Mood:  d'oh

 I think that today's entry will be a short one. For some reason I am not feeling up to "par". I got the car to start again; I am pretty excited about that. Though I don’t want to say too much, for fear I will jinx the record. It is 26 this morning, with a wind chill of 20. Yet still, no snow. Slightly irritating...

Oh! We saw the most interesting and random documentary last night. It was a documentary about the type face Helvetica. These guys decided to create a printed font and it all started off with a hand sketch of each letter. It took them a long while because they wanted every detail to be perfect. That was back in the 50’s or 60’s (I don’t recall which, it was late last night) But anyway, all the signs you see today, advertisements, government names, documents, even the 1040EZ is written in Helvetica. I am writing in it now. It was very interesting. I think some of you would enjoy watching it.

Oh, the ribs turned out very well. Flyboy was pretty excited. He is stuck doing Snack Bar duty again today and isn’t very thrilled about it. I think it also doesn’t help that he has to go shopping for the Snack Bar to replace the supplies. Apparently the Snack Bar responsibilities have changed since he was on leave, and he had to raise the “B.S” flag yesterday when the D.O. was starting to chew him out because he didn’t go to the store to restock the Snack Bar. Originally, there was a person designated from each squadron in the building to take care of making a list and restocking the supplies, but now, whoever happens to be the person on Snack Bar duty when supplies run out has to go shopping. Dumb, yes I know. He’s not too happy about it either, especially since there was no email about it and he was on leave for 2 weeks. Flyboy just messaged me and is more frustrated because they only gave him 250 bucks to restock EVERYTHING. They are out of pretty much everything, so yeah. I just hope he gets some of all that is needed instead of maxing out a few on the list. I think I should probably message him that. No offense to him, but men in general and men in the morning, don’t tend to think to their full capacity. Haha.

I don’t know if there is anything else to update on. I did the dishes… It will be the last time I do them too until he figures out that pans and bowls need to soak. It’ll be up to him to do them if he wants to cook dinner and leave the food encrusted pot overnight on the stove. I am a bit tired of that. I know, I know, it’ll be worse when/if we have kids… I know… I would like to think I can kick in the pants now, I was doing great there for a while…

Anywho, I haven’t seen my squirrel around for a while, I wonder if he froze to death, or if some little kid decided to eat him. (I only say that because when I was little my aunt would take me to the park and I always wanted to catch the squirrels so I could eat them. At least that is how my fuzzy memory remembers it.) Oh, I named him too… Sherwood Fuzzy Feet. =)

I think I am going to unload the dishwasher (I use it as a drying rack) and then maybe work on some flash cards. I have really fallen behind on those. I feel bad, but you know, he could help with them too. I mean I only have so many pictures in my head, like Word Clip Art, and sooner or later they are going to be all used and I will have to download new images. Except my max includes Word Clip Art and all that you can download, so… you can see the dilemma.

Anywho, it is time for some hot cocoa and something blue. I don’t know. The greatest phrase I heard yesterday… “In my world… everyone is a pretty pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!!” *smiles form ear to ear* It was a clip from Horton Hears a Who. It was pretty random. But yeah… I need to go; it is freezing in the “office”. Take care! Love ya!

~NikiRose

Mood:  cool

Good morning!

I a bit sluggish today, had a hard time sleeping last night. I mean we slept, but it was very restless for some reason. Maybe it was from the “Whole grain Hamburger Helper”… hmm…

I am not saying anything bad about Helper, it was really good as whole grain. =) If we decided to eat it again in the future I will invest in more whole grain varieties.

I just got back from the store with the chicken I was unable to purchase yesterday. I also came home with some asparagus I had missed and some pork ribs. We haven’t had ribs in a while and I think Flyboy will be really excited when I pull them out of the oven this evening. Hehe. =D There have been some commercials for Sonic (it’s a fast food joint) and their new “sausage, biscuit and gravy dippers”. It is pretty much biscuits with sausage in the middle and you dip them in a cup of gravy. Well they look REALLY good and I know that they are going to taste nasty if we get them. (That is just how fast food works out here) So I picked up some biscuits, since I already have sausage, and that is what we are having for breakfast on Saturday, or Monday. (Flyboy has the next two Monday’s off. Yay! No “Blues” Monday’s for a while! Which is great too, because it will give me time to get his new stripes pinned on. He has been promoted to Senior Airman. He is excited. =) We are just waiting on his EPR (“progress report”) to show up so he can sign it and send it in. He thinks it should arrive around the 15^th of this month, but who knows. (So an email at work told him)

Today he won’t be getting off work until late this afternoon. Apparently the “Schedulers” haven’t been doing a good job while he was on leave and have screwed up a bunch of stuff. Typical… So Flyboy corrected everything and is stuck with “Snack Bar Duty” today. (No one was available…) He doesn’t mind it but it gets a bit boring and of course he is stuck there until like 1630 or so. (It at least gives me time to do ALL the dishes that for some reason piled up to the ceiling in 3 days. I mean I was here for 2 weeks by myself and didn’t even use half of the dishes that have been used in these last 3 days… hmm… I wonder who the culprit could be…)

Anywho, I made hotel reservations yesterday for the Cali trip. I have us scheduled for June 3^rd through June 13^th I believe it is like 10 nights or so, but I think it is enough time to visit everyone and show Flyboy around the town. It’s not THAT big of a town and at the rate things are going half of it will be shut down anyway. Blah.

We got to hear from Sleeveman yesterday. I feel bad for the comment I made on his Facebook page. He had mentioned something about being “happy at work” and I commented saying something along the lines of “did you get a new job?” And well, he called last night saying that he had asked his boss about his wage since minimum wage went up (this was a month or so ago, that wage went up, and no one working there had seen anything on their pay stubs) and so his boss said she would talk with the GM to see what his new rate would be. So they went back there to talk with the GM and the GM says “I thought we were going to cut his position”. So now Sleeveman is getting his job fought for by his boss. He will either get a raise or well yeah… What bothers me is that he does great at his job and the dummies that should get the boot aren’t. Maybe this is a good thing in a different light. I don’t know, but I feel bad for making the comment I did. I know it isn’t the reason the GM is being well *Grr* but still.

Though I wish Cali Cola luck on her interview! Rumor has it she might get a new job at video game store. Hehe do I hear the words “Employee Discount”??? =D I’m not materialistic; I just enjoy a good video game, especially at a steal of a price. LOL =D (I am in a very weird mood)

I think they are finally working on the apartment above us, or else the neighbors are stealing ALL of the large appliances. But it is really, REALLY loud. I’ve got planes doing transitions and stoves clunking down concrete stairs as well as the ticking of the living room clock. Oh and don’t forget the wind! I think I may invest in a pair of ear muffs.

I haven’t had a pair of those since I was in like 3^rd grade. I think they were pink, or blue or I just had two different pairs at two different times. Oh I don’t know…

Oh! I measured my self yesterday (we started up the calorie counter and working out again) and I have dropped from like one percent shy of 50% body fat to only 41% since November of last year. I think that is pretty good. =) I know it sounds really gross and those of you who haven’t seen me since 2005 are probably thinking “Oh my goodness, how fat did she get??” Well I am not THAT fat; I have lost a BUNCH since I have started getting my PCOS under control. It is the main cause. I mean I worked out for 4 weeks and should have dropped at least 3 inches and more than just water weight, but I didn’t. I lost nothing, until I saw the doctor and she figured out what was wrong with me. Now all of a sudden I’ve dropped 4 inches, everywhere! Flyboy thinks that I did loose what I was supposed to but it was delayed because my PCOS threw my body out of whack. Sounds logical to me… Even still, I was the same size that I was my freshman year in high school, it is just my muscle to fat ratio is where it shouldn’t be. But that is changing now; my body is doing what it should so now I can work out and actually make progress. =) I am really stoked. Though all I have to do now is figure out what to do with these knees. Grr.

Anyway, I think I need to eat something for breakfast before lunch comes around. My tummy is growling and I am afraid it may take me hostage if I don’t feed it. =S

Take care and stay warm!

~NikiRose

Mood:  on fire

Good Freezing Morning! =)

I have a bunch to update on… obviously… LOL

Hmm… where to start…

This morning I went grocery shopping, they were out of chicken, which of course, is the primary meat on my shopping list. So I will have to go back tomorrow or later this evening.  I am excited though, got out of there for less than a $100, would have been even less if I didn’t have to get coffee supplies for Flyboy’s flight. They were out of coffee, cups and creamer, so it was requested that I purchase the supplies since I was the only spouse awake (out of the 4 from the flight) and at the commissary to boot. Don’t worry; I am having the cost be deducted from the annual “flight dues”. (In order to have squadron functions and flight functions, we have to fundraise, volunteer and pay “dues” that are regulated by your pay grade. You are able to pay monthly or annually, we pay annually.)

Flyboy is off early today, well if you call noon early… The guys take turns being schedulers and you either get the morning or afternoon shift, flyboy lucked out and got the morning one. =)

I finally got new tires for the car. I am embarrassed to say that my tread was very close to being illegal. Not to worry, it is all fixed now. Though I do say I find the “balancing your tire” charge is appalling! The wanted $5 bucks a tire to balance them!!! I know that doesn’t sound like much, but being that I have balanced tires before, it is NOT a $5 job PER TIRE, nor is the weight $5 either. I mean, I bought the tires from them, paid for the disposal fee (I am fine with that) and the valve stem fee (I am fine with that too) but $5 bucks a tire to balance them??? The lady even asked if I wanted them balanced… you would think that it would be included in the tire purchase and installation but noooooo. Blah!

I got the house all cleaned up and rearranged. Flyboy now has himself a little “office” where he can study and watch me cook. (I don’t know why but he likes watching me cook. I think golf is more entertaining than watching someone cook, but that is just me I guess) He is really excited about it too. =)

Speaking of Flyboy, he made it home okay, all in one piece. I was lucky and he landed before midnight and met me in the terminal 5 minutes before the New Year was rang in.  I can’t believe how much I missed him. It didn’t really hit me until he got back. Weird. But I am really glad he is home!

I have been doing some more research on PCOS and the medication I am taking. Apparently Glucophage is not only used to help diabetics, it also helps to cause ovulation. The doctor is really trying to get stuff working. Haha. I wish her luck… I have also noticed that my wisdom teeth are kind of coming in. I knew three of them were breaking through the gums and it wasn’t a big sweat but number 4 decided it would come in where ever it wanted to and cause a bunch of pain… and headaches. So I am waiting for our paperwork to process, since apparently TRIcare is medical only and doesn’t cover dental. Wish we would have been told that. Fun times. I LOVE surprises!!

Oh! The Cali trip has been moved to June instead of May like we had planned. Flyboy and I sat down and got official numbers and crunched them last night. It is cheaper to go in June and pick up BlueEyez and then fly her back instead of flying her out and back. Blah, Blah, Blah, yadda, yadda, yadda. We are also hoping to drive out with Soldier, which would save both of us a few shiny pennies. But I have to discuss that with Soldier first.

***SOLDIER UPDATE***

Soldier has been temporarily promoted to Corporal and he won’t be able to contact us for a while. I don’t know how long but I know it is because of a support mission they are doing. He is in charge of it too, that’s why he has been promoted. Pretty cool!! Though it stinks because he won’t get paid as a Corporal even though he is being forced to take on Corporal responsibilities, on the field. The reason for the temporary rank is to keep order over the soldiers he is in charge of. (E-3’s don’t have to listen to E-2’s)

So, to answer everybody’s question, the address format is still the same. Just leave it is E-2. Speaking of letters, letters would be awesome. I sent him one on Christmas Eve and he got it on Jan 2. If you still don’t have an address for him, email me or call me, my number and address is still the same. =)

So far he is still on for his Cali trip from June 2nd to June 20^th, and I will keep everyone posted on that.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and that your New Year is starting off on the right foot, or left foot, however. I am going to start cooking meat and blanching veggies. Take care!!!

~NikiRose

Mood:  cheeky

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! If I haven’t gotten a hold of you yet, I will try again later. I know everyone is SO busy today. Hehe. I hope Santa brought lots of presents!

I have heard from Soldier, he is doing alright, and… he has an ADDRESS!!! I know he sent out a mass email to friends and family,  if you didn’t get one, it is probably because he doesn’t have your email, don’t fret.=) If you would like his email, just email me, I will be more than happy to send it to you!

I know I haven’t been writing much, well not really at all. I have been really busy with organizing and cleaning and trying to stay warm, it is FREEZING out here, yet no snow… =(

Anyway, I HAD to write something today, it is Christmas for goodness sakes! I am excited; Flyboy is coming home in about 7 days! I am really glad that he is having fun over there. I really wish I could have come, but there is a reason for everything. (Soldier’s old bank has been giving me issues, blah, they are SOO backwards it isn’t even funny)

I am getting pretty excited. I have been able to get a good “aura” back in this place. Not that there was a bad one, just a foggy, dusty/dirty like one. If THAT makes any sense… haha. I have a thing with feng shui and auras in the place that I live, it really bugs me if something doesn’t “fit”. I will end up reorganizing or redecorating or rearranging until it has that nice feel to it. Poor Flyboy… Every time he flies or goes TDY when he comes back I have changed something in the house to fix the “feel” of the place. I can’t imagine what it will be like if we are ever able to have kids…

I had fun talking to Princess today, thank you Aunt C and Uncle D, I enjoyed talking to you guys too! I think I am going to try calling the rest of the family that I was unable to reach a half hour ago.

Once again,

~Niki

Mood:  hungry

Good morning.

I was really tired last night and kind of crashed early. I do thank Flyboy for updating the post after the doctor’s appointment.

My thyroid is perfectly fine; however I tested 100% for PCOS. Fun times. The doctor was excited though, she had never seen a 100% before through a blood test. There were some that were close, but not dead on. So I guess this is a good thing that she knows what is going on with me. She decided to put me on a Provera for ten days which will send me into super period, since I haven’t had one for 8 months. Then after the ten days I start on birth control pills to help regulate and I guess, well start a cycle again. She also has me on Glucophage to help with losing weight, and she thinks it may help indirectly with this whole female deal. I say, anything is worth a shot, because frankly this just blows.

So that was my day yesterday. Today is laundry day, and I already have a load in the dryer and another one just started in the washer. Then after lunch I will start cooking all the meat and freezing it. I am sure I will log back on and add more as the day goes by. I mean its 600 right now and I haven’t been up long enough to even have an adventure.

I think I am going to have some breakfast and do the dishes from last night. I hope you guys slept well, I have a feeling today is going to be a very busy day.

Ta ta for now!

~NIkiRose

P.S........................

Aunt Ray and Uncle Emmett!

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Hey guys! I just wanted to let everyone know that Flyboy made it safely to Momma Mouse’s place. Sleeveman, Cali Cola and her dad picked him up at the airport, so they didn’t have to ride the bus. Thank you!!! =)

PowerPresto was SOOO excited. The way Flyboy describe it was a sudden balloon pop of energy and 90 mile a minute talking. Hehe. I am glad they are excited to see him. =)

His first flight took off around 5 after 600 and his second flight took off around 830. That is why I was up so early. I am glad I was though; it kind of feels good to have that much laundry done in what seems like not a lot of time. I feel ahead of schedule. I am SO glad that the nasty little storm that was predicted to hit us today has waited until this evening. I was so worried that there was going to be an over night lay over for him.  O_o

I think I am going to start on some chores, hehe. But first, a bottle of water, I am just really thirsty for some reason. Eek!

Take care!

Love,

~NikiRose

Mood:  accident prone

Hey there everybody!

Flyboy here with a short update on today's happenings.  Niki is in bed resting, not feeling all too well.  We had gone to the doctor and found out that she has Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, which basically has disrupted her cycle of periods, among other things.  While it is a relief to finally know what is going on with her, it is also distressing because PCOS makes getting pregnant a little more difficult.  However, as I was quick to point out to Niki, that does not in any way mean that she is unable to bear children! It just means that her ovaries don't always produce an egg, and with no egg comes no 'spark'.

Other than that, we have recieved a cream to get rid of our itchiness, which I say has come almost a little late... itchiness is very annoying, I must say.  

Well, I must get back to my crew rest.  I told you that this was going to be short! 

Mood:  a-ok

Hello everybody!

Sorry I didn’t post over the weekend, it was kind of a messy blur. I will try to recall everything that went on, but don’t be mad if I don’t have  enough detail. First off,

**SOLDIER UPDATE** > Well it’s not really too exciting, but he replied back to me and he says he has been having trouble with the internet connections over there. That is why he hasn’t been able to correspond as much as he wants to. It is really frustrating him. =/ But, he is doing okay, I mean he wrote back! =) There wasn’t much to the reply, like I said it kept kicking him off, so he would lose his work. He just had a couple questions about Mandatory Leave. Yes, I did ask him about a mailing address for him, and I am waiting on his reply for that. Its killing me! =)

Friday was a mess. I was suppose to go grocery shopping in the morning and Flyboy decided that instead of hitting the snooze button or waking me up that he would just turn the alarm off. So my morning was kicked off to a very late start. Flyboy didn’t have to be at work until around lunch time because of how late he landed Thursday night. I mean I could o grocery shopping around 800 but it is SO packed and SO noisy and really I can’t stand the snobby spouses! They are SO rude! Not to mention their lack of ability to control their children in the store. Though I will say at the medical clinic, the kids are very well behaved. Though I think that might be because the eerie quiet and the “if you take one step out of line we will kill you” feeling, that surrounds the place. I mean that in a light hearted manner, but it really is eerie there, I don’t know what it is. Oh and immunizations is worse, not to mention the waiting room is small and always packed. Strange...

Saturday we spent most of the day shopping, wrapping and budgeting. Well it was more like we shopped, but I wrapped and budgeted, oh well. Then after that was taken care of, it was video game. Thank you Sleeveman… I am now addicted to Golden Sun and I can’t find part two! Needless to say I have had about 4 hours of sleep since Saturday until now. VERY bad I know. But I just couldn’t put it down, I have no idea what was with me.

Monday was my doctor’s appointment that I didn’t go to and had to reschedule thanks to Flyboy… We had laid down for a nap before the appointment and he decided to turn the alarm off. I have no idea what is up with him regarding this. It has never been an issue before. My head tells me to wake up, and I see that it is ten minutes until the appointment, so we rush out of the house and jump in the car only to find, it won’t start. Yay winter!  I tell you, this car drives me insane, but in the summer it’s awesome. Anyway, he thinks it is a bright idea to tell them we are running behind, so what do they do, they cancel my appointment and tell me they will call back in 3 to 5 days. My fist appointment, a few weeks ago, we were 5 minutes late because we got lost in the building, and they didn’t cancel. The doctor had set an hour slot for me, 5 minutes would be okay. Don’t get me wrong I am very punctual, and it bugs me to not be. I mean if I am even a couple seconds behind schedule I start stressing. That of course is only if it is a set time when I have to be there. Blah, blah, blah… blah.

Well not a few minutes ago they called up and they have an opening to see me at 1320. Flyboy gets off at noon today so that fits in just perfectly. The only other opening would be after the 6^th of January.  So, I guess that means I should probably update this right after my appointment, otherwise that would just me mean I guess I if I made you all wait until tomorrow. Hehe =)

Apparently today it is not going to get above freezing, so all of the precipitation we have been getting this morning is going to stick. It was very icy out this morning; I really wasn’t expecting that much.

I really wish I had more to talk about at the moment. Maybe I need to eat something and that way my mind will be less distracted form my tummy. Haha. I am hoping for more snow than ice this year. I would really like to make a snowman in my little backyard/enclosed patio thing, and a good snowball fight wouldn’t be too bad either!

I am going to go for now. I wish this was longer. =/ I will keep you posted about later this afternoon. Wish me luck! Take care and stay warm! Love you guys!

~NikiRose

Mood:  celebratory

Okay, I have been meaning to tell you all this, but I just now remembered it.

BACK STORY > A while ago when we went to Mississippi Mom’s, I needed to borrow a shirt, since all of mine were in the wash and she wanted to take me out to the store with her. Anyway, the shirt she let me borrow says “Proud ARMY Mom” in HUGE letters. It’s a nice grey T-shirt and very comfortable. She said that I can give it back to her later so somehow it wound up here, with me. (I keep forgetting to bring it when I visit, sorry.)

Now for the funny part… When I went to Bliss, Flyboy decided to hang out it some friends of ours, the ones I babysit for, well anyway, Flyboy was invited to go over there to play games and hang out. So that morning they went running, came back to his house and played games. Well Flyboy packed some clothes to change into afterwards, and didn’t pay attention to what he was grabbing. Needless to say the only shirt he had the WHOLE day, was “Proud ARMY Mom”! They even went out to dinner that night. Poor thing, but it was really funny.

Speaking of Flyboy, he is doing what he does best today… flying. I have a feeling he might get diverted tonight, seeing how cold and icy it is, I hope that is not the case, but I’d rather him safe and somewhere else than trying to come home when it isn’t safe. Though I tell ya, he didn’t even think to pack of change of clothes… Don’t worry; I stuffed them in his bag. Sometimes I wonder. (Lol)

Anyway, today is going to mainly consist of, first LUNCH, then more laundry and some dishes that he didn’t soak last night and some living room organization and rearranging. Oh and some web surfing. I am thinking about investing in a carpet shampooer. I just need more, clean. (I think I am losing my mind)

Speaking of mind losing, no I am not talking about you, The King, =) hehe just teasing. Flyboy’s buddy with the house, he has been pushing it on to a new airman in the flight. She has no clue and just got there, AND he is feeding her lies. I knew we made the right decision. He’s telling her that the house has been on the market for less than a month! On the Realtor’s site it says much different. The poor thing, I hope she doesn’t fall for it. I am sorry, but I don’t like sleazy business practices.

Oh, I am sure you are wondering, my chicken quesadillas were awesome! Hehe. I got back from the store with the supplies and then grilled them up. I ended up getting milk and cheese too. I know we were out of milk but wasn’t sure about cheese. Turns out it was a good decision, since come to find out, we were out. Oh, I also need to write a grocery list that is also what the day will consist of, list making. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeee!

Hmm... I hope he brought is flight gloves. I don’t remember seeing them in his bag; hopefully they are in his jacket. We were a little rushed this morning; I forgot what day it was and hit the snooze button. He was on time though. I kind of feel bad, hitting the snooze and all. I broke him of the waking up at the first alarm at 530. That used to drive me absolutely nuts in the beginning. He would do that on my days off and wanted to start the day before the day started itself. (That was of course back when I was working 10 hour days with one 30 minute break, driving him to base ((20 miles)) then from there to my work ((30 miles)) then from my work to base to pick him up ((30 miles)) and then to home ((20 miles)) not to mention the stressful traffic and the scary roads) So yeah, my days off, sleeping in was very much needed, if not until noon, at least until 800. Now he’s like me when it comes to the snooze button, if not worse. =S

Anyway, I just switched the laundry over and got a GREAT idea on how to rearrange the bedroom! So I NEED to go before I loose my motivation. I will try to come back an add some more. I know I definitely have to come back to answer Uncle D’s email.

Talk to you all later! Miss you! Take care!!

 ~NikiRose

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I am back, Kinda of. I just wanted to say, he didn't forget his gloves, they were no where to be found and I remembered taht I made a not of them last night when I was centering his patches on his jacket. Anyway, he did forget however, his tags. That is a first though. I blame the fact that he didn't put them where he normally does, this time he put it on our dresser. =P I really wish I would have noticed it before he left. Maybe I should get a second set for him lol. That way if he forgets it on the dresser again, he'll have one in his flight suit. Men...

Speaking of the little forgetters, when I was in Bliss, I embarassed Soldier pretty bad. SCORE! We were standing outside in front of his barracks waiting for 1315 to roll around so he could get his orders and I noticed his uniform was SOOOOOO unkempt. (I think that is the right word) Anyway, I ask him if I could use his pocket knife, and willingly he gave it to me, and I just started cutting strings. I mean STRINGS! I have no idea how he has passed uniform inspections, but with this many strings he totally would have been recycled in basic. lol. You know those plastic balls at the store that have .79 cent nylons in it, well I could have filled about 1 and a half of those with nothing but strings. His Sgts were walking by rolling their eyes. I hope I didn't embarass him too much. He did thank me though. =) Flyboy is pretty good about keeping his uniform stringless but every once in a while some will get past him. It always helps to have a second pair of eyes, especially woman eyes! HA! ;D hehe.

Well I am going to get back to my rearranging. I still have a lot more to do. I Have the bed moved, which consisted of taking it apart and moving it and the 9 drawer dresser is moved in the direction I want to put it in. lol. I am doing laundry in between, and figured clean bedding would add a nice touch to the newly moved room. lol Flyboy washed them last week, but I think I will wash them again, it's one of those head things. He says he washed them but I didn't get to seem them get washed so, it bugs me. You know? Maybe it is just me and the weird groupies in my head trying to take my mind over. I don't know.

But I am going to go for now. Talk to you guys later!

~NikiRose  

Mood:  hungry

... That was amusing.

I just got back from having the blood work done. I was supposed to do it Monday, but well, I will be honest with ya, I chickened out. I am kind of glad I did though because I really wasn’t prepared for what they took. I wasn’t really prepared today, but at least my mind was ready to face the music. Of course, I could have been there an hour earlier, but the doctor misinformed me about the time. So there was a really long line ahead of me. Though I feel a little silly for being as shook up as I am, there was a little girl about 8 years old who went before me to get blood work done and when she came out she seemed as happy as she was when she went in. They probably gave her a piece of candy… grr. I know I should have gotten one! They decided to take 8 of those big vials. I wish they would have told me that way I knew how long I had to keep singing in my head. It felt really gross, the blood being sucked out of my arm. I was getting worried there for a second because she just kept drawing and drawing and my hand was getting more and more tingly. Don’t get me wrong it was an interesting experience. I really want to give blood because I know how much people need it, but I think I need a few more blood work appointments before I can strengthen up the courage to sit there longer. I really don’t like needles. *shivers*

Though I will say, next time I am going to bring a snack in my purse, I barely made it to my car without throwing up. I am also glad Mississippi Mom was still up; she let me talk to her on my way home. I was really not sure if I was going to be able to make it. Yes I did sit and wait for 10 minutes after I got to my car. I really didn’t want to loose what was left of a 12 hour empty stomach all over the base clinic. That would just be embarrassing. I could have used the restroom, sure, but I have absolutely no clue where they are. Yes, that is on my to-do list. Flyboy says he knows where they are by flight med, but that helps me none since that is a whole building away from where I was. Haha. I just figured the paper sack in the car should do just fine if I needed to use it.

Last night was kind of dragged, but then again on blink later and it was midnight. Kind of weird… Flyboy wanted steak for dinner, so luckily we still had one in the freezer. (Man I love the Food Saver bags. Hehe) He wanted to cook it, and that was fine by me, so we split a steak, and had mashed potatoes and green beans. Hmm, that has me thinking. I know what I want for lunch! I would have to go to the store though… Suspense! Just teasing, we are out of tortillas, amongst a WHOLE bunch of other stuff; this next shopping trip is going to be a biggie. =/ Anyway, I am thinking chicken quesadillas for lunch. It sounds awesome right now, and I know it will sound even more awesome later. Now all I need is enough desire to leave my warm house to go back out into the freezing, 19 degree morning, just to get tortillas. I am thinking I may wait until after the washer is done with its rinse cycle, so I can switch the laundry over. I think I have a long sleeve shirt in the dryer right now. Maybe I should look for my other pair of winter gloves. I put them away somewhere, but I have no clue where that somewhere could be…

Speaking of the washer, I want to know why that last minute lasts for like 5. No joke. I timed it once. The little timer finally made it to one minute and it took much, MUCH longer than a minute for it to click down to zero, and the machine had stopped spinning at the 3 minute mark! I just think it is weird, and very inconvenient. (I guess it heard my writing… ((That makes no sense)) because the beeper just dinged. ((My goodness I am making NO sense this morning))) Be right back.

I have returned… and the crowd goes wild… “aaaaaahhhh aahhhhh yeaaaaah aaaaaah!” I don’t know, told you I am a bit loopy, though, that could be just me all the time. Come to find out that all the long sleeve shirts were in there was and are now in the dryer. And everything that was in the dryer consisted of mainly shirts that had to be folded immediately. So, now my arm hurts more. Yay me! Though I tell you what, I could really go for some of the coffee at that little shop by Safeway. I wish they didn’t have to close down. Their coffee was AWESOME! I miss Washington a bunch, I can’t wait to come back! I really miss the family of course but I also miss the walking everywhere and catching the bus. Not really worrying about having to drive with all the other crazy drivers. It was a different kind of freedom and independence that I never got to experience until I got to visit. It was like an adventure, having to make sure you caught the right bus so you could catch the one that would take you back home. Oh, and can’t forget about the misty rain, hehe. That was fun too. I really enjoyed visiting you guys out there, thank you for letting me come out to visit. I am glad I have a new Christmas/ winter holiday memory. =) This year we are going to listen to Cinnamon Bear too. I think I will get supplies and make some of the characters.

Anyway, before I get too sad from missing you guys I am going to head to the store and pick me up some tortillas!! That way I can take some chicken snacks (if flyboy hasn’t eaten them all yet. Lol) put them in the tortilla, then add a little shredded cheese, fold it in half, then put it on the George Foreman, wait about a minute or so, take it off, make another one and then have a warm yummy lunch. Hehe. I am really hungry, can you tell?

I guess I will take off for now. I will head to the store and then come back and either work on flash cards… blah or finish what I started yesterday in regards to reorganizing this place. Flyboy will of course get off unexpectedly early, like yesterday, and throw me off again. I heart irony!

Well I best be gettin’! Take care! Love you all!

~NikiRose

Mood:  not sure

Well… I am awake, so I guess I will write some more. I am supposed to be asleep, but I feel asleep too early in the evening and woke up hungry. I would love to eat something but tomorrow, well later this morning; I am going in to have some blood work done. They want me to fast for 12 hours, which wouldn’t be a problem if I was still sleeping! Maybe I just need to drink some water, though I don’t think that will help. I was dreaming about sugar cookies. Oddly I dream about those often. =) I can still taste the way they just melt in your mouth with every bite, especially when they are fresh out of the oven. Oh, and an ice cold glass of milk to go with. They always had the taste of home and true happiness, I really can’t find the right words, this is frustrating, but I guess with every bite you are taken to a happy memory when everything was perfect, or at least it seemed through a child’s eyes. I guess I am more homesick than I realized =/ I was wondering, umm, when we come back to Cali to visit, could we make some sugar cookies again? (If that is okay of course) Man, I don’t like this homesick stuff… Lets see, the last time I was back there was in October of 2005, I think it has been a while… =(

Anyway, I am sure you are wondering about the blood work. Well, I have been having female issues for the past one to two years and the doctors are trying to figure out what it is, well of course after I had to tell them that its NOT stress!!!!! My goodness. Soldier was tested for a hypothyroid and tested positive for it. I did some research on it and since he and I, are blood, I may have it too which would explain A LOT. So they are doing blood work so they can see every possibility. I honestly think it is their way of sneaking another pregnancy test on me. I am SO tired of those; they become little head games that end up depressing me in the long run. Which of course would not be helping their little stress theory, irony. Haha. But yeah, so I won’t find out anything until my doctor’s appointment next Monday. Fun, Fun.

Speaking of that, Sleeveman… how have you been with all the tests they are running? Have they figured anything out yet?

Well, since I am making shout outs…

Hey Power Presto! How is school? Mom said you have had perfect attendance so far, that is AWESOME! She sent us pictures of your Halloween costume; you make a very cool Batman! Did you get a lot of candy this year?

Hey, The Josh, congrats on your 1 year and a half anniversary! That is really cool! How are you enjoying your classes? Have they turned out the way you had hoped? Like I said before, you did awesome on the make-up for the Halloween costumes! I think you really have a gift there.

Hey Cali Cola, (I am sure I can come up with a better blog name in the morning if you don’t like this one. Having a hard time being creative, that part of me still needs some sleep. Lol) don’t worry, I should have those things we were talking about, ready by tomorrow after my appointment. I mean I wouldn’t expect them first thing, lol, but I most likely near the afternoon time. Actually that would be morning for you, see… I really am tired. Hope your day goes well!

Hmm… I kind of like these random shout outs. Maybe I will start doing these more often. Hehe. I am sure you all are wondering about the house too, so I guess that is what I should go into next, yeah?

A buddy that Flyboy works with was selling his house and had offered it to us, with all closing costs paid. We really weren't in the market for a house, we love where we are right now, but this was an opportunity you don't find too often. No closing costs and a great investment, and a foot in the door at our age!  We were seriously interested.

Flyboy found out about it while we were at Mississippi Mom's, a week before Thanksgiving, and as soon as we came back home we took a look at it then talked to the Realtor. That was of course was Monday. Tuesday, we discussed it and gathered all the information we needed to get pre-approved and was going to do so that Friday, since Wednesday I had a doctors appointment and was really under the weather… allergies, yuck! Thursday was Thanksgiving, so everything was closed. (Don’t worry there is a reason why I am going into detail) Soldier called me Wednesday evening while I was babysitting and he said that he was in a jam and was deploying Dec 2! So I talked with Flyboy, and I took off on Friday, the day we were supposed to go down to get pre approved. Since I left Friday, we filled out an online application for that company and they called Monday Dec 1, while I was still at Bliss. Flyboy went down there and we were approved. Yay! I finally get back early Tuesday morning, day after approval, and Flyboy’s buddy approaches him at work and starts pushing him to get the contract drawn up. Flyboy was like goodness, we JUST got approved yesterday, and you were with me! My wife just arrived in town this morning, hasn’t slept in a day and she doesn't even know we’ve been approved yet .Plus she is sicker now than when she left on Friday. (I got worse from being out there in Texas) I fly Thursday so we can do something this Friday, okay? So, Flyboy comes home and about 2 hours later the Realtor calls to suggest a medicine to help me get feeling better! And then she wanted to set up a sooner date! Our schedule is packed! Not to mention that he sent the Realtor after us! I understand he is under a time frame and he wants to lock in a low interest rate with his new place, but my goodness, we are moving this along as fast as we are being permitted!. So needless to say, we have discussed it and because of how pushy he is being, we are going to pass. I don't like the fact he thinks he can push my Flyboy into this. His house has apparently been for sale for a LOONG while and he just tells us about it at the last minute because he doesn’t have any buyers yet. He does now, but yeah, and when we talked to the Realtor she was just beating us with "Look! This IS what HE is paying for YOU!" That kind of bugged me, but I blew it off, but after this incident, it’s like, you know, you are being rude and don't deserve our business. I was starting to feel really pressured that if I said no it would affect (I think that is the right affect/effect) Flyboy at work, and I really wouldn't want that. I know buying a house is supposed to be nothing but pressure, but not this kind. Anywho, we decided against it, and it is a good thing too because, Soldier is having me take over his finances and he is in a pickle and now that we aren't investing in that house we wont be stung tight helping him out =)

That is the house issue in nut shell. I think I am going to drink some water and try to get some more sleep. I don’t want to be sleepy and down a pint of blood. (I don’t know how much they are taking, but I hope it goes quickly. I am not a huge fan of needles!) I better go now. Good morning/good night, take care! Love ya!

~NikiRose