I'm soo bored!

I'd almost rather be sick. At least when I was sick the days kind of blurred together and I didn't have to find things to do since all I wanted to do was lay in bed all day. I really need some unemployed women to hang out with. The ones that want to hang out have to work all the time and the ones that have free time just want to be home all the time. Oh well!

One of the reasons I'm grumpy is because I got Tim's schedule all mixed up. I thought he was going to be home today and tomorrow before abandoning me on Sunday. Apparently, he won't be home until tomorrow. Which means rushing to get his laundry done, stuffing food down his throat so he doesn't starve and then probably watching him sleep.

I have gotten quite a bit accomplished this week. After today I will have finished my first week of P90X. I actually did week one and half of week 2 before I got sick but since I took an extended break, I decided to start all over again. I have walked the dogs every single day this week. That is really difficult for me to do. Usually mid-walk I just get completed frustrated and it takes me a few days to motivate myself to do it again. I'm determine to be able to walk both of them at the same time without being dragged down the street or having a random person say "are you walking the dogs or are they walking you?" Really? That's getting old. I went grocery shopping for the first time in 3 weeks. I had to. I ran out of milk, bread, eggs and just about everything else. I tried Lactaid milk for the first time yesterday. Who knew drinking milk could be so pleasant? Normally I drink milk and deal with the consequences later. I guess I was always afraid Lactaid would taste funny. While it does taste just a little bit off, it's definitely worth it!

I have to admit, I have not been great at my daily Bible readings. I've skipped a day here and there but I'm going to keep it up! I even memorized my Bible verse for Bible study this week. I had memorization! I have a lot of homework for Bible study. Last week I didn't spread it out very well and got overwhelmed in the last few days before PWOC. So this week I'm going to do a little every day so I can get the most out of the study.

I've made the decision to hire a dog trainer. I've been going back and forth because I'd have to make some sacrifices to afford this trainer. But in the end I decided that having a dog that doesn't try to eat other dogs is worth it. I was supposed to get a new sewing/embroidery machine for my birthday but instead it'll have to be dog training.

So what's on the agenda today? P90X, buy dog food and laundry detergent, Bible study, then just chillin with me, myself and I!

Bye bye 20's!

Hello 30's! So 30 feels no different than 29. Although, it does make you want to lie a little more when people ask you how old you are. Tim was not here to celebrate the arrival of this new decade with me but I did have a wonderful dinner with a great bunch of people. I wasn't sure how it was going to go because it was 7 people all from different friend circles with only 2 of them having met before. But it turned out to be really fun. And the food...it was excellent! I was a little weary of dragging people to a pricier restaurant to celebrate my birthday but in the end I figured; my husband's not here and there will not be any cake or presents, by golly I'm going to have a good meal! I was very happy with my choice. Now if only I didn't have a stuffy nose that prevented me from truly enjoying my dinner.

I feel like poop!

So immediately after my husband left, I came down with something. Actually I could feel it the morning that he left so I'm really hoping I did not give it to him or he's really going to be sucking. For the last few days I've been hanging out in bed watching more tv than any person should ever watch. I can't even turn it on anymore, I'm soo sick of it. But unfortunately I was too out of it to really do anything else. I have 3 different books that I'm trying to get through right now but the inability to focus is a bit of a problem.

Yesterday, I got myself together and tried to finish up my sewing projects that I had started in November. I am happy to say my pair of pants are almost finished. I just have to shorten them and possibly take them in a little. The problem is that I cut the wrong size pattern for one part so the crotch is about 3 inches lower than where it's supposed to be. I'll probably never wear them anyways... Then there's the dress. I'm actually quite pleased with the dress. All I have left is to put in the zipper and take it in a little. I bought a new pattern today but I think this one might be a little out of my league. I don't even understand the terminology written on it.

I was hoping sewing classes twice a week, going to the gym, and the possibility of a job would keep me busy for the next couple of months. But I still haven't heard back about the job, the boss won't even return my calls. Sewing classes were cancelled due to the intructors inability to schedule classes consistently. I stopped working out on Friday when I first got sick and after a week off...I'm not sure I can get that going again.

I would love to make a trip to Colorado however not having a job for the past 7 months and the possibility of not having a job for the next 3 years makes the budget a little tighter. I will most likely be going to Texas for a few days in March for a wedding. Hoping to make it to the Killeen area but the wedding is in Houston. And I do plan on making a trip to SC because that is the only place that makes it just under my limit of driving 6 hours at a time. Plus I can teach Keri how to sew all of Skylar's clothes and Keri can pass that onto Skylar when she's homeschooling her.

Right now I'd be pretty darn happy if I could just get rid of all this snot...I know...wonderful image!

All by myself....don't want to be all by myself....

The time has come for my husband to abandon me again. He'll only be gone for 2 weeks. Then he'll be home for a day and if all goes well he'll be gone for an additional 2 months. It's been almost a year since he came home from his last deployment and we haven't really spent that much time apart so his leaving is a little harder than I had expected. It also doesn't help that he will be missing yet another birthday, this one being the big 3-0.

He's been gone for about 9 hours and I'm already bored. I don't have many friends here to begin with but it's even worse when the friends I do have all have their husbands here so no one wants to hang out. This is also the first time I'm not working while he's gone. It's not like I don't have stuff to do, I'm just sad that I have to hang out by myself. Thank goodness for the dogs. I don't think I'd even be able to sleep at night if I didn't have the dogs with me.

I'm actually becoming a desperate housewife...

Pet Peeves and a New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! So I'm going to start my post off with my normal cheery self. Pet peeves....I have tons of pet peeves but one in particular has been bugging me over the past 2 months. Iphones and Blackberries....I have no problem with the devices themselves, the problem lies more with the user. I know I'll get a little bit of crap on this because a lot of my friends do this. I hate hate hate when people are constantly on their phones checking e-mails, texting, facebooking, and just web surfing in general. There are times and places for that! Some of the times I consider justified are: when your husband is deployed, when you have to look something up really quickly (i.e. movie times), when you're sitting by yourself and have nothing better to do. Times I consider it absolutely rude and want to rip it out of your hands? ....while you're driving, while you're eating a meal with someone, when you're actually talking to someone! What is so important that you have to check your facebook while I'm having a conversation with you? So I'm just going to go ahead and let y'all know....if I am texting while I am having a conversation with you, that means that I am no longer interested in the conversation and you should just walk away. Therefore, don't be offended if I do the same to you! There are times when it's an "emergency" or something that requires your attention immediately and I understand that but sometimes I just want to stomp on your phone and say "really?"



Anyways...enough of that. So my New Year's celebration was very quiet. We had some friends come for a visit but my plans didn't quite pan out. We ended up sitting in front of the tv and watching the ball drop with some cheap champagne. I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. I've kind of felt like if you want to do something, you're going to do it and if you don't want to...it probably won't get done. But then I read in a magazine that with all this blogging, if you blog about it, you're more likely to stick to it because now everyone else knows what you're trying to accomplish...and maybe you'll get some encouragement along the way as well. So my goals this year are: 1. To read the Bible from cover to cover. Many attempts have been made in the past and all have failed. 2. Be able to run a 5K in less than 30 mins without stopping. Seems simple...not for me! 3. Complete P90X. I'll be starting on Sunday. 4. Establish a budget I can actually stick to. 5. Organize all my boxes of photos. Kind of extensive list for the year but I'm feeling pretty good about it.

Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday!