Air Force Recruiting: A Wife's Point of View

another award

Ashley over at Raising Brats is the sole reason I have a big head! She keeps giving me awards, and they go straight to my head! :) I told Pave that I got another award, and he was like, cool, what do you win with this one...

Umm.... I get a cool picture to put on the right side of my blog.... he didn't quite see why I get so excited! Oh well... men!

Well, my most recent addition to the 'award list' is awesome!! Its called The Bogart, and "It means you're really going places, Baby. You'll still be blogging about your great adventures 10 years from now, and I'll still be reading them."

The rules are to
1. Link back to the blogger who sent you the award. Done.
2. Post where you would like to be in 10 years. Done.
3. Pass this on to 10 other special bloggers.

Where would I like to be in 10 years? WAVEING GOOD BY TO THE USAF!!! Haha... (can you tell we have 10 years left...). I don't know where we will be, but we will be embarking out into the big, non-military world. Hopefully (God willing) we will have at least 2 (and 3 if I can convince Pave!) little ones running around. I hope that my parents are retired by then, so that they can come visit us often, and I hope our marriage is 10 times better then what it is right now, which if the last five years is any hint, it should be!

Since the theme is 10, you pick 10 bloggers to pass on the award, here are my 10!

1. Jenicini at Trying to Get Knocked up by Another Man

2. The Mrs. at Trying our Best

3. (army)wife at A Yummy Mummy on a Pink Park Bench
4. Jessica at Jesstagirl and her Officer

5. Nuclear Wife at Life as a (futre) Navy Wife

6. Kate at Josh and Kate

7. Amy at The Undomestic Army Wife (goes to Germany!)

8. Erin at The Unexpected Army Life

9. Meg at Adapting to Change

10. Ashley at Raising Brats yes yes, I know she gave it to me... but I have so enjoyed getting to know her... she makes me smile when I'm down, and always has a kind thing to say! Maybe its because our lives are so similar... she's just living it in the Army, while I try to fumble around in the Air Force!

Snow Day

I knew I was in trouble when I looked out my window at 3am (don't ask WHY I was up THAT early!) and noticed that the 12'' of predicted snowfall had yet to come down... like at all. The ground looked the same as it has the last week. Blah. I knew there was no way they were canceling school, and I was SOOO looking forward to it too. So a few hours later, I dragged my butt out of bed to get to my substituting assignment, which was at a middle school as one of the secretaries. Usually those days are pretty easy... HA!

Except on the day that those 12'' of predicted snow that was supposed to fall during the night starts falling at 6am. By 11 the roads were bad, and by 11:15, they had called school. 2 hour early out. Awesome. Except when you are a substitute. for a secretary. the secretary that fields all the phone calls from parents. Pave texted me about 8 min after they made the announcement, "Hey did you know they were canceling school"... honestly yes, the 50 phone calls from parents that I've received in the last 8 minuets lead me to believe the rumor is true! Thanks love for making sure I wasn't uninformed... (wait, that's a double negative... but I don't know how to fix it and have the sentence make sense... holy shit... and I think I'm ready to go back to teaching.... at least it will be science, not English... who cares about double negatives in science... unless its double negative atom particles....hmmm....)

So ya... today's snow day absolutely SUCKED!! I feel bad that Pave shoveled both our driveway and our neighbors, and 3 hours later, there is AT LEAST another 2 inches covering it.... and the snow shows no sign of stopping. Which I guess is good, because we have nowhere to go, and can just enjoy it. And laugh as we watch the dog's enjoy it. That's the best part of snow falls, watching the puppies have fun! Be on the lookout for more pictures.

I found this picture on failblog.org, and about died....

ok blogger isn't letting me post it... I'll try tomorrow! For now, just click on the blog link, and it will take you to it.

Award take two

Thanks Ashley (@ Raising Brats) for this "Simply Fabulous" award!

You always find a way to make me smile!!

The rules for this award are to:

- Post this award on your blog.

- Blog about a woman (real life, celebrity or fictional) that you think is *fabulous* and explain why you think she rocks.

- Pass the award on to 5 other bloggers that you think are deserving.

A fabulous lady that I know... I know several ones, but they are all fabulous for different reasons. My mother in law would definitely be one. We didn't start out on smooth territory, at all. However, because of a sort of 'intervention' between my husband and his Dad, we now have an AMAZING relationship. I feel almost lost if I haven't talking to her in a while. She keeps me grounded, lets me vent about being a step-mom (she's Pave's step-mom), encourages me when I need it, and most of all, loves me! Another person who I think is fabulous, though I've never physically met her, is Kate at Waiting for Sunflower. She has been so kind as we travel down the road of infertility. I can't count the times that she has sent me an e-mail saying she was thinking about me, or wondering how an appointment went. She also was a voice of compassion and teaching as I found out about my MTHFR diagnosis (a clotting disorder believed to have caused my 6 miscarriages). She shares this diagnosis, and we are on similar treatment plans. She has a little one on the way, Mr. Sunflower (she nicknamed him Sunflower before she found out she was having a son, so I had to 'masculenize' (is that even a word...) it somehow!). I have so enjoyed getting to know her, and all her words of advice!!

And for my 5 fabulous bloggers, I pick:

1. Obviously, Kate at Waiting for Sunflower

2 Any one else that I read, becuasebecause lets be honest... if I didn't think you were fabolousfabulous, I wouldn't read you! :)

Award Take 1

Two lovely ladies gave me awards a while ago (while I was on my blogging hiatus) so I haven't gotten around to posting them... until now!

The first one was Mrs. Muffins, thanks so much!

Rules for this one:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award

Thanks Mrs. Muffins!

2. Paste the award on your blog

done!

3. Link the person who nominated you for the award

ummm...everywhere her name is, she's linked, go check her out!

4. Tell 7 interesting things about yourself

One.:. I am adopted

Two.:. Little dogs scare me

Three.:. I hate going back to college (but love using MyCAA for it!)

Four.:. I met and married my husband quick! We got married seven MONTHS (to the day) after we met.

Five.:. I like my dogs more then I like most people

Six.:. I HATE hardwood floors (can you tell what I cleaned today!)

Seven.:. I have a secret... a really good one... and I'll let it out of the bag soon- so check back!

5. Nominate 7 bloggers or less

The Mrs. at Trying Our Best

Jenicini at Trying to Get Knocked up by Another Man

Kate at Josh & Kate

Ashley at Raising Brats

If you remember, the dog's aren't supposed to get on furniture... because someday we will get new stuff, and I don't want them on the new stuff.

That being said, my husband is horrible about letting Baxter, the baby (though he's not really a baby anymore) up. When we first got him, he would say "But he's to cute to sleep on the floor'. Baxter had now figured out how to play Pave, and will sit there and look at him with his 'puppy dog eyes' and quietly whine. It doesn't work on me. But Pave is not so immune to him.

After class last night, I went to check my email and facebook, and then came out to this....

Really?!? I asked Pave why Baxter was up there (there is usually some humorous excuse), and he said "because of dog fighting" Hunh?!? I guess he had been watching a show that was about dog fighting on Animal Planet, and felt bad for Baxter. Granted, we think Baxter has Pit Bull in him, but we've had him for 2 years, got him as a puppy, was never fought (or even came from that environment), and the only scars he has are from his big sisters... KNUCKLEHEAD- both of them!

I think that the girls have the perfect expression to show their true thoughts "WTF! How come he gets everything... we were here first!" So, for the remainder of the television program, I sat on the floor with the girls, giving them lovin', while the 'boys' enjoyed the soft couch.

AUGH!!! Updated

***UPDATE****

Check out this article! THEY WERE ROBBED!!!

I have to keep repeating this....

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

I will not let my happiness be determined by men running around a field in stretchy pants.

But honestly, the Vikings were 'overdue' for some of Brett's interceptions... they only had 7 all season, but no worries, he got 'caught up' tonight.

Dear Brett,
I have been a Green Bay fan since I was little. This also meant that you were all I had ever known. I was sad when you went to play for the Jets, but I kinda, sorta, understood. However, when you signed with the Vikings this year, you were just being spiteful. I still followed your 'hissyfit' season. Since my Green Bay boys are out of the running, I of course am backing you as you play the Saints today, but not for the reasons you think.

I'm hoping that if you win the Super Bowl this year, you can retire- really retire- and then we can forget these last few years and be friends again.

Love,
A cute Cheesehead

PS- My husband would really love it if your 'hissyfit' season was over too. You see he spent UP THE NOSE for a Green Bay # 4 women's jersey. You know the one's that has sparkles and are pretty. I got it for the last Christmas you played with the Pack. He would like it if we were friends again, because as you retire from the Vikings, I will be able to UN-retire my jersey from the back of the closet and enjoy wearing it again!