Last week, after a LOOOOONG day at work, I came home and found Rick with a big ole smile on his face. He asked for a glass of water from the fridge, and when I got there, there was a dozen roses just hanging out. I was so surprised. Since we have been together, I have gotten flowers 3 times from him. So this was a super big deal for me. They were beautiful. So I asked him what he was up to since I rarely get flowers. Well, he told me to start going through my steps of what I do when I get home and there would be a surprise. So I went through them and still couldn't find his surprise. Finally he told me to just lay down on my bed. I laid my head on the pillow and when I went to curl up with it, I found my surprise.

He had gotten me a gun. It's a 357 Smith & Wesson revolver. It's the coolest! It's big and heavy and it's the most comfortable gun that I can shoot. I've tried other ones. But I like this one the best. We finally took it out to shoot at the Bullet Hole on Sunday. It was a lot of fun and I'm so glad that he got it for me. He will be leaving this summer again. And I don't like that I only had his rifle for protection and that I don't like shooting it. So I'm glad I have the revolver. And then yesterday he got himself another gun, I forgot what it's called but it's a little one and it's also kind of cool.

It's so weird that I would be so interested in guns. I grew up in CA, where guns are usually associated with gangs and killings or kids doing stupid stuff with them. So it's weird to come out here and it's more open and not associated with all the negative stuff. We will be showing in the future our kids the proper way to take care of a gun and how not to use them, how they are not for shotting people, etc. Though I find that there's still a lot of people that don't like guns and have never used them. For now, it's just for going to the range and shooting for a while and for the protection of myself and the kitties when Rick is not home.