Bark Park

After my morning run my plan was to come home and do absolutely nothing for the rest of the day. (minus a quick trip to the commissary when they opened at 11am) 

The hubs picked up a new set of SIT (soldiers in training).....fresh meat = a new cycle. 

Hello Red Phase = long hours, going to bed alone, tired husband, cranky husband bc of stupid PVT's. late dinners, weekends alone at home..... really I could go on and on. But I'll spare you. 

I figured I'd treat the pups to a trip to the Dog Park before embarking on my lazy afternoon. 

I re-bundled up because it was super chilly out and the park is about half a mile from our home. 

We headed out the door and they were super excited. The minute we pull their leashes from the closet they know something is up and they are going some were. They go nuts, so we better be ready to walk out the door because they will knock you down. 

We spent about a hour a the dog park hanging out. It was a bit chilly but I managed, they were having a great time running around playing. We had the whole place to ourselves so I just let them hang out and play for a while. They definitely love being outside no matter how cold or hot it is, I think its the Hawaiian in them. 

 After a long run and a fun filled morning with the crazy puppies at the park, we are enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon at home. Chilly weather and cloudy sky's makes for a perfect couch day and some HGTV & Food Network. 

My Week Flash Back

My week in review through Instagram, seriously I mean who doesn't LOVE Instagram. 

Monday was a run day!! I have to toot my own horn I'm getting stronger and stronger on my runs. It's a wonderful feeling. It doesn't happen over night but I will get there, one step.....one run at a time. 

 Tuesday I met up with 3 other wives from our company for dinner at the local Pizza Joint. Its by far the hubbs and I's favorite pizza place in the area. We all try to get together at least once and month and just catch up outside of the company / BCT life on the trail. The company was great, the food was fabulous the laughs were endless and I can't wait to do it again. Before we left I called the hubbs to see if he wanted dinner, since he was staying out in the field over night for their FTX (field training exercise). With two of the other wives husbands out there we just decided to get them a whole pizza to share. 20 inches of pure yummy goodness right there. This thing is so so BIG and so so good!!!!

 Tuesday night I also registered for the Color Run that is coming to the South the beginning of March. I'm super excited, it was here twice in my area last year and I was out of town both days. Not this time around. I first saw the Color Run on Pinterest a bit ago and knew it had to be on my "To Do Race List". I will definitely be doing it for fun and just to have a good time with it (not time at all), seeing's I'll be running my 1st Half Marathon a week later. I don't want to take any chances in hurting myself or causing any injuries. 

Wednesday after our run I came home and hung out with the hubbs in his office / disaster of a room while he reloaded ammo. I was totally not feeling the need to cook dinner at all, I was being lazy and enjoyed just lounging around chatting with him. You ever have those days were nothing sounds good, you don't wanna cook but you don't want take out either?!?!? Yea that was this girl right here. 

Isn't he just a doll face, :) I sure do think so. I love his blue eyes to!!! I lost interest in hanging out in the man-cave mess of a office when his "manpanion" called and they started talking guns. "See ya" I'm gonna go figure out dinner on that note. Love you boo!!! 

Friday I came home to a box from the Mistress on my front porch. I have such fabulous friends, that know the way to my heart. Isn't she so sweet, chocolates, a wine glass, comfy socks and a cute shirt with a little bit of nail color. What more do I need for a perfect Friday night when the hubbs has CQ. Well maybe a bottle of wine to go along with it. :) 

Sunday after our long run that was suppose to be 6 miles that turned into 9.5 miles I was definetly feeling a little bit of pain in my left lower leg. I treated myself to lunch and came home and took the rest of the day off. Not at all how I had intended to spend the rest of the day but thankfully I have tomorrow off as well. Thank You MLK!!! Icy Hot & Sweet Tea a cure for just about anything!!!! 

Labor Day Weekend

Even with the Holiday weekend the hubbs had to work pretty much a good half day on Sunday and Monday he worked all day again. It's quite the bummer but you know it comes with the job. I didn't complain because well that wasn't going to make the situation any better. The pups and I enjoyed some nice quality time together at home. I ran a few errands around town but that was about the extent of my day. We caught up on some dvr and vegged out on the couch for the rest of Sunday. It happened to down poor right after I got home, so that squashed any plans we had of going for a run. Hints the reason for vegging out. 

~DAY 325~

Well today was suppose to be another half day for the hubbs but it didn't quite happen. It was a awful day for him at work. I feel so bad for him some times and wish I could make things better but sadly there's nothing I can do. I hate feeling helpless and out of control. Some of the other DS that he works with just don't do their job which leaves him to pick up the slack. He's not one to walk away till the job is done so he goes behind making sure everything is takin care of. Even if that means having to over see the privates mow the grass, because the DS on CQ is to lazy to do so. I've gone over and above with our company and the DS here. I'm always making sweet treats for them to munch on during long nights. This past Saturday when I went out to take pictures I took them all Gatorade's and snacks from the shoppette because it was so hot out at the range. But then it breaks my heart when the hubbs comes home and tells me how awful they all are and how they don't do anything. I told him it makes me not want to do anything for them any more or go out of my way for them. He says "I know right" because he does the same, by going out of his way for them. I know it sounds bad, but if your going to treat my husband awful then why am I going to go out of my way to do something nice for you. DONE!!! I refuse to play their games and give in to their poor pitty me act. Same with our Battalion its seriously the most disorganized unit possibly in the army. I really don't know how much more of their nonsense I am going to put up with. Its all about the rank here, (with the spouses) and they like to through that in your face. Last time I checked my husband earned and wore the rank so why am I treated differently because of what rank he is. Makes no sense to me, It's never bothered me and I've never had to deal with it before coming here. It's actually really sad how some spouses put themselves above others because of their spouses rank. You hear about it all the time but this is the first I've had to experience it.
I don't so much mind the city anymore, I've settled in and found my groove here. Now if only we can do something with the post and unit its self. Beginning to Mid March we are getting a new BC so I'm hoping that might help turn things around a bit, we will see.


On another note I'm going on vacation soon an I couldn't be more excited. I'm really looking forward to getting away for a while to seeing Family, My Spouse and Mistress. It's going to be a nice change of pace for a few weeks. I'll miss the hubbs something crazy because sadly he's not able to come with during the first part of my adventure & well the second part is GIRLS ONLY!!!!
When taking vacation from work I have to find my own sub to cover my hours at work. (talk about a drag) So this afternoon I sat down and finally nailed it out. I've been stressing about it for a while now, with the number of days I'm taking off I was worried about getting it all covered.
Just a few more week till I'm outta here, but for now its time to say goodbye to a long holiday weekend because its back to work tomorrow :(.

~DAY 326~

Combative's Level 2

Hubby is taking combative's level 2 this week (it started yesterday) and its really kicking his butt. He came home today and hasn't done much since. I had to wake him up to eat dinner and even then he was a bit out of it. He's not having to go in till 8am but the training is so intense. It gives him head aches and he wont take meds unless he just has to. I can't imagine how its going to be when he takes level 3 & I don't even want to think about level 4. There is only 6 of them taking the class & one of them had a rib broken yesterday and was taken to the emergency room. Today they found out that he is on profile for the next 10 weeks.
I baby sat last night for a family in my class, the dad is the chief radiologist at Moncrief Army Community Hospital here on post. I was talking to him about it and he said they see a lot of guys come in with broken knuckles, ribs, forearms and more. This didn't make me feel any better about it. We've just got to make it through the next 3 days and then we will be in the clear for now. I just can't imagine him getting badly hurt while taking a class that is required by the army.

Our 80lb lap dog, has to be the center of attention as always.

~DAY 297~

Taking it Easy

This is what we did today, no joke. From the moment we got up at 8am we've lounged around all day. I can not remember the last time we just hung out at the house and didn't go ANYWHERE. When I came down stairs this morning the hubbs was watching the show Ax Men on the History channel. Some how I got sucked in. It was a Ax Men Marathon all day because the season finale was airing this evening. I'm no history channel watching person but for one reason or another this show really got me interested and quite frankly it was pretty funny at times. We enjoyed the day being lazy and doing absolutely nothing. Literally NOTHING. We did take the pups for a walk this evening after it cooled down a bit. That's always one of my favorite parts of our weekend together. It was a great way to end the weekend as well as the 5 almost 6 week cycle break we have been on. One more week (this coming Friday) and the hubbs picks up with new BCT's and life on the trails starts again. (18 straight weeks or craziness)

We're ending the evening with Army Wives & a freshly baked loaf of Banana Bread. 

~DAY 220~

Our Sunday on Instagram

after spending the morning running around at the lake she was pretty tired on the drive home. 

I hate that our backyard is so small, but we are enjoying the different areas around here were we can take them to run their energy out. 

I absolutely love this little pooch she makes me smile.

after our trip to Weston Lake for some fishin with friends we headed out to lunch. 

Trying a new place again Burger Tavern 77. 

I had a chicken sandwich and let me tell you it was fabulous. We will def. be going back again soon. 

after we got home the hubbs checked the mail, it doesn't run around here till close to 5pm so we normally forget and get it the next day. 

I was so excited to see this "save the date" card in our box!!!! 

I can't wait to head back to Texas here in a few (ok 5) months. One of my favorite chicka's is finally gettin hitched and I have the honor of being one of her bridesmaids. 

after a long day running around playing barking his head off, jumping in the lake, chasing the fishing pole around as if flew through the air. 

This is how he spent the rest of the evening, relaxed laid out on the couch. 

~DAY 213~

It Might not be a Paradise Life...

...but its our life & we are enjoying every moment of it that we can.

If I went to bed a 8pm I'd be up at 5am something to, well thankfully that wasn't me but the hubbs. He's had a long ruff week of school. We're 4 & 1/2 weeks in to this, only 4 & 1/2 to go. When I woke up & came downstairs there was a box of yummy & so sweet Dunkin Donuts sitting on the counter. We indulged into a few and then were off to the gun range for the morning. The hubbs hasn't been in a few weeks because of school so he was really looking forward to going. 

After a couple hours of shooting we came home & both ended up falling asleep on the couch. I guess we were both tired and didn't realize it, who knew shooting could tire you out. We finally regained some energy from some were & decided since it had warmed up out that we would take the pups for a stroll walk around post. I still can't get over how excited they get when we pull their leashes down. You would think by now (3 yrs later) they wouldn't go as crazy but I guess not. I love taking them out walking its our little get away from the world. We both leave our phones at home and take our time walking around post. 

The rest of the day was spent being lazy, cuddling on the couch and enjoying having nothing to do & no were to be. Sometimes that's just what we need to get through the day. Even with all the changes we've had to endure with moving here and the lack of things to do we have been able to spend alot of quality time together. Not to say that we didn't in Hawaii but here in the South we aren't on the go as much as we were in Hawaii. I'm still not crazy about being stationed here but I'm hoping with time that will change. I know the time we have together will be give & take due to the hubbs assignment but we are going to make the most of it. 

Late night dates cuddled on the couch are what I look forward to after a long day. 

~128~

oUr LaZy SuNdAy

DAY 101

Today was a bit different then normal Sundays for us and its something I'm going to have to get use to at least for the next 8 weeks. 

The hubbs only day off right now is Sundays, during the week he is working from 4am-9pm or later. It really sucks and I don't understand how they can have class that late every night but thats the army for you. Before we went to sleep last night I asked the hubbs what he wanted for breakfast in the morning after he got back from Staff Duty. UGH, yes even on his day OFF he had to go in for 2 hours from 5am-7am. I was still in bed when he got home so its not like it was time we were really missing out on together but it was sleep he was missing out on. He has been so tired the last 4 days I can only imagine how its going to be in a few weeks. 

Any how back to breakfast, he wanted pancakes BLAH....I LOVE pancakes but I am not a fan of the mix he picked out from the commissary. I offered to go get his favorite Dunkin Donuts while he went in to work but nah, he wanted pancakes. So like a good wifey I made him what he wanted and had myself some as well. As I was making breakfast he was out back with the pups and I kept thinking yay its only Saturday.......wait no its not, its freaking Sunday we only get one full day together. 

After breakfast we took the pouches on a walk, we've been trying to take them out at least once every weekend. This gives them a chance to really run around, go crazy and get all their energy out. I love taking them out, it makes me smile so much to see them running around enjoying the great outdoors. I snapped a few videos on my cell when we were out and wanted to share one with you.

After our walk we decided to take a trip to Target, the hubbs needed a few things for school and I wanted to see if they had something back in stock that I'd been looking for. Sadly they didn't have what he was looking for but lucky for me they had what I was looking for. I finally broke down and purchased my first Ipod Nano and its PINK, this is the first Ipod of any sorts that I own. I know crazy right how have I gone this long with out one. I've been running while using me cell phone in a arm band listening to Pandora but lets just say thats its become a b~sting to get in and out. I'm not techno savvy at all so I had been hesitant about purchasing one but the hubbs assured me I would be fine and he would help me set it up. I can't wait to go on my run tomorrow and try this baby out, I'm so sure that it will be much more enjoyable to run with. 

Before heading back to post we stopped for a quick lunch at a place called "Cook Out". I've been wanting to try it out for a few weeks now and every time we are out I completely forget about it till we pass it after we've already had lunch or its not that time. Today we REMEMBER, to best describe it you could say its a burger joint with a little bit of everything else and milkshakes. I went with a BBQ plate that came with french fries, coleslaw & huss puppies total cost $3.99 & the hubbs had a Chicken plate that came with fries $3.99, I also got a sweet tea that was $2.00. Our entire meal was less than $11.00 I was in love and couldn't believe how good the food was for such a awesome price. We will for sure be visiting back again, I so wanna try their milkshakes but it was just way to cold out for that today. 

As we headed back on post this was the truck in front of us. The hubbs made a comment to the gate guard about it possibly being some type military explosive devises. That's when he said "no its 1200 boxes of pizza....PIZZA...... 1200 boxes really thats a whole lot of pizza. The gate guard said they were headed to the Solomon Center which is the community center on post. The pizza was all bagged up in black trash bags, I'm sure to make transporting easier. But gosh I would hate to be the person eating them, it was so cold out and who knows how long the have been sitting there while they loaded it all up. When we got up to the red light next to the truck we noticed the truck ahead of this one was also loaded down in the back with bags of pizza CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!

The rest of the afternoon we spend at home relaxing and being lazy, the hubbs went to a study group the guys were holding for a hour. I took advantage of him beginning gone and ran to the commissary for a few things. I feel like we've done really well together this week with him having to take extra time outside of work to study & sleep during odd hours. The only thing I'm still trying to figure out is how I'm going to manage dinner. Not knowing when he will get off each night makes it hard to plan what we are having and when to cook. I want him to be able to come home to a freshly cooked meal, not leftovers that I made a few hours prior that he has to heat up. However at the same time I don't want him to have a super late dinner because I know he's going to be tired when he gets home, wanting to get some sleep shortly after. 

Any suggestions ?!?!?! We do at least one maybe two crock pot meals a week, and that always seems to work really well for us. 

Lazy Sunday

DAY 45

This is how we spent our day

We had no plans for the day which was really nice, nothing to do no were to be by a certain time. We ended up spending most of our day right here on the couch being lazy watching Christmas movies. So of course the pups did as well, they are so cute the way they cuddle up together. I'm so glad that they have gotten along since day one. I really don't know what I would have done if they didn't take to each other. It was so nice I didn't end up getting dressed until about 3pm and that was after I cleaned the house. Those lazy pups you see are sweet as came be but Dingo has a little issue and he likes to shed so I'm always vacuuming the floors. We ended the evening together by going and seeing a late afternoon movie. We saw Jack & Jill it was funny but I glad we went to the matinee showing. I wouldn't watch it again but I'm glad I saw it. It was the perfect way to end a long weekend together, I'm truly loving all this down time with my hubbs. I know come the first of the year things are going to get busy for the both of us so we are taking full advantage of it while we can.

33 days to go

All I wanted to do was to sleep in till at least like 8AM.
Did that happen NOPE, Dingo was up pacing the floor at 6:30. OMG, I didn't get to bed till past midnight again and I was up the morning before at 4AM.

CAN I JUST GET SOME SLEEP HERE PLEASE.

Grabbing a blanket & pillow I headed down stairs opened the dog door and made my way to the couch. I was not at all ready to get up for the day.
Thankfully I was able to go back to sleep till around 9:00ish. That's when Gabe started texting me to see what I was up to. Awh I miss my baby so much and can't wait till he gets home.

I spent the better half of the day around the house doing little things here and there. Once again my beach plans for the day were canceled because of the crappy weather. I was so mad, I am tired of the rain and the clouds over head of us. :(

I managed to venture out for a bit snagging a bite to eat at McD's and a trip to wally world. I was hoping to take a drive around the island, take in a different view for once. The crappy weather once again ruined that for me.
Last weekend when I was cleaning I found a disposable camera in Gabe's foot locker from his first deployment to Iraq. I went and had it developed today (hints the trip to wally world) and here are a few of the treasures I found.





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He's such a dork, I've been so happy, pretty much the WHOLE day we have been texting back and forth. It really made my day. I love being able to talk to him, even if its through a text. :) I can't stand being away from him and the time has just seemed to drag by here lately.

While at Wally World I felt a little crafty and picked up a few things, here is the out come. Its hanging above our front door as you walk outside. I just painted it but I was pretty happy with out come.



I also found this video through a friend today and have been playing it all night long, I hope you enjoy.


Eighteen days down and only 32 more to go.


I love & miss you baby so much & can't wait till this is over and you are back home in my arms. Love your Wifey :)