Attitude of Gratitude: Day 7

Already one week in! I'm starting to think I should do this for more than just this month. Maybe 2? Through the holidays? It'll be busy, but I think it'd be a nice thing to keep up. Plus having a daily thing is helping me blog. Although I'll admit there are times I even struggle with that!

Today I'm thankful for the family that I married into. I chose the guy without really knowing his family. Fortunately for me, they're totally awesome. I'm also thankful that living in NC after we got married provided me with an opportunity to get to know all of them pretty well. 

It never ceases to amaze me how well I seem to "fit" with his family. And that is a huge blessing. Knowing that I can rely on them for advice, prayer, friendship, and so many other things is amazing. I'm thankful that we have a great relationship and that I feel comfortable enough to be able to spend weeks at a time with them and not go crazy. Well...not totally crazy, anyway. ;-) We're a crazy bunch when we all get together, and we have crazy fun. 

I guess this is just proof that I married the right guy... If living with him on a daily basis wasn't enough. ;-)

What are you thankful for today?

100th Post, Here I come!

I just realized that I'm coming up on my 100th post! =D I think that calls for a celebration, don't you? So, in order to celebrate this joyous occasion I'm thinking of doing a Q & A post/session. We are currently on post number 92, so that leaves 8 more posts. In the meantime, feel free to email me questions you want answers to about me, my hubby, our psycho dog, Army life, etc. I will attempt to answer all of them (unless there are 5 bazillion). So, gets those brains a-workin' and come up with some good questions!

 I am so ready for tomorrow to get here. I dropped Joe off at the base this morning for his "camp out" (as his mom said) for the week. No phone, no email, no nothing until Friday. *insert my pouting face here*But, tomorrow my wonderful, fabulous, awesome sister in law is coming to rescue me! I'm so excited. Oh, and this little girl is going to need me to babysit her for a couple hours while I'm there. =)

Wouldn't you want to babysit this cuteness?! =D

So, for today and the small part of tomorrow that I will be alone in this apartment, I am getting caught up on laundry and finishing some cleaning. Have I mentioned to you that I hate doing laundry? Actually, I don't mind it so much...if the washer/dryer is in my house/apt! I'm not liking this hauling laundry down to the laundry facility and waiting for other people to move their clothes so I can wash my own. *sigh* One day, one day I will have a washer/dryer and never, ever have to worry about this again!

I feel like I might possibly be the only one who cleans like a mad woman when my in-laws come to town. Am I alone? Do you do these things too? For some reason, I feel like they'll all think that I'm some terrible wife if my home isn't immaculately clean and smelling like a bunch of roses. Well, I'm off to switch out laundry...and finish my marathon of Grey's Anatomy. =) Hehehe.

Hope your week got off to a good start {with the exception of daylight savings time...which I completely forgot about}! Don't forget to start emailing me with questions - look to the left under my pic, copy and paste my address and send away!

Long Time, No...Blog!

I know, I've been kind of AWOL this weekend. =) I've been reading...just not blogging or commenting. Sorry, folks!

My weekend has consisted of watching entirely too many hours of LOST. =) We're watching it literally like there's no tomorrow. I think it's safe to say we'd be lost {haha, no pun intended!} without Netflix and instant play. I think the only thing we watched this weekend was LOST. Oh, I take that back. For a little bit of variety, we watched Pelham 123 also on Netflix. Has anyone seen this movie? It was a little bit ridiculous. It wasn't necessarily bad...but just not very good. Safe to say that 1) John Travolta doesn't make a very good bad guy and 2) the man can't cuss to save his life! If I'd had to endure hearing him say mf-er one more time, I think I would have screamed! There are some actors that use those words perfectly, but not Mr. Travolta. Not that I'm a fan of swear words...but, it's a part of almost every movie these days. If I have to hear the f-word 5 million times in one movie, please be able to say it with flair, ok? Thanks. =)

So, I'm getting a little anxious. Joe's orders still say that he's supposed to report in Hawaii in a month. =/ I haven't done a single thing to prepare for this. I have one puppy to take with me, and I absolutely refuse to allow him to be quarantined for 120 days! I cannot live with out my baby for that long! So...I'm going to have to start the long [but hopefully short] process of getting mounds of paperwork done, a couple blood tests {my poor baby!}, and possibly a rabies shot. Eek! I applaud Hawaii for having zero cases of rabies, but could they make it any harder to move my sweet baby there?!

So, there's the moving thing. There's also Capstone. Which, apparently, is the AIT version of FTX's. He's going to be in "the field" for 5 whole days and nights {in 2 weeks}. =( I can handle it, but it means I'm going to be completely alone for 4-5 days. More sad faces. It would be easier to handle [I think] if I worked and saw people during the day, but I don't. And I can't really go shopping everyday. Don't think the bank account my hubby would appreciate that much. =) Especially after our"oh my gosh we're broke" happenings this week. *sigh* Such is the life when you're paying off debts.

The good news is, though, that my sister [in law] will be here on Thursday of that week. Well, that's the plan for now. So, I'll have a little bit of human interaction. =) Lol! And baby interaction, because my niece is coming with her! =D I'm super excited about that. I wish they were staying with me, but I understand why she can't. My in laws are coming on Friday too. They're all going to be here for the weekend to see us before we PCS to Hawaii.

Part of me can't stinkin' wait to get to Hawaii and part of me wishes we were going to be in CONUS.  I know I'm going to love the beach and all that...but I kinda wish we were going to be able to see family more often. As of last night, both of our younger brothers are getting married next year. *sigh* I'm extremely happy for both of them, I just hope that we can be at both. Or at least I can go to both. Joe's the best man in his brother's wedding, so we're definitely going to his if Joe hasn't deployed. As far as I know I'm not in my brother's wedding, so I don't know. I really want to be there though. He's marrying a girl that rode our bus from the time I was in 6th grade until my junior year of high school. I think they were in the same class, but I honestly can't remember. He's 3 years younger, so it makes sense. =) Anyway, she's seriously sweet and I haven't seen her since...before I graduated maybe. So, I'd love to be at both. But, with travel prices being so high...and living expenses being at least twice what they are now...I'm just not sure. I don't want to have to break hearts, so....maybe we can work it out.

I've also realized that I seriously miss living in NC. I was thinking earlier that when I lived there [when Joe was in BCT], I was lonely but Sundays were the highlight of my week. Sunday was church day; a day when I went and worshiped, learned, and taught little ones. =) I miss the little ones. Sunday was Pizza Night with the fam! Not my fam, but Joe's. Who now feel just as much my family as his. I love that. So, when Joe goes to Capstone, I don't really have that to look forward to. Or when he [possibly] gets deployed. I'm crossing my fingers and praying that I'll make quick friends in Hawaii in case the worst should happen Joe gets deployed.

Sorry to be a "Debbie Downer", but these are just some of my ramblings. =) I hope you all had a lazy great weekend!