So I didn't think it bothered me when I would hear people complain about their husbands being gone for months at a time. But now I know I don't mind. Yes you can marry into the military and "know" what you are getting into, but you never truly know until they leave and are gone. It's hard to not know anything and I know that no news is good news but that is only slightly comforting. I'm so glad I have my family right now, with my extra hormones and all these new things I'm experiencing. And I'm glad my besty doesn't mind me being the third wheel at her house because they are my social life :) It's great to have someone to complain to and I'm sure the people that need to complain publicly just don't have the awesome support that I do!!!
This is really just rambling, but I'm so thankful for everything I do have; the people, the car, the baby and the insurance. I know my life is great and I just need to remind myself and count my many many blessings!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Pass Days
I got back from WA yesterday morning. We had a great time and it was well worth the hassle of getting there and trying to plan everything. I am so grateful for the awesome family I have (and the one I married into) that helped make this trip happen. We could not have done it without them :)
The first day I flew into Seattle, found the rental car shuttle, got the car and then couldn't work the GPS. I really just needed to find the interstate but Seattle is not very good at signs giving direction. So I called Nathan and we couldn't figure it out. So I called mom and she fixed it, moms are awesome :) Nathan told me to just head to base because he would probably be done by the time I got there. Um, he was way wrong! So I went to Burger King since I was starving. That was a new experience! Everyone there was either in uniform or with someone in uniform, I felt a little out of place. Then I had to hang out and wait forever until Nathan was let go. It was earlier than planned but he thought it would take me a lot longer to get to base than it did. After they were done, and Kristen brought me to the bathroom (pregnant lady had been waiting over an hour to pee), we went to dinner and did some shopping before finding our hotel room.
On Friday we had our pictures taken by Tammy Fraley. She was so nice and I was so excited she could do them on such short notice. I haven't seen any yet, but I'm really looking forward to it. We also tried to get a hold of Nathan's cousin to have dinner or something, but no such luck. Ha and we didn't have a hotel reservation for that night so we stayed at this really classy place just north of base. While Nathan was checking in someone called to report screaming in the room next to them, the lady at the desk hung up and said haha, screaming. Think about that one for a minute.....it's kinda funny since a brigade just got a three day pass and it's right by base.
Saturday we went to Pike's Place Market....in the rain. We walked the whole thing, but couldn't enjoy it because there were far too many people there for us! We did listen to some street performers and bought all three of their CDs. They were really good. Then we searched for a hotel.....and found a great one with a very comfortable bed. It was a suite for the price of a regular old room, I felt special but it really had nothing to do with me. Nathan is personable and in the military :) We brought all of our stuff in and I laid down for a bit before we had dinner and headed to Kristen and Zach's house. Zach just got home and they were having a celebration. They played beer pong and flip cup while I drank my diet coke and laughed. Nathan had a good time chatting with Zach.
Sunday we went to the Space Needle for lunch! Actually the menu said brunch, but our reservation was at two and that is clearly lunch time:) It was so cool to see Seattle from there and the Blue Angels were flying and went right past a few times. Nathan has pictures on his camera....but who knows when I will get them from him. That evening we ordered pizza for dinner and had our one year anniversary top tier of our wedding cake celebration.
PS I'm very surprised Nathan wasn't sneaking pictures of my belly....he commented on it a lot :) I also have not seen the pics from his camera so maybe he did and he was really sneaky.
The first day I flew into Seattle, found the rental car shuttle, got the car and then couldn't work the GPS. I really just needed to find the interstate but Seattle is not very good at signs giving direction. So I called Nathan and we couldn't figure it out. So I called mom and she fixed it, moms are awesome :) Nathan told me to just head to base because he would probably be done by the time I got there. Um, he was way wrong! So I went to Burger King since I was starving. That was a new experience! Everyone there was either in uniform or with someone in uniform, I felt a little out of place. Then I had to hang out and wait forever until Nathan was let go. It was earlier than planned but he thought it would take me a lot longer to get to base than it did. After they were done, and Kristen brought me to the bathroom (pregnant lady had been waiting over an hour to pee), we went to dinner and did some shopping before finding our hotel room.
On Friday we had our pictures taken by Tammy Fraley. She was so nice and I was so excited she could do them on such short notice. I haven't seen any yet, but I'm really looking forward to it. We also tried to get a hold of Nathan's cousin to have dinner or something, but no such luck. Ha and we didn't have a hotel reservation for that night so we stayed at this really classy place just north of base. While Nathan was checking in someone called to report screaming in the room next to them, the lady at the desk hung up and said haha, screaming. Think about that one for a minute.....it's kinda funny since a brigade just got a three day pass and it's right by base.
Saturday we went to Pike's Place Market....in the rain. We walked the whole thing, but couldn't enjoy it because there were far too many people there for us! We did listen to some street performers and bought all three of their CDs. They were really good. Then we searched for a hotel.....and found a great one with a very comfortable bed. It was a suite for the price of a regular old room, I felt special but it really had nothing to do with me. Nathan is personable and in the military :) We brought all of our stuff in and I laid down for a bit before we had dinner and headed to Kristen and Zach's house. Zach just got home and they were having a celebration. They played beer pong and flip cup while I drank my diet coke and laughed. Nathan had a good time chatting with Zach.
Sunday we went to the Space Needle for lunch! Actually the menu said brunch, but our reservation was at two and that is clearly lunch time:) It was so cool to see Seattle from there and the Blue Angels were flying and went right past a few times. Nathan has pictures on his camera....but who knows when I will get them from him. That evening we ordered pizza for dinner and had our one year anniversary top tier of our wedding cake celebration.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Things Are Happening!
So lots of things are happening and most of them are awesome! We have a baby on the way at our house! S/he is due January 8th and we could not be happier. I am almost sixteen weeks (about 4 months) along and so far everything is going well and baby is healthy.
We got an awesome new car that will be dependable while Nathan is away. We are now paying for a 2010 Jeep Patriot and we both love it!
And the not good thing is that Nathan will be away for a year:( He is currently on orders in WA and then will ship out from there soon. He has a three day pass that I am so grateful that I will be able to make it there for and we found a photographer through OpLove who has time during those 3 days to take our pictures. It was such short notice that I am ecstatic that she is willing and able to do this for us. We are also going to find some fun things to do while we are there like eating in the Space Needle and a few other things. I will try to get some pictures up when I get back, but this is new so it may be a while:)
We got an awesome new car that will be dependable while Nathan is away. We are now paying for a 2010 Jeep Patriot and we both love it!
And the not good thing is that Nathan will be away for a year:( He is currently on orders in WA and then will ship out from there soon. He has a three day pass that I am so grateful that I will be able to make it there for and we found a photographer through OpLove who has time during those 3 days to take our pictures. It was such short notice that I am ecstatic that she is willing and able to do this for us. We are also going to find some fun things to do while we are there like eating in the Space Needle and a few other things. I will try to get some pictures up when I get back, but this is new so it may be a while:)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
This Uneasy Feeling
So for the past year Nathan has been preparing to deploy with the 67th Signal NSC. However, he is now in limbo and no one can tell him for sure if he will be deploying or not. It's a huge long complicated bs story and it's actually making me physically ill. I'm a planner and so not knowing where I will be living in two months is really bothering me.........and I can't get insurance because of this whole ordeal which makes it worse.
The good news is that because sewing takes a lot of concentration my quilt is getting done. I have been sewing so that I don't think about what I could be doing if we knew what was going to happen. So that I don't think about how unproductive I feel lately. I will post a picture when I am finished with the front...........which will be soon at this rate :)
The good news is that because sewing takes a lot of concentration my quilt is getting done. I have been sewing so that I don't think about what I could be doing if we knew what was going to happen. So that I don't think about how unproductive I feel lately. I will post a picture when I am finished with the front...........which will be soon at this rate :)
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Bored and New
So I am going to try this blogging thing. This first one is purely because I am bored and waiting for laundry to be done. My husband is at drill and my family is in Utah so I have the dogs for company for the moment. I had a very unproductive day yesterday and so today I put my butt to work. I cleaned my car, cleaned the house, did a whole bunch of laundry, prepared the Sunday school lesson for tomorrow and I may be doing our grocery shopping. Maybe not......I'm feeling like sitting in front of the computer instead:) So I need suggestions on what to blog about. My dogs are my kids for now and my husband and I don't do much that is too exciting. Help please!
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