Miles Apart

Yay!

2010-05-20T10:11:00.000-07:00

The amazing grandparents that my children have went in on a rocker for the new baby and I couldn't be more grateful, excited and so giddy! I had the first 3 while I was still young and never really had to go through what I have with this pregnancy.

So after years of trying we are down to the last 6 weeks before delivery and I can't wait to hold the lil man and rock him in his nursery. The rocker will be coming in any day now and I've just about finished up the nursery (I decided to repaint it...crazy I know but it was giving me nightmares!)

Here's a sneak peek at the rocker and hopefully by next week I'll be able to post pictures with the final result of the room put together with a lot of love from everyone!

Braxton Hicks nightmare!

2010-05-08T09:12:00.000-07:00

Most pregnant women know what I'm talking about when it comes to Braxton Hicks, the no fun "fake" contractions! They say that they will stop if you lay down or take a warm bath WELL the night before last mine DIDN'T! I still have 8.5 weeks to go and I started to freak out a bit and of course called my mom rather than the dr! Typical me thinking RN Cindi can fix anything even though she is 1100 miles away from me.

In the end they lasted about 2 hours and I found out that they can start around 32 weeks and normally last 15-30 seconds but can last up to 2 minutes and can be painful! Just as long as they don't dilate me I can possibly enjoy them till I deliver...what fun! NOT!

I head back into my drs this week (I thought I finally had a week of no appts, WRONG!) to find out if I have dilated at all. Let's all pray NO because I don't have time for bed rest!

Cowboy drama!

2010-05-07T08:47:00.000-07:00

While Brandon was in port (Guam) he looked up the Cowboy's schedule and saw that they will be coming here to San Diego for a preseason game and asked me to do whatever was needed to get us tickets to go as a family! And let me tell you what a pain in the a$$ that has been! First Brandon and I looked at Ticketmaster's; which is great and all cause you get what you buy without doubt of it already being sold but they aren't the cheapest, so I continue to search and found a local guy selling tickets on Craigslist! $60 for great seats, only problem they are on the Charger side but not anything we can't handle. I email the guy and NEVER hear back from him =( I search Craigslist again and his post was taking down.

So I start searching all the different sites that sell tickets and after 4 or 5 days of searching I find another set that are fairly good seats at a great price, so I buy them and go to email Brandon about my great find! Before I was even finished with the email I get a call from the website saying that those tickets have already been sold! WTH?! I next best set of tickets I can find will cost me an additional $125! I say no thank you (remember we will have just had a newborn and I'm not okay spending an arm and a leg for preseason tickets!) So after HOURS of searching I find another set of four at a different website and buy them to AGAIN get the call that they are already sold! I search again for HOURS and can't find anything so I finally say whatever just sell me the set of 3 so the boys can go and I will just stay home with the baby. The 3 tickets are the same price of the 4 that I already tried and failed TWICE at buying! The guy puts me on hold to call the seller to make sure they are still available and guess what....they are closed for the night! He promises to call me back in the morning and help me search for tickets and I say fine and give up on it for the night.

So today I wake up and start searching again and guess what...I find BETTER seats than the set of 3 and they have 4 available and they are cheaper! I call the site to only be told that that seller isn't open yet for the day and he will call as soon as they open and put them on hold for me. So fingers crossed that it works out this time and that we get to go as a family. With Brandon just getting back from deployment and the boys being die hard Cowboy fans I think this will be a nice family summer treat and plus it will be the first time the boys get to go to a Cowboy game! The baby will be able to say he has been going to Cowboy games since he was a month old! =)

A first

2010-03-16T15:10:00.000-07:00

I had my six month OB appt today and guess what I was told?...TO GAIN WEIGHT! They are a little worried that I've only gained 4 lbs so far, but as I keep reminding them I wasn't a stick to start out! I think that if I hadn't changed my eating habits and soda intake than I would have put on WAY more than 4 lbs, but since I did I'm losing unhealthy weight and gaining baby weight which equal eachother out.

Other than weight issues baby is great and I'm finally good most of the time. By the end of the day I feel like I can't catch my breath for anything but very minor compared to how some women feel at this point.

I've been counting down days to go home and see the family and to FINALLY have a Miles' baby shower =)

A post not about the baby, being pregnant or nursery...WOW!

2010-03-11T10:15:00.000-08:00

But it is a typical topic on here...SCHOOL! Sorry, but I've learned that it is better to just get it out and move on with life =) Soooo here it is,

I have been trying to transfer colleges to the one out here Menifee since our offer was expected (last July-August time frame)! I didn't hear ANYTHING from them till October but with all the closing delays no biggie. I finished up my last semester at San Diego and thought that I would be good to transfer for atleast the fall semester, but nope! For whatever reasons not all my paper work didn't come through on time so I did ANOTHER semester in San Diego while living up north an hour!

So come spring semester (Jan) I have called, gone in, and talked to every last person that could help me I thought okay now I'm good, but again NOPE! This time around I didn't get a registration appt! But with Brandon deploying and me being pregnant I thought whatever I'll take a semester off, so that's what I'm doing now. Here's the kicker, for whatever reason I got a grant for $4000 that I didn't know about and now wont be getting since I'm not in school...bummer...who doesn't love getting paid to go to school?

So I decided that I'm done with the waiting game with this school and I have already started calling everyone up there to make sure that I will have everything in line so come fall semester I will be back in school and (fingers crossed) getting another grant!

I blame the progesterone

2010-03-05T08:57:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had finally had enough with trying to find matching decor with the bumper that I fell in love with and even painted the nursery to match so I packed it all up and RETURNED it! Crazy I know but it was really stressing me out and now I have picked a new set that I don't love as much but it has every piece that I need and I wont stress...that is tell I get it delivered and realize that I have to repaint the nursery!

Anyways here is the new set...

and here it is with all the decor...

I'm not a fan of animal and sport themes being the only option for boys BUT we all know how much Gavin LOVES "long necks" and he is excited for this set. I'll post pics once it is delivered and set up

oh I also FINALLY decided on a crib (won't get into how sad I am that I have to get a new one again) here it is...

once we get back from WA for our spring break trip and my baby shower (yay!) I will be ordering all the "big" items (aka pricey one, lol)

Rocking Nursery Chair

2010-03-01T18:54:00.000-08:00

I'm in love...

Perfection for the nursery, chocolate brown...even sounds yummy!

another option

2010-02-15T09:19:00.000-08:00

Last night I couldn't sleep because I was trying to picture the nursery complete and I couldn't see it with the ABC's and 123's and their size working out, so I searched some more and this is what I'm thinking about now...the ABC's (which is a 20x20) will still go over the dresser/changing table combo, and than these cute art work will go over the daybed (the 2 outside ones are 6x6 and the yellow stacking one will be 8x10)

and than over his crib will be 8" letters to spell out his name (whatever that might be, I'm not liking Brady at the moment anymore...I warned y'all that I'm fickle!)

which way to go...?

2010-02-14T19:08:00.000-08:00

Okay I came across some BOY friendly wall art and now I'm not sure if I should go all nursery with the ABC's and 123's or if I should go boy'ish' with the half pipe and BMX. Here are the two sets to compare

ABC's & 123's

Half pipe & BMX

NURSERY

2010-02-14T15:20:00.000-08:00

We finished painting the nursery today and I'm LOVING how it is turning out! Somehow I missed placed my camera so these are photos taken from my phone...atleast it gives you an idea

since I didn't buy a theme bedding set I have been searching the Internet high and low trying to find art work to hang in the nursery and these are the ones that I have fallen in love with and plan to order asap

this is a 20x20 canvas that will hang over the dresser/changing table combo we have

I really like this but not sure about the blue background so it's in the maybe list

this is the piece that started it all...

and this will pair with the giraffe but I haven't decided what color yet

they also offer birth prints which I can't wait to order!

Loves a great deal

2010-02-08T09:53:00.000-08:00

Being military and away from family for almost every birthday and holiday we tend to get a lot of gift cards (which we LOVE!) I finally decided to call and find out the balances of the stack of leftovers I have laying around. I ended up with a good amount and figured why not save money and use them to buy my maternity clothes that I'm in desperate need of!

I being the genius I am thought I should check out the clearance first just to see if they have anything good...and they DID! I ended up getting a handful of tops and than at checkout I thought I should see if there are any coupon codes and I found one for 20% off that expired today, than on top of that the store was offering 1/2 off express shipping and if ordered by 2pm CST I would have my order in 2 days!

So I'll have my clothes by Wednesday and I saved...you ready for this...over $80! WHAT A DEAL, great way to start the day!

Babies"R"Us - Baby Registry

2010-02-07T12:55:00.000-08:00

Babies"R"Us - Baby Registry

It said I could post this to my blog and I don't believe it, so this is a test and if it works great =)

IT'S A BOY!!!

2010-01-31T15:29:00.000-08:00

I meant to post Friday but we have been crazy busy trying to get Brandon ready for deployment so a few days late but all the same meet Brady!

(I have no idea why it turned this way and I can't get it to turn, sorry)

They gave us some 3D photos but since our little man has no fat on him it was a little scary looking, this is the most normal one

Brady's bedding

2010-01-31T13:06:00.000-08:00

I had it all planed out for a girl and just like Brandon said I was counting my eggs before they hatched...BUT I'm completely okay with having another boy. Everyone and I mean everyone as soon as I or Brandon told them we were having a boy asked if I'm okay. I'm stoked that we are having a healthy baby and that is all that matters.

So onto the fun stuff, I haven't fallen in love with any bedding or anything for a boy and today finally I found one that I had seen almost a year ago and has been sold out since and guess what...today it was in stock so it was ordered!

For your viewing pleasures

FYI I'm not loving the quilt so I ordered the bumper and sheet only for right now, I'll eventually get the bedding skirt, curtains and changing pad cover which will give us a great starting point for the nursery

detail views
bumper

fitted sheet

What Brandon and I couldn't do

2010-01-24T16:07:00.000-08:00

Brandon and I have no painting talent and we are more of rush, rush since we have limited time together and painting isn't how we really like to spend it, so my Dad came to the rescue and painted the downstairs in 2 weeks! Here are some of the before and after pictures of the downstairs

Family room before

after

Formal dining room before

after (sorry about the crappy camera)

better views

Kitchen before

Kitchen after (excuse the mess...that's life while your doing repairs)

before

entry after

and some others...
entry

formal living room

guest bedroom

guest bathroom

stairs (not finished but you get the idea)

Best part of it all was when Brandon said y'all made it a home!

All is well

2009-12-30T23:13:00.000-08:00

After a horrible scare from the doctors of we need to see you asap, today we had another ultrasound done and baby is good. Me on the other hand, my liver is acting up again BUT it will not effect my pregnancy! Woohoo

Here is the little one

thank you all for the prayers and well wishes! I got more pictures and will post once I pull out my camera and not have to use my iPhone (since it just blurs them up) so y'all can see our little alien (that's what Gavin says it looks like)

Baby shopping once again

2009-12-26T12:32:00.001-08:00

I know that we were going to paint and paint some more this leave, but I got sick and the paint smell has become to overwhelming for me so poor Brandon has been stuck doing it himself. He has done Ethan's room and the game room. It's more than I truly thought would get done =)

Other than painting I had a doctors appointment where we found out everything is good with the baby and I'm actually a week behind than we thought so the new due date is July 7th

We did some last minute Christmas shopping and ended it with window shopping for the baby. Brandon told me to stop looking only at girl stuff but I guess I enjoy counting my chicks before they hatch. We decided we didn't want to jinx ourselves so we didn't buy anything but I haven't stopped looking online and I think I finally found the stroller and car seat and its so cute that I felt like sharing it with all of you

I know it's not very fitting for a boy but don't worry I have one picked out for a little man as well, I'm just not as in love with it as I am with this one

but it is still cute, huh? =)

Day 2

2009-12-20T10:44:00.000-08:00

Today is starting out a bit slower than I hoped but I woke up feeling like someone needed to take a pin needle to my head so it can pop and I can't stop sneezing!!! Sneezing is not only annoying but also painful! My poor pregnant body is already taking a beating but to have my ovaries feel like they are going to explode with each sneeze (TMI, but I wanted to explain to the best of my ability ;))It just needs to STOP!

Enough complaining onto our goal...the game room! Pics to come

P.S. after a night of drying Ethan's room looks much better than I thought it would and only parts of each wall (top 2 feet) need another coat and not everywhere like I thought would have to be repainted

Day 1 results

2009-12-19T20:53:00.000-08:00

We started in Ethan's room and maybe we should have re-thought that plan. His walls were pink and not thinking it would be an issue we went right ahead and started priming to only find out that the pink KEPT showing up! It took 3-4 coats to get it "good enough" for us and really I think that it needs another good coat to call it a day. The frustration really got to us and we changed our daily goals to one room a day. We still will be able to finish, maybe just not during Brandon's leave but luckily for me he is on stand down till after the holidays. Here is what we accomplished today...

Light pink

to white

On a better note, THE COWBOYS BEAT THE SAINTS!!!

Day 1

2009-12-19T09:42:00.001-08:00

Brandon has a week of leave and I'm excited to see what we'll get done with the house. Quick catch up to where we are, as soon as we moved in we painted the family room and kitchen and set those rooms up. Come to find out it needs a second coat and I didn't LOVE the paint color so I lost all motivation, plus Brandon was leaving for sea so not much as been finished.

The unfinished house is making me depressed and with Brandon's up coming deployment and knowing I will deliver while he is gone, it's just not a good situation. So we are planing on taking care of much of this problem this week (minus time for the Cowboy game and Christmas) I'll post pictures of our accomplishments (fingers crossed there are some!).

Today's goal...prime the kids rooms, I would say paint but the boys haven't nailed down how they want to do their rooms and since we don't know what we are having it would be pointless to paint the nursery...wish us luck!

Doggie delusion

2009-12-14T17:53:00.000-08:00

We have a cute chihuahua named Bella and like every other ankle bitter she believes she is bigger than she is, but the part that I find hilarious is that she will sniff her path whenever we go on walks. Not like normal dogs that sniff here and there but like a hound dog, from start to finish her nose is down and sniffing the way. The best is when she gets her nose deep into the grass.

Christmas 2009

2009-11-30T08:25:00.000-08:00

Here is what my boys asked for...

Flat screen and it can't be tiny...picky, picky

times 2, cause who shares anymore...right?

Ethan thinking he has all the friends in the world that a 7 year old needs an iPhone!

Gavin at least knowing he won't be calling anyone only wants an iPod touch!

This is what they will be getting, a nice sack of coal!

baby overload

2009-11-23T12:12:00.000-08:00

Like every pregnant women once you find out your pregnant you start looking at everything you might need. My obsession is bedding and since I really want a girl that has been 90% what I've been looking at. I know I'll eat crow for only looking at girl stuff and only thinking of girl names, but I'm willing to take the chance. Here is the bedding that I'm in love with at the moment and knowing me I'll change my mind 10 more times. Let me know what you think...

Bad Blogger!

2009-11-11T10:26:00.000-08:00

A lot has been going on here in the Miles' house the past month, the boys started their new school, Brandon spent a lot of time out to sea, and while trying to still get the house in order we ended up with some pipe drama. But everything is on track and we are off to Las Vegas tomorrow for Brandon's 30th.

Other than milestones, the boys got swine flu from their school mates and I thankfully only ended up with the flu, but my body wasn't recovering like I thought it should so it was suggested that I take a pregnancy test, this is the first result

The lighter line FREAKED me out and I didn't know what to make of it, so I decided to wait till the morning and take another one and this was it's result

A little darker but not enough to convince me or Brandon, so I ran back over to the store and decided to buy a digital test and that way it would straight up tell me pregnant or not pregnant, this is what I saw

WOW!! We're pregnant!! We made peace that it wasn't going to happen and stopped trying awhile back, I guess it was just meant to be and once the shock wears off it will be nice to come to terms that we are having another baby!!!

Once we get back from Vegas I'll start updated with the pictures of the events that I haven't blogged about in the past month.

Funded and Recorded

2009-10-07T08:56:00.001-07:00

The house was supposed to close forever ago and today it FINALLY did. The mystery HOA docs were located and sent and everything else was resigned with a more current date and we are DONE! The house is OURS!!!

I got the phone call last night from our lender and today from our broker (he called thinking he was telling me something I didn't already know) and I ran outside and kicked the for sell sign. Mature I know, but I was like take that foreclosure from hell! I know that sounds crazy but in my mind it made sense : )

Now we have tons of painting to do and thanks to my mom for the fridge and Brandon's dad for the washer and dryer, we'll only have to figure out how to come up with a lump sum for the blinds. Every room has huge windows and the great people that lived here before us took the blinds with them so all our neighbors can at anytime see where and what we are doing in the house. We cant even use our shower unless we want to put on a show.

Brandon asked me last night if now I could please stop stressing...I told him I wished but now I have Vegas to deal with, so maybe after that : )

Attention to details

2009-09-21T21:35:00.000-07:00

I have been so caught up in packing and signing TONS of paper work and making sure that they get back to our loan officer on time that I didn't really read over my syllabus in detail and come to find out I have a midterm in Political Science this week! So on top of moving and have escrow delays I now have to find time to study for my test.

Anyone want to switch lives for a week?

WE DID IT!!!

2009-09-18T19:58:00.001-07:00

Buying a home is STRESSFUL to say the least and buying a bank owned just added to it. After 2 1/2 months we signed our loan docs today! I really thought a few times that it wasn't going to happen and that we would have to start the process over and there were even a few times when I hoped that would happen, BUT it all worked out and we are HOMEOWNERS!!!

The appraisal added an extra surprise of an HOA and that has caused some drama and it has delayed the escrow part of signing (but that should be taken care of over the weekend) We have been packing for awhile now here (or I should say I have) and Tuesday is move day. I was in tears yesterday due to all the drama and now I'm am a bit giddy.

9 years and 3 kids Brandon and I are finally grown ups

no bueno

2009-09-04T20:26:00.000-07:00

We just relized that we close September 21 which is a Monday and our move out date is September 25 that Friday, that leaves ZERO weekend days for Brandon to help with the move! He requested the 27th and since it is a weekend they moved it to that Friday, GREAT! Not only are we moving an hour away but I'll be doing most of it myself!

Life

2009-09-01T16:28:00.000-07:00

Things around here are busy, busy, busy! I had made a master plan to clean the house, pack and stay on top of my school work and Brandon had to throw a curve ball at me. Housing wanted to do a pre-inspection which gave me 4 days instead of 4 weeks!

The more I started going through stuff the bigger the mess became. I had a keep, give away/sell, and trash pile in each and every room! Last night I came to the conclusion that the house wasn't going to be in move out condition for the pre-inspection and made peace with it. The manager came by today and walked through the downstairs, looked in the garage and said he was done and that the house was fine.

Over stressing again about small things, story of my life! At Least now I have a huge jump start into getting rid of everything I don't want to take with me to the house.

As far as closing goes, we were sent another set of documents that we have to sign and our lender called today and feels that should be everything so that we can have the 21st as our closing date. That is 3 weeks away! I can't even try to imagine I'll be a home owner in 3 weeks!

As of school, it's school. Homework sucks, math is hard and I read a great book for Political Science, They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky. We don't have to write a report on it till midterms, but the last book I was assigned to read was so difficult to get through that I thought I would start now and I ended up not being able to put it down. Guess I should start that paper now since we will be in Vegas when it is due.

Speaking of Vegas, I am getting more and more RSVP's (is that spelled right or even a word?) and I can't wait to see everyone! I counted 12 states that I sent invites to, Navy life brings friends from all over.

Money...ugh!!!

2009-08-24T22:11:00.000-07:00

Textbooks are ridiculous these days and since we are in the middle of escrow I can't use a student loan this semester and I really thought I was going to have to miss this semester. Brandon kept telling me that maybe it was for the best since we will be moving in the middle of the term and that way I'm not trying to study for midterms and unpack. After tons of pros and cons lists and prayer I decided to make it work and my lovely hero of a mother saved the day and is fronting me the money till next month after closing! So boo to textbooks and yeah to mom's who understand the value of education!

turning the corner

2009-08-20T11:03:00.000-07:00

We are six weeks out now from our offer being accepted and I FINALLY feel like the ball is rolling. There has been a few snags and a couple weeks of limbo, but the paperwork is with underwriter and we are 4 weeks out from closing!

It just sucks knowing we could have already been done if there wasn't drama, but that's life and everything else went so quickly something had to explode.

All in all we can see the finish line, we are 3/4th around the track and the last 100 meters should be a straight dash to the end.

Doggie dilemma

2009-08-15T12:13:00.000-07:00

Romo decided he isn't into kids so much so the adoption specialist suggested Screech. All I know is that he is 5 years old and a Hurricane Katrina survivor. We will be happy with any dog that is the perfect fit for our family. Here is the picture they sent me of Screech

The boys said he looked kinda sad, I told them it's because he wants a forever home

Best gift E-V-E-R!

2009-08-14T18:20:00.000-07:00

Brandon gave me the go ahead today to apply for Romo. If you don't know who Romo is, read up on him here

The lady who will go over our application is on vacation for a few more days, but that is okay since we can't even think about getting him until we move. Good ole' Navy housing doesn't allow pets.

Romo lives at Dog Town in Utah and we will pick him up after Brandon's party in Vegas (thanks Milie for the great plan) that is if we are approved. They first have to come and check out the house and make sure that there is a yard and room for him.

I'm SO excited it's been a long five months since I first saw his face and fell in love. I was for sure that he would be adopted by now, but like I said it's fate!

Brandon's 30th

2009-08-08T13:23:00.000-07:00

Plans are up over on the blog for Brandon's birthday, check them out here or click the link on the right

take that!

2009-07-28T12:48:00.000-07:00

Today is the day for Gavin to have his stitches removed and we all got ready and were about to head out. FYI, when we were discharged they said I can either come back to the ER and wait and they will remove them or I can go to my local clinic.

Just to be on the safe side I called ahead to our clinic and guess what they said? GO TO THE ER! I don't want to wait hours for the 10 seconds it takes to remove the stitches, so I did it myself!

Gavin was a trooper and only asked what was I cutting and then he only wanted to count along with me while we pulled them out. Amya had told the nurse practitioner that I am a nursing student so she gave me the suturing kit so I had all the right tools.

Thanks to her she save us a day wasted at the ER

Day in the ER

2009-07-23T17:42:00.000-07:00

I was upstairs when I heard Gavin and Ethan yelling (play yelling) at eachother and a few seconds later crying. This is what I see...

After cleaning it up I realize that it will need either a butterfly band-aid or glue to close tightly. I take him over to our local clinic in hopes they can do that so I don't have to go to the ER, but of course they send us to Balboa

While we wait during every ER wait I was telling myself it's not that bad and maybe we could just leave. Right when I was about to get up to leave they call our name and after all the in take they clean it better than I did and I realize how deep it is. Next is the steps it took us to get out of there

numbing

every 5 minutes adding more

after 20 minutes good to go

the first doc thought we could just glue it (classic corpsman judgement) while the nurse practitioner realized it needed to be stitched. They wrapped him up like a burrito thinking that he would kick and scream but my champ didn't move an inch

getting stitched up, they covered his eyes thinking it would help keep him still but he was watching through the gauze the entire time

All done

we go back next week to get the top layer of blue stitches out. crazy up close and personal picture but you see what I'm talking about

So that was our day, topped off with lovely San Diego traffic

Private

2009-07-18T23:19:00.000-07:00

I've been meaning to go private for some time and with all the major events going on right now I don't need all of the world knowing where we're moving, how the modern world's medical interventions are helping us along with baby #4, and how I did in school (who really wants to read about that anyways?)

But we do want our family and friends to keep updated on the rugrats and progress of everything...especially when it comes to the remolding, I am far from an interior designer and will need your opinion...desperately! Really we want y'all to know what's going on in our lives while y'all are spread throughout the US, so I don't have to repeat myself over and over : )

So, if you want to be added send me your email so your not left out. I'll be making the change within the next week or two.

"You're fired!"

2009-07-17T16:11:00.000-07:00

Our loan officer has been a pain in the ___! And today I got to fire her! It was so liberating, I have never felt better about a decision in my life. Without having Brandon around to vent to and emails not getting the same result, my poor mom and bestie (Milie) have been having to deal with me.

I thought maybe I should just step back and deal with it since I don't want to go through the process of another loan officer but I was having a terrible time dealing with paying someone who was treating me like crap. Our broker agreed and even though he has worked with her for years he called and simply said, " I have a question for you, how do you feel about Danielle?" Poor guy probally wasn't expecting me to completely unload, but I did. He said that he completely understood and agreed and will have another replacement without us having to deal with any b/s.

That's what you get for thinking you can treat people like that and take their money!

Good news

2009-07-17T11:35:00.000-07:00

I just received my last grade for summer semester and I got a 4.0! There is nothing sweeter than being able to take a normal 16 week semester and be able to still pull off an A in 5 weeks. The teachers don't give you less work, its WAY more. At some points I felt overloaded with everything else going on, but I did it.

And thanks to Milie for being my editor I was able to get 100% on my last two papers!

Escrow - husband = not a happy camper

2009-07-17T11:06:00.000-07:00

Having to deal with my lender is tough enough let alone Brandon being gone for all the paper work is stressing me. It's not fun buying a house with a piece of paper (power of attorney) compared to him actually being here.

Our broker swears things will only go up from here. Today should be the last b/s day, I'll believe it once the keys are handed over.

Brandon isn't just missing out on all the paper work, he is missing out on picking paint, carpet, flooring all the "fun" stuff. I can't make up my mind and Amya and I have been back and forth between Home Depot and Lowes and I think I finally have the carpet, flooring and paint for the living areas picked out.

I took this picture with my Iphone to get Milie's opinion so I'll take a better one later, this is just to give y'all an idea

The parents are trying to arrange to come down at closing to help with the move and pops can help with the flooring. I'm not sure if I'm more excited to get our keys or see the family or have the family see Brandon and I as "grown ups."

Escrow here we come

2009-07-11T19:38:00.000-07:00

We drove out to the house today to make a final decision if we want to go through with it, after a couple hours out there and a few walkthroughs Brandon and I decided to go with it. The house is sound but in need of some TLC, nothing some paint and cleaning can't fix. Here are a few of the pictures I took...Oh also a lot of family has been asking size and what not it is a 5 bedroom 3 bath and a little over 3100 square feet. We love the potential and the space for growth...okay back to pictures

3 car garage, single to the left double to the right

kitchen was MUCH bigger than we thought, we'll eventually go granite and stainless steel (we do have 30 years to upgrade lol)

and cabinets don't need replacing like I thought

windows in stairwell

dead but Brandon will fix

Doors to master bedroom

Master bath/ his and hers

2 sets of cabinets upstairs, these in the hallway and one in the loft

these are just a few, will post more once I take better ones (wasn't in my photographer mood today)

Research paper

2009-07-11T11:23:00.000-07:00

We had to write a 8 page (2 of the pages were the title page and the other was the works cited) research paper for history. He gave us this assignment right after the class started and of course me and my procrastination waited once again till the day it was due to start. Not only was the paper due that day but 5 chapters of questions were as well.

I took the kids to school came home and started on the questions. Only break I took was to watch the Michael Jackson Farewell. The first week of questions took me 4 hours and the second week 7 hours, Tuesday wasn't any different another 7 hours! After a quick dinner I started in with my paper.

My goal was to be done by 10-10:30 so that I could have Milie or my mom proof read it and have it submitted by the due time of 11:30. After a lot of nagging from Amya, Brandon, Milie and everyone else I finally finished and thankfully Milie took the time to proof it for me and caught a few errors. I submitted it and have been waiting for my grade all week, it came today and I got 100%

Good attitude paid off

2009-07-10T14:45:00.000-07:00

I had just sent our agent a new list of houses that we want to see tomorrow and then not even 10 minutes later he calls. I'm thinking it was to say he got the list and that we were good to go but it was that our offer was accepted!

These pictures are from the listing, we are headed up in the morning and I will post the ones I take in afternoon

Knocked down, but back up again

2009-07-10T11:59:00.000-07:00

My frustration is real but my determination is strong. Tomorrow we're headed back to Murrieta and this time we upped our limit. We have been really smart about our max and even though we are pre-approved and our agent has shown us some beauties we want to be realistic...I am a full time student and we don't want to put ourselves in a bind. No if's and's or but's will we put ourselves in a position will I have to quit school and work just to pay our mortgage.

We are in good running on one house, best and finals are in and it would be a SWEET deal if we get it. If not I found 3 more I really like, one even has a pool, that could be good and bad, but I'm going in with a better attitude so we'll see.

They win

2009-07-08T18:43:00.001-07:00

Screw it...we're moving into a condo here in San Diego, screw square feet, screw huge lots, and screw investors who have $300,000 cash laying around to buy up all the houses on the market!

Investors SUCK!

2009-07-06T21:49:00.000-07:00

All these investors and cash buyers are ruining our chances at buying! We have lost 4 great homes to cash buyers and were told that we just need to wait it out and that our house will come along...I agree but we all know Brandon and I aren't the most patient people and with everything else going on it almost too much for me...plus Brandon is OUT TO SEA AGAIN! House hunting is no fun alone and I'm second guessing myself to put in an offer since Brandon and I have seem to fall in love with different houses. Here is to hoping those bleeping investors don't like this one...

More pictures to come if everything works out, don't want to jinx ourselves

4th of July

2009-07-04T14:37:00.000-07:00

When you think of the 4th you think of BBQ's, picnics, hang out with family and friends, fireworks...well for us this year we have one sick little boy and another one on a plane. To top it all off Brandon and I woke up and decided to clean the house. Brandon had a wise idea that I would want to spend the next few weeks while he is out to sea setting up for a garage sale. Fun huh? In this heat, I'm not so sure about it.

Hope y'all have a wonderful 4th and are safe

History...blah

2009-06-30T17:14:00.000-07:00

Here is my history book

I've been looking forward to this history class. Brandon and I could be watching the history channel and then before we know it the day is over. But here is my complaint, this is a 5 week course and I have to read all 957 pages! That's 957 pages of text, not appendix and index crap all TEXT! This is my view of it

Without the flash so you get a better feel of it

I sit down to do my homework and my body literally hurts and aches! All I want to do is sleep when I pick up this book. Ugh...got to get back to reading

"Brandon" house VS. "My" house

2009-06-28T20:40:00.000-07:00

After a long and HOT weekend, Brandon and I fell in love with 2 different homes. We refer to them as the "Brandon" house and "My" house. Here are some pictures of Brandon's house...

Entry

Kitchen

"Wine" area, previous owners took the wine fridge with them, but since we don't drink we thought about putting a mini fridge in its place and filling it with kid drinks

Stairs in master bedroom that lead to retreat/loft area

Retreat/loft area

Back down to the master

loft/game room

laundry room (more cabinets on the other side)

Master bath/shower

Down fall for me, but Brandon is willing to "fix" it, the backyard

View of neighbor's yard, show that this one has potential (sorry about the screen)

Side yard

View from "hill" in the backyard

So that is "Brandon's" house, here is "My" house...

Kitchen

Side of Kitchen

Entry looking up

Stairs to the right

Are you for real?

2009-06-18T06:57:00.000-07:00

When I found out that the art department was on the other side of the campus, I figured it would be okay because they have lower parking and hopefully only art students park there. WRONG! Not only is it a prime spot, but you also get a crazy daily workout out cause I have to hike up and down these everyday! Twice Monday to Thursday, going and coming and for my lunch break.

Here is the daily up view...

And here is the down view...

Add my 20 pound art bag and this is just enough to make me loose my breath. I always leave to get to school a few minutes before anyone else cause I don't want them to see in going in cardiac arrest

How did you spend your first day of summer?

2009-05-27T12:11:00.000-07:00

After a lovely 3-day weekend with the family, Tuesday started my summer break (finished my soco final Saturday), Brandon had to go back to work, the boys had to go back to school since their year round, my bestie spent hers having packers pick up the boxes she had been living in over the weekend, and I spent mine...back on campus!

I tell myself every summer I'm taking it off, and once again I'm NOT! I start class again Monday and yesterday I had to buy my text books. My supply list for Design is a freaking page long! I didn't even have enough to cover it all! Not my idea of fun.

The night ended with the boys last baseball games, Gavin was asked to move up a league next year even though his age is to do tee ball again. And Ethan made the last play catching the ball to win the game earning him the game ball for the third time. Guess he went full circle with that, started the season out catching the first ball and ending it the same way.

We wrapped up the night with dinner with the Garrett's, it was Brandon's last chance to see them since he will be out to sea when they leave. He said, thank god we're seeing them in November or I might of cried. He said it jokingly, but I think he'll miss them. :) Thanks, DLA for a delicious dinner

Writer's block...Not today : )

2009-05-20T08:59:00.000-07:00

I always tend to have writers block so I procrastnate doing my papers till the day they are due! I know thats not the best habit, but it works for me. I start the paper as early in the day as I can and work on it all night if I have to.

Today I started my final paper for sociology and within a hour and a half I was done. Most of the time I get half way done and I have to walk away for a bit (hours some times) and then I can come back and finish it. I had planned my day of sitting here writing and now I'm not sure what to do with myself, guess I'll go help Milie pack her stuff since she is moving on me and going back to Washington, traitor! (but that's another blog)

Debbie downer

2009-05-18T22:29:00.000-07:00

I am SOOOO over this semester! I am almost done, one final film review and the final exam and I'm D-O-N-E! For whatever reason this has been the longest semester and it feels like it was never going to end.

My sociology teacher has the weirdest grading breakdown, and even though I have gotten 100% on everything, except ONE, that's right 1 quiz I will be lucky to pull a B! Why can't they are grade the same way so I know what I'm up for when I register for the class?

Sorry for my rant, had to get it out and Brandon is out to sea.

Time out, not so much

2009-05-17T21:52:00.000-07:00

Gavin has had a day of being a terror. He has been in and out of time out due to hitting, kicking, and sitting on Ethan's head. This last time he decided he had enough and passed out!

FRG with the USS Asheville

2009-05-17T21:42:00.000-07:00

I had my first FRG with the Asheville and other than being at Mission Beach park and everybody and their grandma deciding to have a birthday party there, it was fun. Not knowing anybody from the boat I was walking around looking for a group of women trying to figure out where I needed to go.

Once I found the gals and started the meeting it was different than what I am used to. They are to the point and come with a prepared agenda. Everything was covered and then they had a drawing for a blanket and guess what...I won!

Here is the blanket, kind of nice, huh?

Other than being long and getting sun burnt it was a great meeting and I'm excited for next months.

House hunting

2009-05-13T15:27:00.000-07:00

Brandon and I have been weighing our options of buying here in SoCal. We could get atleast twice as much back home for the price we pay and land! But Brandon is going to do his 20 and that means atleast 10 more years till we move back home.

We both don't want to wait 10+ years before we buy and now is the perfect timing! We have been looking for awhile and aren't sure if we want to buy somewhat close to base and get less house (and older!) or move north and get a "dream house" that comes along with a nightmare commute everyday for Brandon.

A few chiefs live north and all carpool down to Point Loma, Brandon could get in on this saving us greatly on gas and with his sea schedule he is pretty much gone till next summer allowing us to invest in a home rather than throw our BAH away living in housing.

Okay now that I got through all that...I think I found "the one!" I've seen it before but it was when we were kinda playing with the idea and Brandon was still wanting to do shore duty in Hawaii, now that we plan to stay here atleast for another 5 years (I'm hoping till he gets out) I keep going back to it.

I'm going next week for a showing to see if the pictures do it justice, till then here is a sneak peek for you

Summer School

2009-04-27T08:12:00.000-07:00

There is no better way than to spend San Diego's hot summer days than in school, right?

After an hour of SLOW Internet and being kicked off multiple times, I was finally able to register for my classes. I had planned on taking the summer off, but found a schedule that I like and will keep me on track with my time line for my degree.

I'll be taking 2 history classes (a requirement here in San Diego for a bachelors) and a fine art; which is the requirement for any photography classes.

Each class is only 5 weeks, but they all have different start dates, so it will be nice and keep me busy while Brandon is out to sea this summer and Milie will be already living in WA. Plus the kids go to year round school, so it will give us the same summer dates off now (very rare around here!)

Family day

2009-04-26T17:48:00.000-07:00

Today I had to set an alarm to wake me up to finish up a sociology test that was due this afternoon. But after I finished, Brandon thought that we should get out of the house and spend some time together. I had a return to make so we ended up making it a day at the mall.

Fashion Valley Mall is an outdoor mall and we walk it all the time just to get out, but they have a Coach store and I always have to stop and take a look. Today I got a new member of my coach family, here's Penelope isn't she a beauty?

The boys were really good, so we stopped at the sports store and Ethan got a Cowboys wallet and Gavin picked a Bangles hat (Brandon says if he wears it during football season hes disowning him)

By then we were starving and went to lunch. Ethan has become such an eater! Brandon and him almost ended up eating about the same amount. Ethan not only ate his food, but my taco and Gavin's as well!

We ended the afternoon at the motorcycle shop and looked around for a dirt bike for the boys. The fact they are the smallest 7 and 5 year olds ever does help! Poor kids have to wait till the grow some more before we can fit them on a bike.

It was a great day and so nice to not have to listen to X-box!

Easter fun

2009-04-16T14:35:00.000-07:00

This Easter kinda snuck up on me and before I knew it, I didn't have any plans and wasn't sure what I was going to do. Milie called and was in the same situation, so we decided to have dinner together.

They came over mid afternoon and the men went out to change Milie's brake pads while we cooked dinner and entertained the kids. We thought that rather the kids just getting their baskets we would turn it into a treasure hunt.

Here they are just before they started

Here's Alex reading the first clue

Michael was the only one tall enough to reach the next clue in the microwave

Next it lead them to the sand box, the only problem is that it is HUGE! Big enough to make a sand volleyball court

After a few holes dug and neighborhood kids trying to help Michael spotted it

The next clue took them to a clock, only problem was that we use either the cable box or the oven for that and since the TV wasn't on and the ham was in the oven we decided to put the clue under the boys alarm clock, but I couldn't find it! Maybe thats why I always have to go in and wake them up! The clue ended up under Amya's since hers was actually in its place

Ethan found it, but...It stumped them

Once they figured it out they were off running towards the mail box, but I have neighborhood kids walking in my house thinking they could play, so I had to shoo them off and didn't get any pictures. But that clue lead them to their baskets and here is what I found once I got the pesky kids out of my house

Here they are once they found the baskets

TREATS!!!

Boys baskets

After all that excitement dinner was almost done and we called in everyone to wash up and we all sat around the table and had ham, mashed potatoes, broccoli, rolls, Milie's potatoe salad and we tired out a new recipe of homemade mac n cheese. Milie also made a homemade cake for dessert; which came a few hours later but was yummy!

After the Garrett's left we sent the kids to the showers and cleaned up. We never did our egg hunt so we thought why not now. Brandon started hiding the eggs in such easy places that I made fun of him and told him to try again. Little did I know that he was right they couldn't find the eggs and we have to give clues and play hot and cold. Lesson learned ;) Overall, it was a great day!

Dates are decided

2009-04-09T18:04:00.000-07:00

For those that read my blog and don't check updates on Brandon's big 3-0 (my bad for not updating in 4 months!) I have now

Brandon's birthday weekend will be November 12-15th

Click the link to the right or click here

Any questions, call me

Spring break day 1, 2, & 3

2009-04-08T23:45:00.000-07:00

This spring break I wanted to make sure and not sit around and do nothing here so Monday we went and picked up the Garrett's and headed out to La Jolla Cove and hiked down Sunny Jim Cave. It was a quick 145 steps down and a few quick snap shots and then back up, so we went to the beach there and the kids had a blast.

Tuesday Milie and her kids drove out here and we had a pool day. It was freezing water in my opinion so I tanned while Milie read and did homework and the kids lasted an hour and a half or so before they started shivering. We then hung out while we waited for the husbands to get off work so we could drive to Sonic. They just open one out here and once we go there we saw the line of over a mile long of cars and changed our plans to Chili's.

Today we were going to head to the science museum but I didn't get my updated Omsi pass in the mail until today and it rained last night which always my excuse to have a lazy day. I know 3 days in and I already wanted to relax. Instead we started our spring cleaning here and once Brandon got home we rushed off to the Padre's game. It was military appreciation and they gave us free tickets and tee shirts. The boys had a blast and asked to go again. I think we will pay for our seats next time and sit closer, we were up in the nose bleed section. Free tickets though so I can't complain.

Keep ya updated with the rest of our week (month actually, kids get a month off for spring break since they go to year round school)

Found it

2009-04-05T16:45:00.001-07:00

My younger brother and sister played baseball/softball all throughout their lives and have been on teams that traveled the United States. They have played catcher FOREVER and the folks have forked over TONS of money on equipment. Levi had to quite due to major knee injuries and poor little princess Hannah ended up with catchers feet (stubs). Brandon and I have talked and we agree that we want the boys to play other positions, but since they are young and "trying" out each position to figure what works best for them we have let them play catcher and this is the cutest picture of Gavin "acting like Auntie Hannah" as he put it.

Here are a few other of him playing

The two catcher pictures were taking with my iPhone and these other two were taking with my camera, think it's time for a new one? ;) Poor thing is crapping out on me

Quick birthday post

2009-03-29T15:17:00.000-07:00

Last week was Ethan's 7th birthday and the weekend before we had his party. After sitting down with him and trying to figure out who he wanted to invite (all of his classroom, baseball team, and every neighborhood friend) there was too many to go ahead with the Chuck E Cheese plan cause that was $10 a kid. We ended up having it at the park across the street and it was fun.

There was about 25 kids that came, ran around and screamed and thank God it was only for 2 hours cause I'm not sure I could of handled much longer ;)! Uncle Mike flew in for the party (not really him and Brandon had already made plans for a get together it was a good excuse to stay all weekend though).

Gifts for days, he made out well

Gift time...

Gavin found one he wanted

The bike the grandparents all went in on

Can you tell what movie the "men" wanted to watch

Baseball (Gavin)

2009-03-29T15:05:00.000-07:00

I have a free moment and thought I would upload Gavin's baseball pictures (don't want him to feel left out lol)

Michael Jordan in the making...

I took the cutest pictures of Gavin playing catcher with my Iphone but can't seem to find where they uploaded to. I have to take my midterm and then I'll search for it

Baseball (Ethan)

2009-03-24T14:06:00.000-07:00

The kids have been playing baseball for about a month and have been having games every Saturday and either a Tuesday or Thursday. It has kept me busy cause you add in practice and homework time, I could scream! I had 2 days where I didn't have something scheduled on my calendar this month, 2 days!

Enough complaining here are some pictures from the boys games. I have already slacked on Ethan because in his league if we don't have a score keeper we forfeit the game, so guess who ended up doing it, yup ME!

Not the distance he was going for but it did the job

Run Ethan Run...

Whew, made it (Poor fella is so small compared to the other boys)

Ethan played pitcher (first half of the league is coach pitched) a line drive was hit his way and he stuck out his glove and caught the ball! First play of the season!

Making that play earned him the "Game Ball"

We're still working on the smile

Romo

2009-03-23T21:21:00.000-07:00

I know that I have other things to blog about (the boys baseball games, Ethan's birthday party, etc, etc...) but I wanted to introduce you to Romo. We have been looking at dogs for a few years but weren't sure on what breed and whatnot. I have been watching Dog Town for awhile now and fell for the stories of the dogs. While looking through the adoption availability list I saw this face and fell in love...

Now I have to convince Brandon to move to a house with an actual yard, wish me luck! Isn't it ironic that his name is Romo?! A house full of die hard Cowboy fans and a dog names Romo, perfect match, in my opinion :)

Lost Christmas pictures

2009-03-01T19:57:00.000-08:00

I finally unloaded my memory card and was cracking up at the pictures. I haven't cleared my card since early December or so. There were pictures from our Christmas trip back home to Texas and the ones of the rest stop had me going back and remembering that crazy night. Here are a few that without words simply explain what I mean.

Then the boys decided that they were going to call Papa Tom cause they wanted to go back to his house

And here is what I was doing WHILE I WAS DRIVING...

The dead bugs on the windshield was an extra bonus

What a way to keep my eyes on the road huh?

My child

2009-03-01T19:51:00.000-08:00

Gavin made an "about me" in class and this is what he came home with...

Lets take a closer look...

Red hair? I asked why didn't he use brown and he said too many others used it so he wanted to be different : )

And this is how I know it's my child...

Text messaging

2009-02-25T15:24:00.000-08:00

For over a year I have had a Blackberry and with my plan came 1500 text messages. I never went over and all was fine when last month I checked my usage and realized that I was close to being over. I turned off my emails cause each email counts as a text and told everyone no more texting for the next week.

It was a LONG week, I didn't notice how often I used my text messages, a quick could you stop at the store on your way home to Brandon and a good morning to Milie and Angie which follows with a quick chat back and forth with them.

After the week was over and my cycle started over I switched to the family plan text messaging which was only $5 bucks more than I was going to pay to change mine to unlimited since we were paying $5 for Brandon to have 200 a month.

Within the first week I checked and I was already at 1500 and a few days before my cycle was to end I checked and I was over 5600 messages! Is there such a thing as texting anonymous? Cause I might need to look into it.

For Valentines Brandon and I actually went out on a date this year (though it was the night before, Milie and I swapped date nights) At dinner he told me I could get an iphone or a coach wallet. He wasn't able to go before hand and buy me something cause he was out to sea, if he had I would have gotten the wallet so it's a good thing he didn't have the time cause I've been eyeballing the iphone for months now and dropping hints so that's what I chose.

I'm not use to the touch screen yet so maybe this month my texting wont be as many ;)

Poor little Gavin

2009-02-25T14:49:00.001-08:00

I just got home from school and don't feel like studying for my chemistry test that I have tomorrow and thought I would get in a quick blog; good plan huh? ; )

A month ago the boys had their 6 month check up at the dentist and Gavin had to get some work done. I knew this going in cause I saw a cavity; which lead to me making the dentist appointment in the first place. But anyways they ask to give him nitrous oxide due to his age and they fear that he wouldn't sit still. I tell them that he is a champ and to just fill the cavity.

It was a bit deeper than thought and he needed (the secret word while we are at the dentist)...a shot. They again ask to give him the gas and I tell them that he will be fine for it as long as they don't tell him that's what he is getting. I was right and he did just fine. The dentist was very impressed.

With the side of his mouth numbed Gavin kept pulling at his lip and messing with it. By the time I got home (10 minute drive at most) he had turned into Hannibal Lector and a chunk of his lip was gone and there was blood all over. I cleaned it up and iced it and realize that it was going to turn into a mess. The next morning the inside of over half his lip was white and disgusting. I bought some Abreva and applied it all day along with chap stick.

Over the next few days it was getting better when we went to Ralphs for some quick grocery shopping and I'm not sure exactly what happened, Gavin blames Ethan, Ethan says he fell on his own, but Gavin did a face dive into the curb. Again blood all over and a new cut but he also ripped the healing part of his lip in half.

We start the process of Abreva, chap stick and ice all over and while brushing his teeth the next day I noticed that his gums ever bruised, they were a deep purple/blackish. I felt bad for the little fella cause he is shy already and now he had this mess going on.

That following Sunday we were getting ready to go to Milie's for my weekly dinner over there and to watch Big Love when I noticed his front tooth was turning dark, kinda gray/blackish. I called my mom and she told me that my brother Jeremy did the same thing as a child and killed the tooth at the root and he had a black tooth.

I'm a bit vain when it comes to my kids and I started to freak out! I didn't want that for him and especially his front tooth! That night I couldn't sleep and had nightmares of his tooth so I skipped school the next day and took him into the dentist and they said that he had killed the root but the good thing was that it didn't harm the permanent tooth.

I was SO bummed and wanted to cry (we all know that I'm NOT an emotional person) but this made me so sad. The dentist explained that it turned black because it was the blood draining into the tooth and I saw the black starting to form on the back side of his tooth.

For the next few days I brushed his teeth for him, cause he still had the bruise and wasn't doing such a good job and cause I prayed and prayed that it wouldn't die and that the x-rays were wrong. I also made him used Listerine and guess what.....

The tooth has turned back white and that black spot isn't there anymore. I don't know how it went from being 100% dead to not anymore, but I thank God for it. It is still a slightly different color but you have to look closely to notice and I'll take that any day over a black tooth!

*I tired to take a picture of it, but Gavin wouldn't let me

Bad blogger, bad!

2009-02-25T11:09:00.001-08:00

This morning is a prime example of how crazy my life has been with school, kids, baseball practices, Brandon on shift work, etc, etc...

I wake up late to see that it is 7:14am, we leave the house by 7:15 to make it to school on time. I jump up grab the kids clothes and while they are waking up I dress them and shove them off to use the bathroom. I then run after them and brush their teeth for them while they are half awake standing there and wash their faces in hopes it will help. I tell them to put their shoes on while I grab a jacket cause I'm still in my pj's and don't have the time to change myself. I throw jackets on them and grab their backpacks and rush out the door. Once I dropped them off I tell them to run cause I heard the bell ring. I look at the clock and it says 7:24, thankfully it was the first bell. But I did all that in 10 minutes flat!

That's my life right now...go, go, go! I have much to blog about but haven't found the time to do so. The boys opening ceremonies is this Saturday so I will at least get that in. Also Gavin did a nose dive onto the sidewalk and KILLED his tooth! There is a story there...all to come as soon as I find a free minute.

1000 miles behind....

2009-02-06T11:16:00.000-08:00

It's the end of the second week back to school and I already feel 1000 miles behind. My schedule didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked and after some math drama Milie made a very good point, "Sara maybe you just aren't meant to take math this semester?" I mean it was thing after thing and she says, "How many hints to do you need?" I completely agreed and ended up dropping math and I feel like a new college freshman again, excited about school. That is except for biology. It is such a foreign language to me and you would think that I would enjoy biology being a nursing major but I really don't. Chemistry on the other hand I love and can't get enough of, but biology when we are having class lectures and everyone is involved I just sit there dumbfounded, lost and confused even more than when I walked into the room.

I came home yesterday and did some serious catching up and ended the night with a dose of Hell's Kitchen (I heart that show!) While I was watching it I realized that the only other thing I've watched this week was American Idol (who doesn't?) I have gone from a stay at home mother who's highlight of her day was what happened on some reality TV show to not watching any but 2 shows a week. Brandon would be so proud if he wasn't out to sea ;)

Ouch!!!

2009-02-03T16:22:00.000-08:00

Today on my way to school I was the third or so car back in line at the light, when the light turned green we all went along with a bicycle rider. The first car turned into an auto shop on the right not seeing the kid on the bicycle and HIT HIM!!! The other cars in front of me looked and kept on driving. I pulled over and ask the boy if he was alright and by that time the driver was out and YELLING at him that it was his fault!

I ask the boy if he wants me to call 911 and he says please. I call and typical 911 nowadays I was answered with an auto machine and put on hold. The driver goes to his car and I wasn't sure what he was doing and before he could drive off I hang up and run over and take a picture of his license plate. He saw me do this and gets out again and I call 911 back.

This time I was answered when I called and the operator could hear the man yelling at not only the boy now but also me! He kept telling me to leave and mine my own business! They send the firefighter, ambulance, and the cops!

While we are waiting for the cops to get there the guy's old man or someone continues to get into my face and the guy driving is freaking out. I keep telling him he is going about it all wrong and he should of at least asked the kid if he was alright and say sorry; which he never did.

The poor kid says to me I'm just a 20 year old trying to go to college and I can't afford a car so I ride my bicycle here. He was so freaked out and then to have the guy yelling at him on top of all that was crazy!

The guy who hit him had a lot of choice words, my favorite..."oh I know what this is, its cause I'm Mexican." That got a giggle out of me cause who says that after THEY hit someone? Then he tries to pay the kid money to just leave and the kid tells him no and the guy goes off again.

The boy who was hit kept saying sorry to me cause he thought I was going to be late for class, but I go at least an hour early to find parking, so I was good to go. The cops get there and I tell her what I saw and she sends me on my way.

What a way to start the day huh?

Round 3

2009-01-28T16:42:00.000-08:00

When Hannah found out that little miss Hailey was coming along we came up with a game plan so that it wasn't going to be the end of the world. I registered her with fafsa, got her a pin, filled out the financial aid and applied to Clark on her behalf.

This little devil deserves a mommy with a good education, right?

Those eyes and curls makes me want to go home and steal her (know that I would NEVER break the law) but come on she's a cute baby!

Levi on the other hand decided to take a break after high school and work full time and save up some money. After a long overdue break and hearing mom and I repetitively ask when is he going to college he asked me to do the same for him. So once again I filled out fafsa, got him a pin, did the financial aid and applied to Clark on his behalf.

I felt the need to put up a cute one of him too!

Today, my older brother Jeremy calls me and he unfortunately has been dealt a hard blow thanks to the recession and was laid off! Knowing that is might happened he went out and got himself a second job and is still able to provide for his family. Not liking his options right now he has decided to go to school as well. So for the third time I got him a pin, applied for financial aid and to Clark on his behalf.

With all this education blogging I came across my graduation pictures and I'm not sure what to say. For a good laugh I decided t post them, have fun!

First of all, I could pass for a ghost and my goodness look at those nails!!!! (I was going through my Mary J Blige phase)

This is what happens when you have a mother that never teaches you how to apply makeup (didn't start wearing it till after high school!)

Now I'm going to go sit in the corner and ponder if my mother really loved me. What mother lets her child go out like that especially on their graduation!

I'm in for it

2009-01-26T18:05:00.000-08:00

Tonight I set the boys up to do their homework as I was doing mine (first day and already swamped!) Ethan of course whines and says he doesn't want to do any and will do it at school. I tell him to deal with it and do what he's told and then I go to start dinner.

I come back to Ethan laughing and playing with his football. I ask him why isn't he doing his homework and he says it's getting done, I look over and GAVIN'S DOING IT for him!

First grade and already having someone else do his homework for him, ALREADY!!!!

It's that time again...

2009-01-25T20:35:00.001-08:00

Tomorrow I'm back in school for another fun 16 weeks! This winter break flew by, with Brandon actually being in for Christmas and being able to go to Texas was a miracle in itself.

Reality has hit back hard; I have to go to campus this semester and I'm not really looking forward to it but I'm not willing to self teach myself Biology and Chemistry! Thankful I got into Math and Sociology online. Just those four class are 16 credits and of course Brandon is out to sea to miss in all the joys of the first week of class.

I'm not looking forward to the parking; my campus has been doing a remodel of the parking forever and they still are not finished! Let's just hope that tonight my sleeping pills actually do their job and I get a full nights of rest.

A day to remember

2009-01-24T11:18:00.000-08:00

I have never been so proud to be an American then I was January 20th at 9:02am PST

Watching the inauguration was one of the greatest moments in my life. I sat in front of the TV from 6:30am till I finally passed out after the Neighborhood Ball. I am not an emotional person when it comes to crying but all day I had tears running down my face.

It was not only because we sworn in our first African American President, but I believe in change and I believe President Obama is the man that can lead us to that change.

We Are The Ones

2009-01-19T00:29:00.001-08:00

After watching We Are One: the Obama Inaugural Celebration I am so excited for Tuesday!

Thank you Mimi

2009-01-15T18:15:00.000-08:00

Dear Mimi,

Love, Ethan and Gavin

Mimi has come to the rescue and now the boys are going to be playing baseball this season! Thank you so much, they are so excited and we promise all the pictures you could ask for ;-)

Texas living!

2009-01-09T19:47:00.000-08:00

Coming from a huge family and spending every free moment with cousins I have been playing with the idea of going to Texas for Brandon's next deployment!

In reality we will probally be doing a tour in Washington so we will be a 2 hour drive at most away from my family, but after spending time in Texas and realizing how much the boys want to be around family I think it will be worth it.

The only things we will have to question is the cost of moving back and forth verse staying put and my school. Brandon will be gone for the summer so the boys will be okay. We'll see what we can come up with! ;-)

So jealous!!!

2009-01-09T15:41:00.000-08:00

While in Texas for Christmas we had Christmas dinner over at my sister-in-law's and I was helping peel the potatoes and cut them up when it came to the mashing she was able to put her new Christmas present to use...

KitchenAid 4.5-QT. Classic Stand Mixer

Once I saw it I instantly got jealous cause I've been asking Brandon forever for one, but I want one to match my kitchen but also I like the Artisan...

KitchenAid Artisan 5-Qt. Stand Mixer

The one in the in the background of the accessorises shows what color I want; Blue Willow

I also like this Martha Stewart one and she has other pieces to make my kitchen match, but will end up getting the one above so everything flows ;-) (I know I have issues about things like that)

Little League

2009-01-09T13:42:00.000-08:00

Our first year here we moved half way into baseball season so they added Ethan to a team free of charge. The following year when we went to sign up the boys it was crazy expensive of almost $150 per child! I called my mom to ask if that was what it cost back at home for us to play and she said it keeps going up each year. That is ridiculous to me. Sadly the boys didn't end up playing last year.

Kids need an outlet, an activity to get them active and away from video games and a healthy environment! Then they go and try to break the bank! We really want the boys to play this year so we are depending on grandparent donations! The walk-in registration is this weekend, so I know its cutting it short, so be prepared for a phone call ;-) Thanks Mom and Dad (Miles' & Garcia's)

UPDATE: Due to Brandon being in the military and registering both boys we get extra discounts!!! $10 for having 2 children play and $20 off each child for our service to good ole' USA, sweet huh? That's a saving of $50 bucks! Guess we'll put that towards the equipment they will need. Now we just have to come up with $260 by tomorrow! ;-)

Clarification

2009-01-02T08:43:00.000-08:00

When I posted the entry about the smoking inside restaurants it was not a stab at the town we were staying in, it was clearly at the action of grown adults choosing to smoke inside around children.

I want to make my point very clear that Branodn and I do not dislike Corsicana, Texas! Some people are made for country living Brandon and I are not. And regardless of whatever town we are in Brandon always makes jokes to calling Corsicana Redneck hell to calling San Diego communist California and even calling paradise Hawaii the armpit of the pacific! That's Brandon, everyone knows to not take him serious and the best response to it is to throw it right back at him. Milie has mastered this task and I can just sit there for however long it goes on and listen to them go back and forth.

My intentions where to never hurt anyone's feelings, but I strongly feel that it is disgusting that grown adults think about there urges over the well being of children. Southern hospitality is no joke in Texas, there are not many places one can go and respect is still a value upheld, my point was where is the value of well being?

I'm sorry if I came across of offending a town because of their laws, I did not mean to. Regardless if its in a small town, huge city, or someones personal car they should not be smoking in front of children! That's my point and I'm sticking to it ;-)

We're home

2009-01-02T08:08:00.000-08:00

After 28 hours we finally made it home! This was the longest drive for me EVER! I've driven back and forth from San Diego to Dallas 5 or 6 times and from San Diego to Vancouver 6 or 7 times and have never taken as long as map quest has said it would take.

We left Texas later than planned due to the Cowboy game being pushed back to the later game. That was a horrible game and a waste of time to stay and watch, but we're not going to get into that. On top of leaving late we were also sick. I don't normally get sick and when I do it tends to wipe me out. Around 2am I wake Brandon up and tell him I cant drive anymore and he tires to take over, but we are coughing like crazy and poor Ethan sounds like he is about to puke every time he has a coughing attack, so we decided to pull over and rest for an hour or so, but this only leads to more drama cause we can't get comfortable and it was 30 degrees outside and it was useless. I call my mom to have her talk to me while I attempt to drive again and she says we sound like death and suggest that we get a hotel room.

We attempt to pull over again this time Brandon puts the car seats in the back and lays down with Ethan in the middle row and me and Gavin are huddled up in the passenger seat, after way too much tossing and turning and laughing so hard it caused all of us to cough so much it hurt we gave in and went to a hotel room. Thankfully mom was still up (it was 2am her time) she looked up what town we were about to go into and found us a hotel room. We passed out as soon as we got there and slept for a solid 5 hours!

With all the pulling over and the hotel stop we lost about 7 hours of driving, but it was very much needed. After 24 hours into the drive back home we thought we would call the folks and let them know we are still alive and driving and come to find out my mother-in-law has pneumonia and had to go to the hostipal that day! We continue on our way and whenever I needed an ounce of reality I would call Milie and get a good laugh in to push through the next couple hundred miles.

It should be told that when it comes to driving everyone knows I always drive, I'm a control freak when it comes to driving and I DO NOT make a good passenger and I tend to drive the whole way, but going to Texas I wanted to keep my schedule and not stay up all night so Brandon drove his fare share of about 40% on the way home with me being sick you would think he would have stepped up, but he was tired and had just dealt with the Cowboys so he drove maybe 150 miles total out of the 1400+ we had to do to get home! ;-) Him being such a gentleman asked if I wanted him to drive the last 45 minutes home, we just laughed!

By the time we got home we walked in not unloading anything and the boys feel asleep on the couches and I went straight to my bed and texted a few people that we made it and tired to go to sleep, but that was when I heard Brandon calling my name!

Not only was the internet turned off so was the TV! Our military housing comes with free internet service and while we were gone they switched companies and we hadn't gotten the password to the new one so we were locked out. About TV lets just say direct TV and I aren't friends right now! We got home Monday night and today is Friday and for the past 3 days I've spent a good 2+ hours on the phone with them daily! I'm actually waiting for them right now cause after all the b/s they had put us through the are giving us a free upgrade with HD! Brandon keeps reminding me to be thankful, but who wants to argue while they are sick? Not me.

All in all, it was a crazy experience to get home, but the trip was worth it. I will do another entry later about the trip.

First Amendment

2008-12-27T20:16:00.000-08:00

Freedom of Speech!

I come from a family of open minded, speak at will individuals but I've learned to filter what I say to not hurt any one's feelings. I use my blog to respectfully say what I have to say and vent when needed.

Everyone knows if your in one of my pictures or with me on a day where something happens that I feel is blog worthy then I do just that.

I do not apologize for who I am or for what I stand for. This trip has taught me a lot about my family and how thankful I am that we are the type of people we are. I have truly learned that there is a reason for everything and I'm very happy and content with my life in San Diego and grateful for a husband who busts his ass at work so I'm able to go to school full time and take care of the children.

When it comes to family and military life there is a bond between other military families that fills the void and I couldn't have better friends to help me through the tough and happy times.

Point in being I'm ever so thankful that MY husband fights for MY right to freedom of everything!

Christmas 2008

2008-12-27T19:36:00.000-08:00

As I've said before we came to Texas this Christmas and were able to spend it with Brandon's side of the family. His kid sister Alli had Christmas dinner over at her house and along with the Miles' she also had her in-laws over bringing the total to 23 I believe.

I being sick didn't take my normal amount of pictures but did mange to get a few. Here is what I got...

Here is the opening of gifts

Here is the fried turkey (they had already cut up the smoked and baked)

Here is Alli's nativity set. Brandon says tell me whats wrong (those of you who know him know what he means ;-))

I didn't really get any other ones, sorry. I did however get some of Christmas morning but that is another post to come.

Thank you for Smoking

2008-12-22T23:43:00.000-08:00

We are on vacation in Texas for the holidays and yesterday we went out to lunch with Brandon's Grandma Darlene, mom Cindy, sister Alli and her family. We went to a Mexican restaurant and I saw smoke rising and I figured it was from the fajitas, but Amya asks me why are they smoking? I tell her there is noway anyone is smoking INSIDE right where we are eating, but sure enough she was right!

Come to find out it is still legal here in no mans land Corsicana, Texas to smoke inside! I find it absolutely disgusting! Who wants to eat their meal in a room filled with smoke? Also what got me was that they only sit large parties on the smoking side since it is the only area large enough. When its a large party chances are there will be children in the group, why sit them in that crap?

I try my best to not complain about others smoking since I walk away or I try to avoid it at all cost, but lately it seems to be everywhere I am! I have lost at least a couple years off my life due to second hand smoke, so Thank you for smoking...NOT!

This was the table right next to this little man...

cousin Adian

yes Aunt Alli and Uncle Jimmy submitted to the freezing weather and smoked inside

Fall semester 2008

2008-12-22T23:28:00.001-08:00

This past semester was a test of my dedication to my education! I have been through the ringer and back with my English teacher and he had to go and run his mouth even on my last paper. He had the balls to tell me that online classes are not for me, little does he know that I've been doing online for the past 4 semester and have been on honor roll every semesters! There are not any clean kind words I can say about this man so I'm taking my C and I'm never going to think about him again!

Luckily I pulled an A in math so my overall GPA is still a 3.5! I'm a bit worried having gone through what I have and I'm about to go into a semester of 16 credits, it's only 4 classes, but math is no joke, biology and chemistry not my cup of tea, and sociology I actually think will be interesting.

I'm so glad that I have a 4 week break and then back to the good ole' books, also this will be my last semester with Milie since she will be transferring to WA, at least that is their plan (they haven't gotten orders) and I don't want them too ;-)! I have come up with a better study plan and have higher goals for this next semester, wish me luck!

Magic socks

2008-12-19T17:52:00.000-08:00

Most know that the Milner hang out is in their garage where not only is there a pool table, dart board, TV and music but we sit around and hang out. It's a good time. I need to take a picture before they move, I see it as the parents "bar" :-) Good fun while the kids are inside playing.

The only down fall is it gets cold, especially lately with winter finally coming to San Diego. You have to plan going over there, Angie has mastered it by bringing a blanket every time now.

The other night Brandon was so smart and wore flip flops. Chris had to run over to the boat for something so Brandon had him grab his shoes. In need of socks Chris returned with these wonders...

Brandon rocking the socks

As he says, don't be jealous

English Nightmare!

2008-12-12T09:17:00.000-08:00

Not to toot my own horn, but I have been on honor roll since I started school over a year ago and this semester I have met my match with my English teacher. Those close to me know what I'm talking about. This is the sugar coated quick version...

Every assignment is wrong, he wants it done one way so I take the bad grade and the next time around I change my format to the new way he says he wants it done and I get the comments back "why don't you follow directions?" WHATEVER I bite my tongue and try to do exactly what he wants each assignment but it is never right. I'm barley passing this class; actually I'm not at this point. When it comes to his grading he doesn't just grade the assignment he goes on to tell me that I'll never make it in school and I'm not college level and the latest is why do I even bother going to college and that I'm closed minded!

I don't know what to do, almost 75% of the people in the class has dropped it, if that doesn't tell him something I don't know what will. For Thanksgiving he sent out an email saying he has nothing to be thankful for in this class because it hasn't turned out the way he planned and that it saddens him that we don't participate as much as he would like. He does these post and he states his opinion and gives us the option to comment back- none of us do because he just writes back and tears your opinion apart. He required us to read an awful book that I didn't like and when it came time to reviewing it I wrote exactly how I felt and he judged my opinion and that's when he said I was closed minded and why even bother going to college and trying to learn!

I have held back all semester but I finally wrote him back (actually I wrote him back after he called me schizophic) this time I didn't play nice I told him how I felt and I called and asked for an appointment with a conculer with him. I just hope they can get me in before Wednesday of next week cause that is the end of the semester and when we leave for Texas.

Oh I CAN NOT wait to write my review on him and his class!!!!

Night of hell

2008-12-09T23:06:00.000-08:00

Once again I procrastinated to the last minute. I had a paper due last night and around 9pm I thought I should finally start working on it. After an hour all I needed was to add a reference and turn it in, but this is when the drama started! My Internet went out! I tired to reset the modem and router, no good! I tired to call Time Warner, busy! I text Milie to see if she was up around 10:30 cause I was willing to drive all the way out to Chula Vista to turn this assignment in. I need the points to pull off a decent grade. She doesn't respond and I continue trying to fix the problem, but nothing is working.

Here is where it gets "fun" I drive over to Starbucks, closed! I tired to log on from outside hoping they left their connection on, no go! Barnes and Noble, closed same thing, no connection. It's almost 11:30pm now and I have 29 minutes to turn this in or I lose a whole letter grade! I call Brandon and ask for his opinion cause I am thinking of driving out to Milie's anyways and just sitting outside her house and logging on that way. I know I'm able to log on to her wireless cause I've done it before. Brandon says I'm crazy for being willing to drive that far just to turn it in, so I head back over by my house and drive through the neighborhood trying to log onto some one's wireless connection. Finally a few blocks from my house I'm able to do so, but there isn't anywhere to park and I feel like a freak just sitting in the middle of the road trying to do homework in my car! I drive back over by my house and try to log on again and my own connection says it's available.

I have about 12 minutes to get it turned in at this point so I try to log on and it again says no connection! I finally plug the land line in and hope that it works and it does! I turn in the unfinished assignment with 3 minutes to spare and then add the reference and email my teacher a b/s story that I forgot to save and here is the link with all the saved parts (meaning the FINISHED assignment). I've been having issues with my router and I guess I'm in need of getting a better one. If anyone knows which brand to buy please give me the heads up cause my cheap netgear isn't doing it's job!

Black Friday and then some

2008-11-30T13:35:00.000-08:00

After getting home from Thanksgiving dinner I got online to get a few ideas of what to shop for and noticed that Kohl's opened at 4am not 5 like Milie and I thought. Also some of the stores offered the deals online so I went ahead and order a few things so I wouldn't have to go to those stores (Best Buy mainly, that would have been CRAZY) I finally laid down around 1:30am and knew if I went to sleep I wouldn't get up so I tried to watch TV and did the dosing in and out. Finally around 3 I walked the house to wake myself up and I text Milie shortly after to tell her that I was coming earlier than planned. Thank goodness she was game cause I would have for sure passed out if I would have had to wait any longer. I get to her place a little after 4 and we head to Kohl's.

The line to check out is already starting to form and we head straight for the sheets cause online I saw that they had 800 thread count on sale for $59.99 from $159.99, once I get up there and actually feel them I realize that I like the 600 thread count better and they are only $39.99! I almost bought some cheap sheets a few weeks back because Brandon and I are in grave need of new ones! We also found a great deal on gifts for the grandparents (at least that who I bought them for). We weren't in line too long, nothing like the year I went with my mom!

After Kohl's we went to Target, when I was driving into the parking lot we noticed the line that was starting to wrap around the building! Milie jumped out and I went off to find a parking place. I saw a lone shopping cart and parked next to it and jumped out to claim my great find! Once I find Milie in line the gal behind us started talking up a storm. I've never been that person who can just start up a conversation with anyone, but luckily she wasn't too bad. Her boyfriend actually came in handy later. Milie and him wanted the same toy so once we got in they took off and he cleared the path for Milie to get what she needed. He also pointed out to us where another toy was that we thought was already gone.

We again found some awesome deals and check out at Target was on point! They had it set up and everything was going smoothly! I also love that on their receipt it said how much you saved and I save almost $100 bucks! Love that!

After Target we went to Game Stop, that little store had the WORST line of all! It took FOREVER and by that point my tiredness was falling upon me and Milie and I were hungry!!!! Once we finally get to the front of the line I realize that I was supposed to pick a free game so I had to get out of line to pick one and I kinda felt bad that I got to cut in line once I had it (okay I didn't feel bad at all, I had waited for a life time before hand). Once we got out of there we had to eat so we went to I hop, the same I hop we went to last week before Twilight. It was just as good this time around again. After breakfast we decided to try KB Toys and we head off to the unknown. I'm not from Chula Vista and Milie doesn't cross the other side of 805 (inside joke) I look up the address on my phone and realize it isn't too far way and we brace ourselves to cross over.

Once we finally find it Milie is at the point of laughing uncontrollably due to lack of sleep and we laugh our way to the store. KB Toys isn't what I remember it to be. I only found a toy each for the boys but we did find Cinnabon. They were offering a sale too; 6 or 4 for $10! Why would you choose 4 instead of 6 I don't get, we asked and they didn't have a good answer. The guy was a bit off! We got our 6 to take home to the families and we go to Macy's there I find Brandon a gift and by that time we both feel the bed calling our names. We stop at Starbucks so that I can make the drive home and pick up lunch for Milie and her family.

On the way home I planned to pick up lunch for my family too, but Brandon wanted me to come pick them up and we would go eat lunch and then go see Bolt. I come home and end up passing out on the floor! He let me sleep and by dinner time woke me up to see if I planned on getting up at all. I hadn't at that point but thought I should at least feed them. After dinner we all pass out! Thankfully staying up and sleeping all day didn't mess with my schedule!

Saturday morning I wake up to not being able to move at all! I had done something to my back awhile ago and I just deal with it, but it was throbbing! Brandon's friend calls and asks him to meet him for lunch, so Brandon and the kids go to do that and I head off to get a message! Since Brandon wasn't game for rubbing it for the 1000th time I take advantage of one of those first time deals. After the message she says to ice my back nightly and that it is really jacked up. So last night that is exactly what I did, I iced till it melted!

All in all I had a great 4 day weekend, Thanksgiving at Angie's, black Friday shopping with Milie, message and finished up Christmas shopping (while Brandon took the boys to see Bolt) and today we are relaxing!

Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T13:20:00.001-08:00

I know I've been slacking on the posts, but I finally had time off of school and took full advantage of it! For Thanksgiving this year we went to Angie's again and they smoked the turkey again! We actually had plans to stop by the Miliner's also, but Chris ended up really sick and couldn't even work. In the Military missing work cause of being sick is a big deal! To put it in prospective Brandon has been in 10 years and has never had a sick day. The only time he has gotten off was when he had his molars pulled and a few months back when he has surgery. Since it's the holiday season and I have finals coming up we didn't want to chance getting sick so we ended up only going to Angie's.

Milie is from Washington and Angie is from Oregon so watching the Cowboys beat the Seahawks was Brandon's high light! Thank goodness the "Badhawks" are playing like crap this year cause Brandon isn't a fun guy to be around when the Cowboys aren't playing well. We ended up eating after the game, and after the feast us girls played phase 10 while the guys watched tv and relaxed. After helping cleaning up we got home about 11pm! It was a great night which lead to me staying up all night so that Milie and I could go "Black Friday" shopping. But that is the next post.

I forgot my camera, I know I NEVER leave home without it but I took it out to charge it and forgot to put it back, so I took a few pictures with Angie's and now I'm playing the waiting game to see when I actually get them from her ;-) I'll post them once I get them...I don't know why I say that cause I never do, does anyone? A month or 2 later post pictures that were left out and now are completely random? ;-)

The Mormon's are coming

2008-11-25T16:14:00.000-08:00

I am always asked questions about being Mormon and this Saturday at 3:30pm you can either come to my house to ask your own questions since I never have the right answers or tell me your questions and I will be taking notes so I can finally put a rest to the interragations ;-)

OPEN INVITE TO ALL WHO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE MISSIONARY'S!

Twilight

2008-11-25T14:08:00.000-08:00

We all know that I have been counting down the days till Twilight and I was even thinking of going to the midnight showing, but 1. Milie wouldn't go with me and she even threatened to not go see it with me if I had already seen it ;-) 2. I finally am back on normal sleeping hours and didn't want to chance messing that up. So Friday morning after dropping off the kids at school I headed out to Chula Vista and went to pick up Milie. We had planned on going to breakfast and then the 10:15am showing. Norma called and said she didn't have to work so she wanted to join us. We tell her to meet up at i hop and head off to buy the tickets just in case.

Norma ended up going the wrong way and we had to box up her breakfast to go so we wouldn't be late. Once we get to the theater it is in one of the smaller ones. I was kinda shocked but oh well. I went into the movie trying not to think about all the reviews that I had heard such as something was just missing to it is today's youth version of Titanic. I thought over all it was good, not great like the Titanic, but then again it didn't have the same kind of budget. I also wasn't all for the casting, the Cullen's didn't fit and I didn't like how they made them foster couples. But because I love the series as much as I do I hope that they make the rest and that they are given a better budget.

Oh can we talk about the piggy back ride up the hill. Milie's reaction was to die for and I could not stop laughing! I became one of those people that are laughing at nothing and won't stop. I had to think of other thoughts and keep taking deep breaths! Come on, they could have came up with something better. Even though it was hallirious!

Getting there

2008-11-15T06:36:00.001-08:00

Everyone knows I am a night owl but for the past 4+ weeks I have had a HORRIABLE case of insomnia. It went from going to bed at 2 to 4 then 5 then 6 to staying up to take the kids to school coming home and doing a few things and going to sleep around 8 then 9 to 10am and waking up when I needed to pick the kids up from school! On weekend I would go to bed once the kids were just waking up. I tired all my tricks I had up my sleeve to get back on schedule like skipping a night of sleep and staying up the next day to sleep that night. I ended up sleeping that night and then the next day as well to make up for lost time I guess. It completely backfired on me cause I was sleeping every other day and it was not only taking it's toll on my family life but my health and my well being.

The other night I did it again and the next day Milie called me at 8pm and it woke me up. I had enough! I tired to stay up till the following evening time, but didn't last and fell asleep around dinner time and woke up a little after midnight. I decided to stay awake till the next night (last night). Last night I fell asleep around 9pm and slept till 3:30am. I've been awake since then and I hope that tonight I will go to bed around 10 and sleep till 5. I know that isn't the best of schedule, but if I can sleep those hours it would make such a difference in my life right now. Wish me luck so I can be normal again! ;-)

It's A New Day

2008-11-07T22:08:00.001-08:00

Will.i.am

What can you say

2008-11-05T22:38:00.000-08:00

A couple weeks ago I ordered some movies online for the kids as stocking stuffers and yesterday I got a package that I had no idea what it was. I always grab the mail on the way home from picking up the kids since it's not right in front of the house it is actually good distance around the corner and down the road. Back to the story, the kids were in the car when I opened the package and it ended up being the movies so my plan was ruined.

Tonight they asked to watch

and I said it was fine, I actually sat down and watched it with them cause I've never seen it myself. I've listened to the CD more times than I ever wanted too and Amya can sign every song without missing a single word. After it was over I put the kids to bed and guess what I did?

I posted myself up on the couch and watched

ALL BY MYSELF! I even caught myself tapping my foot to the beat in one of the songs! I don't even know what to say, I'm just going to end it there...

Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video

2008-11-04T23:46:00.001-08:00

Yes We Can

2008-11-04T23:42:00.001-08:00

Here it is Milie