Pretty friggin excited

As not to violate OSPEC, I just realized a milestone in the deployment happened today =D. I just want Will home sooner than later. Still asking for prayers for the Bulldog Brigade, and all of the other troops so courageously serving. <3.

...also asking for prayers for a friend and she gets the answers she needs soon.

10 DAYS UNTIL I SEE THE BABY DOCTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....and now back to laundry and America's Most Wanted.

Last Friday Night

was pretty awesome. Went and saw Daughtry as he performed for the troops and their families. Paid $10 for the beer garden, exclusively so I could get a t-shirt ;), gave my friend's hubby my free beer lol. After the concert, I went to main Bliss to go see 21 Jumpstreet. Could NOT stop laughing. Jessica, go take Robbie to see it. =D. Channing Tatum....oh boy hehe. After the movie, we stopped by the little bar/restaurant on post, Shamrock's since it was technically St.Patty's day. Had a yummy Blue Hawaiian,...except it was obviously colored green for the holiday. Came home, and crashed. I needed severe non-stop sleep so badly.

I'm pretty proud of Will and myself. We set a goal to get a specific amount in two separate savings account in January, and with this pay check...we got to that amount. So now we raised the stakes, on top of keeping up with our other bills. Traveling to and from FL, on top of unexpected things, and R&R set us back a little bit, but heck, we still did it. =D. If we meet our new goal by the time he gets home, as well as the other stuff we want done (his exhaust is messed up, and he really wants his speakers fixed and windows tinted)...we're gonna celebrate with a new living room set =D. Ours came from Big Lots, and they held up well for the 3 years we owned them, but the saying 'you get what you paid for' is deff true. So, moving on to actual quality furniture =).

Hope everyone has a good St.Patty's Day, and remainder of the weekend <3.

Back in TX

 Some pictures from home =). Loved loved LOVED spending time in FL <3. But it's great to be back in TX too =)).

Homesick.

Things have been so complicated since I've been home. If not for a few friends, and my Gamma....I'd be gone already. This deployment is kicking my ass. I don't like complaining because a) it doesn't change anything, and b) everyone has problems. But I want my husband home. Like, yesterday. I feel so alone without him. Something was implied to me earlier that no child should ever have to think about. =/.  And I'm not happy about it. I still don't believe in airing dirty laundry, but..whatever.

I'm just thankful for those friends who pick me up. I've been hanging with my little sister a lot lately. I love my Shelby Lynn. Saw Contraband last weekend. Made my Gamma eat not just gator, but deer. Drove to GA to sight-see. Went clubbing for the first time (I'm in love lol)...it's a life experience I was happy about, which surprised me.

....this post is really jumbled. I guess I'm just still in shock.

Winter Jam and other fun stuff

Thursday night, I went to the ultimate rivalry game with my friend Sam. Dixie County played Chiefland in basketball. My old high school against my husband's ;)....his team won. Went to WalMart later with Taylor, picking up some last minute things for Winter Jam.

Friday, headed to Tallahassee to meet up with Miranda and Amber. Amber drove us to Jacksonville, where we enjoyed Winter Jam 2012. =). Met up with two of their friends, and spent the night with Jamie. We had a pretty good time. Saturday we headed back home, and Rand & I got Chic-fil-A before heading back to her house for a little while.

Sunday..I did absolutely nothing productive, except sleep, shower, cook. Started  the second book of The Hunger Games series.

Yesterday headed to Chiefland with Taylor to run a few errands. Picked up the last two Just Dance games for my Wii. Been doing 20 minute sessions 3 times a day. In love. Also picked up Chinese (I was craving it). Came home and started (and finished) the final book of The Hunger Games. Already hungering for the movie. Woke up around 2 to someone/some very large thing walking by my Gamma's window. Lu is going crazy. Sent off my car alarm and spooked them off.  Got my cop friend to do a little patrol though. Love living in a place where cops actually respond to things in a timely fashion. (esp when I'm loved ;) ).

Today I'm headed up to Gainesville to meet up with Taylor and Ashley. Going to grab dinner and see a movie, hopefully Joyful Noise =). I'm pretty excited.


I'm asking for prayers for my friend Kim. And also for my husband, as he caught a pretty horrible stomach bug, and he needs to be better. I worry so much for his safety =(.

Hope everyone has a great day <3!

New Year..new outlook

I dreaded January 5th with a horrible passion. But, that date (along with my faith in God, and some pretty amazing people) healed my bitter heart. I wasn't bitter towards anyone(despite one person's opinion), but bitter towards my situation. I realize that now, and I own up to it. We had hoped to conceive during R&R, but that didn't happen. And I think my attitude was part of it. I'm not saying I'm happy it happened, but I can cope with it now. The moment the wind took my balloon memorial, it was like it took my burden with it. If we would've conceived earlier,...I wasn't over loosing baby #1. Not saying I'll ever be completely over it, but I wasn't in the right mindset.  I thank my friends who didn't delete me over my lamenting over the day. There were quite a number who did,  but that's ok. I did need to get over myself in the nicest way possible. A many a number of friends suffered miscarriages in 2011, and there were a few who handled it way better than myself publicly. I pray for those who have endured this pain. But I think now, and Will would have missed so much. As he's reenlisting, he's still gonna miss so much, but he'll be home for my pregnancy, and the baby's first year with the new dwell time. That's perfect for me. And we've had to deal with a lot of obstacles our first two years of marriage, but I'm glad we did, because we survived. We're still in a honeymoon stage obviously, and there'll be more trying years in our hopefully many years of marriage. But we've learned how to overcome some problems, and how the one person uniquely handles stressful situations. And I've gotta say, so far, I'm pretty durn proud of us =D.

Off that depressing note, Lu & I had fun with Jess& Apollo. Ate yummy food, drank some delicious Sangria,  caught up on Glee, and I got stuff to redecorate my bathroom. Today I ran errands for my Gamma, and got LuLu groomed. She looks even more adorable, and her place of grooming had the cutest name: Paradise Pet  Palace. lol. Came home and cooked up some burgers for dinner, with a cranberry lemonade and cupcakes. =). Watched 'Pretty Woman' (miss you Amber! my 80's movie partner), and now about to head to bed. Excited about Winter Jam in Jacksonville this weekend =)). Hope everyone's doing good <3.

2012 so far

Spent the first day of 2012 with friends, namely Miranda, Taylor, Ashley, and Jessica. Started the night out by eating at Mya's with Miranda. Headed up to Gainesville to meet up with Taylor and Ashley, swung by to see Jessica, her puppy Apollo, and her roommate while we were waiting =). Spent the night at Ashley's, where I woke up the next morning to FINALLY get my tattoo. Four years of waiting was so worth it. I'm in love with my ink.

Yesterday, did pretty much nothing, lol.
Today, I went grocery shopping and ran errands for my Gamma. Got me a new phone, because sadly, my phone of almost 4 years decided to go crazy on me. And my Gamma got me the prettiest of bouquets to make me smile. I adore her, and am so thankful for her.
Tomorrow, is the 1 year anniversary of the day we learned baby Vaughan will never come into this world, as I had an ectopic pregnancy. Remembering this day by doing a balloon memorial, with my friend Jessica, who is amazing by offering to be there for me <3. (Miranda sadly, is more than 2 hours away in Tallahassee). Went and got said balloons today, when the florist asked, and heard what happened, she donated the balloons to me, as she does a yearly balloon memorial for her angel baby. Aside from the circumstances, I'm happy to be seeing her, as I'm gonna cook for her, and our puppies are gonna make friends with each other =D.

Next weekend I'll be headed up to meet with Miranda, as we're then headed to Jacksonville for a huge Christian concert, along with two of her friends.  I'm really excited about this. =)

I want to ask ya'll to keep my friend Amber in your thoughts. It's not my place to say her business, but she needs lots of well wishes. =), thanks in advance!

And finally, I'm proud to say I'm 3 months into this deployment down. Yay!!! <3.