It FREEZING!!!!

Well...fall (to the people in the North)/winter( to me) has officially begun. The leaves have changed and are starting to fall off the trees which is kinda sad b/c Josh missed it all. He is still gone but will hopefully be home soon. I will be sure to let everyone know when he makes it safe back home to me!:) I've been trying to keep myself busy while he has been gone with work and my girlfriends. We had a baby shower for our friends Bonnie and Noel last weekend...they are having a baby boy at the end of November...Noel is on the boat with Josh. Last Saturday night after the shower I drove up to Boston to spend the day with the Tondu's and Rachel (college friend) who came to Boston to visit. It was good to see Rachel and Austin and Ashley of course....and to get to hang out in Boston while they Red Sox played and won the last two games against the Indians. GO SOX! Last weekend I also had a guy from church's fiance come and stay with me for the whole weekend. The rest of last week I spend working.....working out....sleeping....and going to bible study! This past Friday night we had a girls night out.....Rachel(friend from here), Christie(neighbor), and Becca(friend that I met through OCF bible study..her husband is in the navy and they just had their first baby boy-Noah).....the four of us went and had dinner at one of the two mexican restruants up here....Margarita's. After dinner we all went over to Rachel's house and hung out some more and watched a movie....Val and Karen met up with us over there....so that was a lot of fun. On Saturday it rained all day....so Rachel and I figured what better to do then go shopping at the outlet malls! So that is where her and I spent the day. I got Josh two shirts....and I hope that he either likes or doesn't notice and likes one of the sweaters that I got him....it was from the Gap....and it is Navy but has pink strips on it...not a lot but it is very cute....He however is NOT a pink wearing boy!!! Saturday night Christie, Rachel and I hung out at my apartment watching season 2 of Greys Anatomy. Christie left early because she has a husband....and Rachel and I stayed up until 2am b/c we wanted to finish season 2. Believe it or not we actually got up and made it to sunday school and big church this morning. After church I came home and cleaned and rearranged my bedroom....yes i know...again....but those that know me well enough shouldn't be the least bit surprised that i rearranged! I also switched out all my candles and other smell things in my apartment to fit the fall season! Now the apartment is ready to welcome Josh home to the new season! Wow...that was a long post. I have some pictures from Boston and the shower that I will post as soon as I get them off my camera. Enjoy til then!

What an AMAZING weekend!!!!

Well....this weekend turned out to be one of the best weekends! First Ashley(college friend who now leaves in Boston) came to visit on Thursday night with her new baby kitten Tonks...and they stayed the whole weekend. We had a lot of fun.....on Friday after I got off work we went and checked out 2 of Eastern Connecticuts Wineries, Jonathan Edwards and Stonington Vineyards. That evening one of the Navy wives was having a girls get together so we had fun hanging out there. To make Friday even more exciting.....JOSH CAME HOME FOR A SURPRISE VISIT....well actually they had to come back and fix some things so he was able to stay for the weekend....which was AMAZING! On Saturday we went to Mystic Village and did some shopping then had lunch with Rachel at Mystic Pizza. After lunch we went to 2 more wineries......then went out to Mohegan Sun to check out the casino. After the casino we headed back home and had a few more friends come over to hang out and watch the Red Soxs get crushed.....I didnt' really care one way or another....but I think Val cried herself to sleep. On Sunday we did a little shopping around Connecticut and then packed up and headed up to Providence to watch the Cowboys play the New England Patriots ! It was a lot of fun minus the fact that the cowboys sucked it up! All in all it was super fantastic weekend! I'll post some pictures later!

Back to "Normal" Navy life.....

Well....it has come time again for the so called "normal" navy life to begin again. Yes...that means that Josh is gone! Although I wish he were here we did get to spend most of the summer together....or at least kinda together....he worked a lot of crazy hours! A few days before Josh left we spent the day doing some "Connecticut" stuff! One of the most exciting things was that we got to go apple picking and take a hay ride through pumpkin patches and the christmas tree farm! I was a lot of fun! Neither Josh nor I had ever been apple picking before....and of course I was more excited than Josh b/c he doesn't eat apples....but he still had a good time. We also bought a pumkin while we were there so that Josh could carve his first pumpkin EVER! I know it sounds crazy.....! Anyway....thats about it for now.....I will probably post more often now since josh is away.....at least about what I am doing....who knows what he is doing! Here are a few pictures....enjoy!

Me carving our Pumpkin!
Josh carving his first pumpkin EVER!
Our pumpkin all lite up!
A better one.....
A view from the apple picking!

Josh picking apples he won't eat!
PUMPKINS!
View on the Hayride!

Fun week with many visitors!

Well.....It has been a long but fun 10 days of family visiting us! We are so glad that everyone got to come and see us and we are so blessed to have such great family! The week started off the friday before last with some of Josh's family visiting. Josh's Dad and stepmom visited for the first time! We had so much fun showing them around and just getting to hang out with them! We also got to celebrate his dad's birthday with him which was nice and I know Josh really enjoyed being able to do that! After they left, my parents and Aunt Kathy and Uncle Joe came to visit. My mom and dad have been up here a few times now but it was Aunt Kathy and Joe's first time! We had a lot of fun....shopping.....gambling....playing Wii.....visiting the wineries! My dad and Aunt Kathy and Joe left on Friday morning and headed down to Georgia to pick up a tractor from my uncle sonny and drive it back to Texas....I know it is a little crazy.......but hey what can I say! Thats not all the visitors though......on thursday...the day before they left my grandma and grandpa came to visit! I am so glad that they were able to come and visit and see where I am now. My mom and grandparents stayed until this past sunday.....we had so much "gambling".......eating sea food.....and so much more! We were so blessed to have so many visitors! We really enjoyed having everyone here and getting to show everyone around! Now that everyone is gone Josh and I are now preparing for him to leave again really soon. Josh has been working a lot this past week or so......he is currently working 12hour nights......so he goes into work at 5:45pm and comes home at 7:15am as i am heading off too work.....so when I get home he is sleeping and they he gets up so he can eat dinner and then heads back to work. It kinda sucks.....I feel like he is already gone....but what are you gonna do.....I guess this is the life of the navy! Well....I guess that is it for now.....not much else is going on here! I will post picuters of all the fun with all the visitors as soon as this dumb sight will let me download them!