good ball

Well today went real good! I did spoil myself. I got my hair colored and cut! Igot so much cut off that I swear I have lost ten pounds.

The marine that we went with said that he could not wait to see me all dressed up. The only thing he ever sees me in are USMC sweats and over all's! LOL So I got dressed, and thenI remembered that I had a bunch of my grandmothers glove. So I found a pair of little black gloves to wear. Then I Rusty get the black pearls out that Tony bought me. My out fit was very simple, yet so many people told me that I looked nice.

The girls at first did not have a good time but once the music started they were having a blast. Rusty and I even went out danced. I must say that I shocked the girls when I did this cha cha dance with them. When we were told to go as low as we could I went all the way down. The girls did not even make it that low! Well I guess the yoga really pays off!

Before the ball started I met the units new Chaplain.  For the life of me I cannot remember his name, but this man was very interesting to talk with. He got orders only four days ago to go from Virginia to California and then be at the ball tonight! I asked him who he liked serving with better the Marines or the Navy? He said that he liked the Marines better because the Marines treat the Chaplains with respect! That is so true.

I wil post some more pictures from the ball when I get the film developed, but for now I need to get some sleep. At some point in the morning our friend are dropping off their three children for the night, so I am going to need all the energy that I can muster! LOL

our Christmas family

I talked to the gentlemen of the family that we are going to adopt for Christmas! He sounds so nice. I just love being able to spoil people.

We have a ton of food and some other stuff. Now I get to start shopping for their child. A BABY!!!!! I love shopping for babies.

Well I need to go vote so I will cjat with everyone later! 

more marine?

Well here it is. The week of the marine corps birthday. Everything is all about the marines this week. I am about marined out. Marine balls, marine cake, marine's giving speeches! I am so sick of it all and it is only monday.

I swear I am going to scream if I hear more quote about marine. I guess thats what I get and I should know by now that everything revolves around the marines birthday.

My husband comes from a long line of marines and they talk about it all the time. My family was not like this. Here is another area where Rusty and I are so different.

We grew up with a flag outside. We were never allowed to talk bad about this country, and w were to defend her at any time. However we never talked about my dads service in the Army....well not much anyway. We were not allowed to mention Vietnam in front of my two uncles who served there. All of my grandfathers served in WWII, but once again that was never talked about.

It was not until two years ago that my mother mentioned to me that my grandfather landed at Guadacanal. Heck I did not even know he was a Marine! Then Rusty tells me that he was lucky to have made it home.

My grandfather was not a big tuff marine. He was the one who fed me m&m's before dinner. He was not some proud war hero, he was the man that would rinse out a beer can and refill it with water so that I could have something to drink. To me he was my grandfather, who loved me with all his heart.

As I head off to the ball I will think about everyone who has served this great country. I will remember those who have died for this country, and I will no longer be sick of marine stuff.

I am keeping the girls out of school, so that I can take them to the beauty shop and get their hair done. The girls are so excieted about this evening comming up. Heck we even told them that they do not have to go to school the next day!

As for me. I will do my own hair. I will get dressed up and I will smile. I will walk tall and I will do all the proper things. All the time I will be thinking to myself please get me out of her.

For some reason I never have a goodtime at the ball's. Could it be because I am usually the one driving drunks home? Could it be that because when marines get together I melt into the woodwork and Rusty forgets that I am there?

Then again this day is not about me. It is about the marines. So I will suck it up.

To everyone that has served and is still serving I do want to say thank you.

I am thankful that my grandfather did return from Guadalcanal. I believe that is where I get my spunk from

spiced up

A dear friend e mailed me and told me that I need to spice up my journal entries. So I thought about it and said o.k. Here some of the other things going on in my life.

After the first of the year we are going to pull my ex's credit report. A friend of ours work for a loan company, so he is going to pull it for us. This will tell us how much money he is making, all of the names of his new wife and so on.

I told on of my friends about this so she is going to do the same thing. She will never get any back child support, but her 19 year old son wants to kick the shit out of the guy.

When I go to work on Sunday I am also going to look up another dead beat dad. I have acess to every registered voter in the state of california!

Maybe I should start charging for my tracking services?

What else do I do that I have not mentioned??? I smoked some weed a few days ago, simply because Elle was leaving and we could. I did however put the weed in rusty's safe. Hell our whole could burn down, but we would still have guns and weed!

busy day

Well today was shopping day with the girls. That was so not fun. First Nikki said that she did not have a dress to wear to the ball. What? She had 8 to choose from! I know that she wanted me to buy her a "new" one. But that was not happening. So I told her that I guess she does not go. She has changed her mind.

Then we had to buy shoes. Amber really has some big feet, so we went to about 4 different stores and we could not find anything in her size! Then she says to me well I guess I can wear the ones I wore to homecomming last year. I so wanted to strangle her. Why dident she mention this 2 hours ago!

Now Rusty is not home, and he told me that he would be home to take Amber to a make up party. So it looks like I am the one stuck doing that. I am so frustrated! I told Rusty that I did not want to be out running all day, because Nikki is not feeling good. Well so much for that!

I still need to get the house cleaned up, and cook dinner, and I have a super long day at work on Sunday. Do you think that if I leave the house dirty that little maid's will come clean it for me?

another night

Well it is 2:16 a.m. here in California. I am just in from work and I am getting ready to drink some hot chai tea. Work is really picking up and I am so happy. Lets face that just means more money for Christmas!

I am also going to be hitting the streets to get some sig's. Heck the petitions are paying really good right now, so I think I am going to cash in on some of the money.

After Christmas I am going to save up for two solar powered attic vans, and two sky lights. The fans will really help to cool our house down in the summer, and the sky lights are going to go in the garage. I know that they will more then pay for themselves in the first year. I wish that we could go total solar.

Elle called me today. She was telling me how nice it is to see seasons. I must admit that by living in southern cali we dont really have seasons. Lets see... we have hot, to hot, and way to hot, the we have rain. I do miss seeing the leaves change colors and feeling the chill in the air.

Anyway. Elle is doing good on her drive. She is meeting her dad on friday and he will have snow tires for her. Then she is going to the car on a boat and end up in Canada. Then she will be driving the rest of the way to Alaska. I really wish that I was on this road trip with her!

The Marines are kicking off the toys for tots drive this weekend. I think that I am going to take the children down to toys r us and let each of them pick out a toy to donate. I really want my children to have a giving spirit, and the best way for them to learn that is by my example.

Well I better get some sleep.

I am so thankful that Elle is safe.

I am going to Riverside

So I called child support enforcement this morning, and it turns out that we are no longer allowed to talk to case workers. If we would like to speak with them concerning a case then we have to go there! Great, Like I have time to drive all the way up there to spend five min. with this lady! Oh well, you do what you gotta do and that is life.

The girls are going to be busy this weekend. Amber has a dance on friday, and then Nikki has a lock in at church. On saturday Amber is going to be a face model for a gal who is having a make up party, and then I will have to pick Nikki up sometime Saturday morning. Some where in all of this I still need to take them shoe shopping, and to get hair cuts...... Life with girls.

Rusty is not here right now so I am going to go work on his quilt. I will chat with everyone later!