Miss Me, Miss Me...

Well, even though I haven't been very good at posting regularly these past couple weeks, it's only going to get worse. Nicole & I have spent all day today packing our lives away for our 2 week excursion that begins tomorrow. We leave to go to a beautiful place in west Texas known as Ft. Davis. Right outside of town is a century-old campground site made to host an annual rancher's Campmeeting (gathering of people to worship God & fellowship together). I've been going since I was 5 years old and have only missed twice in the last 18 years. It's always been one of my favorite places to go. It's like life is completely different when you're out there. The air is clean, you get up early, have 3 meals a day with family, go to church services a couple times a day, stay in tin cabins, and just enjoy life. No computers, tv's, video games, or even much phone service. A great break from the craziness of real life, I guess you would say.

I obviously missed last year's campmeeting because of our wedding and honeymoon conflict. So, it will be the first time I've seen most of these people in 2 years. I'm very excited. Here is our schedule for the next couple weeks:

Tuesday-Friday--> We are cleaning the cabins for other people so they don't have to when they arrive in a week. The cabins sit vacant for the whole year so there's plenty of dust, dirt, sometimes mouse droppings, and musty-ness to go around. We would probably do it for fun, but we're actually getting paid to do it, so that's even better! :)

Saturday-->We drive from Ft. Davis to Abilene to be hostesses for Elya's lingerie shower. It's going to be a lot of fun. We're working on coming up with some fun and potentially scandalous games for us to play and to cause a couple blushes from the bride-to-be. Good stuff! We will spend the night there before heading back to Ft. Davis on Sunday.

Sunday-Sunday--> Hang out at the campgrounds until everyone else arrives and the camp starts on Tuesday. Lots of food, family, mountain climbing, hanging out, fellowship, and church fun to be had. We always hate for it to come to an end & having to say our goodbyes on Sunday. We'll just have to fill up our days with fun things to do & make it last as long as possible.

Monday-Wednesday--> I'll be home to regroup and recover from campmeeting. No working for me, just some laundry, organization, & bachelorette party planning.

Thursday--> Go to Abilene for Elya' s bachelorette party and great times with the girls.

Friday--> Wedding Rehearsal dinner & wedding prep.

Saturday--> Bridal Brunch & the Whitten WEDDING! I'm so excited for them!

Sunday--> Come home to life like it usually is. (Breathe in, breathe out...)

There you have it. My busy schedule for the next two or three weeks that I am very excited about. I'm very blessed to have so much to do while Chad is away. Although, I would LOVE for him to be present and with me everywhere I'm going & with everything I'm doing, being busy sure helps the time go by. It also works as a fabulous distraction from what's really going on in life. I will post as soon as I get back and have a little time to breathe. I look forward to catching up on all of your writings when I return too! :) Please pray for our safe travel & for lives to be changed by Campmeeting this year! Thanks! :)

(See post below if you haven't already...it's new too!) :)

Happy Anniversary to Me & Hubby...

Believe it or not, a whole year of marriage has already passed by us. And in a hurry, I might add. It's amazing to think that on this same day, a year ago, I was telling the world how much I love my husband & promising him that I would forever be his, and only his. It was the happiest, most special day of my life. We were so lucky to have so many important and loving friends and family present to experience it with us. If I could do it all over again, I definitely would. This has absolutely been the most wonderful time of my life. And I am forever thankful to my God for bringing us together & making our hearts match. We are so blessed. I just wish he was here so I could give him our Happy Anniversary hug(s) and kiss(es).

My mom helped him to get things together for me, so this is what I woke up to this morning. A dozen red roses, a bag full of Hershey's Kisses, & a card with a note in it. Very sweet.

This is what it said on the bag of Kisses.

And inside the card, a note told me the rest of my present. For those of you who may not know, the first anniversary gift is supposed to be 'paper' so he got me a massage and tickets to a concert. YAY!

I'm so excited about New Kids on the Block. I was IN LOVE with them when I was little. My sister, Nicole, & I are planning on going right before Chad gets home in San Antonio in October. We are so excited! I gotta brush up on my NKOTB songs/words so I can freely sing along! Old School NKOTB...so 80's, even though it was the early 90's! :)

The 5 of them today...

I had their bed comforter, beach towels, hair bows, t-shirts, & a concert video. LOL. They're awesome! I'm so excited. Thank you for my presents, lover boy! :)

Will is a gonner...

I am so pissed that Will got voted off of SYTYCD last night. Seriously, America? Couldn't have picked Twitch or Mark? Well, I like both of them too, I just think that Will was best all-around. I've actually kind of already gotten over the fact that he's gone because we all know he'll be the leading role in a Broadway musical soon. He has no worries. And thank goodness it was finally time for Comfort to go...AGAIN. haha. I liked her personality, but she was just a little too gangsta for me I guess. :)

I'm still rooting hard for my girl Chelsie. And now that I'm forced to pick a different guy, I would have to choose Twitch. He was paired with my beginner-favorite, Kherington (who left just a short week ago...sad face) at the beginning of the show and I think he's done awesome since then when it comes to learning the dances and having personality. He's a cute black boy. And he has the least amount of professional training. It's gonna be a tough battle from here on out! I'm excited to see what happens in the coming weeks! :)

razor please...

Well, I know this may gross some of you out, but if you don't like to be grossed out, stop reading now. :)

There are very few perks to being a military wife. But there are a few things that we are allowed to let 'slip by' and have go unnoticed while the hubby's away. One being the hair on my legs. LOL. I know, I know, it's summer and a good girl would be shaving every other day for shorts, capris, and bathing suit reasons. Not me. Not recently anyways. I honestly don't remember the last time I shaved my legs & therefore, I have forced myself to believe that it's been since last week sometime. WOW, you might say. And yes I agree. That's disgusting, Kelly!

Well, all I have to say to that is...sue me :). I can do what I want and I'm not here to impress anyone. I guess for everyone else's sake I shouldn't gross anyone out either, but I'm not feeling quite that considerate these days.

Don't worry, I will find a razor and put it to its duties tomorrow morning. That's a promise. I was 'waiting' for this weekend to roll around so I would have nice, smooth legs while we float the river, haha. That's going to be my lazy excuse anyways!

The rest of this coveted list might include lack of necessary painted toe-nail maintenance, clothes on the floor like the olden days, a messy bed all day long, however long I want to get ready in the bathroom, a full queen-size bed to myself (not as great as it seems now that I think about it), no specific bedtime so you don't wake the other, and my pillow fortress while I sleep that gets in his way. Haha.

As you may guess, I would much rather go back to life with him around where all of these things are expected of me to maintain on a daily basis (or pretty close to). I can't wait for him to come home, even though it's still a little over 2 1/2 months away. Our anniversary is only 3 days away! I can't believe it! Well, I guess thats it. Adios for now! :)

a slew of things...

Bullets...YAY!

*So You Think You Can Dance was fabuloso last night. There wasn't one dance that I didn't like. Go Chelsie & Will....they are my picks to win!
*The weekend is quickly approaching which is exciting because I'm going to float the Guadalupe river on Saturday with my girls. Mom, sissy Laura, sissy KK, & Nicole are all gonna tear it up together...as long as the hurricane rains don't screw us up!
*I've been working a lot this week. Well, a lot being only 4 days for 4 hours at a time. HAHA. Don't judge me ;)!
*My hubby is still staying strong and as happy as he can over there. Optimism is the key to not killing yourself while you're overseas, hah. We're good...don't worry! Although his brand new laptop isn't working for God knows why & I'm slightly frustrated by that.
*I found some cute clothes at Ross yesterday and I'm happy with my purchases. Now I must go check out Target. Yay!
*The Reese's Minis are officially GONE! Thank goodness!
*I need to take my shower for the day. I think that's where I'm headed right now, so I'll be back later.
*A list of my current shows for anyone interested in chatting about any of them:
**Army Wives
**Design Star
**So You Think You Can Dance
**Wipeout
**Shear Genius
**Project Runway
**America's Best Dance Crew
**Nashville Star (cheesy, but there's a dude from San Angelo on there in the top 4!)
I think that's pretty much it. I've enjoyed all of them so far. It's sometimes tough to find summer shows you like, but they've done a good job. Check em out!

I done fell off...

I can't keep my hands off of the Reese's miniatures in the freezer. Ohhh, when that cold milk chocolate hits your lips and it starts to melt away on your tongue; leaving that yummy and sugary peanut buttery surprise inside.....it makes me weak. haha.

I've consumed entirely too many for one person in the past couple days. I am ashamed. And still not feeling the urge to get my chubby butt up to do anything that will remotely help burn the extra cals.

And it's not even that time of the month yet. GRRR to you crazy and delectable chocolate candy makers. You are my kryptonite.

a week at a time...

Sorry everyone. It seems as though another week has swept on by since my last post. I know that is a completely ridiculous quantity of time to let pass without words, but I'll try to make up for it. I really don't even have much going on to show for my absence in writing, but I'll catch you up on what's happened in the past 7 days.

Last week:
Wednesday--> I spent the day with the women of the family. Bought my bestie a beautiful vase for her bridal shower, and shopped around with the ladies. Sad to say I didn't make even one purchase besides the vase. Saving money though, so not too many worries.
Thursday--> I actually worked at Shipping Point. The hours flew by pretty quickly and it was rather harmless. Money in the pocket is what that is!
Friday--> Worked again, surprise-surprise! Then we had spaghetti with the fam and game night later on. We played a combo of Catch Phrase-Music Edition & Napoleon Dynamite til it was about 12:30 am and time to hit the hay. If you've never played ND, but you've seen the movie, it's great fun. You choose two cards which have random animals on them and you have to draw them together as one, similar to what Napoleon did with the Liger (a lion & tiger mixed animal...known for it's skills and magic) haha. Your team has to figure out what combo of animals you are so frivolously attempting to draw in your 60 seconds of artistry fame. Fun, fun.
Saturday--> Elya's wedding shower was that morning and it was a lot of fun. I did my bridesmaid-y duties and wrote down all of the gifts and guests that gave them. She got a lot of goodies. It almost made me want another shower for myself (and my house :)).........well, not quite. But gifts are always fun to receive! :) My family then ate dinner at Henry's. MMMM, fattening Mexican.
Sunday--> We had family lunchtime which included a fabulous southern-style meal. It was as if Paula Dean herself were here to prepare it in all of it's buttery and fattening glory. Fried pork chops, fresh green beans, corn on the cob, homemade mashed taters, & a watermelon/cantaloupe combo salad. Then for dessert we ate a Czech-inspired pastry called Kolaches. It's pretty much bread with sweet poppy seeds in the middle. Yummy, yummy carb treats!
Monday--> I considered working but quickly decided that was a no-go when I heard mom, aunt Becky, G-ma, & Taylor were going to spend the day at the pool. Therefore, I got some sun for myself and loved every second of it. Then we ate at Cheddar's (MMM) and played some dominoes like old people. The game of 42...it's a fun one! :)

Well, that about wraps up my last week. A lot of time has been spent with my grandma and aunt Becky who is here all the way from Alaska. It's been awesome having her here and I'll be sad to see her go on Wednesday. I guess I'll just have to work harder on getting myself and Chad up to Alaska to visit them instead. I can't wait! :) Hope no one had a bad case of the Mondays today. Be back soon.