Happy New Year! Bwhahaha

Bet you all haven't seen a title like that in a while!! I think it's fitting because my last post was in November 2011, so technically, I haven't  posted in the new year yet. That ends NOW!

Where to begin.....

Well, lets start where we left off, shall we? November. Turkey Day. There isn't much to say about that! We ate. and visited. and ate some more! It was great.I was officially hired at Home Instead Senior Care!! YAY! Finally. I felt like I was interviewing forever. Literally. I think it was like a 3 month process before I got hired. But yea....I'm happy!

Then December. Michael came down for Christmas and New Years Eve, which was beyond nice. We had a great Christmas. It was the first Christmas that we were "home" for the Holidays. It's also the first one where we had to split our time together between my dad and his girlfriend, Lori and my mom and her boyfriend, Rocky. It was a great time on both sides, but I did miss the "good old days" when it was my mom, dad me, Bryan, Tim and Chris. But, I understand that sh*t happens and I'm not one to dwell on things that are out of my control, so I digress.

December 30th, I turned 29!  EKKKKK! My last year of being "in my 20's" I remember when I was 15, I always said that by the time a person turns 30, they have to have all their stuff together. Career. Husband. Kids.Home.....I do have 2 of those 4 things. The career one is a work in progress and Michael and I have put off our dreams of home ownership until we both are in good steady careers and have made sure we have made the transition from the Army to civilian life, seamlessly. My mom watched the kiddies for us, and we went over to our friend Freddy & Holley's house. We watched.......BREAKING DAWN, Part 1!!!! AH-MAZ-ING!!! They surprised me with a cake {which was yummo!}  It was a great time!

New Years Eve  we met up with Freddy and Holley again for dinner and snacks and headed to the beach for Fireworks. Of course I have no pictures!{at the time, I had no charger!!! I do NOW though....but you will have to wait till later to see some new pics. ha.ha. Deal with it!!}

New Years Day, the hub left to go back to good ole Georgia. Boo. Hiss. Rawr. Tear.

I have done a lot of training for work in the new year. I also got my Home Health Aide {HHA} state certification and re-certified in CPR and AED. Im pretty stoked about that. I got this Monday {30th} for an introduction for...MY FIRST CLIENT!!! I'm wayyy excited yet nervous as well.  The Tuesday is my first official work day. Every Tuesday, wednesday and Thursday from 7a-3p! My mama is going to be staying here with me so she can watch the kids for a while.I'm going to have to figure something else out though because she's going on vacation the end of March. I'm pretty much a stress case all. the . time. lately. Oh well. I do need to learn relaxing techniques.

Michael still hasn't heard any news on when he will be getting out. He submitted paperwork to his Nurse case manager back in December, and came back from leave only to find that it was still sitting on her desk...not up at the VA where, ya know, they get sh*t moving.....Yeah, so that's a HUGE bummer. I was hoping he would be down here by March. April at the latest, but I'm not so sure. We may be moving up to GA July 1st and he might not even be out yet. Boo. Oh well, like I said, I dont dwell on things that are out of my control. That's about all thats new on this front. I know your dying for pictures, so I will leave you with a few recent ones! {December  2011 and January 2012} Hope you like.

 Fun at the park with Uncle Chris!

I am not a Blogger anymore---

And its KILLING me!! I cannot believe its been a little more then 2 months since I last posted! Sigh. Thats what happens when your laptops battery kicks the can and it costs $100 to replace it. :(  Broke battery + no job= no blogging. I do have good news. I had a job interview at Home Instead Senior Care. They are waiting for my background check to come in, but I feel like the job is mine once it comes in!! The interview went well and they already called my references (SIX!!) I called this past Monday and they still have no gotten it in. :( Ahhh, hurry up and wait. Its my lifes motto! LOL.

Good news, Ive finally gotten a test date for my CNA!!! Nov. 5th is the big day. Ive been studying my booty off! Im nervous and so excited at the same time!

Mikey got ALL A's and B's on his first report card! YIPEE! Im sooo proud of him!! Zachary did good too, but we have been having issues with talking and not listening at school......yeah.

Michael came down to visit the end of august until mid sept. it was like normal. we were a family. Since then, he has committed again to our marriage. When he gets out of the Army on medical retirement { Feb-June 2012} he will be coming down here and we will be back in action. I know a lot of people think im crazy or making the wrong decision but we have been through so much together. we love each other. We just need to learn to handle things differently and more maturely.

I am just about all signed up for school in January. Im just waiting on my HS transcripts making their way to the college. Sooooo once they get there, 4 weeks from that day, my financial aid should be awarded. Nov 11 is the start of registration. Im excited. I have to take a prep math class {bc I suck at Algebra} but I am on college level for my english and reading! Not bad for being out of school for almost 11 years! ;)


Looking forward to Trick or Treating on Monday nite. Haileys going to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Zachy is going to be The white power ranger { a tiger i think??} and Mikey is BumbleBee from Transformers! Should be fun!

Anyways, that was a super quick update. Sorry. KNow that I miss all you in blogland and i hope I still have some followers. LOL Bear with me......I will have a computer again in a few months! {Im on my brothers rite now!}

Michael and I have been talking. For hours yesterday and today. My mind is racing with so many thoughts and my heart is feeling so many feelings. He said he misses us and wants us to come home.

Part of me wants to believe him, but part of me feels like he is is just saying it. I dont know. I hadn't heard from him in 8 days. EIGHT. That is not acceptable to me. At all. Its not want I want out of a relationship, out of my marriage.


Dont get me wrong. Mchael has so many good qualities about him, but his shortcomings are big ones. I do not deserve to be lied to. I do not deserve to feel less the amazing. I do not deserve to be belittled. I know I have my faults as well. Im controlling, jealous and insecure. I know I dont make Michael feel his best either. We have a lot of work to do and things to try to address. I asked him today if when hes down here, would he be willing to go to marriage counseling. He said he would go.

My mind is going crazy. My head and my heart are in conflict. Not a good thing. He's coming down between the 26-31st. It will be a very hard and good visit at the same time. Wish me luvk folks and send prayers my way.....

Anyways, boy start school tomorrow and I am going to fill out an application at the local Humane Society. I sen in my resume but they also need an on site app filled out as well. HOPEFULLY it will go good. Lord knows Ive been trying to get a job forever!

I will keep you all posted with things as they develop.

Thanks for stopping by----

Hello from my new Apartment!

I am writing to you all from my new apartment!!! Yipee! Well, sort of. You must all be thinking : Wow, you must have gotten a kick a*s job to be in a place already!!!\
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Wrong.

I have an amazing Mama who is helping me out MUCHO! She tells me that its ok because when shes old and needs someone to change her depends, IM her lady! Bwhahahaha!! Thats the least I would and will do for her! Im PUMPED and the place is beautiful. 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom...its perfect. My dad and his GF have given me a nice futon, some dishes lamps and an entertainment center and my grandma and her BF gave me a queen bed and a nite table, as well as a folding table to use until the rest of our furniture gets here. Oh and my brother Chris gave me a faltscreen too.....

The help has been amazing. Albeight hard to take. It's very humbling.

Moving on. {because needing help is a hard thing for me to chew}

Things on the Michael side of things have taken a turn for the worst {or maybe they are for the best?!?!?} Right now it feels like it's for the worst.

 He told me he went on a date.

Yeah.

It's only been a month we've been apart folks. And he said he loves/d me??? Hmmmm. Funny way of showing it. I talked to my amazing friend Dave {my BFF Selena's hubby} and he told me that I cannot be treated like a garbage bag.

Yeah again.

Wow. Michael cannot have his cake and eat it too. He wants to act single and BE single yet have us on the back burner...maybe Im wrong. I mean everything points to us NOT being on the back burner, but OFF the burner completly. Urgh.

My new saying..."it is what it is."

God has a plan and I have to remember that its in His time. Not mine.

The kids are doing good. They seem a lot happier now that we have our own home. Missing Daddy,but thats a given. No job as of yet, but am pursuing 3 leads this week. We'll see how that goes.

Thats a really quick update folks, because basically, Im pooped. Im gonna sit and watch some TV that ISNT cartoon or The Fairly Odd Parents Movie {again}:)

Goodnight all and have a great weekend!

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Sunday Updates

Hey all. Whats up??? Not much going on here on this semi -productive Sunday. As usual, Sundays here are filled with getting ready for the week to come. This means cleaning,laundry,making lunches,checking homwork and any paperwork that needs to be turned in, is complete.....you know. The usual.

It's beau-ti-ful here today! 70 something Im sure of it!! Went for a walk the my pretty princess early this morning {10 a.m} up to the PX. Got some new sockies for the boys. {the no show kind that are a MUST when wearing shorts} undies for Hailey and my new calorie counting notebook.

Now, it's nothing spiffy. Just a plain old notebook with college ruled paper...but the cover is very loverly. So far I have lost 6 lbs. I accredit it to my food log. Really, I do. I find that writing down every.single.calorie. helps me stay focused on what I am eating and makes making healthier choices easier. If I don't right it down, I just shove things in my pie hole like crazy."eh, this cant be too bad calorie wise" {I say as I proceed to devour 6 oreos lol}

True story. Ive yo-yo'd for years now and I am ready to walk the dog folks. No more yo-yo-ing here. Not for this lady. Plus, I have great motivations besides teaching my kids to eat healthy......the beach. Seeing that today is May 1st already,we could realistically be out of here in 3 weeks. EEK! My mom totally didnt get a chance to go over to the apartments yet, but I will pester her some more this week....bwhahaha. My poor mama! :)

That leads me into stuff with the hub. Not much new there. He told me his counsler wanted to do a counseling session with his, so Wednesday is the big day. Im hoping this will be good for us to clear the air and actually get some proactive steps to resolving someof our unresolved issues we have with each other. We'll see. Believe you me, I will keep you peeps UTD. {up to date}

Oh and the lady from the nanny job emailed me back saying that she had someone starting this week, but she would like to keep my contact information just in case it doesnt work out. I gave it to her and told her thank you. As much as that job would have been great, I hope this new nanny works for them. Finding someone that makes you and your child feel at ease is no easy task. Im still scouring Daytona Craigslist to see if I can find any job offers, but to me, it mostly seems like spam ads.....

Oh well.

Im probably just wasting time looking there anyways, because more then likely I will have to wait till Im actually in Florida to get a job......

poo.

There goes my plan for having everything all lined up.....
I will leave you all with a few pictures from the boys' game on Saturday.{yesterday} They kicked butt again. :)

 This is Zachary's GIRLFRIEND Ashlynn. Im not even kidding guys. We had to bribr him with BK in order to get this picture! LOVE it!

PS--I know there arent any pics of the game. I did watch.....I get distracted when the other teams bats LOL!!!

Job UPDATE!

         So I got an email today stating that I have been accepted for consideration for the secetary job! WOOOHOOOOOOOO! Now I know this doesn't mean that i got the job, but it's definatley a step in the right direction!!! I mean they could have declined my app. altogether! Im excited and hope to hear something very soon!!! I will keep you all updated, of course !

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More Job Hunting

Well, the secetary job posting offically closed this morning at 6 a.m my time! I am hoping to hear from them MAYBE by tonight.( I think that may be wishful thinking though)

I was browsing the listing again and stumbled upon a posting for a CYS Program Assistant. It's an entry level position, which is good for me LOL. Plus, its a the CDC so thats cool. I sorta wanted to stay away from anything invovling kids, but the pay is good for an entry level job(much more then I expected) and lets be honest, I do have experience with kids LOL.

I "self nominated" for the job and since my resume is already in the Armys database, Im good. This posting closes tomorrow morning at 6 a.m.

I will be sure to keep you all updated...Im sure you are just dying to know what the outcome is!!!

Anyways, have a great rest of your Thursday and thanks for stopping by!!!

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A Hunting We Will Go.

                                            Well, a hunting I will go. And I should say did.

Ive known I have been needing to get a job. Financially, the hubs has been carrying us for the past.....gulp....ten years! Don't get me wrong. He's done a fabolous job at it! I have always been spoiled by  him ( as well as our kids) However, with our goal of buying our "forever house" when we get back to the States, any additional income would only be a benefit to us!

I got a web address from CYS ( child, youth services) for an Army civilian website for job vacancies. I checked it out and found a good job.

Now most of you wont be thinking "Wow, she scored a GREAT job!!!" In fact, most of you will probably be thinking I've lost my marbles.

What job did I apply for, you ask? You might want to take a seat.

Are you sitting? Holding onto the table or arm rest?

I applied to be.......a..........

stripper!!!


HA! You thought I was serious, didn't you? Nah, the Army wouldn't advertise for those kinds of jobs.(at least I hope not!)

I have applied to be a secretary at the local Dental Clinic. Now I know for most of you, you have probaly did secretary jobs like wayy back in highschool or something. In HS, I worked for my Dad's janitorial business cleaning office buildings. My last job (where I met my hubs) I was a maid for the Adam's Mark Hotel in Daytona Beach FL.(its now been bought out by the Hilton)

All my life I have been a manual worker. I have not so secretly always wanted the job where I dress up pretty and always have my hair did. The glamorous job. HA! Now dont get me wrong, I know being a secretary isn't all  bling bling, but it does allow me to dress up. And because its an Army job, I would get great benefits.

What kind of benefits, you ask?

These.

Time Off

Vacation / Leave – Begin with 13 days paid vacation during your first year of federal employment. Your leave allowance increases to 19.5 days per year after 3 years and to 26 days per year after 15 years.

Ten Paid Holidays
Leave of absence for –
Family Care
New born/newly adopted child
Disability or serious illness

Flexible work environments

Flex Time

Job Sharing

Onsite Day Care (at specific locations)

Telecommuting (approved schedules)

Fitness Facilities (at specific locations)

Now I think that is pretty pretty amazing! I am also hoping I get this job for my sanity! Now don't get me wrong, my husband and kids are my EVERYTHING, but I feel like I need to be an "adult" now. Ya know, talk to other adults about something other then whos kid is sick or what they ate for dinner. Whos potty training and whos kid is the brattiest.

I remember what it feels like to work...and get paid for it. I work my boooty off as a SAHM, but there is something as equally rewarding about being a part of the workforce.My Zachary will start Kindergarten (ahhhh!) in August. Mikey will be in Second Grade.(ahhh again!) Hailey will benefit while in Daycare because she will be able to play with (and learn with and from) kids her own age.

In my head, I have already gotten the job. LOL! I have no skills, except that I can type 40 WPM(thanks to blogging and web surfing) I am always always early where-ever  I go. I am friendly and patient. I know how to answer phones and fax/copy things. I can pull files and interact with customers. I AM qualified for this job. Lucky for me, there were NO minimum qualifications for this job. Kinda scary. Is that good or bad? Wednesday is the close date for applications so I will not know one way or another until then. I hope I get it. I decided NOT to use my Military Spouse Emplyoment Preference for Employment (which would give a heads up over the other applicants) Once you use it once, you cannot use it again for his tour here in Germany. Three years is a long time to not have that preference. So, I tried doing it on my own.

Scary. Yet exciting.

The plus side to this also, is that I will have to go shopping. Shopping for work clothes! Awww thats such a shame! HAHAHHA!

Any of you lovely bloggers out there ever been in my situation or one similar? Id love to hear about it and the outcome!

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On another note, my LOVE comes home from the field tonight!!!!! YAY! I just realized that means he will be able to go on the trip to Trier with us on May 28th!!!! WOOOOO! My poor love hasn't gotten to explore even one place since he's been here. freaking training!
 The kids are all doing great.Zachary is turning a new leaf. Whenever I ask him to do something his answer is "yes, mommy." in the sweetest most loveable voice ever! I think its helps that I totally gush over it! Im like"on my goodness Zachy you are the best little listener EVER!" or "thank you sooooo much Z. You make my heart sooooo happy when you listen to me!"

He eats it right up!

Mikey man got six compliment cards from his teacher last week. SIX! They were for following the rules.

Um, duh! He is the best behaved kid in school.(no really, Im not just sayng that cuz Im his mama. He really is a well behaved kid. His school record proves it. I will have to show you proof another day though because I have no clue where the heck it is right now and frankly do not feel like looking for it!

He got a pop up book of Animals as his reward. He's soooo happy. I am too. I m happy by boy loves loves loves to read!!! He amazes me with the vocabulary he has at 7!

As for the Diva, she's getting so big too! She has been sicky lately and  has a runny nose. I was in the bathroom (cleaning it) when she came barreling in and headed straight for the T.P. I was about to tell her to back the heck up  move out of the way when she got the T.P and wiped her nose! AHHH! She then proceeded to throw it in the potty(whose lid happened to be up already!) I about died! I can't believe how smart she is. And so verbal too.

Hmmmm what are some of her new words.....

*Ugh oh Toodie
*DVD
*Thank you Toodie
*She folds her hands when we say prayer at dinner
*cup
*down
*up
*good girl Toodie

The girl amazes me! It will be so hard to leave  her and work though. She's my pretty baby girl! Booo! But, it must be done!

Anyways, Im going to get going.

Pot roast in the crock pot for dinner.(and it smells divine already!)
MMMMM MMMM MMMM!

Hope you all have a lovely Monday!

Thanks for stopping by!
                                                                
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