We're having so much fun!Monday, December 24, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tomorrow seems so far away
...yet I can almost reach out and touch it!
Today Mom and I:
Made peanut butter balls.
(it was at this time that we decided that we should make kiss cookies)
so we went to Wal-mart.
We then got the makings for kiss cookies, peppermint bark, AND dipped pretzels.
And that is how we spent our day. Cooking and enjoying one another's company. It was definitely fun.
After that, I cleaned out my car (it NEEDED it). It looks so nice now and it smells good too! Had dinner and then went to Walmart to get the last bit of Christmas presents for my mom from my dad. He wanted to get her these pjs she wanted, but felt awkward shopping in that section. Anyway, I got out of there as quickly as possible because people are getting CRAZY now that it's almost Christmas. I don't need to be around the crazies.
Washed my car at the carwash after that. Machine wouldn't take my $5, so the guy working just took it and then upgraded my wash. (SWEET)
Picked up my check from work. Glad I'm not working today at all. It's been a nice relaxing day.
Tomorrow will be a day of waiting. I'll wait around for Ben to call and tell me when to leave to make it to where I'm picking him up on time. Gotta drive about 20 minutes into Arkansas to pick Landon up. Hopefully I'll get some gas money for going out of my way.
And then I get to see Ben, and all will be right with the world.
I guess I'm going to have to get used to this...not seeing him for 3 months at a time. I am going to be a military wife, and sometimes these things happen. I don't like it, but I'll have to deal.
This was the last time I saw him. Standing outside the BX in Texas.
Today Mom and I:
Made peanut butter balls.
(it was at this time that we decided that we should make kiss cookies)
so we went to Wal-mart.
We then got the makings for kiss cookies, peppermint bark, AND dipped pretzels.
And that is how we spent our day. Cooking and enjoying one another's company. It was definitely fun.
After that, I cleaned out my car (it NEEDED it). It looks so nice now and it smells good too! Had dinner and then went to Walmart to get the last bit of Christmas presents for my mom from my dad. He wanted to get her these pjs she wanted, but felt awkward shopping in that section. Anyway, I got out of there as quickly as possible because people are getting CRAZY now that it's almost Christmas. I don't need to be around the crazies.
Washed my car at the carwash after that. Machine wouldn't take my $5, so the guy working just took it and then upgraded my wash. (SWEET)
Picked up my check from work. Glad I'm not working today at all. It's been a nice relaxing day.
Tomorrow will be a day of waiting. I'll wait around for Ben to call and tell me when to leave to make it to where I'm picking him up on time. Gotta drive about 20 minutes into Arkansas to pick Landon up. Hopefully I'll get some gas money for going out of my way.
And then I get to see Ben, and all will be right with the world.
I guess I'm going to have to get used to this...not seeing him for 3 months at a time. I am going to be a military wife, and sometimes these things happen. I don't like it, but I'll have to deal.
This was the last time I saw him. Standing outside the BX in Texas.
Tomorrow, he comes home.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
boy oh boy
2 more days! I barely got to talk to Ben at all today. He had a long day with ceremonies and stuff and I had to work tonight. Then I couldn't really talk to him tonight because I got off work and he was too tired to stay up. It sucks that we don't really get to talk much. Even though we both are available to talk, we are still busy at night. Blah.
Had to work with dipshit manager again tonight. He tried to blame his computer malfunction on the fact that I clocked in. Hmmm...it just doesn't work like that. Then he messed it all up again and couldn't blame it on me.
booya, biatch.
Mom and I are making peanut butter balls and we're decorating for Christmas tomorrow.
YAY!
smooches.
Had to work with dipshit manager again tonight. He tried to blame his computer malfunction on the fact that I clocked in. Hmmm...it just doesn't work like that. Then he messed it all up again and couldn't blame it on me.
booya, biatch.
Mom and I are making peanut butter balls and we're decorating for Christmas tomorrow.
YAY!
smooches.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
oh my darlin
I just love days that I don't have to work and can go out and see friends.
Went to lunch with a friend today, he paid. It was nice getting out and visiting with him. I haven't really had many opportunities lately to see friends or to just have time to have fun. I know I will in the coming weeks with Ben though! I'm going up to the city in about an hour to see a friend and get his GPS system. Probably get some new music from him on my ipod and visit with them before I come back.
I've been watching the first season of Heroes. It's actually really good. I meant to back when it came out so I could start watching it when it was on TV, but I didn't get a chance to, going back to school every week.
Dad got mom one of those VCR combos that can record VHS onto DVDs. She's been wanting one for YEARS. I know she's going to be one happy camper.
I'm off to go get ready.
smooches.
Went to lunch with a friend today, he paid. It was nice getting out and visiting with him. I haven't really had many opportunities lately to see friends or to just have time to have fun. I know I will in the coming weeks with Ben though! I'm going up to the city in about an hour to see a friend and get his GPS system. Probably get some new music from him on my ipod and visit with them before I come back.
I've been watching the first season of Heroes. It's actually really good. I meant to back when it came out so I could start watching it when it was on TV, but I didn't get a chance to, going back to school every week.
Dad got mom one of those VCR combos that can record VHS onto DVDs. She's been wanting one for YEARS. I know she's going to be one happy camper.
I'm off to go get ready.
smooches.
Monday, December 17, 2007
4 more days.
Ok, so I have some good news. I got a message from my friend Keysa (who runs another video store like the one I work at) and she told me that she's going to be the new manager of the store I work at!!!
No more of my stupid jackass manager, no more of getting picked on, no more being nervous when I go into work. I'm so pumped! I've disliked this guy from the moment I met him and he has done nothing but making working there miserable for me. I couldn't do anything about it either, because he's boinking the district manager.
4 more days til I see my honey. This is going to be a long 4 days!
No more of my stupid jackass manager, no more of getting picked on, no more being nervous when I go into work. I'm so pumped! I've disliked this guy from the moment I met him and he has done nothing but making working there miserable for me. I couldn't do anything about it either, because he's boinking the district manager.
4 more days til I see my honey. This is going to be a long 4 days!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Long day
What a long day!
It wouldn't have been so bad if my manager wouldn't have been there today. He came in early too! He nit-picks at EVERYTHING. I mean, I've been working there for four years and he thinks he needs to explain how to do every single little thing. Blah. Also, he kept me there for 2 hours after I was supposed to leave. Yeah. And the entire time, he complained about the snow and how he had to drive home (75 miles) in it. Ok, so stop complaining and get a job near your own damn house. It's that easy.
I'm staying in tonight. I was going to go out with Chip and Chelsea, but I'm exhausted and the roads are slick. It was bad enough driving home from I AM LEGEND last night in the snow on the 2 lane twisty highway at 1:30am. Jack was up though, and waited up to make sure I made it home OK. Talked to Ben on the way home too to keep myself alert. I had just woken up when it was time to leave. I would have stayed the night at Jake's house, but I had to work this morning.
Still waiting to hear back from Landon's friend Cody on whether or not me, Eli, and Chelsea will be able to stay the night in Arkansas the night before Ben gets there. It'll just make things easier doing that, rather than driving 12 hours total in a day. eh. no fun. But I'll do it!
I think I'm going to work on making some wedding stuff tonight. I'm making the boxes that the cards will go in. Afterwards, we can just use them to store stuff in. I've got quite a few boxes to make, and I'm feeling crafty.
I'm off.
smooches.
It wouldn't have been so bad if my manager wouldn't have been there today. He came in early too! He nit-picks at EVERYTHING. I mean, I've been working there for four years and he thinks he needs to explain how to do every single little thing. Blah. Also, he kept me there for 2 hours after I was supposed to leave. Yeah. And the entire time, he complained about the snow and how he had to drive home (75 miles) in it. Ok, so stop complaining and get a job near your own damn house. It's that easy.
I'm staying in tonight. I was going to go out with Chip and Chelsea, but I'm exhausted and the roads are slick. It was bad enough driving home from I AM LEGEND last night in the snow on the 2 lane twisty highway at 1:30am. Jack was up though, and waited up to make sure I made it home OK. Talked to Ben on the way home too to keep myself alert. I had just woken up when it was time to leave. I would have stayed the night at Jake's house, but I had to work this morning.
Still waiting to hear back from Landon's friend Cody on whether or not me, Eli, and Chelsea will be able to stay the night in Arkansas the night before Ben gets there. It'll just make things easier doing that, rather than driving 12 hours total in a day. eh. no fun. But I'll do it!
I think I'm going to work on making some wedding stuff tonight. I'm making the boxes that the cards will go in. Afterwards, we can just use them to store stuff in. I've got quite a few boxes to make, and I'm feeling crafty.
I'm off.
smooches.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Exactly one week.
Only one more week and I'll be in Ben's arms. It feels great to know that we survived almost three months without seeing one another because when we do see one another, it'll be that much sweeter.
I'm going to see I AM LEGEND tonight, I think at an IMAX theater. I've never been to the IMAX, so I'm kind of excited.
Saw The Golden Compass last night and it was very good. It didn't end how the book ended though, it stopped about one or two chapters short. I'm sure that's how they'll open up the next movie. I hope it doesn't end with this one. I know people have been protesting it, but it's still publicity. I just think that the Catholic Church (the biggest boycotters) has enough to worry about with the continuing sex scandals against children to worry about a movie. It doesn't even come right out and say "church", "God", or anything like that. Maybe if parents would start building their children's minds up instead of allowing them to be weak and susceptible to everything, and then making excuses and blaming outside sources, there wouldn't be a need for boycotting. It's absurd to think that parents don't want their kids to see this movie because they're afraid that it'll turn them against God. Kids are most likely not going to make that connection. They're going to see people who have animals as a part of them, fighting to save kids, and giant armored bears. They're not going to make the deep intellectual connections. It's just like Harry Potter. People thought their kids would think that witches and wizards were real just because of a fantasy story. Goodness gracious! If my mom brought me up to be weak and believe everything I saw on tv or a video game, I'd think mermaids were real and that you could go to Oz by getting swept up in a tornado. I'd belive that elephants could fly and animals could talk. I'd really think that magic carpets existed and that there was a place called Neverland that really did exist. But I didn't. My mom taught me to tell the difference between real life and pretend. I think that's the problem with today's youth. Kids are having kids...that's one problem, so they don't have the experience from life to teach them the right things. Ok. But another fault is the parents who blame everything on music/tv/video games/internet/etc... Ok, why didn't they do their jobs as parents and monitor that behavior? Don't let your kids listen/watch violent things if you think it's harmful. Don't wait until they have shot up a school or done some other violent act and then pretend like everything was fine until they saw/heard something through some media. No. That's not right. Take some responsibility as a parent and teach your kids right from wrong early and these things won't be a problem. My childhood was INCREDIBLY hard and I've been through things that I wouldn't wish on anyone else, but I'm still a happy, well adjusted person because I learned to pull through things instead of blaming what I do on other things or people. My mom made me take responsibility for myself. At the time, it was hard, but I'm thankful for it in the long run. I know what's right and wrong. I know the difference between real and fake, and I can take full responsibility for my actions.
Alright, I am done ranting about that. I just get tired of the weak society that we live in sometime. I wish people would just own up and learn from mistakes! I wish parents would take an active role in their kids' lives instead of plopping them in front of some media device and then blaming the device when the kid grows up maladjusted.
I'm gonna go get ready for the movie tonight!
smooches.
I'm going to see I AM LEGEND tonight, I think at an IMAX theater. I've never been to the IMAX, so I'm kind of excited.
Saw The Golden Compass last night and it was very good. It didn't end how the book ended though, it stopped about one or two chapters short. I'm sure that's how they'll open up the next movie. I hope it doesn't end with this one. I know people have been protesting it, but it's still publicity. I just think that the Catholic Church (the biggest boycotters) has enough to worry about with the continuing sex scandals against children to worry about a movie. It doesn't even come right out and say "church", "God", or anything like that. Maybe if parents would start building their children's minds up instead of allowing them to be weak and susceptible to everything, and then making excuses and blaming outside sources, there wouldn't be a need for boycotting. It's absurd to think that parents don't want their kids to see this movie because they're afraid that it'll turn them against God. Kids are most likely not going to make that connection. They're going to see people who have animals as a part of them, fighting to save kids, and giant armored bears. They're not going to make the deep intellectual connections. It's just like Harry Potter. People thought their kids would think that witches and wizards were real just because of a fantasy story. Goodness gracious! If my mom brought me up to be weak and believe everything I saw on tv or a video game, I'd think mermaids were real and that you could go to Oz by getting swept up in a tornado. I'd belive that elephants could fly and animals could talk. I'd really think that magic carpets existed and that there was a place called Neverland that really did exist. But I didn't. My mom taught me to tell the difference between real life and pretend. I think that's the problem with today's youth. Kids are having kids...that's one problem, so they don't have the experience from life to teach them the right things. Ok. But another fault is the parents who blame everything on music/tv/video games/internet/etc... Ok, why didn't they do their jobs as parents and monitor that behavior? Don't let your kids listen/watch violent things if you think it's harmful. Don't wait until they have shot up a school or done some other violent act and then pretend like everything was fine until they saw/heard something through some media. No. That's not right. Take some responsibility as a parent and teach your kids right from wrong early and these things won't be a problem. My childhood was INCREDIBLY hard and I've been through things that I wouldn't wish on anyone else, but I'm still a happy, well adjusted person because I learned to pull through things instead of blaming what I do on other things or people. My mom made me take responsibility for myself. At the time, it was hard, but I'm thankful for it in the long run. I know what's right and wrong. I know the difference between real and fake, and I can take full responsibility for my actions.
Alright, I am done ranting about that. I just get tired of the weak society that we live in sometime. I wish people would just own up and learn from mistakes! I wish parents would take an active role in their kids' lives instead of plopping them in front of some media device and then blaming the device when the kid grows up maladjusted.
I'm gonna go get ready for the movie tonight!
smooches.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Old friend
Today I was surfing around facebook and found a guy with the same name as a friend from bible camp/church a long time ago. This was back when I lived in the city and was involved in AWANA as a child. I emailed him asking him if he had ever gone to that certain church or bible camp and he replied back and said that he had, but didn't quite remember me.
He may not remember me, and that's fine. If I hadn't recognized his name, I wouldn't have ever thought that he was the same person. I remember him only because he was the only person that befriended me at church. The other girls were mean to me, and one of them liked him. I remember one day when one of the girls had taken my necklace and was taunting me with it, and he stepped in and told her off and got my necklace back. We hung out for the rest of church camp. It was a long time ago, and I haven't thought about that in years, but it's just amazing that one person did one little thing, and I remembered it all these years. It just goes to show that the little things do mean something.
Maybe I found his facebook because I was supposed to. Maybe something that I am going to do or should do or have done has impacted someone like that. I really hope so. I'd like to know that I made a difference in someone's life like that. I'm not good when I'm by myself in a group situation. I'm out of my comfort zone and I have a hard time relating to people sometimes. So when he stepped in and stopped them from torturing me (stupid vicious girls), I felt like I had been saved!
I'm debating whether or not to tell him. I'm not going to be all mushy or anything, because I don't know the guy, and I don't want him to think I'm some weirdo. But maybe I'm supposed to. Maybe he's supposed to hear it.
I don't know. I'm probably thinking too much about this.
Ben had a huge simulator test today. If he didn't pass it, he would have to be put back 3 weeks in tech school and wouldn't graduate with the rest of his class. He was SO nervous last night, and I kept telling him not to worry, because he is so smart and he knows what he is doing. I honestly have never seen him apply himself so much to something. Before he left for basic, I was afraid he'd find this too hard and wouldn't want to do it anymore. He did that with school (not that he found it hard, but just wasn't interested), and just didn't have much focus with anything. So seeing him succeed in this is truly wonderful, and I couldn't be more proud. I called him tonight and he did pass it! I am so happy and just thrilled that all of his hard work and dedication is paying off. Truly happy. He comes home in just 8 days, and my heart beats harder with every passing second.
I'm off to go surf around the web and see what I can find!
smooches.
He may not remember me, and that's fine. If I hadn't recognized his name, I wouldn't have ever thought that he was the same person. I remember him only because he was the only person that befriended me at church. The other girls were mean to me, and one of them liked him. I remember one day when one of the girls had taken my necklace and was taunting me with it, and he stepped in and told her off and got my necklace back. We hung out for the rest of church camp. It was a long time ago, and I haven't thought about that in years, but it's just amazing that one person did one little thing, and I remembered it all these years. It just goes to show that the little things do mean something.
Maybe I found his facebook because I was supposed to. Maybe something that I am going to do or should do or have done has impacted someone like that. I really hope so. I'd like to know that I made a difference in someone's life like that. I'm not good when I'm by myself in a group situation. I'm out of my comfort zone and I have a hard time relating to people sometimes. So when he stepped in and stopped them from torturing me (stupid vicious girls), I felt like I had been saved!
I'm debating whether or not to tell him. I'm not going to be all mushy or anything, because I don't know the guy, and I don't want him to think I'm some weirdo. But maybe I'm supposed to. Maybe he's supposed to hear it.
I don't know. I'm probably thinking too much about this.
Ben had a huge simulator test today. If he didn't pass it, he would have to be put back 3 weeks in tech school and wouldn't graduate with the rest of his class. He was SO nervous last night, and I kept telling him not to worry, because he is so smart and he knows what he is doing. I honestly have never seen him apply himself so much to something. Before he left for basic, I was afraid he'd find this too hard and wouldn't want to do it anymore. He did that with school (not that he found it hard, but just wasn't interested), and just didn't have much focus with anything. So seeing him succeed in this is truly wonderful, and I couldn't be more proud. I called him tonight and he did pass it! I am so happy and just thrilled that all of his hard work and dedication is paying off. Truly happy. He comes home in just 8 days, and my heart beats harder with every passing second.
I'm off to go surf around the web and see what I can find!
smooches.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
It's been awhile
I have been SO busy lately. Honestly, this has been one tough semester. I've had so much work to do for class, plus my job, plus just missing Ben...and I haven't had the energy to even really think about anything. I've been going through the motions for a lot of things, but now I've moved back home for the last sememster I'm in college to student teach and I think I'm going to be a lot happier.
I found out where I'm student teaching. It's a little over 20 minutes away from where I'm living, so it won't be a bad drive! I'm really excited to meet my teacher and class. It's third grade, which is around the age group I want to teach. I'm nervous, but really excited.
Ben is coming home in NINE days. I'm driving to Arkansas to pick him up. His brother, and our 2 friends are going to ride along with me. I'm excited beyond words. I can't even describe the excitement! He bought my engagement ring, so I'll have that when he gets home. That's my Christmas present this year. I got him a belt buckle he wanted an a digital camera. He'll like them, I think. I'll probably get his wedding ring sometime soon. We're still looking at them and he's got to decide what he likes.
Other than that, I'm pretty good. Just lots going on!
I found out where I'm student teaching. It's a little over 20 minutes away from where I'm living, so it won't be a bad drive! I'm really excited to meet my teacher and class. It's third grade, which is around the age group I want to teach. I'm nervous, but really excited.
Ben is coming home in NINE days. I'm driving to Arkansas to pick him up. His brother, and our 2 friends are going to ride along with me. I'm excited beyond words. I can't even describe the excitement! He bought my engagement ring, so I'll have that when he gets home. That's my Christmas present this year. I got him a belt buckle he wanted an a digital camera. He'll like them, I think. I'll probably get his wedding ring sometime soon. We're still looking at them and he's got to decide what he likes.
Other than that, I'm pretty good. Just lots going on!
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