Blessed

In my life I have had friends come and go. Some of them I was sad to have to let go and others, well, I wasn't. But ever since my husband enlisted in the Marines I have met some amazing wives that I now call my angels in disguise. I am so blessed to have them. They are there for me on my bad days even when their day is so much worse. Don't get me wrong I love my friends back home. (home is Indiana) I have known some of them my whole life, but the wives that I know here... they have went above and beyond the call of friendship. They come over when I need them, as I do for them. They let me rant and probably ruin their good day, but they know they can do the same with me. I thank my lucky stars that I have all the friends that I have. Yet, in the same sense my heart brakes, because I know because of EAS's and PCS'ing there will come a day when we will have to go our separate ways. I guess that's the good thing with my friends back home, they are always there. They are just 700 miles away from me right now. But, my true friends make sure they call and email me on a regular basis. This is why I am lucky. I am surrounded by people who love me and are there for me. Scratch that, I'm not lucky, I am blessed. Truly blessed. I make sure that I tell my friends that all of the time. I want them to know that I cherish them and what they do for me. The Marine Corps  has broke my heart by taking my husband away ( he's deployed) but then they heal my heart by blessing me with these wonderful ladies. I am not the best writer... but I speak from my heart. I write as the thoughts come out of my head. I'm more comfortable that way. Anyways I just wanted to blog about my wonderful friends. I love them all so very much!!!

Just saying

For those of you who might read what I write and think dear God this woman sounds stupid (lol) it sounds much better when you actually hear me speak. It makes sense if you know how I sound when I talk . No one has made these kind of comments to me... but just in case you ever caught yourself saying whaaat? haha I thought I would let you know. Not that its much clarifying for you because most of you have no idea how I sound... and for that point will never really know how I sound. I am working on typing better.... becoming a better writer. But work with me!! Most of my logs are in the moment and, well, I don't really re-read what I write. Once again, I'm sorry for my lack of writing skills but I do try. Thanks for reading and becoming my blog friends!!

what a day lol

So someone took my daughters bike today. And its not just any bike, its the bike her daddy got her from Afghanistan. So as a panicked child cried in my lap I decided to go drive around the neighborhood. Thankfully I didn't have to go far... it was 3 places down from where we live... so she was happy, as was I and now all is better... well except for the fact that my AC froze...and its 83 damn degrees outside. Its hotter outside than it is in here... but its still uncomfortably hot in this place. Not sure when it will thaw out.. but it sucks right now.. so me and the girls are in our pjs... just chilling in the house with the windows open! Hoping that maintenence will hurry up and get here and fix the problem. 
Seen a sign today outside our office that said I don't need my fake daddy anymore... welcome home daddy. I wonder if they know how lucky they are... and I wonder if while they were making that sign if they thought of all the children who will have to cling on to their fake daddies since their daddy won't be coming home. I'm happy to hear that our guys are starting to come home... my heart just breaks at the thought that my best friends husband is one who gave all... Gone but not forgotten, RIP Jonathan Porto We love and Miss you.

ho-hum

Okay... so here is how today went... *deep breath* after enjoying a rather relaxing day with Rachel and everyone else I come home to make sure that my dog hasn't completely eaten the entire house... and as I thought... he damn near did. But I can't get mad at him because I was gone for the night... and the better part of the day. So I clean that whole mess up and as I am sitting on the couch watching my girls play, I feel my eyes get really heavy... like cross eyed heavy lol. So I put some cartoons on thinking that if I can just close my eyes... and then I wake up about an hour later.... THE ENTIRE HOUSE WAS A WRECK. They manage to tear this place up quicker than any kid I have ever seen. So I sent the kids to bed.. and started cleaning again. Oh well.... I just wonder why it is that my kids decide to wreck this house so much! lol They don't do this when their father is home... guess its a mom thing. lol. So not that I have wound down from the stress of today... I think I might enjoy a beer and go to bed... well I might not do the beer.. I am still dehydrated from last night.
Buuut before I go I would like to send a special thanks to my Marine wife friends. Esp. my first wife Rach! These ladies have made being away from home easier. Even when they are going through their own personal hell... they still make my day better.. how blessed am I. To be in a new place (well we have been here a year) but they make it really feel like home.

Friends

I have went from having hundreds of friends to now just a few. I have my friends back home and then I have my military wife friends. There are not a lot of military wives that I am friends with, but I cherish these women. I never thought that women could become friends and I mean really good friends just because our husbands work in the same area or company. I was so scare moving here because I knew that I was leaving my friends behind... and one friend in particular broke my heart (yes you Jewel) Jewel was at my house every weekend.. and we talked on the phone for hours right after she left.. hell we still talk on the phone for hours... lol... but then I came up here to good all J vegas... and was introduced to who I didn't know would end up becoming one of the best friends that I ever had... my dear Rachel. I have slowly met other wives here as well... from facebook and myspace... but you know these women have always been so nice to me... they have always been there for me... when I needed them the most. I love the fact that I can wake up at 3 am and more than likely there is at least one wife that is online that i can talk to. They range from Lcpl wives to Ssgt's and above. They are a whole new breed of friends..and it is going to kill me when one of them pcs's or we pcs... because I won't have that friend right down the road again. I am truly blessed to have these women in my life. They have seen me at my high points and at my low points.. with a lot of my friends back home... it took years to get to where me and the wives here accomplished in weeks or days. I love my friends back home.. but when you realize that there is a chance that you won't have the years to build up that friendship.. you find yourself bonding with in weeks. It just truly amazes me how blessed that I am .

Run for our Heroes

I am running in honor of our heroes and for my best friends husband who was killed in Afghanistan on March 14th 2010 Cpl. Jonathan Porto. Any donation is greatly appreciated!!!!!!   Pass it on!!


 Here is the link to my page:
http://5thannualrunforthewarriors.kintera.org/faf/login/page_edit.asp?ievent=343499&lis=0&kntae343499=FCAE529DC0824B499998C2AC04BA41CD

friends

So today was Easter... hope everyone had a good one. I had a pretty good one. I was with my bestie Rachel and a few other friends. My kids were happy and that's really all that mattered to me. After the little dinner i thought that I would be able to come home and relax but our dog made sure that wasn't possible. He tore the house up. So I cleaned up everything.. and I felt my eyes getting heavy, so I thought hey if I turn on cartoons... I can close my eyes for only a moment and relax... FAIL. I woke up one hour later to find that my kids had completely tore up the house. I mean I'm talking bad mess! So I sent the kids to bed... and cleaned again. Now here I am tired... very tired... and yet I have the urge to blog! Go figure! Anyways... before I go I would love to say thank you to my wonderful friends that I have out here. I am truly blessed to have such good friends. Esp my Rachel... she's kind of my bestie lol. Anyways... these wives have made being away from home and all my friends a lot easier! Its strange because in weeks (sometimes less).. I reach a level of bonding with these girls that took years for me to reach with my friends back home. It amazes me. My bestie is going through something in her life.. that I couldn't imagine.. and yet she still manages to make me smile. I look up to her for strength.. I mean she is pretty damn amazing lol.  I love that woman. ; )
But I am going to go for now... I am very tired and have a busy day lined up for tomorrow... not sure what it is... but I am sure that it will be busy lol. Who knows the beach might be in the works for me!