It sure has been a long time since I've updated this blog. I'm really awful at it, and I'm sorry. Anyway, happy fall! I missed updating during Thanksgiving, but we had a wonderful time! We had a big group of friends over and ate like kings! I was so proud of us because our first attempt at cooking a turkey was a success! We all had a great time, and I was super thankful to spend the holiday with new friends!
How crazy is it that Christmas is almost here? Gosh, this time last year, I was impatiently waiting to be reunited with my husband in Quantico, Virginia. I was doing everything all by myself: paying bills, making arrangements for the move, managing the finances. Sure that seems easy, but at the time, it was quite a chore! I was so nervous that something would happen to keep Derick from graduating OCS (not that I didn't have faith in his abilities, because he can do anything! You just never know what could happen) that I was reluctant to make any big decision. So many what-ifs were attacking me that I was in constant prayer-mode. Isn't it funny how we are able to call on God so easily when things get a little hectic? The challenge is to maintain that same faith in Him at all moments of our lives. He wants to help us through the struggles and rejoice with us through the successes. I'm constantly learning more and more things about God and who He wants me to be. I think He laughs at me a lot.
So, I made fun of my Arkansas friends yesterday because they were in a blizzard while it was close to seventy degrees here. Boy, did I eat my words because now it's rainy and chilly here! It's not freezing-chilly, just cold enough to need a jacket, which is too cold for me! This cold weather reminds me fondly of Virginia. Actually, I have thought of that state often here lately. Everyone who knows me knows that I turn into the devil himself during cold weather, and the majority of our time in VA, it was super cold (to me anyway). But I loved it there so much, cold weather and all. Sure, I griped about it and begged for the warmth of summer, but there was just something truly special about our lives in Stafford. Maybe it's because it was the first time that we were actually on our own, doing what we worked so hard to do (being a military wife is a job itself, so don't try to argue that one). Maybe I loved Virginia so much because I didn't have a true-to-life job besides hanging out with my very cool, drama-free friends all day. Maybe I miss the fact that I could turn on my Scentsy and my entire place would smell like Heaven because our apartment was so tiny. Maybe I just loved it because it is what it is: filled with things to do and places to go. Whatever the reasons, and although I love coastal living and I love Camp Lejeune, a little part of my heart will forever be in that tiny apartment in Virginia. With the exception that my family is in Arkansas, I miss living in Virginia more than living in Arkansas. Sorry NEA, you just never were for me.
Anyway, we are going to go to Arkansas for Christmas. We don't know how long we will stay. It really depends on how much leave Derick can take. It will be so nice to visit with family and eat at Blue Coast Burrito. I have missed both of those very much!
Oh! I finished the Twilight books just in time to go see Breaking Dawn in theaters. Kelsey and I went to the midnight premiere. It was so good! The filming itself was so perfect and much better than the prior movies. I love the music and the lighting effects and Edward. I love Edward so much. It's very awful and strange. He is just something else! I miss the books and I'm ticked at Stephenie Meyer for not writing more. You people can mock and carry on all you want, but I have never loved a character in a book with the exception of Jesus Christ and Junie B. Jones. And don't you dare turn my words around and say that I love Edward as much as I love Jesus. Come on. Get with the program. Stephenie Meyer is rich, and it's not because she wrote horrible books. Some people just don't like them, and that is perfectly fine.
Nothing super exciting is happening around here. Derick still loves his job as far as I can tell. I go to the gym every morning and come home with all intentions of cleaning the house, but I find something better to do like PINTEREST. Have you been on that site?? I really need to stop. Everyone in my family is getting pinterest-inspired Christmas gifts. Even my brother! Not really...unless I find a make-your-own weapon tutorial or some sort of candle that smells like the deer woods.
Well, the washer stopped a long time ago, and I've just been rambling on and on. I should do some work! Y'all have a fabulous day! :)
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Trick or Treat
Happy Halloween!!
(not my jack o lantern, just so you know.)
Well, the weather is finally turning non-tropical in coastal Carolina. I'm in my sweats because my house is like an igloo. It actually warmed up a little after I baked a cake and left the oven door open for a little while after it finished. Still in my sweats, though.
I don't have anything exciting to blog about, but I've been doing laundry all day, so I needed a break from mating socks.
Derick has been going to his unit since last week, and I think he really likes it! I think he's just thankful to put some distance between himself and PowerPoint for a while. He had to get a flu shot last week, and afterwards, he started running a fever and feeling puny. That always happens to him. During his first time at OCS, they gave him a flu shot and he came back home to me, not only with a torn ACL, but sicker than I'd ever seen him. Flu shots aren't really his cup of tea. He feels a lot better today though.
This Saturday is our very first Marine Corps Birthday Ball. I'm excited! Ours is in Myrtle Beach, and we've never been there, so that will be fun. I am wearing a very pretty dress that I wore in my friend's wedding. I think it will go just nicely with DR's dress blues.
I started my tutoring job last week, and it was fun. The kids were very sweet. One girl has a dog named Paris as well. How 'bout dat?!
Yesterday, I went to church alone because Derick was sick. (I met the Snows there). Afterwards, I went to the Commissary. It was a crazy mad house. There was seriously a man laying down on the cereal isle as he compared two boxes of cereal. His stupid buggy was at his feet, so I couldn't get by. I was getting a little nutty in there, though I tried to maintain my calm. I finally made it to the checkout, where my sweet little bagger reminded me so much of Jacob Black (the werewolf), so he received an extra dolla from me. He was very nice, and I was grateful that someone else in that store had their brains a' workin.
Ok, so guess what? I JUST had my first Trick-or-Treaters!! Two witches and a Rainbow Bright. It was so exciting!! I love giving out candy! It's starting to sprinkle a little bit. I hope that doesn't keep the treaters away. It's so much fun! So, on that note, I'm going to go put Paris in her costume. Hope I didn't bore you to the point that you want to lay down in the cereal isle.
(not my jack o lantern, just so you know.)Well, the weather is finally turning non-tropical in coastal Carolina. I'm in my sweats because my house is like an igloo. It actually warmed up a little after I baked a cake and left the oven door open for a little while after it finished. Still in my sweats, though.
I don't have anything exciting to blog about, but I've been doing laundry all day, so I needed a break from mating socks.
Derick has been going to his unit since last week, and I think he really likes it! I think he's just thankful to put some distance between himself and PowerPoint for a while. He had to get a flu shot last week, and afterwards, he started running a fever and feeling puny. That always happens to him. During his first time at OCS, they gave him a flu shot and he came back home to me, not only with a torn ACL, but sicker than I'd ever seen him. Flu shots aren't really his cup of tea. He feels a lot better today though.
This Saturday is our very first Marine Corps Birthday Ball. I'm excited! Ours is in Myrtle Beach, and we've never been there, so that will be fun. I am wearing a very pretty dress that I wore in my friend's wedding. I think it will go just nicely with DR's dress blues.
I started my tutoring job last week, and it was fun. The kids were very sweet. One girl has a dog named Paris as well. How 'bout dat?!
Yesterday, I went to church alone because Derick was sick. (I met the Snows there). Afterwards, I went to the Commissary. It was a crazy mad house. There was seriously a man laying down on the cereal isle as he compared two boxes of cereal. His stupid buggy was at his feet, so I couldn't get by. I was getting a little nutty in there, though I tried to maintain my calm. I finally made it to the checkout, where my sweet little bagger reminded me so much of Jacob Black (the werewolf), so he received an extra dolla from me. He was very nice, and I was grateful that someone else in that store had their brains a' workin.
Ok, so guess what? I JUST had my first Trick-or-Treaters!! Two witches and a Rainbow Bright. It was so exciting!! I love giving out candy! It's starting to sprinkle a little bit. I hope that doesn't keep the treaters away. It's so much fun! So, on that note, I'm going to go put Paris in her costume. Hope I didn't bore you to the point that you want to lay down in the cereal isle.
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