MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. Have you (spouse) ever considered joining the military and what do you think of dual military couples? submitted by Project Army Wife
The impression that both of us have is that if I wanted to join, I couldn't because of the metal in my leg. Vx knows a couple that deployed together, they were in the same unit before, after & I assume when they were deployed (same MOS). They had a baby, it was with her parents, considering his age, I think it was probably better they did that when they did, but as the kid gets older, I know having one parent or both gone will be tough on him. Another couple both of us know, he was already in before they met, she joined, then found out a few weeks after starting basic she's pregnant, so she was sent home & I believe she was discharged. I have no interest in Chemical Warfare, so it probably wouldn't work for us even if I wanted to/could join.

2. What is your idea of a perfect Sunday afternoon? submitted by A Few of My Favorite Things
I guess driving around, idk.

3. What do you usually do for the 4th of July holiday?  submitted by Anchor’s Away
Work, this year I'm off on the 4th, but work the weekend before. My brother's visiting the area, he leaves sometime on Monday, so idk.

4. If they could make an Olympic event JUST for you that you know you’d medal in, what would it be? submitted by Pants are Confusing
Something to do with music? idk

5.  What have you been doing to get yourself bathing suit ready for the summer? submitted by Not Just an Army Wife
Nothing out of the ordinary. I have less of an appetite when its hot outside, so I am eating less & losing a little weight, but the scars are still there, so no bathing suits for me!

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Have a fun holiday weekend!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. It's now June (woot!)... what plans do you have for the summer?
I started at the summer dept. last night, that will go until the end of June, the rest is still up in the air.

2. What is your favorite summer memory as a kid?
Summer time usually wasn't a lot of fun for me, so I guess playing w/Barbie's all day, idk.

3. If wild animals could be made pets without fear of them ever being dangerous, what kind of exotic animal would you want as a pet?
A pet monkey might be kinda neat, I'm not sure though, they could also be a pain. A women in the next town actually has a kangaroo, it was injured, so it can't jump very high, & it won't grow any taller than it already is (which its not very tall). A kangaroo like that might be neat as well!

4. Is there anything about deployments that you do like? submitted by The Thrifty Military Wife
Doing things that he hates!

5. I'm starting to run out of questions again... so please give me a question you'd like to see (off-the-wall will most likely make it because we seem to have used a lot of the "traditional" ones).

Uh oh, Wifey needs questions again! I think I used my best material this last time. = (

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MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. Do you think civilians, in general, understand the meaning of Memorial Day?
As horrible as this may sound, I think some civilians understand better than I do!

2. What are your plans for the Memorial Day Weekend?

No plans at this time. Last year I worked at a dog show, but went to the movies to see Sex & the City 2 on Monday during the day, other years I was at the summer dept. so having this weekend off is rare for me.

3. What skill/talent do you wish you had? submitted by The 3 Turners

Not being so shy? I'm not sure.

4. Which came first: the chicken or the egg? submitted by I Married Into The Army
Ah, another one of my questions! I have asked this many times, one person responded "yo mama" while others weren't sure about it either. If you know the answer, then please, let me know!

5. What is the best thing about your post (base)? The worst? submitted by Randomly, Robyn

In terms of warriors, the best is the location (about 5 miles from where we live) & how everyone gets along, despite ranks & branches (Navy, Marines, & Army). The worst is how the Navy does ID's (it took 4 tries & an Army SGT making it before hours to finally get mine), it's only offices & a mechanics shop (no shopettes, PX, etc. but there's a Target & numerous other stores outside the gate), & when its not a drill weekend, the gate is an intercom that the Army only answers on occasion (the Marines usually answer, when everyone moves to the new place, there's supposed to be a guard at the new gate 24/7).

In terms of the where Vx's unit is at now, the best is that its on a real base & its close to his dad & younger sister (he gets to visit them whenever they order him there), the worst is that it's 2,100 miles away from here.

Enjoy your holiday weekend!

Craziness

If your reading this, then I assume you survived all the holidays that have occurred so far. Congrats! I barely survived Christmas it felt like, the only gift I received sucked, visiting Vx's family sucked, decorations on the blimp didn't cooperate, and neither did the tail rudder.

But, the dream I've been trying to give up on, it seems to be coming true now. I finished school 6 years ago, and now I'm getting to start doing that kind of work? Seriously?! WTF!

It's not exactly what I wanted to do, but its the closest I've gotten to it. It's frustrating, but also a big sigh of relief.

I can't bitch about my husband's hobby anymore, either. If it wasn't for it, this opportunity would have never came.

They say good things come to those who wait, well that is very true!

Happy New Year!

Random Tuesday Thoughts

Another Tuesday, another RTT! *happy dance* It's kinda sad that the highlight of my AM hours is participating in a meme. Oh well, it could be much worse!

My weekend revolved around hockey. A statement that would've never entered my mind until a month or two ago.

I'm sure Sunday didn't help out much, I hung out in the media area. Talk about a view! They sit in a section on the upper level, which is closed to the general public during games, it's located near the center, and you can see everything (except the face smashing the glass, blood, & fights that I normally see where the blimp crew sits). We normally sit behind one of the goals, so we can only see what happens on the other end on the jumbo screen. Hearing the play-by-play and seeing the action at the same time also helped me to understand what's going on a lot better.

The team was away Friday & Saturday nights, so I listened to the games online. On their way home Saturday night, they had a bus fire AGAIN! This is the second bus fire they've had this season, they learned a lot from the last "fire drill" that everything was saved this time. In the last one, the broadcasting equipment and some personal items were lost. On a coach's show they do on Monday nights, the broadcaster joked about running halfway home w/all his gear in hand so it was safe this time. None of the players lost their teeth this time either, so that one player will still have his two (fake) front teeth for Christmas!

Also, a homemade sign at the game Sunday: 

(Team's full name) 2

Bus company 0

The (team) is on fire!

Were debating on getting an RC vehicle, put a bus body on it, either have flames pop up or smoke pellets activate on the ice, then have the blimp fly over and dump "water" (blue streamers) on the bus.

I haven't bought any Christmas gifts, a friend sent me a card, but I still haven't returned the favor. I suck, and I really don't want to go to any stores this close to Christmas.

We might go to Vx's aunt's house for Christmas, there's a game that night, so whatever we do, we'll have to be done by 6 pm or so.

Are the holiday's over yet?

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MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. What is the best gift you have ever received or given? from Jessica Lynn Writes
Not sure, the tv was great at the time, dvd player was neat when I finally got an adapter for it, nothing else from Christmas really sticks out for me.

2. Do you celebrate holidays differently when your loved one is deployed/gone or do you keep tradition? from The Albrecht Squad
N/A

3. If you celebrate Christmas, do you put an angel, star or something else on the top of your tree?
It's kinda hard to put anything on top of a Little Debbie Christmas Tree cake

4. What are your three favorite websites?
Facebook, Twitter, & Yahoo. Some other close calls are  Philo & Foursquare. Philo and Foursquare lets you check into things (philo for tv, foursquare for physical places). I have my gmail and what little, if any aol mail forwarded to my yahoo address, so I can check (mainly) 2 email inbox's at once while checking out tv listings & other things.

5. On your man do you prefer… boxers, briefs or boxer briefs? Or commando? (yeah, I’m starting to get desperate for questions!)
While Vx never wears boxers, I've dated guys that wore boxers and I liked them. Briefs don't look right on men in my opinion, so I guess boxer briefs are my second favorite.

Have a great weekend!

Uh, Christmas

I hate trying to buy my husband gifts. He usually wants something I feel is too expensive, or he doesn't like what I get him. I still haven't got him a birthday (September) or anniversary (October) gifts for this year, or a Christmas gift. Last year, I bought him pants for Christmas that he hated, he griped about needing some, but he wouldn't go out and buy any, so I did. Granted, one pair was not what I expected, the other's he called "gay looking" so I returned them and he never bought any pants or anything else to replace them. For our anniversary/his birthday, I bought him a RC Tank. First, I got the wrong color, so we went to the store & exchanged it for a color he liked better. Then he broke it, he keeps saying he needs to send it in to get it fixed, it still sits on top of the tv, broken.

I didn't like all the gifts he's purchased for me, either. One birthday, I got a guitar, while its neat, I don't care to learn how to play it, and I don't want it sitting around if its not going to be played. One Christmas, I got some sound equipment "so I can record demos" as he put it. I received that a few years too late! Now both sit in his storage unit, w/many of out wedding gifts as well.

Yes, wedding gifts from 3 years ago. Things that aren't needed right now since we still live w/my mom!

For Christmas, I want Vx to get a real fuckin' job, so I can have what I want for Christmas, to live in my own place like a real married couple!

I can't believe this is still our life 3 years later!

Random Tuesday Thoughts

So last Tuesday's hockey game wasn't as much fun as the last cheap beer night, but it was still a good game. Friday's game was the start of a 3 game stand w/this one team, last time both teams played each other, the other team slaughtered our team (idk if it had anything to do w/our team wearing special jerseys that night or not), so I'm glad they paid them back by winning the first 2 games in the series. I listened to the second game online since it was at the other team's home, so I got to hear my facebook friend again. The third will be played tonight at home. Our team has won the last 6 games in a row, & the last 8 out of 9 games (the pink jersey tops weren't lucky for them either, could this be a sign?). 

My sister is driving my mom nuttier than she already is, lord help me! Luckily this sister lives far, far away and no one has heard her say anything about visiting for Christmas. Mom's bf said something about her moving back here, I believe mom's reaction was NO!!!!!!!!!!! 

See why I'm her favorite?

Also, our brother is dating her first ex-husband's sister. They've been together for a while now, it still cracks me up! Our brother lives closer to our sister than mom & I do, so he can deal with her & her craziness. 

Incase you were wondering about my Christmas stuff, no presents have been purchased yet, I won't be making any, the meal will probably be at the same place we had Thanksgiving at (Chinese buffet) since there's a game that night as well. I think the last time a Christmas tree was really set up was 4 years ago. That first non-tree year, between starting to walk again after breaking my femur & a severe ice storm in our area, we were lucky to have presents, & I did have to purchase most of the ones I gave out in January (no car+unable to walk=buying gifts difficult). After that, the cat w/her anry ways, was the main motivation and still is.

Have no fear, when presents start appearing, a Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake will be placed on top. It's a tradition I started about 10 years ago, my parents had presents wrapped up and sitting by a window, but no tree up. The tree did finally go up, then when my aunt felt bad about hosting a Christmas meal w/o a tree, I brought the Little Debbie tree to her house, placed it on the edge of her computer desk, the presents people brought were sitting beside & under it, so they were placed "under a tree" that year.

The club Vx flies with is having their Christmas party as a nearby buffet later this week. I guess I'll get to meet some more wives that put up w/the same "toys" that I do. Of course, most if not all of the other members are rich, &/or live in their own houses w/garages, while we live in a 2-bedroom apartment w/my mom & her bf. The members that are kids, one of their parents is also a member.

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MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. Are you a night owl or an early bird?
Night owl! I usually work third shift and I love it!

2. What makes you jealous?
Back in June when I was working in a very cold building, I was jealous of all my co-workers who were outside in the warmth and the ones that could wear shorts while I had thermals under my jeans.


3. Have you started Christmas/holiday shopping yet? When will you finish? (There's only 63 days left!)
Christmas is coming? I thought it was Halloween, oh well.


4. What would you have a personal chef make you tonight?
I have a personaly chef (Vx), I think he's making hamburgers.


5. Where was your first kiss?
The old elementary playground, it was during recess in second grade, Jeff and I were boyfriend/girlfriend, another boy named Chris asked all the kids on the merry-go-round, "Who wants to see Jeff kiss (me)?" some kids raised their hands, and he kissed me. Then the question was reversed, kids rose their hands, and I kissed him. Another kid that saw this told on us. The next day, we had to bring a note f/home explaining that our parents talked to us about the incident, since Jeff usually walked home, my mom gave him a ride that afternoon and talked to both of us about the incident. I guess he didn't tell his parents or bring a note the next day, because him and Chris got swats, while I didn't.

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

It's Tuesday again, and time for:

For the record, I am typing this out on Monday night, about 11:30 pm my time (central).

Random things in my life:

neighbors (come and go, apartment life)

husband (I told myself I won't type out the recent drama between us on this day, Sunday's post should be sufficient enough)

P (the cat)

fireworks (yes, more were shot off over the weekend)

I don't how long I went without replacing the aaa batteries in my tv remote, but I did last night. Since the digital switchover, the remote pretty much turns the tv on and off, and adjust the volume. Remote number 2 controls the channels.

My ABC never works (odd thing about this: the local studio's on top of a mountain! Their tower is the closest one to us as well), NBC works when it wants to (but not during the Olympics, middle of the night when Poker's on, Boston Legal reruns, etc., maybe we should've moved to those apartments by their studios), PBS doesn't during its "time of the month" (not mine), but CBS, CW (those two are having an affair across the street downtown, if they get too hot the fire station is by CBS), and FOX does, but the My Network doesn't always (I guess its like me & my husband, can't always stand to be in the same building).

This has taken me a long time to type out, I'm having a hard time coming up with random stuff this week that doesn't involved Vx, so I'll leave you with a receipt from Wal-Mart this evening:

Cereal

(salt)ines (no salt by mom's request, I call them ines)

sugar

highlighters (package of 2 yellow ones)

tights (2 pairs marked down, I wear them under my jeans to work and daily in the colder months)

oreo golden (the vanilla ones)

cupcake (frosting turned my teeth pink)

tp

Mom called me back (left her a message explaining how to answer the phone since it took an hour it seemed to get a hold of her, she thought it was funny) while I was there, her boyfriend asked if I got toilet paper, I asked her to ask him if 12 double rolls was enough, one of them made the comment about that lasting a week, and several fat butt jokes were made between the 3 of us.

Yes, were that kind of family. The boyfriend should be fine if the two of them aren't too scared to give marriage another try.

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

How the hell is it Tuesday again?!?! Damn time off work. Oh well, it is Tuesday, so that means its Random Tuesday Thoughts.

I'm typing this out on Monday night, there are fireworks going off outside. Two things about this:

1. It's July 5th, a Monday night about 10 pm.

2. We live in the city limits, and while our police force is a bunch of lazy fuckin pigs, it is against the law! They say the excuse is budget cuts, what was their excuse before the budget cuts? A few years ago when someone broke a window out of my husband's vehicle and stole an air compressor, along with some other tools, they told him to file a report online. Several months back when our parking lot was iced over, a drunk driver ran into a dumpster by some cars and got his car stuck. A cop did respond that time, but "couldn't do anything about it." Uh, you can't arrest him for a DUI or Public Intox? One person I knew has had to have a breathalizer installed on their ignition because of Public Intox, another lost their license for a year or so because of a DUI. This idiot got off free?!?!

See why I don't have a high opinion of the CEO at my job? He used to be one of those pigs!

Also on Monday, I noticed while doing laundry, that the litter box had very little litter, when my husband changed it on Sunday, there wasn't enough to properly fill it back up, so I decided while the sheets and clothes were in the wash, I'll make a trip to the next town (technically >1 mile away) and visit the Wal-Mart Supercenter (about 4 miles from the apartment). I wasn't trying to be quick or anything, so I grabbed a basket (I would need it for the kitty litter anyways) and roam around. Looking at my receipt, I bought some very random items while I was there:

Magazine

Reinforcement labels (the ones you put around hole punches that have torn)

July 2010-Dec. 2011 planner (my current one is cute w/penguins on the cover, but not very practical)

a female product

4 bags of Albacore tuna (for my husband)

kitty litter (for his "girlfriend")

$1.09 Dr. Pepper f/the McDonalds by the exit

Last week, I made a trip out of boredom to Target, almost as bad:

1 pair of Socks (like I really needed another pair of designer socks w/stars on them)

slice of red velvet cake (half still sitting in the fridge)

colorful star stickers

1 plant f/$1 section (technically I had 2 but was only charged for one, discovered that after I got home, tomato and cucumber)

During this trip I also tweeted about a yellow polka dot bikini I saw (w/a picture and my singing included).

Monday afternoon around noon (I'm normally sound asleep during the day, but my hours have been "normal" lately), mom's boyfriend came over, said, "You're awake!" my reply: "I'm weird!" his response: "Just like your mama."

Yes, I've learned from the best. As my dad said in those final days of the three of us under the same roof, mom ruined me. "Mr. Christian" (my dad) also called my mom a lying sack of shit. I couldn't even say the word "butt" around him, he had MTV, VH1 and E! locked out on the satellite (mom told me the code). He didn't like me sleeping all day, awake all night because they weren't "normal" hours, but he went to work at 4 am and to bed at 8 pm (he worked at an airline's maintenance base).

You wanna talk about random, that man had his moments, that's for sure! There's a reason we're not on speaking terms.

I wish I had been conscious and remembering stuff when my dad met Vx at the hospital for the first time. It was right after my car wreck before we got married, Vx knew mom & I didn't care for dad, and apparently they exchanged words. I so wish I could have witnessed that. It cracks me up thinking about it!

How did fireworks lead up to my then-fiance exchanging words w/my dad???

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Six Word Saturday

It's time for Six Word Saturday! Very fun game, just describe something in six words, easy enough! Click on the colorful banner for Six Word Saturday to visit Call Me Cate and participate.

My six words for this week:

Happy Fourth of July to everyone!

Hope you have a fun and safe weekend, this is the first one I've had off in a few years, so idk what we'll do yet.

February 14th

This day is much more than Valentine's Day. This year, it's also the Chinese New Year, it's my sister's birthday, and Monday is a holiday for some.

I will also mention that my birthday is coming up on Wednesday. If you know someone that has a birthday after Valentine's Day, for the love of god:

PLEASE DO NOT GIVE THEM LEFTOVER VALENTINE'S STUFF!!!

If your going out to a chinese restaurant today or another place celebrating the new year, you may hear some very loud music, and drums. Do not bitch out the staff because of this! I almost whacked a woman with my cane a few years ago for this. Please tip the lion, some places may have red envelopes you can use for this purpose, if not just slip some money in the mouth. If the team is from far away, this will help them greatly with travel cost, if its a local group, then you'll probably help pay for dinner after a long day of dancing and demonstrations.

Enjoy your day!

What's this white stuff on the ground outside?

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I believe this was my first "White Christmas" here in Oklahoma at least. Thursday I had a wisdom tooth pulled, it was cracked, had a cavity and it wasn't even fully grown. My teeth have also been in this shoving match off and on for the last 2 or 3 weeks, so hopefully having one less tooth will help out until I get an appointment with an oral surgeon to remove an impacted wisdom tooth. As bad of an experience as that may sound like, that's the best dental experience I've had in a long time! It may have also helped that on this sheet I filled out before hand, on the "Do you have any concerns?" line I wrote bad experience and something about morphine withdrawals. They gave me some medicine that made me sick on Christmas day, so it wasn't the greatest holiday for me. I had 2 different plans for dinner, one was going out for chinese (which we did Saturday night) w/someone from warriors if he couldn't fly home (he made it), the other was a frozen pizza (its still in the freezer). My mom and her boyfriend didn't want to try to drive to his family's place, so they stayed home as well and made food for all 4 of us.

Vx news, he may become an instructor now. He attended a class on Chemical Warfare in Wisconsin (at least he was able to use all that cold Wx gear he's been issued for deployment), I guess he impressed the instructors on all his knowledge and stuff, so he may join their group. There's also the possibility that he may get to return to Fort Leonard Wood to teach some pre-deployment classes for a few months. It would be very awesome if that occurred, but nothing about this Army crap seems awesome, so no one's holding their breath on anything.

Part of the reason I haven't been blogging or even reading blogs that much lately is because of some of this crap. Several blogs I've read, the authors are talking about their husbands being gone, or they're about to leave AGAIN. As a wife of a soldier bending over backwards trying to get deployed so he can get combat pay, promotions, and that combat action badge he desperately wants before he becomes an instructor, drill sgt, or any of those other jobs people have offered him, this pisses me off to no end! HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE THAT HE'S LEAVING??? We've spent the last 2 years under the impression that Vx is deploying in 3 months, and other than the 3 weeks he spent at the mob site, it still hasn't happened! Ladies, while your missing your man, be glad that the military thinks so highly of him that they want to keep sending him back time after time. Sorry if I'm offending anyone, but geez. Also, don't tell me it's a "Reserve thing" because if that was the case, why are National Guard units still being deployed? They're the ones that I believe are supposed to stay in the US protecting our borders, helping in natural disasters (like the OK ones that are digging cars out of snow-covered interstates, etc.) and ready to fight in our country while our regular military troops are overseas. Vx was in the National Guard before we met, he joined the Reserves so he could fight overseas, and he wouldn't have to move around all the time, so he can drive a tow truck when his uncle needs help, work in an oil field when his cousin needs help, work on other people's cars when they need repairs, paint walls, lay drywall, fix pipes, floors, do kung-fu at a specific school instead of having to find a new one every few years (lately he hasn't focused on it as much, but back then it was a big deal).

Ok, I'll quit offending people and losing the few followers I have now, maybe someday I'll actually come up with something real to post about instead of griping about something or another.