10 on Tuesday

1. I survived Jane Wayne day (or at least that's what my t-shirt says). Andrew's unit hosted a day where the wives got to come and do the O Course (obstacle course), ride in MRATS ( I think that's what they're called), fire weapons in the weapon simulator, and eat MREs. The up side to all of this was Andrew got off early for his Thanksgiving leave because I went and played with big toys for a day!!
2. I finished my Clapotis. It's a knit wrap with drop stitch detail. I'm in LOVE with it. I need to wash it with vinegar to set the color and block it so it won't be all curled up like it is in the picture. I'll post another picture once I've finished all of that.

3. We put up the Christmas decorations!! I am excited for Christmas finally. I love Christmas and I definitely love decorating it so much so that I have more decorations then my house can handle. This year is the first year that we've had a yard though, so you better bet that after Christmas I will be buying lawn decorations on sale!!

4.I love our inside decorations. We have our stockings hung from our entertainment center (or as mom puts by the Wii with care) since we don't have a fire place, but I think it's fun.

5. Sushi helped as she does every year by taking up residence in the tree box and smacking anyone who walked past.
6. This is proof that Munchkin loves us. If you know our pets you know that Munchkin doesn't like to be touched or cuddled. She willingly came to snuggle with Andrew. She never snuggles with me, always Andrew.

6. I knitted this hat for Jill and I think that I'm in love with it. It's knit with super bulky yarn so it knits up really quickly and I just love it, it's so simple but it looks great.
7. Andrew and I are going home for Christmas and I'm so excited. We're also going to be able to make it home for Peyton's birthday party this year which makes me even more excited because we had to miss it last year since we couldn't go home for an extended period of time due to Andrew's class schedule.

8. Now that I have finished all the other knitting projects that I had going, I think it may be time to start my Christmas knitting. Nothing like waiting until the last second to make Christmas presents.

9. I need to sit down and make our Christmas cards in photoshop now that I think about it. I spent like 2 days making my sister's card, but I haven't even thought about ours.

10. I've been watching this series on Netflix called Whale Wars. I think these people are crazy. It follows an organization called the Sea Shepards on the quest to stop whaling. They're definitely extremists and I could never do it, but what they do makes for good television.

Stream of Consciousness

So, I have been up since 3:45am yesterday so that's about 22 hours and I've consumed so much caffeine that my brain is racing and I can't sleep. I thought instead of sleeping that I would share my most recent train of thought with you, just bear with me because sometimes the inside of my head is an "interesting" place.

I was listening to the radio and I heard a line in a song that was something like," I'm the son of a 3rd generation farmer" then like the next line is "I've been married 10 years to the farmer's daughter" which makes you wonder, "Did he marry his sister?" I mean this is Jacksonville, but I would like to think we're classier than Arkansas or West Virginia (lol).

Speaking of West Virginia I heard a really funny joke about them the other day (from a Chaplain believe it or not). Why did West Virginia cancel the nativity? Because they couldn't find 3 wise men and a virgin. lol. (bad joke I know).

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I went to Andrea's house where we had a TON of food and lots of people. It really was a blast. After I brought dinner to Andrew and Dink since they had duty today. I was bummed out that Andrew had stupid barracks duty today. I mean he's going to be deployed next year for Thanksgiving and he missed this one because of the MC too. I know I shouldn't complain because at least he's here and he'll be back in just a few hours which will seem like even less time if I can actually fall asleep!

Andrea, Holly, and I braved Wal-Marts midnight madness. They didn't have what I was looking for, but Holly got a kick ass Kitchen Aid stand mixer. I did get an artificial Christmas tree. I really am all for live trees, but since we're going to be home on pre-deployment leave for Christmas I figured it would be better to get a fake one this year, and hopefully I'll put it up again next year even though Andrew won't be home for Christmas.

If you know me you know how much I LOVE to decorate for Christmas and I just love Christmas in general. This year I'm dreading it. I almost don't want to put the tree up when Andrew gets home today nor do I want to put up our lights or even really decorate. I feel like if I just don't prepare for the holidays then they won't come and Andrew won't leave shortly after. I know that's stupid kid logic, but some days you take what you can get. I know that I'm going to bite the bullet and decorate and I'm sure once I start I'll get into the spirit and everything will be fine, but for now I'm going to sit here and pout while my food induced coma fights with my caffeine induced awakeness.

10 on Tuesday (Thanksgiving style)

1. I am thankful for my husband who always supports me no matter what.
2. I am thankful for my family. (Mom's side)

3. My dad's side
4. I am thankful for my in-laws. Not everyone gets blessed with awesome in-laws, so I feel like I got extra lucky with mine!
5. I am thankful for Missy! She's been my best friend for as long as I can remember and I don't know what I would do without her.
6. I'm thankful for all the friends that the Marine Corps has given me the opportunity to meet.
7. Believe it or not I'm thankful for the time I spent in Syracuse because if we hadn't been stationed there I never would have been given the opportunity to meet these wonderful women. 8. I'm thankful for my puppies (even when they pee on my carpet).

9. I'm thankful for my kittens to (most days). I love them even when they're being standoffish.
10. I'm thankful for the house that Andrew and I are turning into a home. I know buying a house wasn't really in the plans here, but buying this house really is a testament to how much with love our animals. We bought it so we could keep them all (and add one more!).

Happy 235th Birthday Marine Corps

I'm proud to be married to one of The Few and I'm proud to have so many friends who serve our country. The Marine Corps really is a tight knit community and I'm lucky to have a Marine Corps family here in North Carolina.

Wordless Wednesday

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Update on us.

I feel like it's been forever sine I blogged. Tons has happened in the past few weeks.

Andrew left for CAX and I spent a week hanging out with my friends and loving my puppies. Then I went home for a week. I had such a good time at home. It was stressful because I had so many people I wanted to see and things I wanted to do and I didn't get to do/see everything/everyone, but I had a good time. Missy took me to this place called Bra Genie to get a strapless bra. This place is AMAZING! If you have never been fit for a bra I recommend finding someplace similar to this and I'm not talking Victoria's Secret they SUCK! I absolutely love the few bras that I got for them and I'm planning getting a few more.

Since I've been home I've been knitting my little fingers off. I decided I was going to knit a bunch of Christmas presents and a few hats for sale. I got a bunch of knitting last done yesterday since Century Link internet was down ALL FREAKING DAY! Wanna talk about how long that makes the day last especially since I was waiting for Andrew to get home from CAX yesterday.

Today is going much better. Andrew is home (well at work for now), the internet is back on, my sofa was repaired and returned today and I'm going to dinner with my hubby tonight.