Milspouse Friday Fill-in

Yay its Friday!! I got this from Wife of a Sailor @ http://wifeofasailor.com/! Every Friday she posts a milspouse fill-in, so I thought I would try it out..enjoy!!

1. What is your spouse’s best feature?


Ooh I have to pick just one?? Hmm I would have to say its his arms! He gives the best hugs ever and I feel so safe and warm when Im wrapped in them. His sexy lips come in a very close second hehe


2. Mild, Medium or Hot sauce?

Mild or medium, depending on the dish or my current taste. Kevin is the same way!



3. What is the worst uniform you had to wear for a job?

Oh this ones easy. It was Busch Gardens, a theme park I live down the road from. The first year I worked there (1997) I had to wear a white shirt with printed "suspenders" on it, and green culotts, which arent shorts or a skirt, but like REALLY wide shorts. It was part of my "costume" and it was awful

4. You have invisible powers… where is the first place you would go?

A remote island somewhere with Kevin, and not have to worry about anything but relaxing :) I may also head over to the Oval Office, just to see what really goes on in there

5. What’s left on your “to do” list for this summer?

PCS to Hawaii!!!!! Ahhh at least theres only one month to go :)


                                                 

Super Day and a suprise BBQ

I meant to blog at the end of the day yesterday but I was just so tired I only thought of one thing after my evening shower:bed!! So I decided to combine yesterdays and todays in one blog. Yesterday I got up around 630 and went to work with Kevin. His duty for the day was to man a Huey helicopter display for Ft Eustis' annual Super Day event. Basically him and another one of his co workers answered questions about the aircraft and allowed people to climb in and play with the controls, take pictures, etc. So I decided to hang out with Kevin and keep him company for the day. It was over 100 degrees yesterday but it wasnt so bad, we were under some trees and under a tent, and had plenty of water. I actually enjoyed it!. Whenever Kevin was busy, I just read one of my e-books on my phone...gosh I love that phone *sigh* By the time we got home, all we wanted to do was eat dinner, take a shower, relax and head to bed! Slept pretty good last night too, the heat will do that to ya haha.

Today, I woke up at 730 and headed to step class (as usual haha). Felt great this morning, because normal Saturday mornings I feel like Im a quarter step behind everyone in the class and I cant put more than 2 moves together at a time-- yeah, Im usually completely useless in step class on Saturday lol. But today I was hitting every step and had amazing energy! Yesterday was my brothers birthday, so my mom decided to throw a BBQ to celebrate his birthday. Or so she told us thats what it was for! Kevin and I get to her house and come around back and were suprised with a going away Luau BBQ!! Haha sneaky mom :) I just thought it was going to be an afternoon of hanging with my neice and nephew, my bro, his gf, and her two girls, as well as my mom and stepdad. Well all of those people were there but they were throwing the party for us! We had a great time (even though we all had to come inside after a bit-- the heat index was 112 this afternoon with like a gazillion percent humidity!) and ate a bunch of food! Kinda bummed that I didnt know it was a luau--I would have worn my grass skirt and my coconut boobs hehe. Nevertheless it was a good time and I enjoyed spending time with the kids and my family. My mom even sent Kevin and I home with 2 of my grandads Hawaiian music records he got in Hawaii years ago as well as a letter holder from Hawaii they purchased in 1968.  Im excited to take a couple of mementos from my grandad with me on the move :) I sure am going to miss my family when we go...They better start saving for tickets to Hawaii so I can see them!! So now we are back home and about to take a shower and go to bed! Yeah its only 10pm, but Im tired! Buenos Noches!

                                                                      

Zumba....and some stuff, and things....

This morning I went to the gym and tried Zumba! It was so fun! Zumba is pretty much dancing while working the entire body. All done to the beat of latin music! My hip was screaming at me but I didnt care, I had a great time! There is a 4 week class starting next Wednesday, so I may go ahead and sign up. Its 20 bucks for all 4 weeks. Pfft, should be included in my gym membership fees if you ask me but oh well the class is totally worth it! Ive been going to the gym alot more lately and its starting to show :) I went to step class Monday night and Yesterday morning, plus the Zumba class this morning. Was going to go to step class again tonight but I just didnt feel like it. Will be going tomorrow morning though!

Have I mentioned I love love love my new HTC Evo? Wait....Im in love with my phone! Is that odd?? While I do love Kevin waaaay more of course, that phone is coming in a close second haha. Ive spent the last 2 days tinkering around with it for hours and it does so much. Definitely the best purchase Ive made in awhile! Its suprisingly easy to navigate and its going to come in really handy for our big move coming up!

Not much else has happened around our way the last couple of days. Other than Monday night after step, when this guy approached me in our apartment complex and tried to accuse Kevin of backing into his car. He got a little miffed when I explained to him that theres no possible way that could have happened based on where his scratch is and Kevins scratch is..They are parked next to a curb and Kevins right next to a tree...the guy has a teenage daughter and I think she hit Kevin as she was pulling out and the man doesnt want his insurance to go up so he blamed Kevin. Pissed me off and I told him so. I took plenty of pictures so if the guy decides to go forward with his "claim" we will be ready!

As far as the move I still need to make some phone calls about the cars and the cats and whatnot but everything is going pretty good now. I did try to email and fill out a form for housing to contact me, but they still havent...oh well if I dont get an email or call by tomorrow, I will call myself. Well, I played hooky from the gym, so I think I will use this time to lay in bed, relax, and hopefully go to sleep early!


                                                     

Monday Monday...

Well I did it. I finally got the "newest best phone out there"! Ive always gotten the cool phone months if not a year after release, but today I got the HTC Evo 4G...and its everything its hyped up to be :-) The cameras are awesome (yeah, theres TWO), the speed is amazing, its all touch screen (which I admit, I was kinda scared of hehe) and its all around great! I give it an around the world and back snap!! Heres a picture of it!

                                             

 Kevin also got a new phone yesterday! He got the Droid X and that phone is equally as kick ass as mine! We dumped alot of money on two new phones in the last 2 days but it was worth it and we dont have to worry about having to get them in Hawaii (where the tax and the price is much higher I bet). Kevin spoils me so much and always makes sure Im happy :) Im not materialistic by any means, but I mentioned that I thought the Evo was really sweet and I would love to have a phone like that and Kevin said, "well I got the phone I wanted, you should get the one you want too". Ahhhh so amazing my husband is *sigh*. Plus I was eligible for a full upgrade, so I got it for like $145.00 including a mail in rebate and the trade in of my Pre...The only downside to the Evo is that my contacts did not carry over (PITA) from my palm pre and I didnt notice it until I had reset the pre completely...arrrghhhh. Whateva, I dont mind re-adding folks into the phone!

MORE great news! We had our appointment with transportation Friday and Today, and our stuff will be picked up @ the beginning of next month for express and end of month for HHG... Finally, now I can plan. I like knowing whats coming next and preparing for it. Its alot less stressful, ya know? So the next few weeks are going to consist of going to the gym and going thru boxes of stuff and determining whats important and what can be donated to the fine folks @ Goodwill! Thank goodness we dont have alot of stuff, but I bet on the return trip from Hawaii, we will have twice the amount (and maybe a kid or two if everything goes to plan hehe).

So our weekend was great, today has been even better, and Im so very blessed to have the things in life I want and the best husband in the world! Tomorrow is going to be a busy day,with step class to start, and I have to call a million places to get preparing for this move! So I think Im going to head to bed and cuddle with Kevin...I hope his headache has gone away, poor guy hes been getting real bad headaches lately. I think its because of the heat. I just hope he feels better! Buenos Noches!!

                                                               

Happy Friday!!

So good news yesterday, Finally got our orders!!!!! Im so excited because now we can actually create some kind of schedule and plans for this move. We have been waiting very patiently for these orders so this is really awesome news for us. Today we have an appointment with transportation and I have so many questions that I need to ask so hopefully they arent too annoyed with me by the end of the appointment haha. I think that once the Jeep is shipped and our HHG are picked up its really going to sink in that we are moving over 5000 miles away from home. Im really excited, but Im also anxious and nervous too. Im really excited that Im moving with Kevin, I couldnt imagine living this adventure with anyone else. I am kinda nervous about making new friends though. I consider myself to be a friendly person and I do like meeting new people, but Im afraid I may seem standoffish to some. That scares me because Im not intending to be standoffish at all! Im just really shy until I get to know someone. Im hoping I make new friends quickly over there! I wish some of my friends can just come to Hawaii with us haha. That would be sweet :)

Ive been thinking about throwing some kind of farewell party/get together before we leave Virginia. I know my mom is going to want to have a BBQ or something, and I know my friends are probably going to want to go out a few times before we leave, but I was thinking about doing something special as well. Something that shows my and Kevins appreciation and love for all of our friends here! Hmmmm we will see what happens!

Not much going on today other than the transportation appointment, but hopefully that gets the ball rolling for other appointments we need to make. Will probably write some more tonight Idk
                                         

                                                     

Alexander Jay Hamilton

Well here he is, my newest nephew!! Alexander Jay Hamilton was born last night at 936pm, weighed in at 8 lbs 11 ozs and 21 1/2 inches long! Congrats to my SIL Kacey and BIL Jason! Alex joins big sisters Ashlyn and Jaelyn...Heres a couple of pics

What a cutie!! Kevin and I cannot wait to meet him when we go to Ohio in September :-)

                                                             

Hump Day Happenings

I can never think of any clever titles haha. Today was pretty good, got up at 1030 (I know I cant believe I slept in that late either!) and by 1120 I was out the door and on my way to pick up lunch for Kevin. I got a chance to stop by the newer gym on post just to check it out and see where I would be going for step class. Im glad I finally found an exercise I can do with minimal impact on my hip! I considered trying out their step class tomorrow, but its payday therefore lots of running around to do. Oh well, step will have to wait till Friday :) I will just go to my gym early in the morning tomorrow, ha we will see how that goes! I did go to step class tonight though! We received a call today from Tripler Medical Center in Hawaii!! They said they approved and gave my paperwork to the travel office over there and those folks are supposed to send it to the travel office on Eustis. Kevin is going to call in the morning and hopefully we will have orders in hand by tomorrow afternoon. Good thing because we have an appointment with transportation Friday afternoon and if we dont have orders we have to reschedule the appointment. God only knows how long that will be. So Im hoping everything gets done tomorrow.
Well, he is here!!! Alexander Jay Hamilton was born at 936 this evening! My SIL was in labor literally all day (poor girl), but Im happy to report that mom and baby are doing just fine! So Im an aunt...again :-) This now brings the grand total, including neices and nephews by marriage, to 5 neices and 4 nephews! I love them all so very much! I will try to post a new pic of Alex asap! Im off to bed, long day tomorrow.      
                                          

Still no orders *sigh*, and ANOTHER new nephew coming soon!

So we already know that we are going to Hawaii, that is definitely happening. However, in order for us to go, I had to be enrolled in EFMP and Hawaii was to approve the paperwork so that I can get command sponsored and live over there with Kevin. We still havent gotten the response from Hawaii, thus havent recieved orders. His report date is 1st week of September so we are way behind in preparing for this move. We still have to make arrangements to get our things picked up and the Jeep shipped. Im really stressing about this because we are running out of time and if Kevin gets his orders too late, one of two things will happen: A) He has to report on his scheduled date and I have to stay here until things are taken care of, or B) He will get his orders deferred and we dont get to go until later. Im really wanting to travel with my husband to our new duty station. I want to be part of the house selection process and it will just be easier. However, Im excited about Hawaii too and really dont want to wait longer than September. I know it sounds like Im just complaining, but its just frustrating. Okay vent over :-)

Meanwhile its been a few weeks since Ive blogged. I really had every intention of blogging regularly since Im not working right now, but Ive been lazy and procrastinating on it. What can I say, I was born 2 days late, so Im a born procrastinator lol. I will be making every effort to keep up with this as much as I can!

Kevin and I have been married for one month yesterday! I know we are still fresh newlyweds but things are great and he is just the best person for me. Im so happy to have him in my life!! Sometimes I feel bad because Im not working, and although I take care of the house and errands and such, I still dont feel like Im contributing. I really do  appreciate how hard Kevin works to take care of me and our little furbabies but I just feel so guilty for not working. He assures me its okay, but I still get that sour feeling in my stomach when he goes back to work from lunch knowing that he just wants to stay home and relax, or when he has to get up at 5am but I get to sleep in.  He always bends over backwards to make me happy, but sometimes I dont feel like Im making him equally happy (although he constantly says I do). Thats another reason I want to hurry up and get to Hawaii, so I can look for a job and contribute more.

In happier news, my SIL is going to be induced tomorrow, and I should have yet another brand new nephew by the end of the day hopefully!! His name will be Alexander and I absolutely cannot wait to meet him!! Two of my SIL's have (or will have tomorrow I should say) given birth in the last 2 months. This has given me the baby fever like nobodys business haha. Kevin and I talked about starting a family before we got married and we were going to wait since we are going to Hawaii, but with me being almost 30 and him almost 33, we dont want to wait any longer. So after a wonderful conversation 4th of July weekend, we have decided to officially start trying to have a baby!! I couldnt be more excited and Im hoping sooner rather than later, so wish us luck!! I have started charting my cycles and Ive read Taking Charge of Your Fertility, which is a wonderful and informative book! Sooooo maybe a pregnancy announcement in just a few weeks?? Maybe! We will see what happens, but its going to be fun trying hehe ;-)