I am almost homefree!

I thought this work week would never end! I am off tomorrow and I leave on Sunday to Gulf Port! It will be time to see my hubby! HOORAH! We made it! I will be able to go to my brother's wedding reception! This has worked out perfectly! I have booked 2 nights at the Beaurivage Resort with a "sweetheart package" each night. Breakfast in bed, complimentary cocktail in the evening, ocean view room. I am so excited. I think we are going to move around a bit after the first 2 days. I would love to visit Florida. Never been.
Let's see... Monday I went and got my hair cut. Don't freak out, hubby! LOL! Just a nice layered cut. Looks and feels much healthier. Had to go to the Penny's salon @ 8:30 PM but it didn't take her long to finish. I like it.
Wednesday and Thursday our GM came to visit and had a big pow wow with the Union and our management. We are starting to worry about the future of our office. Everyone is thinking a surplus is around the bend. I just have to be positive and remember that everything happens for a reason. Maybe that would be my push to nursing school. We shall see!
I baked butterfly pork chops coated in sliced onions and apple sauce. Sounds weird, but it was so good! Just experimenting! I have so much to do tomorrow on my off day. I went and bought Avatar today. Love that movie!
I cant express how happy I am right now. I won't be tomorrow while I am getting a new decal for the van, mowing the yard and cleaning the house. But it's all worth it! I will have my honey in my arms very soon!

I am so overwhelmed...

Today was so very long but it was nice. Elliebear had her early birthday party. Friends Maggie, Bailey, Macey, Reagan and Melissa showed up and my sister in law brought D & C, the only 2 boys out to skate as well. It rained all weekend. That stunk. But otherwise, it was decent. I found some good sales at Kohl's. Got 2 dresses, a pair of jeans and a shirt and a super cute pair of sandals! I also found an 18kt gold over sterling silver necklace with a frog pendant and a green stone in it for Elliebear. It was originally priced at 50.00 and I got it for 14.60. I love bargains! She loved it. She got lots of cute stuff from her friends and 31.00 to start off her ATM bank I got her. An art set, more webkins pets. They rode the carousel and ice skated for whole 3 hours! Kim got her a purse and a necklace. Took her with them to walk the mall to shop for a gift while I got a pedicure, my nails done and my eyebrows waxed. Want to have a pretty package for hubby to unwrap when I see him! :)
I took my Mom to Sam's this AM to order a groom's cake for my brother's wedding reception. I hate I am going to miss it but I think I will be much happier with my own hubby. I also got more meat and canned goods to stock up for my absence.
And yesterday, Elliebear went and got her hair braided at my brother's house. Bruiser went with her and stayed. Michelle kept the twins and C, Princess and I stayed home and cleaned. I also went to the grocery store and got essentials. I am so not ready for this trip. There is just so much to do on a regular basis.
We keep getting really FUBARed emails from our ombudsman about how people have been violating OPSEC with facebook postings and calling their families. So now hubby's group is supposed to have cell phones confiscated until they get to GP. UGH! And on top of that, there is a volcano erupting in Europe somewhere that is causing ash clouds so planes are grounded or being rerouted.
I have to cut the grass before I go too. Man... I hope this all works out. I also stopped by JW's house today to pick up a free plane ticket so that hubby can keep the car and I can fly home. She is so sweet. Has a friend who donated it to a Seabee wife in need. There are a few Seabees who will be jobless when they return home. Hmmm. Best of luck to everyone in regards to that.
Well, I better get some sleep. I feel a bit restless but I am so tired I don't feel like doing anything else that needs to be done. It's also discouraging that the same rooms I clean are literally beyond dirty again if not the same day, the following.
Loving you from afar, hubby. Can't wait to see you!

We're Almost DONE!

This has been a long week. But at the same time, it's flying by. Work this week has been interesting. The usual but I have been mostly in pretty good spirits. I think I am just happy that I have some time away coming up from that place. I have been staying up pretty late each night trying to get ready to leave. So I am pretty tired.
Tired leads to frustrated. I was frustrated. I am frustrated. If not about one thing, then another. I have to say I was a bit shocked about something that my hubby told me happened to him as a result of an email I sent to our ombudsman. I was not getting a straight answer on the date of my hubby's arrival. And I still have a 3 day window.
I am no stranger to dates being moved around, things changing. I work for Att for goodness sakes. We jokingly say in our office that it stands for "at this time" because we go literally from day to day with new M&Ps for the business. Anyway, hubby told me to ask the "women's group" because they may know better than he did about the dates, so I did. And she said she'd make a phone call... Turned out she forwarded my email to God knows where and it was apparently misconstrued as my hubby not communicating with me and him getting a "pep talk" and I must say I was embarrassed. My email wasn't distasteful or disparaging to the military or my hubby or anything like that so I don't get it. I just wanted to get the days off work...
Anyway, I felt really bad for my hubby and I hope I didn't embarrass him or cause him any grief. But at least I know kinda what day now... :)
I have arranged for the time off. I am starting to breathe a bit easier. I am realizing that I am that much closer to holding the one I love so much. Seeing his face, knowing he is real. Because he seems to me right now like this perfect man that I dreamt up. I love that man so much. I got flowers at work again on Tuesday. Beautiful yellow tulips. Totally unexpected. I have no doubts that my hubby loves me as much as I do him. Corners of my lips turned up at the thought of seeing him. Got a box of goodies and a trunk of stuff in mail from hubby today.
Today was the twins birthday. My babies are 2 years old! I bought them a beautiful chocolate cake yesterday with their names on it and took it to the daycare when I picked them up so they would have it for school today. Got a text from the owner this AM while at work with a picture of the cake on the floor. She felt so bad. She went and bought another cake and in addition, when I picked them up, they had birthday boy & girl ribbons and balloons. Each of them, even the Princess! Pinky let her balloon go as soon as we walked out and tried to get in the car. It flew up, up and away and she didn't seem to understand why I couldn't get it for her. So the owner made up for dropping the cake. And the replacement, though a white cake instead of chocolate, was pretty good.
We took the left over cake, paper plates and candles to McDonald's. I let the kids eat Happy Meals and play. Bubba blew out his candles, threw his arms up in the air and said, "YAY!" It was the cutest thing! Pinky just stared at the fire... I bought them each an outfit, which they wore to school today. Just didn't see any toys that didn't seem like a waste of money. They barely play with the toys they have and I thought those would all be cool.
I bought a new bathing suit this week. I was so excited because I was able to get it from the smaller sized racks! I can't wait for hubby to see me! I hope he can appreciate my hard work. Just think if I was even a bit more dedicated to dieting right and exercise more often what I'd look like. I have lost weight... But I still need to tone.
I have 7 left over tickets to Ice at the Parks from our FRG function there in January. They expire end of April. I am going to allow Elliebear to have an early birthday party on Sunday. One ride on the carousel for her and her friends and then up to 3 hours of free skating. No point in letting them go to waste and I am not sure what will be going on when her actual b-day, which is just a few weeks away, arrives. Hopefully we will be busy transitioning into having the hubby home!
I cleaned out my closet today. Got a small garbage bag full of old clothes for the donation box ready. I have so much to do. And I want to have a beauty day before I leave so I can look super nice for my hubby. Who wants to come home to a hag, right? LOL.
It's Friday and I am so glad I made it. This has been a rough day. Love you sweetie! I can't wait to see you! It's almost time! I just want to pull you close and breathe in the scent of you.
God, I miss you. Didn't get to talk to him all day today. Hope that means you are moving in the right direction... toward home...

the Jealousy Bug has Bitten...

I am so happy for the other SeaBee wives! Many starting their road trips now to get to the spot where we meet up with our hubbies! I pray they all have a safe trip and I am so glad they will be in their in their significant other's loving arms soon. However, I am so jealous that I have to wait a couple more weeks!

I walked around the ponds for 30 minutes today and did my shake weight. The shake weight. My my... I love that crazy little thing.

Today is actually Monday the 12th. I don't know what date this blog thingy is going to post because I am completing a blog I started on the 8th.

Let me just briefly recap the weekend. Friday, nothing spectacular happened at all. I went to work at my job. I came home and went to work. Enough said. Saturday was bruiser's bday. I stayed up til 2 AM making her cake and doing some cleaning. I am never going to get this house clean. The girls are just no help at all. I have to hear guff- yes! I said GUFF!- about any and everything I tell them to do or I have to repeat myself over and over. I am so tired of it. It's getting so old.
Bruiser woke up and grabbed her big box and was carrying it around all morning. It had a frog in it almost as big as she is. I let her open it early along with the Princess and the Frog movie so they could watch it and stay out of my hair for a bit. She was so excited about her "big, giant froggy!" That kid cracks me up. She is still sucking her thumb. This is going on 2 months now. I don't know where it came from but I am hoping it's just a phase.
I took them to the mall to ride the carousel a couple of times. Then we went to McDonald's and ate dinner. And some choice young men decided to fight right there in the restaurant. Ticked me off because it scared Princess and Bruiser to death. Some folks are such idiots! Jeez. Anyway, it was a decent day all in all. She got several other froggy gifts. And she loved them.
On Sunday, I had a fit because I have told the kids to make sure their bikes are put away. I have to back out of the drive and I can't see them. I unfortunately don't take the time to get out and check behind me before I move but I think I will start now. If I can remember...
Anyway, I accidentally ran over the wheel of the birthday girl's brand new radio flyer trike. I am going to have to call the company to see if it can be replaced... Oh well.
Speaking of broken things... I don't know if I mentioned, I bought a new coffee pot. I really like it alot. Hooray for coffee!
My mother had to work on Saturday but she came on Sunday for a bit to give Princess (belated) and Bruiser their b_day gifts. 2 of the cutest little orange dresses that were actually skorts underneath. She also got them a purse each that matches the dress. I went ahead and gave her the gift I was holding for her birthday cause I wasn't planning on being in town. Some awesome slippers that I really wanted to keep for myself. :) And I framed an 8x10 of the kid's daycare pics as well as gave her 5x7s and 3.5x5s of them. She liked it. It wasn't complete but I am on a short leash now.
I also got word from hubby about a sooner date and then got an email this AM that it has been pushed out. I had made a reservation at a super nice hotel where we were going to have a sweethearts package that included 2 free cocktails, breakfast in bed for 2, an ocean view room with king size bed, turn down service. Oh it was going to be so nice! Then I had to push it back.
Back to the jealousy bug I started off with... Now, not so much. Turns out the first group of wives and family there wont be able to see their service members until tomorrow. Apparently the plane broke down or something at their first stop stateside and they were delayed a whole day. Oh well. I would be so upset if I was all gussied up and ready to go and then was told my husband wouldn't be coming in with them! But I got over it before that news today.
In a way I am glad the date has been pushed back. I have so much to do to prepare for leaving my home open to someone else. It needs a thorough cleaning and I am doing my best. Some of the trees outside are shedding this weird fuzzy leaf and when you step on it or drive over it, it turns to dust. So the kids are tracking green leaf dust all over the house. Pac Pac is also tracking it in when he comes in from outside too.
Anyway, it's 12:30 AM. I got a call from my hubby! So good to hear his voice amidst this confusion about when he is supposed to arrive. The anticipation is unreal! I am starting to wonder if he exists or is a figment of my imagination! (Just kidding!) But I really can't wait to see him.
I have finished the dinner dishes after cooking. I cleaned out the car. I swept and raked the patio and driveway enough to fill one 33 gallon trash bag with those green weird leafy things. I went to the grocery store to buy diapers. I went to work for 8 hours then spent 30 additional minutes rearranging my vacation days to coordinate with the new date my husband has given me. I gave the kids a bath and got them in bed. This woman's work is never done! And on that note, I'm going to bed... Love you, honey!

Bad Bloggy Wife!

I know! I know! It's been a week since I blogged!

Let's play catch up again!
April 1, 2010- April Fool's Day... Not too much exciting happened. I finally watched the movie, The Blind Side. It was pretty good. Very heartfelt and touching movie. Better than I thought it would be, even with all the hype about it.
April 2, 2010- movie day. Went out with Dasia to the late late show. All the kiddos were home sleeping. C and L decided to babysit for me, which means if anyone wakes up, put them back to bed after figuring out what their problem is. But for the most part, the kids usually sleep through the night. We tried to make it to the 10:20 showing of Clash of the Titans. It was sold out. So we went to the 12:30 AM showing instead. I went back home for an hour before meeting at the mall. The movie was good. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be but it was good to see Dasia. I haven't seen her in a long while. We had a good time.
April 3, 2010- aaaahhhh! After 4 hours of sleep I got up to get the kids breakfast. I raked leaves outside- front yard is done! Yay! I mowed the front and back yards! That was a work out. I had a headache when I was done. The kids played outside while I worked. L tried to help a bit, moving sticks and what not. I also went to the grocery store and finished my taxes. Fun... I am getting a refund! Yay! That was good news!
April 4, 2010- Easter. My Mom came over and made dinner and watched the little ones (the twins were actually down for a nap) while I took C and L to see How to Train Your Dragon. It was a cute movie. I really enjoyed it. By the way, both movies I saw were in 3D. Love that! We ate ham, sweet potatoes, mac-n-cheese, green bean casserole, cornbread and I made a pineapple upside down cake. yum! Watched Julie and Julia with Mom. It was a sweet movie. Really sappy.
April 5, 2010- Back to work! Ugh. I generally hate Mondays. It was so busy and we had mandatory overtime. We ate left over spaghetti for dinner. I was so glad I didn't have to cook. Nothing super exciting...
April 6, 2010- No new releases I am interested in this week. Too bad but good for my wallet. I am still trying to decide what pictures I want to buy from the packages sent home from daycare. Looks like I am going to be spending about 170.00 on them. Wow! But they are so cute. Oh well. They'll only be this age once. Right?
April 7, 2010- Payday. Lovely. House payment and daycare takes most of it as usual. Oh well. I could be struggling much harder. At work right now and hoping for an easy evening. I walked around the ponds today. Good workout I think. I really want to get in shape for going to see my hubby. I am also finally starting to use the shake weight he sent me for Christmas. 6 minutes a day and it's supposed to tone your Mommy fat on your arms. We'll see. And I don't know how many days they are estimating this will happen in...
By the way, honey... I want an Ipod, a gold necklace and a tattoo for my birthday... Plus what ever other items you choose to throw in. LOL! And I am glad that people have noticed my weight loss at work, but I am tired of hearing, "OK! Don't come back pregnant when you go see him!" Jeez! We are having a spread tomorrow to celebrate the April birthdays for our team. I volunteered to bring plates and forks. NO COOKING! LOL!
I have gotten to speak to my hubby on skype and instant messenger a decent amount over the last week. That's always good news. He seems to be in good spirits. I am just so crazy about the fact that we cant get any dates as to when this nightmare of a deployment will be over! But I know it's soon! I know I will have him in my arms very soon....
Saw the cutest lovie dovie things...
1. He bought her a dozen roses, 11 real ones and one fake one and said, "I will love you til the last rose dies"... (or something to that effect)
2. Whoever said Disney World was the happiest place on Earth has apparently never been in your arms...
I love those quotes and I dedicate them to you hubby! Miss you like crazy! Thanks for putting up with me!