You wanna make a memory?

I dug up this old photograph,

Look at all that hair we had.

It's bittersweet to hear you laugh

Your phone is ringing I don't wanna ask

If you go now, I'll understand.

If you stay, Hey I've got a plan.

We're gonna make a memory.

You wanna steal a piece of time?

You can sing the melody to me

And I can write a couple of lines

You wanna make a memory?

[Chorus]

You wanna make a memory?

You wanna steal a piece of time?

You can sing the melody to me

And I can write a couple of lines

You wanna make a memory?

You wanna make a memory?

Some songs just speak to the heart & soul. They touch memories that are kept in places no one else knows about. It is so much more then just a song, notes floating thru the air, or poetry set to music. The song is what the 'listener' feels, remembers, wants, etc in that moment.

I heard this song during a tv show tonight, I cannot describe to you exactly how it made me feel. In that moment nothing else made mattered but that song and me.

Music has powerful effects on our emotions. 

Take a moment to listen to your favorite song today.

Glitz & Glamour,

Kat

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One of My Least Favorite Subjects: Working Out *Sigh*

Work It!

I have been trying to do my best to lose some weight, while sitting on my butt. If it was possible for me, it would have happened by now, I am pretty sure. So, I have resolved myself to one of my least favorite activities, working out.

I, like what I am assuming is a large portion of American women, desire to have a flat stomach, toned arms & legs, and a nice firm butt. I am spending a week in Florida in January, and will be wearing (the dreaded) two piece on the beach while I am there. So, there is no time like the present to get started on my body!!

I went out and bought a nice pair of work out pants a couple weeks ago, resolving to start my work out plan then. I guess I was hoping they would go running in the morning without me, while I slept lazily in bed?!

There are many more reasons I am determined to start working out, other then to kick my body back into bikini ready shape. I want to be healthy. Working out helps a woman stay young & vibrant. I want to stay as young as possible, for as long as possible (another reason for staying out of the sun). Also, I want to be in shape for snowboarding season, yay! 

I have tried Hip Hop Abs. It was so funny, I laughed the whole time. Which I guess after thinking about it, could be really good for the abs. 

I have been trying to eat better; drinking a lot of water (not drinking pop), eating more veggies (instead of fried chips and such), taking vitamins, and eating smaller portions of junk food when I do eat it.

What do you do to keep your body in 'sexy' condition?

Glitz & Glamour,

Kat
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