I blame starbucks

Well I kicked ass on getting the house cleaned up. Actually I made the children help so it went really quick.

Then I lost of my energy. I have done nothing but sit on the sofa for the last few hours. I never just sit and do nothing. I have no energy. I blame starbucks. I am giving up my daily starbucks, in hopes of cutting my calories. Now I have no energy.

Amber is at the beach and when she is done with that she is going to go spend the night at a girlfriends house. Rusty is not happy about this since she does not have a job. I think we should just leave her alone and let her fall on her face. Sometimes that is the best way to learn.

Well I better get my ass in gear and cook something for dinner. After it cools off some I will go for a walk and see if that make me feel any better.

OH, I have to be up early tomorrow. One of our friends is coming in. He will be here for something like a week. It will be nice to see him again. I just love it when the marines come back for a visit! Maybe we will hit the beach one day.

I am not sure why I like this song, I mean after all I live in California!

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a lot to do today

This is how I feel this morning. I am trying to get up earlier, but man this is going to take some getting use to.

Today I have so much to get done. I have the usual, but on top of that I need to go talk to Nikki's councilor and take Sams dry cleaning in.

Nikki called last night and she is having a blast! I am just so proud of her for taking all of the opportunities that she has.

Are parents allowed to be envious of their children? I wish I would have had the opportunities that Nikki has. I wish I could travel the world and not have a care in the world.

I guess that is why growing up and being a responsible adult sucks!

A bunch of the marines are going up to magic mountain on Saturday! I am so happy that they are getting out and doing stuff. I know they will have a blast!

I will have Amber take a picture of me with straight hair. It does look a little funny to me.

Growing up my mom would keep my hair short and I always looked like bozo. I use to want straight hair, but it was not until a few years ago that I got brave enough to straighten it. Anyway, now I love my curls because people pay to have hair like mine!

Well nothing is getting done by me sitting here, so I need to get moving.

old people sex

I am not sure if I have ever mentioned this before or not, but I am double jointed in hips. Now trust me when I say that Rusty LOVES that. However he does not hearing the words " hey baby now that we are done will you please come help put my hip's back in"

Well for some reason my hips were really hurting me. I went to bed thinking I might get to sleep before midnight. Rusty and I ended having sex. I said " be careful my hips are really hurting me". So we get done and I was like get off my legs are going to shoot off my body. Then rusty rolls over and groans as he lands on his bed. Oh my gosh we just had old people sex!

Today I took Beth down to se the doctor and she was released to go back to work tomorrow. Right now Beth is reading a book and it is so nice to see her up and reading!

Over the weekend Hailey (one of the marines) and I were coming home from somewhere. When a man with no shoes crossed the street in front of us. Hailey said turn around I want to give him my shoes. So I turned around. The man would not take the shoes because he said that he had some, but just did not feel like wearing them. He said that he was just starting his rounds on collecting bottles and cans. Neither Hailey or I had an money on us. So I said come on. Lets clean out the car. We gave the man two bags of bottles and cans. It is little moments like this that I love sharing with the marines.

Well dinner is in the oven cooking. We are having shake and bake ( generic) chicken, scalloped potatoes, and green beans for dinner. I think everyone will be happy with that.

Amber is very upset because she can't find a job. I know that she will find one, and I am just encouraging her to go out there and to keep looking. Amber is finding out how much it sucks to have bills and no job.

Over the weekend I straightened my hair. Rusty said that he loved it. I said " I thought you liked my curls more" he said that he does but now that my hair is straight he can actually run his fingers through it! The marines were really shocked to see me with straight hair. One of them said that they were shocked at just how long my hair actually is.

Today I took back three out of the four kittens. The fourth one we are keeping, but she is not big enough to get fixed yet. So now she is walking around crying, and looking for her litter mates. Poor little girl!

I am off to finish some stuff before Rusty comes home.

where have I gone?

 

These pictures were taken about 4 years ago. I was talking to one of the marines this weekend and I just had to drag them out.

I was asked to go to something called Jane Wayne Day. There is where is wives get to go and play marine for a day. I was asked to attend the Jane Wayne Day at the Marine  Recruit Depot San Diego. I never in a million years thought that I would be doing what recruits do!

I did it and I had a blast. I must say that banging my body to hell was fun. Some of the stuff was a challenge at first, but I did everything.

I was looking at the pictures and wondering where that lady is. my arms were so toned and I even had a six pack! I so want her back.

I guess tomorrow I will get back to doing what I use to do. I use to walk two miles a day. I would swim 1 mile every other day and then I would have never let a potato chip touch my lips.

I look at my self now and I am just disgusted! I need to loose some weight in my face and show off my high Indian cheek bones!

On another subject. I two sick marines here over the weekend. Beth is still having some problems with her eyes. I will be taking her back to the doctor tomorrow. Then another marine had 4 teeth cut out! Can you say ouch!

Next weekend is a work weekend. The guys are going to rebuild a Jacuzzi! LOL I cant wait to this. Then I know two of the marines are going to want to party. One will be turning 21 and one is suppose to be getting out, but he is on a medical hold.

Photobucket sucks tonight! It cut my head off in one of the slide shows!

It is time for me to go water the flowers.

yes it is friday!

Shhh, you can come on in, just be very quiet . Our friend Beth ( another marine) had eye surgery yesterday, so she is recovering here. Poor girl, she was in a lot of pain until her pain pills kick in. Now she rest with some frozen vegi's on her eyes.

The other Marine that was sick is doing much better. I am so glad about that.

Amber and her boyfriend Sam were in a car accident yesterday. Sam was driving is dads car so there was no damage to our daughter or our car. Amber has a bruised elbow and that is it. Sam however would not speak to Amber last night. He just kept saying " I could have killed you". I told Amber to give him time and to not take it personally. Sam will speak her again. I think he was in shock last night.

Nikki called today and she said " mom I saw so many dragonfly's yesterday and I was thinking about you. Are you o.k.?" ( I love dragonfly's) I told her that I was fine and that I was thinking of her yesterday. I so miss her. I guess that will never change. I should be use to her being gone but I am not. I can't say well just stay at home so I won't miss you. So I will miss her when she's gone and love her to death when she is here.

I started filling out Nikkis school form for this year. Rusty and were talking about what we are going to do with Nikki over the next few years. Nikki will 19 while still a senior in high school. I us to home school the children and when I went to enroll them in school they thought that she would be  "behind" because she was home schooled. idiots! I am thinking about pulling Nikki from school and letting her take all of her classes on line through BYU. This way she can get both high school and college credit for the classes and she wont have to take the other crap that will not help her at all. The only thing is she has to be 16 before we can start BYU. Nikki wants me to pull her from school right now!

Yesterday was so strange for me. As soon as Rusty walked in we could not keep our hands off of each other. It was just one of days when we both wanted to be very close to each. What can I say? My husband still turns me on!

Today I am going to just hang around the house. I want to be here in case Beth needs anything.

yesterday was fun

grab something to drink and have a seat. Yesterday was so much fun for us!

I some how managed to get all the stuff done that I needed to get done....and I got it done very early!

I went to pick up one of Ambers girlfriend. I am sitting at a stop light trying to light a smoke and talk on the phone when the light turns green. I happen to look in the rear view mirror and saw a cop. I so hung up the phone and watched my speed.

I get to the friends house and five cop cars go flying past us. So we decided that it would be a good idea to follow them and see what they are up to. Once the cops turned onto the dead end street we stopped, and just watched them raid a house!

Then I came home and decided that we needed to go to the lake. I called a neighbor down the street to see if her daughters wanted to go. One of her daughters has c.p., so I know she does not get invited to go out very often. It was so nice to just float in the lake. It has been a while since I took a break, and did something for myself.

Then we came back home and I was able to finish up some quilts that I had been working on. As you can see the kittens were so willing to help me! I had enough scraps that I even made a little girl baby quilt. I do not know anyone who is having a girl, but I will be ready if they do!

Amber, Sam, and Jessica ( Ambers friend) decided that they wanted to go to coldstone and get some ice cream. The only thing is they had no money! So they scrounged for all the money they could find. Then Jessica grabs a cup and walks up to some of the marines and asks for donations. One of the marines pulled out a jack daniels bottle full of change. I told them that if they went and paid for their ice cream with they money from the jar that I would give each of them $3. Then I added that they had to have pictures! They did it.

Yesterday was filled with laughter and relaxation. I sure could use more days like that!

The picture below is an actual picture of our children walking on the beach by the lake. I so love our lake!

what I did

Isent this dog just awesome looking? I have always wanted one of these dogs. I once worked for a lady that showed these dogs and she use to wash them in Nexus!

Anyway, what I did to earn that ticket. Jakes mom and sister were coming into town. So I told Jake to borrow one of our cars because it would be cheaper then him renting a car. However the car that had the base sticker on it had expired tags. So we switched the plates and I told Jake that if he got caught that I did not know him!

Jake returned the car to me and I had asked Jake to switch the plates on the car. Well he did, but I for got that he did. So I asked Ambers boyfriend Sam to switch the plates around and he did.

I had to run Amber to work. So I grabbed my keys. I figured I was only going a few blocks so I would not need my purse. As I was dropping Amber off someone called me and asked me to pick up their stuff for Ambers yard sale.

O.K. I take one of the back roads down by the lake. That way it will be quicker. That was when I got pulled over for going 5 miles over the speed limit. Then he asked to see my licence. I did not have it. I was then asked for proof of insurance and registration. I gave him those items.

When the officer comes back he charged me with going 5 miles over the speed limit, no licence, my insurance card was expired so the officer so kindly add on now proof of insurance, and finally driving on expired plate that belonged to another car.

Rusty just looked at the ticket and shook his head. I guess I will not be getting any play money for a long while.

Martha asked me how I manage to keep our bills down and how I stretch  our money when I feed so many people.

1. On Friday night I usually make something that can feed mass amounts of people and feed them very cheaply. Such as chili and bread. The marines are responsible for dinner on Saturday night. The usually all pitch in and someone will go buy some steaks and chicken or whatever. Then Sunday morning breakfast is usually egg's, any left over steak, toast and if we have any hash browns.

2. I do not buy any alcohol. I do not drink, so if the marines want booze then that must buy their own.

3. I never buy any new clothes. I shop yard sale and thrift stores. I actually like their clothes better.

4. The girls are given $200 at the start of the school year and they must buy everything they need for school. The only thing I buy is school supplies and bra's. This has really helped the girls learn how to budget the money. Both of the girls are still using the same back pack's that they bought 3 years ago. They have also discovered that payless shoes work just as well as the expensive shoes. As for Ryan. I just buy him clothes as they are needed. Boy's clothes are so hard to find at yard sales and thrift stores!

That is about all I can think of. I am just all around cheap. Because I am cheap we have been able to pay off all of our cars. We own 3 of them. I have been able to buy the jumbo washer and dryer. I am just cheap and I save all of my money.

Today my goal is to finish all the laundry and to get our bedroom scrubbed down. I also have a lot of stuff to put up in the rafters. ICK. I hate getting up there.

Dustin stopped by last night. He was bring me some stuff from another marine. The stuff was suppose to be for Ambers yard sale, but man one of the tables that he brought I think I am going to keep. It has a marble top on it! Shit I could sell just the marble and make a small fortune.

Dustin was laughing when he got here. It was only 9 p.m. and I told him to be quiet when he came in. Everyone was in bed already. He just so shocked that our house was that quiet. During the week we are really dull people.

The marine that was sick is not doing much better. She keeps going to b.a.s. but they won't let her see a doctor. I finally told her that they cannot refuse her that right. The marine does not want to cause waves, but I am about to cause some. Some of these Navy guys get on power trips and think that they control the marines.

Well nothing is getting done by me sitting here. So I better get moving. I still need to figure out what I am making for dinner.