I'm here...

So I'm finally here! I'm here in NC, and I am loving life! (not that I don't already) But I feel at home. I lived here my first two years of life with my mom. We lived with my grandma (who fell) and my grandpa. After that we traveled here every Summer! My grandpa past away in 2006 from a brain bleed. Summer 2007 was the last time I was here so it has been a while! I'm super glad I came! My grandma is doing well. We have "visiting angels" here who are helping her get out of bed and go to the bathroom. But she has gotten alot of strength back! Tuesday we go to the doctors and get a cast on the foot! YAY! Then hopefully she will be able to walk on her foot.
When we normally come here we usually do things outside of the home like go to the beach, or to the lake, to see places and such. But this trip I'm just mainly here to spend time with her and help her around the house! Which for me has been super nice! This time difference kinda kicked my butt but not as bad as I thought it would. I guess that is all I have for now...

Its official.

So I will be leaving Friday my plane leaves at 1130 to North Carolina. I have a stop in LA and a stop in Atlanta. The travel time is over 9 hours. Wooo that is going to be a long day and it won't help that I am going to a different time zone. A 3 hour different time zone!
But I am excited to be going to see my grandma and my family that lives there. I haven't been there nor seen them since Summer of 2007. Eric and I went that Summer and that was the last time. :-(
I'm not so happy about the reason for me having to go if you know what I mean.
It does look like she won't be needing surgery so that is good, but they are waiting for the swelling (I don't remember if I mentioned but she broke/fractured her foot when she fell) to go down before putting it in a cast. So she has to take care of it and needs to stay off it. My Great-Grandfather (her husband) past in the Spring of 2006. So she lives alone. My Great-Aunt Sandy (her oldest daughter, my grandmas sister) lives farely close to her so that is an upside!!
I was/am hoping for orders to Camp Lejune, NC so I can be close as well and not across the country from her. It would be 20x easier to travel 7 hours to her rather then a 5-9 day trip or a 9 hour flight travel. Mister didn't put Lejune on his "dream sheet" but if he is needed there they will still send him it is just a "dream sheet."
I'm kinda just rambling, but I usually do that best when I'm feeling like I am. I have to get the house cleaned and do the laundry before Friday (no biggig at all since I stay home its usually always spotless except for the wood floors b/c you have to sweep them like 3 times a day and with the dogs its just a little annoying lol) I also have to pack, but It won't be much b/c she always has shampoo and conditioner out the wazoo for all of us who visit her, she also has body was, and a blow dryer! YAY. I'll just have to pack clothes, shoes, makeup, and my hair strightener.
I also don't have a laptop (since mine is out) to take so that is a lot less hassle for me on the trip! I do wish I had a portable dvd player though that would be nice!
I keep asking Mister if he will be ok for a week without me. He says yes, but I'm a bit worried lol. My house will def. be destroyed! haha
I think I rambled enough for today lol. I will I'm sure have more tomorrow.

So busy and so stressed!

Sorry I have been MIA again! I've just had a lot going on...(mostly in my head) but none the less its been crazy.
We still haven't gotten orders but I feel them coming. Eric is starting to get ready for his TESTS! And I'm starting to get ready for this move.
We were planning on my mom, dad, baby sister, her friend, and my mother in law to come here for Thanksgiving.
Today I got a call from my mom saying my Great Grandmother has fallen and we need family there ASAP. She lives in NC so looks like Friday I'm on a plan to stay until the 8th.
We have the Marine Corps Ball on the 10th.
Eric has his 301 that week also.
Then the next week or so family comes in (unless they have to go to NC)
Then Eric has his BIG TESTS.
Then Eric Graduates.
Then hopefully we have orders and can begin the process of moving.
If not then we have Christmas BREAK.
Then possibly a move! BLAH!!! So stressed!

Day 16 and Show Us Your Life!

Day 16: Something or someone I COULD def. live without!

Hum, I could live without this terrible pain in my chest that I have had for over a year now. Its not heart burn and its not heart ache (Misters words haha), but its like this sharp stabbing feeling and it hurts so bad sometimes that I can't even breathe. I would rather hold my breath so the pain isn't there.

Today is also SUYL over at Kellly's Korner and today is The Office.

So this is our office...

This is actually an old picture from when we first moved in back in February. It looked alot nicer then it does now...

This is our book shelf with many of his Arabic books, his dvd player, and his projector. Beside the shelf is his pull up bar. Then there is the desk with my fantastic new printer and a few of my new projects (uncompleted on top). The tote underneath with the blue lid is all my Mary Kay paper work stuff.

The boxes on the far left are boxes that are going home with my mom when they come for Thanksgiving. The bottom box has my old High School stuff that I don't think we will have room for and I want her to put in storage. The top box is stuff I don't use that my little sister might take interest in. The stacking shelf thingy is all my scrapbookin, painting, and coloring supplies lol. On the far right is a big printer and a little cd player neither of them work and I just don't know what exactly to do with them. I don't know if it is ok to just throw them out??

This is the only picture on the wall out of all 4 walls. This is Misters Plt. back in Boot Camp. Handsome men! ;-)

We moved Lillie's bed in here back in May. She was in a tiny little "room" (the housing office said it was a room, but its actually suppose to be like a utility closet. Well it was big and she fit, but I just felt like she needed more breathing room haha so I moved her in here! She seems to have been doing a ton better in her since May! So YAY for us!

I'm supper glad I was able to upload this pictures for you all to see! I was so ready for this weekend to finally come! Tonight Mister and I are just hanging out at home. Tomorrow morning I am going with Alanea to the Mall to go MC Ball dress shopping! Then in the evening out with girl friends for some karaoke. Sunday I have a baby shower to attent to that I am super stoked about!! ;-)

Some October Pictures

So here are some pictures I have been wanting to share for some time, but my laptop broke and my Misters wouldn't let me upload them for some reason. I did something today and now it is working so yay!!

This is some of the girlies that went to girls night the first Saturday of October for Brittany's (far left) birthday dinner

This is Brittany and I. She is my Cali Sister. ;-) And I love her like a sister and her son like a nephew (her son is below in a picture with Allie)

And this is all of us! We never get the chance to go out and dress up! So this was a fun night for us all!

This is Elias (Brittany's son) and My Allie! This is the first time they got to meet!

And Allie! She likes to think she is the Princess of this house. This is where she has been sleeping now that I have stripped the bed to wash everything before my family gets here! I guess I'll just let her and then clean the mattress before they get here haha. BRAT!!! 

This is Eric and I at Hearst Castle. The only picture I took of the two of us and it is totally blurry! BLAH! I took over 200 pictures of that place hahaha...

and this is the sunset on the Pacific Ocean. We are driving along HWY 1 along the coast! I had to pull over and snap this shot! We drove home that night and we watched the sun go down the whole way it was totally awesome! I've never seen sut a pretty sunset in my life!! One good thing I love about this place! THE WATER!!!

I know I already posted, but I somehow got the upload to work. I hope I can get it to work from here on out!!!

Day 15

Day 15: something or someone I couldn't live without.
Ha so this is a someone and that someone is my husband.
In October of 2008 Mister came home and told me he was going to join the Marine Corps. I was happy for him, but unsure of what that meant for me. As the months went by he talked about getting engaged and I just kinda smiled and nodded. By Christmas he had bought a ring but I had asked him not to ask me to marry hom on Christmas because I wasn't sure. Well that put a strain on our relationship and we started to drift. Come January we stopped talking completely and he had a little less then a month before he left for Boot Camp.
February 9, 2009 Mister went off to Boot Camp without a single goodbye. I was completely depressed. I remember for a few days I locked myself in my one bedroom apartment and stayed in bed and didn't eat. A girlfriend of mine finally came over, dragged me out of bed and to the store. I bought running shoes ha!
March 2009 I was on Spring Break from college so I headed to Dallas, TX to visit some family friends and get out of little ole Alpine for a little bit. While there I got to talking to Megan (who was my Matron of Honor in my wedding) That week we talked a ton about the Marine Corps (she too is married to a Marine).
When I got home I decided I would try and write him. So I did, and it wasn't just a little hello letter, it was a 4 page "I'm sorry" "I miss you" "and I hope this isn't too late" kind of letter. I waited and waited and I never got a single thing back. I had asked my mom and his mom how long it would take for them to get letters back from them and it never took as long as it did for me.
Easter (April 2009) I had a good talk with my mom about the situation and she again put my words back into my mouth "Let Go and Let God" if its meant to be you will get a letter.
The next Tuesday I recieved two letters from him. Ha the mail had gotten lost (or so that is what we family members were told, but it turns out that they just held the mail from the men) He had gotten my letter and he wrote me back. (I know as soon as I was reading these letters I was going to marry him for sure and I never wanted to lose him again.)
He hoped that it wasn't to late to write me back (oh let me back track, I had said in my letter that if he loved me to write back and if not to not write back). Of course it wasn't too late. I then decided I would surprise him at his graduation.
He graduated May of 2009 and when he saw me in the bleachers, I will never forget his face.
He came home for 10 days and on the last day he asked me to marry him. And again I knew I never wanted to live without him agian!!
I love my husband!

Day 14 and our weekend recap...

So Day 14 is a Hero who has let me down. Well if I had a hero who let me down they wouldn't be considered a hero so there for there isn't one. But I do have some HEROs! My mom is one of my Biggest Heros! I love my mom! The things she has down for me and the rest of the family is amazing. I love her love for our Lord and I love all that she has taught me.

So this weekend we had a pretty long one. Saturday I talked Mister into taking me to Hearst Castle. We had a total blast and I loved it!
Sunday we hung out at home. I literally stayed in my pjs all day long! Ha
Monday we again only hung out at home. Eric ran a few errands for this week and go his hair cut. WE got ready for bed and for the upcoming week.
Yesterday I got back into my daily grind and I got Emma back!! ;-) yay!! ;-)

I hope y'all had a great weekend!!

Day 13

I'm sorry I didn't blog yesterday. I had our monthy Marine Corps Spouse meet and greet, then I went to Jamies to see the baby and check in on them. And then when I got home I was just too dang tired I feel asleep watching the Blind Side with my husband!
By the way, that movie "The Blind Side" is super GREAT!!! I love it and Sandra Bullock is Awesome!!
I wish I could totally participate in the "Show Us Your Life" today...its Kitchens. But b/c I don't have a laptop that is mine and the one I am using won't allow me to upload pictures...boooo!!!
Mister turned in his "dream sheet" yesterday and talked with Master Guns. Its a big possibility we will have some news...that kinda make me a little stressed!
Day 13: A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough days:
It said to write a letter, but I think that is pointless. And I'm gonna say an artist and the artist is Carrie Underwood. And her song "Jesus Take the Wheel" is the song that really really lifts me up on some rough days.

I know I know a second post...

Ok..so after I clicked publish post and then logging off the computer and getting back to cleaning I started to think about the post I just posted. I sounded really ugly and made my husband seem like a bad guy! That isn't it at all. He does sometimes remember to tell me thank you or comment on how nice things look. I would just like it a little more. And I think with talking to him about it it will happen. My husband is a fantastic man! He spoils me rotten. My laptop broke Friday and when I realized Saturday it was broken I of course was practically in tears! My life is on that thing. (I have an external hard drive that saved all the important stuff, but still you get me) Any way as I'm sitting there in tears he says, "tomorrow" we will go look at Best Buy and see about getting you a new one." I cracked a smile, barely and said ok. I was going out with the girls within an hour of finding this broken laptop and I wasn't even ready. He told me to get dressed and do my hair and go have fun with the girls. I of course did and I had a great time! But when I got home it hit me again. I couldn't help but be upset.
Sure enough Sunday we went to Best Buy and looked at a few. I picked one out, but told him I need/wanted to wait until next pay check to get it. We have this weekend coming up and I wanted to make sure we had money to do something fun! (All you military wives, I think you know what I'm talking about when I say money doesn't grow on trees, nor does it stay in our accounts)
I can't wait to get my laptop, but I can def. wait! He does spoil me and I sure do love him!!!

Day 12

I have to say I'm sorry for Missing in Action again. My laptop broke Friday and I haven't been able to get on a computer. I have to steal my husbands any chance I get haha.
So Day 12 is something that I don't get compliments on...hum,
I'm going to say my hard work on cleaning my house. I don't want the compliments to come from my friends or guests, but from my husband. I would love it if he would every so oftern tell me thank you for sweeping the dirty floors his dogs make or cleaning the sofas after his dog has laid on them. Or making the bed every morning. Or doing the dishes, putting up the dishes. keeping a clean counter top in my kitchen. Decorating the house so its Home. you know?? Thats pretty much it on my little ramble haha...

I hope I can get on the computer the rest of this week and this weekend. Well I may not blog this weekend b/c its a 3 or 4 day weekend. I hope we get to do something fun! I will keep you updated!