MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

Yay! It's Friday, hockey game tonight, online tomorrow, shopping should be done (hopefully!) and...

This week's questions are:

1. If you were a famous movie star, what types of movies would you star in?
Comedy definitely!

2. What is a vacation you would like to take if money were no object?
Hawaii, NYC, Italy, England, maybe Japan, I haven't really thought about this much, but off the top of my head, those seem like neat places to visit.

3. Did you have pets growing up?
Before I was 10 (we moved), I remember we had a black dog, a black cat for a while, then a gray kitty w/black stripes we found at the park. The cats ran away before we moved, the dog escaped afterwards. They were outdoor pets, dog was chained up in the backyard, cats mainly stayed by the back/main porch. We had a cat for a short time after we moved, then we found out who it belonged to. We also found out that many cats in that area have died of cat leukemia, so we never had pets again. Two years ago, a white cat I saw attempting to catch a peacock "was waiting at the door and told (my husband) that she lives here now" so she does.

4. What do you do for exercise?
Not much, I'm lazy. When I go shopping for groceries or whatever, I tend to walk the whole length of the store, sometimes twice instead of just walking to where I need to go & leave. When I'm doing the media runner thing, we park on the north end, media area is half way on the east? end, I walk all the way around the building at least twice a night after the 1st & 2nd periods, every goal sends me from one end of the section to the other & back,. 

5. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received as a MilSpouse?

None that I recall, but I can give out some to others that I learned on my own the hard way. Orders mean NOTHING!!! Orders can & will get changed or cancelled at the last minute. Not everyone in the military deploys, the ones that do seem to go on multiple deployments. Military ID's are NOT easy to get, so don't tell me it's not a "real" ID. Those "cushy" benefits that full-time military families seem to have is not what all military families have (this coming from a spouse w/no job, no schooling assistance, no insurance, & we have to live w/my mom since he can't seem to get a "real" job, or a housing allowance). Not all of us live at or very near to a "real base" (I don't count the NG "base" on the north side, the BX is only useful to buy alcohol, & that's not worth the drive there).

Does that cover everything???

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Hope your weekend rocks as well!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. What do you usually want to know about someone when meeting them for the first time?
Depends on the person and the circumstances of us meeting. When I met w/"my boss" (hockey team broadcaster, that's what Vx calls him, lol) the first time, I wanted to know more about what he does and how he does things. Some of the staff at the arena, I've been curious about their jobs and how it compares to what I used to do. It varies greatly.


2. Would you rather know everything about your spouse, or be regularly surprised?
I don't like his surprises, so I want to know everything that he can tell me.


3. If you could live in one city for the rest of your life, where would you live?
I've lived in Tulsa for over 7 years, I really like it most of the time, so maybe there, other than the town I grew up in and the smaller town my mom's family mostly lives in (I never want to live in either!), I don't really know enough about other cities/towns to say yay or nay to them.


4. When you go out of town, what one material thing do you ALWAYS take?

Cell phone I guess, music player of some kind (mp3 player more than likely) would be another choice.


5. Using no more than 10 nouns, and ONLY nouns, describe yourself.
uh...




my head hurts lol!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

Welcome to my first blog post of 2011! So far, I've spent most of this year sick, so it's gotta get better! With my return also comes the return of this...

1. What are you looking forward to most in 2011? from Jessica Lynn Writes
If I say it, it won't happen, so I'm staying quiet! That was something I learned last year.

2. What is something random you do on a boring night when your significant other is away? from Lovin Ma Soldier
It's been awhile since this was the case, I think I listened to some music that he hates.

3. What has been your greatest adventure as a MilSpouse? fromMisadventures of An Army Momma
I guess going to Washington, we went when we did partly because of his AT being there, so while it wasn't a military trip necessarily, it did help out. Military-related trip would have to be the ones I made to FLW when we were engaged and he was in basic/ait, especially the last one with the late departure, storms, and my whole work schedule.

4. What is the ugliest fashion trend you ever bought into (I’d like to make fun of you, so can you please provide a picture as well)? from More Than An Army Wife
I have bought into very few trends, so thinking back, none of them seem very ugly. One time during the summer, I needed to wear some shoes that protected my toes, but the only ones I had were black boots, so I wore those w/some white/creme/brown overall shorts. 

5. What was the high point of last month?

Meeting the internet broadcaster for the hockey team. By meeting him in person, I've had some opportunities I never would have imagined. Instead of working with the blimp crew now, I'm working with him as a media runner. I wasn't getting paid for working on the blimp, and I'm not getting paid for this, but it is similar to what I've always wanted to do, and hopefully it will be some experience that could work out for me in the future. One of the cheerleaders for the team now works in their sales department, so who knows!

I've been debating this blog's future, since I don't feel like a military spouse, let alone an Army wife, so as we say in broadcasting, stay tuned. In the mean time, visit Wifey's blog by clicking on the graphic at the top or on the left sidebar.

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!

Word(less?) Wednesday

It was too cold for me to go, so I only have hockey pics

Friday night we won

One of the small planes flown before the game

Vx flew this one, it belonged to someone else

Another plane flown

The main goalie now

Tuesday's game, it was close, but we lost by 1.

Blimp flies before the game

Warm ups

The other team trying to score

"Tigger" sat with us this evening

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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Six Word Saturday

I suck, I haven't played along in a LONG time! If you've never played along before, its very simple, describe something in six words. My six words:

Who knew I would like hockey!

Two months ago, I never would have thought I would be attending almost every home game for this hockey team, let alone helping to promote them and Vx's club (they fly the blimp and indoor planes at the games). Watching the games have been so much fun! The one home game I couldn't attend, I listened to it online, which ended up in overtime with a 12 round shoot-out. If I'm home later tonight, I plan on listening to the away game as well.

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Have a great weekend!