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! :)

Brookeeeeeeeeeeee....

These are for you! :) These are the only ones of the house right now! :)

<3 you & can't wait to see you!

The big 5k...

There is going to be a 5K "Runway Run" on July 4th and it cost $20 to register and I think I'm going to do it!!

I think it will motivate me more to go to the gym! I did go to the gym today and I ran 1.5 miles on the treadmill. I know that isn't really a long way but for ME it is. I have never been able to run and breathe at the same time so that is a HUGE deal for me. I have QUIT SMOKING though (it's been a week and 2 days since I last smoked) and I think that's helping me a lot. I know it's helping with the breathing in general. PLUS, I have more energy than I've ever had and I don't have to worry about buying them anymore and I can't STAND the smell of cigarettes now! LOL! I'm just soooo glad that I stopped. Don't get me wrong it is REALLY hard still. I crave one every day all day but I'm trying to stay busy in order to remain "stopped". :)

What's everyone's opinion on the 5k? Should I do it or is that too much too soon??

Our Yard

I was absolutely SiCk of driving into our driveway and seeing this (below) every day...

Soooo...I got my lazy butt out of the house and pulled all the weeds & it took me 2 hours for 2 days to get them all because it was tiring. I still can't "sit" on the toilet...I have to simply fall and pray I'll be able to get back up! lol! I also went and bought some flowers and planted them in the rock "garden" so I hope that you all enjoy!! :) I know that I sure do enjoy driving up to flowers rather than weeds! Except, the weeds have ALREADY started to grow back! AHHH!

(I also have an orange & a yellow hibiscus bush but they aren't blooming yet...)

The bushes that aren't blooming are the other hibiscus bushes...

These are "castle mixes" and they seperate the Hibiscis bushes...

I'm sorry there isn't a better picture of the entire garden where you can see everything, I'm hoping that the plants will grow bigger and I'll be able to get a better picture! :)

Procedures....

So, when I went to the Doctor on May 26th for my stomach problems he advised me that I will need to have a Colonoscopy & an Endoscopy to determine what is causing the horrible heart burn and to make sure I don't have any tumors...SCARY. They are also going to check to make sure I have no polyps (sp) and they need to decide if I have Chron's Disease rather than IBS. AHH! I think that instead of telling you what they are looking for BEFORE the procedure that they should wait until they FIND something and tell you what it IS. Seriously though. I have a stomach ulcer, we are positive of that, but they want to make sure that is all that it is since the antacids are not making the problem go completely away. If it were just a stomach (or intestinal) ulcer the antacids should have already cleared up the problem. So on July 13th I'll be going in for the procedures and they will be done at the same time so that I do not have to be put under anesthesia more than once.

I'm scared to death. The only time I've ever been "put to sleep" is when I got my wisdom teeth out. I know it's the SAME thing but still! Come on! I'm just more worried that they are going to use the same camera for the Endoscopy & the Colonoscopy and that they may do the Colonoscopy first...haha. Uck. I'm really worried about that though! lol! I'm just stressing out I do believe...

Feather & Fur...

offered me the job position!! :) YaY! The only thing that stinks is the position doesn't start until the end of June...but....it's better than never!!!! :D I'm very excited to start.

I am still working at the 7 day store until the job starts at the end of this month and I am still hating every second of it! Ahhh! Oh-Well! I've asked for more hours but they can only give me 20 hours a week for now because the Dr. technically hasn't cleared me to work 40 hours a week yet. So aggravating!