February Favorites

Another blog post idea I stole from my best friend, he he.

              Entertainment

*Monopoly Streets. Played this at a friend's house, and got completely addicted. It's a way I can relate to Will with his gaming, while having fun myself.

*Due Date, I find this movie extremely amusing. Love Jamie Foxx in anything, and well, Zach..is Zach, lol.

Yummy foods to eat

*Cattleman's Steakhouse.Took Will for his birthday dinner, and it was just as much as a gift to me ;).

*Koze Japanese Steakhouse. Will and I were thoroughly impressed with their service, prices, and excellent quality of the food served.

*Buffalo Wild Wings

I love their dry seasoned Buffalo wings, fried mushrooms, and mango lemonades. =).

                                              

Best memories:

Will's 21st Birthday. Hands down. I loved being able to get him what he wanted =).

Bowling. We haven't been in a while, and I don't know why =).

Rock and Worship Roadshow. I LOVED all the bands.

Fashion:

My floral tube top from Torrid, that I had to argue with the manager over =/. So worth it.

And my Valentine's Day present, the Fossil watch I was lusting over =).

Hoping this month will be just as awesome as the last!

<3,

me

Lazy Sunday

Today was a horrible day, weather wise. Crazy winds, overcast, forecasted snow (got a few flurries that melted as soon as they landed), and just..ugh. So we stayed in the majority of today, only ventured outside with Lu to run down to Walgreens for the Sunday paper. $1.75 for over $131 off in P&G coupons, heck to the yes.
Will & I played Monopoly Streets almost all way, and the winner alternated almost every time. Dinner was a quick and easy one, fish and tater tots. Lol. I'm so excited I have 50 hours until my birthday!!

Last night was fun, we grabbed dinner from Buffalo Wild Wings after watching Hall Pass. Pretty funny....but not the greatest movie. We brought the yummy food home, and played on the gaming system. Girls..wanna bond with your guy? Buy a game that'd interest the both of you. Monopoly, Family Feud, Mortal Kombat, whatever, do it, lol. I give Will plenty of his alone gaming time, but it's fun to strike a healthy competition, and spend time with them, considering it takes the Jaws of Life to extract them from the controller.

Anyways, I'm waiting for my next free episode of Family Feud, I want a weekly score of over 100,000..and I will get it!

G'night!

Love,
me

A Beautiful Love..

...is what we get from Jesus. That concert was the BEST birthday present. Thank you to my amazing hubby Will for taking me =)). Thousand Foot Krutch performed my favorite song by them,' Rawk Fist.' Will got to see his favorite Christian band, Mercy Me, perform live. Their song, 'Beautiful,' made me cry. I wish it had came out when I was a teenager. Will got a photo of the band, and drumsticks. It was cute.

I was thoroughly impressed with everything. $10 each for a 4 hour concert can't be beat. I can't wait until we're home. I wanna be able to take Will to some of the stuff First Baptist participates in =)).

Soooooo excited!!!

Thousand Foot Krutch, Mercy Me, and Jars of Clay. Enough said. Tonight is gonna be so friggin awesome!!!

Productivity...

...has not been in my vocabulary lately, but it was today!! =). Did the dishes, finished the majority of the laundry, only thing left is Will's shirts that have hard to get out stains. Will got home early, and has to be to work at 3, so it was sandwiches for dinner. Egg salad on toasted honey wheat, mmmm. I watched the movie Obsessed, kinda creepy, but really good. Then we played Monopoly Streets. For those of you who have a PS3, or a Wii, I highly recommend it. We played it at a friend's house, and fell in love. I made the budget for the upcoming month, wrote out the check for rent, and made the grocery list. I try making a 2 week meal plan, and we tend to only buy the groceries on that list, and it's deff cut down on our spending habits. As have coupons. I usually save an average of 15% every trip from coupons. I loooove being frugal.

I'm asking kind thoughts and prayers for my friend Jessica, she has a pretty big day tomorrow, and it's really important to her, and so it's important to me. Thanks in advance.

G'night, gonna Facebook and enjoy some downtime.

Pet Peeves

I told Miranda I'd steal this, and make it my own, so here goes.

                                        Top 10 Pet Peeves (as of lately)


 * ME
Lately, I've been my own worst enemy. I'm not the person I usually am. I'm usually able to be an encourager, and a better friend to my friends. I just let my own petty issues come in the way of that lately. And to those I hurt by doing such, I apologize.

* Stupid parents who don't want to act like one
Parents are trying their hardest to get shows like Pretty Little Liars, and Glee, off the air. Why? Because their 6th graders are watching these shows, and are being introduced to things most 12 year olds don't need to know about. I love both of these shows dearly, but there's a reason why they're broadcasted later on in the evening. If you actually were a parent, you'd know what your child was being informed of, and keeping an eye on it...at least while you can control it.

* Chain of Command
No explanation needed for this one.

*Male family members
It's no surprise to anyone my family and I rarely get along. But lately, my brothers have been annoying me more often. You are a male. Please do not even attempt to act like you know what I'm going through.

*People who try acting like my PCM, without a Ph.D
I'm being carefully monitored. Blood labs every week until my levels are at 0. Right now I have the hCG levels of a woman who's 3 weeks pregnant. Kinda sad since I officially lost my baby almost 6 weeks ago, when my pregnancy tissue was caught in my cervix. I can not take anything without getting the consent of my doctor...nor do I want to. She said no extreme exercise, I don't do it. Don't lift over 15 pounds..consider it done. Over the counter medications are taboo, and so my Advil bottle rests peacefully in the medicine cabinet. I've been sick for far too long, to just not listen to instructions. They're not sure if I actually have P.I.D., or the inflammation is due to my ectopic pregnancy and followed medical therapy. Either way, I oblige with taking the pills I was instructed.

*Mexican drivers
I hate they're allowed in the United States without insurance. And they drive like crazy, because they know we're gonna do everything in our power to avoid hitting them.

*Never knowing what's going on
The Army's motto is hurry up and wait. No big shocker there. You never have an idea of what's going on, and when you finally do..they pull the rug out from underneath you and everything changes. Will was due to leave on Tuesday, now he may not leave at all (which is a VERY good thing,) but it's frustrating at times. We went out and bought equipment we needed to replace, but would have postponed had we knew he wasn't gonna go. This also relates to my uncertainty of life after the Army, and when exactly that life is gonna start.

*Babies dying.
My heart breaks for these mothers who have to bury their babies. Caskets shouldn't be made that small =(.

* The fact we're not back in Dixie yet.
I'm so extremely homesick, it hurts.

*The fact I still have a week before my birthday.
I love birthdays, no matter what. Lol. And Will's is due to be home for it =)).

Blogger Fever

I can't sleep lately. Until I'm like bone tired. And I'm so sick of medicines, so I'm trying to tough out this pelvic pain as much as I can.
There's something that has been weighing heavily on my mind and heart lately. I joined a support group for girls having miscarriages, and though the topic is depressing, I get even more depressed with people posting about their upcoming babies after loss(judge me if you'd like, I'm being COMPLETELY honest. I know someday it'll happen, or it just wasn't Will and my future, but it's hard to be in a support group, just to kinda get it shoved in my face I'm NOWHERE near being able to try again. My hCG levels are still not at zero, despite the fact all that pregnancy tissue clogged up my cervix. So, I have to wait a suggested 6 months after I hit zero before we try again....and will have many tests run as well. Not to mention I'm not entirely sure if going off birth control is gonna be so easy this time. I'm excited for those people, but it just hurts. Will & I waited quite patiently while my health worked itself out, and finally, we had a ray of hope in December after everything to see I was pregnant...but bad things comes in threes. It'll be almost 2 months in 2 weeks and 2 days, and though I don't show it, it KILLS me. There's times I just curl up and cry into the baby blankie we bought. My body still thinks it's pregnant, and it sucks to know I'm dealing with all this pain, for essentially nothing =(.

Sing It Out

This song was recently featured on Glee, and I love the message the lyrics provide.


Sing It Out:
http://www.myspace.com/mychemicalromance/music-player?songid=76287305&artid=1943388&albid=16936155&enableembeds=1&pfc=BillboardPopOutPlayer&offnw=1&userid=-1&ltpm=1

Sing it out,

Boy, you got to see what tomorrow brings. 
Sing it out, 
Girl, you got to be what tomorrow needs. 

For every time. 
That they want to count you out, 
Use your voice, 
every single time you open up your mouth. 

Sing it for the boys, 
Sing it for the girls, 
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world. 
Sing it from the heart, 
Sing it till you're nuts, 
Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts. 
Sing it for the deaf, 
Sing it for the blind, 
Sing about everyone that you left behind. 
Sing it for the world, 
Sing it for the world. 

Sing it out, 
Boy, they're gonna sell what tomorrow needs 
Sing it out, 
Girl, they're gonna kill what tomorrow brings 
You've got to make a choice, 
If the music drowns you out. 
And raise your voice, 
Every single time they try and shut your mouth. 

Sing it for the boys, 
Sing it for the girls, 
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world. 
Sing it from the heart, 
Sing it till you're nuts, 
Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts. 
Sing it for the deaf, 
Sing it for the blind, 
Sing about everyone that you left behind. 
Sing it for the world, 
Sing it for the world. 

[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/sing-lyrics-my-chemical-romance.html ]


Cleaned-up corporation progress, 
Dying in the process. 
Children that can talk about it, 
Living on the webways. 
People moving sideways, 
Sell it till your last days. 
Buy yourself the motivation, 
Generation nothing. 
Nothing but a dead scene, 
Product of a white dream. 
I am not the singer that you wanted, 
but a dancer. 
I refuse to answer, 
Talk about the past, 
Sir and wrote it for the ones who want to get away. 


Keep running! 

Sing it for the boys, 
Sing it for the girls, 
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world. 
Sing it from the heart, 
Sing it till you're nuts, 
Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts. 
Sing it for the deaf, 
Sing it for the blind, 
Sing about everyone that you left behind. 
Sing it for the world, 
Sing it for the world. 

You've got to see what tomorrow brings! 
Sing it for the world, 
Sing it for the world. 
Yeah, you've got to be what tomorrow needs! 
Sing it for the world, 

Sing it for the world.

And so it begins..

I already miss him. Sounds corny, but I do. LuLu went with me when I followed him there and said good-bye. She whined so bad, my heart broke. I'm almost hoping he's still there when I leave to go buy Due Date. So glad that comes out today, since it's hysterical, and I need something to cheer me up. Until I'm with him again, there's only 2 men that'll do..Ben..and Jerry. Banana Split ice cream ftw.

But last night was fun. We went over a friend's house for dinner and game night. I'm gonna hate it when the Army takes us away from each other =(. and now Will & I want Monopoly Streets lol.

But there's times when being away from each other is cool. My best friend Miranda and I devised a thing inspired by 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.' Instead of pants though, we're gonna do a charm bracelet, and during your month,..you add a charm that describes your month. Since I'm starting it during my birthday month, I was thinking of doing a birthday charm. =). We amazingly got in touch with our 4th member, Kristen, and then there's Taylor too. I'm really hoping this will keep Kristen more in touch, because we all miss that girl.

I'm about to rewatch Glee's 'Justin Bieber Experience' because, well, it's Glee, and Glee always cheers me up.

Love,
me

So much for a nice evening.....

I'm not one to air my dirty laundry, but I'm asking my readers to pray for me. Hard.

Countdown

Time is getting short =/. Yesterday I had a blast at the baby shower, then Will & I went bowling...again, lol. Ten games later, and I'm officially exhausted. Slept in almost to noon, then helped him load the Sunfire with everything. So far, it's been a pretty normal lazy Sunday morning. Will's been playing Madden, I've been Facebooking. I think later we're gonna go watch a movie. We're cramming 2 weeks of fun into one 4 day weekend, lol. Tomorrow is Koze!!! Yay! I love Japanese steakhouses, and Koze so far has been awesome.
Then probably coming home to relax. =). I've stocked up on a few books to read while he's gone, as well as some movies. And then, I got the gaming system to keep me occupied =). I'm also gonna be looking into a few recipe books. I tried this vegan pasta salad yesterday at the baby shower, and loved it. Thinkin' of adding shrimp to make it a complete meal dish type thing. We're both gettin' sick of the same meals, so deff considering adding new taste to satisfy our palates. Hope everyone reading this has a good day.

Love,
me

4 Day Weekend!

Yay! Will has the entire weekend off before he's due to leave. He was already packed up from the last FTX, so we didn't have to waste time with that. This morning was a lazy one. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe was played, and I WON! Lol. So exciting.
Now we're about to hit up WalMart to get him a new cell for this training, since his other one died. And then on to bowling with some friends of ours. =).

Busy as a Bee

Life has got me going in every which direction lately.

Had an FRG (Family Readiness Group) meeting last night, a lot of talk about this upcoming deployment ( which I can't really talk about).. and was given a calender of trainings dates..to which Will is gonna be gone at least 2 weeks out of every month, and gone the entire month of June =/. 2 year in a row 'the mistress' (The Army) has taken it away from us. Not that big of a deal, but what's the point of a blog if I can't be honest?

My last few days has been driven by errands. Wal-Mart runs, grocery trip, mailing/paying of bills, taking Lu to the groomer. Today I am laying in bed, watching movies with my Lu girl. I picked up Unstoppable, Taking of Pelham 123, and Wall Street 2 on Tuesday =).

Valentine's Day was really good. Got a pretty bouquet, some amazing chocolates, Will built me a bear, and a Fossil watch I've been eyeing forever. He spoils me. We made chili that night, and watched Life As We Know It. Amazing movie if you haven't seen it. I also got schooled in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, lol.

On Saturday, we had an Organization Day for Will's unit. It was surprisingly fun. Amazing how much I can enjoy things if I simply just don't think about it. We ate steaks, listened to music, watched the soldiers do different events, and enjoyed each other's company. Afterwards, we went out with one of his battle buddies. Coldstone, Buffalo Wild Wings (love their fried mushrooms!!), and saw The Roommate. Kinda creepy movie, but good.

I believe Monday Will & I are celebrating my 21st, since he'll be gone for the actual day. I'm really wanting Koze again (amazing Japanese steakhouse).

Still debating on what I actually want for said birthday. Lol. But Will's usually good at surprises.

Hope everyone has a good day.

<3, me