finally this time we got the computer working once AGAIN

Ok so I originally thought my computer was back up and running last night and low and behold da da da daaaa i was wrong!!!!!!. I had to go back to the apple store today, I drug Tonya and Gus man along (she is such a great friend and I love her to death) and we took the computer and switched it for a new one.

Then we did a little bit of shopping and since it was free ice cream day at ben and Jerrys we stopped at the one in new orleans and got us some ice cream.

Gus seemed to love it he was wearing it! It was very crowded the news station from new orleans was there.
We also saw a saints football player i think it was number 23. He was getting ready to start scooping ice cream.

Other than that not much went on when I got home, I got the new computer up and running, fed simba outside so that he would not drop food everywhere and also sat on my swing that mom and dad bought down over the weekend, it is very comfy.

IT was a very nice and mild day and also sunny out. I left the windows open in the living room so that Olivia and Sassy cat could watch outside. I had also moved my bird feeder from the back to the front so that Olivia and sassers could watch them there.

Olivia seems to like to sit in the recliner and watch. Sassy just seems to do whatever she wants to do. Simba stayed outside all day and I am hoping he is go ing to be worn out when he comes in tonight. I have given him his cottage cheese so that he can get that all over the yard lol.

I talked to derek for a little bit today. I do not think he is quite used to the idea that I am actually out and about and what not now compared to how i used to be. I used to not want to leave the house and do anything but now I am enjoying having friends around me and enjoying life a lot more than I was before hand.

I think everyone is finally over the stomach bug that has been going around. I was trying to get it again last night but I think it finally left my system. I can barely talk but it is ok. I am hoping to start job hunting this week or next week to help out with the finances a little more so I am somewhat excited about doing that.

Other than that everything is going good. Life is great life is good life just gets better for me everyday and I love it!!!!!
That is all for now

ok finally back up and running....

After a long week I finally have my computer back. I had to take my computer into the apple store the other week due to the power supply not draining out completely. It would not turn on after it turned off go figure something has to go wrong when Derek leaves as usual.

So this week kind of flew by which is surprising. Thanks to my friend tonya she kept me busy busy busy. WE also had our frg meeting this month. Everyone at the meeting seemd to have some kind of stomach bug and low and behold I came down with it over the weekend which happend to be the weekend we were going to go see the play HairSpray at the beau rivage with little miss tonya.

I unfortunately spent friday night puking and what not. Saturday I felt a little bit better but not enough to sit through a play:(

Mom and dads visit went ok.  they only stayed through today.

I have talked to Derek just about everyday since he has been gone. He has been doing good. He is sick with a sinus infection I think.

Not much else is going on here. I have decided to step up and take the secretary position for the FRG.

I am gearing up to do some serious exercising at the gym and work on some serious weight loss. I am really fed up with all the weight i have gained and finally getting tired of family staying on my back about it.

Other than that heart wise I am doing really good. I had another post op visit with doctor book and she said everything looked really good. I need to schedule an appointment here with dr alderson in june and then go back to dr book after the summer.

Dereks birthday is coming up so I have to get a package ready to send to him this week he is turning 28!!!!!!!!!

Another uneventful day

Well, another day is over with. What has happened today you are wondering? ABSOLUTELY nothing. I spent the day talking to Derek. He has to do room inspections on Monday and had some guys that did not want to clean their rooms I guess and so he had to go back and re inspect their rooms this evening and then he got back online and talked to me.
We discovered some more new neat stuff on our macs. We have discovered that we can view each others screen while on messenger which is really neat. We also got on webcam together. I am working on a slide show of pictures from when we were dating up till when we got married. 
I let him see what I have gotten done so far while we were connected screen to screen.
Other than talking to Derek nothing else really happened today. My dad and I went out and walked, the day was pretty nice it was about 70 degrees outside and somewhat cloudy. After that we got back to the house and my mom came home from going to get Kyle my cousin who just had a brain tumor removed and to pick up his youngest Caroline from school.
I am also starting to work on putting my step son's easter basket together to send to him, he lives in Lake Mary Florida. 
I have to re do my spain hotel reservations as their policy has changed for reserving rooms which I think is stupid. They said due to space A we cannot book a room until 30 days prior to arriving. Apparently the policy changed right after we booked and they decided to cancel our reservation sooooo, I am going to have to remember to do it before I leave,
I am also still watching airline tickets to spain. They have stayed the same so far and have not gone up nor down. I plan on flying to madrid and Derek is going to hop on a train and pick me up and we will take the train back to base. I hope Tonya will get to go with me.
As far as family planning and what not. We have found a possibility of avoiding passing on 22q11 to our child at the Emory Genetics Clinic here in Atlanta which is pretty exciting. We are looking forward to trying to get a referral for there when Derek comes home. 
A month has almost passed since Derek has been gone and everything is going good so far and it just seems to be going slow for some reason as it always does during deployments but time sure does fly when he is at home.
I told him today it feels like he is back in Italy again where he was when we met, so I am hoping it wont be any big deal.
Other than not much going on my cardiologist appointment is tomorrow. I am hoping that everything goes good and hoping to go back to our little house in Gulfport.
I miss seeing my friends and NAVY family. 
Tonight dad cooked chicken on the grill and I made mashed cauliflower which turned out really good. It is also good for you. 
I am about to go to bed since I have to be in Atlanta in the am at 8. It takes us about a half hour to get there from the house plus more probably now that it is going to be raining and right in the middle of rush hour traffic.
As Jeff dunham put it one time the problem with rush hour traffic is that every body leaves the house at the same dang time and then at 5pm it is the same thing but vs versa. 
Anyhow I think I am ending this blog here with this thought........
A military marriage is very trying and tough. IT makes the heart grow founder of the one that is away and also makes you appreciate each other even more than you have before.
You miss them , but do not take the fact for granteed that technology is better than the older days where they only had letters to write home.
Today there is computers,letters, and cell phones etc. No matter what the choice of staying in touch with loved ones, it is I am sure always a very heart felt conversation. You cherish every word that they say and the time you get to speak with them.
Well this is all for now. I miss Derek more than yesterday and today and even more tomorrow, the resault of the doctor appointment will be discussed on here tomorrow and I will probably be heading back to gulfport depending on what time we get out of there and how bad the weather is.

another monday

ok sooooooooo, another monday has came and gone and a new week has started. Not much went on today I went to work with my mom and my dad is sick. I talked to Derek on and off he had gotten his mac book in the mail and was excited.

I am also doing research on how to start a family with all of this cardiac stuff and 22q11. I found out that they do genetic counseling here in atlanta and help point you in the right direction as to where you need to go.

I have done a lot of researching on it the past few weeks. I hope to make an appointment soon with a genetics counselor and see what process I need to go about.

I have a cardiologist appointment on wednesday and am hoping I will be clear to drive. I also hope to be cleared to go back to my little house in gulfport mississippi where all of my friends are.

I miss Derek more and more as our 1st anniversary of when we got married is coming up.

Even though he is just a phone call away it is still not the same when you are used to having him home at 10am or before for the rest of the day.

It is a big adjustment for me this time since he is going to be gone for 10 months instead of 6. I do not really understand why since I thought that they were on rotation. but, Derek said their rotation is off and they had to do a 10 month one to get back on.

It is stressful since I have never lived on my own or in another state away from my family and I am taking on some major responsibility that I have never done before. My biggest adjustment was the fact that I have never lived on my own. I had to get used to that and so far am doing ok.

Well, other than a slow monday and going to have lunch with a family friend not much has happened today.

I am hoping that the week will get more interesting when I get back to gulfport. I will also do updates on doctor appointments etc as well.

I hope every one had a funner/more interesting day than I did.

new week starting

Well another weekend without Derek as came and went. This weekend not much went on. Talked to Derek most of the weekend. Friday night I went and ate chinese with my mom and we did a little shopping, Saturday we went and visited my cousin who had a brain tumor taken out and is doing great and getting better each day. We also spent time with their 3 kids. Bowen, Charley and Caroline. Bowen and Charley are a boy and girl twin and are 5 years old. Caroling is 4 and quite entertaining.

Saturday night we met up with my brother and his fiance and took my dad out to dinner to outback. I had steak and some kind of stuffed shrimp and it was really good. My brother and Stacy have not yet set a wedding date this will be both of theirs second marriage , but I really like her and her little boy Brandon.

Today (Sunday) nothing really happened. My dad and brother went to the nascar race today. My mom was going to go but my brother decided to go the last minute. Derek woke me up early and we talked most of the morning and afternoon.

Later on in the afternoon I went to eat with one of my older cousins that was my maid of honor in my wedding at a place called PF Chang's an upscale Chinese restaurant. I love chinese food in case you could not tell lol.

Derek seemed to be doing good. Not much going on with him lately. He has ordered a new mac laptop and is waiting for it to arrive and should be there this week. We are trying to plan a vacation for next summer since he will be back home during the summer. We are also watching plane tickets for my flight over to spain to visit him for 2 weeks this summer and I cannot wait. I have never been anywhere out of the country except the Bahamas and st. marten.

I have an appointment with my cardiologist wednesday to check up on things since the surgery and maybe I will be told I can finally drive even though I do not like too.

Yesterday i also went to a fabric store and got some really cute fabric and cant wait to see how what i am making turns out.

One thing that I have already learned from this deployment is that your marriage is really tested when your loved one goes over seas and makes you appreciate the times that you have spent together and look forward to the times you will have when they come home.

I have a lot going on this month and will be back and forth from home to gulfport. I am especially excited to get back here the 27th to meet my favorite tv guy, dog the bounty hunter. It turns out that his father was a navy seabee also.

There will be more tomorrow since it is monday and I am going into work with my mom to have lunch with some of our friends.

It has been nice being home for awhile and seems like time flies by , but i miss my friends in gulfport and also my cute little house that I love. I also miss Derek but that is a given there. His birthday is coming up the first of april and also our 1 yr wedding a nniversary. I have also connected with another nmcb 7 wife whom i hope to meet at the next frg :)

more tomorrow until then take care and love your seabee :)

cat bath

Not much went on today. I talked to Derek for most of the afternoon on yahoo. After that I cleaned up the kitchen and living room and messed around with the cats for awhile. Simba likes to stay outside at mom and dads house and guard the goats he think apparently that is his job.

On the other hand, I have to send Derek his black foot locker to Spain since he has now found a place to play paintball over there. Leave it to my husband to find somewhere over seas to play paintball.

This evening I gave sassy our Himalayan cat a bath. She actually did pretty good for a cat to have a bath. She cried a little bit but finally sat down in the sink. I am thinking I like that type of cat more and more now. I have an ambition to want to show cats now as crazy as it sounds.

Toe nail trimming is going to be done later on tonight with both cats. I cannot wait to see how that goes olivia is one to not like to have anything done with. Sassy on the other hand could care less what you do to her and it is obvious. This is my last weekend home and saturday I plan on going to eat lunch with one of my cousins. Sunday my parents are going to the nascar race.

I have my cardiologist appointment on the 10th and I hope to leave that afternoon or that following thursday. Not much else is planned. I have basically done my stuff for spain just am watching airline prices before i decide on my ticket

I am actually flying into madrid and have found a nonstop flight to there which will be good. I have booked my room at the inn and suites on base so that is all taking care of.

I have less than a month to go and Derek and I will be married for a year. it is hard to believe that a year has flown by so maybe this heaven for bid deployment will fly by too.

well that is all for now. I wished I would have gotten pictures of sassy when she was wet. She will get a bath at the end of next month, so I will have to take pictures then.

I love my animals like they are human!

I am getting ready to s tart planning my front yard planting and am excited. I love to plant stuff and so I am hoping it will turn out neat. I am also wanting to find a mini fountain to maybe put in the yard :).

My mother bought me some sparkly nail polish today a wizard of oz color set. It is really cute she even painted her nails. Mine are sparkly blue and it is called Dorothy who?

Well that is all for today, I hope since tomorrow is Friday I will have something exciting to happen to write about.

Snowy day

Today it snowed. It started this am but did not stay around long. We got maybe an inch if that and it is already half melted. The goats, lu lu and clemintine, were in the barn for once and stayed in the pasture. The last snow I was told that they got out of the pasture and was walking around the front yard. Simba did not really like the snow this time , but went outside under pro test.
Derek called today. He still has to muster 2 times a day which stinks. He said the weather was nice over there. He also has a birthday coming up the first of next month, so I have to get his package together. He said not much is going on at work but doing building inspections, which is what I think he likes to do anyways.
The snow finished up at about 3 this afternoon. Now it is cold, wet and nasty tonight. The tempuratures right now are above freezing , but they probably will drop over night and all the wetness will probably turn into ice. There isn't much more going on around here.
Last night I went to my cousin Amy's house and played with her kids. The oldest Davis w ho is 6 about to be 7 had a baseball game last night. They won their game and he said he made a really good play. Mom and I stayed with Max and Carson.
Max was into everything possible and Carson was just crawling around. We watched the bachelore and After that we left to go home.
That is really all we have done lately. My dads birthday is this week and he is going to the nascar race this weekend.