Woo!

Halloween is over! Hazzah! I wish that Presley was older and that she could've walked around the neighborhood. We sat on our front lawn & passed out candy. All the kids were SO cute! I didn't take any pictures of her outside. It was so hot outside & my battery was dead. I don't know why i don't keep it charged. Haha. Here are some pictures of Presley before the Trick or Treaters starting coming through the neighborhood. She loved all of the attention from everyone & loved seeing all of the kids dressed up. She loves people. Today was stressful. We went to get some groceries (stupid because it was also pay day) and I needed to run in the NEX but a freaking Aircraft carrier pulled in and there are literally busloads of people shopping at our tiny NEX.

Oh well.

I haven't been feeling too "hot" lately. I can't exercise because Jamie's at work until 4 and the gym on base is packed with single sailors at that time. I wish he could come home for like an hour or something and let me work out. I've been trying to think of ways to ahem, get my hubbles in the mood. Our love life is a little dead lately. Presley sleeps in the bed with us now (which I love but at the same time, I want to "snuggle" my hubby.) so we have to be a little creative with the loving. By the time I crawl into bed Jamie has been asleep for a few hours & barely remembers me kissing him goodnight. Being a full time mom is some hard work & I only get to do some seriously cleaning when Presley's asleep. When Jamie and I do find time to "love" each other, the loving is amazing but it's like the only time all week. Unless we get lucky & she goes to sleep without one of us in bed with her. I constantly ask him if Iam the reason why we aren't as active & he swears that it's not me. I believe him but still feel super insecure. I need someone who has a child around the same age as Presley who understands what I am going through. It's crazy. The people I know either don't have kids or their kids are old enough to play alone in the "baby jail" area at the gym. People even think that my (almost) 6 month old daughter will just sit quietly in her stroller while I work out for an hour. Um. No. She's NOT a bad baby but she LOVES to be around people and LOVES to be played with. She's a very social baby so sitting alone in a stroller isn't going to work. Agh. I think I'm going to start stroller stride Monday. I've been saying that for awhile now but I honestly think that Monday, I will do it. PLUS, Jamie's off work Monday & I might be able to get him to walk with me. As long as someone does it with me the first time, I will be able to do it by myself afterwards. I just need to feel comfortable first.


In the meantime, maybe I should buy this.

I suck at blogging.

I haven't felt like typing lately. I've been annoyed here lately. I thought I had some wonderful friends but it turns out they all suck. I feel like surface wives think they are better than sub wives. No offense. It drives me insane. I'm also having trouble with people copying me lately. UGH! Seriously? Are we in 3rd grade? Every single time I mention something that I want, they go out and get it. I have something and someone compliments, they go out and get something disturbingly similar. It's gone crazy. We'll see how bad it gets around Christmas. This year I'm going completely non-traditional with my decoration colors. I want my tree to be entirely pink. I also plan on buying some of those super cute kitchen utensil ornaments. I've mentioned all of this to the aforementioned copycat. They didn't seem to be interested when I mentioned my plans but we'll see. I also wanted a white tree this year but I don't feel like paying 300 bucks for a crappy white tree. I might try to get one after they go one sale. Hehe. I love sales.

ANYWAY

I feel bad for disliking this person so much. It's not so much them but their spouse. OMG, I cannot stand their spouse! Seriously, I would like to punch them in their face. Everything that I know or have been told pisses me off. Not to mention, they don't even act married. They act like boyfriend & girlfriend. Which is slightly irritating to those of us who are married & act like a married couple... not a girlfriend staying over her boyfriends house. I mean, bragging about watching porn & requesting to be sent on work related job outside of Guam just so they can whore it up. No thank you.

I have very high standards for my friends. My friends aren't those kind of people who are completely fake. My friends are honest and I love them for it. If you and your spouse have a super open relationship, let the rest of us know so we don't freak when we hear something crazy. Bah.

I read a quote by Albert Einstein the other day. It's under my blog title. I think it fits me perfectly. MY PASSIONATE SENSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY HAS ALWAYS CONTRASTED ODDLY WITH MY PRONOUNCED LACK OF NEED FOR DIRECT CONTACT WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES. -ALBERT EINSTEIN

Haha. Anyway, I need to clean the kitchen before heading to bed.

Here are some super cute pictures of my little love.






I had to give her Pattie because she kept trying to eat the pumpkin goo. This is mine & Jamie's pumpkin. Yes, we are still "trendy" enough to love the Nightmare Before Christmas. Tomorrow (actually Halloween) we are going to carve Presley's pumpkin, which is Count Von Count. SO CUTE!




See. Trying to eat pumpkin seeds!


I couldn't resist putting pumpkin on her head! Haha.

The circus is in town!!

Honestly, I thought Presley wouldn't get to go to a circus until we were stateside again!

The Moscow International Circus is here in Guam! Hooray!! A real circus! Not the lame ones that come to Albany, Ga!! I'm so excited!! There aren't a whole lot of family friendly things to do on the island, so this is a treat. I just hope that Presley will sit still long enough for us to enjoy it. I know she's only 5 almost 6 months old but I don't think we'll ever be able to see this Russian circus again.


Here are a few pictures. If we actually go, I will post more.

Forever.

I feel like it's been forever since I posted an actual blog. I've been so blah towards the internet unless I'm doing some shopping. Which reminds me... Presley's Halloween costume got here a couple weeks ago!! It's soo adorable but they sent the wrong size. Alas, I will have to make do with what I have. If I sent it back, it wouldn't be here in time for Halloween. Just another reason why I dislike living here. The costume isn't that big... the front hangs down but that's easily fixed. The shoes are waaay too big but I'm going to fix those as well. We aren't taking her trick or treating. We are going to sit in our "yard" and pass out candy. Since we live on base, I'm pretty sure we'll have TONS of trick or treaters... we better we have a 5 gallon bucket full of candy! Haha. Aside from getting ready for Hallowe'en, my birthday was the 18th! Woo! I'm freaking 24 years old! I feel like I've been 24 for about 2 years now. Haha. It was a good birthday. Jamie bought me the new iPod nano that I've been drooling over... in gorgeous (product) red. I love it. It's so amazing. I also was able to do a Torrid shopping spree & spend almost a hundred bucks on more Scentsy. I finally have all the warmers that I want... until the next catalog comes out. Haha. He also bought me a super yummy ice cream cake from Cold Stone Creamery & gorgeous flowers. [See my super cute Scentsy warmer in the corner... haha] Aah, he knows me so well. Sunflowers & stargazers are my favorite. They smell sooo good. Only one of two friends came over. It was okay. Mary & her little family stopped by and had some cake. I always love to watch Declan interact with Presley. She's soo sweet & I know that when Mary has another baby, she's going to best the best big sister that anyone could ever ask for.

Another woman I know actually had to have surgery. She's only going to be left with one ovary. :( It sucks big time BUT she got pregnant on her honeymoon (last October) and she has a simply GORGEOUS little boy who is now 3 months old. Anyway, I need to check on Presley and get her breakfast ready. She's going to want some tasty oatmeal when she wakes up.

BTW: I hope the guy weedeating in front gets stung by the bumblebees trying to invade a piece of wood outside. They aren't supposed to mess with our lawn when we have stuff on/in it. They better not destroy our Halloween decorations... I will be piiiisssed.

One more super cute picture. We bought this HK toy for my niece, Emma. Presley is showing her some love.



And these are some birthday kisses for mama.

I love AbFab

Housing.

So I've been looking into the areas around our next duty station. Yeah, I don't know exactly where we are going to move but I do know where we COULD move to. Haha. I am not making the same mistake that we made when we came to Guam.

Right now, I'm loving Great Lakes, Illinois. For one, it's freaking beautiful there & for two, their housing is beyond gorgeous. Since the housing market has gone to poo, we are going to stick with housing for awhile. Plus, Great Lakes has been demolishing & adding new housing for at least 2 years now. I know that I have talked about Great Lakes before but I've also been talking to a friend of mine who actually lived in Great Lakes. Aah. The perks of being a military wife. You can always find someone who has been where you want to go.

She loved Great Lakes. Yes, the work hours do suck being the hubbles will be handling boot camp kids. I mean, he'll be home at some point in time. It's not like he's going to be on sea duty after we leave Guam. He still has shore duty! (Guam is neutral duty. HOORAY!) My friend talked about all the wonderfully amazing shopping around Great Lakes. Oh I just sat there dreaming of how wonderful it would be to live in a place where I can buy anything I want without internet shopping & then being disappointed because they don't ship to Guam. Haha. She also mentioned the amount of kid-friendly stuff they have to do there. It sounds so amazing.

I don't know where I want to go for real. I want to be somewhere close enough to family without being riiight there in the same town. I know that we aren't moving until June 2010 (or 3 months earlier if we are lucky) but Jamie has to contact his detailer 9 months before we transfer. I want to be 110% positive this next time. Oh well.

-Anyway-

My baby is 5 months old! OMG! I cannot believe it!! Here are a few new pictures of my little love.

Yay!!

Jamie's up for sailor of the quarter again! I hope he makes it! He got it right before we left Ga & now he's up for it here in Guam & we've only been here for a year! I'm so proud of my husband.