White and Nerdy Wednesdays: This Is Why I’m Broke

Instead of having just a list of ten vocabulary words for you today, my husband finally gave me something nerdy to share with you!

It’s a website called thisiswhyimbroke.com and it is amazing! It is aptly named because I would definitely always be broke if I actually tried getting all the stuff I want on here. It offers all things nerdy/geeky/fuh-reakin’ amazing!!! From things as cheep as a zombie beer bottle opener and ninja cookies to your own turbine powered batmobile or personal submarine, this place has it all.

Here are just a few things I would love to get, for me, and for Roibien.

This is the submarine I was talking about! Haha, they have it as a shark, killer whale, and a dolphin, but there’s also the regular submarine and a semi-submarine boat

Because Lord knows I need it lol

Beautiful, isn’t it? I’d have to look up what a terrarium actually is, but I really want it nevertheless.

Love this!

I told you Roibien is a huge geek and is going to college for a game designing and development degree? I want to get this for him so bad.

Obsessed with secret passages and other ways to hide things in the home. If we ever do all we want to our house when we build it, we’ll have to have “You are here” maps every once in a while.

I want this so bad! They are little moon jellyfishes. I will call him Squishy!

We are both Mustang lovers, and I think he would love this.

Hell yeah!

This would be so awesome and relaxing.

I’ve seen a lot of these on other sites and I’m wanting one more and more haha

I’ve always wanted to go rock-climbing but there aren’t any facilities nearby so this would be great. Take that small town! HA!

Guns and grilling!

I hope you enjoyed these awesome teasers and I hope you go check out the site! As soon as we get something from here I’ll definitely be sharing it with you guys!

Get your geek on!

~Alexis

Book Review: Eon by Alison Goodman

Title: Eon

Series: Eon #1

Author: Alison Goodman

Release Date: August 31, 2010

Publisher: Firebird

Pages: 531

~Goodreads Summary~

Sixteen-year-old Eon has a dream, and a mission. For years, he’s been studying sword-work and magic, toward one end. He and his master hope that he will be chosen as a Dragoneye—an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune.

But Eon has a dangerous secret. He is actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been masquerading as a twelve-year-old boy. Females are forbidden to use Dragon Magic; if anyone discovers she has been hiding in plain sight, her death is assured.

When Eon’s secret threatens to come to light, she and her allies are plunged into grave danger and a deadly struggle for the Imperial throne. Eon must find the strength and inner power to battle those who want to take her magic…and her life.

~My Summary~

Eon is a twelve-year-old boy training to become a Dragoneye apprentice, where he’ll learn all it takes to channel the powerful dragon energies and work with the other Dragoneye Lords to protect the Empire of the Celestial Dragons. There’s already enough strain on each apprentice with all their training before and after being chosen, and then having to deal with the politics within their new rank as Dragoneye Apprentice. But Eon’s challenges surpass them all, because on top of everything, she’s living a lie. Eon, is actually Eona, a sixteen year old girl, and as her road becomes more perilous with enemies bent on ruining her and threatening to reveal her secret in the process, she’s forced into dire situations to find the strength and inner power to save the empire.

My husband recommended this to me when I was having trouble finding a book that could hold my attention adequately. I must give kudos to Alison Goodman, because this was just the book to plunge me back into reading again. I have seen quite a bit of fantasy/romance novels out there taking up most of best-seller and must-read lists, so this straightforward fantasy was a relief. The richness in the way this story was written was extremely refreshing as Alison’s eloquence pulled me completely into Eon’s world.

I found myself subject to several areas of info-dumping, but such is common in world-building and in here was not hindering to the story’s pace. Otherwise, the depth of the realistic rituals, culture, and descriptions were enough for me to start planning a vacation to the fictitious Empire of the Celestial Dragons. I remained caught up in Eon’s struggle to adapt to his new surroundings while still fighting to keep his secret hidden, and the all too real emotions resulting from the stress of it all. The diversity in the characters surrounding poor Eon also helped the story’s unpredictability. There were definitely twists in there I did not see coming, some disappointing, some triumphant, and some that I’m still too surprised to decide how I feel about them just yet.

No, that will have to wait until I’ve delved into the sequel, Eona, which will be very soon.

I give this story 5 stars! Yay! I don’t give out this rating too often. Congrats Alison Goodman, and I wish you luck on my review of Eona.

“A Day in the Life” (Kicking Depression and Writer’s Block “Squarely” in their Asses!)

My life… is seriously crazy right now. I’d rather not go into too much detail, except to say that I am away from my husband and it seems every attempt he makes to talk to the people about getting us a house on base, and getting me down there, are being thwarted. Either by weather severe enough that they lock down the base, because he couldn’t get out of school soon enough, or on the one day everything is fine the house people decide to take a day off!!! WTH!!!

He is having a hard time adjusting to getting in trouble for someone else’s mistakes. I mean, it goes so far in that department that his building gets punished even when the guys in the ATP building get stupid. I truly don’t understand that, and I hate that he’s going through this. He was never one to get into trouble to begin with, he was always the good one growing up, and now he’s getting punished for everything and anything when it isn’t even his fault! RIDICULOUS!!!!

At every step of this, I ask God if this is meant to be. Is he meant to be in the military? I don’t know, and I can’t tell him what to do either. He went into the military to take care of us, but with all this crap going on I have started wondering if it is the best for us. If this is how it’s going to be for him, with him being miserable, I don’t want it. I want us to be happy, not miserable, but I also know this time will pass… I hope anyway.

If any military wives out there can relate to what I’m saying, or have any advice of how to get through this or help me help him through this really, I would appreciate it. We are both deeply depressed, but another thing that pushes us both further, to try to make this work, is that this is the best start for us we can think of. His job is very highly sought after, and will yield a high income in the civilian world after he gets out. We just have to make it there, and deep down I know we will. We are stronger than we think we are. I think deep down I know he won’t get out, but that aside, it’s not my decision. He has to decide which way to go, but no matter what, I will support him. I know that no matter what he decides, we will move forward and we will prevail. We will find another way to start out good and we will come out on top. We are too strong to be defeated and I have faith not only in Roibien’s strength and extremely responsible mind, but also in God’s strength. He will take care of us and He will make sure we stay strong.

In times like these, I always seem to tell myself that He will not push us beyond our limits. He knows exactly how much we can handle, and will never leave these troubles a second longer than is needed. So, all I can think is that I guess we can handle a little bit more of this. One or both of us needs this time of trouble to build something, fix something, or get rid of something within ourselves. We can handle a little more, but I feel that this time of hardship is coming to an end. Finally, the dates for things to start happening are coming into succession and that can’t be coincidence. I just hope the Lord let’s these plans stay on course.

I miss my husband so bad it hurts in my chest, but I must resist the urge to crawl back into the hole of depression. Now, I don’t mean to go out on a limb with this, but I feel I must share this with you for a moment. My mother use to tell me that the devil loves words that start with ‘D’, which seems true to me. Just think of all the terrible things that start with ‘D’; destruction, devastation, deformation, desolation, disobey, depression, defeat, despair, disloyal, distrust, etc. You get the picture. Well, now I also must tell you that I was born with an extremely strong will, one which got me into lots of trouble as a child, but now aids me in situations such as these.

I look at this as a fight against the devil. He wants me in that hole of depression, to admit defeat and curl into a ball and cry in despair. Well, I will not! I put away my fears and worry every day and the hot fire of the Lord burns in my chest. He gave me this gift of iron will for a reason, and I won’t let it go to waste. I will put on the armor of the Lord and defeat the devil in this battle.

That’s just how I feel on that matter. Now onto the highly overdue defeat of Writer’s Block.

My writer’s block did present its ugly face in large part from the depression that had been subtly creeping into my mind over these last several months. Fear and doubt are closely intertwined, one supplementing the other. Doubt of the level of ability, fear of inadequacy, rejection, and ultimately failure. These thoughts only allowed my writer’s-block-itis to build in potency until it completely had my creatives locked in their cages, seemingly forever. This, and with all the other thoughts reigning over my brain kept me from even reading. Yes, I admit it. I stopped reading, for a long time. I couldn’t focus on a book enough to get out of the hectic world that surrounded and so I eventually stopped trying. For a while there I was so stressed out I could barely think, but thankfully, that time has finally passed.

I have started reading again, and in fact, I’m almost done with “Eon” by Alison Goodman, so expect a review on that within a few days. Also, since starting this exercise of putting away all fears and worries every day, I’ve started writing again. It’s not full-blown yet, but I’m steadily nursing my deprived creatives back to their full health and ridding them of their near fatal encounter with the deadly writer’s-block-itis.

P.S. If you would like some more strong and uplifting words to help you through the hard times in your own life, please check out “His Princess Warrior” by Sheri Rose Shepherd. I love this little book, and my sister has “His Princess” also by Sheri.

Now, go out there and kick something’s ass! (Figuratively, that is but hey, if you have to literally kick someone or something in the ass, do it, just don’t tell anyone I advised it.)

Write on!

~ Alexis

In The Reviews!!!

Here are just a few of the reviews I have received for my book, Ensuing Darkness just last month!

Sequel please (3/21/13 by 13aprils on Amazon)

I absolutely loved Ensuing Darkness. The plot was interesting, the characters well-developed, and they had me laughing and crying along with me. Kota, to me, was exactly as a heroine should be strong, independent, and likable. Connelly seemed like a well-developed and not stereotypical male lead. He wasn’t egotistical and he tried to protect Kota without being controlling. Their relationship was more “believable.” They didn’t need to be together every second of the day like some other books will have their couples do. The siblings were all amusing, I loved them all and would not be upset to see books going into more details about them *****HINT HINT****. The secondary relationship of Ivan and Sue was sooo sweet and the “event” (don’t want to spoil anything) that happend to Sue made my heart break for her. Allister and Vincent made me laugh out loud. As far as the action goes, it was well detailed and was a nice balance to the romance. It was interesting the way Alexis Cain approached the vampire trend going on right now. I think she definitely has a new and enjoyable way of portraying her vampires.

Must-read for fans of paranormal books! (3/30/13 by E. Lotz “Cocktail” on Amazon)

What can I tell you about Ensuing Darkness? I can tell you that it has a great plot that takes it’s time to develop, without ever being the least bit boring.
It has a very “rich” world-building that gives the reader many detailed pictures to imagine Kota’s world by and that make the story just the more alluring.
It also has many interesting characters, some you don’t get to know very good, others that seem to always be there and all very 3-Dimensional even though the author doesn’t go too deep into background-stories. It’s rather the emotions and conversations as well as the (extremely good) descriptions of body-language that do the job.
The center of the story is Kota, who always seems so vibrant and full of energy. She is also very curious, a trait I loved about her – the more so, because I’m just the same! ^^
Her counterpart is Connelly who just moved into town with his family and just can’t stand Kota, or does he? And what exactly is wrong with that guy and his family? When I finally found out it was really not what I had expected by then! Still the (not so new)idea and how it was set in place (very very new and uncommonly!) is just short of genius and far too good to be revealed in a review!

This is the point where I have to say that the description of the story doesn’t really do it justice and is also a bit confusing, it makes Connellys family look like thieves or something, when really they are on the run! Still it is true that Kota get’s herself, her friends and family in great danger through her connection with Connelly and even more because of her nosiness.

This book is Alexis Cains first and she did a great job on it! I love the story, the characters, the places and all of her ideas – they all are so very different from the stories I’ve known!
Her writing style is very pleasant to read and rich in details – so that you can imagine everything easily without it being too much distraction from the plot.
The book is also the first in a series, with the second being work in progress. As in many series I imagine it was “just” the (absolutely brilliant) warm-up for the real deal and a few more revelations to come and I for one cannot wait for the second book to be finished and published!!!

Ensuing Darkness (3/27/13 by Jacquelyn Smith on Amazon)

I am giving this book 5 stars WOW!! no rush I can’t without you love scenes!

Ensuing Darkness is the story of Kota. She finds herself in a fight that shakes her to
the core, after the Peters moves to town.

Her friends will protect her with life, but can she save them from the darkness that is after her ?

This story is well define with action and a all around fun read.

P.S paranoromal readers will loves this……

 

Does this sound like the kind of book you’d be interested in? Well, just in case, here are a few places you can find Ensuing Darkness:

Amazon (E-book and Print)

Smashwords

Goodreads

Write on!

~ Alexis

 

The Return of of Aleix Cain, now Mrs. Shadows ;)

Hello again everyone! I know I said I was starting another blog, but well, I just couldn’t leave you guys! Ya’ll are so great to begin with, and secondly, I realized I didn’t really have to start a new blog to do all the new things I wanted to do. I can do everything I want and need to do from right here! I can’t believe I even tried to start that other blog, but it’s not like I did very much on it anyway because it only lasted what, a couple weeks? So, I just thought as my first post back in a while that I would catch you up on a few things.

I married the man of my dreams, Roibien Shadows, who is also an Airman in the U.S. Air Force (pictures will be posted below). Being away from him all this time is extremely hard and causes me excruciating pain sometimes. Staying out of depression, no matter how slight, is often a battle. There are some couples who can do well apart and not so well when together all the time, there are some who are okay either way, and there are some who would rather be together than anything else. We are the latter. This is the first time and the longest time we’ve ever been away from each other, so bear with me if I sometimes seem morose :/. Our separation is going on three months now, with one weekend on his BMT graduation when we got married.

The military has really been jerking us around here lately and we are getting very fed up with it. Some things have gone according to plan, but others have not, like the fact that he can only see the people to talk about getting me moved down there into a house on Thursdays right after he gets out of school. Almost everything closes either as soon as he gets out, or right after to where he’s having to rush to make it on time.

Something happened just last weekend that is really messing us up and pissing me off sooooo bad (excuse the language). A bunch of the Airman there who had been there longer than Roibien and were allowed to drive decided to go out, get drunk, and get stupid. There were a ton of tickets and all kinds of crap. Well, Roibien and his entire building didn’t get in trouble at all. They‘re not allowed to drive, leave base, or anything. So why are they getting punished?

Yes, you heard correct… an entire building of good recruits are punished. Their commanding officer is punishing everyone, giving them curfews on the weekends, making them do drills and making it exactly like BMT again for who knows how long. They are also not allowing Roibien or his building full of good Airman to phase up to where they can have more privileges like driving, leaving base, or even moving out of the dorms to live on base with their wives like we’re trying to do.

Now, I understand punishing them if someone in their squadron, flight, or whatever does something like that. With the number of things that happened that weekend I understand even punishing those guys’ entire building, but why punish Roibien’s building? They have nothing to do with those other guys. Nothing! This is RIDICULOUS and is definitely crossing the line. This is not right by any means or reasoning that they can give. It really boggles my mind on how they can justify their judgement in doing this, going this far. Just because that building of guys were idiots doesn’t mean that my husband’s building will be.

I could absolutely go on forever about this, because part of me thinks that if I can just keep turning it over in my mind, it might make sense, but I know the reality. They are taking advantage of these recruits and it is sad and cruel. The military is over-manned, so they’re kicking people out over the simplest of things, but if you want to get out voluntarily you can’t do it unless you want a psychological discharge on your record for the rest of your life (which makes you look like you were too nuts to stay in). If they really wanted to make room, you’d think they’d make it easier on themselves and make it easier to get out. That way, they wouldn’t be keeping the ones that don’t really want to be there and kicking out the ones who do want to be there but made a simple mistake. Oh, and by the way, if you choose a job or are given a certain job and you fail the course you will also be kicked out instead of being put on another job. -_-

The system is all screwed up and honestly it makes me kind of scared, because I don’t know what to expect. I don’t know what’s going to happen, and if I get down there, we get set up, and something stupid happens that gets us kicked out… haha these are just the thoughts that are rattling around in my mind presently.

Okay, but anyway, enough of all the depressing stuff. I’ve brought a lot of things back with me that I’m excited to share! There are going to be several new things appearing on this blog that I know we will all enjoy.

When I do ever get down there to my house, I will be starting my crafting and posting it on here for you guys. There will be a ton of cool stuff I’ll be offering, because I’ll also be selling this stuff too if it’s popular enough.

I have added a Nerd/Geek section to my posts as well, which will be most often be appearing in my “Wednesday Word Knowledge” posts. They are now called “Wednesday Word/Nerd Knowledge” posts.

I’ll still be posting recipes of awesome food on here, and as soon as I get my kitchen back I’ll be posting pictures of my personal cooking.

Game and Movie reviews have been added to the reviews I’ve already been doing on books.

I’m still trying to break into freelance writing, so I might post some things on that as well.

I’ll be talking about my experiences as a new military wife, as well as any military news I think you would be interested in.

Oh yeah! Here’s a couple pictures of us on our wedding day .

I know my hair is crazy but it poofed up after the morning mist and I didn’t have time to fix it before the ceremony. Oh well lol

Well, I think this is a pretty good first post back, so I think I’ll leave on a happy high note.

Write on!

~ Alex

Come With Me If You Want To Live

Okay guys, so I’ve got some news. First off, I got married last Friday!!! Yay! And due to that, I’ve decided to start a new blog, one which shows off my new name, my new life as an Air Force wife, and many other things. Don’t worry, I’m not moving over just because I got married, I’m not that flip-floppy. I am working on starting my freelancing career and since I’ve read that having a blog helps with that, I’m starting a new one under the name I want to be known by in that field. The books I will be publishing from now on will be under this new name, and I will be ending my posting on here. It took me a while to decide this, but I think it’s the best. With all the new things happening in my life, it’s been pretty hectic for a while and that’s why I haven’t been able to post here since February. I’m sorry for that, I know it’s been boring here for a while haha . If you would like to follow me over to my new site gilesfinearts.wordpress.com that would be awesome. I just started it and made my first post yesterday so come on over! I’ll be doing the basics like showcasing my writing, reviewing books, talking about regular life, and showing recipes I like, but I’ll also be doing extras like reviewing video games and movies, showing off my crafts that I will also be selling, giving you information on our transition into Military life, and our growing family. There will be lots and lots of new things over there, so if that interests you, feel free to check it out.

The post directly below this one was an example of some of the things you can expect from my new site.

Hope to see you there!

~ No longer Alexis

Movie Reivew: Oz the Great and Powerful

Title: Oz the Great and Powerful

Directer: Sam Raimi

Writing Credits: Mitchell Kapner (screenplay), David Lindsay- Abaire (screenplay), and L. Frank Baum (“Oz” works)

Length: 130 mins

Release Date: March 8, 2013

Genres: Adventure, Family, and Fantasy

Main Stars: James Franco, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, and Mila Kunis

~IMDB Summary~

Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first he thinks he’s hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking. That all changes, however, when he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

~My Review~

Now, in this review I can’t make a comparison between the original and the remake, since I never saw the original. Honestly, I never even knew this was a remake.

It’s kind of hard to write this without giving spoilers, but I will do my best. I don’t really know the story behind Oscar and how he got to “The Land of Oz”. I wasn’t really sure what to expect from watching the previews, but I’m happy to say I was pleasantly surprised. Mila Kunis played her role perfectly, even though I never would’ve pictured her for it, and I was happy to see Rachel Weisz too since I haven’t seen her in anything in a while. It’s a nice prequel to The Wizard of Oz, with the right mix of humor, action, and adventure, but not enough that it overwhelms the child-oriented theme. This movie is great for all ages, and of course great for family. I love how they didn’t try to overdo the drama and make everything more serious and grown-up. Keep it kid-friendly, like it’s supposed to be.

I give this four stars. I was not paid to do this review. All of my reviews are purely honest and of my own opinion.

If you like this review, stay tuned for other reviews of books, more movies, video games, and anything else I decide to do in the future!

~ Alexis

My Very Late V-Day Gift

So, my fiance had been working on my Valentine’s Day for a while and I finally got it in the mail. I was new house plans . That made me so happy, and he added that he wanted me to pre-order God of War: Ascension.

I literally just finished his very late gift and I thought I’d share it with you!

I hope he likes it! I love that man so much and I can’t wait to hug and kiss and squeeze him again!

Fantastical Fridays!

Fantastical Fridays is a new thing I’m starting, and I think I’ve only done one before. It’s basically a review on my week, noting anything specific that happened or is about to that I think is ‘Fantastic‘. Although, there will be times I must admit to things that weren’t so fantastic either. Just comes with the territory.

As of today, there are only 26 days left until I leave for Lackland Air Force base to marry my baby . Yay!!! I miss him so much!

Last weekend, I went to get my eyes checked, get glasses and contacts. Well, if you’ve ever been to an eye check-up, you remember that machine that shoots a puff of air at you, right? Well, they didn’t have that here. Instead, they had this little plastic stick with a tiny ball on the end of it. Now she told me what she was going to do, and the only thing that kept me from flat-out refusing was thinking of the look on my mother’s face. So, the girl put this stick in this handheld contraption, put it close to my eye, pushed a button, and poked me in the eye. I’ll say it again, this girl just poked me in the eye with a stick. Then she did to the other one. Twice, I was poked in both eyes because my eyelids were inadvertently fighting against this thing. You probably think she poked me on the white part, right? No, because if she had it wouldn’t have been a big deal. That part isn’t as sensitive as let’s say, my iris. When I walked out, I told my mom I was pressing charges for patient abuse… the look on her face.

I would have put on here that it was fantastic to get my glasses and contacts on Thursday like they promised, but that didn’t happen. Next week, sometime, hopefully that will be on here. I’m pretty sure my mom was so bored she was almost drooling on the floor when I was looking at glass frames. I’m kind of picky (just a little;) ), and I kind of have a decision-making problem too, so yeah… haha. Anyway, I was trying to find a pair that not only complimented my face and were the right size for my eyes (they’re kind of big), and finally decided on this pink pair that all but disappeared when I put them. Awesome! Or, I mean, it will be awesome when I get them .

I have finally started writing again! Yay! The all-powerful juices have finally started flowing down my Mountain of Creativity. I am so happy.

The fact that it’s Friday is fantastic in and of itself. It means that the weekend is mere hours away, which means I will soon be hearing from my love, and will hopefully be getting a letter today too (they usually come near the end of the week). Actually, this weekend is going to be busy for my family and I, as we’ll be leaving super early tomorrow to go to a birthday party down near Austin. We’ll be spending the weekend in Round Rock and I’m pretty happy about that. The birthday is for my little one year old cousin, whom I have yet to meet yet .

Hope you all have a Fantastical Friday!

~ Alex -_^

 

A Day in the Life

Hello everyone, I’m sorry I haven’t been on her in a while, and my only attempt at returning in Feb was a mediocre food post. Again, I apologize. Since my fiance left for Air Force boot camp, it’s been difficult for me, and you may be thinking, “How could it be so difficult that you couldn’t still write?”. Well, I had to move back in with my parents due to me not having a car, and then we had to move in with other family in West Texas so they could find better jobs. It’s been stressful, and uncomfortable enough that I couldn’t write for a while. I love my family though, and I’m not saying my discomfort with this situation was all of it, because it’s subsiding as the days go by, but my missing Roibien was.

At one point, he was thinking about getting out because we thought his recruiter and his superiors were lying to him about being able to be with me. I was relieved at first because he would be coming home soon and we would find a way to do this without the military, but that relief was short-lived. Worry set in, and as soon as I hung up with him I wished I could call him back and tell him to stay in. But of course, you can’t do that. I told him I would support him no matter what his decision, so I prayed for God to show him the right way to go. I knew we were supposed to do this because it was the only way we were going to get out of where we were, the only way we were going to start our life out good. Every night for a week I prayed for that, and on Saturday he called and said he was staying in and that everything was going to be okay. I would be able to be with him.

I got a letter from him yesterday that said, “I’m so excited, SO EXCITED, to marry you when I see you. I want to do it the first day I see you, I don’t care what’s going on, that’s when it’s going down . I can’t wait to marry you because then I can literally say you’re all mine. MWAHAHAHAHAHAA! Lol I love you so much.”

Isn’t that sweet? He cracks me up so much, all the time. Another thing I thought was sweet and funny was that one of the reasons he wanted to stay in was to give me my kitchen. You all know I love cooking, and I haven’t been able to cook like I want since most of the time we’ve been together. I LOVE THAT MAN!!!

He is also making me a Valentine’s Day present, but he said it’s going to be super late because he can only work on it on Sundays. I’m so excited, I have no idea what it could be. A picture? That’s all I can really think of, and that would be cool if it is, but kind of screwed up because I can’t send him any pictures. :/I am drawing a picture of our rings in the middle of a big heart with wings and I’m going to try to make it as realistic as possible. I’ve been drawing on and off since I was five, and I think ya’ll saw the lion I drew him for his birthday. He’s better than me because he learned all about it in school and I’ve just been playing with it mostly, so he’s teaching me haha.

Also, I’ve been thinking about writing the words to a song either around the Air Force logo  or in the shape of a heart. Here’s the song, and I think it captures military life so well. It is “Wait For Me” by Theory of a Deadman.

So, I foresee me posting regularly again. I’m starting to write better on the second installment of “The Dark Chronicles”. I hope you all enjoyed the first one, because this second one is going to be a really doosie .

~ Alexis -_^