#20 - Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future

It's rather obvious that today's post is going to need some customizing. Mainly because we're both already married. The next logical answer I guess would be to talk about the person we ended up marrying, so here we go.
When I was younger I made a list, just like every other girl who attends young womens, and wrote down the things I wanted in my future husband.  The list included traits like affectionate, adventurous, willing to let me ride motorcycles and preferably ride them with me, faithful, patient, loyal, smart, etc... and surprisingly, Tyler fit all of them!  I thought it was too good to be true when I first met him, but I am happy to say that three years later, he still has all of those qualities.  Wowie! 
I love him because he is kind and thoughtful and always willing to go camping with me.  I love him because he puts up with my quirks.  I love him because he sends me cute texts like this one from last Friday, "I just wanted to let you know that you are a fantastic catch and from the moment I met you I knew you were special.  Thank you so much for marrying me and making me the happiest husband in the world."  He really is golden.
So.... in answer to the question, I see myself being with this man in the future and even beyond the future. Tyler has taught me that marriage is a total blast!  I love being married and I love having Tyler as a husband.  Life pretty much rocks.  To infinity and beyond!

#19 - Nicknames you have, why

Shaela:
1. Maroon Haired Brat - My uncle started calling me this when I was tiny because he said that my hair wasn't red, it was maroon.  I thought it was mean when I was little, but now I love it!  It's now my name at all the family reunions and I think I feel lucky to be one of the few with a familial alias.
2.  Idget - Because I'm too short for the 'm'.  :)
3.  Wifey - Tyler calls me this.  I think the meaning behind it is pretty obvious, but I think it's cute.
4.  Sha-la-la-la-la - My brother calls me this and I love it.  He now addresses all of me letters this way and I can hardly wait to hear him call me that again in person!  I don't know where it came from or why he started doing it, but he has used the term for years and always does it in a sing-song tone.  He also calls me his "sisso" because he couldn't say the letter 'r' when he was little.
5.  Little Red - Some friends called me this in high school and I always looked forward to hearing "little red" shouted at me from the opposite ends of the hallways as I walked into class.


Tyler:
1.  Lucky Face - I have called Tyler this name since we first started dating because he is always lucky.  It's really amazing how many contests he wins and how he lucks out on a regular basis.
2.  Grangey - Tyler's soccer friends (primarily Jeff) call him this.  I asked Tyler about why he acquired this name and his answer wasn't terribly helpful.  Basically someone in high school started calling him by this name because it went along with his friend Jeffery's name and it stuck.
3.  T-Money - Tyler's friends called him by this name because he never missed free throws when they played basketball, so he was "money", which apparently means that you could bet all your money on him making it because he always did.
4.  Poor Tyler has too many nicknames that are used around our house for me to count them all.  I always have fun with calling him by pet names - hun, honey bunny, Tyler wyler, hubby, baby, puddn' pie, etc...  Lucky for me, he puts up with all of them.

#18 - Plans/dreams/goals you have

Plans
- Start a family one day and play with our kids every day
- Travel together regularly
- Build a fence and have pet pigme goats
- Start an extended family tradition of Turkey Bowl
- Live out of state for a couple of years on another airforce base (Ohio or Dallas probably)
- Redo our bathroom next year
- See Les Mis on broadway next year
- Learn to tape Tyler's ankle before soccer games


Dreams
- Travel to England together to watch a Manchester United game
- Own a home styled after Southern plantation houses
- Pay off our home and live debt-free
- Shaela - skydive/bungee jump
- Tyler - own a jet
- Tyler - own a military Humvee



Goals
- Tyler - earn an MBA
- Shaela - lose weight before the cruise
- Own a bookcase with a ladder (Christmas maybe?)
- Tyler - learn martial arts so I can protect my family (when I can't get to my .45 that is) This goal comes from the movie Taken because it scares me that it really happens.

#17 - Someone you would want to switch lives with for 1 day and why

Unfortunately Tyler is still away on business, so I’m afraid this will have to be another Shaela answer. However, I’m 100% confident in saying that if Tyler were here answering this question, he would offer to live the life of a famous soccer player whose name I can’t remember. He eats, sleeps, and breathes soccer and would love nothing more than to play soccer all day, every day, and get paid for it.


Me on the other hand, I have no idea who I would choose! It would probably depend on what day you asked me. Take the Kardashians for example. Can you even imagine what beautiful articles of clothing, shoes, bags, and jewelry are housed in their closets? Plus they have personal trainers, people to make them look beautiful, and no desk job. Who wouldn’t want that, right? But in the end they’re just pretty girls who are followed and scrutinized by cameras and never know who their true friends are. Not for me.

I think for today I’m going to go with an anchorwoman on Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood. I’ve always thought that being a newscaster would be tons of fun, but this way I could also have the cute clothes and makeup artists. Plus I’d be able to talk to all sorts of interesting, famous people and attend events without being bombarded by paparazzi every time I walk out the door. Now that would be fun!

#16 - Another pic of yourself

#15 - Put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play

This is going to be a very tricky request to post about since I don't have an iPod.  Am I stuck in the dark ages or what?  Surprisingly though, I've survived just fine without one thus far.  I have plenty of music to listen to on CDs and on our computers and I usually just listen to Pandora on my phone when I go to the gym, which never disappoints.
But don't worry, I've come prepared with a solution.  I have quite a large playlist on our computer here so I'll put that on shuffle and we'll call it even.  I listen to almost everything and this list will prove it. 


1.  "Arise" - Heartbound
2.  "Kiss the Girl" - Samuel E. Wright (Little Mermaid)
3.  "Top of the World" - All-American Rejects
4.  "Si Volvieras a Mi" - Josh Groban
5.  "So Damn Clever' - Plain White T's
6.  "Maria" - Rage Against the Machine  ... Gross.  How did this song get on here?  I'm not a fan.
7.  "Bring Him Home" - Les Mis (original broadway cast)
8.  "Something Bad" - Idena Menzel, William Youmans (Wicked soundtrack)
9.  "It Ends Tonight" - All-American Rejects
10.  "Take it to the Limit" - Eagles

#14 - A pic of you and your family

I am such a lucky girl because when I got married, I gained not just a husband, but a family.  I now have my family, his family, and together, Ty and I are a family!  Man have I got it good.  All of these people are pretty dang awesome.