ZZZZzzzzz

I should be sleeping. But I'm unfortunately not tired. Its 4am here and I've had a tylenol pm. Which usually makes me pass out. Not happening tonight. Not yet anyways. We'll see in a few hours. But, today is my best friend, Mrs. B, and her hubby's 2 year anniversary!!! I just wanted to say yay! And I hope that their day is going wonderful so far!! :) Even though its only 9am for them :) I loves you Heather!! :)

Move, design, and decorate

As we all know, I babysat last week and made a nice little bit. Well, I went shopping yesterday and got some clothes and mainly a lot of things to put in my downstairs. I rearranged my whole downstairs. In our house, the kitchen, living room, and dining room are all open space. No walls between anything. It's up to the person living there to make the best of it. Well, I had it one way that wasn't like anyone else's house and I loved it. But, I wanted to move it around because every time we go to play wii we have to move the couch back and then move it again. So I changed the rooms around and put my couch where my table was. :) It's very nice and so much more open now. I also bought curtains and hung them today. They're a cream color and they actually go great with my couch, carpets, and my white walls. It looks so much more homey now. And I LOVE it! :) I also bought a shelving unit that has the colorful cloth drawers you put in them. It's very nice and I have it in my new dining room :) I'm very happy with how everything turned out. It'll take some time to get used to, but I can. It's just the hubs who's going to have a problem with it. :) So I'll leave you with a pic of the 'new' living room :) And Emily and her pups, Brewser! :)

Tuesday Shmoozday

So, it's tuesday night. I'm bored. I'm tired and I wanna be done babysitting already. :) I am babysitting for a Colonel (sp) in the Air Force. She's a single mom of a 6 year old daughter who is so adorable. :) I met them b/c of the Major I babysat for last year. And now I've met another couple who wants an on call babysitter for their four children. I don't know what rank they are though. I'm going to do it for now, until the hubs comes home anyways. Not sure if I'll do it after that though. Maybe off and on if I don't have to stay over night. :) We shall see.

It's been 5 days since I last talked to the hubs. I'm positive he's ok and I think I know what he's doing since he sorta warned me ahead of time. :) But I still miss his voice. I can't wait til he gets to use a computer again too. We're gonna video chat :) Which will be very nice since I haven't seen his face since the day he left :-/ But we'll see. I can't believe how fast the months are just flying by either. They just seem to be going so quickly. Which makes me uber happy!

I can't wait for Mrs. S to finally be back in a month. And Mrs. G and I were chatting today about when she's coming back and for how long. It makes me very happy to know I'll be seeing them soon. I just wish Mrs. B and her hubs could come out when the hubs is home :) It'd be a very big surprise. But, we'll see. Haha. But I can't wait to see where they're going to live the rest of their lives! :) And the hubs and I are too :) Yay!! But I'm gonna go, gotta get the kid in bed. :-/

Goodnight all!! Have a wonderful night!

It's Sunday!

It's a beautiful Sunday out here if I do say so myself. It looks like rain tonight though. Which is ok by me! :) Today is day 3 of working out at the gym. It should be day 4 but instead of working out at the gym friday night I had a girls night. I ran yesterday on the eliptical for 20 minutes without a problem. :) It was very nice! And then we worked on our legs and our abs. Today is the eliptical again then arms and abs. :) Should be fun! I'm glad to be working out. I thought it would make me more hungry but it really hasn't. Not yet anyways. Guess we'll see in the next few weeks. I'm gonna go by a scale so I can see my progress but I'm afraid to b/c I don't want to know but I want to know?! I'm weird. Haha. Other than that the weekend has been great. Talked to the hubs 3 nights in a row which was awesome. But that's about to change :( Oh well. I know he's ok and hopefully safe. Hope everyone has a wonderful sunday night and great start to their week tomorrow!

Stairmaster Hell or Eliptical Agony?

Tonight I worked out in a gym for the first time since 2005... I know its sad its been that long but I had a fun time. However... EVERYTHING is dead right now.. My arms feel like lead jelly, my legs just hurt period, and my abs are really sore. :-/ I thought you weren't supposed to really feel it til like a day later.. If so, I'm gonna be really dead in the morning! Hah. Oh well. But its my new goal to go everyday and do an hour workout. 20 minutes cardio and arms, core, and legs. :) I went with my friend, Mrs. D, tonight and I had a lot of fun with her. We plan on going every night together now. But, I'm gonna stick to the Eliptical. :) Tomorrow I'm buying Zumba so I can work out at home during the day as well. I want to lose 35 to 40lbs and be what I weighed when Mr. R and I married and have very nice and svelt thighs! :) Wish me luck in my new endeavor!! :) I'm super excited.

Old Friends, New Friends, and Somewhere in the Middle

Old friends. I have lots of old friends. Some I wish I were still friends with. That the things said and done to each other didn't happen. And since they have that we could forgive each other. I have an old friend, Ms. B, She was  my best friend up until I moved away from home to be with my husband. I heard things were being said behind my back about me from her mouth. I blew up on her. I know I stood up for myself but I feel that I did it the wrong way and wish we were still talking. I have another old friend, Ms. K, we were best friends in high school. I went to college. We got into a bad situation and I blamed it on her. I stopped talking to her completely. I wish we still talked. Although I do talk to her little sister all the time.

New friends. I have lots of new friends. Some I wish I knew  better than others. Some I wish I hung out with more. But I will continue making new friends because thats life.

Somewhere in the middle. I have lots of friends in the middle. They're not old friends but they no longer count as new friends. Friends like my best friend, Heather, and several other friends like Mrs. G, both Mrs. D's and both Mrs. R's, Mrs. M, and Mrs. S. Some of these friends I don't know as well as I know others and some I don't hang out with as often as I like. Two have moved away. I will see both again here in a few months but its not the same. I miss them both dearly.

I love all of my friends and would love to be friends with my old friends again. Make new ones. And see my in between old and new ones. :) I wouldn't be me without the friends that I've had, have, and will have. :)

Meh meh meh

The weekend is here... For most of us that means getting to go out and do things with our spouses/loved ones. It could and should be so for me as well. But I don't feel like it. And, before you ask, No, I'm not depressed :) Just feeling kind of meh. I don't want to see anyone or go and do anything. I just want to keep myself locked up in my home and read my books. I've read another 5 in the past few days... I have a problem. :-/ I only have 3 of my new books left. And sadly, they aren't new books to me. I've read them before. But it's been a long while since I have read them.

My week has been a very productive and I fully enjoyed it. I had a girls night with some of my friends. I've cleaned and gone shopping. Gone to Ipac to get a few answers. But mostly, I read. I turned my tv on for the first time in a week last night. But only to watch my favorite tv show Bones. I love that show. And have found the books/author that the series is based on. :) What joy! I have been contemplating about the decorations I am still wanting to buy and put up in my house. It's a constant change that I enjoy. I'm going to help a friend, Mrs. D, decorate her entire house to make it more homely :) I'm excited. I feel I should have gone to school for interior design instead of history. Oh well, maybe in a few years I can.

On another note, I spent an hour on the phone with Heather yesterday discussing our future and making new changes to it! And I have to say, I'm super excited about these new changes in our plans! So much so that I can't wait for a year to pass already! Hah. And, we've made plans for me to come see her in April for 2 weeks! I'm stoked that that's coming up quickly now too! And, I'll get to see where we plan to spend the rest of our lives. :) As I've said, we will not be separated no matter what our husbands think! Ha. Good thing they love us so much and are such best friends!

I've talked to Jon 3 times this week alone! That makes me super happy. But I know that the phone calls so often wont last. I'm sure I'll be getting a last phone call very soon. :-/ But hey, I can do it! The last phone call I got from him I was at a spouses round table offered to us by our FRO and Chaplain on base. It was very interesting to be there, even though there wasn't a huge turnout. But I did feel a little out of place. Is it me or do I just not take this whole deployment thing as serious as most other wives do? I don't cry over what he's doing or that he's gone. Instead I'm proud. More proud of him than he will ever know. I understand the harshness that is deployment. I understand that I wont get to talk to him whenever I want. That's what makes him being home so much more meaningful to us. I felt so out of place because I don't feel like I'm having a rough go at it. Yes, Heather leaving was a major blow and I broke down about having both of them gone. But, I'm stronger than that. I'll see them both again. I trust in God to see Jon through hell over there and bring him home safe and unharmed. And I know that Heather and I wouldn't be able to live without seeing each other at least once this next year, and if we can swing it, twice! But we'll see how my resolve goes over the next few months and if I break down again for Jon. :) I doubt it. I'm stronger than that and yes, it would help make me feel better, but it doesn't really do him any good.

I am strong. I am proud. I love a man who loves the Marine Corps and I will bear that burden happily. Because God saw it fit that my soul mate should be encased in a man who puts his love for his country above all else. And for that reason, I will be forever grateful and happy. Because I know, that as he loves his country, he loves me more.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! :)

Who are you calling a Cootie Queen you lint licker!

So, I changed my name to the title of this blog. :) Just thought everyone should know! I love that commercial :)

Monday Funday

Today I've gotten completely out of my funk... I hope :) I went to the beach this morning for 2 hours. Which was really weird without Heather. But it was nice and relaxing. Then I drove by Heather's house. They're painting and cleaning it for someone to move in by weeks end. That will be even more weird. Then I went in to Honolulu to go to Victoria's Secret and Walmart... Didn't make it to Walmart but I did buy some cute panties and a bra at VS. :) I love VS! Their panties are my favorite!! Haha. And I'm sure Jon's too. ;) Then, I drove all the way to the Kaneohe mall just to have my rings checked (3 days late) and to get some books at Borders. Well, 2 clean rings and 7 books later I left the mall. :) I should be good on books for the next 2 weeks right? Let's hope so! I gobble them up like nobodies business! Haha. Then I went by the Paki to get some sprite and stuff for girls night tomorrow night. Which is going to feel pretty small since two of my girls aren't here right now. And one of those isn't going to get to have a girls night with me til I come see her in her new home :) Which, I can't wait for! And, Jon can't tell me I can't go. :) I made him promise me that I could. And I'd go anyways whether he wanted me to or not! Haha. In between all of this that I've been doing all day I've talked to my mom, who's department got a letter from my husband and his fellow marines today. Thanking the University of Arkansas for the boxes they have sent of candy and the support that they've been giving. I think it made a really awesome splash at the University today. My mom said that everyone was delighted to get feedback and to know that it made it and how happy they made the marines. I'm sure more boxes are being fixed to be sent now! :) Which is good for them. They will at least be well taken care of. All of them :) And, Last night I got to talk to Jon for 31 minutes of completely uninterrupted satellite phone time. :) It was wonderful. There were no 'whats' and 'huh's' or 'can you here me nows'. It was perfect bliss for me. We got to talk about everything that we haven't been able to talk about. And, the furbabies got to hear daddy's voice. Which made them super hyper! But all in all, the last 24 hours have been better than this last weekend of complete depression. :) Hope everyone's having a great night!

Sunday Blues

So, it's Sunday night. I'm sitting on my couch with Ares laying across my legs and Apollo wondering aimlessly around the downstairs. We're  watching Law and Order: SVU. It's a marathon on USA today. I love this show! It's horrible the things that are portrayed but so interesting to watch. I've cleaned my house, well, the downstairs anyways. And checked my mail. Nothing for me. I'm completely bored out of my mind and have been all weekend. I'm thinking of going to the beach tomorrow morning but we'll see. If its raining I probably wont. :( But I hope its not. I really should go out and do things but sometimes I really just don't want to. I know I shouldn't seclude myself and I know things will be different in the next few weeks when school starts and I'm out actively doing more. I'm just being a Debbie Downer right now. :-/