October Blues!!

Well it is official!

I am an auntie again. My sister inlaw just gave birth to Marcus Matthew Martin October 26, 2009. He weighed 6pds 9ounces, 19 1/2 inches. He was an early baby, his original date was November 10th. I guess he wanted to be born before Halloween so he can dress up.:)
Todd was able to meet his boy on web cam. I am sure you all know that he is deployed and he wont be back till June.
Things are going great with us. We are enjoying the cool weather and I am hoping for some snow but I doubt that. We got our pumpkins and will be carving them on Friday. I love Halloween because I love candy.
There may be a change in plans for Kenny's deployment, he may have to leave in March instead of May but we are not for sure yet. He would only be gone for 4 months, so it's not too bad as to other people's deployment.

I would like to say that whenever someone has a baby in my family or a close friend I always get the comments back saying (when are you and kenny going to have a kid? your getting old better before your eggs die, and some other comments along that line). I would like to address the issue of that.
Fact: Kenny and I have been married for over 3 years, we have an amazing married life, we have an amazing dog Cora which I call my daughter, and we are enjoying our life being married and being us 2, well 3 counting Cora.
Many of you who know me, knows how much I would love to start a family. Timing is the key for us. Kenny will be deployed next year and I have no idea when, if he deploys in May then he would be gone for the birth of our kid if I were to get pregnant before the end of the year. I would love for my husband to be there on that special day. Also, my eggs aren't dying anytime soon. I technically have 11 more years till I am 35, so there for I am not old. Also, I know people who are older than me that are not even married or have kids.
What I am trying to say or maybe just venting a little bit is that I do not appreciate the comments, cause maybe I am or have been trying for some time and just seeing them makes me sad or maybe I am just not ready yet and waiting for my special moment when everyone I know are done with having babies.
I love my life and I LOVE being an aunt and sharing those precious moments with my nephew and my friends kids. Life is too short to be worrying about when to start a family, I live my life to the fullest and I know that god has a plan for me and Kenny.
I love you all but I appreciate if you kept the baby comments to yourself.
Thanks!!

Oregon slideshow!

MY OREGON TRIP IN SEPTEMBER!

Had an amazing time visiting my family and friends. It was a busy 2 weeks!

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Carey Noah's 1st Bday:)

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Joe and Christina's Wedding- 9.12.09

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Auntie MEME R'US:)

Breaking NEWS!!

My sister Christy has publicly announced that she is Preggers again:) She is due May 8th. She always told me that she wants 2 kids and thats it. Which I believe her on that because then they would have to move to a different house and they love their house now and 2 is enough for her:) I am hoping and praying for a Niece. Please GOD:)

My Sister inlaw Neri is due November 10th and she is having a baby boy Marcus Matthew Martin.:) Mcube is what I'll call him:) So, I am so excited to see who he'll look like. He'll be here real soon and I just get so excited thinking about it.

I love being an Auntie, it's the greatest gift that God has given me. I love spoiling them and changing diapers. Yes, I may be crazy but I have the diaper changing down:) Soon I would love to be a mom, and I always say that I will have a baby after everyone else has have one. God has his plan for Kenny and I and Cora and I am just going to embrace every minute of it and whatever is in our future will be wonderful.

My plane experience to Oregon!

My Plane ride up to Oregon sucked! Well I can say it was quite an unforgettable morning. While kenny and I were driving to Lubbock, I missed the exit 4 times and that was stressful and then we were on the other side of the airport, so I had to figure out how to get to the other side. Once we arrived there it was 4:30am. I was already stressed out and it was such a relief to finally arrive there. Then I was waiting to board the plane and I got a text from orbitz saying that the plane is delayed to 7am, then like 5 mins later the guy announced to us that the plane was delayed. Almost half of the plane had to switched their 2nd flight because it would be an hour late. We were suppose to leave at 6am. Then we finally got on the plane around 7:10 and once we all were aboard they announced that the maintenance guy had to check the plane. So, we waited another 30mins on the plane. One of our lights were off on the plane, so they had to change the bulb. Then we finally took off at 7:40, my other plane was leaving at 9:20 in Dallas. So, Luckily we made good time with this plane, about 50mins. Then I just got off the plane around 8:40am and of course I was in section B and I had to go to section C, and I took the train to get there. I didn't have time to get food, magazines, gum. I only had time to pee and then once I arrived at the gate they called my section to board. So, by that time I was just relieved that I made my flight. Not to mention on the first flight I sat by an old guy that hasn't been on a plane in 30 years and he kept on saying comments like looks like we made it up in the air, and then I wonder if we will land and I guess we landed. I needed some duck tape cause you just don't say those comments, plus I was on the go the whole morning.
My 2nd flight was amazing. I have never been on such a wonderful plane with such nice people. Usually the flight attendants are rude but all these ladies were nice, and there were no guys on this plane that worked on it. I have never had a lady pilot. I finally made it to Oregon in one piece. It was such a great feeling to come back and see the Portland airport.

It's About That Time:)

The TIME is almost here!

I am finally going back up to Oregon on Saturday. I do not know what I was thinking about being on the plane at 6am in Texas. Since where we live, we don't have a huge airport so my options were Albuquerque(3 1/2 hrs away), Lubbock or Amarillo(1 1/2hr away). So, I settled for Lubbock, Well then Clovis is Mountain time, and Lubbock is Central so I am adding an extra hour. So, I will have to leave here at 1am, which will be 2am in Lubbock, then fly to Dallas, and then up to Portland. I do not know why I have to fly to Dallas, I wish they had one to Denver, but of course not. So, I will be landing at 11:30am in Portland. It's actually a great flight, I try to spend no longer than 2 hrs in an airport as much as I can.
I've traveled so much, so I know my way around the Texas airports. I think the most confusing airport is the Honolulu one. I was by myself going to my sis wedding in Kauai and I had to figure out my way around and so I followed people and hoped they were going where I was. hahaha!! I hate trying to catch the train or bus, I usually walk but in Honolulu I had no time for walking and I was lost but of course I didn't ask for help and I made it there.


I am so hoping that everything will go as plan once I arrive to Oregon. I'll be in Beaverton, The Dalles and Newport. All in 2 weeks! It's going to be crazy, but thats my life. Along with homework, boy o boy I just wish I can decide on a major and finish school. Maybe before I am 30. Thats my goal!

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Trip to Phoenix

Back from Phoenix! Had a blast hanging out with the family. It was soo hot there, I do not know why Kenny wants to move there and finish his school. It was so nice and cooler to come back to NM and cool down after a hot and steamy week in Phoenix. Even though it was in the 90's here it felt so much cooler.
His Brother leaves next week for Texas for a month and then he's off to Iraq or Afghanistan til next May or June. It was so great to see Neri's baby belly getting bigger, shes due November 10th, so hopefully Todd will be able to come back home for a week I believe to see his son.
We went to Wet n Wild, and I had so much fun on the water rides. I felt like a little kid and I didn't feel old at all. :) Then we went boating on lake pleasant. Todd, Kenny, Neri and I spent the night and let me tell ya, it was rough. The boat was wet and trying to adjust yourself on small seats wasn't that easy. We woke up around 530 the next morning and then we headed out to the cove and of course swam and got sunburn.
Todd came up with an invention for inner-tubing. It was made from rope and a life jacket:) I actually tried it and it worked out perfect. We had such a blast! That just makes me what to get a boat but since we don't live by water and we are in the military, that's not going to happen anytime soon.
I will be putting up a slide show of the pics I took in Phoenix!

Summer is coming to an End!!

• Finally:) After 5 years we have a new Laptop....Yay!!
• We got a Sony Vaio! Kenny picked it all out and put all the computer technology stuff on the laptop. It's amazing how fast a laptop can be. I totally miss the fast speed. Last year Kenny's laptop crashed on us, so we lost a lot oWe were going to head to Vegas for all of us to meet there, but we decided to go to a different lake this time and experience something new.
• • I have about 40 some days till I am going back up to Oregon for my friends Christina's wedding in Newport and my Nephew 1st Birthday. Any day he'll be walking. He is such a cutie and a smart boy for his age but it does not surprise me after all my sister is his mom. :) I am flying up there since kenny wont be able to miss work and school. A bummer but life goes on, right?!?
• We are heading to Phoenix on The 13th to go boating with the inlaws and his brother and sister in law. We can not wait for the trip. Cora loves boating and she has a fun time swimming at the lake.

That's whats going on for now.

Finally...

Anyway, I finally received my temp drivers licenses. After waiting in line for 1 hr 30mins, yes who would have thought I would have waited that long in such a small town. I even got there 10 mins before they opened and there was a line, I was in awww.. but I am glad that they accepted everything and now I am just waiting to get it in the mail.
I finally got my last transcript and I got accepted into ENMU. I meet with my adviser on Monday to figure out whats next and what field I should go into. I am quite excited to go back to school, I kinda miss it.

Kenny starts his new work schedule this week. He will be working mids, so 11pm-7am. Kinda stinks cause we wont be sleeping together for a while. I am usually an early bird, so I am not sure how this schedule is going to work. It'll be nice once I start my classes up then he will be able to sleep in peace and quiet. He will be on this schedule for over 2 months and he is quite excited to be running his own shift since they are only 2 supervisors right now.

My birthday is in 2 days! I will be 24..wow!! It seems like the years just keep on going fast each year.

July

For our 3rd Anniversary, Kenny and I went to Santa Fe, NM for 2 days. We went up to the mountains and it reminded me of Oregon so much. Santa Fe is beautiful and I wouldn't mind living there, but not sure if that will ever happen since Kenny has his eyes set on Vegas once we are out of the Military. There were so many camp sites and a ton of hiking areas. It was such a beautiful area. It was only a 3 1/2 hr drive from Clovis. I have learned that in the state of New Mexico, everything is far away and it's a long drive to all the popular places.

On some other news, my final transcript has arrived and now I am just waiting on the school to over look everything and send me a letter. Tomorrow I will be going to the DMV to get my new drivers licenses. I am quite excited to see what NM licenses look like.

My 24th is a week away and I am not ready for my bday. I feel like everyday is a blessing and I know 24 is just a number but it makes me realize how time has gone by so fast.

Just a little update:)

It is official... My sister in law and brother in law are having a BOY...Yay! I knew it was going to be a boy because everyone I know that are pregnant between now and November, it's been going boy, girl, boy, girl...So Once I heard what the last friend is having, I knew what they were having. So now I will have 2 Nephews:) Ok, now When are the GIRLS going to come....Well probably start with me..hahaa! Just wanted to share that bit of information, She's due the 1st week of November.

Next, I have finally received my packet for my NM Drivers License...yay, now I just need to go to the library and rent the video and watch it, then I'll submit the test back in for my certificate. Who would of thought, I would be getting a certificate in order to get my NM drivers license....I should frame it:) Or at least take pictures.

Still no word on my school transcript, I am hoping that this week will be the week that all my transcripts are turned it and then I can finally meet with thee adviser...Wish me Luck:)

waiting...

Waiting....That's always the case in my life. Never knowing what is going to happen or when something is going to happen. I wish life is much easier and you know when things are going to take place, but that's life because you never know what is going to happen next.
I am so ready for my transcripts to come and finally set up my classes with my adviser. It seems like this day is never going to come for me and I'll just be waiting and waiting hoping that I get accepted for my BA program.
I am also waiting for my packet to come in the mail for my drivers licenses. In the state of New Mexico, I had to send a 20 dollar money order and a form with all my information on it to Albuquerque and then they will send me a packet to that I will have to fill out and watch this video called "none for the road" and then once I filled the packet out then I will have to send it back to them. Then in the end, they will send me a certificate and I will then be able to get my license.
At least I do not have to take the written/driving test again. Some states do require that and hopefully I wont have to live in a state that requires that.

Application Process Time..

Well...just another week away and hopefully all will be good for me to start school back up. After receiving my AA degree in December, I thought that I would not have to worry about transcripts, but that was a negative. I was checking my status on my application process and they have received my transcripts from OWC, but they need CGCC and SOU. So I was like ok no problem. Well I had to call up each school because it's been so long since I've logged in on those school accounts, so I forgot my password obviously! I finally got that all taken care of, so hopefully by next week all the transcripts will be there and I will finally get to meet with an adviser for my BA program.
I am so excited to start school back up. It's bee a long time since I've taken classes and now I will finally be in my program, so it'll be more time consuming but I am so ready for classes. Nice thing about the campus is that it's so much bigger than the ones I've gone too and it's a new campus, new opportunities and new friends.
Kenny is going into the electrical engineer program for his BA this fall also. It'll be nice to attend the same college again. Too bad we can not take any classes together like we did before, but that's alright.

Plumbing Problems!

We have lived in our new house since April 20th and I have had so many plumbing problems. I am too the point where I give up and am ready to move. I have called the maintenance guy 5 times already and they would snake it out and it would be good for like a couple days and then it's back to being clogged. Every time I would run the dishwasher or the washer leaks start to come from the outside where the electrical room is and then the toilets would clog and if we flush the toilets water would come out of the tubs. It's just gross and I am so sick of cleaning it. I am too the point where I am ready to move into another base housing. The guys came yesterday and today I ran the dishwasher and now it's back to being clogged again, so now we can't use the toilets till the morning because it takes forever for it to unclog. Another thing that they told me to get was root stopper, so I tried that be obviously it didn't work because everything is clogged. It's just so irritating and I am so sick of cleaning the floors.

recent pics and family vacation.

I finally met my Nephew Carey Noah. He is so precious. He is 8 months now. We went up to Oregon and Arizona and Las Vegas to visit our families. We had a great time! Here are some pics of the trip.

Made it to New Mexico!

So...It has been a while since I posted a new blog. I am so bad about this and I try to keep it updated as much as possible. We are no longer living in Florida, we moved to New Mexico last Saturday. Right now we are staying in TLF(military hotel) and on Tuesday we will be getting our new house. Cora has been staying with a friend of ours till that time and it's been really hard not being with her every minute, so I totally miss her.
The wind here is insane...It smells like cow poop all the time, due to a dairy farm about 5 mins from here. We are pretty much in the middle of nowhere but it reminds me of maupin/dufur/TD all in one, so I am use to that living style. It is just a huge change from Florida!
The whole drive here went real well, there was some bad weather but luckily we got the end of the storm and the wind from texas all the way to New Mexico was bad but I guess that's why they say if you own a motorcycle here, then you may want to rethink it because one minute there could be no wind and the next minute the wind is 40mph.
I have a ton of pics from the drive on my camera, but my camera cord was packed with the move, so I wont be able to put new pics up till we move into our place.
I will keep you guys posted on whats to come!

Update

So..I am been a little lazy on this, so now I am trying to figure out where I have left off at. I had my last day of work last thursday and it was a bittersweet day. We went out to Chilis that night and said "goodbye". I tried to keep the tears in but of course I am the emotional type, so I start crying a little. I'll post some pics up in a little bit. Me with my flowers they got me.

The snowglobe the AYLI girls got me.:)
Jen(belly), Brenda, Me, Amy, Lisa and Gretchen. Love you All!!

Lisa, Me and Therese. Such wonderful ladies in my life that I will never forget. Miss you already!

The final moving day is approaching quite fast. The movers are coming this thursday and then the cleaning lady will be here on friday. For the weekend, we will be staying in bility till that wednesday and then we are off on a long drive to New Mexico. I am so excited, but I am nervous in a way. I am looking forward to the drive, but since kenny and I are both driving separate cars, it's going to be a little boring. I'll try to find ways to entertain by listening to the radio and of course Cora will be switching cars throughout the trip. I hope she will be fine with the long drive out there.

Final plans on Moving!

Ok, so this will be the last blog for the day. I just had so much going on in one time where I wanted to keep things separate. So, now that the family is gone we are getting down to business with our moving.
My last day of work is next thursday, which is kinda sad but I am trying to be strong and get through it as dry as I can. It has been a wonderful 2 years of working there and I am truly going to miss everyone there. Its been great working with everyone and my bosses are the best ever. They are apart of my family.
The movers are coming on March 26th, and they will be packing up everything for us, so we just have to be here to watch. Then on March 27th, the cleaning lady is going to be here in the morning and it'll take her about 4-5 hours to clean the whole house. I am going to carpet clean the place, since I am in love with carpet cleaning. Then that day/ weekend Kenny is going to be working on the back and front lawns and then we will be making sure that we cut the grass, clean garbage cans, clean up the back yard and make it look good.
Cora will be hanging out at one of our neighbors backyard for the time being. We will be staying in bility that weekend until we leave on April 1st.
For the most part, we are ready to leave. All we have to worry about is packing up things that we will need for the week and the travel to New Mexico, making sure the front and back yard is in good shape.

Once that is all done, then we will meet back on base on Monday the 30th for the final inspection and after that is finished we will be done and just be waiting for us to travel.

This whole thing seems like everything is moving so fast. We are ready for a new adventure and living in a new area, so it's very exciting.
I called over to Housing in New Mexico and we are 17 on the list, so if we get there over the weekend then we will be staying in lodging for the weekend and hopefully that monday we will have a place and will get settled in. We will be leaving before our things, so we are hoping that it will not take 2 weeks before we get our furniture.
I will keep you posted on our travels to New Mexico when we do leave.

Katlin and My going away Brunch!

Katlin and I at our going away Brunch! Aw... I am going to miss you girl!








So, on February 29th was a bittersweet day. We had Katlin's going away Brunch, it was also mine too but mainly for Katlin. She moved to Alabama with her hubby and son to start a life there. It's going to be lonely without her at work, but in the end I'll be leaving also, so it's not too bad.We we a great time hanging out that day and it was great to just relax and talk with most of the coworkers. It was a really cold day!

Here are some pics I took!

Me, Gretchen, Brenda and Katlin!










Me and Jasmin, waiting on the rest of the people to arrive!












Jen, Brenda, Me, Katlin and Baby Patrick. He's such a doll!

Todd and Neri's Visit!

Todd and Neri's Visit to Florida!

Todd and Neri on their Moped Kenny and I in Panama City on our Moped.



So, A lot has been going on here. First, Kenny's Brother Todd and His wife Neri came to visit us last week. We had such a blast. We went to Panama City and road around on Mopeds, it was cold but the sun was out so that helped with the coldness. We went around Destin and the area that we live at. We also saw Watchmen, I have to say that we should have not even gone to that movie. Especially on the first night. Not the type of movie that I thought it was going to be and it was also almost 3 hours long.
Here's some Pics of when they visited us!

Todd and I at Red Lobster on what to be their last day but ended up missing their plane, so they stayed a couple more days!Neri and Todd at Red Lobster! It was such a beautiful day out and the wind wasn't too cold.

We went to the beach and it was a little chilly outside. We decided to bury Neri, so we dug her a huge hole and then we piled sand on top of her. It was fun and then in the end we needed to take pictures, so we sat on her and smiled away. it was a great time. The boys played Beach Volleyball that day too. It was a beautiful day!










Then after we were done at the beach, we went to Hooters! We took a picture of the boys with a Hooter girl. They had the biggest smile on their faces!

Family coming to town!

We are having some family come on down this Saturday, for a week. Yay! Kenny's brother and his wife are coming down to visit us.
Not quite sure what we will be doing, but we will always find something to do. Just wanted to share the news, and I will post pics up of all of us soon.

Update

Today we have finished up with everything that needed to be done for our move to New Mexico. We have our pre inspection on March 4th and on March 30th, that'll be our final inspection. We are thrilled to be almost done living here and moving to a different place.
On March 23rd we will be having the movers come and move our things for us. We will be living in our empty house for about a week until the final inspection. Then we will be living on base for a couple days till we leave April 1st.
It has been a great time living in Florida and we have had so many memories living here, we are thrilled about moving to a new place and starting a new life for us there. It wont be as busy there as it is here but we will make the most of it because there is nothing we can do about moving.
We will fill everyone in on our journey to New Mexico when we do get our place there and get the internet up.

Other news, I am working a couple extra weeks. So my last day of work is not feb. 28th. I just wanted to help out my bosses by training a new receptionist.

Accomplishment!

It's been a while since I wrote anything. So, I finally received my AA Degree in the mail yesterday. I am so excited right now. I keep on looking at it and I am just thinking wow, I have actually accomplished something. It took me 3 1/2 years to get it but if you knew my situation then it makes since. So, I started out at College at SOU, for a year then I moved back home at CGCC for another year. Met Kenny during that time and then moved down to Florida to be with him and started at OWC in Fort Walton Beach. A lot of my classes that I took did not transferred or the credits were 1.5 instead of 4 credits, so I had to make up classes that I already took in Oregon. It was a bummer, but hey you have to do whatever it takes to get through it. Anyway, I also took my education classes to receive my AA degree since that is my career plan.
I decided not to walk so I had to wait 4-6 weeks and trust me those were the longest 4-6 weeks of my life. So now I received my AA Degree at Florida State College(it was Okaloosa Walton College, but changed last fall).

What's next? We are moving April 1st to New Mexico, I have not looked at any colleges there, but once we move there I will have plenty of time to look at a college to get set up for the fall semester. I will keep you posted on that.

It's coming to a near end for me working at As You Like It. I have 3 more weeks of work and then the last month we will just be getting ready to move and Kenny has a ton of things to do with out processing for the military. It's going to be easy on my part but he has a ton of things to do. I will be able to spend the last month enjoying Florida, and who knows we may be back.

New Year!

It's 2009, it's amazing how time just keeps on going. This year is going to be an exciting year for Kenny and I. We will be moving to a new state in March. Still not sure of when the date will be. We should know by next week.
My last day of work is February 28th, which is going to be a bittersweet day. I am just amazed that the time is almost here for us to leave Florida. Right now, it has not sunk in that we will be leaving in about two months. I will miss the every day of working with ladies that I have become real close too. It's amazing how much I have grown by just working with the girls at As You Like It. They are apart of my life that I will never forget.
Lately, it has been quite warm for January, it is like a spring day in Oregon. At least we are not experiencing humidity at this moment.
The two years I have been here, I have not experienced a hurricane, which was a bummer cause I've always wanted to experience one. I have always said to kenny that a hurricane will not hit here because I am living here, so I am just going to wait till the hurricane season comes this year and we will see if a hurricane will come on by. Here are some pics of my family.