Mood:  down

Hello, everyone.

I am sorry this one is so late; I haven’t really been feeling good. I am sick… yay! (Not really) I blame it on Flyboy, him and his flu vaccine. Lol. So I have been not up to really anything.

Right now Flyboy is off at Mr. 3 Yr Old’s house playing games with everyone. (He let me stay home.) I don’t think he will be back until around 2200 or so. Which being sick actually works out in my favor. =) I can’t go into complete detail until later because he likes to read my journal entries, but I can tell you it has to do with an upcoming “event”. So I am going to head out to the store here in a while. (Probably around 1730, just to make sure he is either at their house or on the way) Hehe, I am really excited.

Last night we didn’t go to bed until late… again. He found a Virtual Keyboard on the computer and decided to fix my song. (It sounds really awesome now =D) We had gotten one of those little lap harps for Mr. 3 Yr Old to play with (it's ours; he just gets to play with it when I babysit him or if he comes over to visit. He LOVES it teehee) and Flyboy decided to write me a song on it. It’s really pretty and it sounds even more pretty now that he has rewritten it on the keyboard. Hehe. He eventually wants to make it into a symphony and use it for the story he is writing.

It’s 1730, I will be right back.

~NikiRose out

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Well, I’m back. I didn’t mean for that to take so long. The store that I went to was packed and then I had to go to another store because I forgot to get something. I did meet a lady who gave me a new idea and a new cookie recipe. Hehe, I am really excited about it too. I will wait to make it so when my mom comes out to visit she can have some. =) I think I may go to bed early tonight,  that trip just took the life out of me, and it is having a hard time finding its way back. Oh, while I was out, Flyboy messaged me, I thought I was busted, for a sec, he wrote “Wheres desyrae go?” I was like.. uhh.. uhh “what do you mean?” then he replied with “that’s what Mr. 3 Yr Old immediately asked when we walked in” . That is SO sweet, he misses me. =D Ha! I win! Hehe =) that makes me feel good.  I think I am going to lie down now, Hope everyone is doing well! ~NikiRose signing off.

Mood:  caffeinated

Good Morning!

I think this is the first time I have like absolutely nothing to say. Wow… Let me think…

Flyboy suggested we have chicken parmesan last night, and since he had previously used all the chicken breasts to make chicken strips for me (they were AWESOME) we used those instead. Umm… Oh! Flyboy got his flu vaccine yesterday. No big deal really except this year they decided to send the live virus via a nostril spray. So, well, now he’s more congested than usual. (Which probably explains why I have a headache… louder snoring! Oh well.)

I was able to get half of the flash cards done for this section. (There is total of like 500 for all 5 books.) Apparently they dollar store I buy flash cards from decided to switch brands or something, because these flash cards are practically see thru. I mean you can write in pencil on the front (I don’t write hard either) and you can see it in the back. So, I am writing questions on one card and the answers on another, then taping them together. It’s a hassle, I know. Well at least it gives the cards a different texture (that also helps with memorization). If it wasn’t for the fact that it would be completely impractical, I would stuff the cards with random things, like cotton or sand that way they would be so different that memorizing them would be even more easy, and fun too!

I don’t want to go just yet, but I am running out of things to write down. I do however need to send a few emails out. So, I guess this will be a short one. =/ NikiRose signing off.

Mood:  surprised

Good Mornin’!

Anyway, I am sure you all want to know how I slept last night… right? Great! I wish I had gotten more of it, but it was peaceful.

I got the laundry and dishes done and the vacuuming done as well. I laid out the blanket I am knitting and I have 2 regular panels left and then of course the border (3 panels). I wasn’t able to take pictures, because someone got off early yesterday. I really wish I would have had workdays like him. (Go to work at 930 have lunch at 11-1230 then be sent home at 1300. AND still get paid for a full day) Geez. It doesn’t happen often, but it completely throws a day off.

I think today will be taken lightly. I will more than likely be working on flash cards today. Though, I think I will have Flyboy help me with coloring them, they get done faster and he memorizes them without realizing it. Muahahahaha. Oh, and speaking of flash cards, Radar is enjoying them. He says they are helping a GREAT deal.

Guess what!?! I got my electric bill today! It was only $109.91!!! I am excited beyond belief. Plus it was even lower than that before they added all the new fees they have. I was SO scared I was going to get another $280 bill. Our last apartment was killing us with electricity and we didn’t use much either. Flyboy is thinking we may have been getting charged for the outside lights in the breezeway. Our bill didn’t start going up until after they got it fixed. =/ This is awesome too. We have the AC on (auto of course); I use the dishwasher and do laundry twice a week (the dryer takes like an hour 45 minutes to dry clothes. I think there is something wrong with it. There is never any lint in the lint trap. Oh well. We are just renting it for two more months. Ha! Then we will have our own. =D), plus both fans are always on (I can’t stand stagnant air), and the computer is on from 0600 to about 2300 everyday, except the weekends) so this bill is awesome! Especially since we had and well did none of that in our last apartment and yet our bill was in the $170’s to $250’s. *shudders* Anyway… I am so excited… I am so excited… I am so excited la la la la la la!

I don’t know of much else going on here. Flyboy is doing alright. He has earned himself a bunch of comp days, and because they aren’t letting the guys accrue them anymore (some guys had like 2 months worth of comp days) he has been forced to take them as soon as he gets them…. which means 3 day weekends until November.

I think that is all for now. Its… flash card time! Woohoo… not.

~NikiRose

Mood:  caffeinated

Good Morning! Good Morning! Good Morning!

Well, how is everyone doing this morning? Guess what? I am tired. I know that is not really news, but, I figured out why (yes, sleeping is key). Last night it was so unbearably hot and stuffy, that I woke up like every 45 minutes. Not cool, you know. And then that’s when it hit me… So I decided to move my pillows to the foot of the bed and sleep under the fan. OH MY GOODNESS!!! It was like 10 degrees cooler! Too bad the light bulb came on 2 hours before the alarm was suppose to go off, but at least the light bulb clicked. Ha! Guess where I am sleeping tonight! I made Flyboy put his head on the bed, under the fan, this morning after he finished shaving. He was like I was wondering why you did that last night. I just figured it was because I was snoring again. Kind of made me feel bad, but I finally slept really great. 

I am sure if you haven’t guessed already, its cleaning day. I decided to slack off this weekend and allow flyboy to cook. Though he did promise me he would clean the kitchen and all the dishes today after work, but I don’t know… I have a bunch of laundry to do as well. Not too big of a day to start, but I need to work on the new flash cards (he got his new book set) and I need to lay out the king sized blanket I am knitting and start sewing on the next panel. I will take a picture of that too. Hey, while I am at it, I might as well update the apartment pictures. Don’t count your chickens though, I may have to wait until tomorrow to take the pictures, let alone upload them. 

This weekend wasn’t too exciting, we decided to try the Iced Coffee from Mc Donald’s and they gave us both super larges instead of the small ones we had ordered, so needless to say I was up all of Saturday night and all of Sunday into Sunday evening. Well, the only problem with that is Monday we had to go over to Mr. 3yr Old’s house and have a potluck and play some games. Plus we needed to fix the sleep cycle we had screwed up because Flyboy had to work on Tuesday (today). So what did we do…? Stayed up all of Monday too! You can kind of see why I am still tired (not including the waking up every 45 minutes). But at least know that I won’t be over heated tonight! Hehe! I am SO excited, I can‘t wait to go to bed tonight! Anyway, during the sleepless hours, Flyboy decided he would hop on the computer and read EVERYTHING on the internet and then play around with Photoshop. (He likes editing the pictures I take) I however was left with organizing, infomercials or video games. I of course picked video games. (I need to finish the game anyway. Flyboy borrowed the game a few weeks ago from a buddy at work.  He of course didn’t ask for a time limit, and I don’t know the Video Game Borrowed From A Buddy Time Limit Policy. I am new at this.) Needless to say I am half way done with Final Fantasy VIII, which I am enjoying. I still think Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy X are my favorites so far. Enough about that...

I better get to cleaning. I will try to take those new pictures and write later tonight. Speaking of pictures, I sent the AF Ball pictures to you all, hopefully I resized them enough that they won’t kill your computers. I must go, the house is taunting me.  This is NikiRose signing off.

Mood:  spacey

*yawn* *yawn* Let’s see… First off, I think everyone wants to know how the Ball went. I can honestly tell you it wasn’t what I thought it would be. This is pretty much how the night went… Wander around the building until they tell you it is alright to find your table.  Stand at your seat for 15 minutes while they search for the guy with the triangle to properly “ding” you the command to sit down. Try to force a conversation with the Officers and the upset Staff Sergeants (they didn’t properly claim their seats so the Officers took them) until they can locate the Honor Guard. Stand up, Ruffles and Flourishes, sit down. Stand up, National Anthem, sit down. Stand up, speaker, sit down, listen. Then there was a really cool POW/MIA ceremony. Charge your glasses again, and toast a two page list of people. Sit down, cold, fancy, weird fruit; nut and lettuce combination dinner is served. Make fun of the fact the dinner is really, really weird with everyone at the table. Main dish is served (2 servings of chicken, 3 servings of roast beef, more veggies and South of the Border spicy red potatoes.) Then just as soon as we can start on our main dish, GET OUT!!!! They need to clean!  Wander around the court yard in the dark with everyone else for 15 minutes, come back inside, sit down and watch a 2 Star and an A1C cut a cake with a sword. Applause. Speaker. Then an hour later, close with everyone singing Happy Birthday to the Air Force and the Air Force Song. We were then dismissed to go home, but we could stay and drink and dance if we wanted. That, in a nutshell, was the Ball. I didn’t get any pictures at the Ball, there really was no time between standing up, sitting down and leaving. I got some before we left and while we wandered around the first time. I will send them in an email rather than posting them here. =)

Now I am trying to figure out what sounds good for supper. We had pork chops last night and I had Flyboy make chicken strips for the week so those options are definitely out. Hmm… I think I will sign off for now, I am having a hard time focusing, grr. I will send those pictures ASAP.

~Cadaver1 signing off

Mood:  smelly

Wow, did Friday come fast or what? Oh? What is with this really awesome picture of an E-3? Well, I was bored last night while Flyboy made spaghetti (we changed our mind about the pork chops at the last minute) so I decided to take a picture of an E-3 and edit it in Photoshop.  I think it looks pretty cool. We are thinking about getting a poster size print to hang on the wall, or something along those lines.  I didn’t take the original picture but I sure did create something of my own out of it. Hehe. What do you think?

 Anyway, today is the day. Yikes! (Side track: I remember those... Yikes. They were eraser brands that were all twisted and different colors. I wonder if they still make them.  I know it was like a while ago when they came out, but yeah.) I have so many things to do and I still don’t know how I am going to do my hair! I know I want it up… but I’m not sure. I also need to iron his shirt and shine up his dress shoes (I forgot to do that yesterday. I had put it on the list on Monday, to do it on Thursday, but somehow that list disappeared.) as well as get another tie pin ( I guess that is what they are called) I don’t know what I did with his last one, I know its here… somewhere… but I think a $1.50 isn’t worth tearing up the newly organized closet. I did my nails on Sunday night (They actually got pretty long.) so all I have to do is shine them up a bit too. Hmm… Oh! And I also have to switch purses and make sure I have extra batteries for my camera. (It is a public event, so I am allowed to take pictures. Now whether or not I take them is another story. I will try to take some, I already have some requests. But we will see how the night goes.) I do wonder however, how long the “shindig” will last. As old as this may sound, I hope we will be back in time for the ten o’clock news. The news out here is actually pretty informative on local and nationwide matters and less on celebrities and hippie mumbo-jumbo.

Well I already ate breakfast, a cup of sugar in a bowl of milk, (I had Cocoa Puffs) and I have “blogged” so now it is time for me to iron! Yay! …not! But I still have to iron, so I must go for now.  

~Cadaver1 signing off

Mood:  spacey

Good Afternoon!

I apologize for this being a late post, Flyboy had to work the afternoon shift today... which means I got to sleep in. Woohoo! I am still really tired though, I don't think I slept too well. I am a bit worried about my brother. I have been getting some really bad "vibes", if you will, each time I talk to him. I really don't want to go into it here, I think I should talk to him first, but yeah. Anywho... Flyboy had a nice flight yesterday, he didn't come home as exhausted as usual. I finished the flash cards and Radar was excited, well as much as he could be about studying. Laundry was finished and so were the dishes. Right now I have one of our bed spreads in the dryer, I decided to take a few layers of blankets off the bed last night to see if that would help with the uncomfortable heat. Success!! So I threw the blankets in the wash and took Flyboy to work. Now they are drying and will be put away soon. Kind of silly how a simple thing like taking a blanket or two off the bed makes a night much more tolerable.

I think I will write more later. I want to put the rest of the unpacked clothes away and possibly set the dresser mirror up. Then do a little organizing. I promise I will add new apartment pictures, I just need a few more days. Well, ta ta for now.

~ Cadaver1 signing off  

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I have returned... I didn't get as much done as I wanted but I was at least able to put the dresser mirror up and unpack the clothes. Apparently I am missing around 50 hangers... so Flyboy and I picked some up on the way home. Since the clothes that need to be hanged up are laying on the bed, I can't put it off too late.

I am a little nervous at the moment and it will probably increase as the night goes by and completely triple in the morning. Tomorrow is... The Ball. Ahhh. It seems to start at 1800. There is a Social Gathering part and then at 1900 dinner is being served. I am hoping there will be some people that Flyboy knows, that way its not just an hour of me chattering nervously away. I am sure we... well I will be alright.(I really don't think Flyboy cares either way. lol)

Man, I am starving... I am thinking that I will bake pork chops for supper tonight, maybe some green beans and some white rice with cream of mushroom sauce too. Wow that sounds really good. Well... I think I am going to get started on that. Anyway... I hope everyone is doing well! Take care! Good night!

~Cadaver1 signing off

Mood:  lazy

So... I'm up earlier than I thought I would be. Flyboy had to fly today which means last night we were on crew rest. "We" because he has a hard time sleeping without me in the same room and so when he goes on crew rest, I have to too. Makes sleeping more of a challenge really... kind of hard to sleep when you aren't tired.

I don't know how long I will be on the computer this morning; I have a lot of busy work to do. I am waiting on the call from my previous employer saying she received the fax and then I get to finish the flash cards that Flyboy was studying. (He passed the test even though I didn't finish coloring them all. He got a 95% on it too! The ones he missed were questions not on the flash cards...) His buddy, we'll call him Radar (no I am not giving him that name because he is like Radar from M*A*S*H. Radar just fits, trust me.) has to study the same books and is having trouble retaining it. I don't blame him. It's written in a very boring way, hopefully not like my blog. (lol) But anyway, he is borrowing the flash cards and I need to finish them. I also need to do some laundry and the dishes Flyboy promised he would load into the dishwasher last night and didn't.

It's actually a very nice morning. It's about 50 degrees out but it is a crispy cold morning. I can't wait for winter to come! I hope it snows a bunch! Anywho... I need to get started on my chores that way I am not tempted to crawl back in bed and sleep a little more. I didn't sleep to well last night. It has been getting too warm, it’s weird. So this is Cadaver1 signing off for now, Bye!

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*UPDATE*

wow ^ that looks pretty intense (the *update* lol) I think I am making some pretty good time this morning, well afternoon now. The dishes are done and currently drying, laundry is in the dryer and has about 15 minutes left and all the flash cards are organized by section and filed in numerical order (to the best of my ability). I called up the collections agency to see if they faxed that itemization paper because I hadn't heard from my employer yet. Sure enough, they did and so then I called my employer up. (I assume I don't have to use "previous" any more...) She is SO awesome, the hospital and the collections are giving her the run around and she isn't taking it. (she used to be a manager at a collections agency for many, many years) So she has been busy fighting them because it is seeming like there is nothing owed and paperwork wasn't properly managed between the Hospital and their internal collections agency (not the same agency that I have been calling) On one hand this is great news, but on the other it stinks like none other because my credit is taking a BIG blow from of their mistake, and it isn't going to be wiped off my credit for a while, it'll just say "this account was closed or paid". Grr. Well, it's not like we are planning on buying a house anytime soon. Right now we are doing different types of investing and saving so we can possibly buy one out right or at least put a nice down payment on one. Anyway.. I must get back to coloring so I can eat lunch. (I really need to get these cards done so I am not allowing myself to take a lunch break until they are done. Plus I have no idea what I want to eat for lunch yet anyway. All I know is that I am REALLY hungry!)

~Cadaver1 signing off

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*UPDATE #2*

Let's see... I called up the collection agency who dealt with a Cingular account I had and discussed the same account AGAIN, and they are now sending the information, stating that I paid it a year and a half ago, to Equifax, because apparently they didn't get it the first time. Grr. I tell you what... Anyway, no, I am not done with the cards and I think I am about to fire myself, because I am going to take a break anyway and eat. I think I need  a time out from coloring. Since I started these flash cards (500 cards ago) I am just a tinsy, itsy bit sick of coloring. You know? There is only a limited amount of color combinations from an 8 piece marker set. I have crayons and colored pencils too but, they aren't as BOLD. *yawn* I am going to eat now before I whither away into nothingness ("Ha! That’d take awhile" wow! Even from the air, Flyboy has to throw a Zing my way...)

~Cadaver1 signing off... again

Mood:  incredulous

Well... This morning has definitely been interesting so far. Apparently it dropped to about freezing last night so when I went to start the car this morning it wouldn't turn over. (the ignition grease gets too cold and then when I put the key in to start it, my key isn't recognized, so the computer thinks I am trying to steal my car and then shuts off the fuel pump. VERY inconvenient, let me tell you)So Flyboy and I both figure it is the ignition. I mean it was 40 degrees this morning. Well, it takes 15 minutes for the computer to reset after a failed start. (That is the inconvenient part) The problem was, I couldn't remember if it was 15 minutes or 11. All I knew is it was an inconvenient amount of time. Flyboy swore on his life that it was only 8 minutes to restart. (And the morning, stubborn, disagreement begins.) So to prove him wrong because he won’t drop it, I attempt to start it after 8 minutes... It completely turned over and then died, (fuel pump is still shut off), which completely reset the timer back to 0 minutes.  "See! It started you just didn't hold it long enough." I won't go on but he wound up late to work after he gave up the argument and allowed me to attempt to start the car after 15 minutes. Grr… men.

Now I am waiting on a phone call from my previous employer to talk about medical bill matters. When I had split my knee open at work I of course had to get it stapled up. Well I was sent one bill, the company paid it and I checked my credit report after being denied for the thousandth time and it was saying I still owed and it went to collections. !?!?! You know? So I have been going back and forth between the debt collectors and my employer. Apparently there was a doctor bill and then a hospital bill, like for the staples and such. The difference between the bills was only $7 or so. Like I said I received one bill, only twice. And the same info was on both except one was $628 instead of $620.25. I mean even the account numbers were the same… Now the debt collector is saying it is a different account number on the bill for $620.25. So needless to say I have been the middle man for an annoying amount of time. My employer doesn't mind paying if it is owed and heck, I don't blame them, $620 isn't gumball money. Right now I am waiting for the collectors to fax an itemized list over to my employer, (the one that is being sent to me via snail mail) I am hoping I will get a phone call soon. RAWR. Well... at least my allergy headache is gone.

I should hop in the shower here pretty soon. Flyboy is getting off work around 1230-1300 today, though really it all depends on how long his meeting is. Tomorrow I don't think I will write any until late in the evening. (I will explain tomorrow) but yeah. What a morning. I can't wait for the rest of the rest of the day to unfold... *drips in sarcasm). Well, I am going to log off for now.

Take care!

~Cadaver1 signing off