I just want to ramble....
This was the first August in over 16 years that I haven't been like the millions of other Americans returning to the classroom for a hues school year. I have been taking some involuntary time off from school... It is driving me nuts. While I like not having the stressful test schedule, three hours or more of homework every night, and all of the work that comes with school work. I do truly miss it. I feel like I am just at a standstill. Time is going by faster every day, but I don't feel like I am going anywhere. All of my closest friends are beginning their senior year, a year from now they will be starting their careers and I won't have anything.
I feel so lost, because I know that this break is actually GOOD for me. I have no clue what I want to go back to school FOR! I have two visions for my life and no clue which direction I want to go in. All I do know is I have no desire to go back to early childhood education, that job was not for me. I am so thankful I discovered that before I graduated. I do hate how much time I wasted pursuing that degree.
All around me I am surrounded by people who are perfectly content not haing a job. I also have the ones who are older than I am, but have settled with a job working barely over minimum wage. While I completely understand that everyone has their own view of success, I am still freaking terrified that this will be my future. At what point do dreams die? At what point do people settle? What will be my breaking point?
I have been so fusturated recently, because I feel like most of the people I am close to these days don't understand my need to be busy. They understand that I like it, but they just don't get why. Sometimes thou, I don't get why. If I am not busy I just feel, useless. In my grade school years I was always involved in after school activities. In college I did it all. Now that I don't have school, I am restless to fill the gaping hole in my life that school used to fill. Even though I was always skipping class (lol) my calendar was filled for every waking hour of the day. I was satisfied. I have been trying everything to make myself feel as satisfied. I am working a great part time job, that I love and am thankful for every day. I just started my own at home business working in the world of direct sales. I am having a great time with it, but even with my two jobs I am not feeling the same satisfaction.
So, I started a busy workout schedule. I am taking pole dance classes twice a week and Zumba when I don't have a Thursday wildtree tasting. Hopefully, satisfied or not, I'll lose some of this weight I have gained trying to fill my empty calendar with food.
I just don't know how to make myself truly happy. However, at the end of the day I wouldn't trade my life for any other. I sacrificed what I have always known, all of my routines, my comfort, my cravings for a full calendar for my out of this world amazing husband. I love the way my heart races when I hear his truck pull up outside the apartment.... Which he just did. :-)
Who am I?
Labels: Busy, Change, Charleston, Depressed, Edible Arrangements, Fear, Friends, Graduation, House, Husband, insecurity, Journey, Marriage, Navy, Navy Wives, Plans, Productivity
Just movin along.
Labels: Change, Charleston, Coffee, day off, Deployment, Edible Arrangements, Gloria Jeans, Husband
Well, clearly I fail at keeping up with my blog. I renamed it and gave it a new background since I have also modified the theme of my present life. Good bye "Sailors, Coffee, and Life" and my old cafe' background.
I had a hard time deciding on a new theme for my blog. I don't have anything that really defines me.
My last layout was coffee themed to match my job as a barista at Gloria Jeans. I loved that job so very much. I most of all loved the people I worked with. However, I just couldn't keep working nights and weekends. It was taking me away from the time I have to spend with Rutsty, who is the whole reason I am here in the first place. I quit when we got back from our honeymoon. It was really hard. I was only there a short time in the grand scheme of things, but it hurt to leave. I miss it, but I am happy with the decision made and if I could do it again, the thing I would have changed is doing it sooner.
I am very happy at Edible Arrangements. The pay is good, I work with some great ladies, and I love the hours. I thought about changing my blog layout to match this job, however I just feel like a fruit theme layout is a bit much. ;-)
I don't want to go super navy pride, because honestly I am enjoying living a life where it is easy to forget we are a part of the navy. Yeah my husband works 14+ hour days in a uniform, but he comes home every night to me. It is getting harder to forget though. Last week we had to turn in our Navy "dream sheet" which really they may not even look at when deciding where we are sent next. It was still a nice thump in the head bringing me back to the reality, that in less than 6 months I may be moving from my wonderful home in South Carolina. There is still a chance we will be stationed here for another two years, but we can't count on it. We don't have plans for kids in the next few years so we are taking this opportunity to try to live on the west coast for a change. Our first choice is Hawaii, holidays will be tough, but that is the experience of a lifetime. Our second choice was San Diego. Third was Washington state. Fourth choice was any pacific port, I think this could mean Japan. Our final choice is Kings Bay, because if we don't get anywhere cool I might as well be able to finish my degree through VSU and be close to family. To be honest, I am just terrified of moving. I have about 5 more months to get over that I guess.
I will do my best to blog more, but I have said that about once a month or the past three months.
I had a hard time deciding on a new theme for my blog. I don't have anything that really defines me.
My last layout was coffee themed to match my job as a barista at Gloria Jeans. I loved that job so very much. I most of all loved the people I worked with. However, I just couldn't keep working nights and weekends. It was taking me away from the time I have to spend with Rutsty, who is the whole reason I am here in the first place. I quit when we got back from our honeymoon. It was really hard. I was only there a short time in the grand scheme of things, but it hurt to leave. I miss it, but I am happy with the decision made and if I could do it again, the thing I would have changed is doing it sooner.
I am very happy at Edible Arrangements. The pay is good, I work with some great ladies, and I love the hours. I thought about changing my blog layout to match this job, however I just feel like a fruit theme layout is a bit much. ;-)
I don't want to go super navy pride, because honestly I am enjoying living a life where it is easy to forget we are a part of the navy. Yeah my husband works 14+ hour days in a uniform, but he comes home every night to me. It is getting harder to forget though. Last week we had to turn in our Navy "dream sheet" which really they may not even look at when deciding where we are sent next. It was still a nice thump in the head bringing me back to the reality, that in less than 6 months I may be moving from my wonderful home in South Carolina. There is still a chance we will be stationed here for another two years, but we can't count on it. We don't have plans for kids in the next few years so we are taking this opportunity to try to live on the west coast for a change. Our first choice is Hawaii, holidays will be tough, but that is the experience of a lifetime. Our second choice was San Diego. Third was Washington state. Fourth choice was any pacific port, I think this could mean Japan. Our final choice is Kings Bay, because if we don't get anywhere cool I might as well be able to finish my degree through VSU and be close to family. To be honest, I am just terrified of moving. I have about 5 more months to get over that I guess.
I will do my best to blog more, but I have said that about once a month or the past three months.
Night Owl goes Hoot Hoot.
Labels: Drama, Farmers Market, Husband
So, I know that 12:39a is not a crazy late evening and most nights in college this would still be considered an early night. Since my Valdosta days I have adjusted to more of a military schedule. Today though I decided to take a nap, now I am unable to even sit still on the couch. I am watching murder mystery shows and Rusty has been sleeping by my side for a good two hours now. He is really sweet, he doesn't want to go up to bed with out me. The challenge will be getting him off the couch when I am ready for bed.
Today wasn't the greatest day. I worked at EA, that was actually the highlight of my day. It was a short 2hr day so I was able to rush home to be with Rusty. We went to the farmers market downtown. This was something I have wanted to do for a few months now, and we finally had the chance. Unfortunately, when we got there it was just not a good experience. Rusty has the biggest test of his navy career (thus far) on Tuesday, he has to deal with other things on base, and he was really stressed and mentally preoccupied. So he was not enjoying himself, and he was pretty miserable to be around. I would have had more fun alone. We left with only two things of blueberries and ginger tea. I should have seen his bad mood coming, but it still really sucked. It was one of those days where it was easier to just not talk and then move on after a few hours of silence. Now we are good like nothing ever happened. The thing that still irks me is he was so stressed.... but he never went in to study or to do any of the other things occupying his mind.
Whatever... one week from now we will be on vacation and this weekend won't even matter.
Eh, I was gonna update about the rest of my life. But I think I just wanted to get that off my chest. That, and I took two tylenol pm tablets so the hour is starting to sink in.
Today wasn't the greatest day. I worked at EA, that was actually the highlight of my day. It was a short 2hr day so I was able to rush home to be with Rusty. We went to the farmers market downtown. This was something I have wanted to do for a few months now, and we finally had the chance. Unfortunately, when we got there it was just not a good experience. Rusty has the biggest test of his navy career (thus far) on Tuesday, he has to deal with other things on base, and he was really stressed and mentally preoccupied. So he was not enjoying himself, and he was pretty miserable to be around. I would have had more fun alone. We left with only two things of blueberries and ginger tea. I should have seen his bad mood coming, but it still really sucked. It was one of those days where it was easier to just not talk and then move on after a few hours of silence. Now we are good like nothing ever happened. The thing that still irks me is he was so stressed.... but he never went in to study or to do any of the other things occupying his mind.
Whatever... one week from now we will be on vacation and this weekend won't even matter.
Eh, I was gonna update about the rest of my life. But I think I just wanted to get that off my chest. That, and I took two tylenol pm tablets so the hour is starting to sink in.
This morning I was just going to quickly check my email and then get ready for work... of course there was a GREAT deal in my inbox and I just couldn't resist checking it out. :-)
I use ebates for ALL of my online shopping, because it gives me cash back on purchases I am already making! Every day they do a "daily double" where they will give you DOUBLE the cash back on a site.
Today's daily double is for "4inkjets.com" giving a whopping 27% cash back!! I just ran out of ink after printing endless coupons so this deal could not have come at a better time for me!
4InkJets.com offers a few different options when buying ink. You can get it remanufactured. They take a used ink cartridge and fill it up. They put it through a print test and a "rigorous testing and quality assurance process" to ensure it will work as good as new. They do have the option to buy your ink completely new. Doing this is 2 or 3 times more expensive. The other option is to buy a refill kit and do it yourself!
I bought 6 remanufactured cartridges so I could save $1 on each cartridge.
I used coupon code BRGHT22 and got 10% off.
I chose to do 2nd day shipping which cost me $7.48.
My overall total was $53.38 - $14.41 I am getting back since I used ebates.... So for my 6 ink cartridges I am spending $38.97. That is $6.50 per ink cartridge. Ink usually costs me about $20-$25 each.
If you haven't used ebates before use this link and get an extra $5 cash back after you make your first purchase! That would have brought down the price of each cartridge to under $6!
Want to save a bunch of money on printer ink like I did?
1. Go to ebates.com and sign up (It is free and it takes less than 1 minute).
2. Find the daily double icon on the right of the page OR just search for 4inkjets.com.
3. Choose your printer and your ink.
4. Don't forget to use code "BRGHT22" to get 10% off all products (Except OEM Ink Cartridges) PLUS Free Shipping on all orders over $50. (I still paid so I could get 2nd day shipping!)
Happy Saving!
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I use ebates for ALL of my online shopping, because it gives me cash back on purchases I am already making! Every day they do a "daily double" where they will give you DOUBLE the cash back on a site.
Today's daily double is for "4inkjets.com" giving a whopping 27% cash back!! I just ran out of ink after printing endless coupons so this deal could not have come at a better time for me!
4InkJets.com offers a few different options when buying ink. You can get it remanufactured. They take a used ink cartridge and fill it up. They put it through a print test and a "rigorous testing and quality assurance process" to ensure it will work as good as new. They do have the option to buy your ink completely new. Doing this is 2 or 3 times more expensive. The other option is to buy a refill kit and do it yourself!
I bought 6 remanufactured cartridges so I could save $1 on each cartridge.
I used coupon code BRGHT22 and got 10% off.
I chose to do 2nd day shipping which cost me $7.48.
My overall total was $53.38 - $14.41 I am getting back since I used ebates.... So for my 6 ink cartridges I am spending $38.97. That is $6.50 per ink cartridge. Ink usually costs me about $20-$25 each.
If you haven't used ebates before use this link and get an extra $5 cash back after you make your first purchase! That would have brought down the price of each cartridge to under $6!
Want to save a bunch of money on printer ink like I did?
1. Go to ebates.com and sign up (It is free and it takes less than 1 minute).
2. Find the daily double icon on the right of the page OR just search for 4inkjets.com.
3. Choose your printer and your ink.
4. Don't forget to use code "BRGHT22" to get 10% off all products (Except OEM Ink Cartridges) PLUS Free Shipping on all orders over $50. (I still paid so I could get 2nd day shipping!)
Happy Saving!
Preparing myself for Mother's Day.
Labels: Busy, Car, Charleston, Coffee, Couch, day off, Dinner, Dog, Edible Arrangements, Friends, Gloria Jeans, Job, Lazy, Productivity
Life has been such a blur the past few weeks. I have no clue where the month of April went! Oh and before I forget...
Now that we got that out of the way... yeah holy shit it is already May! That means I have been living in SC for almost half of a year. I have been working at Gloria Jeans for three months. Rusty graduates power school next month. Just so much has happened and is about to happen.
Wanna know what I have been up to? Wanna know what I am currently up to?
No?
Okay you can stop reading right here.
Currently, I am just enjoying sitting down. Both of my feet are propped up on the sofa and I am just loving having some quiet time. Rusty is studying. Jasper is chewing... on my fucking sock. Ugh. I give him so many toys, chew sticks, and he decides he will chew on my sock. Yeah, I just noticed that as I was writing. Too bad this isn't a video blog, yall would have had some legit entertainment! Oh well, I need to buy new socks anyways...
I am mentally and physically preparing myself for another holiday at Edible Arrangements! This time I am an actual employee. A few weeks back (around the time I stopped blogging for a bit) I started looking for a second job. By chance, this was also the time that Edible Arrangements was hiring! Talk about good timing. I started looking for a job, because I only work about three days a week at Gloria Jeans and that leaves me with a lot of bored downtime while Rusty isn't home. When I could get extra hours at GJ it was when Rusty was at home. Now, I have two jobs and a lot less time just sitting around on my couch. :-) I am much happier this way.
I am really liking working at Edible Arrangements so far. I found another job with great supervisors and coworkers. The work is fun and the time passes by quickly. I just wish there was music. I am actually NOT working at the same location that I worked at on Valentines Day. So, I really and truly am the new kid. I hate being new, but since I worked as a temp before I don't feel QUITE as awkward. :-/ I am EXTREMELY thankful I got this job. It keeps me moving, it is unique, it has GREAT hours, it pays really well, and I work with great people.
Gloria Jeans is going well. I really do consider my coworkers some of my best friends here. I wish we could hang out together outside of the coffee shop, but there is always someone working. :-( My only complaint is one I have had all along, I don't have weekends unless I ask for them. I hate not having my time off coordinating with Rusty's. I moved here (SC) to be with my husband and allow us to get our lives started together, side by side, before he deploys. I just hate that our schedules don't sync up. I know my boss does try though. Next week my schedule is only one closing shift and I have Sunday off. It is a lot better than some weekends. I think eventually I will need a set schedule. I may be trained to close, and I actually wouldn't mind closing two times a week as my only shifts there. Honestly, I just want to stay there, because I love the job so much. I would miss it every day if I were to leave. Every day some one at EA has asked me why I am still working there, I have a true love for Gloria Jeans and the people that work there. We will see how it all plays out. I just know it would break my heart to leave my family at Gloria Jeans.
On a different note... my car is finally fixed 2 months later! I have a working headlight, a hood that opens, and an oil change. :-) I am glad that I have one less thing off my mind.
Jasper is doing well. I wish I could get him in to intermediate training classes, but I am going to have to wait until my life settles down a little bit first. I am always so tired, learning how to do a new job is EXHAUSTING! Meanwhile I feel bad that I haven't gotten to take Jasper to daycare or to the park in two weeks. :-(
Well, that is basically my life right now. Work, work, wanting to spend more time with Rusty, and Jasper. I really feel like I have lost most of my navy wife friends. :-( It sucks, but since I have two jobs I don't have time to just hang out at someone's house during the day, go over to watch TV at night, exc. It just hasn't worked out well for me. I miss having social time, I hope once I am finished training at EA and maybe get more of a set schedule at GJ my life should be balanced and I can start all over again and try to make friends with the navy wives. :-( I didn't even get to say goodbye to my friend Katy before she left for New York. I am really upset about that. :-(
Every time I get a chance to sit down and catch my breath, I feel like it is time to work again. Despite 15 hour work days and my crazy schedule, I am really happy with where I am in my life. :-)
Now I am going to go back to being lazy and relaxing before I begin 5 days of Mother's Day insanity at Edible Arrangements!
Food Review: Cajun Kountry Kitchen Cafe
Labels: Cajun Kountry Kitchen Cafe, Coupons, Deals, Dinner, Ebates, Food, Food Review
So, just a few weeks ago I posted a blog about how I got some AWESOME deals on restaurant.com using ebates.com. I got over $200 in restaurant gift cards for less than $20. If you missed that blog feel free to check it out here.
I decided since I was going to be trying so many new places I would share what I thought about them on my blog by doing little reviews. Please note I am NOT a food critic. Just doing this out of my own entertainment. :-)
My second restaurant review is for Cajun Kountry Kitchen Cafe. :-)
My husband looooves Cajun food. I am confident he could eat it for every meal, every day. At one point when we started dating he would make jambalaya multiple times every week. Some of you may recall my Valentines gift to my husband was actually making him jambalaya.
When I was looking for restaurants to try on restaurant.com I couldn't pass up going to get my husband's favorite food. I am so glad they were on restaurant.com or else we might have never found this AWESOME local business.
When we went in were immediately greeted by the friendly staff (there were only two of them :-) ). We got to pick our table and since we were trying to spend $35 we actually ordered drinks. (We are typically just water with lemon people). I am so glad we did. Rusty ordered lemonade and I got sweet tea, both were awesome! I usually don't comment on drinks, but man these were good. :-)
We asked what the staff recommended for an appetizer and got the bbq shrimp based on their recommendation. It was awesome! Such a great choice. Next time I think we will try one of their gator apps or their sweet potato fries... that is if we can resist not getting that awesome shrimp again!
While waiting for our main course I took some pictures of the place. I loved the unique atmosphere. This is also when I decided I HAD to let more people know about this place!!
Rusty and I did our usual thing and ordered the dinner sampler for two so we could try everything. Oh man we were not disapointed by ANYTHING they brought us! My favorite was the jambalaya and Rusty DEVOURED those crawfish.
Throughout our meal both our server and the chef came and checked up on us, providing us with EXCELLENT personable service. I haven't experienced service this great in a long time. If you love cajun food, this is a MUST try restaurant. Heck, even if you don't love cajun food, it is probably because you have never experienced anything this good!
We will be back soon! Plus we got one of their dining cards which allows us to get our 7th meal there free. With my husband's love for cajun, it won't take us long!
Food Review: Fonduely Yours
Labels: Coupons, Deals, Dinner, Ebates, Fonduely Yours, Food, Food Review
So, just a few weeks ago I posted a blog about how I got some AWESOME deals on restaurant.com using ebates.com. I got over $200 in restaurant gift cards for less than $20. If you missed that blog feel free to check it out here.
I decided since I was going to be trying so many new places I would share what I thought about them on my blog by doing little reviews. Please note I am NOT a food critic. Just doing this out of my own entertainment. :-)
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I wish I had posted this closer to when we went (three weeks ago), but our first restaurant.com gift card that we used was at Fonduely Yours. I have grown up in Atlanta where the ultimate date night was to Dante's or to The Melting Pot. My husband was new to fondue. We both loved the atmosphere and had an awesome time with great food.
My husband and I have a tendency to just get the "dinner for two" where ever we go. Neither of us are super picky eaters and typically what one of us doesn't like, the other loves. It works really well and usually we can save a few dollars here and there.
The meal starts off with their cheese appetizer. This was when they were warming the oil before adding the cheese.
I decided since I was going to be trying so many new places I would share what I thought about them on my blog by doing little reviews. Please note I am NOT a food critic. Just doing this out of my own entertainment. :-)
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I wish I had posted this closer to when we went (three weeks ago), but our first restaurant.com gift card that we used was at Fonduely Yours. I have grown up in Atlanta where the ultimate date night was to Dante's or to The Melting Pot. My husband was new to fondue. We both loved the atmosphere and had an awesome time with great food.
My husband and I have a tendency to just get the "dinner for two" where ever we go. Neither of us are super picky eaters and typically what one of us doesn't like, the other loves. It works really well and usually we can save a few dollars here and there.
The meal starts off with their cheese appetizer. This was when they were warming the oil before adding the cheese.
We loved the cheese. Now we were waiting for our server to bring our main dish. :-)
When the main dish came in we devoured it. It was all so good! Their spicy batter tasted so good on EVERYTHING!
We also got the white chocolate fondue for dessert, but I was afraid it would all be eaten by my husband if I stopped to take a picture. It was so good.
The atmosphere of the whole restaurant was fairly casual. I did not feel out of place wearing jeans, but I also wouldn't have felt out of place if I had worn a skirt or a dress.
My only complaint was our server. He really could have taken more time to explain things to us. My husband even clearly stated that he had never had fondue before. A little more explanation would have been helpful. I was really thankful that the table next to us had a different server and she did a MUCH better job explaining everything even though her table seemed to be regulars.
Things Every Woman Should Quit Doing When They Get Married.
Labels: Dog, Marriage, Navy Wives, Puppy, Rant
I feel like I have been completely MIA these past few weeks. However, I am really happy with my life at the moment.
I don't feel like blogging about my life though. I actually found an article on my friend's FB wall and I kinda want to blog about that. It is titled "30 Things Every Woman Should Quit Doing By 30". I still have a ways to go, before I turn 30, but several of these things are things that bother me about some of the military wives on this base. Some of them are the reasons why I have distanced myself from the environment (I still don't know if it was intentional or not.) I have met a few ladies like Morgan, Nicole, Ashley, Anna, Kim, Bethany, Alysa, Jessica, Katy, Courtney...I can't list them all so I am going to stop here (If you are reading this and your name isn't on here don't freak out on me lol)... that I love and am so thankful that I have in my life, but it really is just a small handful of people that don't drive me nuts. For example if I read one more post about getting mary kay products I am going to scream.
....But anyways....
Here is the link incase you want to check it out for yourself.
And here are my comments about things every woman should quit doing when they get married. Before let me share a disclaimer that I am not singling out anyone specifically. I am not trying to create drama. Just wanna share my thoughts. Feel free to disagree idgaf.
1. Buying clothes from the junior section.
When you get married I feel like you need to accept that you are an adult and stop dressing like you are a trashy HS chick. I understand that acceptance can vary from situation to situation and there is NO need to just completely change your wardrobe overnight, but when getting new clothes remember that you also represent your husband.
2. Forgetting her parents’ birthdays.
Eh, buy a planner. It's pretty easy. I don't think this is related to being married or turning 30, I think that is just something everyone should remember.
3. Making out with her BFFs at bars for attention.
No shit. You know that is cheating.
4. Making out with herboyfriend husband at bars for attention.
I don't really get this one lol.
5. Filling her bed with stuffed animals (really, even one is too many).
What is wrong with your sex life? Get yourself a bookshelf for those things with too much sentimental value to throw out. Other than that, your hubby is your teddy bear. Unless he is deployed, then I completely understand. :-P
7. Rebelling against her parents for the sake of rebelling against her parents.
Yeah... come on now.
8. Declaring an entire gender “all jerks.”
I just want to point out that I am glad this really isn't an issue, clearly we love the cock. LOL
10. Skipping regular gyno exams.
You are doing the deed (I hope for your marriage's sake) take care of your junk. :-)
14. Thinking she’s got it all figured out.
No one does. You can always learn from others.
15. Living paycheck to paycheck.
Shit happens. You need to have SOMETHING saved up. Yeah our hubbys don't get paid enough for what they do, blah blah blah. There was a huge freakout when we risked having a government shutdown, I think this was a huge wake up call for many people.
16. Aimlessly jumping from job to job.
This doesn't apply really for the rant I am going on. But I want to take the opportunity to point out that I am so sick of people saying "oh I need a job" "oh I have been looking, but no where is hiring" blah blah blah. I have TWO jobs. The first one took me 3 weeks to get. I applied to 25 places and got calls from less than half. I had it a little easier for my second job, because the connections were already in place. I interviewed for jobs I did not get, but I didn't give up. I can't imagine not having a job. I would go crazy. First off, I like buying my own things with my own money and not surviving off my husband's paycheck. Secondly, what on earth do yall do all day?? I would like to exclude those ladies going to school, who have children, or are pregnant. If I fit in to one of those categories I prob wouldn't have PT job either. Those who say they can't find anything need to look harder... or look at all. This isn't a movie where the scene where the main character is looking for a job only lasts two minutes. And back to my mary kay note, your at home sales company is a great hobby. The parties are fun to go to and a great way to meet new people. However, I really don't feel like that counts as a job. Someone please prove me wrong on that.
22. Expecting a man to do all the wooing.
Don't really have an issue with this in particular, but I think it fits this list very well.
Okay that is all the ones from that list that really fit my blog. I am just in a ranting mood, so I want to point out one more thing...
STOP GETTING DOGS IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO COMMIT TO THE RESPONSIBILITY!!
I am so unbelievably pissed at the number of wives who get these animals and then turn around and give them away when they start acting like dogs. Or when they realize they don't have the time for them, blah blah blah. Most every reason could have been evaluated BEFORE getting a dog. Now this innocent creature has to deal with the stress of moving or being abandoned. The worst story I heard was about a couple who just let their dog run away, because they wanted to get rid of it anyways. Ugh. Another thing, puppies are babies. They don't come preprogramed to sit, go potty outside, walk calmly on a leash, exc. You WILL have to work WITH your dog! Your dog won't get things right away, it will make mistakes without having ANY clue they made a mistake. Don't punish the dog for being a dog.
I am done. Time for bed. :-)
I don't feel like blogging about my life though. I actually found an article on my friend's FB wall and I kinda want to blog about that. It is titled "30 Things Every Woman Should Quit Doing By 30". I still have a ways to go, before I turn 30, but several of these things are things that bother me about some of the military wives on this base. Some of them are the reasons why I have distanced myself from the environment (I still don't know if it was intentional or not.) I have met a few ladies like Morgan, Nicole, Ashley, Anna, Kim, Bethany, Alysa, Jessica, Katy, Courtney...I can't list them all so I am going to stop here (If you are reading this and your name isn't on here don't freak out on me lol)... that I love and am so thankful that I have in my life, but it really is just a small handful of people that don't drive me nuts. For example if I read one more post about getting mary kay products I am going to scream.
....But anyways....
Here is the link incase you want to check it out for yourself.
And here are my comments about things every woman should quit doing when they get married. Before let me share a disclaimer that I am not singling out anyone specifically. I am not trying to create drama. Just wanna share my thoughts. Feel free to disagree idgaf.
1. Buying clothes from the junior section.
When you get married I feel like you need to accept that you are an adult and stop dressing like you are a trashy HS chick. I understand that acceptance can vary from situation to situation and there is NO need to just completely change your wardrobe overnight, but when getting new clothes remember that you also represent your husband.
2. Forgetting her parents’ birthdays.
Eh, buy a planner. It's pretty easy. I don't think this is related to being married or turning 30, I think that is just something everyone should remember.
3. Making out with her BFFs at bars for attention.
No shit. You know that is cheating.
4. Making out with her
I don't really get this one lol.
5. Filling her bed with stuffed animals (really, even one is too many).
What is wrong with your sex life? Get yourself a bookshelf for those things with too much sentimental value to throw out. Other than that, your hubby is your teddy bear. Unless he is deployed, then I completely understand. :-P
7. Rebelling against her parents for the sake of rebelling against her parents.
Yeah... come on now.
8. Declaring an entire gender “all jerks.”
I just want to point out that I am glad this really isn't an issue, clearly we love the cock. LOL
10. Skipping regular gyno exams.
You are doing the deed (I hope for your marriage's sake) take care of your junk. :-)
14. Thinking she’s got it all figured out.
No one does. You can always learn from others.
15. Living paycheck to paycheck.
Shit happens. You need to have SOMETHING saved up. Yeah our hubbys don't get paid enough for what they do, blah blah blah. There was a huge freakout when we risked having a government shutdown, I think this was a huge wake up call for many people.
16. Aimlessly jumping from job to job.
This doesn't apply really for the rant I am going on. But I want to take the opportunity to point out that I am so sick of people saying "oh I need a job" "oh I have been looking, but no where is hiring" blah blah blah. I have TWO jobs. The first one took me 3 weeks to get. I applied to 25 places and got calls from less than half. I had it a little easier for my second job, because the connections were already in place. I interviewed for jobs I did not get, but I didn't give up. I can't imagine not having a job. I would go crazy. First off, I like buying my own things with my own money and not surviving off my husband's paycheck. Secondly, what on earth do yall do all day?? I would like to exclude those ladies going to school, who have children, or are pregnant. If I fit in to one of those categories I prob wouldn't have PT job either. Those who say they can't find anything need to look harder... or look at all. This isn't a movie where the scene where the main character is looking for a job only lasts two minutes. And back to my mary kay note, your at home sales company is a great hobby. The parties are fun to go to and a great way to meet new people. However, I really don't feel like that counts as a job. Someone please prove me wrong on that.
22. Expecting a man to do all the wooing.
Don't really have an issue with this in particular, but I think it fits this list very well.
Okay that is all the ones from that list that really fit my blog. I am just in a ranting mood, so I want to point out one more thing...
STOP GETTING DOGS IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO COMMIT TO THE RESPONSIBILITY!!
I am so unbelievably pissed at the number of wives who get these animals and then turn around and give them away when they start acting like dogs. Or when they realize they don't have the time for them, blah blah blah. Most every reason could have been evaluated BEFORE getting a dog. Now this innocent creature has to deal with the stress of moving or being abandoned. The worst story I heard was about a couple who just let their dog run away, because they wanted to get rid of it anyways. Ugh. Another thing, puppies are babies. They don't come preprogramed to sit, go potty outside, walk calmly on a leash, exc. You WILL have to work WITH your dog! Your dog won't get things right away, it will make mistakes without having ANY clue they made a mistake. Don't punish the dog for being a dog.
I am done. Time for bed. :-)
Car Problems
Labels: Busy, Car, Job
I might need to start a new photo challenge to force myself to blog again. I miss it. I have just been so crazy busy these past few weeks. I really haven't had much time to myself.
The only reason I am not out running errands, working, or doing something else of that nature is, because I am at the auto repair shop getting my car worked on. This is something that I have needed to do for about two months now. Oops! It all started when I noticed my headlight was out. I made the hubby fix that since I don't even know where to replace a headlight! In the process of attempting to replace my headlight, Rusty discovered that my hood was broken! He couldn't get that latch thing to work. It took awhile, but I did get around to going to get that fixed.... well sorta. One day I took it to the walmart auto shop and they told me that I needed to take it to a legit shop that would have some special tool. Soooo... I had to do some research about where to go. That took way more time that it should have. During this time I also became overdue for an oil change. Ugh. Yeah so now I have three things messed up in my little honda. :-(
Well here I am at the shop and this very nice man Charles just informed me that they have been tinkering with my car for a few hours and cannot get anything accomplished. Oh fuck. He mentioned things about maybe having to take apart my bumper, this that and the other. Idk what is going to happen. they are only open Monday through Friday. I don't know when I can get with my husband, get an ENTIRE day off from both jobs to be carless. I am going to need a friend to help me out. :-/ I don't know who since most of my closer friends here share a car with their husbands. Maybe I can get my Monday or Tuesday shift covered at Gloria Jeans and do it then... ugh. This is fusturating.
I don't even feel like blogging anymore. I am so upset about what to do.
The only reason I am not out running errands, working, or doing something else of that nature is, because I am at the auto repair shop getting my car worked on. This is something that I have needed to do for about two months now. Oops! It all started when I noticed my headlight was out. I made the hubby fix that since I don't even know where to replace a headlight! In the process of attempting to replace my headlight, Rusty discovered that my hood was broken! He couldn't get that latch thing to work. It took awhile, but I did get around to going to get that fixed.... well sorta. One day I took it to the walmart auto shop and they told me that I needed to take it to a legit shop that would have some special tool. Soooo... I had to do some research about where to go. That took way more time that it should have. During this time I also became overdue for an oil change. Ugh. Yeah so now I have three things messed up in my little honda. :-(
Well here I am at the shop and this very nice man Charles just informed me that they have been tinkering with my car for a few hours and cannot get anything accomplished. Oh fuck. He mentioned things about maybe having to take apart my bumper, this that and the other. Idk what is going to happen. they are only open Monday through Friday. I don't know when I can get with my husband, get an ENTIRE day off from both jobs to be carless. I am going to need a friend to help me out. :-/ I don't know who since most of my closer friends here share a car with their husbands. Maybe I can get my Monday or Tuesday shift covered at Gloria Jeans and do it then... ugh. This is fusturating.
I don't even feel like blogging anymore. I am so upset about what to do.
I'm a Proud Mama
Labels: Dog Park, Jasper
So, I am pretty much obsessed with my dog. I love him to pieces. Yesterday many of you may have gotten a "proud mama" text from me when Jasper graduated his "beginner" obedience class. :-) He just did SO well in class. The other dogs didn't even come close to his mad skills lol. Jasper can now sit, go down, walk on a loose leash without pulling, come, stay(not for very long, this class only focused on up to 15second stays), take it, drop it, leave it, shake, spin, and he almost knows roll over. The biggest benefit I have seen though is how well he is interacting with other dogs. :-) I am so proud of my little boy.
Koodos to Lisa at the Petsmart in Summerville for doing such a good job working with both of us. I've gotta admit I wasn't crazy about her after the first class, maybe she wasn't having a good day and so her personality wasn't coming out. I would totally recommend her though! I would do her intermediate class, but she only does daytime classes. I can't decide if I will do a Thursday evening class in Summerville or either a Monday or Tuesday one in Mt. Pleasant.
Here are some picture from his graduation and the ride home. He loves to sit in between me and the drivers side door so he can be touching me, get the AC, and see out the window. :-)
I love being a total dork about my dog. People laugh about how much I do for him, I even take him to daycare when I have long days at work, but he will be in my life for the next 10 years or so. I want to make it a good experience for both of us.
My only real complaint about him is that bark. Ugh. Oh man if another dog is around he loses his shit. He has a little growl in his bark so sometimes people think he is aggressive. It is really embarrassing when we are places like Petsmart. At the dog park he never stops barking, but there it is okay it is a DOG park lol. I did have one lady ask me to go to the other side of the park, because the bitch was trying to read a book and my dog was annoying. Come on, why are you in a DOG park if DOGS being DOGS annoy you. Ugh whatever.
Koodos to Lisa at the Petsmart in Summerville for doing such a good job working with both of us. I've gotta admit I wasn't crazy about her after the first class, maybe she wasn't having a good day and so her personality wasn't coming out. I would totally recommend her though! I would do her intermediate class, but she only does daytime classes. I can't decide if I will do a Thursday evening class in Summerville or either a Monday or Tuesday one in Mt. Pleasant.
Here are some picture from his graduation and the ride home. He loves to sit in between me and the drivers side door so he can be touching me, get the AC, and see out the window. :-)
My favorite.
He kept trying to eat his graduation cap lol
His diploma is on our refrigerator.
I love being a total dork about my dog. People laugh about how much I do for him, I even take him to daycare when I have long days at work, but he will be in my life for the next 10 years or so. I want to make it a good experience for both of us.
My only real complaint about him is that bark. Ugh. Oh man if another dog is around he loses his shit. He has a little growl in his bark so sometimes people think he is aggressive. It is really embarrassing when we are places like Petsmart. At the dog park he never stops barking, but there it is okay it is a DOG park lol. I did have one lady ask me to go to the other side of the park, because the bitch was trying to read a book and my dog was annoying. Come on, why are you in a DOG park if DOGS being DOGS annoy you. Ugh whatever.
Soooo I couldn't go back to sleep after Rusty left this morning. I have spent the last two and a half hours looking for good deals online. I just found what might be the jackpot of my morning! I am saving 80% off of already discounted gift certificates! PLUS I will get another 15% cash back from that as well. Basically I am spending $20 ($17 after my ebate) for $235 worth of restaurant gift cards.
Here is how it is going down.
First you have to sign up (free) for ebates.com This is a really cool site I found in the last week. For those of you who do ANY online shopping it is a pretty cool site. Just go through ebates before making your purchases and you will get a percentage of your purchase given back to you in cash! (well it is technically a check or paypal, whatever)
Here is how it is going down.
First you have to sign up (free) for ebates.com This is a really cool site I found in the last week. For those of you who do ANY online shopping it is a pretty cool site. Just go through ebates before making your purchases and you will get a percentage of your purchase given back to you in cash! (well it is technically a check or paypal, whatever)
PLUS you also get $5 just for signing up and making your first purchase through their site. So really everything is just $15. :-)
Once you go to ebates.com search for "restaurant.com" Using ebates for your restaurant.com purchases is how you save the 15%
Once the search brings you to this page you can start shopping. Enter in your zip code and check out the restaurants. Make sure you read the fine print located under the "add to cart" button. Some exclude alcohol, certain days, exc. :-) These certificates are good for one year (some longer). Perfect for military families like myself who may not be here longer than one year. :-)
When you are ready to check out enter in the promo code "STEAK" and you will instantly get 80% off of your order!
Where will you be dining? I'll be at...
Brixx Wood Fired Pizza
Cajun Kountry Cafe
Charleston Beer Works
Chucktown Taveren
Founduely Yours
Market Street Saloon
Taste of Thai
Plus I got a $50 gift card for resturants.com that I can use at another time. (It was $5)
When Rusty comes home tonight I will get him to see if there are any he wants to add. :-)
Gotta give one of my favorite coupon site Southern Savers credit for posing this deal!
Please give me just a tiny bit of credit for posting this offer. When you sign up to ebates.com please use this link http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=VzX3JwC2FJCwm89R%2BN9ktw%3D%3D to give me referral credit. I promise to post more great deals in the future!
I feel guilty for not blogging since I finished the 31 day challenge. This past week has FLOWN by. I seriously am clueless as to how it went by so quickly. Hmm... I worked a good bit. Spent some quality time with my man. (I had a free Saturday for the first time in almost two months!) Cleaned the house some, my mom is coming this weekend and I am so excited!
Life has been going pretty well. :-)
My biggest complaint is not being able to see Rusty nearly as much as I would like. Most of it is because of my job has me working mostly nights and weekends. I love that I can pretty much count on having Friday off to go out with Rusty and his friends at the end of the week, but I would really like to have more time to relax with him on the weekends. I still love my job though. Being a Barista is so much fun! It is even better, because I work with some pretty awesome people. I look forward to going in to work, because I always know I will be working with someone great. After being a part of the Georgia Hall staff last year, having great co-workers is ESSENTIAL to any job I have in the future. While I hate the hours, I still enjoy my job because of the great people I work with every day.
I almost went back to school for a pharm tech certification degree thing. It is a 6month program that a lot of my friends are doing, best part is it would be 100% free. However, after exploring the program a little more, I decided it truly wasn't for me. I think the man embellished how nice the job market is. Plus, medical isn't something I want to do forever (or even more than like 2 years lol). I just feel like it will be a waste of time. I am just going to wait until we are at our next duty station and finish school then. :-) I know it will make me happier in the long run.
Jasper is doing fantastic! He is such a sweet little dog. He had his third day :-) We were even able to take him to the dog park last weekend and I wasn't humiliated. :-P I really am so much happier with him in my life. Every day he does something to make me laugh.
Today I went to a couponing class and HOLY CRAP! That stuff gets confusing. I am going to try to up my game a bit. I don't know how extreme I can get with it, but I think I know a little more to get me going. :-)
I am bored with blogging for the evening since Rusty just got home. :-) Sorry there are no pictures!
Life has been going pretty well. :-)
My biggest complaint is not being able to see Rusty nearly as much as I would like. Most of it is because of my job has me working mostly nights and weekends. I love that I can pretty much count on having Friday off to go out with Rusty and his friends at the end of the week, but I would really like to have more time to relax with him on the weekends. I still love my job though. Being a Barista is so much fun! It is even better, because I work with some pretty awesome people. I look forward to going in to work, because I always know I will be working with someone great. After being a part of the Georgia Hall staff last year, having great co-workers is ESSENTIAL to any job I have in the future. While I hate the hours, I still enjoy my job because of the great people I work with every day.
I almost went back to school for a pharm tech certification degree thing. It is a 6month program that a lot of my friends are doing, best part is it would be 100% free. However, after exploring the program a little more, I decided it truly wasn't for me. I think the man embellished how nice the job market is. Plus, medical isn't something I want to do forever (or even more than like 2 years lol). I just feel like it will be a waste of time. I am just going to wait until we are at our next duty station and finish school then. :-) I know it will make me happier in the long run.
Jasper is doing fantastic! He is such a sweet little dog. He had his third day :-) We were even able to take him to the dog park last weekend and I wasn't humiliated. :-P I really am so much happier with him in my life. Every day he does something to make me laugh.
Today I went to a couponing class and HOLY CRAP! That stuff gets confusing. I am going to try to up my game a bit. I don't know how extreme I can get with it, but I think I know a little more to get me going. :-)
I am bored with blogging for the evening since Rusty just got home. :-) Sorry there are no pictures!
The final day.
Day 31 - A picture of yourself.
Look! I did it!! Okay. I cheated some days I knew I would be busy. Just wrote them a night or two in advance and just clicked publish on the correct day. Regardless. I made it to day 31. :-) I am not sure why they repeated this one.... sooooo..... here I guess???
31 Day Challenge: Day 30
Labels: 31 Day Challenge, 4H, Family, High School, Random Pictures, Sigma Alpha Iota, Spirit
Day 30 - A picture of someone that you miss.
Wow there is no way I can narrow this down to just one person. I relocated my life so there are so many people I miss from Georgia. Shoot on that note I miss some of my out of state drum corps friends too.
My Mom.
My Georgia Hall Family & Housing Friends.
My SAI Sisters.
My High School Girls.
Some drum corps friends.
(There are so many of them so I've just gotta go with the logo on this one)
My Camp Friends. Many are not shown.
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
Ummm.... wtf. I don't really understand the difference between this and Day 8. In case you forgot, that was a picture that makes you laugh. Ummm... I feel like if I am laughing I am probably smiling as well. I think this is a stupid day and so I am rebelling. No challenge post today! If you want to see some pictures I think are funny you can go to that link. Cya!
Lazy Rainy Day
Labels: Bath, Dinosaur, Grocery Shopping, Jasper, Lazy, Productivity, Rain
I was all set up to have a productive wonderful day. I was going to do a photoshoot with some friends, get my car worked on, go grocery shopping, and you know... those life essentials. Then I wake up to this nasty funk outside. My motivation to be productive has been hit by a semi and left on the side of the road to die. I know I can't be lazy ALL day. There are just some things that HAVE to get done. However I am procrastinating actually DOING these said things by blogging about what I should do and what I am actually going to do. :-)
I was looking for a "rainy day" picture to post since I have no desire to get off my couch and take one myself. I found this.
I don't want to be creeped on by a dinosaur so I am going to stay inside as much as possible.
I took the first step of getting my car repaired by posting on one of the navy wives groups about it. Lol. It is a start right? I hear it is better to actually make an appointment for those things anyways. Maybe I will do it on Thursday, my next day off.
Next on my to do list was to make an eye appointment. I already asked navy wives about this and I am still a little confused about how to do it. This tricare stuff confuses the crap out of me. So, I am going to ask a personal friend about it. Maybe she will help me out. :-)
I need to go grocery shopping. I am afraid I will not be able to avoid this task. We are out of meat for meals and I am out of pasta for nights when Rusty eats on base. But I CAN put it off for a little longer. :-) It is clearly necessary for me to clip coupon from yesterday's paper, before going out. Gotta save that money wherever I can! I lost my coupon book last week and couldn't find it until last night. Gonna have to go through and discard the old coupons first. This may be an intense process.
Since I have decided to spend most of the day in the house, I am going to have to clean up some. There is no avoiding that. Rusty did so much cleaning this weekend. My work is cut out for me and I don't really have an excuse not to finish. Plus he has two tests this week so I am sure he will appreciate coming home to a clean apartment. It's the little things. :-)
Also in my day I need to head to the mailbox and drop off a netflix DVD. I think I am going to start re-watching all of True Blood so I can get Rusty to watch it with me. The new season is coming out this summer. I can't wait! Then again, I may just buy the seasons used off amazon. They have them for like $20. I looove that show and it may actually be worth the "investment".
Jasper needs a bath really badly. However, I HATE the idea of giving him one and then watching him prance around in the mud before going potty outside. Ugh. I feel like it is just a lose-lose situation.
If you made it all the way through this procrastination post, good for you! Major props. Thanks for reading my awkward post about what I may or may not do today. lol And the moral of this story is: go outside on a rainy day and you may be a dinosaur's dinner. kthanksbye.
31 Day Challenge: Day 28
Labels: 31 Day Challenge, Beach, Deployment, Fear, Jellyfish, Navy
Day 28 - A picture of something you are afraid of
Oh man... do yall want the physical or the emotional?? Haha!
Here is something... JELLY FISH! I am so freaked out by the idea of being stung by one. I have been told that at the beaches here it is going to happen and I just need to get over it. But oh my goodness!!
Okay. Another fear I have was discovered this time last year while Rusty was in boot camp. I know it is silly, but I am so worried that when Rusty deploys he will "fall out of love with me". Like when he gets back he won't want to be married to me any more. Or that he will love being out at sea and he will want to leave me every chance he gets. Silly, I know. Just one of those nagging thoughts in the back of my mind. :-(
Day 26 - A picture of your day
Today was actually pretty crappy. I spent another Saturday at Gloria Jeans. Don't get me wrong, I still love my job and the people I work with. However today, I was just not feelin the love. I just wanted to be with my husband on his day off. I knew working weekends were a part of the position when I was hired, I guess I just didn't really know it would be EVERY weekend. It is really hard for Rusty and I since the weekends are all he has.
Again though, I love my job. I love making expresso drinks and chillers. I love meeting new people, even if our interaction is brief. I really am happy as a barista. It is just hitting me how close we may be getting to deployments and I feel like I am hardly seeing him as it is. We talked about me getting another job, but honestly that wouldn't even be worth it. In a few months he will be finished with power school and in prototype he won't have a set M-F schedule. Then I may RATHER work weekends. Today I was just really down about the whole thing though. :-(
Since I was so down and mentally preoccupied I also didn't enjoy my job like usual. I didn't feel connected to my coworkers, kinda like the new kid again.... pushed out of the loop. I felt like they would intentionally wait to say things until I was not around. Just little things like that. It was probably just the mood I was in though.
Sigh.... another wasted Saturday at Gloria Jeans...
I thought that slogan was kinda ironic. lol
Day 25 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.
This one shouldn't be that hard. I am just not sure which direction I want to go. Saying my husband and/or dog mean a lot to me would be true, yet too cheesy and over done. I am trying to avoid physical things to avoid coming off as materialistic. I guess something that means a lot to me is my future. I don't know what the future will end up being, but I do know that it is important to me. I am a big time planner and right now I am at a weird point where my first plan didn't work out and I am still constructing a new master plan. I am extremely happy with where I am in the present, but I am just looking for a way to continue this happiness in the future.