my wisdom teeth are gone Another duty day... it seems like I always write on hubby's duty days, doesn't it? Well, my surgery went fine. All of my wisdom teeth had already grown in and I had put up with them for quite a while, but it seems that paid off. Since they were easy to get to, apparently the surgery took only a few minutes. The dentist said it took longer to get the IV inserted, which I believe because that took forever. They had to try about eight times before finally getting it right. So, I was pretty much useless the rest of the day, passed out in the bedroom. I was so grateful that work gave Hubby two days off for me to recouperate and not have to worry about the baby. But now, I'm feeling alot better, just a little out of energy is all.

Friday was the ship's picnic day event thing. I was so thankful that I didn't get all "chipmunk" looking. So, I took the dose of vicadin I was allowed, and when that worked, we went. It was at a water park, minigolf, arcade kind of place. It was a lot of fun. The medicine didn't start wearing off until we were ready to go, and the baby was really well behaved. It was nice to get out.

Our friend A and her baby joined us since her hubby was on duty that day. It was fun to hang out. She's really involved with the navy wife stuff, and it made me think that I wish I had gotten into it for the two years I have been here. I didn't know where to go, or who to talk to. I think when we get to Italy I'm going to try to find out right away where to go to, and if there are meetings and such. I'd like to get more involved.  ¶ 7:34 PM 0 Comments

  Last procedure... thank God I went to the dentist out at the naval hospital this morning. I was nervous about what they were going to tell me. I know I needed my wisdom teeth pulled, but figured they would say, "Sorry, no open appointments before you leave."

But to my surprise and luck (?) someone had just cancelled an appointment for tomorrow morning, so I took it. And after tomorrow, I will finally have everything taken care of. No more dentist stuff for a while... well, actually I'm up for a cleaning, but after all the fillings and stuff I've been through these past few months, I can handle that. :)  ¶ 2:51 PM 0 Comments

  Baby fever on a navy schedule... Yesterday was another duty day... boo... and my baby girl was unusually extra fussy, but we managed. The other day I caught baby fever out of nowhere... lol. I guess I was just missing when my daughter was really tiny. I got to thinking, if we're going to have another kid, we might as well have one now, so that we get the baby years out of the way at pretty much the same time. Plus, if I go back to school like I want to, it wouldn't make a difference if I end up staying home with the second one too (say after child #1 goes to school)... then that's another 4-5 years at home again. Which is fine, I really enjoy being a stay at home mom. I love being able to connect with our daughter on a daily basis. Another thought I had was, now would be a good time to have a second baby since Hubby is up for shore duty. He's going to be home everyday for three years!!!! After that, he'll be up for sea duty again, and it's three years of underways and deployments (which means he would miss alot of the new baby's milestones).... but then again, with another baby we probably wouldn't be able to travel as much in Italy. So, we've decided to wait. But I'm looking foward to it.... when it happens.

Hubby is getting everything in order for the move. I'm a little less stressed out. Hopefully I can stay that way. My job is getting the cats taken care of. Next up is Dori getting fixed, and both of them need those microchip things implanted, since Italy requires them. I'm also trying to plan Baby's birthday party. Her first birthday. wow. It really flew by. Anyway, I'm going to reserve the complex's pool area. I thought I had decided on the 20th of May, but it turns out that there's an event my friends will probably be going to that day, so I don't know.

I'm waiting for hubby to get home.... he is supposed to get off early since he had duty yesterday, but that never happens. Tomorrow, I have a dentist appointment. This time it's at the Naval hospital, and it's to look at my wisdom teeth. It's just the evaluation though, we'll probably be gone by the time they decide they can do the procedure, but whatever.

I need to go call the vet. My mind is constantly jumping from thing to thing. Hope everyone has a good one.  ¶ 10:58 AM 0 Comments

  thinking nonstop.... This morning I had to take our cat Nemo to the vet. She was up for her rabies shot. While there, I told them that we would be taking the cats to Italy soon, and asked for copies of their records. "When are you leaving?" they asked.

"We're leaving here the end of May."

"End of May!?! There's so much stuff you HAVE to do!" One of the nurses started listing all these requirements that some countries had for taking animals overseas. My heart jumped to my throat and I had to try to stay calm before I flipped out. No one told us to do more than get a copy of their records. Jesus! UGH! It's as if "they" like to give you such little information just to watch you find out the truth about what you need to do, and I'm sure they laugh while you squirm in panic.... ugh...

So, after going on about what I might need, another nurse got online and looked up Italy's requirements. She told me they only require a "health certificate" which costs about twenty something dollars, and a microchip implanted in them which costs seventy-five dollars. Our sponsor in Italy never mentioned any of this when we asked him what we needed to do in order to get our cats safely to Italy. So, I'm a little frustrated, but not too much. Well, okay, a little because we have one and a half months left here. God, where did the time go?

I have been thinking nonstop today. It's really been kind of annoying. But I do that when Hubby's gone all day. Today is another duty day. blah. And my mind has been racing... mostly my reactions to tv shows I've been watching. Black.White. on FX, which I'm really dissapointed in, and frankly has been pissing me off everytime I watch it. Oprah's show today on the "Education Crisis" of America. I've always known that highschool is stupid here. I remember bringing that up to a teacher my senior year... okay just a few ramblings on that...

Texas has a test taken by students each year. It used to be called the TAAS test while I was in school, but now I believe it's called the TAKS test. The test is basically the minimal amount of knowledge that the state believes its students should have and be able to use. So, what happens when the schools teach nothing but that test for almost the whole year? The students recieve a minimal education. They never learn past that accepted "7th grade level" that the state requires of all its students. Geez... thanks guys! No wonder kids flunk out once they get to big colleges. No one listened to me my senior year though. So I quit caring... You memorize what you need for tomorrow's test, and forget it by the next afternoon. People cheat, like crazy. People sleep. (even I fell into that category my senior year.) High school bored me. I like learning, don't get me wrong, but I hated the clique filled classrooms filled with teacher's favoritism of football players and cheerleaders, topped with closed mindedness... etc etc etc... I could go on and on and on.

I'm rambling I know... but that's okay. Tomorrow, Hubby is supposed to be getting off of work early, and we've got plenty of things to do. We still have to figure out how and when to get our car shipped, what to do with the cats, get new IDs, figure out when we can fly to Italy ourselves, schedule our packout, and figure out what we're going to do for our daughter's birthday which falls on our last day here....

I need to go relax and space out... I think I'll go read.  ¶ 8:12 PM 0 Comments

  Playing with my new baby.... My hubby got me a new baby recently... Nikon D-50. Nice. :) Still getting accustomed to it and learning it. The Ritz Camera store had a class last night on my particular camera, so I went and learned a lot. Changed some settings, learned a few features, etc. Anyway, we walked around the apartment complex today just to play around and take some pictures. I like this camera a lot... I've been wanting one forever! :) After looking at all my shots, I realized I really need to work on holding my camera still. And I could have sworn the apartments had prettier flowers around... but these were all we could find... Anyway, here's a few of my macro shots:



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  So, I can laugh at myself... My friend K told me about this recipe site, Allrecipes.com. After two years of marriage, I'm still not a great cook... not even a good cook really, in my opinion anyway... Hubby says I cook just fine, but I don't believe him. Anyway, I hadn't really looked at the page for a while, because I usually make easy bake in the oven dinners, but when my friend L needed a recipe for something I passed on the site to her. That day, I finally took the time to look through some of the recipes.

I found an easy macaroni spaghetti style dinner and after seeing I had all the ingredients, I decided to cook it for dinner. Hubby was really tired from work and ended up sleeping all the way through afternoon and dinner, so I ate it by myself. I thought it was pretty good. It tasted sort of like spaghetti, but it wasn't... a nice change. After Hubby woke up, he warmed up a bowl and tried it, but being the picky eater he is, wasn't too fond of it. So, I ended up eating it for the next day or two for lunch and still enjoyed it even as leftovers.

I went back to the site to leave a review. I felt that is was easy to prepare and tasted really good to me, so it deserved a good rating. This is my review:

"Beginner cooker here, and this was fast and easy! and very tasty! Thanks for the recipe! Will use it again. :)"

COOKER? LMAO... I didn't realize I used that "word" until after I submitted it... and unfortunately I cannot change it now. I laughed so hard. Cooker... like I'm a kitchen appliance! a rice Cooker... a slow Cooker... a beginner cooker. geez... hehe oh well... :D  ¶ 8:08 PM 2 Comments

  Religious Debate Easter is coming... My friend K invited us to her community center's Easter egg hunt this Sunday. We have no idea what were going to do on Easter day though. We should go to Church. The other day, Hubby and I were discussing religion. We never accomplish anything through these discussions though.

I'm catholic, born and raised (a cradle Catholic I believe it's called.) Hubby, on the other hand, wasn't really raised with any religion in particular. So he's so skeptical of everything. He admitted he believes in God, but he still questions him. He wants proof. "How can you believe in your religion?" he asked.

"I just do."

"But hasn't the Church changed a lot of things?"

"Yes."

"Then how can you believe in that!?!"

"I just do," and my answer always frustrates him. I can't explain it to him. Even though I haven't been to Church in over a year, I still just believe. It's part of who I am, engrained into my soul, my beliefs, and it won't change. I know, because at one point I wasn't sure if I wanted to be Catholic anymore, and visited another church with a friend. I found out I couldn't change. I was still Catholic. It's who I am.

However, I'm a horrible example of a Catholic. I don't go to Church like I should, my marriage is still not recognized by the Church (so in Their eyes, I'm currently living in sin), my daughter still isn't baptized yet, I don't condemn gay people to hell (it's not my place to judge), and the list would probably go on and on if I was to continue sitting here and thinking about examples. So, strict Catholics would probably say that I'm not Catholic at all. But I'm not worried about what they think... they aren't the ones who live my life and they aren't the ones who will decide my fate when the day comes...  ¶ 11:13 AM 1 Comments

  still going... I haven't posted because this past week has been very stressfull concerning the move to Italy. I didn't tell my family, because I hate them experiencing the emotional roller coaster ride that I have to. We found out that we might not have been going to Italy on time because the navy is "out of transfer funds." So, I was stressed out about the apartment lease being up, Hubby would have made part of the next deployment, and I would have been home (or somewhere) by myself trying to complete the requirements for the move... Anyway, needless to say I was frazzled... BUT thankfully Hubby got all the paperwork in on time before all of this came up and we're still leaving when we're meant to, granted that our passports come in on time.

I'm glad I didn't tell my family, because I would have hated to get their hopes up about us being in the states for a little bit longer, only to say, "Never Mind!" But I did tell a few friends around here, just because I needed to vent a little, and now I'm regretting that I did. I hate getting people's hopes up... I mean, I go through this all the time, that's how the Navy life is... but I hate doing it to other people. Anyway...

Today is Hubby's duty day, and I thought about taking him to work this morning so that I could keep the car, but opted against it when he decided he would try to bring it home during lunch. Well, that might not happen, but it's okay, because I probably wouldn't have gone anywhere. I have a lot of stuff to do around the house anyway.

So, I should get to it.  ¶ 11:04 AM 1 Comments