We're home!

We're home. We got back around 2 or 3 yesterday. It was a BEAUTIFUL drive. Better than when we drove up to Crested Butte since it was snowing.

We had an amazing time. I was glad we didn't argue and I tried not to let anything put me in a sad or angry mood. We stayed at the Grand Lodge, decent price, I had checked there before since we wanted to to go snowboarding once before. We'll try to go in May. I think I fell in love with Crested Butte.

Snowpocalypse 2010

Last night around 7:30 p.m, it started snowing. HARD. Within 30 minutes, we had 3 inches on the ground. I've never seen anything like that in my life before. It was insane. At our apartment, we had about a foot of snow at the last measurement. We swished it around a little bit before we let Braden go out on the patio to play in it so he wouldn't sink. After we played there for a bit, we went over the park next to our apartment and played in the field of snow. It was the most amazing, beautiful scene I've ever seen. I captured it on camera as well.

I think Braden enjoyed it. He doesn't really like to play in it too much, but he does enjoy kicking it around. Or just scooting along, dragging his feet to make a path. After we came in, Brendon made a fire(he was off work for the day) and we warmed up in front of the fire place. Quite enjoyable. After that, I called my mom, and my brother answered. His name is Jeremy, but we call him JJ for short. Low and behold, Braden started asking for "JJ". It was amazing. I feel bad because Braden is closer to my family than Brendon's. They never want to talk to him on the phone, ever. So why are they so surprised he's scared of them when he sees them? He's 2! We haven't seen them in months and I might see them in April.

This weekend, we'll be going to a marriage retreat in Crested Butte, Colorado! They just now decided on the place. We're still not sure which lodging we'll be going to. We should find out tomorrow since we have to meet at the Veterans Chapel meeting with the Chaplain at 9 and then drive 4 hours there. I'm a little nervous because another storm system is coming in Friday, and we're driving down highway 50 to get there... and it's a rough pass when it snows. I know we'll have fun. We need this desperately. We've had so many fights since he started playing bumper cars in November.

House Buying

We're going to talk to a Realtor tomorrow since Brendon is off work about buying a house! I can't believe we're finally, and actually doing this.The house we wanted is in the middle of closing, so that's out. We'll talk to the Realtor and see what choices we have and go with it.Something that will be ours. If it goes through... it should hopefully since we're using the VA loan... I can't wait to decorate Braden's room in a jungle theme! He loves giraffes and lions so much. He loves his George(giraffe) and Wayne(lion) so much.

We just nearly named his lion. I asked him if he wanted to call him Leo and he said no. I asked Braden what he wanted to name him and he said "Waaaaaaayneeeee". I asked if he was sure and he said yes. So Wayne it is!

I read a forecast discussion with the NWS in Pueblo and it looks like we're in for a snowy rest of March. So much for Spring, but hey, it's typical here in Colorado apparently. Eh... it'll be nice tomorrow, though. I think we'll go to the park next to our apartment complex. 

Brendon has also agreed that it's okay for me to go home for a few days to Georgia next month while he's in Louisiana. It'll be nice and a change. I'm not flying, I'll be driving... probably through Texas again. Not sure as of right now. I definitely KNOW it won't be a straight through trip like at Christmas since I'll be the only one driving. I would love to bring Sassy back with us but if we buy a house, then my mom can bring her like the original plan and she'd have a yard to run around in.

WoW

Today we're running a instance with the Mil_wives guild on livejournal on WoW. I'm excited. It'll be my second one. We ran one last weekend but the server went bananas. Speaking of lj, I cut like 20 people from my list. (Though, I follow Kelly on here and I read that more than I read lj these days)... I don't know how I could keep up with 50+ people on a daily basis along with the communities I'm in. And the ones I cut, we hardly ever talked much anymore, so meh. I disabled comments because I know someone is going to go batshit crazy.

Brendon has a 4 day this weekend, and it's going by slow. Last night we discovered karaoke with our On Demand. Of course, he was drinking and wanted to play. We were snowed in pretty much and it felt like a fun thing to do.

I can't believe in less than 6 months he'll be deploying again. I hate the fact the deployments are so long.

I'm off.

Cold Passing Game

I'm sick and Braden's sick. Brendon, of course, is all better. I hate that we're passing the colds around. It's going to be a beautiful day and going to the park would be great, but I feel like I was ran over by a truck.

In other news, I decided to start selling candles to help make a little extra money.

Baby boy is up, so I'm off.

Randomisms

Our internet was fixed yesterday. Something went wrong with the modem, not sure what all was wrong... meh. I'm so excited that MyCaa will be working again for me starting tomorrow. I can use the rest of the money to pay for my classes at PPCC.

I'm not pregnant. My body is just utterly effed up. I did nothing but spot last month... and this month, full fledged period. Why can't my body just cooperate for once? Why does it seem like trying to have another baby is so hard when it seems to come to others so easily? I know what I need to focus on right now, and that's just going to be my goal so I can have a easier time TTC #2. I'll start out by tomorrow going to Garden of the Gods for walking with Brendon and Braden. It'll be 60+ degrees, and it's going to feel amazing. I lost all the weight before once... I can do it again. I know it. *FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS*

I'm leveling up my druid Tauren so we can do a instance this Sunday with the military minions on M_W.

Taco Pasta

You'll need:
- 1 lb hamburger/turkey meat
- Spiral noodles, no particular brand(I used Walmart brand)
- El Paso Taco Seasoning
These are optional:
- Shredded cheese
- Sour Cream
- Tomatos
- Onions


Here's what you do:

- Start boiling a pot of water & heating up your skillet
- Put noodles in once the boiling is started, boil until soft

- Add the meat to the skillet and brown, then strain.
- Add 1/4 cup water to the meat
- Add the seasoning to the meat
- Turn heat to high and bring to a boil, once that is done, simmer a little
If it still appears to be too greasy for you, you can strain it again.
- Strain noodles
Put on a plate and you're done!





Enjoy!

PPCC!

Okay, going back to my original plan. Attend college at Pikes Peak Community College to get my core credits. I can do it online, but they offer day care and it's about $3.00 per credit hour! Which beats $400 a month on post or $150 per hour. That's insane! By the time I start school, Brendon will be deployed, so I guess we could afford it, but I really don't want to pay that much. It would be nice for Braden to interact with kids, but more sickness can be at stake. A risk I need to take for putting myself first for once. Hopefully, MyCaa will be up and running by the fall and I can continue to use that.

I've gotten really tired of having a lot of 'know it alls' in my life. Yes, I'm not that smart, but trying to make me feel dumb about myself and questioning everything isn't right. There's a difference between being blunt and being a straight out bitch.

We went to a platoon party today. It was interesting, I felt so... out of place at first, but Agnes is an amazing woman, let me tell you. She's due any day and was still working that kitchen! I asked her if she needed help and helped her with putting the potato salad in bowls. Once the guys came up from the "mancave" as Asberry calls it, I felt more out of place. Braden was being nice and playing with a few of the other kids. He made a little speech about the deployment... god, every time I try to not think about it, it comes back up. Agnes has been through 3! She seems like such a stable woman, I can't imagine how she handled it all. I know people do it, but it doesn't make it better. Deployments still suck just the same. I met two new wives who seem really nice, so maybe I can get to know them better. No more drama, 1-61 ruined me of what a good FRG is.

I'm making taco pasta tonight! I will be taking pictures and posting the recipe I used.

Crafts

So far, this is what I've gotten done for Brendon's Afghan.

One Year Ago!

One year ago today, my husband came home from a 12 month tour in Afghanistan. Braden and I were fighting ear infections and a cold and today, we are actually fighting a cold.

Okay, breathe.

Going off on a little spiel here. No, I didn't vote for Obama, but the man has the job now. Complaining won't do anything about it. Running your mouth about things you can't even confirm makes you look like a complete moron. Freaking everyone out about deployments being extended before they even happen or have been notified about it makes you look even more like one. Claiming the President doesn't support the troops, well, he IS your husbands Commander and Chief, he wouldn't have 'applied' for the job if he didn't. Regardless, yes, deployments suck, and they are going to come into our lives, but stating ignorant comments isn't helping anyone. It isn't reassuring someone their loved one is coming home, is it? It isn't reassuring a loved one that their spouse isn't going to get hurt. I'll be the first to say I hate deployments only been through one. Do I want to go through another? Absolutely not. I have to, so pretty much doing the grin and bare it scenario for 12 months. Do I enjoy thinking about what could happen?

I'm not making any sense at all. I'm just irritated that people spout their mouth off over things they can't prove or know nothing about. I mean if you're going to argue, can you at least prove one point? Give me a good source. I'm in a really foul mood, so that's not exactly helping matters.

idk

I don't know what happened with my other blog. I changed my e-mail and I tried to log into the account it's linked to but it won't let me touch anything in it. I'm disappointed, but that's okay.

I can't go to school. I'm disappointed. I can't get financial aid because of a loan I had previously being in default, which was PAID off with our taxes, hence why we didn't get the rest of it. And with MyCaa still down, I can't use the rest of the money for me. I had to ask in a community I'm in on livejournal because the situation has me so confused.

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