Day 29--HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY DANIEL!!!!

"Happy Birthday To You....Happy Birthday To You....Happy Birthday Dear Daniel....Happy Birthday To You"

Now make a wish.........

I love you and hope that you have the best birthday that you can possibly have being overseas!! We are gonna make up for it and celebrate when you get back!!!

Day 28--SISTERS

My sisters came up to visit me in NC for the first time since 2005. I had the most amazing weekend with them. I was sad to see my sister Kristy leave this morning. I miss her so much already. My sister Michelle is leaving tomorrow and I am going to be sad to see her leave too. I really enjoyed having them here. We laughed so much during their stay. I haven't laughed that much since my husband deployed. I can't wait until we are all able to get together like that again. We are going to try and do it at least once a year. I wish that we could do it each year for all of our birthdays. That would be amazing. I love my sisters so very much and have been so blessed by them!!

Day 27--SURPRISE FROM THE HUSBAND!!!

My husband is amazing!!! Absolutely amazing! I get an email from him saying that he bought me a gift and that it was a big surprise and that he wished he could be here to see my face when I got it. I was so clueless as to what it was. I couldn't have imagined what was in that box. I was so excited to see the UPS man on Friday morning. I ran down stairs and there was the box on the front porch!! YIPPEE FOR SURPRISES!!!

The box was super heavy. I was thinking...what in the world is in here.

Ok...it's blue paper. What is this???

I was so stinking happy at this point.

My husband got me the KitchenAid Professional Series Mixer that I have been wanting for a couple of years! Thank you husband!! I love you!

Day 26--Gettin' My Tan On!!

I love this time of year. It's time for me to start tanning this pasty white skin!! It normally takes me about 2 months to get the color that I want. I started yesterday and I have a 3 months worth of visits on my account at TLC Tanning and Boutique in Jacksonville, NC. I can't wait till my hubby gets home and sees my beautiful tan skin. Let's face it.....tan fat looks better than pale fat...heehee!!

Day 25--Time

Have you ever wished that time would speed up, slow down or even stand still??? Well at this moment in my life, I am wishing for time to speed up so my husband can be home. But at the moment that I wrap my arms around him for the first time in 9 months, I am going to be wishing for time to stand still and then once we let go, I am going to be wishing for time to slow down so we can enjoy each other until he has to leave again. I miss my husband so much and all I wish for is to have him home and never let him go again, but being military, I know that is impossible. So for now, I am just going to stay busy until the "time" comes for him to be home and then spend every moment I can with him until the "time" comes that he must leave me once again.

Day 24--My New Friend

So as I have previously stated before in some of my other blog posts, I am trying to lose some weight...alot of weight. One of my biggest obstacles that I have faced is cutting out my soda intake. Oh my....it was soooo hard. I tried to stop drinking them cold turkey...well that one failed. So I decided to limit myself to one a day. Then it eventually died down to about one a week until I wasn't drinking sodas at all. Well, I went to GA for the holidays and back pedaled a bit. I started drinking sodas again along with my water. I hated myself for that. Even though I gained no weight from it, I was so dissapointed in myself for "falling off the wagon". Well, I have a new friend. This pretty pink water bottle that holds 24 ozs of water. I fill it up in the morning and continue filling it up throughout the day until I go to bed. By the end of the day, I have consumed about 4 to 5 full bottles of water. I take this thing everywhere I go. To the gym, to the store, to church, to soccer practice and even all over the house with me. I know it sounds crazy, but I feel like if I have it with me and I am constantly drinking the water out of it that I won't go for a soda or that crazy bad food. Here's to my new friend.......

Day 23--Spring Cleaning in February!

It's only February, but the weather has been so beautiful that it has caused me to get into the mood to spring clean. So today I am spending the day deep cleaning this house. Throwing stuff away, cleaning baseboards, decluttering closets, sweeping, dusting, mopping, washing cabinets.....the works. It is going to be a busy day, but at the end of this busy day, my house will be nice and clean and smelling fresh. So let's open the windows up and do this!!!!