As my title of this post says... Sometimes I wish I wouldn't have gone back to school. Right now I am supposed to working on my Discussion posts that are due tonight. But I am absolutely annoyed and frustrated and stressed out.
This weekend was a four day and while some of it was good... some was bad...
I got some stuff done for the FRG, got our two bookshelves together, Nick built a toy box and I stained it mostly (just waiting to clear coat it and then we can put it in the kiddos play room), then while at my neighbors house I was running around in the back yard and hit the cement piece that under the water drain and did like a front flip? Yea hit a patch of slick dirt with my left flip flop and then it broke and I hit the cement piece with my right foot and went flying... So now I have a deep bruise on my right foot. Luckily its not all that noticeable but if someone actually looked at my foot they could see the greenish blue tint... then yesterday the hubs got 3 nerves burned in his back to hopefully reduce the pain he has, Today I found out that my midterm grade wasnt very good. (C+ :'( but I will admit that I didnt study as much as I should have), Went to a playdate which was going very well into a freakish thunderstorm came through, Kaitlynn has had a bad attitude and is really whiny and going through a back talking fit, and I really dont want to do my homework. I guess my midterm grade really discouraged me on the whole school thing. (This happens whenever I get a low grade... I know I should just work harder but grr). I know what I did wrong with it, but still puts me in a bad mood.
I should have had my degree by now. But I have taken a couple breaks, messed up some and didnt care on other parts. I will admit I have been to 4 different colleges. The first two I messed up and had issues with two pregnancies, two babies, two deployments and 3 different moves. I have been in school on and off for about 4 years. If you look at the time I was actually in school it equals about 2 years. I was two classes away from having my Associates in Accounting when I decided to switch to DeVry to get my Bachelor's instead... TWO CLASSES!!! So now I am working on my Bachelor's and hopefully will get my degree soon so I can work... I miss working a lot sometimes. I passed my last two classes (my first ones with DeVry) both with As and right now I have a low B in Economics and an A in spreadsheets. Im hoping Economics starts to click in my head here soon. AHHH!
Jeez... Ive been trying to write this post for the past two hours and have been getting sidetracked with the kiddos, phone calls, and homework...
Hope everyone is having a good day!
Aubrey
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Random Thoughts
Ok so this past week has been really crazy.
My husband's grandfather passed away last monday. Nick went out to the field on Tuesday and came home on Wednesday when the Red Cross message was received. We drove the 6 hours to get there (only bad thing is Kaitlynn had a panic attack in the truck and we had to pull over for 25 minutes trying to calm her down and make sure she didnt have to throw up. She gets really bad motion sickness and has projectile vomit when shes in a vehicle longer than 90-120 minutes without dramamine in her system) We spent time with family at the visitation and then spent the night in the hotel. Only bad thing that happened with the hotel room is that Kaitlynn stayed up til 0130 and then around 0400 she actually fell outta the bed and then was up for the day at 0645. Nick wore his ASUs to the funeral because his grandfather was an Army Air Force Vet. We got a little upset at the funeral because the Army representative that they had out there was just horrible with all of his movements and folding the flag. Almost seemed half ass. Now I by no means am a professional funeral attender/flag folder but it was just so half assed that I thought I was gonna Gibbs smack him in the back of the head. (Yes a NCIS reference) It was really nice to meet more of my husbands family and there was a bunch of photos of Grandpa and while looking at them all I could see was my husband. Out of all the children/grandchildren there Nick looked exactly like Grandpa when he was younger. It was amazing and kind of weird at the same time. I know what my son will look like in his 20s (my hubs), in his 50s (my father in law) and in his 80s (Grandpa Williams). My husband's entire family seemed to be so happy when Nick wore his ASUs. They were very grateful and proud to have Grandpa honored in this way. <3 I love my husbands family.
We are home now and yesterday decided to take Kaitlynn and Tristan to the park down the street from our house. We were having a blast until Kaitlynn fell and his her eyebrow and split it. It looked pretty bad and bleed a bit. She only cried for like a minute and then was fine. She was more upset when we had to clean it than when it happened. We examined it and it wasnt deep enough or big enough to take to the ER and get stitches. We just made sure to have her stay awake for a few hours and kept a close eye on her. She was happy to just be able to run around that her head didnt bug her much. The kiddos got a pool yesterday and just enjoyed spending the afternoon playing in it.
Well I gotta go work on dishes and then get the kiddos ready for some more pool time! Hope all is well for whoever reads this!
Aubrey
My husband's grandfather passed away last monday. Nick went out to the field on Tuesday and came home on Wednesday when the Red Cross message was received. We drove the 6 hours to get there (only bad thing is Kaitlynn had a panic attack in the truck and we had to pull over for 25 minutes trying to calm her down and make sure she didnt have to throw up. She gets really bad motion sickness and has projectile vomit when shes in a vehicle longer than 90-120 minutes without dramamine in her system) We spent time with family at the visitation and then spent the night in the hotel. Only bad thing that happened with the hotel room is that Kaitlynn stayed up til 0130 and then around 0400 she actually fell outta the bed and then was up for the day at 0645. Nick wore his ASUs to the funeral because his grandfather was an Army Air Force Vet. We got a little upset at the funeral because the Army representative that they had out there was just horrible with all of his movements and folding the flag. Almost seemed half ass. Now I by no means am a professional funeral attender/flag folder but it was just so half assed that I thought I was gonna Gibbs smack him in the back of the head. (Yes a NCIS reference) It was really nice to meet more of my husbands family and there was a bunch of photos of Grandpa and while looking at them all I could see was my husband. Out of all the children/grandchildren there Nick looked exactly like Grandpa when he was younger. It was amazing and kind of weird at the same time. I know what my son will look like in his 20s (my hubs), in his 50s (my father in law) and in his 80s (Grandpa Williams). My husband's entire family seemed to be so happy when Nick wore his ASUs. They were very grateful and proud to have Grandpa honored in this way. <3 I love my husbands family.
We are home now and yesterday decided to take Kaitlynn and Tristan to the park down the street from our house. We were having a blast until Kaitlynn fell and his her eyebrow and split it. It looked pretty bad and bleed a bit. She only cried for like a minute and then was fine. She was more upset when we had to clean it than when it happened. We examined it and it wasnt deep enough or big enough to take to the ER and get stitches. We just made sure to have her stay awake for a few hours and kept a close eye on her. She was happy to just be able to run around that her head didnt bug her much. The kiddos got a pool yesterday and just enjoyed spending the afternoon playing in it.
Well I gotta go work on dishes and then get the kiddos ready for some more pool time! Hope all is well for whoever reads this!
Aubrey
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Gotta love sick days...
My day has kind of sucked so I feel the need to vent...
Woke up at 0600 to make sure hubs got up for 24 hour Duty. He didnt get out of bed til 0730 and was about to head off work and then got really sick... Needless to say he got to work after 0800. He ended up having to come home because he was just non stop sick... :(. I thought everything would be okay and he would get some sleep and I would be a sweet wife and make some chicken soup over rice because I thought it would be good for him. I looked up a recipe and then went to the store and got all the items. Kaitlynn went with me because she was fine (or so I thought!). Got home and spent some time with my friend Amy and her kiddos. Made dinner and was all excited. Woke Nick up at 5 and told him dinner was done and it took him an hour and a half to get downstairs. He didnt even try the soup :( (yes I understand he wasnt feeling well but still kind of sucks and the soup was surprisingly very yummers!). I was a little happy thinking things would be better tomorrow and everyone was gonna be fine....... Kaitlynn came up whining a little bit so I told her to go sit down and what not... She walks to the other side of the living room and then starts to projectile vomit all over the place... I was like OMG and felt horrible and cleaned her up, put her in the bath and then scrubbed the carpet... She seemed fine after wards so Nick gave her some watered down crystal light (I gotta go to the Commissary and get pedialyte) She was good for about 15 minutes and she was sitting on the couch and then the projectile vomit came again... And now I know its odd to mention projectile vomit and everything but it definitely went about 3 feet in front of her. Kaitlynn is the only kid that I have ever seen literally projectile vomit... I know Im odd lol. But now she cant even hold water down... It is insane how fast an illness can come on... She showed absolutely no signs of being sick at all until around 8 at night... crazy! (yay she finally fell asleep) So now at 11pm at night I am writing this and going to do my homework for the night and sleep on the couch with Kaitlynn. I figured that since I have already had to clean up the living room twice that I figured I would keep it contained to just the living room... Dont want her getting sick in her bed or in mine... AHHHHHH thats all I have to say right about now...
Off to do homework before I get tired!
Happy Mother's Day to my fellow Mothers!!!!
Aubrey
Woke up at 0600 to make sure hubs got up for 24 hour Duty. He didnt get out of bed til 0730 and was about to head off work and then got really sick... Needless to say he got to work after 0800. He ended up having to come home because he was just non stop sick... :(. I thought everything would be okay and he would get some sleep and I would be a sweet wife and make some chicken soup over rice because I thought it would be good for him. I looked up a recipe and then went to the store and got all the items. Kaitlynn went with me because she was fine (or so I thought!). Got home and spent some time with my friend Amy and her kiddos. Made dinner and was all excited. Woke Nick up at 5 and told him dinner was done and it took him an hour and a half to get downstairs. He didnt even try the soup :( (yes I understand he wasnt feeling well but still kind of sucks and the soup was surprisingly very yummers!). I was a little happy thinking things would be better tomorrow and everyone was gonna be fine....... Kaitlynn came up whining a little bit so I told her to go sit down and what not... She walks to the other side of the living room and then starts to projectile vomit all over the place... I was like OMG and felt horrible and cleaned her up, put her in the bath and then scrubbed the carpet... She seemed fine after wards so Nick gave her some watered down crystal light (I gotta go to the Commissary and get pedialyte) She was good for about 15 minutes and she was sitting on the couch and then the projectile vomit came again... And now I know its odd to mention projectile vomit and everything but it definitely went about 3 feet in front of her. Kaitlynn is the only kid that I have ever seen literally projectile vomit... I know Im odd lol. But now she cant even hold water down... It is insane how fast an illness can come on... She showed absolutely no signs of being sick at all until around 8 at night... crazy! (yay she finally fell asleep) So now at 11pm at night I am writing this and going to do my homework for the night and sleep on the couch with Kaitlynn. I figured that since I have already had to clean up the living room twice that I figured I would keep it contained to just the living room... Dont want her getting sick in her bed or in mine... AHHHHHH thats all I have to say right about now...
Off to do homework before I get tired!
Happy Mother's Day to my fellow Mothers!!!!
Aubrey
Friday, May 6, 2011
Another Day...
I am writing this from my new office location (haha from the front room to the actual living room). I decided to make the front room the play room for the kiddos to have. Plus it has less access to the living room (movies, video games and what not) and the kitchen. I can work on my homework and stuff without fearing the kids destroying something else! Yay! I did this because I was fed up after walking back in the living room after 5 minutes into a Lab assignment to see my son smashing an egg in the couch and my daughter playing with a stick of butter. Now I think its confirmed that they wait for me to leave the room and get into everything. I got up and checked on them because it was way too quiet! lol! They were watching Dora and are normally yelling and singing along with her on TV so yea something was up lol. But now I can keep track of everything and monitor them without letting my homework get behind and I dont have to stay up late in order to get it done if they are misbehaving too much!
Now I need to have something that reminds me of the stupid decisions that I make so I dont make them again. This includes taking a 200 lb desk apart and moving it and also moving a big filing cabinet by myself. (I kind of maybe stratched my floor a little bit near the downstairs bathroom/front of the garage door.) I am definitely feeling it today. But I am counting it as a little bit of a workout for yesterday!
Ill probably update here later in the day... motherly duties are calling!
Aubrey
Now I need to have something that reminds me of the stupid decisions that I make so I dont make them again. This includes taking a 200 lb desk apart and moving it and also moving a big filing cabinet by myself. (I kind of maybe stratched my floor a little bit near the downstairs bathroom/front of the garage door.) I am definitely feeling it today. But I am counting it as a little bit of a workout for yesterday!
Ill probably update here later in the day... motherly duties are calling!
Aubrey
Monday, May 2, 2011
History in the making...
I was shocked to hear last night that Osama Bin Laden is dead... Now I personally feel a little relief about his death and if thats wrong than Im wrong. But... (no one get offended please) when you take out one "evil" person there is always someone who is more than likely worse than him to take his place. I pray that I am wrong but I have a feeling that this is going to cause more issues.
I am happy that his reign of terror has ended. And to each their own to celebrate it if they want. I personally am not going to run around screaming it from the rooftops or anything like that. My attention now goes to worry about our people overseas, deployed or not and their safety. We have already had Al Qaeda sympathizers in the US so we know they are out there. They could be in any city and in any country. So I worry about our people whether they are in a combat zone or in like Germany. Bin Laden's death is sure to ensue vengeance so Be safe to all my fellow Americans! I hope there is no incidents that result from this counter terrorism.
In other personal news... our battle with Kaitlynn and sleeping in ongoing. Saturday night was a really rough night but she slept until 0900 Sunday morning which was nice. She slept until around 0820 this morning. Which is amazing but now I am working on getting a new routine going for myself since I do most of my housework and homework while she is napping and Tristan is in school. Now with no naps and Tristan is going to be out of school here in about 2 weeks, I definitely need to rethink my schedule lol.
Class opened up last night and right now I am taking Data Analysis with Spreadsheets with Lab and Principles of Economics. Im really excited for my next classes because I get an accounting class!... I am a dork I know but its exciting.
Other than that, Nick is going to be training a lot more starting next week probably (ugh!) and I have my first actual FRG meeting that I am apart of tomorrow. :D
Hope everyone has a good day!
***Coupons***
I got tons of coupons from the newspaper last night but am only using some of them cause well I only use some of the items lol. Right now Im debating on where I am going to donate all the other coupons. I have a big ziploc bag full of them. And its a couple hundred dollars of savings so I think I am going to send them to the bases overseas.
Aubrey
I am happy that his reign of terror has ended. And to each their own to celebrate it if they want. I personally am not going to run around screaming it from the rooftops or anything like that. My attention now goes to worry about our people overseas, deployed or not and their safety. We have already had Al Qaeda sympathizers in the US so we know they are out there. They could be in any city and in any country. So I worry about our people whether they are in a combat zone or in like Germany. Bin Laden's death is sure to ensue vengeance so Be safe to all my fellow Americans! I hope there is no incidents that result from this counter terrorism.
In other personal news... our battle with Kaitlynn and sleeping in ongoing. Saturday night was a really rough night but she slept until 0900 Sunday morning which was nice. She slept until around 0820 this morning. Which is amazing but now I am working on getting a new routine going for myself since I do most of my housework and homework while she is napping and Tristan is in school. Now with no naps and Tristan is going to be out of school here in about 2 weeks, I definitely need to rethink my schedule lol.
Class opened up last night and right now I am taking Data Analysis with Spreadsheets with Lab and Principles of Economics. Im really excited for my next classes because I get an accounting class!... I am a dork I know but its exciting.
Other than that, Nick is going to be training a lot more starting next week probably (ugh!) and I have my first actual FRG meeting that I am apart of tomorrow. :D
Hope everyone has a good day!
***Coupons***
I got tons of coupons from the newspaper last night but am only using some of them cause well I only use some of the items lol. Right now Im debating on where I am going to donate all the other coupons. I have a big ziploc bag full of them. And its a couple hundred dollars of savings so I think I am going to send them to the bases overseas.
Aubrey
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Yea... So... Um... HI :D
Wow today has been a semi long day. Kaitlynn did okay last night. She didnt wake up at 2am but she did wake up around 0630... I guess I should be happy that she slept all night. But today shes been a TERROR!!! <---- thats right... not a normal terror but one that deserves all capital letters! Although while we did grocery shopping she did good (that's because everyone kept telling her how cute she is and what not).
Nick's on CQ (24 hour duty...) for the night and I guess the kids could sense that because they have messed with everything and anything that they could possibly mess with to push my buttons. So here in about 19 minutes they should be going to bed and I can finally have a moments peace! (haha yeah right). They did even wanna eat dinner (Homemade Sausage Gravy and Biscuits) which I know they like it but they didnt want it and I stopped being a short order chef :(
I never thought I would say this but I want my next classes to start already! I thought they started this past Sunday and got all excited and turns out they dont start until this Sunday May 1st... I think the main reason why I am excited is that I got As in my last two classes, so I am off to a good start...
Im gonna go put my kiddos to bed and read a book or something... I need to work on my writing skills also... have a good night everyone!
*** coupon update - I thought I was being all high speed today because I had quite a bit of coupons but... I only saved like 15 bucks... Crazyness... ***
Aubrey
Nick's on CQ (24 hour duty...) for the night and I guess the kids could sense that because they have messed with everything and anything that they could possibly mess with to push my buttons. So here in about 19 minutes they should be going to bed and I can finally have a moments peace! (haha yeah right). They did even wanna eat dinner (Homemade Sausage Gravy and Biscuits) which I know they like it but they didnt want it and I stopped being a short order chef :(
I never thought I would say this but I want my next classes to start already! I thought they started this past Sunday and got all excited and turns out they dont start until this Sunday May 1st... I think the main reason why I am excited is that I got As in my last two classes, so I am off to a good start...
Im gonna go put my kiddos to bed and read a book or something... I need to work on my writing skills also... have a good night everyone!
*** coupon update - I thought I was being all high speed today because I had quite a bit of coupons but... I only saved like 15 bucks... Crazyness... ***
Aubrey
Day 1 1/2 of no nappie poos
(Started this post yesterday and didnt finish... whoops)
Nappie Poos.... No I really do not call naps nappie poos... Just felt like making that the title lol!
So Kaitlynn slept until about 0730 this morning. Which is fantastic! but.... (im sure you saw the but coming...) She woke up at 0238 this morning crying yet again... Now I am at a loss of what could be going on so I turned to Facebook... I have a lot of mommy friends on there so I just asked if any of them knew about or had gone through something similar. So far the couple girls who have commented have said it sounds like Night Terrors. One of the girls posted an article and the article states that night terrors are usually related to sleep deprivation. Now Im like ahh that does fit because we put the kids to bed at 2000 (8pm) every night and sometimes a little later on the weekends. But for like the past month we have been finding Kaitlynn and Tristan out of bed or in their rooms playing at 2300 (11pm sorry I am used to writing military hours... I actually like it lol). Of course we try and get them to go to sleep when we put them down, but I am definitely not going to sit in their rooms until they fall asleep. I usually get more stuff down at night then I do during the day so when they go t bed its my time to either relax, clean up or work on homework. So these night issues started like 2-3 weeks ago so Im wondering what else I can do about it. One girl suggested melatonin and another suggested a doc appointment. I think they all agreed on no more naps and try to wear her out during the day so she can hopefully sleep.
Aubrey
Nappie Poos.... No I really do not call naps nappie poos... Just felt like making that the title lol!
So Kaitlynn slept until about 0730 this morning. Which is fantastic! but.... (im sure you saw the but coming...) She woke up at 0238 this morning crying yet again... Now I am at a loss of what could be going on so I turned to Facebook... I have a lot of mommy friends on there so I just asked if any of them knew about or had gone through something similar. So far the couple girls who have commented have said it sounds like Night Terrors. One of the girls posted an article and the article states that night terrors are usually related to sleep deprivation. Now Im like ahh that does fit because we put the kids to bed at 2000 (8pm) every night and sometimes a little later on the weekends. But for like the past month we have been finding Kaitlynn and Tristan out of bed or in their rooms playing at 2300 (11pm sorry I am used to writing military hours... I actually like it lol). Of course we try and get them to go to sleep when we put them down, but I am definitely not going to sit in their rooms until they fall asleep. I usually get more stuff down at night then I do during the day so when they go t bed its my time to either relax, clean up or work on homework. So these night issues started like 2-3 weeks ago so Im wondering what else I can do about it. One girl suggested melatonin and another suggested a doc appointment. I think they all agreed on no more naps and try to wear her out during the day so she can hopefully sleep.
Aubrey
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
As the head pounds...
So Kaitlynn decided that today would be a perfect day to wake up at 0448 in the morning. I was already semi awake because of the hubs (he wakes up at 0400... or should I say starts to become alive around that time... lol) He left the house at 0445 and I guess that was Kait's cue to come bug mommy. So after two weeks of getting up at 0200-0230 every morning crying about something or wanting to cuddle and now the early wake ups even if she gets to stay up late (like the weekends) Nick and I have decided no more nap time... Which was more like Nick saying she shouldn't take a nap anymore, me whining cause I wont have my hour to two hours of sanity Mondays-Thursdays (due to those are the days Tristan is in school), and then finally agreeing that that would be the best option.
This all may be ehh to some people but I look forward to the time that I do not have to hear whining, crying, fighting, the TV playing cartoons and me being able to catch up with homework, housework, emails and what not.
***Later in the day***
My head still hurts right about now. Kaitlynn did not nap today... it went okay... she definitely is a lot whinier right about now... But this is crazy! Ahh! Itll probably take a couple days in order to get everything in a routine but hopefully it gets better.
Anyways I signed up to be a BZZagent... So I might start posting reviews on here or what not. I know I dont have a lot of readers but its cool lol!
This all may be ehh to some people but I look forward to the time that I do not have to hear whining, crying, fighting, the TV playing cartoons and me being able to catch up with homework, housework, emails and what not.
***Later in the day***
My head still hurts right about now. Kaitlynn did not nap today... it went okay... she definitely is a lot whinier right about now... But this is crazy! Ahh! Itll probably take a couple days in order to get everything in a routine but hopefully it gets better.
Anyways I signed up to be a BZZagent... So I might start posting reviews on here or what not. I know I dont have a lot of readers but its cool lol!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Tired... Yet again!
Heya everyone!
Today has been a semi relaxing day. Hubs had to grill a bunch of meat on the grill tonight because we didnt want it to go bad since its been in the deep freezer since like November. It was yummy and Nick sent a bunch of it to the barracks with the guys so they should be fed well tonight lol!
Anyways im just waiting for my grades to post in my classes. So far I have As but thats not including the final paper/exam for the class. Im trying to do a lot better in these classes than I have in classes I have taken before. I really want to be done with my Bachelors so I can get an accounting job. Itd be nice to be able to go to work :D
Well everyone I will update sometime soon when I have more time <3
Aubrey
Today has been a semi relaxing day. Hubs had to grill a bunch of meat on the grill tonight because we didnt want it to go bad since its been in the deep freezer since like November. It was yummy and Nick sent a bunch of it to the barracks with the guys so they should be fed well tonight lol!
Anyways im just waiting for my grades to post in my classes. So far I have As but thats not including the final paper/exam for the class. Im trying to do a lot better in these classes than I have in classes I have taken before. I really want to be done with my Bachelors so I can get an accounting job. Itd be nice to be able to go to work :D
Well everyone I will update sometime soon when I have more time <3
Aubrey
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Crazyness
Ok now I warn ya yes I am mentioning the almost government shutdown but only because it relates to what I was gonna talk a little about.
So I am sure that most people know that the government almost shut down last night and that it meant there was going to be a bunch of people who had to go to work and not get paid, also military would only get half a paycheck and then there were the very unlucky people who would not be allowed to go to work and therefore would not get paid for going to work (back pay for the military peoples). Well crisis avoided thank goodness. But what I really wanted to mention was the commissary was flipping absolutely insane. The threat of the shutdown had information out saying if the government shut down then the commissaries would close because I believe they are government funded.
You wouldve thought that we were bracing for Armageddon or a severe winter storm. I made the mistake of going because I was buying a couple things for dinner and ended up inside the madness! Anyways so I get my tired kiddos out of the jeep and it was like 1630 (430pm I still type military time sometimes I apologize). So I drag my kiddos inside to find a line of people starting to form because there was absolutely no carts except two carts with the little cars attached in the front for kiddos. (I forgot to mention there was little parking and for my commissary thats bad... it does not even get like that on payday!) No one in the line had kiddos with them so I walked up and grabbed one of the kid carts. Everyone was running around and grabbing everything they could! I got bumped 4 times and pushed (well it felt like a push) 1 time. It took me an hour to grab like 10 things and go through the line and get out to my jeep! I was like AHH! Even the bagger who helped me out was like "today is a freaking madness! you would think they would want to save their money!?"
Now fast forward to this morning. I wake up to find out that the govt didnt shut down because a deal had been struck and they are signing the final papers this week. Fantastic! They have 6 months to figure out next years budget so we will see. I feel bad for all the people who rushed to the commissary cause nothing happened. But hopefully this situation will not happen again.
Thats all for tonight. I gotta go to bed soon since I have some more homework to do tomorrow and try to relax also.
Have a good night everyone!
Aubrey
So I am sure that most people know that the government almost shut down last night and that it meant there was going to be a bunch of people who had to go to work and not get paid, also military would only get half a paycheck and then there were the very unlucky people who would not be allowed to go to work and therefore would not get paid for going to work (back pay for the military peoples). Well crisis avoided thank goodness. But what I really wanted to mention was the commissary was flipping absolutely insane. The threat of the shutdown had information out saying if the government shut down then the commissaries would close because I believe they are government funded.
You wouldve thought that we were bracing for Armageddon or a severe winter storm. I made the mistake of going because I was buying a couple things for dinner and ended up inside the madness! Anyways so I get my tired kiddos out of the jeep and it was like 1630 (430pm I still type military time sometimes I apologize). So I drag my kiddos inside to find a line of people starting to form because there was absolutely no carts except two carts with the little cars attached in the front for kiddos. (I forgot to mention there was little parking and for my commissary thats bad... it does not even get like that on payday!) No one in the line had kiddos with them so I walked up and grabbed one of the kid carts. Everyone was running around and grabbing everything they could! I got bumped 4 times and pushed (well it felt like a push) 1 time. It took me an hour to grab like 10 things and go through the line and get out to my jeep! I was like AHH! Even the bagger who helped me out was like "today is a freaking madness! you would think they would want to save their money!?"
Now fast forward to this morning. I wake up to find out that the govt didnt shut down because a deal had been struck and they are signing the final papers this week. Fantastic! They have 6 months to figure out next years budget so we will see. I feel bad for all the people who rushed to the commissary cause nothing happened. But hopefully this situation will not happen again.
Thats all for tonight. I gotta go to bed soon since I have some more homework to do tomorrow and try to relax also.
Have a good night everyone!
Aubrey
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Life is good!
So right now I am hanging out in a comfy chair at my Mother-in-law's. We came out for a three-day visit to celebrate Tristan's 4th birthday (which is on Tuesday). We have had a good weekend and tons of pictures. I absolutely loved being here and feel so relaxed... Tomorrow is the 4-5 hour drive back home and back to our normal crazy lives!
Just thought I would share a couple pics of my babies :D
Tristan:
Kaitlynn:
They are a bit pink from bring out in 90 degree weather that they are definitely not used to.
***Coupon update: My Mother in law gave me some of her coupon wisdom... lets see if it helps me any lol!***
Have a good night yall!
Aubrey
Just thought I would share a couple pics of my babies :D
They are a bit pink from bring out in 90 degree weather that they are definitely not used to.
***Coupon update: My Mother in law gave me some of her coupon wisdom... lets see if it helps me any lol!***
Have a good night yall!
Aubrey
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Packing anyone?
Ehh @ Packing... Anyone wanna come do it for me? (yes, I know no one is gonna do it but still I like to throw the option out there)
Getting excited for the Missouri Trip tomorrow evening but then again i'm not cause I gotta pack all of the stuff lol. *shrugs* This is our first time celebrating one of the kiddos birthdays with Nick's family so hopefully itll be fun :D
Oh yea so my coupon guru buddy (Haha Jen <3) Read my blog and thought it was funny. Especially the coupon post... But she did put up a site on facebook that her friend does amazing coupon findings. So I added it and I was impressed. (At least I didnt have to pay 80 dollars for it right?)
Tristan just came in and said "I thought you were doing homework mommy?"... turning 4 next week and already has taken his leadership position in the house? I kind of hope he remembers that moment when I start doing that to him when he gets into the grades with homework...
Ahh I let time get away from me! Gotta go! Have a good day everyone... I shall be back! :D (gives ya time to run and hide :P)
Aubrey
Getting excited for the Missouri Trip tomorrow evening but then again i'm not cause I gotta pack all of the stuff lol. *shrugs* This is our first time celebrating one of the kiddos birthdays with Nick's family so hopefully itll be fun :D
Oh yea so my coupon guru buddy (Haha Jen <3) Read my blog and thought it was funny. Especially the coupon post... But she did put up a site on facebook that her friend does amazing coupon findings. So I added it and I was impressed. (At least I didnt have to pay 80 dollars for it right?)
Tristan just came in and said "I thought you were doing homework mommy?"... turning 4 next week and already has taken his leadership position in the house? I kind of hope he remembers that moment when I start doing that to him when he gets into the grades with homework...
Ahh I let time get away from me! Gotta go! Have a good day everyone... I shall be back! :D (gives ya time to run and hide :P)
Aubrey
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wednesday is not my friend!
Heya my imaginary friends :D
Today seems to be a blah day already. My Kiddos (Tristan and Kaitlynn) have decided that I am not even allowed to think about changing the channel away from Dora or Diego... Im sure my personal version of the end of the world would occur if I even picked up the remote to change the channel or browse the guide and imagine watching something else.
Oh for my coupon people... I decided to look at this website that I saw someone post on the commissarysavings facebook page and its call my coupon hunter.... I thought it'd be helpful... but you have to pay 80 dollars for 1000 coupons over 90 days... So I figured Id look at the coupons and the have a 10 cent handling fee... Looks like decent coupons but grr lol...
So life is a tad bit hectic.... Key words are "tad bit". We gotta go to Missouri this weekend to go and celebrate Tristan's 4th birthday (which is in less than a week... yay!) Which is awesome cept we can not figure out for the sake of our own lives what to get him for his birthday. Im also going to be baking his cake and what not. (on a side note Nicks mom is like a coupon Guru maybe she can teach me the ways of couponing?)
I just hit the 5th week of my two courses I am currently taking with DeVry. So far so good. I have high As in both classes which is better than I was doing with school during the deployment. (I'm shocked myself!) And starting the beginning of May Im going to be getting into my business and accounting classes hardcore! Which I am really excited for :D The only class that I am definitely not looking forward to is English. I am absolutely terribly horribly bad at English (If you couldnt tell how I write on here but keep in mind that I type with two fingers because home row key typing is a bit complicated for me haha)
Well I think I rambled enough for now I need to crack down on getting the dishes done and working on some homework and picking a role model for my paper in one of the classes... Joy... not...
Have a good day everyone... I might be back later to ramble some more of course!
Aubrey
Today seems to be a blah day already. My Kiddos (Tristan and Kaitlynn) have decided that I am not even allowed to think about changing the channel away from Dora or Diego... Im sure my personal version of the end of the world would occur if I even picked up the remote to change the channel or browse the guide and imagine watching something else.
Oh for my coupon people... I decided to look at this website that I saw someone post on the commissarysavings facebook page and its call my coupon hunter.... I thought it'd be helpful... but you have to pay 80 dollars for 1000 coupons over 90 days... So I figured Id look at the coupons and the have a 10 cent handling fee... Looks like decent coupons but grr lol...
So life is a tad bit hectic.... Key words are "tad bit". We gotta go to Missouri this weekend to go and celebrate Tristan's 4th birthday (which is in less than a week... yay!) Which is awesome cept we can not figure out for the sake of our own lives what to get him for his birthday. Im also going to be baking his cake and what not. (on a side note Nicks mom is like a coupon Guru maybe she can teach me the ways of couponing?)
I just hit the 5th week of my two courses I am currently taking with DeVry. So far so good. I have high As in both classes which is better than I was doing with school during the deployment. (I'm shocked myself!) And starting the beginning of May Im going to be getting into my business and accounting classes hardcore! Which I am really excited for :D The only class that I am definitely not looking forward to is English. I am absolutely terribly horribly bad at English (If you couldnt tell how I write on here but keep in mind that I type with two fingers because home row key typing is a bit complicated for me haha)
Well I think I rambled enough for now I need to crack down on getting the dishes done and working on some homework and picking a role model for my paper in one of the classes... Joy... not...
Have a good day everyone... I might be back later to ramble some more of course!
Aubrey
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Coupons?
(I warned y'all that I was a bit random!)
So I've decided to started coupon cutting... Am I the only one who can never find coupons for things that my family actually uses? Two weeks ago I actually went out and spent two dollars on the Sunday newspaper... I only saved 4.60 at the commissary with coupons. Which yea it paid for the newspaper all in itself but I was like what the heck! Like I always hear my friends saying they saved like 30 bucks and what not and I look on just dumbfounded. Ive even resorted to doing the free samples and stuff online because they often come with coupons for the product. So I sometimes feel like I'm hitting two birds with one stone because I get to try the product to see if I would even like it (definitely since its free lol) and then if I do like it I get a coupon and if I don't like the product then I find a friend who wants the coupon and give it to them. I love trying samples and "judging" them. I usually post on my facebook when I think something is horrible (Like Special K Meal Bars... most horrible thing I have ever eaten in my entire life!) But yea anyways What are some of the coupon jedi secrets? Am I just really freaking picky (which is probably the correct answer haha) Or do I need to build my coupon army for a bit before I command my siege on the Commissary? Any help is greatly appreciated because not only do I grocery shop for like an army but I tend to be an impulse buyer (I am a lot better now then I used to be... used to go in for 1 item and come out with like 100... now I go in for 1 item and come out with 6 or 7 lol! I say thats like a 93% improvement...)
Well I think I am doing a few errands with a friend today so I probably should go get my butt dressed and stuff since its 1021 :P haha I might post again later when I think of another topic to discuss. :D Have a good day everyone :D
Aubrey
So I've decided to started coupon cutting... Am I the only one who can never find coupons for things that my family actually uses? Two weeks ago I actually went out and spent two dollars on the Sunday newspaper... I only saved 4.60 at the commissary with coupons. Which yea it paid for the newspaper all in itself but I was like what the heck! Like I always hear my friends saying they saved like 30 bucks and what not and I look on just dumbfounded. Ive even resorted to doing the free samples and stuff online because they often come with coupons for the product. So I sometimes feel like I'm hitting two birds with one stone because I get to try the product to see if I would even like it (definitely since its free lol) and then if I do like it I get a coupon and if I don't like the product then I find a friend who wants the coupon and give it to them. I love trying samples and "judging" them. I usually post on my facebook when I think something is horrible (Like Special K Meal Bars... most horrible thing I have ever eaten in my entire life!) But yea anyways What are some of the coupon jedi secrets? Am I just really freaking picky (which is probably the correct answer haha) Or do I need to build my coupon army for a bit before I command my siege on the Commissary? Any help is greatly appreciated because not only do I grocery shop for like an army but I tend to be an impulse buyer (I am a lot better now then I used to be... used to go in for 1 item and come out with like 100... now I go in for 1 item and come out with 6 or 7 lol! I say thats like a 93% improvement...)
Well I think I am doing a few errands with a friend today so I probably should go get my butt dressed and stuff since its 1021 :P haha I might post again later when I think of another topic to discuss. :D Have a good day everyone :D
Aubrey
Monday, March 28, 2011
It's me... The Blog Noob :D
Hello Everyone!
I have tried to do blogs quite a bit since I was younger. Found quite a bit of ramblings from when I was a teenager that always makes me think "Jeezmus! what the heck was I so whiny about as a kid???" Haha. I have had a couple people suggest that I starting writing again to maybe ease my stress levels. Im not expecting a whole lot of people to read it of course but still :)
Anyways My name is Aubrey. I am currently a 23 year old mother of two absolutely gorgeous kiddos. I am married to my Army sweetheart (my version of high school sweetheart since we were both enlisted when we started dating). I have a dog and a cat also. About 6 months ago we PCSed (Permanent Change of Station for the non military) here to good old Fort Riley, Kansas. I never in a million years thought that I would ever move to Kansas but it seems to be pretty nice. I have not had any issues or drama or anything. Life is pretty good.
Yea so... hmm... Forgive me if I am coming off a bit boring I am still getting used to the blogging thing. Plus I am like an acquired taste... to some people I am a fantastic asset and to others they could care less :) haha I will let you decide.
I know this may be a stupid question but where is a good place to start? I do not know how to go about blogging and am open to suggestions lol... My mind tends to wander and I may talk about random things but *shrugs* its worth a shot...
Well I am off to bed I guess. I will fiddle with this some more tomorrow. Night everyone. Sweet Dreams
Best Wishes,
Aubrey
I have tried to do blogs quite a bit since I was younger. Found quite a bit of ramblings from when I was a teenager that always makes me think "Jeezmus! what the heck was I so whiny about as a kid???" Haha. I have had a couple people suggest that I starting writing again to maybe ease my stress levels. Im not expecting a whole lot of people to read it of course but still :)
Anyways My name is Aubrey. I am currently a 23 year old mother of two absolutely gorgeous kiddos. I am married to my Army sweetheart (my version of high school sweetheart since we were both enlisted when we started dating). I have a dog and a cat also. About 6 months ago we PCSed (Permanent Change of Station for the non military) here to good old Fort Riley, Kansas. I never in a million years thought that I would ever move to Kansas but it seems to be pretty nice. I have not had any issues or drama or anything. Life is pretty good.
Yea so... hmm... Forgive me if I am coming off a bit boring I am still getting used to the blogging thing. Plus I am like an acquired taste... to some people I am a fantastic asset and to others they could care less :) haha I will let you decide.
I know this may be a stupid question but where is a good place to start? I do not know how to go about blogging and am open to suggestions lol... My mind tends to wander and I may talk about random things but *shrugs* its worth a shot...
Well I am off to bed I guess. I will fiddle with this some more tomorrow. Night everyone. Sweet Dreams
Best Wishes,
Aubrey
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