Blonde, Sweat & Wine

Happy Election Day 2016!! Folks, I know we are all MORE than ready for the obnoxious ads and memes to disappear, only to be replaced by ads and memes negatively directed towards our new president. I will not attempt to publicize who I am voting for, it's not anyone's business but mine...and my significant other. Gotcha there, don't I? This post was inspired by a few posts I saw this morning on my social media, couples who are not united in their decision. Honestly, I can't imagine being in a relationship where one stands for opposing beliefs. Brad and I had a tiff about Trump at the very beginning of this election season. I felt he was rude and obnoxious, but had good points and arguments. I just felt as if our president should be classy and know how to say things, similar to President George W Bush. After heated discussion, we came to our decision. He didn't demand that I vote for whoever, give me ultimatums, or degrade me for my opinions, but he educated me in h...

As I sit here with my glass of red watching the documentaries, it is hard to believe this all happened 15 years ago. I can remember as if it happened this morning. I was in 8th grade choir when the principal came over the intercom announcing that the school was to watch the news immediately. Next thing I knew, I was watching the second plane and wondering what the heck the World Trade Center was. Within the hour, my mom was picking me up and we were headed get my little brother then to the fire station, my dad was a fire chief in our small town of Tice. It wasn't until we got home and everyone was together watching the nightly news that my dad explained as best he could what happened and what it meant. My mom cried, dad teared up at the number of first responders lost, and what this represented for our country. As of the present, we have NFL players sitting during the national anthem, two of the outlandish individuals running for president, and Isis threatening our borders. Hone...