Virgin Home Builders

My Daddy has been talking for sometime about the driveway that he has cleared for me and Cameron on the land that is behind my Momma & Daddy's. Cameron and I were slightly excited to see it but it didn't really "hit home" until we got to see the land and the AmAzInG driveway when we went home in person! The driveway is perfect as well as the spot to build the house we are planning to build! We have already picked out a blueprint that will be the basis of our home & we will only need to make minor changes! I am SOO happy as well as Cameron is. Cameron has told everyone we've seen since we went to look at the land. He even brought his uncle and his Mom over to see the land. Since we've been back to Hawaii everyone that's been within hearing distance has heard about it as well. That makes me happy to know that he is soooo excited for it! :) I can't WAIT! Daddy is going to clear the spot that we've picked out of trees and then when Cameron gets home from Afghanistan (the beginning of next year) we're going to get the ball rolling on starting the building so that when we get out of the Marine Corps (Dec. 3, 2010) we will have our own house!!

I mean, technically, we have our own house now but it doesn't feel that way because it's not in a place of our chosing, it's exactly like all of our friends houses, and you can't make the base housing feel quite as homely as a home that is back in the woods on your parents land! <--That's the best part of the house! :) It's in the woods and right with the family. DON'T get me wrong though, I love the house we have on base- minus the no a/c- but it's just not the same.

Oh yeah, speaking of housing on base, I'm moving to a NEW HOUSE on base next Friday and it has A/C!! How EXCITING?! :) PLUS, it's only like 4 houses down from Melissa! YaY!

So if anyone has any ideas on decorating or ANYTHING on building a house...chip in! :) I'll give your a penny for your thoughts, that is if they're something I like! haha! :) J/K, seriously though, chip in!

Pre-Deployment Leave

Cameron and I got to go home April 23-29th to visit our family and friends. We had an amazing time! When we got home everyone was at Cameron's house waiting for us and we were happy to see everyone! Then Saturday night his Mom threw a BBQ for Cameron's deployment, Cameron's birthday & Melani's birthday. It was a lot of fun! :) We definitely miss home and can't wait to move back!

Me & Cameron

Me & My Momma!!

Me & My Brother

Me & My MawMaw

A HUGE thanks to everyone for the BBQ (especially Mom *Jeanne*). It was a wonderful time with absolutely wonderful people! I am so glad that we got to spend time with everyone!!

On Saturday morning I went to Albemarle with Amber, Momma, Elijah, Ava, Kayla, Colby, Judy & Jim. That was a wonderful time as well. We went to go see my MawMaw, Debbie, Dwight, Heather, Baby Ryan, Alex & Trixie. It was awesome to get to see everyone after 6 months of not seeing anyone from home! I have some more pictures from the trip but I get so frustrated putting pictures on here because they ALWAYS go to the top of the page. Grr!

Anyway, it was a wonderful trip home and very much worth the cost of flying from Hawaii to North Carolina! :)

Cam

Is going to be home in a few hours!! :D YAYYYY!!! I am going to eat some lunch and then do some last minute cleaning and touching up! I'm sooooo excited! & I'm excited to be heading to NC in only 5 days!!!

Top 5...

So, here is my list of top 5's....I'm going to TRY to get Cam to do the same when he gets home! :) 5. Paul Walker

4. Matthew McConaughey

3. Cam Gigandet

2. Robert Pattinson

1. Cameron Taylor... My hubby! :) I have to agree with Jessica on this one!

5. Jessica Beil

4. Carmen Electra (I'm sure there's a better picture out there somwhere).

3. Cameron Diaz

2. Halle Berry

1. Angelina Jolie

Things I've learned so far...

Things that I have learned so far...

1: Everyone in Hawaii that is a caregiver of any sort is either Auntie or Uncle

2: If a word in Hawaii starts with the letter V, it is pronounced like a V. If the V is in the middle of a word it is pronounced like a W.

3: There are only 7 consanants used in the Hawaiian language.

4: Hawaiian's hate the military and whities

5: Ditty Mo is my favorite saying that I learned here...It means "ball out" pretty much! :)

6: Being married to Cameron is amazing! :)

7: Having a puppy is much harder than anyone could ever think...

8: The Marine Corps wants you to do everything for them in a timely manner while all they do is make you wait...

9: In order to make friends in a new place you have to open yourself up no matter how hard it is.

10: There are some people who tell you that they love you (friendship wise) but they never really meant it.

11: Who my true friends are; distance tells all my friends.

12: That having to pay bills really sucks and is very stressful.

13: I should have finished school when given the opportunity because now I can't afford it.

14: A new car is wonderful until you have to pay for it for 6 years. Uck.

15: Finding a job in a new place when you're involved with the military is very hard to do because they are tired of hiring people for short periods of time.

16: The Marine Corps messes up pay left and right and you're lucky if it has never happened to you.

17: The health insurance through the military could NOT be better! :)

18: How to stay in a home alone with no one there to keep me company.

19: How to be content with myself and how to be happy with myself.

20: That being away from all my family and friends is really hard but has taught me a lot in life. :)

I've been seeing this 25 "things" lately and have decided that I'm going to do it on here as well as on my facebook...25 Facts about me:

1: Every time I sing my eyes start to water...even if it's something as simple as the ABC's.

2: I'm addicted to Pepsi

3: I smoke and wish that I could talk myself into quitting

4: I have AmAzInG friends that I wouldn't trade for anything in this world

5: Cameron is not only my husband but my best friend, my soul mate, and I love him!!

6: I have an amazing sister who I love to death! :)

7: I am addicted to Twilight.

8: I drive a 2008 Honda Accord and I don't plan on ever buying another new vehicle...

9: I can't go more than 2 days without talking to my Mommy or my Daddy

10: I can't stand when people don't use emoticons while texting--I can't figure out their mood that way.

11: I have HORRIBLE road rage...though I'm learning to control it here...

12: I am stationed in Hawaii with my husband until December of 2010.

13: My family means the most to me...

14: I want to have 3 children one day--hopefully all boys.

15: When I drink I drink to get drunk not to just have a few drinks--hence the reason I don't drink often.

16: I am addicted to the Internet, Facebook especially.

17: If I could go back in time there are some things that I would definitely do differently but I've learned from everything in my past.

18: My favorite colors are Pink and Brown (for now)

19: I love the fact that my grandma now has e-mail and I can contact her whenever I want!

20: I am 22 years old and have yet to find my passion in life...

21: I love Marilyn Manson... :)

22: I think that fighting- physically- is a waste of time and energy & I won't be a part of it

23: I want to loose 30 pounds this year and become a more healthy in shape person

24: I strive to be able to run 1 mile with out loosing my breath

25: My Mommy is my hero! :)

Work in Progress

So, here is the Afghan that I've been working on the past few days. It really doesn't look like I've done much but it's a little over 4 (or 5) feet wide....I don't have a CLUE how long it's going to take me to finish this thing....Everyone let me know what you think of it! :) Melissa holding it to show how wide it will be.

Weigh In #3...

I'm at 147.0 lbs. That puts me a few pounds below the last time I weighed in with everyone. I do know that the weight I have lost isn't from working out I think it's because I have been so nauseated I can't eat. BUT, I'm loosing weight. I'm hoping that I'll start feeling better soon so that I can get back to the gym and work some of my fatness off!! :)

Since I can't go to the gym right now I am just trying to do a few small things during the day while I'm cleaning or playing with Pablo so exercise, just small things though!!

Does anyone have any advice on some small things I can do to help me loose weight around the house rather than going to the gym for right now? All suggestions would be really appreciated!

CAX & Coming Home

I talked to Cameron today for the first time in a few days since he's been in the field training in CAX. He sounds really good and is SOO excited to be coming home in 3 days, as am I. I have an Easter basket for him and hope to have the house clean and all of the laundry done before he comes home so he is less stressed! :) He will be home on Sunday night and I am sooo looking forward to it!!

We are very excited to be coming home in a WEEK and 1 day to visit!!!! :D Can't wait to see everyone!

Pain.

Melissa and I went back to the E.R. (at Tripler) the other night because I was in horrible pain. It was to the point where I couldn't sit, stand, lay down or anything without feeling as if something were going to rupture in my side. So, we go, wait 5 hours to be called back, and then the doctors run some exams and tell me they think that I have a bleeding stomach ulcer.

I'm still waiting for the GI Dr to call so I can make an appointment to make sure that is what's wrong but it's nice to have an option to think about. The Dr. at the E.R. did prescribe me Prilosec to reduce the stomach acid and it's been helping with the pain. The nausea is still excruciating but the pain has been reduced, a LOT!! :) Thank God! Again, thanks for all of the prayers because I really believe in the power of prayer!

Easter

Me & Pablo on Easter

Spring & Melissa
Pablo

Easter was a lot of fun! :) I worked from 12:30-5:30p.m. and then as soon as I got off work came home and started the grill for dinner. Melissa and Spring came over and we had hamburgers and hot dogs (and it was the first time I didn't burn them) and some chips!

The night before Easter Melissa and I dyed Easter eggs. Now that was a ton of fun! :) My grandma told me that if we wrote on the egg with a crayon the wax would keep the dye from dying the egg...it worked out great for us! :) We definitly wanted to do more than our carton of eggs but finally reasoned that it would only be a waste of money!!!

BBQ

Just wanted to remind everyone that Cameron and I are going to be home, in NC, to visit April 24th-29th. We are having a BBQ at Cameron's house and would love for everyone and anyone to be there! We will be having some drinks and just hanging out with family and friends that have been missed dearly! :)

Also a quick update on my health situation. I'm feeling better but still in a lot of pain. I went to the doctor yesterday for a follow up and they have referred me to a G.I. specialist as well as a Urologist. Hopefully we'll figure something out soon! The Dr. is running some tests to see if there is anything else that the pain could be caused by so...who knows. Maybe all the other doctors appointments won't be necessary.

I want to thank Spring and Melissa again for being such great friends throughout everything! :) I know that with our husbands gone it is hard to be tough and stick by a friend who needs you with everything else going on and they've done that! :) Thanks girls!

Name.

So, I want to change the name of my blog. I have one in mind but I dont know how to see if anyone else has the name already. Does anyone know how to do this? If so, could you tell me how, or. if it would be easier I will tell you what I'm thinking of naming it.

Also, Ashley, where did you get your background from? I absolutely love it and want to be able to put a picture like that, etc! :) If you don't mind letting me know! I'm kind of new at all this design and stuff! lol!

Our Baby!

Pablo's first experience getting a hold of some toilet paper....

Looks like he had a huge amount of fun!! :)

My health...

I went to the doctor yesterday for a check up and they decided to send me to the Tripler E.R. just to have a CT scan and an ultrasound as well as some other tests. My friend Melissa went with me, THANK YOU SO MUCH :), and we were there for around 5 hours. Which, in reality, isn't too bad for the emergency room but it was a long stay regardless. I ended up getting an I.V. w/ Saline Solution while waiting but that was because they had to take some blood and it was easier to do that way. Everything the doctors did came back normal. I know that there is something wrong though so I'm not giving up! The E.R. doctor referred me to a Urologist who is supposed to call me on Monday to make an appointment so I am hoping things work out good with that!

I did go and talk to my work today and I STILL HAVE A JOB!!! :) YAYYYY! Thank God and everyone for their prayers!

I want to thank everyone again for all of their prayers for me. I am still not 100% better (pain wise) but I am starting to rule out things slowly but surely!

Weigh in #2...

So, I have not even come close to my first goal. I am at 150.2 as of today but I do have a wonderful excuse! :) I have been very sick and out of work for 2 weeks and not allowed to be up and moving, hence no working out. I haven't been eating much but I think that is making the weight loosing worse because I can tell my metabolism has slowed from when I was working out everyday. Soo....I'm going to try to loose all of the weight for April by my May goal! Hopefully I can do that!

The past week...

I went to the doctor on Friday of last week due to some sharp pain in my side and come to find out I had a severe kidney infection, UTI and a bladder infection. On top of that my period. Ugh. I am starting to get better, thanks to my wonderful friends Melissa, Spring & Alisha. :) I have more uckkkkky! :( Again, thanks to my wonderful friends here that have been helping to take care of me! If it weren't for them here I don't know what I would have done with Cameron being gone. I also want to thank EVERYONE for all of the prayers that I have recieved. They have definitely helped so much in my progress!

So, Cameron has been gone to CAX and is due to come back sometime within the 2nd week of April. I can't wait until he comes home! I feel as if it has already been a month.

As for my weigh in. I know that I am slacking but since I've been sick my weight has fluctuated soooo much and I haven't been able to work out so I have decided to put that off until I am able to go back to the gym and start working on my fitness again! I have definitely started drinking MUCH more water and I have decided once this infection goes away I'm going to limit myself to one soda a day. NO MATTER WHAT. I've decided that will definitely help with loosing weight and it will make me a much healthier person.

I am in the process of trying to quit smoking. It has taken me a while to tell anyone this because I don't want the pressure of disappointing anyone. I am still smoking but I'm cutting back as much as possible and trying to slowly quit!

Cameron and I are coming home in less than a MONTH!!! :) We'll be home April 24th and leave on April 29th to return to Hawaii.

I just wanted to give a brief update on life the past few weeks but I am going to run! :) I am watching the movie Twilight, again, because it is definitely the best movie ever created!!! =)

My life since February...

Things have been going great! =) We got rid of our "bug" problem in our house up until this week. I am going to bug bomb the house again next week to hopefully get us through until we move into our new house in June. Wouldn't that be great? If it does not work I will continue to bomb the house on a monthly basis if need be. All of the ants and roaches are coming to our housing because of all the construction and because all the houses they used to live in are no longer there. Uck.

I am still working on getting Pablo house trained. He seems to be doing much better except in his crate. I have made the crate so small that he only has room to lie down but he still pee pee's in it. He has stopped pooping in the crate, KNOCK ON WOOD, but he apparently doesn't mind sitting in his own pee until I get home to change the towel out. I have tried not using a towel but then he shivers he is so cold. :\ What to do what to do! :)

Cameron is in CAX, 29 Palms California, until around the 1st or 2nd week in April. I am going CRAZY!!! :) He just left this past Saturday and it already feels as if it has been a week and a half! lol! I guess this is just getting me prepared for when he leaves for Afghanistan. I will be able to handle it though because I am learning to become independent while he is away!

I no longer work for Tumble Bus, it was just not for me! I have been hired on base working approximately 40 hours a week and getting paid more than tumble bus. I will be working at the Marine Mart (The 7 day store) as a "deli worker." I am still not sure what the job entales but I am very interested to find out! I have been going to orientation classes all week and have been bored to death! lol! I had to get a TB test for the job which I go get checked tomorrow. I hope that it comes out good because it looks awfully red and swollen to me. :\ I've had this happen before though where it comes back that I have it and then have to get other tests to show that I do not! The best thing is to think positively! :)

I have also decided, just FYI, I'm going to start blogging more! I have been slacking, very badly, and need to catch everyone up on my daily life! :)

Weighing In #1

So, I have really enjoyed reading Ashley's blogs about loosing weight and since I am trying to loose weight as well, I figured this would be the best way! =)

I have been going to the gym, every day so far, with Spring & Melissa since the guys left on Saturday of this past weekend. I didn't weigh myself before starting but I did weigh myself today and I weighed in at 152.6. My overall goal is to weigh 120lbs. as I did before I started gaining all the weight that I have the past few months (years). I believe that is a healthy weight and I felt much more in shape at that weight.

I have stopped eating fast food and I have quit buying junk food for the house. I have already fallen back on this category this week by buying a No Bake cheesecake, which is my absolute favorite. I have decided once it is gone that will be all though! :)

I am going to put below my goals & rewards for achieving those goals!

By April 1st I would like to be at 142.6 (lose 10 lbs.) This gives me a little less than a month to achieve this goal. This will be before Cameron returns from CAX and I would like to impress him by loosing some weight. Once this goal is reached I will buy a new outfit to wear when Cameron comes home!

By April 15th I would like to lose an additional 2.6 lbs. putting me at 140.0 lbs. - This will be before going home to visit my family and friends that I haven't seen since October. Once this goal is reached I am going to get a weeks worth of tanning in Kaneohe (money allowing since it is $70 for a month to tan...therefore the weekly price will very likely be high).

This leaves me with 20 lbs. to lose. I am giving myself until Cameron returns from Afghanistan to lose the rest of the 20 lbs. so it will be more spread out than the first 15 pounds. I am going to allow for a little weight gain while at home for the week because I will not have access to a gym and will probably be drinking a few beers with the friends! =) The last few days before Cameron leaves for Afghanistan I am going to allow to spend as much time as possible with him so I will just be working on eating healthy and going to the gym as time allows. After he leaves I am POSITIVE me and my girls will get back into our routine! =)

By May 31st I would like to see another 5 lbs. fall off. This will put me at 135.0 lbs. which is what I used to weigh before I gained a lot of weight. Once this amount of weight has magically fallen off of my body I am going to buy myself a new bathing suit for the summer months in Hawaii! :)

By June 30th I am going to loose another 5 lbs. putting me at 130.0 lbs. Once I have achieved this goal I will buy yet another new outfit to make myself feel great for loosing the weight! =)

By July 30th I will loose another 5 lbs. This will put me at 125.0 lbs. Once I achieve this goal I will know that I am only 5 lbs. away from my overall weight goal! I will not get myself anything for this achievement because I am going to save that money to use for my overall weight goal achievement!!!

By August 30th I will loose my last 5 lbs. and will be weighing in at 120.0 lbs. :) For this I will buy 2 new outfits, one for myself to wear out in public and one lingerie outfit for when Cameron comes home! :)

I intend to do all of this by working out on a regular basis and by eating much more healthy foods! :) I have never made a weight loss goal before so I am not too sure if I am asking to lose too much weight too fast? If anyone thinks so please let me know so that I can adjust my plans!! :) I would LOVE to get moral support so if anyone has any that would be great!!! :)

So...

I am trying to change my blog layout and I don't want to download one. :\ I just want to be able to copy and paste the code the way you do on Myspace. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thanks! :)