wonder woman!

you know how wonder woman wears those shiny wrist cuffs that divert bullets and all evil?

well, i totally pulled a wonder woman last night! Chris was pulling a 2x2 off the wall with a crowbar, and I was standing behind his. His brute strength (haha) pulled it off the wall and it came flying toward me, aiming right for my face. I had enough time to scream, then with cat like reflexes I threw up my wonder woman forearm and blocked the wood.

isn't that crazy? I didn't know I had reflexes like that! note: although my arm is tender, I don't have a bruise, just a cool story.

hhahaaa.....

And I shall call you...

I have been feeling the need for a blog change...layout, name...etc.

When I named my blog 'record of my dramatic life' I must've been feeling a little 'dramatic' that day. For those who know me, know, that drama is a part of yana. It's a character flair, and at times flaw, but I tend to focus on the positive! Haha....

So today I was thinking about a new name for this blog. I was contemplating why I write a blog at all...and I guess it's an attempt to explain me. It's an outlet to show the world...(or rather my two known readers) what makes me tick. What makes me me. My heart go boom.

'And I shall call you, Heart Go Boom-Boom'


and that's what I'll stick with until I am bored again.

cheerio :)

only 6 months?

today chris and i have been married for 6 months.
woot!
it feels like it's been a year already, and that's in a good and bad sense.
good because we love being together...bad because we've spent our entire married time renovating our house, and living with other people. How else can we make ends meet? We can't afford a mortgage and a second rent, so we are currently living free. With two other people. But we have our own floor, with two rooms and a bathroom. So it's not terrrrrible...it's just getting o.l.d.

but- we are making leaps and bounds with the bathroom! soon that will be done and then it's refinishing the floor time! then after that it's move in time and yana will be thrilled time! that happy time wont come till after christmas, but hey.......there's lots to be thankful for.

a merry ol cheers to all!

kisses for Christmas

it's been nearly a month since I last blogged. So stinkin much has happened since my last post. In no particular order, my best friend (is it dorky that say that at 24?) came for a visit, which was perfect. We had lots of time to relax, cook, drink, laugh, & bake delicious cupcakes! The last time she flew out from LA to see me was 6 months ago, to be my maid of honor in my wedding and it was a fantasticly fun and, albeit, stressful week. So this time around we didn't have a huge gala to coordinate, just enjoy eachothers company. I also deserted working on the house for a week, but of course my faithful husband, was faithful. Fixing and fixing away with out me while i relaxed. That makes me sound terribly lazy doesn't it! Well I tried to get him to rest too, but he's just too faithful? :)



The day after kate left, I helped my sister and brother in law pack up her kitchen. To move. Far far away. To Tennessee. booooooooo. So sad. My dreams and ideas of us living in the same city and raising our kids together are dashed to the rocks. I have felt nearly in mourning over them leaving. They are really close friends of ours, I mean naturally....they are family. But we have grown so close these past two years, with young marriages, new houses, and all that jazz.

BUT! enough wallowing. We saw them for thanksgiving and will again for Christmas, so that's something to be thankful for.



In the mean time, I will be frantically busy working to send off another group of people to Nicaragua to feed 12,000 people in 10 days. And that's just the half of it. Plus Christmas shopping, and working on our house, my tush is done and worked hard. I will deserve a big drink and bigger kiss on christmas.



That's all I can afford this year....KISSES FOR CHRISTMAS!!



:)

i've been. tagged!

My friend Madeline has tagged me for a 'random facts' blog, and SINCE she is my only reader (or reader who comments at least) I am tagging NO ONE. haha

Link to your tagger and list the rules
List 7 random facts about yourself
Tag 7 people (and make sure you check back and see what they say!)
If you're tagged, play along and pass it on!

Random Facts:

1. I eat the entire apple. Expect the stick. But the seeds, the core....yum. I started to do it after my mom told me that she used to eat the whole apple. I was amused & intrigued, and then wondered why that strange personality quirk wasn't passed down, so I took it to heart.
You should try it. It's kind of an aquired taste...but the seeds are almost nutty in flavor.

2. I dream of being a full time artist, sculptor, furniture re-finisher, welder, glass blower, interior artist, photographer...but I manage to hide in my spreadsheets and lists and emails. Someday I'm going to break out of this shell I created for myself and show the world what I'm really made of. Creativity just beckons me.

3. When I was about a year old, a babysitter didn't catch me as I fell out of a laundry cart and split my eye open. I have a cool scar till this day. ( i sooooo would've fired her ass)

4. When I went to Bluefields, Nicaragua in 2002 for some benevolent missions work, I made friends with an adorable little 2 year old name Jada, sounds like Zhada. She was really somber, as many children are in 3rd world countries. I took her on my lap, and hugged her, and tickled her. She managed to crack a smile as she was tickled....it was a beautiful smile. I prayed over her, that God would keep her in His heart. When I left in the taxi she ran behind us as we drove away. I don't think I was ever so touched as that moment to see her little body in that polka dot dress chase me. After that I went back every year, and each time I would search for her. When I found her I would scoop her up in my arms and shower her with love and kisses. Now, 6 years later, she is a sassy little girl, not the baby in the polka dot dress that I met. I am sad to say that I won't be going this year because of my recent marriage and 'first christmas' stuff...but she is really the only person I will be sad enough to cry over. (she's in the picture on the left)

5. I've been to the amazing and HUGE warehouse of the Warner Brothers Costume Studio. It was INCREDIBLE. There was aisle after aisle of clothing, dresses, gowns, pj's, spacesuits, gladiator costumes. The walls were lined floor to celing with color coordiated shoes. The had aisles for 20's cocktail dresses, 30's, 40's....I even saw the cape that Brad Pitt wore in interview with the vampire. Mmmm brad pitt.

6. I love my husband and the idea of starting a little family is unlike anything else...but everytime I feel naseous I get a little freaked that 'i'm pregnant! but i'm not ready yet!'
(all in good time.......)

7. I think it's funny that I don't have any readers and I kind of like it that way. Maybe I am just insecure as a writer and I don't want my friends to see!