Happy (Almost) New Year!

Well it time for the traditional Year-in-Review. I hope that this is finding everyone in good spirits and good health. Steve and I have just recently returned from our Christmas trip to Arizona where he met my family for the first time. I'll say it went swimmingly. I'm happy to report that he spoke to my mom and dad and asked if he could ask for my hand in marriage! He even divulged his ideas for the actual proposal to my dad but is keeping those plans top secret. Yay!
So back to my year-in-review. We've both met each others families this year and the meetings went well on both sides. Steve got promoted to SSG this year and I was made cadre and was put in charge of the warrior care clinic and made medical NCO for our company. We took our first trip; both road and by air together this year and gained a cat named Oreo. Our year anniversary was in November and hope to have many more! Steve enjoys his video games when he is not working and looks forward to getting more! I look forward to playing my little games and (honestly) doing homework. We both go home as often as we can but as both pretty busy with work.
Looking forward to 2009!! We've already got plenty of plans in the works. Steve has 2 MONTHS of training scheduled March-April at Fort Huachuca. Yikes! I'll be flying out for Rileys b-day in February then riding out with Steve in March. We'll be going backpacking in Az before steve has to go to Southern Az for training. Then I'll most likely fly out for my b-day in April. Lots to do already!
Well Happy New Year! Lots of Love from an AZ girl lost in Kentucky!

Christmas Festivities and Whatnot

Hello All! Here I am after visiting from my wonderful Arizona home with Steve and having loved every semi-warm minute of it. I loved every second of it and took a heap of pictures. On Christmas Eve Jennie did her normal get-together with the family with all sorts of goodies. We played holiday bingo again this year which was a lot of fun. It was fabulous to see my friend Christy again. Christmas morning we went over to my Mom's house where she had made up warm muffins, rolls and baked apples. Of course she had a warm fire going. That night we all went to my Dad's house where he made dinner which included his famous homemade Oyster Stew. Fan-Fricken-tastic. On the 28th-ish we took our snow trip up to northern Arizona. We actually didn't have to go that far past Pine/Strawberry to find snow. We just kinda turned a corner and it was like a snow bomb exploded. It was Riley's first time in the snow but Ivy soon remembered how to successfully peg people in the head. Steve was really good at finding the deep patches of snow. Mom brought along the hot cocoa and Jennie brought cheese and crackers. All in all it was a great day. I loved just playing with Ivy and Riley and playing Wii marathons with John (and whooping Karens but at MarioKart Haha!)

Grrrr!!!

This is a picture I sent Steve. He is in North Carolina this weekend with his brother. He texted me to tell me that they were in a limo on the way to dinner. I promptly hit #3 on my speed dial and got Outback. They know me by name. Ha.

It's wrong to laugh when kids fall... right?

This the video I promised Jennie... What did I say about when people fall? Even the little ones is funny. No worries she didn't get hurt...

The whole kittencaboodle

So Karen almost peed her pants and Liz thought it was cool... so here is my actual complete profile... myspace lets you post as much as you want so I wrote the whole thing there...




So I’m kind of a big deal… Oh yeah. People know me. I know people. I’m from the great state of AZ. I currently live at Ft. Campbell, KY and make that place fricking fabulous. I loooove to travel. I am addicted to shopping and Barqs Root Beer oh and those little gummy cherries. I love hiking, backpacking and canoeing. I believe God made someone special for everyone: I am no longer accepting applications. I'm head over heals- stupid-crazy-in love with Steve. This man makes my heart skip a beat, keeps me laughing and always on my toes... perfect. I’m learning to cook. I completely love steak and chocolate but not necessarily together. I’m a night owl but am annoyingly perky in the early morning hours. I feel guilty if I sleep past 11am. I hate folding laundry so I hang most of it. Dancing in the rain takes style. When all my panties are in the wash I go commando. I’m addicted to cherry chapstick. I thinks it's hilarious when someone falls. I like to play in the mud. I love to laugh and smile ALL THE TIME. I love hanging out with my family especially my niece and nephew. My sister is my best friend. I am organized to an annoying point. I love school and taking endless classes when I get bored. I say sorry too much. Hugs are necessary for good health. I hate the bottom of a bag of potato chips so Steve always has to finish off the bags for me. I love coffee… any way shape or form. When I get cupcakes I lick off the icing but hide the cake in the trashcan so I can get more icing. I love wearing big sweaters and wrapping up in blankets on a cold day. I actually like running but am allergic to flutter kicks and pushups. I love my abs and actually like my body. I’m a bitchin combat medic. I love sticking people with needles and wrapping them up with tape. When I grow up I wanna be a doctor and still be in love with my husband even after 50 years. I will age gracefully. I can watch ER over and over. I watch Full House. I don’t think that it is bad to be conceited- Gotta love yourself first! Then others will follow. I believe taking pictures of yourself can be an art… some art is ugly. I love my niece and nephew more than anything. My sister is my hero! My dad makes me giggle and my mom rocks. My idea of heaven is San Francisco and room service. Tube tops and spandex are the work of the devil. I have a thing about wearing someone else's clothes. I don't like thrift stores; If you didn't want it I won't either. Gap is my weakness. Black and white photography is beautiful. I love the heat. I take pictures of everything. I call people honey and sweetie cuz it’s cute. I believe in God. I am fearless and I love myself! I am bold, random, unique, adorable, spontaneous, thankful, loud, crazy and proper. I still believe in being a lady. Life is too short to worry about the small stuff... so be silly, have fun and love. Love with all your heart and never look back!

Putting on the Fat Pants

So Steve and I just got back from our little road trip from his brother's house for Thanksgiving. It was pretty cool. I love road trips. It took about 8 hours to get there though. On the way down I slept most of the way. I kept just dozing off randomly while I was reading... it was crazy. We left around 0300 our time and got to Ft. Bragg around 1300. We did stop at a this rest stop that had a pretty overlook and took a few pictures. It was pretty chilly!

I chowed down on as much wheat-free goodness as I could. I tried to sneak a spoonful of the stuffing; trying all the while to ignore the memories of the inevitable stomach pains that would plague me later on, but Steve caught me. So I stuck to heapfuls of turkey, mashed potatoes, acorn squash (plenty of that for me; I've noticed a trend in the south away from healthy food), a cranberry concoction and deviled eggs. Yum. I had a nice conversation with Rebecca's (Steve's sister-in-law)mother and father. But after that I was kinda left to myself. Which is kinda normal I guess for a new person to a family. Everyone is getting caught up on the the years happenings and of course reminiscing so I kind of sat on the couch and smiled. I wanted Steve to have plenty of his time with his brother, whom I know he misses alot. I did miss being home but I'll see everyone for Christmas and they'll get to meet Steve so I'm super excited!

Steve (on the right) and his older brother Will.

Steve with his niece Olivia.

Olivia is a cutie-patootie. She is a few weeks older than Riley, my nephew. All in all I had a pretty good time.. Too bad we had to leave the next day, supposedly a storm was coming so we had to hurry home. But we might get snow! So hopefully more pictures to come!!

Crazy Cat Lady

Ok So apparently I've been tagged for this 4th of the 4th picture thingie... And it's a picture of my crazy cat. Now this is like my 6th picture of the goober... I worry I'll look like a crazy lat who only talks about her cat.. truly that is not me... SOOOOO here it is.

This is Oreo in a Shopping bag. Most cats freak out and run away but Oreo would not let me take it off... just wore it around like a cape. Little weirdo...

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So sweet I need a Dentist...

I just wanted to put up a picture of Steve and I. It's just about our one year anniversary (November 20th) and I am crazy about this little booger. I'll be going to Thanksgiving with him to his family and he'll be flying home with me to meet my family for the first time for Christmas. Don't know who to warn first! :)

An "Oreo" made from pure evil

So this morning I was getting ready to do errands when Oreo decided to go CRAZY. If you've ever seen Jacka** and seen Bam attack his father randomly, THIS IS MY CAT!!! He will just run up to me smack me; literally smack, no claws just paws, and then run away. Then to top it off as I was walking into the kitchen he launched himself at he and flew up onto my back (again no claws) and was sprawled across my back and then took off! PSYCHO cat has it in for me. Then he's all purlicious with Steve. Friggin Boys.

Oh and he's also developed a taste for Dr. Pepper... Really anything that doesn't belong to him he'll try and steal...

As embarassing as a stain in your shorts...

Is a stain in the seat of your car..

Okay so this is not how it looks. I had gone to Capt D's for lunch and the lady wasn't as competent as one would hope. She had only half put the lid on and as I drove home I started to get a strange feeling that hopefully you haven't had in a LONG time. Now any small amount of fluid leaves my car seats looking like someone had an accident. Then I was left having to do the walk of shame with said stain on my pants from my car to my apartment. Steve had a good laugh. Yay me.
Maybe it was a " You had to be there " moment. But I promised Jennie I would take a picture.

Time to get a sail boat and a mistress

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Crazy People

So again Jennie is wanting me to update my Blog... this week has surely been interesting... from being moved from 5 different clinics in a week to fighting with a couple nurses over my 1SG to starting my new class.. Phew! And thats not even the weird part. So on tuesday this week, I was having a bad day. I had loved working at Carentan clinic. I got to do procedures and work with my favorite doctor. On that day I got word that I would be moved to a new clinic at the hospital and would be doing vitals and sitting at the front desk. BLAH. So I was a little upset. Plus, on my final day at the clinic, we were doing PAPs, and had a particularly difficult one (which actually was cool cuz I got to learn how to do stuff and got to do it; gross I know) which made me late to getting the samples to the lab.

So I had to take it to the lab at the hospital. I parked out front and on my way up I heard a banging sound. I looked up and saw someone standing in the third floor window above the entrance banging on the window waving at me. I waved back not knowing who they were but not wanting to be unfriendly and went inside, not thinking anything of it. I delivered the sample to the lab and went back outside to my car and AGAIN heard the banging sound (mind you I'm in a bad mood) I look up again to see a butt (thankfully clothed) up against the window! Then the individual turns around points at me and flips me off. Sigh... just what I need to end a great day. Plus it turns out that he was in fact on the behavioral health floor (crazy people). Nice. It just fit my day... :) I can only laugh.

At least the leaves look nice... HAHA

More Medical Fun!

So I got to do some more fun stuff today! I got to do some sutures after assisting my Doc. At least I'm getting better at me sutures!!

New News and Random Gobbledegook

So Jennie has been after me to update this so I figured hey why not. Whenever I got the inkling to update I always thought to myself that my life was boring and I would inevitably put my reader to sleep. So.. here is your readable Ambien... Hahaha
So life on this side of the world is just about the same. I still work in the clinic for my PA and I work as the MEDNCO for my company. The Warrior Care Clinic approached me and told me that each company would be getting their own clinic tho and I would be the NCOIC. WTF. Now everybody I've told has been so happy for me since this is honestly a great opportunity; to be in charge of an entire clinic. Not just anyone gets this opportunity. And it'll be a great learning experience. I just don't think I'll have time to work with my PA as a medic anymore which was what made me happy. I do love my job... I mean I get to stick people and such...



I'm still going for my PA packet so this is only temporary...

I'm super excited. In 2 days I get to see my Peanut Ivy and Riley-Bug (Potato). I definitely need to see my sister and brother in law and the rest of my Fam. It'll be nice to go home!!

Contemplative and Such

I've noticed the trend of my blogs.. I'm appearing to be very much contemplative and introverted. Hmm... Not so much me. So in an effort to change this possible misconception; allow me to start anew. Hahaha That sounded eloquent. I'm just going to get back to my random thoughts... Right now I am super obsessed with eating celery. I'm sure this is the last thing I need to be munching on given that I weigh like 2 lbs but it is literally addictive to me! It really doesn't have much of a flavor but whatever is in it... dang I'm hooked!




Well here I sit on my first night of Steve's WLC training. And let me tell you... I really do miss the bugger! As much as he pesters me sometimes I am truly crazy about him. Plus he is a buffer between the demon-cat Oreo and I. That cat does run by ankle biting and he steals food right out of your hand if you happen to turn your head to sneeze or something! Evil, Evil kitty. This is a pic of him sneaking up through the couch cushions and batting at our backs and butts!

Ahhh...

So this picture pretty much sums up my expectations for the weekend. This weekend is Labor Day weekend, the official end of summer. Not that that meant tooo much to me; I've been in nonstop classes all summer. But this weekend I'm planning on just relaxin with my honey. Just reflecting on the summer and all in all this has been a pretty nice summer. I loved going camping with my family. I am definitely looking forward to the end of the humidity though. Seeing some snow again would definitely be nice.

Lazy Dazy Egg Day

So Today is Easter. I remember when I was younger last night my sisters and I would have stunk up the kitchen with the stench of vinegar and that smell or boiling eggs. My mom would be running around with napkins and aprons while my dad wisely kept his distance. Easter morning my mom would have gotten up early to put the ham in and start preparations for the rest of the meal while getting our baskets ready with my Dad and hiding them (while saying it was the Easter bunny of course). We would wake up and run around trying to find our baskets then eat as much candy as we could stomach before Mom saw.I miss that. Instead here I sit... watching my boyfriend play video games while I pretend to do homework. We were going to go to a friend's house for Dinner.. but it wouldn't have been the same. Being in the military does suck sometimes. I miss the traditions. Even Easter... I guess Even though Easter wasn't even one of my favorites is exemplifies how much I miss being home... Just the ability to drive down the road and share a meal. Right now as we speak they are moving on without me. Can this day hurry up???