Category: Edil Mari

  • A Vegas Wedding

    A Vegas Wedding

    Let me tell you, my friend Crystal is AMAZING. I love her (like totally love her) and deeply cherish our friendship – which is filled with milk tea, lavender bacon ice cream, and a Korean bbq obsession. When Hung told me he was going to propose to her at his nursing school graduation, I was…

  • Virginia Beach

    Virginia Beach

    Every year D and I end up going somewhere new. It’s become sort of a tradition. Especially if D is off for three days straight. This year, when the opportunity presented itself in August, we packed a bag and ran out the door to explore Virginia Beach. I should preface that we selected Virginia Beach…

  • LOML

    LOML

    LOML: Acronym for love of my life. A soulmate. Pronounced “Lom-el” Is also referred to as OTLOML which stands for One True Love Of My Life. – Urban Dictionary Derek Kyle Jansen (aka D) is the love of my life. He’s my partner in crime. The apple to my pie. The cheese to my burger.…

  • Recap of 2012

    Recap of 2012

    With Ticket Stubs!!! Since we started dating Derek and I have saved most, if not all our ticket stubs. The great thing about doing this, I can go back to that very moment and remember all the great laughs we had just by holding a ticket stub. Not sure if anyone else does this, but…

  • Marine Corps Marathon 2012

    Marine Corps Marathon 2012

    As we reflect on what we’ve accomplished this year and figure out our resolutions for 2013, I want to take a moment to share with you one of our accomplishments. Derek and I ran our first marathon. That’s right. We ran 26.2 miles. We’d be kidding ourselves if we didn’t say it was extremely difficult.…

  • Two Years

    Two Years

    Our Two Year Anniversary Derek and I have known each other since we were nine years old, having the same third grade class taught by Mrs. Mansfield. We were itty, bitty, beans. He was a newly transferred student. I was the teacher’s pet, the perfectionist. Who knew 15 years later, we would meet up again,…

  • Road Trip

    Road Trip

    Colonial Williamsburg Trip Derek came home one day last year. And just like any other typical evening, I asked him how work was and if he knew his schedule for the coming week. He replied with something along the lines of 3-day weekend. =P And just like that, this Sagittarius had her mind racing with…