FACT: It’s a good feeling when you come across a blog with your own picture and along comes a combination of likes & reblogs for the 7,680 time!!!!!! Followers, YOU ARE AMAZING <3

After a quick trip to the Beverly Center, we stayed in for a Redbox movie night. Seriously, I am currently addicted to Redbox…and chocolate covered raisins. Anyway, sticking to tonight. We cuddled on the couch with popcorn and icea tea to enjoy “The Change Up”. Pretty funny movie and overall, another AMAZING day with the love of my life :) Definitely ended February on a good note.

Here’s a picture of me wearing his shoes. The picture doesn’t justify the size difference but I’m a kids size 4 when it comes to Js and hes’ a size 12. You know what they say about big feet….BIG SOCKS!!!!! Happy Leap Day & Happy Last day of FEB  ♥ ♥ ♥

Growing up, I hated running class. NOW…Running is my BREATHER :)

Dear Husband,

I don’t know who you are or where you are…or maybe I do know or at least I hope so. Despite that, I write to you today in hopes to show you one day, that at this very moment in time, I was thinking and dreaming of you. I’m patiently waiting to spend the rest of my life with you, to be your best friend and greatest supporter. Just know that I’m preparing myself to be the woman you need. I will be the one to stand by the sidelines cheering you on for success and will also be ready to stand right behind you, to help you get back up if you happen to fall. I’ve geared up with patience, LOVE, kisses, back rubs, surprises, laughter, FAITH, kindness, forgiveness, positive attitude and EXTRA love for those little fights or BIG, that we may have.

Salty Magazine ♥

Breaking out the Concords :) & ABSOLUTELY LOVIN’ my new tee from Salty ♥

"Beauty is in the Eye of the Creator" -Salty Mag

Walked into a coffee shop one day and found this…ENOUGH SAID ♥

Happy Saturday!

Obviously, I can’t sleep right now. My mind is going on and on, running through life and it can’t seems to stop. I feel a bit of sadness and reading this is helping my tears from falling down even more. I don’t like it when my heart feels like this but I’ve had this tendency from a very young age. I cry for no reason sometimes. Is that weird? I don’t know if it’s my subconscious releasing my unknown emotions, stress and what not but I use to cry once a week. It was a routine. Out of no where, I had the urge to cry. Now, for the past 2 years, my heart has build a shield of steel. It doesn’t happen often but when it does, the tears definitely fall. Anyway, one day, I woke up to this cute little note from my boyfriend. It felt good to know that at 3 a.m., he took the time to write to ME & no one else this sweet note. So now, whenever I feel like crying or am crying, I go through little notes like these to remind me that I’m NOT alone. That I have someone right on this earth, behind me, ready to catch me because HE loves me. What can I say? I have fallen deeply in love with this man and no one will ever change that. He is my rock. Without him, my life would be incomplete. We’ve been through so much that he’s become my best friend. I love him to death. If it were up to me, I would have him with me 24/7 starting the moment I realized that I was IN LOVE with him. They say you never forget your first love, well let me tell you…If he doesn’t end up with me in the long run, he has forever left his fingerprints on my heart   ♥

XOXO, MariaLA

My puppy Prince at 3 months :)

Lent: 40 days to WHAT!?

It’s that time of the year again, well if you’re Catholic anyway. It’s Lent, better known as 40 days to “give up” a pleasure or habit. Nonetheless, I want to clarify as to what Lent is meant to be or at least to me. Everyone who participates during lent, Catholic or not (I don’t understand why you would partake in lent if you’re not Catholic haha but its okay) for 40 days and 40 nights gives up something to what we call “bettering ourselves”. HOWEVER, lent is a time of reflection. It is a time period where, for 40 days, you acknowledge and look for a new way to approach life as a whole.

Somewhere down the road, you have to find someone who will not only stand beside you for a picture but is also willing to run right behind you through a storm…Through the good and the bad.


We don’t only have matching Js but matching running shoes too <3

Sharing a little bit of me…

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love NEVER fails.

-1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Happy Valentines Day!

xoxo, MariaLA

Relationships are NOT perfect!!!

Relationships AREN’T perfect…EVER! Even if they seem like it, they’re not. Often my relationship is complimented and I EMBRACE IT because I love my boyfriend to INFINITY & BEYOND. However, I have to admit that we’ve had our episodes of downs. Our lives aren’t perfect and we are only human. Choices are made, responsibilities are taken and consequences are in effect. At the end of the day, I believe that because we have gone through everything that was meant to break us apart, we came out even STRONGER than before. We didn’t give up on each other or our relationship when we went through hard times. Grant it, sometimes giving up is the easiest thing to do, but is it worth giving up love? I don’t think so. REMEMBER: The keys to good relationships are TRUE LOVE, attention, PATIENCE, affection, HONESTY, FRIENDSHIP, LOYALTY, RESPECT, FORGIVENESS, trUSt and most importantly, EFFORT to fight any and all battles thrown at you BOTH. If you love each other, don’t give up. People are NOT perfect. When it comes to my boyfriend and I, it’s in our nature to make wrong choices, right choices, mistakes and amends. The only perfect thing about us is our love being able to stand STRONGER after hard falls ♥