It's been awhile....

Well....I know I know....it has been a long time since I have posted on here. Sorry for the delay and the absence of posts. Josh and I have both been really busy the past month. We had a wonderful christmas in Texas with my family.....spent lots of time hanging out....celebrating Josh's 28th birthday.....playing games.....playing Wii(guitar hero)......We enjoyed being there so much and actually miss Texas. Getting back to Connecticut was not near as bad as getting to Texas for me......although when we got back I got really sick for about a week...had to miss work(darn).....then lost my voice the next week due to the sickness the week before. Josh left to go out to sea not but a few days after we got back from Texas and he is still gone. However, he was able to go buy a big screen tv before he left w/ all the christmas and birthday money that the got. He has really been wanting one more than anything else and Best Buy had a sale on a 56" rear projection HDTV. I thought it was a little bit ridiculous at first....that is until we got it and the HD cable.....and now watching the football games(even though the Cowboys sucked it up and the dumb Patriots won) has been a lot of fun......oh and did I mention American Idol nights are AMAZING TOO! Thats right.....as most of you might know from last year..... Rachel and I watch American Idol together every Tuesday and Wednesday night and it started again last week. Now Rachel and I get to watch it on the BIG screen. Anyways.....Since Josh has been gone....I have been keeping my self extra busy! My sister came in town this past week and actually leaves tomorrow. We have been busy checking out New England. We spent the weekend in Boston with a good friend of mine from college-Ashley "Ray" Tondu and her husband Austin. That was a lot of fun....and of course like usual I fell on the ice and bruised my butt pretty bad...so it hurts to sit. Other than that....I have been working out a lot....and losing some much needed weight.....I am currently at a loss of 11.6lbs....and still going. I got motivated when I was home for christmas and my sister in law Lindsay(who most of you know just ran her first FULL marathon....which is amazing) asked me to run the nike women's half marathon in San Fransisco this coming October.....so I have begun my training for that........Other than that, I don't really know much...We don't have much time left here so I am trying to make the most of what I have left before we move across the United States to Sunny California. Josh got his official written orders finally and we should head out sometime at the beginning of June. He has to report to school on like the 30th of June so we are hoping for a full month to make the trip. Well....I guess that is pretty much all in a nut shell. I will try and post some pictures when I get a chance....my uncle took some pictures of Josh and I and of all now SIX of my parents kids....that we framed for them for Christmas.....plus some others......Thats all for now. Hope everyone is staying warm. Ashley and I are FREEZING up here.....I think she is ready to get back down to Texas were its warmer.