365 days later....

I'm still just as happy as ever in my life with Cameron! :) I can not believe it's already been a year that we've been married. It has been a hard year with Cameron being gone on his 2nd deployment but all the time I've gotten to spend with Cameron has made this year as Mrs. Cameron Taylor as the best year of my life. I hope that all the years to come are this awesome but I just hope that they don't go by so fast! :)

I came home from work on Friday to a bouquet of flowers, a vase, a teddy bear and a card from Cameron and it was amazing! :) (Picture above)

Then realized that Melissa had put up a banner for me and bought me THE candle on my last wish list! :) What great friends! :)

Websites

So, I'm on the website team at work and we're trying to put together a more inviting, clean, and organized website. Our website now is awful. I have a few ideas of what I like but was just curious as to what everyone looks for when they go to a website. What catches your attention? What keeps your attention on that website? What makes you decide whether or not you want to use the company on the website that you go on? Any suggestions? Just let me know!!!

Ahhh....

I was awaken this morning to Cameron's voice, I actually had time to get up and eat breakfast before work and I've had time to e-mail a few people and type this blog. I say that so far, this is a great day! :) <3 Hope everyone else has a great day!!!!

Please press 1 for English...

I do realize that I'm ex-TREMELEY frustrated right now but come on. When I call customer support I've already had it up to HERE with the problem and I just want it fixed as do most of us since, of-course, customer support if the LAST resort. Now when I call customer support and they speak english and I can understand what they're saying it's still confusing enough to get something fixed. In the situation that I had tonight and they speak English but you can't understand a damn WORD of it....UGH. COME ON. I've already done everything I can, PLEASE at-least if I press the 1 for English, give me someone who SPEAKS IT. GRRR. I'm sorry everyone but I'm really ticked off about this right now.

On a good note, today was my Mom & Dad's 25th Wedding Anniversary! :) I hope they have a great time in the mountains!!! <3 you both!

Lcpl Malone

If we could all stop and say a prayer for the family of Lcpl John Malone today that would be very appreciated I'm sure. He was killed in Afghanistan yesterday. Cameron is really upset about it as they were friends so if we could also say a prayer for him and all the other men of 2/3 Echo.

Thanks.

Kreativ Blogger

Thanks to Amber at Random Ramblings for giving me the following award!! It made me feel like someone actually likes to read my blog and follow what I have to say! :) So a big thanks to Amber! 

So here it is: The Kreativ Blogger Award! 

The Rules:

1.) Thank the person who gave this to you.

2.) Copy the logo and place it in your blog.

3.) Link the person who nominated you.

4.) Name 7 things about yourself that no one would really know.

5.) Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.

6.) Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7.) Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know you nominated them!

So 7 things about myself that no one would really know....

1. Every time I sing, even if it's just the alphabet, my eyes water like I'm going to cry. (Maybe it's because I'm so terrible at it?)

2. I think that everyone should have at-least one animal because they are great for the soul.

3. I quit smoking since Cameron deployed and haven't felt much better yet since quitting. Hopefully that changes?

4. Cameron and I want to have 3 or 4 children, depending on how the first few go! :)

5. Cameron and I are hoping to get a baby brindle boxer for Cam's coming home from war present! :)

6. I wish that I would have never gotten rid of my first car, the 1992 Honda Accord EX, because it was very dependable and FREE to me. :(

7. I always forget that on Sunday's the mail isn't delivered so I check it 7 days a week...I know, I'm silly. 

My Nominees for the Kreativ Blogger Award are:

1. Stacy at "Grading our way through life"

2. Spring at "Doug & Spring"

3. Laura at "Just My Days"

4. Jessica at "Live. Love. Write"

5. Jessica at "The cake Boutique"

6. Ashley at "Dog tags and Pearls"

7. Heather at "Heather's World"

Review

So, I had my 3 month review at work and it went great! :) I love my job and I love the people that I work with so I'm very excited things went as well as they did!

I also have my schedule all the way through the end of October and that's making things much easier for me to plan since I'm trying to enroll at Kapiolani Community College to finish my Associates in Accounting. EXCITING!! :) The best part? Cameron and I only have to pay for the books!!!! YAY!!!

It's almost FRIDAY everyone! I'm off Saturday and Sunday and that's the first time in a while so I have an entire list of things on my "to do list." Normally, I would blow the list off to go to the beach but since I'm on the Prednisone the Dr. said no laying out for hours, soooooo, going to get a lot done this weekend, I hope! :)

Can't sleep...

thanks to this new medicine that the Dr. has me on I swear my insides are at 200 degrees F. AHHH!! :) Even though I can't sleep, some great things have come out of tonight! :)

1. I got to talk to my hunny for like an hour! YAYY!!! That's about the longest conversation we've had since he's been gone. He's doing great. He sounds great and he laughed a lot! :) It was absolutely WONDERFUL just to hear his voice. It made my day much better, especially after the past few days I've had!

2. I've learned that something I've wanted for a while is going to come TRUE!!! :) <3>

3. I've come to realize who my true friends are and which ones never were. I am glad to know that now!

4. I know that I have an AMAZING husband, an amazing family and amazing friends who are always there for me and who always have my back.

5. I am praying that I will have every Sunday off from work so that I can start going back to church because I realize how much I've missed it since I took a job working on Sundays. Or maybe since I started going out and partying on Saturdays, either way, it's time to get back into church and get my relationship back with God. :) <--& hopefully Cam will go with me when he returns home!

6. After talking to Cameron we both realized that our credit cards will all be paid off in less than a YEAR! :) <3>

7. I have been living in Hawaii almost a year and Cameron and I have been married almost a year. I can't believe how fast it's gone. It's been one of the best years of my life. I've learned so much that I never thought I would have learned about myself. I've learned that I'm stronger than I've ever thought I was, I know that no matter what I can stand on my own two feet and I never have to depend on another human being, although that comfort is nice. I've come to learn that I can be by myself and I don't ALWAYS need someone to be there by my side. That's what God is for! I've come to realize that there is a time to grow up and I think I've come to that point in my life and I can't wait to grow up with Cameron. I can't wait for the two of us to have a life together, outside of the USMC, and get to spend the rest of my life with him.

8. I have the BEST support group there is and I wouldn't trade anyone in it for the world!

and

9. I am going to be an AUNTIE to a NIECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCE! :) How EXCITING? <--I know I already told everyone but I'm JUMPING inside to tell it to the WORLD! lol!

Wish List Wednesday...

1. A Peach, Mango, Salsa Yankee Candle! :)

2. A tanning bed package that doesn't cost $80.00

3. Extra money just lying around so I could get that $80 tanning package! :)

4. A baby brindle boxer.... :)

5. Time to pass faster so my honey will be home sooner!!!

I'm bored, too!

1. Who was your first prom date?
Charles. I effin' hated prom too Ashley! :) For the same reasons!

2. Do you still talk to your first love?
No. We have nothing to talk about.

3. What was your first alcoholic drink?
Budweiser from a bottle, at Kristen B's house when my sister lived with her, with Kristen Furr and we sat over the toilet and almost DIED trying to drink it. It was awful. :)

4. What was your first job?
The Bridge and Rail baby! :)

5. What was your first car?
A brown 1992 Honda Accord EX. I miss that car. :(

6. Who was the first person to text you today?
Melissa

7. Who was the first person you thought of this morning?
Cameron. :) <3 you babe!

8. Who was your first grade teacher?
Mrs. Cochran? I think?

9. Where did you go on your first flight in a plane?
Toooooo....Delaware with my Grandma? I think that's it! :)

10. Who was your first best friend and do you still talk?
My first best friend was Amber! :) I guess you could call her my "brother" too but you know, best friend works! :)

11. Where was your first sleepover?
At Ambers! :)

12. Who was the first person you talked to today?
A client that dropped of their dog at the Vet for grooming.

13. Whose wedding were you in for the first time?
Keith Robinson's first wedding as the flower girl and I totally DIDN'T drop any flowers and I TOTALLY DID cry the ENTIRE wedding because I didn't do what I was supposed to because at rehearsal my dad was joking with me and told me that I would have to pick up every flower that I dropped...horrible first wedding experience! :) But before Keith walked out with the now ex-wife he looked at me and told me I did a great job and he loved me! :)

14. What was the first thing you did this morning?
Took Pablo out to pee since he can't hold it and I can! :)

15. What was the first concert you went to?
Backstreet Boys. haha.

16. First tattoo?
My "tramp stamp" of a sun of some sort that I got on my 18th birthday.

17. First piercing?
Ears, because Amber was too scared to do it! lol! :) <3 you Amber!

18. First foreign country you went to?
Well, I've only been inside of the USA.

19. First movie you remember seeing?
I honestly have no CLUE. I think I'm doing pretty darn good to remember all of the things I've already remembered! :)

20. What state (province) did you first live in?
North Carolina, baby.

21. Who was your first room mate?
Cameron was my absolutely first roommate! :) What a better roommate??

22. When was your first detention?
Dude, I was the most awesome child ever, I never had detention...or it could be because I was too scared to have to call Momma and tell her I had done something wrong! :)

23. When was your first kiss?
In middle school. Ugh.

24. What is one thing you would learn, given the chance?
How to surf.

25. Who will be the next person to post this?
I say... Amber

I'm going to have a...

NIECE!!! :) I'm SOO excited and I knew the whole time! :) lol! I've already bought a lot of girl stuff for my sister and I can't WAIT to send it to her! She had her "cake cutting party" yesterday and I got to be on the phone while they cut the cake. It was great! :) I'm so happy for her and J, her husband! I can't wait to know the name and I can't WAIT to meet her! She's going to be here sometime in January!! :)

Privacy

As for going private. I have decided against it after speaking with some friends who read my blog. I used to have my blog private but it was too big of a pain in the butt for people to read it and to be able to leave comments. I'm just going to hope and pray that no one that shouldn't be looking at the blog will! :)

My not so much baby bump...

I see a lot of people are pregnant and to be quite honest, I'm a tad bit jealous. Only a tad bit but still the jealousy is there. I know that isn't the best thing for Cameron and I right now, not to mention IMPOSSIBLE, but still every time I hear someone talk about their due date, their pregnancy, or anything to do with babies my heart twinges just a little.

Anyone else have this fever and any ideas of how to get past it since Cameron and I have discussed it and will NOT be trying for quite sometime....Any suggestions at all would be great, unless of course it's a suggestion for me to watch someones 2 year old. That will not be happening! :)

October

As most of you know by now I will not be coming home to visit in October as originally planned. I decided, along with Cameron and my Momma, that it would be best for me to stay here until Cameron gets home so that if he and I would like to go home together we will be able to. My job will only allow me to take so much leave time so that's what I've decided to do! I hope to see everyone soon but Cameron and I are not sure about whether or not we will even be coming home on his leave. We will just have to see. We may wait until his next leave block that he gets (after Christmas and New Years) to come home! We miss everyone greatly but since we are planning to build a house when we move back home we think this may turn out to be the best idea. We all hope that you understand! <3

Catch Up

I want to start by apologizing for my absence in the blogging world. I've been crazy busy with work and when I'm not at work I'm crazy busy laying out at the BEACH!!! :) (& working out so I can look HoT when Cam comes home!) :)

I'm going to try to catch you up as best I can...here goes! :)

Pablo has fully recovered from being neutered and he is still humping everything in site! He prefers to hump Karis, a friend of mine, but anything will substitute at this point. Oh well, hopefully he will grow out of it. He has stopped marking his territory so I don't know that I can ask for anything more!

TO EVERYONE WHO SENDS CARE PACKAGES TO CAMERON- The last day to send a care package, or any type of mail parcel, is SEPTEMBER 30th. PLEASE don't send anything after that date because Cameron will NOT be guaranteed to receive it since it will go into a holding place here in Hawaii until the guys return home. By that point who KNOWS who could go through it or get it. I've given a warning! :) As we are on the subject of Cameron I got to talk to him a few nights ago for about an hour (the total of 2 days). He seems to be in pretty high hopes and sounds great. He is asking for dip and cigarettes but that seems to be all. He sends his love to everyone!!! :) I would like to ask for the prayers for Cameron (and all other deployed military) to continue, as I pray for them every night.

I have finally gotten rid of Sprint (and I'm going to start trying to talk Cameron into the same). We'll see how far that gets us. I still have the same # but I have gone back to Verizon (Alltel). I had them before coming to Hawaii but there wasn't an Alltel here so I put my phone on a military hold until I moved back home. After talking with Spring (& w/ Verizon) I found it would be cheaper for us to pay to cancel my contract with Sprint and get a new 2 year contract with Verizon than to cancel the Verizon account. The best part of the deal? I got a BRAND NEW PHONE, for $50!!! YaY!!! :) So, I have a BRAND NEW Sprint phone for sale if anyone is interested let me know and I'll give you the details!

Laura, how do you make your diaper cakes? I am making one for a friend I've looked on-line for instructions but I can't seem to find one that I really like and I LOVED yours so if you are a good explainer would you mind sharing?

Going Private

I've been doing a lot of thinking and after much consideration have decided to go private with my blog. I have a good friend who also blogs who went private and after some things that I've seen on the news and in the papers recently I feel that will be the best decision for myself as well. I will be going private on Thursday, 9/3/09. I will not be blogging again until I do go private (not that I've done it too often lately anyway, but) if you're interested in reading my blog if you would please just shoot me an e-mail, shellie0202@aol.com so that I can add you to my readers list that would be great! :) Thanks to everyone who reads my blogs and encourages me and keeps me going it really means a lot to me and I hope to get everyone's e-mail addresses! :)

I will write again on Thursday!!! <3

My friends...

I have actually been exercising the past few weeks, religiously, and today...I put on a pair of pants without having to lay on the bed, suck in (actually not breathe), pulllllllllllllll the button into the button hole and PRAY that when I stand up it won't pop out. It was above and beyond amazing! :) I can't tell by looking at myself that I've lost weight but that was a great feeling! :) I mean, they're still tight, don't get me wrong, but I got to put my pants on while standing up for the first time in quite a while! :) THANK YOU GYM! :) (& Karis of-course since she's kept me motivated for the gym).

Just wanted to share that with everyone! Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!

Pablo...

is getting neutered today!! Along with that he's getting a K-9 pulled, he still has one baby one and one adult on one side. He's getting his booster vaccines and he's getting some other things done so lets all pray for Pablo today that he does well and comes out of this a non-marking, non-humping puppy! :) If nothing else at-least the non-marking puppy!

While we're on the subject of prayer, can we all please life up a prayer for 2/3 Marines that are in Afghanistan? They're doing a great thing out there and today the Afghans the next few days are going to be very high tension there so lets all please say a prayer! If we could also lift up my cousin Caleb it would be greatly appreciated. He's in boot camp for the Marine Corps right now and has an upper respitory infection, thanks! I got to talk to Cameron today so I was ECSTATIC!!! He's doing GREAT! :) I haven't heard him in such high hopes in a while. It was a great conversation! Not too much longer and he'll be home! YaY!

Sorry...

I'm so sorry that I promised to blog more over the weekend but have failed to do so.

This weekend I was not up to par for anything. I've been out of work the past 2 days with some sort of stomach bug. The Dr. prescribed me some anti-nausea medicine which should be labeled as a narcotic as when I took it I slept from 10:30 that night until 2:00p.m. the next day. CRAZY.

Anyway...I've gotten a lot done around the house when not feeling too bad. I bought a coffee table at a yardsale on Sunday for $5.00. It was a wood color but had paint all over it and scratches all over it. I decided I would fix it up. Looking back I wish I would've taken a before picture but I didn't so...here is the after picture...

As you can see I've also done some rearranging of sorts to the house! :) I put pictures of all of the rearrangements on my picture site. So check it out! I don't have everyones e-mails to add them but you're welcome to stop in there anytime!

Quote of all quotes :)

"Give me the greatness of heart to see the difference between duty and his love for me. Give me understanding that I may know, when duty calls him he must go. Give me a task to do each day, to fill the time when he's away. Lord, when he's in a foreign land, keep him safe in your loving hand, and Lord, when duty is in the field, please protect him and be his shield. When deployment is long, be with me & keep me strong!" ---

I found this on a friends Facebook (FB) page and I REALLY love it. It is a great quote and just wanted to share it with all of you. I plan to be back blogging this weekend! I'm off until TUESDAY after 1 o'clock this afternoon, YaY! :) Sooo, hopefully I'll be catching up. There's been a lot going on so it'll be interesting to see if I can get it all down without missing anything!

Have a great day/weekend and I love and miss you all!!

Jenn Lancaster...

is the best writer ever! :) I've been reading a lot of different books lately than I'd ever pick out at the library or the book store. (You can look through my blogs to see the books.) The latest thing I've read have been the books by Jenn Lancaster and they're hilarious! :) Thanks to Jessica for posting a blog about them so that I picked them up to read them!!!

Finnnnnnnnally....

Pablo has finally stopped barking at me all night while he's in his crate. He doesn't even whine when he has to go in it when I leave anymore & I N.E.V.E.R thought that would E.V.E.R. happen.

I guess he's finally gotten used to it & I thought that it would be great that he doesn't bark anymore. The only thing is, now I'm worried he's not breathing or he's sick again. HELP. What on EARTH will I be like when Cameron and I have children?? I'll be the "worried to death" mother who is at the E.R. every other night yelling at the desk lady to "get my baby in there now, it's dying." I can already see it...Cameron will probably think I'm just a crazy ole' hag! :)

Anyway, it's amazing to not have to hear any barking anymore it definitely makes for a much more peaceful time when it's time to sleep!!

Wish list Wednesda #3

1. To see my brother again!! :)

2. A TreadClimber for my house since the one at the gym is always broken.

3. A plane ticket home for my Babo! :)

4. A better relationship with God.

5. A pink mustang, duh! :)

Pablo

Soooo...I've learned that having a puppy is almost like having a child except that a puppy never grows up and learns to take care of itself. It always needs you to take care of it. Which is fine with me but it is starting to get very stressful! :) I L.O.V.E our Pablo but wow.

Last week Pablo went to the vet, not where I work, to get his Lepto shot & his Bordetella vaccine, which was done intra-nasel, and ever since then he's been doing this "coughing" thing through his nose. Well, the night before last he started doing this "coughing" allllllllllll night. Between the "coughing fits" he was throwing up, EVERYWHERE. He started out in his crate, since we're trying to put him in HIS bed at night rather than with me, and he threw up in there while coughing. I decided it would be best to take him out of there so he wouldn't have to get throw up all over him so he proceeded to get in the bed with me. I thought this would be fine since he had already thrown up everything he'd eaten that night, so I thought. Anyway, 3 comforters later, I am sleeping on the couch so I have something to cover up with, Pablo is still throwing up all over the entire house and coughing. I get ready for work at 6:00a.m., after only 45 minutes of "Shut-eye". I take Pablo with me to work and he is FINE. GRRR! The Dr.'s put him on I/D, a food that is very bland. Pablo eats it and seems to looooooooove it but he isn't drinking any water. So, from 5p.m. the night before until 1:00 this afternoon Pablo has only peed 1 time. So I get Melissa to bring Pablo to work so I can get the Dr. to look at him again and he is dehydrated so he gets some fluids and now he's fine. Thank GOD! I was STRESSING OUT about it.

Not to mention I had to mop the entire house after not sleeping the night before, I had to wash all the covers in the house and I had to take care of a sick puppy all night. I can't imagine having a child. I think I would probably go CRAZY. :( I do love my Pablo but he's cost a good bit of money the past few days. He is back to his normal self, flinging his toys on the laptop every few seconds causing me to have to delete everything he "types" on a continuous basis! :)

Results

I got the results from the Colonoscopy/Endoscopy and wanted to let everyone know that things will be fine! :) I do have a stomach ulcer of pretty large size (in ulcer sizes :) ) and multiple small ones. The Dr. didn't exactly say the small "spots" were ulcers but said they act as ulcers do in the beginning stages. The Dr. said there are approximately 20 or so little spots all throughout my stomach. AHH! I am sooo happy to know what is going on and to know what to do to fix it! I am still taking the Nexium which helps, TREMENDOUSLY, and I'm working on changing my diet to benefit more.

With my diet change I have to stop eating salad, as often, which sucks because I've really become addicted to eating a good salad w/ some meat on it! :) Oh-well. Lettuce just isn't the best to digest! I can still sneak it in every once a while though!

I DO want to thank EVERYONE for all of the prayers and thoughts during all of the tests and the pain! It really means a lot to me knowing that I have such great friends and family! :)

30 more lbs. to go...

As most of you know I've been in the process of trying to loose weight for quite some time. So since I have been going to the gym, whenever "possible", and I've been trying to eat smaller portions and I'm GAINING WEIGHT I have decided that I'm going to have to step it up a notch.

I went to the store and bought some apples, cherries, and lettuce to make some killer salads! :) I just baked some porkchops to cut up and put on the salad, yummy! Anyway, I've decided that I'll be exercising on a regular basis, starting Thursday! <--I know I know. I can't start until Thursday because the Dr. said I needed to worry about getting hydrated and getting my stomach back to normal after drinking all of the "cleanser" and not being able to eat or drink during that time.

Soooo.....here goes! :) I am hoping to stick with it this time as Cameron has been working out and I would LOVE to be in shape and thinner when he comes home! I think that would be a nice welcome home present for him! That way we will be able to go and do things together like hike, go see waterfalls and etc!

That's my plan and I'm sticking to it. Hopefully! :)

Colonoscopy/Endoscopy

Most of all I would like to thank my Mother for coaching me through drinking the entire GALLON of NASTINESS that I had to drink in order to prep for the procedure. Second of all I would like to thank Melissa for putting up with my complaining, no direction giving, tired, groggy ass! :)

All that aside the procedure went good. I am a little sore today where they did a biopsy in my stomach (I called and they said that is to be expected). I am also a little sore in the "southern" region but I think that was from the prep!! haha!

I go tomorrow to get the results of the biopsy they did. I am positive it is just the stomach ulcer that they did the biopsy on!

So, I was pretty scared about having to be put under anesthesia but I am telling you it was awesome! :) I told the nurse not to tell me when she was going to start it in my I.V. because then I would be worried to death about it so I just passed out and woke up 2 hours after I was supposed to! :) What can I say? I LOVE me some sleep!!!

Today/Tomorrow

Melissa and I went and saw "Bruno" last night. It was HILARIOUS. I laughed my a*s off the entire time. We then went to see "I love you, Beth Cooper" and it was a cute movie. It was a F.U.N.N.Y night. :)

I went with Pavla yesterday during the day to the beach on base, Pyramid Rock Beach, and we laid out for a few hours. I swear if you miss a 1/2" of your body with sunscreen you will be BURNED in that spot. The sun is SCORCHING here. It's wonderful though!!! :)

I got out this morning and planted 4 new flowers! I got False Heather, Double Orange & Red Hibiscus, something else? and a potted plant that was like 3 different flowers in one. It's nice because I can just sit it on my front porch and leave it there in the sun and not have to transplant it. I am hoping that these plants will do well. The other plants I planted haven't been doing so well lately. Grr...I think the slugs/snails are eating the plant leaves.

I am to prepare, in 3 minutes, to empty my body for a colonoscopy/endoscopy tomorrow. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I'm N.O.T. happy about that. I am STILL confused as to how I am to drink a GALLON of SH*T in a DAY. I don't even drink one gallong of ANYTHING in like 3 days. GRRR....I guess I will do it, or I'll have to do it again at some point. Seriously, can't I just take a pill?? lol!! :)

How is everyone doing? I miss hearing from everyone!!! Anytime anyone wants CALL ME!! :) Oh, btw, I heard from my A.M.A.Z.I.N.G husband yesterday!! :) It made my heart smile to hear his voice!!!

Hope everyone has a great day/week!!!

When webbing becomes a problem.

I googled some blogging topics because I've been having "blogging block" the past few days...So here is a topic I've come across: When webbing becomes a problem.

When does using the internet become a problem? I will honestly say that I'm addicted to the internet. I have a hard time without being able to check my Myspace or my Facebook during the day; therefore I have it on my phone. I don't usually update my information on my phone but I am addicted to looking at it.

Why is it that when we're away from our computers that we NEED to be able to check these sites? When is enough, enough? Do people use these websites to occupy their "alone" time because they don't feel comfortable just being by themselves? What ever happened to just reading a book, going for a walk, scrapbooking, watching a good movie, or even having a good conversation? I know that when I check my Myspace there are a few people that update their status by the hour (some even by the 1/2 hr mark). Isn't that pushing the limits a little? I know that I don't reallllllly have much room to talk but I don't update it THAT often, do I? :)

What's everyone's opinions? I'm going to T.R.Y. to do this more often (just find random topics to discuss...) if this bothers anyone let me know!! :)

Wish List Wednesday #2...

1- A hug from my hubby.

2- A maid to keep my house clean at all times.

3- A potty trained/house broken puppy dog! :)


4- A king size Canopy bedroom set.

5- A nice flat stomach.

What are five of your wishlist items for the week?

The G Family...

Just an update from A, one of the fiance's mothers:

J got an email from the Family Readiness Group and was told that if there had been a death, she would have been contacted within 24 hours. So that was a relief to to everyone. It will be a longer period to hear about injuries. Due to the circumstances in Iraq, the soldiers are on Communication block so that is why no one has heard from them. Thanks for the prayers, and please continue to lift up the families of the soldiers that were killed, whom ever they may be.
A

Just thought everyone would like to know! Thank you all for your prayers!!! :) The family really appreciates/d them!!

Pictures...

I have a posted a l.o.t. of new pictures on the website! :) Check them out if you're interested!

16 & Pregnant...

Okay so I know that originally I disagreed with Ashley's post about 16 and Pregnant but I must say after watching the last 3 shows I am going to agree. I do love the show, as Ashley said we love trashy t.v., but the show does NOT show how hard it is to be a mom, much less at 16. My friends at work and I have yet to understand why there are enough 16 year olds having children to make a show about it and to use different girls e.v.e.r.y.t.i.m.e. I don't get it. COME ON...that's horrible. Are the parents not doing their job in raising their kids or do their kids just really not give a shit about their lives and the lives they are creating?

The girls on the show A.L.W.A.Y.S. say the following "I just want him to grow up. I grew up because I had to." Okay, so this is obviously my opinion, but sweetheart if you were "grown up" you would TELL him to grow up or get out, you would not have gotten pregnant at 15 or 16 and you would take care of your own child without asking your parents to do it for you. They are NOT the ones who got pregnant. They are not the ones who had the "fun" so they do NOT need to raise the child.

A lady I work with, V, said her daughter is a nurse at one of the hospitals here in Hawaii and it's apparently a big thing for teenagers to be pregnant here. Well, V's daughter was making her rounds and was checking on one of these teenage mothers and asked her if she had fed her new child when the mother responded with "That's your job, I don't even know where to start on that." SERIOUSLY? You would THINK that if you were pregnant you would STUDY that kind of stuff or ASK before you HAD THE CHILD. What kind of life are these children going to have when their parents have NO CLUE about life? How are they to teach their children how to handle certain situations? I am not a mother so maybe I should look at this a little differently but I would think that as a mother you would have stronger feelings about this than I do...I don't know.

I'm just flabbergasted at this. Anyone else have an opinion they want to share?

Prayer needed...

Can we all stop and say a prayer for the Goley family and friends? The 2 brothers, D & K, are in Iraq right now and their mom, J, heard that 4 soldiers have been killed in Iraq. They still don't know the names of the soldiers that were killed or who they were with so if we could all just stop and say a prayer for the safety of D & K. That would be really appreciated I'm sure. If we could also pray for their families and their fiances, A & P, I know they need all the support they can get right now while they're waiting to hear.

Thanks everyone.

Come on now...

I know that it is a huge deal that Michael Jackson has died and I realize that he is the "king of pop" but guys come on. The media has NOT stopped talking about his passing since the day that it happened and I am very disappointed by this. The family needs some time to deal with what has happened and I am sure that they would like to do this in private. Who would want to deal with such a thing in the public's eye? Can we give them this privacy that ANY family would want in this situation?

On that note, Jon and Kate Plus 8. COME ON. Kate is being a mother, DEAL WITH IT. Children need spankings once in a while. She did NOT openly PUNCH her child she gave her child a "licking." I do realize that I'm QUITE behind on all of this but I have dealt with it up until this point and I can not take the media's scrutiny any longer. It's absolutely ridiculous. I think they should leave well enough alone and move on with their stories.

Track your mileage...

So, I Sunshine & Rainbows has posted a blog with a super cool link (http://www.myfastfeet.com/Map.aspx ). This website lets you map out your walking/running route and it tells you how many miles it is.

I think that this is a.m.a.z.i.n.g. My friend Melissa and I like to take Pablo for a walk quite often and I have always wondered how far we were walking and with this tool... I have figured out just taking Pablo on a walk we walk about 1.68 miles. How amazing? I have driven in my car just to "test the tool" and it appears to be right on the d.o.t. :)

Just thought that all my friends trying to loose some weight, as I am trying to do, would really enjoy this tool!!

Thanks Amber for the Awe-summmmm award!!! :)

With this award you're supposed to list 7 things that make you Awe-Summm and then pass the award on to 7 bloggers you love. Make sure to tag your recipients and let them know they have won! Also link back to the Queen that tagged you.

The 7 things that make me Awe-Summm are:

1-I no longer smoke.

2- I'm a great wife

3- I am a Marine wife going through a 2nd deployment

4- I love God

5- I love my Family and friends no matter what

6- I live in HAWAII!! :)

7- I don't know? I've just bs'd my way through the rest of them! lol!

The 7 people I give this award to are:

1- Stace

2- Heather

3- Spring

4- Laura

5- The Broke ass Bride

6- Ashley

7- Sunshine and Rainbows

(FYI, I didn't tag anyone because honestly I can't figure it out! :) )

Pictures...

For anyone who's interested in pictures of our life in Hawaii....http://mrmrscamerontaylor.shutterfly.com/. This is the website I will be posting pictures of Hawaii on! :) I will be putting more on there at some point but it will be in the future since I am working every day this week except for the 4th of July of-course! :) Hope you enjoy!

The Dreaded "D" word...

This deployment (the dreaded D word) is kicking my ass this time. I am here, in Hawaii, THOUSANDS of miles away from my family and friends back home and I feel STUCK. I am so thankful to have Cameron as my husband and I'm happy when he's here but I tell you what...right now I'm stuck in Paradise WITHOUT my Marine. AHHH....That makes it NOT Paradise any longer, seriously. :( Thank God for great friends, great food and great wine... :) Just kidding. Just kidding. Seriously though, thank God for my friend Melissa being here with me. If she weren't here I could very well loose my mind.

I am now on a new schedule, yay for a schedule. I am up at 7 a.m. (most morning) and I go to bed by 11:30 (most nights) and it has made me feel much better...when I can do it. It's so hard for me to be on a schedule because I have NEVER been on one. I've always jsut gone gone and gone until I was sick, literallly, and HAD to stop. I tell you what though I am hoping I can stick to it because it will help me! :)

I got to talk to my absolutely WoNdErFuL husband today! YaY! We got to actually have a short conversation, for the second time since he deployed to Afghanistan. I'm telling you what it was AMAZING!!! :) I'm so thankful for the times that I get to hear from him. I wish that he was somewhere with more computer access so that we could Skype each other but it's just not possible. He doesn't even get to go to the FOB (Forward Operating Base) except like every other week, if that. You know what though? I'm just ecstatic to have gotten to talk to him because it makes my day AMAZING to hear his voice! :)

I got a new ice cream maker that my Mommy sent me in the mail and I put it to use making some Strawberry Daiquries. Yummyyyyy! :) Except they weren't this time but I'm hoping they will be once I get the recipe right...Any suggestions?

Book Reviews...

Image by IHTSBIH via Flickr

I hope they serve beer in hell...Man. It's an absolutely HILARIOUS book. Please take caution in reading this book if you are the least bit sensitive because it's a very "degrading" book about women and it's about a man, Tucker Max, who is the biggest dirt bag in the world when it comes to the way that he treats women and himself. He is an asshole and it's a complete jerk to women but he is a wonderful writer. He tells his life stories in ways that I could only dream of writing! :) So. There is my opinion on the book. It's hiliarious, to me, but it WILL offend a NUMBER of people reading it...So, that said, it's up to you to read it and develop your own opinion about it! This is a picture of the strip club in which Tucker Max talks about in his book, it's the picture that popped up with my Zemanta when I typed in his name...ahhh! lol!


"Pretty in Plaid" is a great book so far. It's a biography of Jennifer Lancaster, auther of "Bitter is the New Black", "Bright Lights Big Ass", and "Such a Pretty Fat". This is the first book of her's that I've read, I'm still in the process of reading it, but it's a really good book so far. :) I went to the beach today, I must say for the first time since Cameron and I went last, and I read it. It was a very great/relaxing day. I will say that I didn't think I got ANY sun but on the 3 spots that I missed putting sunscreen are EXTREMELY burnt (on my front) as well as my entire back (minus my new permanant bow tie). Oh well, there's my tan I was looking for! haha.

Cover via Amazon

I have decided that every day off that I have from now on I will be going to the beach for at-least an hour, weater permitting, because I live in HAWAII. Seriously, I have been living here for almost 8 months and I look like a white girl that's been stuck in The Forks all year round instead of Hawaii. It's horrilbe. I know.

My thought for the day...

So, I was thinking, while Pablo was running around to and from every spot in the yard trying to find the "right place" to poo; Keep in mind he did this for at-least 5 minutes before finding that perfect spot. I get so aggrevated that it takes ohhhh so long to find that perfect spot but then I thought about it...what if we as humans had to find "the perfect spot" to poo? I am now thankful that I don't have to wait 5 minutes running around trying to find the perfect spot to poo because I can tell you I don't think I'd make it sometimes. lol. NOW, I will be much more patient with my Pablo who is always going to have to hold it for at-least 5 minutes outside looking for that spot...

Auntie...

SHELL!! :) I don't know WHY it's taken me so long to put it on here but I'm going to be an AUNTIE!! :) For everyone who knows my sister know's she's tried getting pregnant a few times and it's been difficult for her but she is PREGNANT!!!!! YaY! She's (I think?) 9 or 10 weeks this past Monday which is WONDERFUL news! Her and her husband (J) got to see the heartbeat a few weeks ago and are more than ecstatic. J already has 2 children from a previous marriage and they are nothing but ecstatic as well. How wonderful? I thought they would be jealous since the baby wouldn't be from their "Momma" but I'm more than THRILLED they took the news well!! :)

The crappy part, I'm stuck in Hawaii. lol. I will get to see my sister (S) and J in October when I go home to visit but other than that I will not get to see baby until baby is around 1 years old. Come on. Horrible timing but that's okay. I guess that pictures will suffice! I do already have wonderful nephews on Cameron's side of the family (M & L) who are adorable and the sweetest so I know that baby will be on up there on the list too!!! Just wanted to share my news with everyone!!!

Sleep Deprived....

Oh man. I'm trying to get Pablo on a schedule so that he will be POTTY TRAINED, hopefully, but in order to do this I have to get myself on a schedule. Keep in mind I've never been on a schedule before no matter what, especially on my days off from work. So I'm now going to be relaxing from 10pm-11pm, lights out at 11p.m. (this is very difficult for me since I am a night person). I am to get up every morning at 7a.m. whether I work or not, ahhh, what happened to sleeping in on your days off? I'm to go to the gym, or do something to get dressed and out of the house at 7a.m. so that I don't just go get back in the bed and Pablo will have time to eat & potty before I leave then go in his crate at-least by 9:30, every day, since that's when I would leave for work. AHHH. Seriously. I did not realize having a puppy was like having a child....anyone have a puppy with some ideas on potty training? I'm trying and trying...obviously changing my schedule to suit his schedule but come on. I'm the only one giving. Any suggestions?

Zemanta

Cover of The Wednesday Letters

Has anyone ever used "Zemanta" before? It's supposed to be to help with blogging so I have downloaded it and I'm not to sure how to work it?!

Well, I read a new book, "The Wednesday Letters." It was a really good book. It was definitly a "cryer." I love that kind of book though.

I have also gotten another new book, "I hope they serve beer in Hell." It is supposed to be a very funny book written from the experiences of the writter. I have just started it but will let you all know how it turns out! :)

My not so beautiful flowers...

So, I have figured it out.

THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE SPRAYED THE GARDEN WITH THEIR OWN ROUNDUP & IT'S KILLING MY PLANTS.

AHHH.

I'm pissed, just slightly, because 1. I put trash bags over ALL my plants when I sprayed the round up (that by the way took like 2 1/2 hours to do) and THEN the maintenance people come and spray MY garden with either insects killer or weed killer and THEN DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FLOWERS.

Seriously, WTF?

Wish List Wednesday (on Thursday)

Ashley has posted her wishlist Wednesday and I think it's a wonderful idea....Here goes! :)

1- The Dooney & Burke purse I've been DROOLING over for YEARS. :)

2- Mine & Cameron's dream house- except it's going to have a wraparound porch & trees all around it on our land at Momma & Daddy's! :)

3- Backpacking through Ireland with Cameron.

4- A University Degree- I just have to figure out what I want to go for...

5- A baby with my wonderful husband Cameron! :)

Of-course these are the wishes of the "future" except for the purse of-course! :) Next week I will pick items that are more short term...and wishful! lol!

I've been MIA...

I have officially started working at the Vet, Feather & Fur Animal Clinic. I am HYPED about it! :)

I worked 17 hours this week training but have a FULL-TIME schedule next week!! YaY! :) I am working 4 10 hour shifts which I think will be AMAZING. Hopefully it will continue to be the 1- hour shifts! If not that's okay too. 40 hours a week is just wonderful!

Thanks for all the opinions on the Pet Insurance. I have decided against it. I have decided that since Pablo is an inside dog it will be very rare that I need the insurance, except for the annuals, the vaccinations & the preventitives. If that were to be the case I would be paying like $200 more a year on insurance than I would even be using for "just in case." Thanks though for the opinions! :) I took each of them to heart!

I got to talk to Cam this week (Sunday?) on myspace im for like 2 hours. Yay! So for everyone that's been keeping track on here he is doing fine! They did loose a Marine in 2/3 Echo so if everyone could stop and say a prayer for the continued safety of the Marines and the comfort for the fallen Marine that would be great. Here is a link to the page, http://www.mcbh.usmc.mil/news/Jun12A9.pdf, if anyone is interested. There was also a soldier killed at the same time so if we could all say a prayer for his family as well that would be great.

Pablo is driving me crazyyyy. I have signed him up for obedience classes starting on July 22nd but will have to cancel them due to my work schedule. The classes were only on Wednesday night from 7p-8p and I work until 9p. SOOO. I am going to try to find another reasonably priced obedience school for Pablo that is on a Sunday morning or Sunday evening posisbly.

I round-up-ed the garden the other day, after putting trash bags over ALL of my plants to ENSURE they didn't get any round-up on them. I left the trash bags on the plants for 2 hours after spraying to make SURE nothing got on my plants. STILL THEY ARE STARTING TO DIE. :( I am really upset by this. The f'n weeds are STILL STANDING. WTF? Any suggestions?

Pet Insurance

I REALLY want to get Pablo neutered and it is going to be approximately $280 to get it done (with the HI certificate that cost $50).

Since I am interested in this I am looking into getting Pet Insurance which is approximately $43.00 a month (www.petinsurance.com) and it will cover the following:

VPI Superior Plan with a $50 per-incident deductible offers the highest reimbursement for accidental injuries, emergencies and illnesses, including cancer.

Pet Well Care Protection Premier covers wellness treatments including dental cleaning or spay/neuter procedures.

This insurance will also cover annual exams and vaccinations. So what I'm wondering is whether or not this would be worth it? An annual exam is at-least $175.00 a year, then vaccinations, the neuter is $260 (yes, it's a one time thing but still), then you have the dental cleanings that are on average $200 per cleaning. This will also cover Pablo if he gets ear mites, ear infections, it will cover medications prescribed by the doctor, etc.

What is everyone's opinion??? Let me know! :)