Boyfriend Tag* (modified slightly from husband tag)

1. Where we met - Miami, FL.

2. Our First Date - We didn't really have a first date. We met in Miami and went out to a bar with his friends and mine. He told me that I was going to be his partner for pool and if we won then we had to get married. We won and a few weeks later he sent me a big, fake ring in the mail.

3. How long did we date before we were married? We're still dating!

4. How long have we been Hitched? - Not hitched but we've been dating for just about 3 years now

5. Favorite Feature - I'm with Kelli on this one. People think it's the eyes that first attracted me to him, but I liked something that's a little weird. He has an awesome face shape and jaw line. It's just really pronounced. Haha I'm a dork

6. Favorite Quality - He's a know it all. If I'm in a mood it'll get to me but usually it's just funny to see him try to justify EVERYTHING

7. His nickname for me - Honey, dork

8. His Favorite Color - Blue

9. His Favorite Sport - He is obsessed with baseball. He'll watch almost anything but you better not expect to touch the remote during baseball season

10. Who Said I Love You first - He did. Actually he wrote it on a piece of paper and held it up the the web cam when we were still doing the long distance thing. He was so embarrassed afterward!

11. Our First Kiss when and where - At the airport the first time he came to see me. It was just about 2 months after we first met

12. Favorite couple thing to do - Quinn's favorite things are tickling me, watching movies, and making fun of me. My favorite things, however, are doing new and different things with him. I love trying something neither of us has tried before. It makes it really fun!

13. His Hidden Talent - He can cook. It's a hidden talent because he hardly ever does it haha. He has his own little stir fry recipe and everything

14. His Favorite Music - He likes all yelling music. I appreciated driving cross country in a separate car for that reason alone. He'll appease me with some Jack Johnson or country from time to time too.

15. What I admire most about him - He knows exactly what he wants to do with his life. He goes for what he wants and will usually get it.

16. His favorite pastimes - sportscenter, reading, the occasional card game with me, and hanging out with bubba

17. Will he read this? - Only if I make him :)

So I decided to post a few pictures of our place. There really isn't much to look at right now except a new carpet because all the furniture and stuff hasn't arrived yet and may not arrive until Feb 2. Good news though: Today is the first SUNNY day, and I'm enjoying every minute of it!!! I will post more pictures as soon as I have something to take a picture of :)

Updates from the past month

Quinn had a dining in the day before his graduation. I couldn't go, but I took a picture of him in uniform before he left.

We were in New Jersey for Christmas. Christmas Eve we spend with my dad's family and Christmas Day is always at my house with both sides of the family coming and going.

Allison, Me, Mom, Erin, Aunt Marguerite, Grandma Millie

Allison, Dad, Me, Quinn, Erin, Mom, Dan, Aunt Marguerite, Uncle Carlos, Grandma Millie

Me, Quinn
After Christmas we drove from NJ to Utah. It didn't take as long as I thought, but it was brutal. We stayed in one of the ski towns in Colorado the last night. It was a really cute area with outlet stores! Too bad we didn't have time to look around.


We spent New Years at Amber's inlaws house (Quinn's sister). There weren't as many people as I thought, but still enough! We had a really good time playing games and eating lots of food! (I have a picture, but blogger is being stubborn)
We went sledding with Quinn's family on New Years Day and it was pretty fun. We've had the opportunity to hang out with a bunch of friends over the past two weeks. We leave Wednesday for Washington. Time to settle down. I'm pretty tired of living out of a suitcase.

Update

Quinn graduates next Wednesday from Fort Knox. I'm flying down and then we're driving here to New Jersey for Christmas, and we leave for Utah on December 26. We'll be spending two weeks there and then heading up to Washington. It's a lot of driving and things are a little hectic but hopefully by February things will quiet down (for me at least). Quinn is scheduled to deploy in August. I think I'm ready for all of it. If not, too bad because here it comes!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Quinn was here for Thanksgiving. It was another hectic visit for him. I feel bad because my family has good intentions by wanting to see him, but we only have a few days so everything is crammed into 3 days. It gets tiring and I feel bad that he can't just relax while he's here. We still had a pretty good time. Quinn is done in 2 1/2 weeks. We just went about 3 months without seeing each other so 2 1/2 weeks should be pretty easy. I only have a couple pictures, but I figured I'd post them since I haven't had any pictures with him recently.


Thanksgiving

Cheeburger Cheeburger for lunch

Crazy 8's. (from kelli)

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1. The Biggest Loser
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Brothers and Sisters
4. John and Kate Plus 8 (even though I don't get that here)
5. The Hills
6. The Office
7. Grey's Anatomy
8. the news

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Jose Tejas
2. Olive Garden
3. Outback
4. Panera
5. The Melting Pot (hopefully)
6. Friendly's
7. Costa Verde
8. Grease Trucks (not a restaurant but you'd love their sandwiches)

8 Books You'd Recommend:
1. A Child Called It
2. 5 People You Meet In Heaven
3. Digital Fortress
4. The Faithful Spy
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
6. Ender's Shadow
7. Shadow of the Hegemon
8. Storm of the Century

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. Waited 2 hours for an oil change and tire rotation
2. was told I still needed $600 worth of work done
3. made soup and peanut butter and jelly for dinner
4. cleaned and straightened up my room
5. watched The Hills
6. returned something to the store
7. talked to my sister
8. made a list of what needed to be cleaned today for Thanksgiving

8 Things To Look Forward To:
1. Thanksgiving
2. Quinn Visiting
3. Quinn's Graduation
4. Christmas
5. Traveling
6. Going back out to Utah after Christmas
7. An Australia trip would be nice
8. Finally getting settled somewhere

8 Things On My Wish List:
1. to figure out a plan
2. get a stable job with benefits
3. have my family approve of my decisions
4. see bubba again
5. Somehow have Quinn's unit NOT deploy
6. spend an extended period of time together with no long separations
7. get married and have kids someday (sooner than later)
8. be out of debt so I don't have to rely on a job

8 Things I Love About Fall:
1. Colors
2. Cool air (not cold)
3. October
4. Pumpkins
5. Halloween
6. Christmas shopping can start
7. AND Christmas music comes on the radio
8. Thanksgiving

8 People I tag
I don't know 8 people with blogs so I tag everyone I do know with a blog

Names (thanks trudy)

NINE NAMES
1. YOUR REAL NAME: Nicole Ann Gallagher
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus
'izzle') Nicizzle
3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite
animal) Green Elephant
4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and street you
live on/or neighborhood ) Ann Embroidery
5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last
name,first 2 letters of your first name) Galni
6. YOUR SUPERHERO/CRIMINAL NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color,
and favorite drink) Red Wine
7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd
letter of your last name, 1st letter of your last name, 2nd
letter of your mom's maiden name, 3rd letter of your
dad's name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and
last letter of your mom's first name) Ilgahah
8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents middle names) Dennis Ann