Tag:

I've been tagged by Elizabeth McGuire. The tag is to let you know a few things about myself:

10 years ago:
I was 15(to the day)....I was a Freshman in High School at Lamar in Arlington, TX and this was also the year that I first started dating the LOVE of my life who is now my husband! CRAZY! I was playing volleyball and softball.....and that's all I really remember right now....I guess I'm getting old!

On my to do list:
-go running
-organize and go through things before we move
-make Izzy her 1year appointment with the vet
-scrapbook
-look up airfare to California for friend and to Texas for me!
-???? I'm sure there is more.....at least blogging is checked off

What would I do if I suddenly became a billionaire?
-Be very Thankful.....
-scream
-pay off my school loans
-buy Josh his dream car
-share with family
-save
-ALOT

Three of my bad habits:
-cracking my knuckles
-procrastination
-obsessively cleaning

Five jobs I've had:-
-babysitting
-Target
-Camden Properties
-Nielsen
-that's all I have

Five things people don't know about me:-
-I'm terrified of Bridges......
-My husband and my brother have the same name
-I love to CLEAN!
-I'm obsessed w/ candles....and anything that has to do with candles


Now I'll tag five people:
-Rachel Calton
-Lindsay Ward
-Becca Williams
-Valerie Muckle
-Christie Frett

Pictures and a quarter of a century!!!!

Well...I turned 25 today....not too exciting....the good thing is that I get a paid day off work on my birthday!!!! Yeah! No work today....but I did have to go in for a CAT scan this morning to try and find out what is causing all the dizziness....the doctors are checking for an Acoustic Neuroma....which is basically a tumor in your ear. I won't know until the doctor contacts me....so I guess we will wait.....I'll keep you posted. Anyways.....on to the brighter side of the day......I don't have much planned....I'm gonna hang out here at the house....Josh is coming home to have lunch with me but then he has to go back into work for a few hours so I will probably get my running in while he is at work. I'm trying to get ready for this crazy half marathon that I am going to run with Lindsay in October...if you wanna know more about the race check out lindsay's blog! Anyway....I decided that since I had the day off I would get some pictures posted on this thing! Hope you all enjoy! Thanks for all the birthday wishes and texts that I have gotten so far! Enjoy the pictures!


My cute Officer marching in the parade!

The whole group in front of the Masonic Temple!
Close up!
Josh and I at the Lincoln Memorial!
Josh and I at the top of the Masonic Temple w/ Alexandria, Virginia in the background!
The most snow I have seen! Thats my car!

At the George Washington Birthday Ball! and again!
Nancy(Navy league), Kristen (captains wife), Mayor, Captain Bernacchi
Rachel holding Lily(wearing my sunglasses)....Rachel and I babyset her while the movers were at her house with her parents....they just move to Virginia....but are from Texas....but they are Aggies!:( I thought this was a cute picture though!

Lily wanted to lay like the kitty!
The guys at the Dive....for Mezlo's(front & center) pinning!
Josh and I in NYC w/ Ashley and Austin!
Ashley and I in NYC!


Captains Farewell Party! Captains saying something about Josh!

The boat leaving back in January....Josh is one of the ones up on the sail!
Pulling out!
Coming Home! Josh is up on the top driving here too!
The wives at the now old captains change of command party....we all have on T-shirts given to us by Kristen(captains wife) that say kristen's party posse on the back w/ the boat seal on the front....all in pink of course! (Back row Left: Stacy(XO's wife), Diane(Eng's wife), Rachel, Me, Tonya. Middle Row: Michelle, Valerie, Kristen (captains wife), Jodi. Bottom row: Kelly(Wep's wife), Caroline.)

Our good friend Kyle (Rachel's Husband) getting his dolphins!
Rachel and Kyle! This ones for you Rach!
Rachel and I!

CRAZY encounter.....

Don't think I am going to post everyday....this is just by chance. Anyway...today I had to work...sucks I know...but I only have to work one more weekend before my last day of work! Yeah! Well...after work Rachel and I decided that we wanted to go and get manicures(thanks to Christie) since it was snowy/rainy and Josh was out shopping for my birthday....! Well...we get there (and by the way neither of us had every been to this salon before) but Rachel and I got set with our backs to one another...no big deal b/c we were like the only ones in the salon.....well...I sit down and put my fingers in the little hand bowl and the lady sits down and lets out "OH MY GOSH" while grabbing my left hand......she was gasping about my wedding ring.....then proceeds to get another chinaman to come over and look at it....well he not only looks at it with his naked eye but goes over to his station and gets out his diamond "looking at" lense, comes back over, grabs my hand and starts to check out my ring. Then the two of them are pointing and touching my hand while talking in their language! I seriously thought they were planning a way to get it off my finger. Once that was done the guy begins to talk to me about how he can tell what a person is like and how many friends they have by their face.....the spacing between their eyebrows, the shape of the nose, the shape of the mouth, etc......Weird! Then once Rachel's lady is done with her she walks over to me....GRABS my ear and goes "how much did you pay for your earings"....I was wearing the diamond earings that Josh got me for christmas......by this time I was REALLY freaked out! After that Rachel and I bolted out the door and it started to snow/mush on us as soon as we walked out! It made for an interesting day and a fun story! Hope you all enjoy!

FUN FILLED FEBRUARY!

Its been a while.....I think I have started all my blogs out that way lately. It just doesn't seem like I have time to sit down and write or load pictures. With Josh coming and going our schedule is crazy....since he has been home we have had something going on for the boat every weekend....so during the week when he is not on duty we try to spend time together. We are told that we will see more than enough of each other once we move to California for shore duty.....I think we are both looking forward to that. Well....lets see.....what have we been up to lately......Josh got home at the end of January.....the first weekend in February we had a dolphin pinning ceremony for a guy on the boat....then the next night was Captain Bernacchi's farwell, Captain Doyle's Hail, and Noel and Bonnie's farewell. Bonnie and Noel are actually on their way to California. They will be in Monterey with us....which is really exciting. Anyway....The hail and farewell was a lot of fun.....it was at S&P Oyster Company which is a seafood restraunt in Downtown Mystic. That next week was Valentine's Day. Josh and I did not do much.....we decided to only give homemade gifts this year and homemade cards......Josh TOTALLY out did me this time...he made me a shadow box of things that he had saved from when we first started dating back in High School.....It is so AWESOME.....I have not taken any pictures of that but I will try to do that soon. On Valentine's night we babyset Bonnie and Noel's new baby Nicholas so that they could go out. Its okay though....because the very next day Josh and I left for Alexandria, Virginia for 4 days. For those that don't know Josh was selected as JO of the year and so we got an all expense paid trip to Alexandria, Virginia with Captain Bernacchi and his wife as well as a few other sailors. It was so much fun....but tiring. Friday when we got there we had to go to some meetings with the Mayor and other city and navy league officials. Saturday we had free time in the morning/day so Josh and I took advantage of going into DC. That was really neat...it was actually my first time to be in DC. That evening we had a ball to go to.....it was the George Washington Birthday Ball.....but the neat thing everyone was in costume and we all had to "talk" and "act" as though it was 1766. It was so fun. Then Sunday we had a brunch with the members of the navy league then got a VIP tour (thanks to the mayor) of the Masonic Temple....which was really cool as well. That evening Josh and I had dinner with the captain and his wife. Monday....stared out with the Fireman's breakfast then followed by the George Washington Birthday Parade...which Josh got to walk in along with the others that went. It was a crazy busy weekend....but tons of fun! I do have pictures of the weekend so I will be posting those. We got back from Virginia Late Monday night....and then that Friday was the Change of Command. To make Friday more interesting.....we got at least 3 inches of snow....if not more....that morning.....not real sure how much it was but I do know that it was the most snow I have ever seen. Anyways....we went to the Ceremony that afternoon....which was sad. It hard to see the captain leave. That evening we went to the new captains party at the Seaman's Inn in Downtown Mystic.....followed by the now old captains party at his home. After such a long, fun filled day....we decided to take it easy the rest of the weekend and just hang out with one another. Sooo....that brings us to this week.....Monday I woke up having another dizzy spell.....just like I did exactly one year ago.....Kinda weird I know....that has been going on for this whole week and I have a doctors appointment on Monday so that maybe this time they may be able to find out what is going on. After such a crazy month.....and what feels like no down time.....Josh will once again be leaving soon....but don't you worry.... he is actually going to be here for my Birthday this year. This will be my first birthday he has been home in 2 years.....and the first of my birthdays that I will get to spend with him since High School. WEIRD! Anyways.....I'm tired of writing and I will try to be better at keeping this thing updated. I will post some pictures this afternoon of our fun filled February!