Mood:  chillin'

Buenos Tardes!

I know this is a later than normal entry, but I was busy with veggies this morning. As soon as I came home I was in the mood to start bagging the frozen veggies. Speaking of veggies, I need to quickly bag the asparagus I blanched and put in the freezer. (That was like 4 hours ago)

Anywho, I figured that since I have been slacking in the kitchen, I might as well start bagging while I have the energy to do so. All I have left is the asparagus. We have been having electrical issues for over a month now and I finally figured out what it was… the microwave! Yeah, I decided to move it to a different outlet, and turn on all the lights, just to see if it was the outlet or not. Well it was, until I plugged the microwave into another outlet and proceeded to heat something until it started to smoke… We NOW have a new microwave.

I messaged Flyboy about it and since he was on lunch I invited him to come with me to pick one out. Then we headed to subway for lunch and split a tuna sandwich. They actually made it well this time because it was the best tuna sandwich I have had in years, no joke.

I didn’t end up cooking the meat yesterday, it was too cold, and I had like no energy. I REALLY need to start cooking before my meat goes bad =S (I need to put my Christmas decorations away too!)

During lunch Flyboy was telling me that the Air Force will be having civilians conducting the PT tests. Pretty interesting. It basically means the tests will be harder to pass. So after he gets off work he has allowed me to work with him, instead of working separately. We will see how this goes. I made him promise not to complain, and I promised to let him get sleep at night (me and my night owl mentality). So I am hoping this goes well. =)

It is still in the low teens outside, and no snow, just icy goodness. I need to figure out what dinner will consist of, and I am kind of having trouble with it. Hmm…

Well, I think I am going to bag those frozen asparagus… stalks? (I think that is what they are called) Anyway, keep warm, take care and look out for geese. =)

~NikiRose

Mood:  hug me

Morning!

Well, I have returned with a hungry stomach, some painfully aching appendages and an alien gerbil named Ned.

I just finished dropping Flyboy off, he was a minute late. My lovely Saturn decided that rubbing the key 20 times wasn’t good enough and well it refused to start on the first try. Now granite it was 14 degrees out there but that isn’t an excuse. Though I am still very proud of it, for starting on the second try of course… 15 minutes later...

(I really like this font. HEHE. I haven’t noticed it before. See I generally type my entries on Word before I copy and paste them onto the blog. There are only like 3 font choices on the actual blog and 3 sizes, so, I go a different route.)

Yesterday was busy. I went grocery shopping, stayed under budget and replied to an email from Soldier’s friend, Domino. She is really cool and I am glad she wrote me back. (They have been very, very, Very close friends for a while, like since he was in Cali ;) and I have to keep EVERYONE posted ;) you know) Anywho that was really exciting until, my keyboard decided to die. Yeah, it stopped working all together. Yes, it was plugged in to the tower and yes… I moved the wires around to try to rehabilitate it, but it came down to a loss. Yeah, and right in the middle of my email. So I had to drive down to Wal-Mart to pick up a new keyboard, 13 bucks. I figured they would start off higher than that, but I lucked out I guess. (I would have gone to the BX but they are generally PACKED on payday by 900) Now I have a new keyboard, its name is Randy. =) I think I like this one better than my old one, but my old one came WITH my ancient computer. So I am having a hard time with that. Lol Randy is smaller and much, much lighter. It will take some time getting used to, but I think I will be alright. Haha.

So, all of that drama threw my un-timed time schedule off. I was able to organize my “pantry” and put all the groceries away, and then Flyboy called and said he was off work in 15 minutes. Of course…

I wasn’t able to cook ALL of the meat… You will NEVER guess what today will entail while Flyboy soars through the clouds? Awww, how did you know? Yuppers, cooking meat. Ha! But I still win because you didn’t say anything about veggies and I have to do that too. Well assuming isn’t very wise ya know. Lol =)

I don’t know what else needs updating. Hmm… Oh I have figured more about my itchy-ness, besides an allergic reaction to dryer sheets… dry skin. I found some St. Ives on sale yesterday (Like REALLY on sale) and I put some on after my night shower and oh… my… goodness… I was like instantly relieved. Yay Me. Then this morning I was talking with Mississippi Mom and she helped me figure out why certain appendages were just unrelentingly tender and well in pain with the slightest touch. Apparently it is a much common side affect of one of the pills I am taking. (That would have been nice to know so I wouldn’t freak out. I read the sheet the pharmacist gave me when I went to pick up the pills. ((They always give you a paper that has a bunch of important information about the medication you have been prescribed)) and this certain painful tenderness wasn’t listed.) Flyboy looked it up on the computer form my last night and he said it was hard to say what could be the cause, but he deduced that it could be related to these hormone changes that the doctor is trying to fix and what not. Since my mom is well, a girl, duh, I figured she would know the answer better than a computer. I was right =) so she gave me some much appreciated advice on how to soothe the situation. Thank goodness it was this and not something else. I know cancer is a popular inevitability in this particular region on my side of the family. I LOVE family ailments. Haha. Yeah, I was really starting to stress out, if it’s not my knees it’s my teeth or PCOS. It is really frustrating. =/ Anywho, I am really excited that it is related to these silly pills and not something else. I am glad it can be relived too.  (I am sure that is much more than you needed to know, but, I am being honest and hey, you’re the ones reading it hehe. =) )

Anywho, I am really famished, I haven’t eaten yet and hungry is the number one cause of drowsiness and fatigue… I don’t know, it just seemed like that would be the right sentence there, whether it is true or not. Haha. Well I declare that it is feeding time and I must depart from you to feast on something tasty in the kitchen. I must ready my sword for it may have to be slaughtered first. “To the garden… AWAY” *flies off*

(That made no sense hehe)

Take care! Love you guys! Be Safe!!

~NikiRose

Mood:  cheeky

GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just got home from grocery shopping, and I got out of there for less than $150, wooowhooo!!! I’m not trying to rub anything in, I know groceries are expensive, but I am excited because I stayed under budget, $150, for two shopping trips now =D Yay me!!!

I think my sleep schedule is back on track and of course it will screwed up tonight and for the rest of the week, God bless crew rest. Though, I don’t know if Flyboy will be able to take off tomorrow since we have a nasty cold front coming in, thank you WA. Just kidding. But yeah, it is supposed to get really nasty tonight and tomorrow. Like always, no snow, just ice.

I rewashed the bedding yesterday and I wasn’t itchy at all last night. Go figure. So now I have 75 dryer sheets that I can’t use because my body chemicals have decided they don’t like the dryer sheets I picked out.

I don’t think I am going to write much more today. I have a list of things I need to do before Flyboy gets sent on crew rest, and I don’t know when crew rest starts until I pick him up. So I am on a time schedule with no time limit? I will assume I will have to be done with my list somewhere around 1300. It seems that on days before flying they like to keep them there after lunch. I don’t know, there is nothing to read into, this is just a female estimation.

Well the fridge needs reorganizing and so does my “pantry” and I really, really, really need to cook this meat before I lose the “lack” to do so. (I am so tired of cooking. And the sad thing is, I have to eat to live so cooking is a life long commitment. Kind of depressing, as are the dishes that piled up out of nowhere. I did them yesterday and I went to sleep around 1730… so I know who the culprit is… Shadow Mario *dun dun duuuuuuun!*

Anyway, I REALLY need to go. Take care and stay warm!!!

Love ya,

~NikiRose

Mood:  caffeinated

Good morning…

Yesterday was a “pro” day so Flyboy had it off, that is why there wasn’t a post yesterday.

This weekend has been primarily used for catching up on sleep and attempting to fix sleep patterns. I think it was somewhat of a success. I am up early without agitation, Flyboy is in the shower at the last minute as always and it is really cold in the living room. (That is where the computer is) Needless to say, I may have to leave here in a few to attempt to start the car. It hates the cold apparently. I think I may wait until Flyboy gets out of the shower so I won’t get annoyed at his mindless running around looking for something he can’t remember. Haha.

Oh I have a…

***SOLDIER UPDATE*** He messaged me the other day in between missions and his leave dates have changed from June 2 – June 20^th to May 26 – June 13. Which conveniently is the day we are leaving from Cali. We may make some minor hotel adjustments so he can save a shiny penny and drive back with us. So now, I have to write another letter updating him on cost and what not, basically a budget. He greatly appreciates it, so I know it isn’t a waste of my ink. =) Though that last letter was like 11 pages on one of those giant-yellow-steno pads. I can tell by his letters that he is changing again, as horrible as it is to have him over there, he is gaining a lot of life experiences from it and I can see that just in the way he writes. (It is a good thing, don’t worry.)

Ah, I hear the electric razor… must mean that Flyboy has emerged from his ridiculously scalding hot morning shower. Now he will go into the bedroom, turn on the light, look for his work clothes (which are in the same place as always. Then he will look for undies and socks, then find his way into the kitchen, turn on all these lights just to make coffee. Next he will wander back into the bathroom to look for something that isn’t there, then he’ll be back in the bedroom putting on his flight suit, wander into the living room to look for his boots which are staring him in the face (he had to walk over them).  He will leave his boots, go back into the bedroom and look for his phone, keys, tags and ring, since they are in 2 different places. He will tell me good morning and then find his way to the computer. Though since I am on the computer at the moment it will problem throw him off enough that he is going to do some extra wandering this morning, I will estimate it around 5 minutes, which of course will cramp him for more time. lol, Silly man.

Well I better throw on my jeans and head out to the car. Don’t worry; I will be back after I drop him off. I have yet to talk about our trip to get the DTV converter box…..

Bye for now,

~NikiRose

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Dear Lord! Its like 19 out there with a windchill of of 9.. so it is like 10 here. That totally explains why I was shivering so bad that I wanted to vomit, also the odd feeling of frost bite... The car is warming up right now, and so am I... in the house lol. Be back soon!

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I’m back for now, doing laundry again. Flyboy and I have decided that I am allergic to our dryer sheets. So, now I am rewashing and drying without them.  I hope it works, being itchy is no fun. =/

Flyboy messaged me this morning (1/2 hour ago) saying that he was morning scheduler again, but then things got switched around and now he is afternoon scheduler, which means 1630 release time again. He brought his P.T. clothes and he has a CDC test he has to study for, so he doesn’t mind staying at work until his shift starts at noon.  Fun times I guess. Tomorrow he has to be there at “o’dark thirty”, everyone is getting together then to surprise the rest of the squadron who is coming home from deployment. =) Once the sun starts to rise, the commissary opens, which means I will be off to another day of grocery shopping. Thursday Flyboy flies, so I have no idea when I will be able to post, it all depends on show time. Friday, I have no clue what is going on there, he is figuring that out right now. (I just texted him about it) Then there is another weekend and Monday will be yet another day off then Sleeveman’s birthday and then February. This year just started and already it is flying by. I hope the next four years do the same and I hope they are painless and our constitution will still be intact.

Anywho, DTV converter box….  What pain in the bum. I know, I know, if we paid for cable it would be a problem, but we don’t because the only time we really watch the television is during tornado season, which is pretty much the only channel we get on analog anyway. FEBRUARY 17, 2009, blah, blah, blah.  So we applied for one of the coupons a while ago and realized it had an expiration date and decided we might as well head down to Wal-Mart and pick one up. The box cost $49.95 and the coupon is for $40, but with a 7.8% tax on it at $49.95, we paid 14 bucks for it. This thing is chinsy too; I mean China was slacking when they made this thing.  Lol.  Anyway we get it home and I set it up (Flyboy was with a friend of his), well at least attempt to with the instructions that came with it. The instructions don’t instruct very well and I felt very much pressured into having to buy cable. First off the instructions said that if it doesn’t have an on and off switch on the side of the box that it will turn on (the little light will turn on as green) once you plug it in to an outlet. Okay, I did that… nothing. So after figuring we bought a broken one, I decided to try using the remote that came with it (that is of course lighter than a butter knife) Yay! We have a little green light!! No where and I mean no where in the instructions does it say you have to turn it on with the remote. Grr. So I hook the antenna up to the converter box and then up to the television, turn both the TV and the box back on and it seems like we have success, I mean it started me with the “setup wizard”. Cool. No, wrong. “No SIGNAL” error pops up. I adjust the antenna and still nothing. Now I know in some places once you switch over from analog you won’t have any signal because of how strong the frequencies are and such. I know that my exact address WILL get signal when we switch over, I have research on it to make sure purchasing a converter box was even worth it. I don’t see the point in buying something that won’t be needed. The instructions said nothing about this, of course. So after being fed up with this I tossed the instructions aside and went through the “advanced” settings. I credit my success to helping Flyboy with his CDC’s (career development course); otherwise I wouldn’t have known what any of the vocabulary meant or how to answer the questions they were asking. (I haven’t read the books I only do the flashcards from the questions and answers he gives me. I keep myself from retaining it which I have been very successful at doing such. You could say I don’t keep the paths “lit” to that information and the questions lit a candle on one of the roads. I think I am going to stop trying to explain this because I am confusing myself.

Wow, he is already bored with studying, it is barely 900. (He texted me saying he is off to the gym to work out. We kind of decided that we will workout separately for a couple weeks and then start working out together, that way it doesn’t start out as a competition, and there isn’t any arguing. Last time… ooh I tell you what… Anywho, my house smells funny, like nasty funny. I know it isn’t the laundry, laundry isn’t old and trash has been taken out last night.  The dishes from last night are soaking, but I don’t know, it is nasty. I showered last night; Flyboy is at work, so yeah. It smelled like this last grocery day, and I remember it was that day because I decided to put the extra air fresheners from my car in the house into the vent in the kitchen and the bedroom. It worked, made the house smell mountain-y fresh. I took them out the other day because I was thinking I was allergic to them, I guess not since I am still itchy. I think I am going to put them back up. I hope there isn’t a dead critter in the ducts somewhere. Flyboy thinks it may be the case since we have been having electrical issues in the living room/dining room and kitchen. Like using the microwave and the lights in the kitchen and dining room either go dim or flicker like candles, all the while the microwave is kicking on high and low like I were defrosting something. The stove, refrigerator, and the ceiling lights are the only appliances plugged in into the kitchen, besides the microwave. In the living room the computer is the only thing plugged in. I don’t leave the lights on or the fan on in the dining room, so I don’t know. It didn’t do this when we moved it or even in November. Oh, and don’t get me started on the washing machine. I have to call out someone to fix that and I need to talk to the apartment people to look at my electrical stuff. Blah.

I think that is it for now. I plan on working out right before I pick Flyboy up from work. I think I may cook some more meat and freeze some more veggies.

Take care and stay warm!

~NikiRose

Mood:  chatty

Good Morning!

I just wanted to let Sleeveman know that we got the package that Flyboy sent. I haven’t opened it yet though.

Flyboy made cashew chicken last night, it tasted pretty good. I didn’t have much of an appetite so I have some left over for lunch, unless Flyboy decided he would take it for lunch. (I didn’t pack his lunch this morning)

I slept alright last night, Flyboy thinks I am an insomniac, I just think I am a night owl. I didn’t get as much sleep as I would have liked, so I am really looking forward to sleeping tonight.

 =) LOL

Not much has been going on here, I need to do dishes again and some laundry. (I think we are out of towels) Then I have to pick flyboy up at I think around 1600 again, but I’m not sure. I can’t recall how training day goes. (Today is training day) It has been a while since the last one. I don’t want to text him until around lunch, just incase he is in a briefing. The last thing I want to do is get him in trouble. =/

It has been really warm here, as in 60 degrees as a high and 40 as a low. Today unfortunately it is very windy so I expect a LOT of Flyboy sneezes. Haha.

Oh we watched the BCS Championship game last night between OU and UF. Florida broke through Oklahoma’s defense like they were bushes in a park. Sad really, I know OU can do a lot better than that. I think OU would have had the game if they didn’t rush through every play in the first half. They rushed through each play so fast, that they made a bunch of careless errors and it was a very hard game to watch. Though I will say the Gators did awesome!

I don’t follow college sports nor professional anymore, but this is college football country and well, last night that was the only thing on the television. When I mean only I mean ONLY. I blame Oklahoma for ruining my desire to watch football on T.V or go to games. They are waaay over the top, when it comes to sports, football and basketball especially. I mean they have little league on the sports channel, and I don’t mean the championships, like with baseball. The have pewee (sp) football on the television WITH commentators that bet on which college is going to give them a scholarship…  You would think that it is alright since it gets the families together but the competitiveness between the parents and fans is worse than in the Hollywood movies.

Anyway, I am tired of talking about that. I think I am going to wash some dishes so I can decide what lunch will consist of. Left over Chinese, if it is still there, doesn’t sound too great. I don’t want “sweet”, you know?

Well I better go for now. Hope you guys have a great day! Take care!

~NikiRose

Mood:  cool

Ello…

Flyboy is afternoon scheduler so that is why this post is so late in the afternoon. *yawn*

I didn’t sleep well at all last night, well didn’t sleep at all really. I had my alarm set everyday for 2000 as a reminder to take my pills. (These ones you have to be precise otherwise they screw stuff up) Well it never went off. I only suddenly remembered when Flyboy’s phone started buzzing from a text Sleeveman sent. I was an hour late. Blah. So Mr. Glucophage decided it would take revenge on my head and give me a nasty headache. A very unrelenting headache, which I still have now... I researched some more about it and it causes headaches because it interferes with your sugar levels. So I ate something, which did nothing but give me a tummy ache. I feel bad because Flyboy was restless in the process.

We had chili spaghetti last night for supper, which was a nice filler. I haven’t had lunch yet, and I know I should eat, but I am not feeling up to it. Hmm... Maybe some soup or something, yeah, I think I will do that. Now as what to cook for dinner, I’m lost.

While I was up I watched an interesting documentary about the Red Hat Society. It was started accidentally by this lady who saw a red hat in a thrift shop. She decided to be impulsive and buy it. Realizing that she hadn’t done anything like this in a while, and seeing how happy it made her feel, she decided to find one for her friend who was turning 55 the following week. She was reminded of the poem Warning, by Jenny Joseph…

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens...

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

So she decided to get her friends together, wear red hats and purple clothes and go out for tea. It slowly became a mini club that helped connect a bunch of women with similar life experiences and it just grew from there. There are a bunch of different chapters all over the world. I really enjoyed the history about it and what it means to these women. It kind of makes me look forward to becoming 50 with all of my friends. =)

Anywho… There isn’t much going on here. We are patiently awaiting Flyboy’s EPR and the month of June. As well as some feed back on Soldiers’ mission… I just would like to know when he makes it back and that he is still in one piece and the same with his buddies.  But that is pretty much it.

Oh, I know this is late, just like the package; we are glad that Power Presto likes the penguin sheets we found! I hope The Josh likes his kimono. I really wished it would have shown up on time. I find it odd that it took twice as long. I sure hope you guys in WA are doing alright. When Sleeveman texted Flyboy, he was saying that he was stuck in traffic because of flooding.  The weather guy said there is more rain on its way over there. Eeek. It looks nasty up there, kind of like when Katrina hit, except for some minor things that I may get reprimanded for commenting on, so I won’t. haha.

I think I better check on my soup, I decided on clam chowder. Speaking of clam chowder, I wonder if the Jetty is still open… I know that is definitely a place where I want to take Flyboy when we come out to visit. I really hope he enjoys it. I hope Soldier decides to drive back there with us. It would save us both a very shiny penny. LOL And even more so if gas prices don’t go higher than I estimated them at. Like I say, it is better to over estimate than underestimate.

Really quick, soup is done and I am very hungry. Flyboy’s trip to the grocery store for Snack Bar turned out to be a trip to Sam’s Club. He liked that.

Well I really should be going now. I have to reheat my soup… =( it got cold. Well, take care everyone! We miss you!

~NikiRose

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