Looking forward, and a year in review...

Well my last post was an uber drunk posting, so I'm going to try to get this one started on the first drink. It's pepsi and cherry vodka, thanks to a friend of miss @Twi_Lin's. Its a new fave!

I am not a Vodka fan, but this shit is delish!

AAANNnnnyways, a shit-ton of stuff has happened to me this year.

In January, my husband deployed to Afghanistan for a seven month tour. Thankfully his job is "inside the wire", but it is in an area that is constantly rocketed. He made it out alive!

There's my sexy-ass man....

I graduated college this year! After 4 years of dilly dallying and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life, at 22 I figured it out! I graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing,...5 years later. Cum Laude, thank you very much. ;)

I moved back to California after 7 years in Hawaii! I could have stayed there the rest of my life, I love it there. But moving back has been a wonderful change. I'm 2 hours away from where I was born and raised, and I don't have to deal with 4.5-6 hour plane rides anymore!! I've never lived in such a small town as the one I live in now, but it's such a nice change from the constant lines and battle for parking.

Yay Areaaaaa!

Upon returning from Afghanistan, we moved into our first house ever! We'd lived in apartments together, but never an actual house, with an actual back yard, and and actual two car garage. Did I mention central heat and air? FTMFW!!

A week after the big reunion,

Was our One Year Anniversary! We spent a weekend in San Francisco to celebrate!

We enjoyed the hell out of the summer.

Enjoyed wine tasting

It was 104 this day!

Enjoyed the outdoors,

The hubs sparkles in the sunlight!!!! He really
is my Edward. ;)

The vegetarian who loves to shoot, who
knew? NON-LIVING targets, peeps.

I called her Aragog, after Harry Potter. ;)

Then came the fall.... and the AMAZING THING THAT WAS FOOOOOORKS!!!

What can I say about FOOORKS that has not already been said? I freakin love you h00rs and I had the time of my life!  I sort of expressed it in my last post.... but I was really drunk. MIIIIGHT have dropped the F-bomb a few times. Anyways, the end of Sept/beginning of Oct FOOORKS trip was one of the best experiences of my life. I've never seen a place with such unique beauty... and remember I lived in HI for 7 years! Hiking The Olympic National Park was some of the most picturesque hiking I've ever done. The Hoh Rainforest, the two waterfall hikes, First Beach, Rialto Beach... all so beautiful. The best part? You h00rs!!!

The Mecca!!

Plus 8.5 Vampires....

How freakin cool!!

I totes wear this all the time.

After the FOOOORKS trip, our next big event was the newest member of our family. If you haven't already read this post and this post, you MUST. What happened in the world of Twitardia was, in my opinion, monumental. What you ladies did for me, and for a homeless dog named Bella is so special. She went from homeless, hopeless to having a loving forever family. Her Twitarded aunties have even sent her gifts!

Auntie @Twi_Lin sent her three sweaters!!!

She continues to love our walks and her rawhides! She's the sweetest most affectionate little girl. We love her so much and feel as if our family is complete with her! We thank you, ladies of Twitardia for helping give Bella Twitarded Hicks a home!

December 4th brought The Eclipse Party get together!!!

Edward in creamy Bluray! YESSS!

We had such a great time! @amandakmelby, @Jaymes805, @RenaBug1, @Twi_Lin, the hubs and I all had such a great time! I don't want to admit how many times I've watched the Bluray since I've gotten it. I bet it's not as bad as half of you. ;)

Then, came the holidays,

Christmas dinner....

Now here we are. New Years Eve. The hubs has to work tomorrow in the AM so we're not doing anything crazy. I had to cancel my plans due to the financial-rapage of Christmas, a now I'm home, watching my hubs play Dance Central on the Kinect that he got for Christmas. Fucking hilarious!! :)

Now, I am not going to make a resolution because I never stick to them. I want to make a promise to myself, a promise that I'm held accountable for....

So, my NewYears resolution is to take better care of myself physically. Namely working out. This, of course, will help me mentally. I've been doing Zumba every day for the past 4 days, and running Bella after. I want to do Zumba at least 3 days a week, and walk the dog at least 5 days a week. I don't want to go all over-zealous and make these promises that I cant keep, so that's why I'm going to try to keep to this.. and this only.

Happy New Year, h00rs, I know it's already 2011 for those of you on the East Coast, but to everybody else,  enjoy the countdown!!

Any resolutions or non-resolutions for you ladies?? :)

Okay, I'm drunk, so what...

I must admit, I may come to and delete this in the morning. When I've sobered up. But I'm feeling all fuzzy and shit.

I fucking love you h00rs.

I fucking love that I can share my every little thought.... despite how dirty/wrong.

I fucking love that even though I've only met some of you once, I can tell you things that I can't tell my other RL friends.

I fucking love that you all don't look at me like I'm a psycho when I say how much Twilight has changed my life.

I fucking love that some of you have become like sisters to me. You know who you are and I treasure your friendship more than you can ever imagine. It means the world to me. 

I fucking love that Rob Pattinson is so hot. And I love that most of us agree on the fact.... It's okay, @MissTejota, I still love you. ;)

Ahhh Edward, I fucking love everything about you and your latent-dominant tendencies.

I fucking love that I have a husband who is so supportive and understanding. He is amazing and I love him more than I can express. I am the luckiest woman on earth.

I fucking love @JennyJerkface and @SnarkierThanYou for starting something that has brought me so much happiness. You ladies are not only hilarious, but amazing women who I admire more than you know. Joisey is better having you two women. 

I fucking love that every day I can come online to twitter/facebook and Twitarded and talk to you ladies.. that we can share our stories and support each other, no matter what, from so far away. 

Basically... it boils down to LOVE.... and how much I love you.

Merry Christmas and goodnight my loves. 

It's time for some f*cking hot and dirty....

Without further ado:

Because beanie Rob makes me cream my panties happy

Yessah.

My gawd, these are ah-mazing.

Yes, please!

I'm not sure the female body gets more beautiful...

For more like this, go a favorite website of mine, Stockroom.com

Corsetry and stockings, two of a girl's favorite things!

Beautiful...

I seriously heart Shibari

Breathtakingly gorgeous...

HOT

*UNF*

HOT

An all-time favorite of mine..

Can I be next? So fucking hot.

Rope, a favorite of mine... not only does it
feel/look amazing on, but the marks it leaves
are just as beautiful...

A Dominant friend of mine is a fabulous Fetish/Kink Photographer... Check him out DonSir Photography

I love the look of surrender in her eyes...

One day, I will do this. Needles scare the piss out of
me, but I think it's just gorgeous! 

Knowing her place... HOT

This has always been a favorite of mine.

Is there a FF where this happens? Gawd damn, sign
me the fuck up!

The triskelion in this form has long been the BDSM symbol. It is said to symbolize many things in threes: safe, sane and consensual (the BDSM credo), sub, master and switch, bondage, discipline and sadomasochism and many more...

The BDSM/Kink/Leather Pride Flag, you see it
flying proudly in my banner.

My All-time Favorite Quote:

"I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want a man lying over me, always over me. His will, his pleasure, his desire, his life, his work, his sexuality the touchstone, the command, my pivot. I don’t mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated. I don’t mind being told to stand on my own feet, not to cling, be all that I am capable of doing, but I am going to be pursued, fucked, possessed by the will of a male at his time, his bidding."

-Anais Nin

My happiness:

The time has come....

I need a new freakin handle.

This whole real first name, last name thing is just making me too paranoid. I'm applying for jobs, the hubs is going for an uber top-secret clearance for his new assignment, something needs to be done. I feel like I can't completely be myself on this blog cause it may be Google-able. I've tried to Google myself, nothing comes up other than Facebook and Myspace (and that shit's on private), but I have no doubt in the capabilities of those with power. I recently deleted the pictures of my face on my "alternative" sites, so has the hubs.

My thoughts exactly.

The shitty thing is people in Twitardia know me as me. If I change my name, how anybody know who I am? I know @Twi_Lin did a name change a while back and it worked for her, but it took everybody a while to realize that it was still her. I don't mind having my first name in my handle, I mean my name is truly not as common as you'd imagine. Is it weird that I don't want to feel like a Twitarded n00b with this change of name? I've worked hard to make you lovely friends! You are all so important to me, I don't want to get lost in the name change!

You see, today I was creating a post that I really wanted to publish... I called it "Down to the Hot and Dirty"...then it dawned on me. That job that I just applied for last week? If they were to see this? Wow. If my mother, heaven forbid (I love her to death, but there somethings she just doesn't know about) saw some of this? EEEK! SHAAAMMEE!

I know, Gran, you raised me better.

Point is, I don't want to dilly dally around anymore. I want freedom of speech. Like, for reallies.

And freedom to post pics like this. Because
it is part of who I am.

I want more anonymity. 

THAT brings us to my next problem. I don't have a creative bone in my body. I see other people's awesome ideas and modify them to "my own"... ha, yeah, RIGHT. My AIM handles and handles that I have on other sites are based off a girl scout nick name when I was twelve. Yeah. Daisy, how original, right? I understand that this means an entirely new g-mail account, etc.... but I think it's worth it.

Now because I have this blog, I was thinking maybe @dirtyhotandnerdy would work, but it seems a bit pretentious if you don't know the context! lol. Do you ladies have ANY suggestions?!?! Pretty, pretty, pretty please help me out here! You ladies know me pretty well, any ideas? I'd like to get this ball rolling so I can actually post the blog I originally wanted to tonight.

......and get on to the dirty hot and nerdy! ;)

*EEEEKKK So I just realized that when you type my  name then search Google images, pictures from my blog, and therefore a link to my blog pops up! Shiiiiiiit. 

It was an Eclipse weekend!

As everybody is well aware, this past Saturday, we had the Twi-event of the Fall! The Eclipse DVD/Bluray release!

So, in honor of this joyous event, I had a little shindig at my house! @Twi_Lin and her friend, @amandakmelby and @Jaymes805,  @Renabug1, and my sister all arrived Friday night! We debated heading to Wal-Mart for the midnight release, but decided Target was the way to go!!!

They, of course, had the best edition. Thanks to Twicrack Addict and her awesome review, it made our decision very easy.

We woke up Saturday morning, and after a very late night, got a somewhat slow start. By the time we had all showered and eaten breakfast, we headed over to Target. My sister decided to forgo the uber-twitardia and stay home. Bless her heart, cause when we got there, it was a "squeeee" fest!

It's TIIIIIIME!

 

The ladies!!! You can see the squee in our faces.

The gang! The hubs is such a good sport!

After ooh-ing and awe-ing, we picked our editions and headed home! A few hour later, we had a few more of my friends join us, then we started to play Twilight Scene It! :)

Getting ready!

All of the Mini's are ready to play!

So, as we are setting up, we notice that a certain someone seems incredibly interested:

He jumped up onto the ottoman where we had the game and the Minis....

He laid down "next" to SparkleWard....While
giving MiniB and evil look....

I know Edward smells delicious, apparently
Garfield agrees....

"Just one quick kiss, Edward?!"

MiniB had to jump on him and claim her man... She
was getting pretty jealous.

Then he reached out for Forks-clothed Mini E.... in his special place.

Bwahahaha! Yes, his paw stayed there while
we were all laughing...

Including my husband. He has always thought Garfield was into boys, but now he has the proof. Garfield is out of the closet.

We composed ourselves long enough to make ourselves drinks and get the games started! We seriously went through four of these:

I'm not sure if you can tell, but this is a HUGE bottle.
I should have gotten some scale. 

Then, it was time for dinner. Guess how original I was?

LOVE these decorations, courtesy of @Twi_Lin!

Sauce for the Omnivores, the Herbivores had a
delish marinara!

Ta-da!!

Our dessert table! More than we could eat.

Then we proceeded to watch Eclipse in all of it's 55', BluRay, surround sound glory!! My goodness, Edward in HD was almost more than I can handle. 

*DROOLING*

After we watched the Bluray, the deleted scenes, the 6 part making-of, and some of the commentary, everybody was having a good time!

Group Pic!...Sans the Hubs.

Bella mid-leap!

Making Twilight sentences....

Then @Twi_Lin and I brought out our party favors! Check out what she gave us!

It's a Rob Porn bracelet!! AWESOME!!

Beanie Rob, my favorite!

Love it!!

I made little ornaments cause I'm soooo not talented....

They don't all say Charla, natch. 

After our awesome gift exchange, I come out to find this:

This..

To this!!!! It's a monkey-man onesie! He is
my "monkey man"!!

Hahaha! He bought this while we were at Target!

Daddy and Bella love...

After that, we all went to sleep, it was pretty late. What a wonderful weekend! I'm so happy to have all of you h00rs in my life, and I loved spending time with each and every one of you. We have to do this again soon, very soon! I miss you all already!!