My Bestie started a blog. I am so proud of her!

So my dear and very close friend, Karen. Started her very own weightloss blog. I am so excited to have such a close friend who is blogging and also doing weight watchers.

She is off to a great start and I cannot wait to read more!

The Final Fit: In the beginning God created the heavens and the e...: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. A couple of years later he created me. And, I'm pretty sure He is saying, "What have...

Skype date today!

Why hello handsome!

My hubby had to move tents and so he lost his internet for a few days. It's been awhile since we've been able to hold a conversation, much less a skype date! I stayed home sick because I've got some funk and this was a special treat! If I was working we wouldn't have been able to talk... Well, we would have... a few weeks ago he skyped me around 2 PM and I asked my class if they would be OK being quiet for a little while why I talked to him. They were more than excited and generous. Now, obviously I shouldn't be taking personal calls when my class is around but I think this is a special circumstance and used it as a means to communicate his thanks for the cards they sent him and his crew. Missing his sweet smile!

Firsts

Well, this is certainly a month of firsts.

This month I changed my car battery when my car wouldn't start. Yes... I changed it. I was so proud of myself....

This month I also had my first deployment breakdown. I am sick, just a cold... but had a slight fever yesterday and completely broke down in tears wishing my hubby was around to take care of me and rub my back. It.was.a.mess. Glad that pity party ended quickly.

The biggest first was going to a big event in which my husband couldn't attend because of his deployment. Not only was it hard to be there without him, it was hard on him because it was his sisters wedding. Luckily... he was still the life of the party even though he wasn't physically there...

My mother-in-law (Momma Jean), me, Abbey, and Janey (my sisters-in-law) 

Me and my flat Daniel slow dancing.

Family pictures

Daniel getting his drink on with my father-in-law

Buzzin'

Daniel is crowd surfing!

Life of the party!!!

Now, I know this is only the beginning of him missing big things... he will be missing my birthday, the 4th birthday since he and I have been together... which leaves only one birthday we've actually spent together. I'm glad we do not have kids yet so I can at least prepare and grow in stregth so for future deployments I can be strong for our children and help them get through missed birthdays and holidays. We are officially over the halfway hump and I have officially lost 5 lbs. I was hoping for more by now by I had a slow start to my weight loss journey. I have 30 more lbs to go before I'll be happy with my weight and 40 more to go until I officially fit into a "healthy" range. Slow and steady!



First Deployment

It is here. The first deployment. Actually... it's already half over for the optimist in me. Honestly it hasn't been so bad. I've been so busy that the time has gone by quickly. Our married life has resorted to this:

Skype dates. We had one this morning and spent a good amount of time laughing at his new mustache. I must admit... at least I don't have to worry about anyone flirting with him haha.

For me, being home alone, I have enjoyed the following:

- movie dates with girl friends

-having company/ girl weekends

- watching all my girlie shows without anyone complaining

-sleeping next to the puppies

-not worrying about my appearance when I am at home

-being able to cook and clean when I feel like it and not when I have to

-being able to eat popcorn for dinner... or cookies... or just veggies... or a pb&j

-losing weight easily

- wine Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday with Kristin

- redecorating

For me, beling home alone, I have missed the following:

- movie dates with my husband

-having lazy weekend with my husband

-sleeping next to my husband

-looking good for my husband

-being a good wife and cooking and cleaning for my husband

-making fancy meals for my husband

-eating junk food with my husband

-wine nights with my husband

- doing things like decorating, house work, and yard work... with, yep... you guessed it... my husband!

I am very ready for the sweet man that I married to come home... because, we are planning on starting a family :) !

Whoops!

It's been awhile. Here are the past 4 months in a nutshell...

Play wifey... clean, craft, cook dinner, sleep, repeat.... UNTIL

I got a job! Now I barely clean, never craft, sometimes cook, try to sleep...

I teach fifth grade now which is a huge change from teaching the little first graders! I love how they can work for ever fairly quiet and are still very cute and little! My first few weeks I was imtimidated by the older students, some of them are WAY taller than me... I thought they would be all serious and no fun but it turns out they are quiet a bunch of goofballs!

The bummer about teaching again is trying to get enough energy to do, well... anything really. I am always so tired in the evenings and can't seem to find time to do what I love on the weekends. because fifth grade is so different I basically have to start from scratch as far as lesson plans go... which takes hours upon hours of looking on the Internet for good lessons.

Anyway, I started going to some of the spouse events and met a few girls over the summer... I will have to admit that I was about to go INSANE with my clean, craft, cook dinner, repeat schedule... I needed adult contact and around July I finally gave in and went to a book club where we basically sat around and talked about everything BUT the book. It was a much needed girl time... then, I decided "OOO I know! I'll host a craft night for all the girls!" Well. Boy. Did. That. Ever. BACKFIRE! For some reason or other everyone who RSVP'd yes to the craft night (and even bought supplies) ended up not being able to come! And so lucky me was stuck hosting two of the STRANGEST women I have ever met. I would go in to more detail but I really don't want to relive that evening... so basically I am scarred for ever going to or hosting another spouse night IN MY LIFE!

Thank God I got a job and have my own little life on the side. I couldn't keep doing the stay at home wife thing for long... maybe someday... when I have kids and need to stay home for them.

Married life in Fayetteville is going well. It's not easy, like everyone warned me. But, I think our arguments are funny and healthy... after the fact of course. Like on Friday for instance. Daniel was STARVING and we had been out at one of my co-workers happy hours. If you have a man like mine, that means you know when the grinch comes out to play... man. So it was late and he wanted something quick and cheap... So I said how about Little Ceasars... he said OK and we went to where I thought there was one. Once we arrived to the place where there definitely was not one i thought "Oh.My. God... I'm screwed", I think I saw a monster emerge. He wanted Taco Bell, and the light took too long so he wanted to eat at this Cook Out place, then the line was long and he then wanted nothing he just wanted to go home so I basically drove into every restaurant for him to yell he didn't want to eat there... UGH! Such a butt... It ended in me peeling out of the last place and not talking to him afterwards until the next morning. Horrible way to end a fun evening at the time... hysterical story to tell down the road!

I could totally tell that story better but I am in no mood to edit today.

Daniel leaves in 3 months for Afghanistan... not too concerned about it for now. I'll have to check back in when the time is closer and see how I feel then.

I made it!

It's official... I am no longer living in Florida... Florida and I had a wonderful 28 years together... the break up went smooth with only a few tears shed.

I really, truly had a wonderful week of going away parties. I saw family, co-workers, and the best group of friends send me off. I went to favorite bars, saw my favorite people, and enjoyed every minute I had. It wasn't until I drove away that it really hit me that I was going and not coming back... and it didn't help that my mother called me bawling on her drive home from work (I think she forgot that I will be seeing her in a few weeks out in Colorado).

Well, now I am here... I've unpacked the last few things... cleaned the house... and now what!? I know I'm a teacher and it is summertime and this is totally normal to not have to do anything all summer but for some reason... I am already stir crazy. I am working on finding my groove living here and have been cooking dinners and making beds and all that other wifey stuff but man I'm bored!

Not only am I bored but Daniel and I have really been trying to get used to living together... we lived together in Little Rock last summer but that was very different- I was leaving at the end of the summer! He's said his fair share of annoyances and I've said mine... but I'm stubborn so let's see how much I actually change my ways bwahaha. jk... i'm trying, not really, but I am...

2. MORE.WEEKS!

So... everyone is officially sick of the countdown. Or maybe... I'm sick of telling everyone how much longer. But today, for the first time, I got butterflies in my stomach when I saw we have exactly 2 weeks left until I move in! So exciting... well for me anyway. For Daniel though, it's more of an invasion. Check out his calendar:

He said he is preparing for me to move in... he has boarded up the windows. I feel the love!