Mood:  chatty

Goooooood Morning!

I have declared that today is “Crawl Back Into Bed Day, After The Alarm Goes Off”! I am so exhausted it isn’t funny. I think I may have over done Extra Cardio Day yesterday, and man... am I feeling it now! On one hand feels great, on the other, not so much. I woke up this morning feeling like I had already P.T’d for the day. Yeeeah… I think today I am going to take it a little lightly if at all possible. I feel really foolish for going that over board, but it made Flyboy smile. (From the stand point that I was able to work out at his level for a bit)

Lunch was good. I couldn’t remember what I ordered last time, and Radar assured me it was this one dish and my gut told me it wasn’t, but silly me I trusted him. I mean it still tasted great, the beef was a little rare, not bloody, but it sure wasn’t brisket and nicely blended in with the rice noodles were tendons. At first I was like this is an odd tasting noodle, and then I was informed that it was not, and I became very nauseous. I still ate it though. I think my favorite part of the dish, are the rice noodles. I could careless about the meat except that it adds a nice flavor. Though I do wish their chopsticks were skinnier. The ones they have are like sharpie thick.

Anywho, I think I am going to fix a morning snack or something. I guess the banana I had on the way to base wasn’t satisfying for my stomach and it is demanding more nutrients. Such a demanding organ, how rude.

Well I am going to go for now. I hope your stomachs aren’t too demanding today. Haha Take care!

~NikiRose

Mood:  accident prone

Good morning…

Sorry about the lack in posting yesterday, an adventure took place instead. Haha. Kevin Costner and Modern West (Kevin’s band) came to town to promote their new album, Untold Truths. So Flyboy and I headed down there, (a few towns over) and was able to have the whole band sign the CD. I took some pictures too, and I think they came out pretty decent. I felt bad because I had no idea what to say besides thank you, and not trying to look corny. It was bad enough my shirt smelled disgusting… (It was fresh out of the wash, dried too of course, but it was a shirt that had been in storage so it had this smell that made your stomach churn. I believe it was a cross between wet dirty dog and old moldy fruit. Nice huh? Yeah I had no idea until we got back into the hot car and I almost lost what I just ate all over my car. Luckily I didn’t though.) Anywho, I am not a big fan of Kevin but my aunt is and so I thought she would like to add an autographed first album of his to her collection. =) I have pictures of the whole band signing it and Kevin signing it as well (he is the lead singer, plays guitar too). (I do watch Antique Road Show every now and then and a key to having a good piece when it comes to autographs is having a picture of that person as they are signing it. =) Logical… There are a lot of neat treasures n that show, it is really fun to watch!) Anywho I won’t post all of the pictures, just these two, they are my favorites...

From right to left... guitarist Teddy Morgan, violinist Bobby Yang, guitarist John Coinman, drummer Larry Cobb, bassist Blair Forward, guitarist Park Chisholm and guitarist and lead singer Kevin Costner

From left to right... guitarist and lead singer Kevin Costner and guitarist Park Chisholm.

Flyboy is all set for his TDY except they are changing the dates, poor thing… I have noticed that when they start doing that there tends to be a greater chance of it canceling at the last minute, as in at the end of the month. (since flights have become limited recently ((it’s a normal thing, don’t worry, the squadrons “fight” over the flights, well its more like a race to claim them, and I guess our squadron hasn’t been claiming as many as usual.)) Anyway so if you are scheduled for a TDY, then you don’t get scheduled for anymore flights, since every person has to have two each month minimum… regs… And why I say what I did about this TDY is that Flyboy didn’t get to have his second flight in January because of the ice storm we had, so he is counting on this TDY, like a bunch of the guys, to bring back their currency? Something like that, if that makes any sense to you guys…) But yeah, when flights start getting rescheduled, the tend to cancel leaving a bunch of people very frustrated and in turn making the flight tight on instructors (that is a lesson for another day. Haha).

Let’s see… Today, Radar is taking us out to lunch. He wanted to thank us for being his DD at Macho Nacho’s shindig. Speaking of that, there is another shindig coming up around, well whenever Macho gets back from leave. (He says he has these shindigs whenever there is a fighting match on. I wasn’t sure if I could get into it, but really its fun to watch. I like the watching the thinking process as they “duke” it out. I can’t stand the brutality of it, but I guess that is because I am a female…) Also speaking of shindig… our Christmas party was postponed until our squadron back from overseas and well… if I recall correctly it is the 20^th of February, semi formal again, which means Blues for Flyboy and something pretty that compliments his Blues. (I am getting hungry, I haven’t eaten yet… maybe I should) Oh, back to Radar, he wants to take us out for Pho again. It is an Asian noodle dish that is really good. You can add pretty much anything to it, very customizable. (Wow I didn’t think spell check would accept that word… customizable hmm, interesting) So I am looking forward to that, my concern is where. The one he likes to go to is downtown, which is fine except that place is packed the whole time it’s open. I know there is a new Pho place just across the street from base, but I am sure that place will be packed as well. “Time limits are very binding” states the obvious one. I am currently awaiting a text message that will hopefully clear up my concern.

Oh! Flyboy’s competition, his group did great, placed 1^st, the rest of his squadron… well... didn’t do so well. I blame it on a couple girls who lost the squadron over 400 points for an automatic disqualification from the round because they forgot to pull their hair up when putting their gas mask on. I mean, wow, even I knew that and I am not even in. I know they don’t get to practice a lot of these things, I think it is a yearly test, because it isn’t in their normal day to day job, but still, you would think… (Just my opinion.) Though I am more then sure this is a most lovely awakening for some of the leadership as well as the low rankers and there will be numerous discussions. (Must… get… food… too… cold... too... move… stomach… so … angry… at me… ow… Mmm banana, are you happy now???? *yells at stomach, eat this. Haha sorry, I am crazy, I know) You know what drives me nuts though, speaking of bananas, is when you go to peel them and instead of peeling they “pop” at the stem and you have to eat the fruit out of what seems like a veggie sleeping bag. That is annoying. Oh, and the little stringy things that sometimes stick to the fruit part, and then the banana taste super chalky. But what is really good, peanut better and banana sandwich, mmm, tasty. I generally don’t make it a sandwich; just make it like toast, with out the toasting part. In other words, a sandwich with no top piece of bread, completely unlike toast, I don’t know I am starting to confuse myself now. (Need… more... brain... food... brain... shrinking... like a starfish... out of water…) (*there were no animals harmed during the making of this comment*) I guess my banana has decided to go camping because it is in a sleeping bag... gr… So I better let you all go for now, take care!

~NikiRose

Mood:  not sure

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

To Us!

Two years down, an eternity left! Haha. Just teasing =) I have no idea what is in store for today, more than likely a continued quest for this mysterious Japanese nut mix, then lunch, some studying and P.T and then supper and bed. Real exciting, I know.

This weekend as been alright so far… I think today I will go to the office and make a report about our lights, they are STILL flickering. I think this is an issue beyond my microwave, and it is becoming more and more frustrating. So are the dishes…, they never stay clean!!

Anywho, no word out of Soldier yet… Flyboy is still scheduled for that TDY, and he is still stoked about it… of course. I found Sherwood and Sandra a feeder on sale at Wal-Mart, I am sure they will appreciate that.

Not much else over here. We have thunderstorms coming this weekend… can’t wait! (I think I prefer the ice) I still have to write reply emails, I have been feeling really lazy lately, not a good thing really. Also I have been having a bunch of things on my mind, and within time I will share them, but for now the crazy people in my head are discussing them. (They need to clean up after themselves; they are such a dirty people)

I think that is all for now, sorry I seem so distracted. Hope all is alright with you guys. Take care!

~NikiRose

Mood:  energetic

Ello everybody!

It is really cold out this morning, but I have a feeling it will warm up to about 40 sometime today.

The split pea soup turned out really good, and Flyboy loved it. (Well not as much as he loved the beef stroganoff) Yesterday we went to the Asian market downtown to see if we could find more of the nut mix he was given in WA. No luck there, but we did come across a different kind of nut mix, and he is happy with it. I think this weekend I will make some pumpkin bread (out of season, I know, but it sounds good!)

The gym was packed, so we couldn’t do everything that we had wanted, but we will have to double up or something this afternoon, whenever he gets off. (He is doing the competition thing today, and his BDU’s look AWESOME! Thanks to me and my super ironing skills he has creases that could slice your finger open if you touched them. =D hehe) I wish I was able to watch it, but this is just a military thing and the spouses have to sty home, or whatever. It makes sense, but I think it would be really fun to watch.

Flyboy is REALLY excited about his upcoming TDY. Besides the fact that it will return him to currency, he will be flying with his mentor from the squadron, MSgt Awesome. (He got promoted and sent to a different building where he is doing waaaay more important things than before in Flyboy’s flight. Everyone misses him, he was really cool and would stand up for the low ranking guys, hence the name Awesome…) Anywho, no one has heard from him in a year or so, he's been THAT busy, and Flyboy is stoked that he gets to fly with him.  MSgt Awesome gave him a lot of advice and helped him with some of his frustrations. (This is the same MSgt that wanted to meet me to thank me for supporting Flyboy and being a team, a while back. It was in regards to the flash cards I made, he REALLY liked them and thought they were a great idea, especially since a bunch of the guys were using them too and their scores on the tests were going from average to above average…) But yeah, Flyboy can’t wait to show off his accomplishments, not in an arrogant way, believe me, but in a “see you were right to believe in me” kind of sort of way. I think you know what I mean. Now the kicker is… he is flying with Capt. Trouble too. He is one of those guys that seem to have it out for everyone in the flight, in particular, Flyboy. (MSgt Awesome helped shield some of the unessential, morale busting, nonsense that Capt. Trouble would throw at the guys in the flight, also why they miss him.) It is a long list of nonsense and really it is a bit petty to list it out, and also you aren’t suppose to talk bad about leadership,  but I think it is really funny that Flyboy gets to fly with Awesome on the condition that Trouble comes with.

I am really excited, however that we are almost to our Cali trip goal! We are 2 months shy of making the goal, which would give us an extra month and a half to cover unexpected expenses, like gas prices go over my estimated $3 a gallon… I can’t believe how fast time has flown by, it is February already! I mean Soldier has been overseas for 58 days now! (I have a counter… here (you can click on the “here” and it will take you to the counter)

I wonder what Flyboy is up to, if he is in the flight or if he has to watch everyone’s events. I know opening ceremonies started at 830 and the first squadron up is at 910. Flyboy’s squadron doesn’t do their thing until 1010… hmm well, I think I am going to wrap this up for the day; I have more dishes to do. Yaaay…

Take care!

~NIkiRose

Mood:  lucky

Hello all!

I just got back from dropping Flyboy off at work. We went grocery shopping this morning together since he didn’t have to be at work until 1100. We got a lot of groceries this time, I did go over budget but I think the 30 extra bucks was well worth it.

Apparently MRE’s are coming out with expiration dates. =/ in a sense it is a good thing but in the other not so much. We are slowing stalking up on them to put in our emergency kits. (Or whatever you call them)

Tonight I am making Split Pea Soup for supper. I was debating between that and beef stew, and I asked The King what sounded better and he suggested Split Pea. Flyboy will be thrilled. So of course, now I need to do some dishes… blah.

I have emails to write out so I will get to that asap, I also need to wash Flyboy’s BDU’s, he has to wear them on Friday for this competition he is in. Which also means I better shiny up those boots too...

I really need to get started on the cooking, sorry for such a short entry. Hope you all are doing well and I will talk to you tomorrow!

~NikiRose

Mood:  caffeinated

It’s Meeeelting!!!

Yesterday was crazy! Flyboy’s phone like never stopped ringing! As of 1800 he was told that he didn’t need to come into work on Wednesday (today) due to the weather, then, around 2000 his phone rang and was told otherwise. Good thing I decided to de-ice the car yesterday afternoon!! So, since he was afternoon scheduler, I just got back from dropping him off.

I will say that driving conditions are A LOT better than they were yesterday! Yuck!!! Flyboy got this itch to go walking to the mailbox yesterday, so we dressed up in a bunch of layers and headed down there. It was a nice little walk until having to walk back UP the icy/snowy hill. Haha. I asked him if he wanted to walk to the dollar store (1/2 mile) to get some hot cocoa mix. He of course said yes. I didn’t realize how icy it had gotten. All the plants were frozen solid, like during our nasty ice storm a while back. However it was really pretty though. The ground wasn’t too bad to walk on, it was mostly sleet. On our way back from the store we ended up helping a lady who got stuck in the snowy sleet. (It wasn’t a bad hill, the person behind her got up it just fine and they weren’t in a Jeep! I think it was a driver issue, but she greatly appreciated our help. Poor thing, you could see the panic in her eyes =/ ) It was a good work out though. I decided I didn’t want to drive to the gym on those nasty roads, so the walk to the store and our push ups and sit ups at the house, I think fulfilled our workout quota for the day.

Today was measurement day and the start of increased time and reps, but since weather kept us from the running I am deciding that we will maintain the workout agenda from last week for this week and measure and “up” everything next week. So we are behind schedule, but I think it is wise if we are trying to properly improve. Today is extra cardio day though, so that should be fun.

This afternoon/this morning the roads were alright until we had to cross over the bridge to get to the base gate. It was covered thick in sleet, and honestly, I have no idea how I made it to the gate without getting stuck somewhere on the bridge. I know I was having a hard time with the ground clearance, but somehow I managed. I know that when I pick him up I am definitely going to a different gate unless the sun melts a bunch more off.  I really don’t want to do that again. Haha

Tomorrow is grocery shopping day and Flyboy wants to tag along before he has to go to work. (Afternoon scheduler again) So needless to say I need to make a shopping list again. I also got my electric bill today and am a little tweaked about it. We have pretty much have had the heater off, it is set at like 68, so I am pretty dern cold, over here and yet our bill is $148!!! That is almost 20 bucks more than last month, and last month I was washing everything in hot water, twice, because of my itchiness. Explain this? We are waiting to see if our next bill is lower, and if it is then our guess that our microwave (that was draining everything) was the cause of this high bill. I know that OGE is charging a big monthly fee because they are trying to pay off the damages they had to repair from our ice storm, but still. Yeah, this bill was a kick to the gut. Fun times.

I don’t know what dinner will be tonight. On Monday evening I threw together this really thick, hearty tasty dish out of thin air. I was pretty surprised.

1 can of cream of mushroom soup

1 can of milk (filled the soup can with milk from the fridge)

1 can of uncooked rice

3 inches of Velveeta (cut the Velveeta at the 3 in mark)

1 ½ cup steamed broccoli

1 cooked chicken breast (cut in pieces)

I threw all that in the crock pot and 4 hours later it was done. (I think if you used raw meat it would take much longer) But I tell you what, I was a little apprehensive about the cheese but it turned out great. It made about 4 coffee cups worth of hearty goodness. Yeah, Flyboy likes it enough that he wants it added to my frequent meal list. This week I am going to try a few new recipes and I think Flyboy is really excited about it. Honestly I am getting tired of the routine meals, plus I think having a change up in meals will help with losing weight. (I don’t know that for fact, but it only seems like it would. Different nutrients, throws your body off? “Hey! Was that... was that... a... carrot??? No way! Red alert! Lets go, lets go lets go!” Well something like that. Haha)

I think I am going to start on my shopping list; it needs a bunch of reorganizing. So I will let you go for now. Take care!!

~NikiRose

Mood:  cool

I decided to take picture, like I promised lol, but I thought I would paste them on a new post, just to make things less complicated! There is a bunch of them, so I hope that they won't take up too much of my "free" space....

This one is of the bcak porch, if you notice the light is coming from the wrong direction, haha

And more back porch...

... Like I said, more back porch. This was captured around 0600 when Flyboy was getting called from the new guys regarding work. hehe it was sooo cute! Though, I have no idea why I forgot to resize this image, hmm...

My wonderful car, covered in ice, topped with a dash of sleet. I thought it was snow until I actually went out there, grr, oh well.

see the cute little icicles, my headlights where covered in ice, even the tarp covering my bike, out back, was frozen solid!! It was so cool!

Sleet across the street...

Sleet to the Left...

And... sleet to the right!

Even the trees are icy! Sort of like the storm we had in 2007, only less intense, which is a plus indeed!

I can't tell which one is less blurry, so I am posting them both, haha!

Flyboy thinks I am a bit crazy for going out there and playing in the snow/sleet this morning. I decided to fill our cooler with snow-sleet and put a couple pops and a couple bottles of grape juice in it, I think they will be chilled by lunch time. hehe

So that is about it for the pictures I took, OH!!! I have two more, one from yesterday, and one of Sherwood, my squirrel, and his girlfriend, Sandra hehe

This is Sherwood and Sandra. Apparently this is like their first date since they aren't being very affectionate with each other, or, they just have some serious PDA issues, lol. Fine by me though.

This here is... Ice Glass. Yesterday as I was defrosting my car to pick up Flyboy, long story, I decided to roll down my driver's window to see if I could knock the ice off. Little did I know that it was really thick, so, well, the ice stayed there. It was pretty cool becuase I was able to tap it and watch it shatter. In the picture you can see me sticking my hand through a hole in the Ice Glass. I think that is from where the side mirror was blocking the weather. Crazy huh?

Well that definitely is it for pictures, for now at least. Flyboy is really bugging to get back on the computer. blah. So I will let you go for now. Keep safe and I will see ya tomorrow!

~NikiRose

Mood:  celebratory

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have SNOW!!!!! It SNOWED!!! It is kind of SNOWING now!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Though base has been closed for the day so Flyboy isn’t going anywhere. (It is really cute too because all the new guys are calling him asking him about work and stuff. Hehe =P) Coffee/hot cocoa is brewing, and I am going to take some pictures here really soon!

It was really nasty out there yesterday! As in I went outside to pick up Flyboy and I didn’t even have to lift a foot to make it to my car, I just slid all the way there on my big feet, like skies. I tell you though I wasn’t expecting that. Oh, my, and the asphalt was even worse. Leadership had sent everyone home yesterday around 1000, but Flyboy was stuck there because he was to fly today, and well they had to mission plan. So leadership I guess felt bad and took Flyboy home for me. I am glad I didn’t have to drive on that stuff, but on the other hand I was more nervous waiting for him to get here then I would have been driving on the ice!

It never got above or even close to 32 degrees yesterday, so the ice from yesterday and the accumulation from last night, makes it and even yuckier situation today. =/ But to top off the horrible-ness, there is a sweet layer of snow, like sugar sprinkled on angel food cake… mmm angel food cake! Though, the lights are flickering again, which is a little irritating, but we were told there could be a lot of power outages because of the weather. So I better let everyone go for now. I don’t want to blow the power supply on this baby…

Yay Snow! Take care, keep warm, and be safe!!!

~NikiRose

Mood:  lyrical

Good morning!

Hmm… I would say it is about 26 degrees with a wind chill making it about 15 degrees. =) The car started alright, though now it is having issues starting on the first try when it is 50 degrees or higher!!! So Flyboy and I have drawn the conclusion, that if it is below 50 we lock it with the door locks, if it is hotter, we have to use the alarm thingy. It never gets boring I tell ya.

The shindig was fun. They LOVED the apple crisp, once again, except for some reason they keep calling it Apple Fritter Stuff. (I don’t care, just as long as they like it) I am thinking about experimenting with some dessert making/baking/however and let them be the taste testers. (Of course Flyboy will get to taste test first) But I really think they would enjoy that. We didn’t end up leaving until after 100. (I was exhausted. I have been working on a sleep schedule and so by 2100 we are just about ready to fall asleep, so well, I was ready to call it a night.)

Today it is supposed to get really icy, especially this afternoon. They were saying that it won’t get as bad as our ice storm in 2007, but it will be very slippery. Flyboy is scheduled to fly tomorrow, but it is looking like that will be a negative, again. He is also scheduled for a TDY next month sometime, so we aren’t really worried about him dropping dead this month, well unless the TDY gets cancelled. (I think I should stop before I jinx anything lol)

The workout Friday was great. Flyboy was really worn out. (I am glad too because the day before he had complained that he wasn’t as tired as he was on Wednesday ((extra cardio day)) so, because of that I stepped it up. He feels bad for saying it now lol. He likes the push-up routine I have him doing, and he was really impressed that I pushed the diamond ones out like nothing. Hehe. =D I believe today is an Upper Body workout day; I would have to double check of course, but yeah. Tuesday is a Lower Body and then Wednesday is Extra Cardio, Flyboy’s choice. (Last time we got stuck with the elliptical because the bikes were taken. Let’s just say I wasn’t a happy camper. I am NOT a big fan of the elliptical, though I will say, it is easier on my knees!) Wednesday is also measuring day, so hopefully we will see some results. I need to get on Flyboy for not drinking enough water. I on the other hand am going through water like mad.

Anywho, I think I am going to do a few loads of laundry and some dishes, so I will let you guys go for now. Keep warm and Take care!

~NikiRose

Mood:  a-ok

OMG!!!!

I haven’t written yet! Bob reminded me, unknowingly, and I feel really silly. Flyboy and I got up early and found out that he was an afternoon scheduler today, which meant he didn’t have to be at work until noon. So he was on the computer most of the time, and I was working on finances and talking with Mississippi Mom. I can’t believe how late it is! I apologize.

There isn’t much to talk about. I am kind of worried about Molly, (she is The King’s dog) she has been having seizures and had a nasty one last night. The medication seems to be helping, though it turns her into a zombie dog, but last night was awful. =/ she isn’t that old either.

Over here in Weird Weather Central, not much has been going on. We renewed our lease this morning, and filed taxes, had breakfast and that was about it. Our plans for Cali are still on, and so are Soldiers, at least last I heard. I haven’t heard from him in a bit. Though he did comment on his own MySpace profile saying the mission was completed and that he would be going on regular deployment status soon. Whatever that means and why he would say that on a place like MySpace, I have no clue, but it is Soldier we are talking about. =)

We still have no snow, but we still have two months left of winter! So a girl can dream right?

Oh, and update on our static problem, now that I have new microwave, my house is back to normal. No flickering lights, no getting shocked every 5 seconds, no more getting shocked on the nose from Flyboy’s big nose when he tries to kiss me, (No joke, I didn’t even get a kiss out of it! I knew he was static charged; he was wearing fleece and everything so I made sure I wasn’t going to touch him at all. He wanted a kiss before he took out the trash and so I leaned in, not touching him, and his nose decided it was going to electrocute me and we heard, SNAP and saw it too! Some would say it is romantic “aw, they were connected by electricity” I call it OW! As in the tip of my nose hurt for a few hours after that. It is hilarious though. I was trying my best NOT to get shocked, I really hate it.) And no more dim anything. It is another load off my shoulders =)

I am hoping Flyboy will get off soon. I know he is on afternoon shift, but I am hoping that Hall Call (every Friday) will be soon, that way he won’t have to stay until 1630. I really want to work out! We are working on his pushups and I found a different routine, which he will most likely hate, but I like it, and yes I can do it, so he shouldn’t complain, and I really want to show it off to him. I am SO excited!!! I can actually do open had diamond type pushups to the really wide ones =D I know I can do them but I have trouble with getting the proper form. Every once in a while I will find it and just knock them out easily, but the rest of the time it is embarrassing. I now, know how to set myself up in the right position (so to speak ((tribute to air force blues comics)) and knock out a bunch. Flyboy will be impressed and bummed since I will be raising the standard. Teehee (we’ll just say that is what he gets for giving me the jar full of salt for my oatmeal! Lol)

Flyboy just messaged me saying that I am now going to be DD for Meathead and his girlfriend instead of just Radar, for Macho Nacho’s shindig tomorrow. I knew I was taking Radar, but apparently I am the official DD (Designated Driver). Oh well, lol, it isn’t like I can even have a sip of anything with alcohol in it anyway. Since I am on Glucophage I can’t have any due to nasty side effects, anywhere from migraines, to strokes to death. And well, I think that would cause a confliction with the Cali trip, what do you think? Haha. (Meathead is a short, angry guy who is really sweet when he has something to drink. Really odd. I have no clue about his girlfriend, she is new as of last weekend and I know she is a local that is about it. ((The guys really harp on him for that))

Well I have a feeling that Flyboy’s text “brb” means Hall Call, so I would like to jump in the shower to loosen up my muscles before our workout tonight. I am SO stoked! Hehe, Sorry for the delay, Hope your day is going well!

~NikiRose