Yesterday and today I have tried making a full specific schedule of what I'm going to be doing the entire day. It is scheduled every 30 minutes. This week I'm just trying it out. If it works, I will keep it, if not, I won't. My daily schedules have tried to include everything. Examples:
-5-6 workouts each day
-Cleaning
-All 3 meals
-Certain things on tv I wanted to watch
-Fun times such as crafts
-Breaks
I pretty much have my whole day planned out. I know when I get up and when I want to be in bed. The only thing I don't have planned is like what I'm eating at each meal! So far it it working out very well. I've been really busy and the past two days have flown by. So it's looking good to keep this idea around. Also with all the workouts I've been doing and me just staying busy, has me exhausted by bedtime. Since I'm busy, I'm not thinking about and worrying so much about James and what he's doing and if he's okay and why he hasn't called or texted, etc. I think this may be something I keep around. I'm not so sure if I'm going to do it though like 7 days a week or do 5 days a week with the weekend not scheduled. I haven't decided. Because on one hand I would like the weekends scheduled because it would make sure to keep me busy. On the other hand I wouldn't want the weekends scheduled, because I think having a scheduled day EVERY day might wear me out too quickly and I'll get bored with it. Oh well. We'll see.
Some exciting news! I signed up for Netflix today! I'm so happy. Getting movies all the time is going to help keep me busy. Plus I don't have to go drive to get them! And I can take movies either to James' parents or my moms to watch with them too.
Some sad news, is that tomorrow is mine and James' 2 year anniversary of the day we got married. It's gonna be a hard day for me. Probably for both of us. I'm excited though because James said he got me something that he's gonna send in the mail soon. Although there's been an issue with the mail so I won't get it by tomorrow. It will be a little late. And I sent him a letter today but of course it will be late also. So that kind of gives me something to look forward to. But tomorrow will be hard. Hopefully I stay extremely busy where I don't have to think about it.
Tomorrow I'm going with James' mom to a red cross type meeting thing at her church for families of deployed soldiers. It will be my first time going, so I will let you know how it goes.
Anyways, I'm gonna go watch tv and clean the living room some more before bed. I'll blog later on in the week hopefully!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
He's Gone
James has left for his two to three months of training already. Since then I have been majorly depressed. Especially yesterday and today. The day James left with about 29 other soldiers on a bus, it was hard, yes, and I cried of course, but it was kinda easy afterwards. I went home with my mom and hung out there all day. And I had dinner with her too. It wasn't until I got home, that it really hit me that he was gone and I would be sleeping alone for the next year or so.
Yesterday was just a bad day for us both. For me, I was extremely emotional and very lonely. James was stressed out and nothing was going right for him. So it was really hard. I wished he could have been here to comfort me and make me feel better. And I wanted to give him a hug so badly.
Today I just feel extremely depressed. I don't wanna do anything. I just want to sit around and relax and maybe sleep. I've decided that for the rest of this week I'm gonna do just that. Sit around, watch tv, relax, and only get the most important things done that HAVE to be done. Starting sunday I've got a whole list of things planned out to start on and keep me busy everyday.
It's not looking too good for the job I was gonna do while James was gone. The intermittent job got denied which is what I was gonna do. But now they're gonna try for a full time temporary job and a part time temporary job. I may go for the part time, but definitely not the full time. And again, these may get denied also. So I've been trying to think of ways to keep myself busy if it doesn't work out. So far I haven't come up with much.
Anyways, I just wanted to blog because I hadn't been on in a while. But I'm gonna stop there for now and maybe go force myself to eat some lunch. Comments please?
Yesterday was just a bad day for us both. For me, I was extremely emotional and very lonely. James was stressed out and nothing was going right for him. So it was really hard. I wished he could have been here to comfort me and make me feel better. And I wanted to give him a hug so badly.
Today I just feel extremely depressed. I don't wanna do anything. I just want to sit around and relax and maybe sleep. I've decided that for the rest of this week I'm gonna do just that. Sit around, watch tv, relax, and only get the most important things done that HAVE to be done. Starting sunday I've got a whole list of things planned out to start on and keep me busy everyday.
It's not looking too good for the job I was gonna do while James was gone. The intermittent job got denied which is what I was gonna do. But now they're gonna try for a full time temporary job and a part time temporary job. I may go for the part time, but definitely not the full time. And again, these may get denied also. So I've been trying to think of ways to keep myself busy if it doesn't work out. So far I haven't come up with much.
Anyways, I just wanted to blog because I hadn't been on in a while. But I'm gonna stop there for now and maybe go force myself to eat some lunch. Comments please?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Crazy Couple Weeks
I have not blogged in a while. Things have been extremely crazy and extremely busy. It's getting real close to James leaving. We've been busy EVERYDAY getting things done off our to-do list, and shopping and spending time with family. James has spent everyday of the week for the past two weeks at his unit, helping them prepare things and pack things and do paperwork.
I had a little meeting with one of the wives, who is the head of the FRG, on tuesday. I knew she was nice before I met her, but I found out she was EXTREMELY nice. She was very helpful. She answered all my questions. She gave me lots of ideas on ways to keep me busy. She offered for me to hang out with her and her daughters whenever. She's going to help me get a military id soon. I was very pleased with how it went. I hope we can become good friends while they are all gone. And the best part of the meeting was, I realized that she is going through the same thing as me, even though it's her second deployment. I saw her as a normal human this time. She cried. She showed emotion. At all the meetings about the deployment, she seems happy and upbeat and like everything is fine. I saw that she is suffering just like me.
James has only one more day he has to report to his unit before the deployment. I'm so happy that it will be finally done with. I'm really starting to stress a lot about this though. I'm realizing that I'm not sure if I can take care of myself. I'm terrified of how things are going to go. I have had so much trouble sleeping at night for about a week or so. It takes me forever to get to sleep, and then once I am asleep, I dream about everything that's going on, and how things will go once James leaves, and all the stuff that needs done. My mind has not had any rest in a long time. I'm exhausted. James is exhausted. He works his butt off everyday in columbus, gets home after 6pm and has a whole list of stuff still to do before we can go to bed. I feel so bad, but all this stuff needs done.
On a more happy note, Rachel and Nikki, my sisters got a new kitten! We had dinner with my family last night and got to meet the new baby, Jasper. He is cute! Also, my family reunion is this weekend, so that will give us a small break from our list of things to do. Oh and the wife that I met with tuesday, Tish, she gave us this movie to borrow Fireproof and wants us to watch it. So we are planning to take a break tomorrow evening and watch it together. It will probably be the last movie we get to watch together for a while.
Before I get more sad, I'm gonna finish it here. I will try and blog more sometime, but it probably won't be until after James is gone.
I had a little meeting with one of the wives, who is the head of the FRG, on tuesday. I knew she was nice before I met her, but I found out she was EXTREMELY nice. She was very helpful. She answered all my questions. She gave me lots of ideas on ways to keep me busy. She offered for me to hang out with her and her daughters whenever. She's going to help me get a military id soon. I was very pleased with how it went. I hope we can become good friends while they are all gone. And the best part of the meeting was, I realized that she is going through the same thing as me, even though it's her second deployment. I saw her as a normal human this time. She cried. She showed emotion. At all the meetings about the deployment, she seems happy and upbeat and like everything is fine. I saw that she is suffering just like me.
James has only one more day he has to report to his unit before the deployment. I'm so happy that it will be finally done with. I'm really starting to stress a lot about this though. I'm realizing that I'm not sure if I can take care of myself. I'm terrified of how things are going to go. I have had so much trouble sleeping at night for about a week or so. It takes me forever to get to sleep, and then once I am asleep, I dream about everything that's going on, and how things will go once James leaves, and all the stuff that needs done. My mind has not had any rest in a long time. I'm exhausted. James is exhausted. He works his butt off everyday in columbus, gets home after 6pm and has a whole list of stuff still to do before we can go to bed. I feel so bad, but all this stuff needs done.
On a more happy note, Rachel and Nikki, my sisters got a new kitten! We had dinner with my family last night and got to meet the new baby, Jasper. He is cute! Also, my family reunion is this weekend, so that will give us a small break from our list of things to do. Oh and the wife that I met with tuesday, Tish, she gave us this movie to borrow Fireproof and wants us to watch it. So we are planning to take a break tomorrow evening and watch it together. It will probably be the last movie we get to watch together for a while.
Before I get more sad, I'm gonna finish it here. I will try and blog more sometime, but it probably won't be until after James is gone.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Vacation Week Day #5 and Saturday!
Friday was a very busy day. By the time we got up and moving and dressed, it was after noon. For once, I actually slept in until about 11. So that was nice. Once we were up, we left to run a bunch of errands. We went to the dollar store, Sears, Best Buy, and the grocery store. We also stopped at Taco Bell and got a quick small lunch. I drove home from Taco Bell. Once we got back home we had a little less than an hour to get some things done before we had to leave again. So James worked on all the litterboxes, while I picked up the living room a little and got stuff ready to leave. We left around 4:15 to go to my moms for dinner. I drove all the way there. We had tacos for dinner, played a game (kinda), and watched a hilarious movie called Hear No Evil, See No Evil. Or the other way around. I can't quite remember. Haha. Also we went and visited my grandma for a little bit while we were in that area. Then I drove all the way home too! Once we got home, we stayed up kind of late, until maybe 2am or later, both of us on our computers.
Saturday morning we got up around 10am and got dressed and ready. We went to James' moms for brunch. She made us french toast. Yummy! We were there for about an hour and then came home to get some stuff done before leaving again. James took about an hour nap before helping me. We mainly cleaned the living room. It's not completely done, but mostly. Then we left around 4:30pm to go to James' brother Caleb's birthday party. It was nice I guess. We were there until around 9pm. I drove home from there and even stopped at mcdonalds because we were hungry again. I didn't go through the drive thru though yet. I don't think I'm ready for that yet. Haha. Once we got home, we ate our food and watched some tv while discussing James' going away party. We finally have things mostly planned for it. Then we spent lots of time on the computer and was up late again.
Today we have quite a few things to do. Here's my checklist:
-Finish cleaning the living room
-Pick up the bedroom
-Do laundry
-Do dishes
-James needs to check his army emails
-Call my mom and maybe Kelly too
-Go get invitations at Walmart
I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of right this minute. Haha. So I'm gonna get off here and try and get James up so we can get started! Our vacation week is over, but James has monday off. Starting tuesday, he has to go to his unit everyday, then next weekend he has drill and also his going away party. Then another week of going to his unit. And finally, will be his last weekend here. It's getting so sad. It's down to close to two weeks until he leaves. What am I going to do??!!
Saturday morning we got up around 10am and got dressed and ready. We went to James' moms for brunch. She made us french toast. Yummy! We were there for about an hour and then came home to get some stuff done before leaving again. James took about an hour nap before helping me. We mainly cleaned the living room. It's not completely done, but mostly. Then we left around 4:30pm to go to James' brother Caleb's birthday party. It was nice I guess. We were there until around 9pm. I drove home from there and even stopped at mcdonalds because we were hungry again. I didn't go through the drive thru though yet. I don't think I'm ready for that yet. Haha. Once we got home, we ate our food and watched some tv while discussing James' going away party. We finally have things mostly planned for it. Then we spent lots of time on the computer and was up late again.
Today we have quite a few things to do. Here's my checklist:
-Finish cleaning the living room
-Pick up the bedroom
-Do laundry
-Do dishes
-James needs to check his army emails
-Call my mom and maybe Kelly too
-Go get invitations at Walmart
I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of right this minute. Haha. So I'm gonna get off here and try and get James up so we can get started! Our vacation week is over, but James has monday off. Starting tuesday, he has to go to his unit everyday, then next weekend he has drill and also his going away party. Then another week of going to his unit. And finally, will be his last weekend here. It's getting so sad. It's down to close to two weeks until he leaves. What am I going to do??!!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Vacation Week Day #3 & #4
On wednesday, day #3, we were supposed to be getting stuff done. Cleaning the house and stuff like that. Well, we were both extremely lazy all day and did not get ANYTHING done. Haha. We sat around and watched tv most of the day. We did have fun wrestling with each other though at one point in the day. That evening we had dinner at James' parent's house. Then afterwards we went to Walmart to get some kitty litter.
Yesterday, day #4, we spent celebrating our second anniversary early. Our anniversary is at the end of september, and James will not be here for it, so we celebrated it early. I know it was really early, but since this week is free, we decided to do it then. Once we got up and had lunch, we kinda just laid around watching tv and we decided on what movie we were going to see. Then we got a shower and got dressed and left around 3:45 to go to the mall. We saw the movie District 9. It was DEFINITELY not what we expected at all. It wasn't bad, but I'm not sure if I would recommend it to anyone. Haha. It was weird and unpredictable and just strange. After the movie we went to Sears for James to look at shoes, which we are supposed to go back today and get, but I don't know if that will happen. Haha. After Sears we left and went to Red Lobster for dinner. It must be a tradition or something. We went there last year on our anniversary. We also got the same meal both years. Endless Shrimp. YUM!! After Red Lobster, I drove part of the way home. Once we were home we relaxed a bit, then we decided to watch another movie at home. Before the movie started though, we took a late night trip (it was after 10pm at this point) to McDonalds for chocolate milkshakes. We took Mixy Moo Moo with us. She is such a good girl. She sat on my lap the whole time, just content and purring. She was like a little lap doggy. Anyways, once we got home, we watched 17 Again and drank our shakes. After the movie we spent probably a couple hours on our computers talking about music and messing with our ipods. We made it to bed probably around 2:30am.
I got out of bed this morning around 11am, and I'm realizing all the things we have to do today. I really don't think it's all gonna get done before we have to go to my moms for dinner tonight. Haha. So I better get off here and rush James out of bed!! I'll post another blog later letting you know how our final vacation week day went!
Yesterday, day #4, we spent celebrating our second anniversary early. Our anniversary is at the end of september, and James will not be here for it, so we celebrated it early. I know it was really early, but since this week is free, we decided to do it then. Once we got up and had lunch, we kinda just laid around watching tv and we decided on what movie we were going to see. Then we got a shower and got dressed and left around 3:45 to go to the mall. We saw the movie District 9. It was DEFINITELY not what we expected at all. It wasn't bad, but I'm not sure if I would recommend it to anyone. Haha. It was weird and unpredictable and just strange. After the movie we went to Sears for James to look at shoes, which we are supposed to go back today and get, but I don't know if that will happen. Haha. After Sears we left and went to Red Lobster for dinner. It must be a tradition or something. We went there last year on our anniversary. We also got the same meal both years. Endless Shrimp. YUM!! After Red Lobster, I drove part of the way home. Once we were home we relaxed a bit, then we decided to watch another movie at home. Before the movie started though, we took a late night trip (it was after 10pm at this point) to McDonalds for chocolate milkshakes. We took Mixy Moo Moo with us. She is such a good girl. She sat on my lap the whole time, just content and purring. She was like a little lap doggy. Anyways, once we got home, we watched 17 Again and drank our shakes. After the movie we spent probably a couple hours on our computers talking about music and messing with our ipods. We made it to bed probably around 2:30am.
I got out of bed this morning around 11am, and I'm realizing all the things we have to do today. I really don't think it's all gonna get done before we have to go to my moms for dinner tonight. Haha. So I better get off here and rush James out of bed!! I'll post another blog later letting you know how our final vacation week day went!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Vacation Week Day #2
Yesterday was day two of our slight vacation week to relax and get stuff done. Yesterday was more busy than monday, that's for sure. We were kind of slow moving in the morning, but after we got up and had lunch we got busy. We went to the bank, then to another bank to talk to someone, but he wasn't in, so we left and went to walmart. We got some more things we needed. James needed razors and shaving cream. The cats needed some food. We got night lights for me to use when James is gone so I don't trip and break something when I come home when it's dark. He got me a security light thing for inside the door too. I think that's pretty much all we bought. But all that was pretty expensive. And I was so mad because I had a coupon for $4 off James' razors which were like $25 originally, and unfortunately I didn't check the expiration date. They expired monday. UGH!
After we left walmart, we went to Target and got James a new ipod that holds more music and even some video. Then we went back to the bank and got all that stuff figured out that we needed to take care of. Once we got home we pretty much spent the rest of the night on our computers. James worked on his new ipod and got it all set up and put new music on it and stuff. He also worked on putting everything from his computer (pictures, music, important files, etc.) onto the external harddrive. And he also checked some emails. He didn't have as much to do on the computer as I did, so he also spent a lot of time playing New Super Mario Bros for DS. On my computer, I installed Microsoft Office so that I would be able to open attachments from emails I get from the army people. Also, since James got a new ipod, I got his old one! So I installed iTunes, and put like ALL my cds on there and all my music from my computer. I have to say, I don't think I can fit not one more song on this ipod. Haha. But I'm happy. I'm glad to have this one. It's better than my old mp3 player.
We took a break sometime around 6pm to go get subway for dinner. That was pretty much our only break until we were done. Then we watched some tv and just relaxed. I was in bed by maybe 12ish. I woke up at 2am and James was still up. So I'm having trouble getting him up this morning unfortunately. Haha. Anyways, I think that's it for Day #2! I'll post more sometime later this week!
After we left walmart, we went to Target and got James a new ipod that holds more music and even some video. Then we went back to the bank and got all that stuff figured out that we needed to take care of. Once we got home we pretty much spent the rest of the night on our computers. James worked on his new ipod and got it all set up and put new music on it and stuff. He also worked on putting everything from his computer (pictures, music, important files, etc.) onto the external harddrive. And he also checked some emails. He didn't have as much to do on the computer as I did, so he also spent a lot of time playing New Super Mario Bros for DS. On my computer, I installed Microsoft Office so that I would be able to open attachments from emails I get from the army people. Also, since James got a new ipod, I got his old one! So I installed iTunes, and put like ALL my cds on there and all my music from my computer. I have to say, I don't think I can fit not one more song on this ipod. Haha. But I'm happy. I'm glad to have this one. It's better than my old mp3 player.
We took a break sometime around 6pm to go get subway for dinner. That was pretty much our only break until we were done. Then we watched some tv and just relaxed. I was in bed by maybe 12ish. I woke up at 2am and James was still up. So I'm having trouble getting him up this morning unfortunately. Haha. Anyways, I think that's it for Day #2! I'll post more sometime later this week!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Vacation Week Day #1
Well yesterday, the first day of our slight vacation week, we did not get a whole lot done actually. We were using it as a break. We wanted to just relax and enjoy spending time together. Also, I got to drive the new blue car for the first time yesterday! It was my first time driving with my new permit. I think we drove for about an hour. It started off in a parking lot of course so I could get used to the car and how it works and stuff. Then we took it to the street for a short drive to a church and then back to the parking lot. Then all the way home! But other than that, we pretty much just planned out our week ahead and watched a lot of tv and did a whole lot of nothing. But it was nice. James needs that break, because he's going to be very busy pretty much until he leaves.
The only other thing that happened yesterday, is that I got an old friend back. We were good friends for years and then we got into a fight about something and have not been friends for a few months. We started talking yesterday and kinda made up. So now that's one more friend I have to add to my list of people who are there for me while James is gone. It's nice to have her back because we used to talk all the time and when we weren't friends I really didn't have anyone to talk to! So hopefully things work out better this time.
Anyways, I will keep you updated even more on how the rest of the week goes, later on!
The only other thing that happened yesterday, is that I got an old friend back. We were good friends for years and then we got into a fight about something and have not been friends for a few months. We started talking yesterday and kinda made up. So now that's one more friend I have to add to my list of people who are there for me while James is gone. It's nice to have her back because we used to talk all the time and when we weren't friends I really didn't have anyone to talk to! So hopefully things work out better this time.
Anyways, I will keep you updated even more on how the rest of the week goes, later on!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Busy Vacation Week Ahead!
Well drill is over for James for this month. He has drill once more, only one day, in september. He didn't find out a whole lot at drill this past weekend. He did find out where he's going in Afghanistan. And some other details about coming home. He should DEFINITELY get a 4 day pass to come home, sometime from NJ.
James took work off this week so we're going to spend it relaxing, getting stuff done, and celebrating our anniversary early. Today is just mainly going to be relaxing, and being lazy after the long weekend we had. Maybe some driving for me too. We will have to see how that goes. Then the rest of this week, we've got tons to do, and lots of time to spend together. I'm sure we will have dinner at James' parents this week again too. I don't think we will at my moms this week, but possibly. We have some financial things to take care of. More shopping to do. We have to plan James' going away party since we finally have a good date to have it on.
James is still trying to decide if he's going to take off Labor Day or not. If he doesn't, it will be his last day of work. If he does, his last day of work was like last thursday. We're still deciding on that.
My mom did not get the house she was waiting for. But she found a house to rent for 6 months, then possibly buy. So yesterday I was at her house all day helping her put everything from her storage units into her new (rental) house.
Anyways, I'll keep you updated on how this week is going sometime later in the week.
James took work off this week so we're going to spend it relaxing, getting stuff done, and celebrating our anniversary early. Today is just mainly going to be relaxing, and being lazy after the long weekend we had. Maybe some driving for me too. We will have to see how that goes. Then the rest of this week, we've got tons to do, and lots of time to spend together. I'm sure we will have dinner at James' parents this week again too. I don't think we will at my moms this week, but possibly. We have some financial things to take care of. More shopping to do. We have to plan James' going away party since we finally have a good date to have it on.
James is still trying to decide if he's going to take off Labor Day or not. If he doesn't, it will be his last day of work. If he does, his last day of work was like last thursday. We're still deciding on that.
My mom did not get the house she was waiting for. But she found a house to rent for 6 months, then possibly buy. So yesterday I was at her house all day helping her put everything from her storage units into her new (rental) house.
Anyways, I'll keep you updated on how this week is going sometime later in the week.
Friday, August 28, 2009
This makes me sick!!
I found this story on www.newarkadvocate.com which is our local paper. This is what it said:
"The mother of a soldier whose suicide in Iraq led to cruelty charges against four men says her son made two final phone calls to tell her of abuses he was going through in his platoon. Kathe Wilhelm tells The Associated Press that her son, Pvt. Keiffer Wilhelm, called her the day before he died and said he was being forced to run for miles with rocks that smashed against his knees.She says he also told her his belongings were disappearing and that he had no one to turn to for help.Wilhelm, who grew up in northern Ohio, had been in Iraq with a new unit for 10 days when he killed himself on Aug. 4. Four soldiers have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment of subordinates.The military has said there’s no direct evidence the alleged misconduct caused Wilhelm’s death."
I can't believe this. This makes me so sick to my stomach thinking this could ever happen to someone. And with James being deployed soon, it just worries me even more. I swear if this ever happened to James, I would be going after everyone involved. The soldiers are over there to protect our country. They don't need the stress of being bullied too. That's horrible!! I could just scream right now! I hope the people involved will all be punished majorly!
"The mother of a soldier whose suicide in Iraq led to cruelty charges against four men says her son made two final phone calls to tell her of abuses he was going through in his platoon. Kathe Wilhelm tells The Associated Press that her son, Pvt. Keiffer Wilhelm, called her the day before he died and said he was being forced to run for miles with rocks that smashed against his knees.She says he also told her his belongings were disappearing and that he had no one to turn to for help.Wilhelm, who grew up in northern Ohio, had been in Iraq with a new unit for 10 days when he killed himself on Aug. 4. Four soldiers have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment of subordinates.The military has said there’s no direct evidence the alleged misconduct caused Wilhelm’s death."
I can't believe this. This makes me so sick to my stomach thinking this could ever happen to someone. And with James being deployed soon, it just worries me even more. I swear if this ever happened to James, I would be going after everyone involved. The soldiers are over there to protect our country. They don't need the stress of being bullied too. That's horrible!! I could just scream right now! I hope the people involved will all be punished majorly!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Accomplishment!
Well, today I FINALLY decided to go get my permit again (to drive). I'm so proud of myself and James is proud of me too! Now on to the next step. Finding an empty parking lot to get used to our new car. Then to the streets with no traffic, then add some traffic, then busy area, then highway, then parking/manueverability, and so on and then my license. I don't think I will have it before James is deployed, but I'm gonna try very hard to get it within a couple months after he leaves at least.
Anyways, that's my good news. James is getting his hair cut for drill this weekend. Then he has emails to check and stuff like that. Tonight we're having dinner with his parents. Then tomorrow, saturday, and sunday he has drill. I will be here getting stuff done and all that. Maybe driving with my mom depending on her plans for the weekend. But yeah, I think that's it for now.
Anyways, that's my good news. James is getting his hair cut for drill this weekend. Then he has emails to check and stuff like that. Tonight we're having dinner with his parents. Then tomorrow, saturday, and sunday he has drill. I will be here getting stuff done and all that. Maybe driving with my mom depending on her plans for the weekend. But yeah, I think that's it for now.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
More Shopping
Yesterday we went to walmart and started getting more things we needed for the deployment. Not just stuff James needs, but stuff I will also need here. The biggest thing we focused on was safety things. James got a little head flashlight thing that he is very satisfied with. Most of the things we got and looked at though, were for me at home. We purchased 4 small flashlights. I'm hoping to have one in just about every room. I got a small little battery operated lantern. And we also looked at some small security lights. And also little night lights that turn on automatically in the dark. I'm very afraid of being home alone in the dark. I don't mind the daytime, but when it gets dark I get freaked out. So James is making sure I have plenty of light sources.
I checked out the Military One Source website and I absolutely love it. I definitely will put that site to good use. I have some free booklets and cds on their way from Military One Source. They have so many different articles about anything you could think of needing advice or help with. Also, James finally registered for the FRG for his unit and then I got registered. We still need to figure out how to add his mom to it.
Yesterday I FINALLY got my pictures on my computer all sent to walmart. There were over 700 of them. Some of them are going to be for James to take with him in a small photo album, but not all of them definitely. I can't wait to get them! Also with the other pictures, the ones that James doesn't take which will be almost 700, I can spend time getting photo albums and organizing them. That will be something that will keep me busy.
We are planning to go to James' parents for dinner tomorrow. We might go to my moms next week if she's in her house by then. Also we found out some slightly good news. James works a lot of morning shifts and the morning shifts are not busy, so they are thinking of doing away with them, at least for next week. And next week James is only supposed to work 2 morning shifts and three afternoon shifts. He is wanting to find someone to work his afternoon shifts if they do away with the morning shifts. Yeah, I know, confusing. But he's kind of wanting it to be like another short vacation, just to hang out at home and get some stuff done. He's also debating about taking labor day off. He is supposed to work that day from like 3-8, but also his grandma is wanting to get together with the whole family that day. He's trying to decide if he wants to take it off, or just work it.
Anyways, I've been kind of falling behind in avon a little. But to tell you the truth, James is definitely more important. I will catch up on it once he's gone. So I suppose that's all I have for you all to read right now.
I checked out the Military One Source website and I absolutely love it. I definitely will put that site to good use. I have some free booklets and cds on their way from Military One Source. They have so many different articles about anything you could think of needing advice or help with. Also, James finally registered for the FRG for his unit and then I got registered. We still need to figure out how to add his mom to it.
Yesterday I FINALLY got my pictures on my computer all sent to walmart. There were over 700 of them. Some of them are going to be for James to take with him in a small photo album, but not all of them definitely. I can't wait to get them! Also with the other pictures, the ones that James doesn't take which will be almost 700, I can spend time getting photo albums and organizing them. That will be something that will keep me busy.
We are planning to go to James' parents for dinner tomorrow. We might go to my moms next week if she's in her house by then. Also we found out some slightly good news. James works a lot of morning shifts and the morning shifts are not busy, so they are thinking of doing away with them, at least for next week. And next week James is only supposed to work 2 morning shifts and three afternoon shifts. He is wanting to find someone to work his afternoon shifts if they do away with the morning shifts. Yeah, I know, confusing. But he's kind of wanting it to be like another short vacation, just to hang out at home and get some stuff done. He's also debating about taking labor day off. He is supposed to work that day from like 3-8, but also his grandma is wanting to get together with the whole family that day. He's trying to decide if he wants to take it off, or just work it.
Anyways, I've been kind of falling behind in avon a little. But to tell you the truth, James is definitely more important. I will catch up on it once he's gone. So I suppose that's all I have for you all to read right now.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Birthdays, Army Meetings, the Whole Weekend
We had an extremely busy, slightly fun, very informational, weekend. On friday, James worked the morning shift. After he got home, we had lunch and packed all the food and stuff to leave. On the way we picked up my ice cream cake. We made it to my moms around 2pm. From 2pm until the start of the party, we helped decorate, clean, prepare food, and move furniture. My party was pretty fun. It probably could have been better, but with last minute planning, that's what you get. Everyone who said they were coming, did come though, so it was really not that bad. Most of James' family came, and my mom and sisters and step dad and grandma were all there too. And I had one friend Amber show up too. My dad could not make it. Overall it was nice to just have fun and spend time with family. I got some great gifts too. Some dvds I wanted, some great clothes, a halloween scrapbook, and of course some gift cards and cash I still get to go spend.
Also friday night, as my party was ending, James' mom and I, finally told his aunt & uncle about his deployment. His aunt didn't take it too well. But luckily everyone wants to have a big going away party, so it's looking like that's gonna happen. Not sure when yet still, but we've got a couple days in mind. I've got to talk to his mom and figure it out for sure though. I think friday night was when it REALLY sunk in, that James was really leaving. He has less than a month left with me. It's so hard and depressing. I have made up my mind that this last month is going to be spent with lots of family. We will probably be going nonstop all the time to this store and this persons house and whatnot, but family is really important right now, so we're gonna make time for them all no matter what.
Now onto saturday. Saturday was very very busy. After we both got up, we had lunch, and then James worked on fixing a small problem with the car while I got dressed and ready. After we were both done, we went to the store to get a gift for his cousins birthday party. Then we came home, finished getting ready, then went to the birthday party. For once, it was actually really nice out, almost too chilly. I was so happy to not be sweating and hot though. At the very beginning of James' cousin's party, James' mom told his grandmother about the deployment. She definitely took it better than the rest of us did. We had to leave the party kind of early because we had a family army meeting thing to attend. We were about two hours late, but we went. We shook some hands, stood in the corner, and then came home. We were there for about an hour.
Sunday was a very long, but very helpful day. We got up early and had to be to James' unit around 9am for a Yellow Ribbon Event. We pretty much sat in an auditorium all day and had people talk to us about different things. In the morning, things that were discussed were the FRG, Tricare, and financial things. I am looking more into Tricare because if I'm understanding correctly, I will receive free health care while James is gone. The lady who gave the presentation did not do a very good job, because it was extremely confusing, so I'm gonna need to find someone to help me out with all this information and let me know how to go about getting in this program. For the finances, they mainly discussed what types of money each person would be making, and how to take care of the finances while the soldiers are gone and that sort of thing. Then we went to lunch at Golden Corral, which was free for the soldiers AND family. So that was nice. It had to be a quick lunch though. I also ran into some old friends from my old church I used to go to. It was so nice seeing them.
After lunch on sunday, was a little more interesting. We heard lectures on the Red Cross, Marriage Enrichment, Legal Information, Military One Source, Military Family Life, Personal Finances, and Safety Awareness. The Red Cross is going to be very helpful in some ways if I ever need James in an emergency. Also the meeting James' mom goes to at her church is sponsored by the Red Cross, which I'm going to try and attend with her sometime. I learned from the Legal briefing that I most likely should get a Power of Attorney for James. Especially with him leaving in less than a month, things like Tricare will probably not be completed by then. The best briefing I heard yesterday was about Military One Source. It seems that they have TONS of helpful things FREE to me. I am definitely going to check out that website, and order some free cds (informational cds) and check out everything they offer. They even offer free counseling and a free online library, including books to read, plus informational books on how to fix things. I think this is going to be my most used website while James is gone. The safety awareness briefing was helpful, but also got me worrying about some things. It was mainly about making sure our house is safe and I am safe while James is gone. We're discussing some options on how to keep me safe and make me FEEL safe while he's gone.
After leaving the unit, we had dinner with James' parents on the way home. And once we got home, we talked a lot about what we heard and what we learned and what needs done and so on. Then of course we went to bed and James is at work this morning. I have been going through paperwork we got along with cleaning the house. I should be getting my avon stuff today and will work on that later.
This deployment is coming faster and faster and I am not ready for it. I don't think I ever will be. It's getting harder and harder to not freak out and have a panic attack about it. I'm so scared. Actually terrified. Not only for myself being here alone, but also for James' safety of course. And our marriage. I know we can get through this. It's just gonna be hard. I get sick to my stomach just thinking about being away from him for so long. I honestly think I'm going to have to take advantage of the free counseling while he's gone. And possibly have like couple's counseling once he comes back. This is going to be the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life. All I can say, is that this last month is going to be full of family time, and love. That's all I can do, is show him how much I love him and will miss him.
Also friday night, as my party was ending, James' mom and I, finally told his aunt & uncle about his deployment. His aunt didn't take it too well. But luckily everyone wants to have a big going away party, so it's looking like that's gonna happen. Not sure when yet still, but we've got a couple days in mind. I've got to talk to his mom and figure it out for sure though. I think friday night was when it REALLY sunk in, that James was really leaving. He has less than a month left with me. It's so hard and depressing. I have made up my mind that this last month is going to be spent with lots of family. We will probably be going nonstop all the time to this store and this persons house and whatnot, but family is really important right now, so we're gonna make time for them all no matter what.
Now onto saturday. Saturday was very very busy. After we both got up, we had lunch, and then James worked on fixing a small problem with the car while I got dressed and ready. After we were both done, we went to the store to get a gift for his cousins birthday party. Then we came home, finished getting ready, then went to the birthday party. For once, it was actually really nice out, almost too chilly. I was so happy to not be sweating and hot though. At the very beginning of James' cousin's party, James' mom told his grandmother about the deployment. She definitely took it better than the rest of us did. We had to leave the party kind of early because we had a family army meeting thing to attend. We were about two hours late, but we went. We shook some hands, stood in the corner, and then came home. We were there for about an hour.
Sunday was a very long, but very helpful day. We got up early and had to be to James' unit around 9am for a Yellow Ribbon Event. We pretty much sat in an auditorium all day and had people talk to us about different things. In the morning, things that were discussed were the FRG, Tricare, and financial things. I am looking more into Tricare because if I'm understanding correctly, I will receive free health care while James is gone. The lady who gave the presentation did not do a very good job, because it was extremely confusing, so I'm gonna need to find someone to help me out with all this information and let me know how to go about getting in this program. For the finances, they mainly discussed what types of money each person would be making, and how to take care of the finances while the soldiers are gone and that sort of thing. Then we went to lunch at Golden Corral, which was free for the soldiers AND family. So that was nice. It had to be a quick lunch though. I also ran into some old friends from my old church I used to go to. It was so nice seeing them.
After lunch on sunday, was a little more interesting. We heard lectures on the Red Cross, Marriage Enrichment, Legal Information, Military One Source, Military Family Life, Personal Finances, and Safety Awareness. The Red Cross is going to be very helpful in some ways if I ever need James in an emergency. Also the meeting James' mom goes to at her church is sponsored by the Red Cross, which I'm going to try and attend with her sometime. I learned from the Legal briefing that I most likely should get a Power of Attorney for James. Especially with him leaving in less than a month, things like Tricare will probably not be completed by then. The best briefing I heard yesterday was about Military One Source. It seems that they have TONS of helpful things FREE to me. I am definitely going to check out that website, and order some free cds (informational cds) and check out everything they offer. They even offer free counseling and a free online library, including books to read, plus informational books on how to fix things. I think this is going to be my most used website while James is gone. The safety awareness briefing was helpful, but also got me worrying about some things. It was mainly about making sure our house is safe and I am safe while James is gone. We're discussing some options on how to keep me safe and make me FEEL safe while he's gone.
After leaving the unit, we had dinner with James' parents on the way home. And once we got home, we talked a lot about what we heard and what we learned and what needs done and so on. Then of course we went to bed and James is at work this morning. I have been going through paperwork we got along with cleaning the house. I should be getting my avon stuff today and will work on that later.
This deployment is coming faster and faster and I am not ready for it. I don't think I ever will be. It's getting harder and harder to not freak out and have a panic attack about it. I'm so scared. Actually terrified. Not only for myself being here alone, but also for James' safety of course. And our marriage. I know we can get through this. It's just gonna be hard. I get sick to my stomach just thinking about being away from him for so long. I honestly think I'm going to have to take advantage of the free counseling while he's gone. And possibly have like couple's counseling once he comes back. This is going to be the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life. All I can say, is that this last month is going to be full of family time, and love. That's all I can do, is show him how much I love him and will miss him.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
We have the official date & other updates
Well James got an email the other day saying that they finally decided on a date he was leaving. We only have a little over a month together. Of course this date could change, like everything else in the army always does. And it's looking pretty much 100% that he's going to Afghanistan and not Iraq. James is going to miss our 2 year anniversary by like 8 days. That so sucks. But he has already said we will celebrate it early. I'm still also working on ideas for a going-away party for him. Now that we have a date he's leaving, it will be easier to plan for one now. I'm going to research going-away parties online, because I don't really know how they work. What all are you supposed to do at a going-away party? Do you give him gifts? Stuff like that. So I'm gonna do some research, and then get together with his mom and figure it out.
Speaking of his mom,... She found this Red Cross meeting thing for deployed soldiers families at her church. She went to the first one last night, and found it very helpful and informational. So I think I'm going to be attending them with her from now on. They are like every two weeks I think. She said she found out information about care packages and what consists of an emergency for contacting Red Cross, and stuff like that. So I'm looking forward to going and getting information and maybe meeting other people who have family members deployed already.
Well, my birthday party is friday and we've got about half of the shopping done. We ordered my cake already. Got the rest of the decorations. So pretty much we just have more food stuff to get. We're gonna work on that tomorrow. Maybe today if James gets off early because of the weather. I'm kind of excited, but probably not as excited as I should be. It's hard to be happy and celebrate things now, knowing James will not be there for them next year.
Anyways, that's all for this blog. I'm gonna go try and wake James up and then call my mom.
Speaking of his mom,... She found this Red Cross meeting thing for deployed soldiers families at her church. She went to the first one last night, and found it very helpful and informational. So I think I'm going to be attending them with her from now on. They are like every two weeks I think. She said she found out information about care packages and what consists of an emergency for contacting Red Cross, and stuff like that. So I'm looking forward to going and getting information and maybe meeting other people who have family members deployed already.
Well, my birthday party is friday and we've got about half of the shopping done. We ordered my cake already. Got the rest of the decorations. So pretty much we just have more food stuff to get. We're gonna work on that tomorrow. Maybe today if James gets off early because of the weather. I'm kind of excited, but probably not as excited as I should be. It's hard to be happy and celebrate things now, knowing James will not be there for them next year.
Anyways, that's all for this blog. I'm gonna go try and wake James up and then call my mom.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Short Update & FRG
I got my first call from the Family Readiness group this weekend. I kept telling James over and over that I couldn't see them becoming friends with me and actually calling more than 5 minutes just to talk and all that crap that he said they would do. Now I believe him a little more, but we will still have to wait and see. This lady that called me was the wife of the liuetenent colonel or something of the whole battalion. Her husband as far as I'm understanding isn't even going on this deployment. He has been on deployments before, so I see how she could give me advice and whatnot. The funny thing is, she said that she likes to call people and see what she can do to help, whether it's just listen to you or go get you groceries. But get this, she's in Kentucky, and I'm in Ohio, and she really thinks she's gonna go get me groceries. Haha. It's a nice thought, but I would never ask that of anyone that far away. She seemed nice enough though. She kinda told me that she likes having kids while her husband is on deployment because it keeps her busy and gives her company. Which I kinda want, but I know it can't happen and I wouldn't do that to James. All I have is my 7 babies here and my family, and James' family. Of course I will have to live by myself for a year which I am NOT looking forward to at all. I don't mind being alone during the day so much, it's just at night, I hate being here alone in the dark and I hate sleeping alone.
Anyways, back to the FRG. I had read on another army wifes blog about her FRG had like Christmas and Halloween parties and stuff like that. So maybe it will be better and more fun than I am expecting. Unfortunately we won't be able to go to the first little get-together this weekend, because we have a birthday party to go to. But we will get to meet the ladies the next day at the Yellow Ribbon event. I guess I'm not gonna get my hopes up about making best friends and whatnot with this FRG thing, but I am going to at least try. James really wants this for me and thinks it will be good, so I will try for him. I'm just a quiet person and I'm not comfortable around new people. I'm gonna have to get over that though.
Speaking of birthdays, I finally have decided that mine will be this friday at my moms house. It may not legally be her house yet, but we're still gonna have it there. We haven't figured out the time yet, but that will be decided today. We've got the food figured out, and we pretty much have everything else (decorations, plates, napkins, etc.) leftover from James' party, so we don't have to buy much of that. So this week and weekend will be very busy. Check it out.
Today: I have to get my avon books ready for next campaign which starts wednesday. I fell behind because of the vacation. I've also got to do dishes so James has clean coffee mugs for this week. And I've got to do laundry so his work clothes are clean for the rest of the week. I've gotta go to the bank today to deposit all my avon money.
Tuesday: I'm going to try and go get my permit on tuesday so that I can start getting my license. I don't think I will have my license before James leaves, but I'm gonna work my butt off and try really hard. My mom has also offered to help me learn. It would be nice to have my license for while James is gone so that I don't have to rely on everyone else for a whole year. Plus when everyone else is busy, I can still get out of the house on days I'm feeling down or something.
Wednesday: James works from 2-8 this day, so we probably won't get anything done that day. Other than I will be doing avon at home and cleaning of course.
Thursday: Sometime this week we have got to go shopping for my party, so it's gonna have to be thursday or maybe tuesday.
Friday: James works until noon and then we are gonna have to go to my moms and help her clean, decorate, set up, prepare the food, etc. Then my party will be that evening. Then of course afterwards, we're gonna have to help her clean up and all that. Plus friday is when I will get my avon stuff but I probably won't be able to work on it until saturday.
Saturday: So far we don't have any plans for saturday morning/afternoon. So maybe if I got my permit on tuesday we can go driving for a little bit or something. But saturday around 4pm we have a birthday party to go to. Plus if there's time, which I don't think will happen, we've got the party type thing in columbus for all the army families to meet.
Sunday: Sunday we have the Yellow Ribbon event which will be at 9am and it's supposed to last like 8 hours, so we will probably be there till 6pm or so. Then of course back to work monday.
So busy week and weekend ahead. I will blog about my party, and the Yellow Ribbon event probably the beginning of next week. Sorry, this was supposed to be a short blog. Haha.
Anyways, back to the FRG. I had read on another army wifes blog about her FRG had like Christmas and Halloween parties and stuff like that. So maybe it will be better and more fun than I am expecting. Unfortunately we won't be able to go to the first little get-together this weekend, because we have a birthday party to go to. But we will get to meet the ladies the next day at the Yellow Ribbon event. I guess I'm not gonna get my hopes up about making best friends and whatnot with this FRG thing, but I am going to at least try. James really wants this for me and thinks it will be good, so I will try for him. I'm just a quiet person and I'm not comfortable around new people. I'm gonna have to get over that though.
Speaking of birthdays, I finally have decided that mine will be this friday at my moms house. It may not legally be her house yet, but we're still gonna have it there. We haven't figured out the time yet, but that will be decided today. We've got the food figured out, and we pretty much have everything else (decorations, plates, napkins, etc.) leftover from James' party, so we don't have to buy much of that. So this week and weekend will be very busy. Check it out.
Today: I have to get my avon books ready for next campaign which starts wednesday. I fell behind because of the vacation. I've also got to do dishes so James has clean coffee mugs for this week. And I've got to do laundry so his work clothes are clean for the rest of the week. I've gotta go to the bank today to deposit all my avon money.
Tuesday: I'm going to try and go get my permit on tuesday so that I can start getting my license. I don't think I will have my license before James leaves, but I'm gonna work my butt off and try really hard. My mom has also offered to help me learn. It would be nice to have my license for while James is gone so that I don't have to rely on everyone else for a whole year. Plus when everyone else is busy, I can still get out of the house on days I'm feeling down or something.
Wednesday: James works from 2-8 this day, so we probably won't get anything done that day. Other than I will be doing avon at home and cleaning of course.
Thursday: Sometime this week we have got to go shopping for my party, so it's gonna have to be thursday or maybe tuesday.
Friday: James works until noon and then we are gonna have to go to my moms and help her clean, decorate, set up, prepare the food, etc. Then my party will be that evening. Then of course afterwards, we're gonna have to help her clean up and all that. Plus friday is when I will get my avon stuff but I probably won't be able to work on it until saturday.
Saturday: So far we don't have any plans for saturday morning/afternoon. So maybe if I got my permit on tuesday we can go driving for a little bit or something. But saturday around 4pm we have a birthday party to go to. Plus if there's time, which I don't think will happen, we've got the party type thing in columbus for all the army families to meet.
Sunday: Sunday we have the Yellow Ribbon event which will be at 9am and it's supposed to last like 8 hours, so we will probably be there till 6pm or so. Then of course back to work monday.
So busy week and weekend ahead. I will blog about my party, and the Yellow Ribbon event probably the beginning of next week. Sorry, this was supposed to be a short blog. Haha.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Back from Vacation! And Birthday Updates!
Our vacation was amazing!! We absolutely loved the cabins! They were so beautiful, and so secluded! And we loved having a hot tub! We got in it a total of 11 times while we were there! So here's how things went!
Monday: We arrived at the cabin to check in shortly after 4pm. Once we checked in, we went and checked out the cabin. And we turned on the air conditioning!! It was so nice having AC. We don't have have AC at our house. Then we unloaded the car and I unpacked all our stuff while James tried to figure out the tv. Then of course we tried out the hot tub for dip #1. We did lots of relaxing and watching tv the rest of the night, and we also watched a movie and had popcorn. Halfway in between the movie, we took a break to watch the new Jon and Kate Plus 8 episode (we love that show) and we took dip #2 in the hot tub.
Tuesday: I got up earlier than James, so I watched tv and read my book. I haven't had much time to read in a while, so it was nice. Once James got up and we relaxed, had breakfast, relaxed some more, played some games, and had lunch, then we tried out the jacuzzi bath tub. I would LOVE to have one of those of my own at home! Then we went straight to the hot tub after that for dip #3. Then there was a few hours of just playing games until dinner time. We cooked out on the grill and made steaks! Then we played more games, more tv, more relaxing, and we made cookies. Then we took dip #4 in the hot tub. It started storming so we had to get out after like 15 minutes. So we watched tv until the storm passed and then took dip #5 in the hot tub. Then the water started getting too hot, so we took another break and went and cooled off in the AC and then warmed up in the hot tub for dip #6 before bed.
Wednesday: This day was my birthday, and I got a total of 5 phone calls that day telling me Happy Birthday. After relaxing, tv, and breakfast, we got in the hot tub for dip #7. Then we played games again until lunch time, then watched tv to let lunch settle and took dip #8 in the hot tub. I have waterproof cards so we got the smart idea of playing cards in the hot tub. That was fun! Then we relaxed a bit, before taking another bath in the jacuzzi tub to get ready for our dinner out. We left for dinner around 6pm and went to Applebees and then to Walmart to get a special dessert for my birthday. We got back to the cabin around 8:15pm. And of course we pretty much immediately got into the hot tub, for dip #9 and played some more cards. Then we got out and ate my dessert for my birthday. Then we watched a movie and had a drink of course since it was my 21st birthday. After the movie, we started packing and cleaning and getting ready to leave the next day. But we had to take another dip in the hot tub before bed, making it dip #10 of the trip. We didn't make it to bed until around 2am.
Thursday: We got up around 8:45am and immediately went to take our final dip in the hot tub before we went home, making it dip #11 and the last dip of the vacation! Once we got out, we finished packing, cleaning, and getting dressed to leave. We went up to the office around 10:30am to check out, but there was NO ONE there. So we went back to the cabin to watch tv until 11am, which is when we are supposed to be checked out by. When we went back up at 11am, there STILL was no one there. We knocked on both doors, called all three phone numbers, and even checked to see if anyone was at any of the other three cabins, but there was no one, and no answer. FINALLY around 11:45am, James got someone to answer at one of the numbers and he said that all we had to do was to leave the key in the cabin and leave the door unlocked. So we left there as soon as we went back to the cabin. We stopped for lunch on the way home because neither of us had eaten anything really. It was so nice to get back and see my babies!! I missed them so much!! The rest of the day we just relaxed and watched tv, and James took a nap.
Today, James is back at work, then he has a doctors appointment. And I'm working on my avon that I need to get caught up on and unpacking and cleaning! So it was a wonderful vacation. James wants to go back sometime in september before he leaves! I don't know if we can afford to do that though, but I would definitely try.
Anyways, I have some updates on my birthday party. My mom still isn't sure when she will be able to get her house, but we are going ahead and planning my party for next friday evening. So hopefully she is the legal owner by then. All the kids will be in school by then, so it will have to be sometime after that. She has a nice big garage that would probably hold 4 cars, and a big back yard. So it will probably be one of those places. Weather dependent of course. James' cousin is having his party the next day, so that's why I'm going to try and have mine the day before. If it doesn't work out that way, I'm not sure when I will have it. This weekend James and I are going to make the final plans and stuff for it.
Monday: We arrived at the cabin to check in shortly after 4pm. Once we checked in, we went and checked out the cabin. And we turned on the air conditioning!! It was so nice having AC. We don't have have AC at our house. Then we unloaded the car and I unpacked all our stuff while James tried to figure out the tv. Then of course we tried out the hot tub for dip #1. We did lots of relaxing and watching tv the rest of the night, and we also watched a movie and had popcorn. Halfway in between the movie, we took a break to watch the new Jon and Kate Plus 8 episode (we love that show) and we took dip #2 in the hot tub.
Tuesday: I got up earlier than James, so I watched tv and read my book. I haven't had much time to read in a while, so it was nice. Once James got up and we relaxed, had breakfast, relaxed some more, played some games, and had lunch, then we tried out the jacuzzi bath tub. I would LOVE to have one of those of my own at home! Then we went straight to the hot tub after that for dip #3. Then there was a few hours of just playing games until dinner time. We cooked out on the grill and made steaks! Then we played more games, more tv, more relaxing, and we made cookies. Then we took dip #4 in the hot tub. It started storming so we had to get out after like 15 minutes. So we watched tv until the storm passed and then took dip #5 in the hot tub. Then the water started getting too hot, so we took another break and went and cooled off in the AC and then warmed up in the hot tub for dip #6 before bed.
Wednesday: This day was my birthday, and I got a total of 5 phone calls that day telling me Happy Birthday. After relaxing, tv, and breakfast, we got in the hot tub for dip #7. Then we played games again until lunch time, then watched tv to let lunch settle and took dip #8 in the hot tub. I have waterproof cards so we got the smart idea of playing cards in the hot tub. That was fun! Then we relaxed a bit, before taking another bath in the jacuzzi tub to get ready for our dinner out. We left for dinner around 6pm and went to Applebees and then to Walmart to get a special dessert for my birthday. We got back to the cabin around 8:15pm. And of course we pretty much immediately got into the hot tub, for dip #9 and played some more cards. Then we got out and ate my dessert for my birthday. Then we watched a movie and had a drink of course since it was my 21st birthday. After the movie, we started packing and cleaning and getting ready to leave the next day. But we had to take another dip in the hot tub before bed, making it dip #10 of the trip. We didn't make it to bed until around 2am.
Thursday: We got up around 8:45am and immediately went to take our final dip in the hot tub before we went home, making it dip #11 and the last dip of the vacation! Once we got out, we finished packing, cleaning, and getting dressed to leave. We went up to the office around 10:30am to check out, but there was NO ONE there. So we went back to the cabin to watch tv until 11am, which is when we are supposed to be checked out by. When we went back up at 11am, there STILL was no one there. We knocked on both doors, called all three phone numbers, and even checked to see if anyone was at any of the other three cabins, but there was no one, and no answer. FINALLY around 11:45am, James got someone to answer at one of the numbers and he said that all we had to do was to leave the key in the cabin and leave the door unlocked. So we left there as soon as we went back to the cabin. We stopped for lunch on the way home because neither of us had eaten anything really. It was so nice to get back and see my babies!! I missed them so much!! The rest of the day we just relaxed and watched tv, and James took a nap.
Today, James is back at work, then he has a doctors appointment. And I'm working on my avon that I need to get caught up on and unpacking and cleaning! So it was a wonderful vacation. James wants to go back sometime in september before he leaves! I don't know if we can afford to do that though, but I would definitely try.
Anyways, I have some updates on my birthday party. My mom still isn't sure when she will be able to get her house, but we are going ahead and planning my party for next friday evening. So hopefully she is the legal owner by then. All the kids will be in school by then, so it will have to be sometime after that. She has a nice big garage that would probably hold 4 cars, and a big back yard. So it will probably be one of those places. Weather dependent of course. James' cousin is having his party the next day, so that's why I'm going to try and have mine the day before. If it doesn't work out that way, I'm not sure when I will have it. This weekend James and I are going to make the final plans and stuff for it.
Monday, August 10, 2009
We're Leaving Today!
I am so super excited! Today is the day we are leaving for vacation! James is at work right now, and he gets off around 1pm. I am supposed to be cleaning and packing, but I just had to blog once more before we leave!! It still seems like we have so much to do, but I guess I do have like 5 and a half hours before he even gets off of work. We are planning to leave around 3:30pm or so. Before that, we have a few errands to run though. Along with making time to grab a quick lunch. I've got to take some avon books to the doctors office. We have to run to James' mom's house to drop off her avon order, and to give her the key to our house, so that she can come check on our cats while we're gone. I'm not too worried about them. Just the baby Jack! I'm sure he will be into everything. And I'm hoping James' mother won't clean our house again like she did last time we went on vacation. Yes it was a nice gesture, but still that meant she went through like everything in our house. I don't know about some people, but we do have some private things, that we don't want mothers seeing! Anyways, we've also got to get gas on our way there. Luckily this place is only about 40 minutes from our house, so it's like a vacation, but we don't have the LONG drive and the stress of something happening to our car. I swear we have bad luck with cars on vacations. The past two vacations we've taken, something has gone wrong with two different cars!! And we will be taking our newest car this time, and so far we've had quite a few problems with it since we've had it. Hopefully it's all fixed though. Okay, gotta stop thinking negative, it's supposed to be a good trip.
So I guess I will be back to blogging either thursday or friday to let you all know how the vacation went! And when I come back, I will be 21 years old! Oh and I'm still not sure about the party, but it's looking like it will be the weekend of the 22nd. My mom is supposed to have her closing on her house around the 17th, so it will not be able to be this coming weekend, the 15th. That's alright. I can wait an extra week. Have a great week everyone! I know I will!! I will blog thursday or friday!!
So I guess I will be back to blogging either thursday or friday to let you all know how the vacation went! And when I come back, I will be 21 years old! Oh and I'm still not sure about the party, but it's looking like it will be the weekend of the 22nd. My mom is supposed to have her closing on her house around the 17th, so it will not be able to be this coming weekend, the 15th. That's alright. I can wait an extra week. Have a great week everyone! I know I will!! I will blog thursday or friday!!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Vacation!
Good news!! Our vacation is planned and reserved! Here's how it will go:
Monday: James works the morning shift and should be off by 1pm. While he's working I will be packing and preparing food. Once he gets home, we will eat lunch, finish packing and load the car. Around 3 or 3:30 we will leave to head to our cabin. We are able to check in around 4pm. Once we're there, we will unload the car, get settled in, relax a bit, then fix dinner.
Tuesday: We will spend the day in the hot tub, the jacuzzi bathtub, watching movies, playing games, taking a walk, etc.
Wednesday: Wednesday is my 21st birthday so we will celebrate it by doing pretty much the same things we are doing tuesday. But we will be going out to dinner this night. I'm not sure where yet, but most likely Applebee's. Starting wednesday night I will have to start packing stuff up to go home the next day.
Thursday: We will get up early and finish packing and loading the car and be out of the cabin by 11am. Then we will come home, unload the car, and spend the rest of the day being lazy and relaxing some more. Unfortunately friday, James has to return to work. But then he gets the weekend off.
I'm and really looking forward to this little mini-vacation. Even though we aren't going far from home, it's like a little get-away. The guy I talked to and who helped me reserve the cabin, was EXTREMELY nice. He got us a great deal because of the situation, and he also made sure that if we had to cancel at the last minute, we wouldn't have to pay for it, because of the situation. I'm going to have to send him a thank you card once we get home!!
It's looking better and better that I may be able to have my birthday party at my mom's "almost" new house. She finished signing the loan papers already. And they told her that she could probably start moving her stuff into the garage already. She is going to be working on that this weekend. And hopefully by next weekend, she will have had her closing so that we can have a party there! If not, it's going to have to wait until the following weekend, but that will cancel out another previous plan. Oh well, I'm not sure I wanted to go anyway!
Well, that's all for now. Today I'm going to be working on my avon orders, cleaning my house, finishing the plans for the vacation, and maybe even starting to pack!! I'll let you all know how the vacation goes!!
If you want to buy avon online from me, and have it sent directly to your house, no matter where in the U.S you live, just visit www.youravon.com/smetz .
Monday: James works the morning shift and should be off by 1pm. While he's working I will be packing and preparing food. Once he gets home, we will eat lunch, finish packing and load the car. Around 3 or 3:30 we will leave to head to our cabin. We are able to check in around 4pm. Once we're there, we will unload the car, get settled in, relax a bit, then fix dinner.
Tuesday: We will spend the day in the hot tub, the jacuzzi bathtub, watching movies, playing games, taking a walk, etc.
Wednesday: Wednesday is my 21st birthday so we will celebrate it by doing pretty much the same things we are doing tuesday. But we will be going out to dinner this night. I'm not sure where yet, but most likely Applebee's. Starting wednesday night I will have to start packing stuff up to go home the next day.
Thursday: We will get up early and finish packing and loading the car and be out of the cabin by 11am. Then we will come home, unload the car, and spend the rest of the day being lazy and relaxing some more. Unfortunately friday, James has to return to work. But then he gets the weekend off.
I'm and really looking forward to this little mini-vacation. Even though we aren't going far from home, it's like a little get-away. The guy I talked to and who helped me reserve the cabin, was EXTREMELY nice. He got us a great deal because of the situation, and he also made sure that if we had to cancel at the last minute, we wouldn't have to pay for it, because of the situation. I'm going to have to send him a thank you card once we get home!!
It's looking better and better that I may be able to have my birthday party at my mom's "almost" new house. She finished signing the loan papers already. And they told her that she could probably start moving her stuff into the garage already. She is going to be working on that this weekend. And hopefully by next weekend, she will have had her closing so that we can have a party there! If not, it's going to have to wait until the following weekend, but that will cancel out another previous plan. Oh well, I'm not sure I wanted to go anyway!
Well, that's all for now. Today I'm going to be working on my avon orders, cleaning my house, finishing the plans for the vacation, and maybe even starting to pack!! I'll let you all know how the vacation goes!!
If you want to buy avon online from me, and have it sent directly to your house, no matter where in the U.S you live, just visit www.youravon.com/smetz .
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Changes Already
I just blogged yesterday, but there are a couple changes already.
For one, it's looking like James will most likely be deploying to Afghanistan, and not Iraq. They aren't completely sure but they said it's about a 90% chance they are going there instead. I really don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I really don't know the situations over there and which place is worse. James said there was two good things about Afghanistan. He said there are less IED's over there. And he also said it's more mountains and no desert. He's happy about that. And from the email they sent him telling him this, they all seemed to be happy going to Afghanistan than to Iraq. They said they would have more meaningful missions there. And I'm sure the scenery would probably be better.
Because of them probably going to Afghanistan instead of Iraq, they want all the soldiers to start carrying their equipment and walking up and down big hills to get in better shape for doing that over there. Although that won't really effect James much, since he will mainly be on base, he's still going to take those walks when he can. Because as he pointed out, although it may not effect him in Afghanistan, he still will be training with the rest of his company in NJ (we think). So he wants me to go with him on these walks, which is fine. I could use the exercise anyway.
The second change, is that James has finally decided that we will try for a vacation as soon as possible. He is now understanding, that we don't have much time left and he REALLY wants a vacation as badly as I want one. So we are hoping to take one for about 3 or 4 days next week. Yes, I said next week. So today I've got to call the place we are wanting to stay, and see if they have any available cabins those nights. And James has to try and get someone to work for him. I've got to talk to the place and make sure that they won't charge us if we cancel at the last minute because James could find out he has to do his AT days next week. We never know with the army and that's what bothers me. But we're gonna try for it anyway. And the good part, is that we would be gone over my birthday, which will be kind of nice. I'll keep you updated on the vacation to see if we get to go next week or not.
For one, it's looking like James will most likely be deploying to Afghanistan, and not Iraq. They aren't completely sure but they said it's about a 90% chance they are going there instead. I really don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I really don't know the situations over there and which place is worse. James said there was two good things about Afghanistan. He said there are less IED's over there. And he also said it's more mountains and no desert. He's happy about that. And from the email they sent him telling him this, they all seemed to be happy going to Afghanistan than to Iraq. They said they would have more meaningful missions there. And I'm sure the scenery would probably be better.
Because of them probably going to Afghanistan instead of Iraq, they want all the soldiers to start carrying their equipment and walking up and down big hills to get in better shape for doing that over there. Although that won't really effect James much, since he will mainly be on base, he's still going to take those walks when he can. Because as he pointed out, although it may not effect him in Afghanistan, he still will be training with the rest of his company in NJ (we think). So he wants me to go with him on these walks, which is fine. I could use the exercise anyway.
The second change, is that James has finally decided that we will try for a vacation as soon as possible. He is now understanding, that we don't have much time left and he REALLY wants a vacation as badly as I want one. So we are hoping to take one for about 3 or 4 days next week. Yes, I said next week. So today I've got to call the place we are wanting to stay, and see if they have any available cabins those nights. And James has to try and get someone to work for him. I've got to talk to the place and make sure that they won't charge us if we cancel at the last minute because James could find out he has to do his AT days next week. We never know with the army and that's what bothers me. But we're gonna try for it anyway. And the good part, is that we would be gone over my birthday, which will be kind of nice. I'll keep you updated on the vacation to see if we get to go next week or not.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Shopping and Updates
Well this past weekend we got a lot of cleaning done at home, and we also went and helped my mom clean her "almost" new house. Before we did that, we went shopping and started to get some stuff for the deployment. We got an external hard drive from Target. It was $99 but you got a free $10 Target gift card also. It's 1TB which is equal to about 1,000GB. We bought it because James will be taking his laptop with him, and we wanted to make sure we saved all the pictures and files onto the new hard drive before he left, in case something would happen to his computer over there, we wouldn't lose anything. James has been wanting to get an external hard drive for a while now, but I didn't want to spend that kind of money. But now it's necessary, so I went along with it.
We also went to walmart and got some smaller things we will need. James got some flip flops to use as shower sandals. Also we got him a couple small photo albums so that he can take pictures with him of me and our kitties, and both families. We got 8 cheap notebooks which will be used for paper to write letters to each other. We both got 2 packs of new pens. And we also got a couple composition notebooks (the ones where the pages don't rip out easily) for us to use as diaries or like daily journal type things to tell how we're feeling and what we're doing.
James is supposed to have 10 days of AT each year (done before october) and so far he's only gotten 3 days done. So he has to figure out when he can do the other 7 days. His sargeant is not being much help. A while back he had the choice to either go away to another base and do like a 2-3 week long class on something, or he could go to his unit and help out some there and do PT and paperwork and stuff. Now they are not moving things along. He has only about 7 weeks until he leaves for his deployment. That's not a lot of time to fit this in. Especially if he will have to go away for a 2-3 week long class. I'm soooo hoping that doesn't happen.
Also we're trying to fit in a small vacation before he leaves. And with us not knowing what he has to do for his AT days yet, it's really hard to plan for one yet. If he has to do his AT days in september, we're probably going to take our vacation as soon as possible. If he has to do his AT days sometime in august, we're most likely going to take a vacation the second week in september, after he's done with work for the summer. We already know where we want to go, we just don't have dates yet. We're not going far from home, only a few towns over. But we're going to stay in a cabin in the woods just the two of us, just relaxing and spending time together. Hopefully it will be a 4-5 day vacation, but we may only have time for a 2-3 day vacation. These cabins are so nice. They come with two bedrooms (although we will only need one), a fully equipped kitchen, living room, dining area, two bathrooms (one with a jacuzzi/garden tub), a grill, and the best part, a hot tub on a screened in porch!! It's going to be sooo amazing, but I will be very mad if we don't fit it in sometime.
I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do for my 21st birthday party. I really don't want to have it here at home, because there's not enough room for even just all our families. Since my mom is almost in her new house, it may work out for me. She's been cleaning it, so that once they have the closing, they can just start moving stuff in. As long as they are in there by the weekend of august 15-16 and possibly even the weekend after (I'm willing to hold off another week), then I will have my party at her house. She's got a nice backyard, completely fenced in. So there should be enough room for everyone. Plus she has two bathrooms over there, while I only have one here!! I don't know if James' family will travel over to my moms new house (it's about 30 minutes away from our town), but if they don't, oh well. They will just miss my party. I'm pretty sure his parents will come, but I'm not sure about the rest of them. Now if my mom's not in her house soon enough, then I will probably be having my party at one of the local parks.
Also, I'm hoping to plan some kind of going away party for James. With the help of his mom, and maybe mine too. I'm not sure when yet (because we don't have an exact date of when he's leaving) and I'm definitely not sure where yet. He just wants to be able to hang out one last time with his family, and my family, and maybe a couple friends before he goes. So maybe I should call his mom today and tell her to start thinking about it.
Anyways, I think that's all the updates for now!!
We also went to walmart and got some smaller things we will need. James got some flip flops to use as shower sandals. Also we got him a couple small photo albums so that he can take pictures with him of me and our kitties, and both families. We got 8 cheap notebooks which will be used for paper to write letters to each other. We both got 2 packs of new pens. And we also got a couple composition notebooks (the ones where the pages don't rip out easily) for us to use as diaries or like daily journal type things to tell how we're feeling and what we're doing.
James is supposed to have 10 days of AT each year (done before october) and so far he's only gotten 3 days done. So he has to figure out when he can do the other 7 days. His sargeant is not being much help. A while back he had the choice to either go away to another base and do like a 2-3 week long class on something, or he could go to his unit and help out some there and do PT and paperwork and stuff. Now they are not moving things along. He has only about 7 weeks until he leaves for his deployment. That's not a lot of time to fit this in. Especially if he will have to go away for a 2-3 week long class. I'm soooo hoping that doesn't happen.
Also we're trying to fit in a small vacation before he leaves. And with us not knowing what he has to do for his AT days yet, it's really hard to plan for one yet. If he has to do his AT days in september, we're probably going to take our vacation as soon as possible. If he has to do his AT days sometime in august, we're most likely going to take a vacation the second week in september, after he's done with work for the summer. We already know where we want to go, we just don't have dates yet. We're not going far from home, only a few towns over. But we're going to stay in a cabin in the woods just the two of us, just relaxing and spending time together. Hopefully it will be a 4-5 day vacation, but we may only have time for a 2-3 day vacation. These cabins are so nice. They come with two bedrooms (although we will only need one), a fully equipped kitchen, living room, dining area, two bathrooms (one with a jacuzzi/garden tub), a grill, and the best part, a hot tub on a screened in porch!! It's going to be sooo amazing, but I will be very mad if we don't fit it in sometime.
I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do for my 21st birthday party. I really don't want to have it here at home, because there's not enough room for even just all our families. Since my mom is almost in her new house, it may work out for me. She's been cleaning it, so that once they have the closing, they can just start moving stuff in. As long as they are in there by the weekend of august 15-16 and possibly even the weekend after (I'm willing to hold off another week), then I will have my party at her house. She's got a nice backyard, completely fenced in. So there should be enough room for everyone. Plus she has two bathrooms over there, while I only have one here!! I don't know if James' family will travel over to my moms new house (it's about 30 minutes away from our town), but if they don't, oh well. They will just miss my party. I'm pretty sure his parents will come, but I'm not sure about the rest of them. Now if my mom's not in her house soon enough, then I will probably be having my party at one of the local parks.
Also, I'm hoping to plan some kind of going away party for James. With the help of his mom, and maybe mine too. I'm not sure when yet (because we don't have an exact date of when he's leaving) and I'm definitely not sure where yet. He just wants to be able to hang out one last time with his family, and my family, and maybe a couple friends before he goes. So maybe I should call his mom today and tell her to start thinking about it.
Anyways, I think that's all the updates for now!!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Updates From Drill
James had drill this weekend. Saturday, Sunday, and today, Monday. He found out a lot about what's going on. Especially today. So here are some updates and some lists of things we need to get done.
Updates about Yellow Ribbon event: We finally found out an approximate time of when this is going to take place. YAY! We also found out that it's going to be like an 8 hour long thing!! And it's mainly going to consist of paperwork and information for the families. James' parents and I will be the only one's joining him for this. I'm hoping we find out like what kind of stuff we are able to send him in care packages. They are supposed to be sending us orders to attend this. And two of us (hopefully me and James' mom) will be getting paid to attend.
Updates on the Deployment: I found out that I may get free health care while James is gone. That will be good. I hope. We found out he is most likely leaving sometime around september 20-23. We also found out that there is a possibility that I may be able to come visit him sometime in the first two months he's gone. For those who don't know how this is working, James will be going to an army base somewhere in the U.S. (which he thinks it may be Fort Dick, which he thinks is in NJ?) for two months to train and get in good shape. So sometime in those first two months, I may get to go visit him before he's actually sent to Iraq. Which I am SOOOO hoping for.
Other Stuff we need to do:
-Get me an army I.D.
-Get me put on James' bank account
Also, just to vent some frustrations... There's this jerk army sargeant who is actually on my husband's team (meaning unfortunately that he will be stuck with him constantly for his whole deployment) who just picks on James and is a complete like a$$hole. James won't say anything to him because he says he not allowed to. But I so wish I could just be rude to him and tell him off. I'm afraid though, that if I do, it will only cause James MORE problems, and I definitely don't want that. He's been going through enough crap with this guy already. I'm not gonna get into the details of the whole situation, but I just really have to say, I don't like this guy ONE bit!!
That's all for now, more blogs hopefully within the next week or so.
Updates about Yellow Ribbon event: We finally found out an approximate time of when this is going to take place. YAY! We also found out that it's going to be like an 8 hour long thing!! And it's mainly going to consist of paperwork and information for the families. James' parents and I will be the only one's joining him for this. I'm hoping we find out like what kind of stuff we are able to send him in care packages. They are supposed to be sending us orders to attend this. And two of us (hopefully me and James' mom) will be getting paid to attend.
Updates on the Deployment: I found out that I may get free health care while James is gone. That will be good. I hope. We found out he is most likely leaving sometime around september 20-23. We also found out that there is a possibility that I may be able to come visit him sometime in the first two months he's gone. For those who don't know how this is working, James will be going to an army base somewhere in the U.S. (which he thinks it may be Fort Dick, which he thinks is in NJ?) for two months to train and get in good shape. So sometime in those first two months, I may get to go visit him before he's actually sent to Iraq. Which I am SOOOO hoping for.
Other Stuff we need to do:
-Get me an army I.D.
-Get me put on James' bank account
Also, just to vent some frustrations... There's this jerk army sargeant who is actually on my husband's team (meaning unfortunately that he will be stuck with him constantly for his whole deployment) who just picks on James and is a complete like a$$hole. James won't say anything to him because he says he not allowed to. But I so wish I could just be rude to him and tell him off. I'm afraid though, that if I do, it will only cause James MORE problems, and I definitely don't want that. He's been going through enough crap with this guy already. I'm not gonna get into the details of the whole situation, but I just really have to say, I don't like this guy ONE bit!!
That's all for now, more blogs hopefully within the next week or so.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
First Blog Post on Blogger!
Well this is my first ever blog post using Blogger.com. I'm not quite familiar with this site yet. I hope to be very soon though. Make sure you read my About Me section. It tells quite a few important facts about me. I signed up for Blogger.com because I wanted to be able to blog about what's going on in my life because I won't have a lot of people to talk to. So this will kind of be like an online diary for me.
My husband who is in the Army Reserves, will be getting deployed around the end of september sometime, and will be gone for about a year to Iraq. This would be his first deployment, and to be completely honest with you, I'm very scared. And I know he is too. This is going to be very hard on both of us. We have a lot to discuss, plan for, and go buy, before he leaves. Along with my 21st birthday, and our 2nd wedding anniversary to celebrate. Meanwhile, he is still working as a lifeguard up until the first week of september. And sometime after that, we are hoping to take a short vacation before he leaves also.
With this blog, I will be writing about my feelings, events that are happening, updating everyone on how James is doing, and let you know what my life without my husband is like. But until he leaves, it will mainly be about my life, my feelings about him leaving, and our plans we're making. So I hope you enjoy this blog, become a follower! And I hope that I will eventually get better at this!!!
If you're interested in Avon, shop from me online!! Just go to www.youravon.com/smetz !
My husband who is in the Army Reserves, will be getting deployed around the end of september sometime, and will be gone for about a year to Iraq. This would be his first deployment, and to be completely honest with you, I'm very scared. And I know he is too. This is going to be very hard on both of us. We have a lot to discuss, plan for, and go buy, before he leaves. Along with my 21st birthday, and our 2nd wedding anniversary to celebrate. Meanwhile, he is still working as a lifeguard up until the first week of september. And sometime after that, we are hoping to take a short vacation before he leaves also.
With this blog, I will be writing about my feelings, events that are happening, updating everyone on how James is doing, and let you know what my life without my husband is like. But until he leaves, it will mainly be about my life, my feelings about him leaving, and our plans we're making. So I hope you enjoy this blog, become a follower! And I hope that I will eventually get better at this!!!
If you're interested in Avon, shop from me online!! Just go to www.youravon.com/smetz !
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