Impending doom

Or another "D" word.  It's coming up soon, DEPLOYMENT.  I'm really not sure how well I will do but I guess the next 8-11 months will tell us.  My schedule is starting to slow down a little and it will slow down even more in May when I am finished with my MBA so I hope to get back to blogging more regularly and paying attention to those of you who are crazy enough to stick with me despite the fact that I haven't blogged in almost 2 months!  Needless to say, I love you all and appreciate you're patience.

I received and interesting Facebook message last night from our FRG president asking if I would want to take over as the secretary.  I was a little apprehensive at first since I am trying to learn when to say no but after talking (emailing) it over with hubby and lots of praying, thinking about it all day at work, and sleeping on it I just hit send on an email accepting the position.  I'm really excited and know this will be a great experience.

Life has been busy.  School is going well, one class is complete BS (it's HR in an MBA program, if you don't want to go into HR by this point you have enough experience to know the basics and that is all it covers.)  The other class is international business and while I feel like I have had better/more hands on instructors in other classes I really like the text book and despite the fact at I am scared to death about our final paper I am also really excited about it. The class has one exam at the halfway point and a huge paper for the final product, the paper is almost thesis level but I think it will be fun doing the research (Yes, I am a nerd!) and will learn a lot.

Hope you are all doing well.  I will try to do better with keeping you up to date on m life :)

4 months

4 months, that's how long it has been since I blogged.  Yes that is exactly how awesome I am.  I have a lot going on and will blog soon about all of my awesome Christmas swap partners because I really had great people this year.  My husband bought me a new ASUS tablet which I am typing this on now, have to try out all of the awesome new aps! :)  Right now we are in pre-deployment world getting read for a ton of underways and workups followed by hubbys 8-12 month deployment.  It'll be our first, wish me luck!
I finish my MBA in May so between hubby being gone and not having class work I am fairly certian I will be back to regular blogging this summer, maybe sooner now that I have this nifty tablet :)

Thank you faithful followers for sticking with me through so long of an absence.

Happy anniversary to me!

I am a horrible blogger, not only have I not blogged in like a month I also am insanely behind on reading and commenting. Im starting to get caught up but it's been mainly skimming not much in depth reading or commenting. Thank God for twitter i love keeping in touch with all of my imaginary friends :)

My birthday was pretty uneventful we went to dinner nothing exciting. We are now moved into the house and I spent about 4 hours last night clearing out the weeds in a flower bed :). I promise pictures as soon a we get stuff set up. It's coming together slowly but surely.

Today is my three year anniversary. I have no clue what we are doing if anything Adam has mentioned a few different things but not sure what he has settled on. I know one of his ideas involved a carnival but it's storming pretty bad so I'm pretty sure that one is out the window :)

Oh and BIG news in our house. Adam officially has a rate!!! He's no longer a pee on undesignated seaman. Now he's a pee on seaman with a title and he's going to be able to take the advancement test in September :)

So how have you been??

Descriptions of people

A coworker (also a navy wife) and I were just discussing how different milspouses and girlfriends act. Really we were just reflecting on personalities in general but we were talking about specific people we know. She said one thing that completely cracked me up when talking about a couple attached to her husbands last ship:

They had this whole Barbie and Ken thing going on and were just too intense for me. They were the type of people who just don't cuss and don't drink and don't not wear polos...

Ok maybe it was funnier in person but I laughed. :)

Jolly Box

By now I am sure you have all heard about Jolly Box but I was given the opportunity to review the first delivery in the form of a care package for my husband (right before his super-long, 3 whole day, underway/sarcasm) and wanted to give everyone my opinion.  I was not paid for this review, but JollyBox did provide me with a code for a discounted box to check out.  I didn't want to endorse something that I wasn't sure was legit.  So here is what I think!
The box arrived right on time, and the contents were definitely worth $30, especially considering that it includes shipping & during deployments they take care of the customs forms. 

When I got home Adam had already tore into the package but I got a few pictures before he ate anything at least. :)

I decided to select the "healthy options" package since it was coming in right before Adam's PFA.  I was impressed with some of the items included. 
The package contained a Mojo bar, and a bag of whole cashews, (which are his favorite)

2 sticks of beef jerky, a giant bag of sunflower seeds, one 5-hour energy, and one Eternal Energy drink  

But it also contained some not-so healthy stuff which kind of surprised me (not all pictured because like I said, he already dove into the package when I got home.) Two small bags of chips and a box of skittles

Even tho I was surprised to see the chips and candy overall I think it was a great package.  Adam was happy and healthy people still like treats like skittles and Doritos from time to time.  I don't think I'll purchase one of their monthly subscriptions when Adam deploys but I will probably order him one from time to time if I know getting a package out to him will be hard one month or he is going to have to go extra long without port visits. 

What Adam Thought:

Adam thought it was great.  He had a friend with him when he got home and opened it.  They both thought it was the best thing every to have all of those yummy snacks delivered to them.  They also seemed to get a kick out of the JollyBox sticker that was on the label and had fun sticking the few in the box on people at work.
Granted I could accomplish the same thing but this took me no time and I'm fairly certain after postage etc. it would have cost me just as much to send the exact same stuff. 

From the company:

With JollyBox, we send a care package every month filled with fun (and sometimes practical!) products to help them get by. It's a super easy way for you to help them out from afar.

Want to check out JollyBox for your own special service member or college student?  Check out www.myjollybox.com and use the code FIRST10 to save $10 off of your first order.

ENJOY!

Great timing...thanks navy.

My dear sweet husband has duty tonight. My mom will be here tomorrow night through Tuesday morning. Something happened this morning that I really need to talk to him about in private. Hope he's home early tomorrow.
Great timing navy, thanks a lot.

**no I'm not pregnant and I don't think it is anything that will cause a fight etc. it's just something no one else, least of all my mom, needs to hear.

Sorry for the vagueness but this is my blog and I need to complain about crappy timing somewhere. :)

House hunting

Adam and I are looking for a new place to call home.  We realized over the weekend that our current lease for the shoebox is up on July 31 so it's kind of crunch time...oops :)  Luckily I am super at house hunting and compiled a great list of options.  We did a bunch of drive-bys this week and have 12 that are ok, 6 of which we really like however 2 really stand out above the others.  They have everything we want, fenced in yards for the puppies, large yards for entertaining, 3 bedrooms.  Major draw back is they both only have one bath :( but that's ok.  Being as it's still just us I'm betting we move again before having to deal with sharing the bathroom with a pre-pubescent who likes to primp so while I would rather have 2 bathrooms we can totally live with 1.  We have scheduled viewings for both of them this week so as soon as we are done I will post pictures etc. Until then here are a few pictures I stole from the realtor's websites :) Option 1: (My #1 before viewing, Adam's #2 before viewing) 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath 1,152 Sq Ft Fenced in backyard with separate fenced in run area in back yard for dogs if they needed space away from humans (ours usually don't but might come in handy if friends are over with their dogs or kids??)  Small Storage Shed in backyard Washer & Dryer included Street parking may be congested for guests, room for 3 cars in driveway Commute time/miles:  Adam-15minutes/4.5miles Shanon-20minutes/8.5miles Option 2: (My #2 before viewing, Adam's #1 before viewing) 3 Bedroom (2 downstairs, 1 Upstairs), 1 Bath 900 Sq Ft Fenced in front and back yard Garage  Corner Lot, Ample street parking for guests, room for 3-4 cars in driveway including garage Washer & Dryer not included Commute time/miles:  Adam-20minutes/6miles Shanon-17minutes/7miles