Messed up

Sorry about all the grammer errors in the previous post. I am WAY TO SLEEPY and did not even think about spell check! Sorry! I am going to bed now!

UPDATE

NO I did not drop off of the face of the planet(just close to it!) I started school last week and my life has been busy, busy, busy! I am starting to think that working 40 hours and taking 12 college hours is a little tougher than I though it was going to be.
Ok, so an up date from my last post. The weekend was better than expected and the guy was nicer than we thought. It just left me thinking that maybe he was her escape goat, Meaning"He won't let me come see you" meant I really don't want to. Just leftme more confused. This last weekend she came ans spent the night with us here by herself. It was good we went shopping and had a little girl time. We talked a lot about him and things that she did not like about him. I tried to explain that things do not change when you get married. Meaning don't think you can "change" him because you cannot. So they got into a nasty fight the next day and she broke up with him. I though good. Maybe she can spend a little time deciding what she really wants rather than picking out every flaw that he has. That lasted a day! They got back together on sunday. Oh well......I am too busy to think much more about all of that!
Classes are good. A LOT of reading and I am a little adhd so it's kinda hard. I have to do 2 presentation on a special need. I am doing the same one for both(SHHHH....don't tell the professors!) We have friends that have baby with special needs so I am doing it on her. She has Aicardi Syndrome. It's really rare there are 500 cases in the world and only effect girls. More about that later.
Anyway, other than that things are good. Joe and I are just both very busy in the evenings doing homework. It's kinda quiet around here....but nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!:0)
Have a great rest of the week and enjoy the weekend!!!

Dreading this weekend

Ok, so let me fill you in on why I think my weekend is going to suck. My cousin who I use to be very close to is dating a man that I particularly do not care for. He never wants her to come and seem me and every time that she talks about family he cuts her off and starts talking about his life. Ok so they have spent EVERY weekend this summer at his lake house but one. One weekend she was allowed to not go and go to a baccalaureate party. She always calls to tell me about the yacht she was on, or how much fun she had at his lake house, or his jet skis, blah blah, blah. My family are not material people and do not brag about the things we have. So I have a real problem when she calls and talks about this stuff. She calls every weekend though and wants us to come up there to the lake house. I kept saying well maybe my birthday weekend...Well...guess what! That is this weekend! I am going I think for 2 reasons. One, I want to be the bigger person and give him another chance. Let him see how we really are. Second, I want to see what it's all about and how he REALLY treats her.
My husband Joe does not really like her at all. He says she's mean to me and only calls when she needs something. She made a rude comment to me about graduating college. She got an associates degree!!! I have been to school longer than her, she just managed to get a piece of paper in general studies.
Maybe I am fooling myself? Maybe our relationship is not going to be like it use to. Maybe I need to reevaluate some things? I guess this weekend will help me decide.
Any thoughts on this subject???

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, today is the BIG day!! I turned 26 today( I am starting to feel old!)
Joe gave me an awesome birthday! It kind of made up for the last 2.
Last year I got out of the hospital on my birthday. Joe slept ALL DAY because he had CQ the night before. So...I spent all day by myself on the couch.
Two years ago, Joe was in Iraq so I spent the evening with Jen and her sister.
Today was great. Well, work sucked but Joe made up for it when I got home! I got some really cute gifts. I got a cool new watch. He has balloons all over the living room floor. It was cute!
He made me dinner(which he has never done) and it was DELICIOUS!!!!!!!! THEN....after dinner he got me a birthday ice cream cake. It was chocolate ice cream with chocolate cake. YUMMM!!!!! This was definitely a GREAT birthday!

Recipe #1

The BEST cheesecake EVER...period!:0)

1 and 3/ 4 C Graham crackers crumbs
1/3 C Melted butter
1 and 3/4 sugar divide the 1 cup and the 3/4 cup
3 packages(8oz) cream cheese
2 tsp. Vanilla
3 eggs
1 C sour cream(8 oz)

Preheat oven to 350 (if silver 8 or 9 inch springfoam pan)
325 if dark nonstick pan

Mix the crumbs, malted butter and 3/4 sugar together. Gently press the crumbs to the bottom and sides of springfoam pan. I use waxed paper to press it in there.
Beat cream cheese, 1 C sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer on high until well blended.
Add 1 egg at a time on low speed. Add sour cream last.
Bake 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes until center is almost set. TURN OVEN OFF. Leave the door to the oven slightly ajar and leave the cheesecake for 1 more hour. Remove from oven. Cool completely.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Remove sprinfoam pan right before serving.
You can top this cheesecake with any flavor, but we prefer it plain.

ENJOY!!!!!

HUM.....

Well..... since I do not have kids I really do not have much to say on my bolg.
I painted a lot of bedroom furniture this weekend. I decided that a new face lift on the furniture was a lot cheaper than trying to get my hubby to buy me new furniture!:0) Plus every piece of furniture in our room was a different color and now almost all are white. I KNOW....BORING!!! But I have a beach theme going on in there with lots of shades of blues so it actually looks pretty good.
My birthday is thursday, so I might spend the money I get on new pillows and little things for the bedroom.
Ok, so Heidi has a travel theme on her bolg, Angie has people who inspire her, so I am going to do what I TRUELY LOVE. I am going to post a bolg once a week of my favorite recipes. I love to cook and I love to eat, so I thought it might be fun! Let me know what you think? My first one will be tomorrow(or later tonight). I have to go up to the college tonight to take care of somethings.

GGGGRRRRRRR..........

I am really cranky lately and complain about a lot....Probably b/c of the cold showers.
Cold showers? Yeah... when we moved in I smelled natural gas outside. Well me being ADHD I forgot about it for 4 months. I finally called on Monday and there was a problem. They had to turn the gas off. So that means no cooking on the stove and....cold showers.:0( It has been kind of funny cooking on my side burner on our grill.
I think my crankiness might be too that it was 110 today. I MISS GERMANY!!! I cannot wait for cold weather.
To make matters worse we went grocery shopping today.(Which I absolutely HATE)
HOW CAN IT COST THAT MUCH TO SURVIVE??? It is ridiculous how much groceries cost! So there we are at Wal-mart. I am looking at the chicken breasts and when I pick mine up there is this liquid substance all over the package which is now all over my hands. GREAT....now I am walking around Wal-mart with salmonella on my hands. As if Wal-mart is not already a dirty enough place lets add some chicken goo to the picture.

I need to relax this weekend and try not to be so cranky. Maybe I will stay in bed all day saturday. That will help me to relax.:0)

Kids!

Being a preschool teacher I hear kids say the funniest things on a daily basis! I just have to tell you about 2 b/c you never know who needs a good laugh.
About a month ago a lot of the town lost power for about 3 hours during a storm. One of my boys in my room(he's 3) had a hard time understanding what was going on. He did not understand why he could not go to his room, eat, or watch a movie. After being very frustrated he looked at his mom and said"mom did you pay the bill"? He he he:0)

One day at work the kids were going to paint. Almost all the smocks were dirty, so I put them on the girls and told the boys to take their shirts off. One of my boys said" I have boobies" I said "yes, we all have boobies. He said "no, my momma has BIG boobies!" Kids say the darndest things!
Have a great rest of the week.

The Beard

Long before Iraq or even the thought of getting out of the army, Joe said he wanted to grow a beard. I REALLY thought he was kidding. Turns out he wasn't! This picture was taken about a month and half after we left Germany. He shaved it off right after this trip. I thought ok, for sure he's done. WRONG!!! After shaving it and growing out his hair, he began to grow yet another one! The pic below is a month after shaving the first one. He was in a wedding. I thought for sure he would shave for it....guess not!

I am happy to say that he HAS shaved the beard and cut his hair. He looks a little more normal these days!!! Guess he was going to have to eventually shave since he just joined the reserves!

Well for about 6 months I have been reading an amazing woman's blog(Learning to Live) and I always like hearing about what is going on with her. So, I thought what the hey! I will try this thing and see how it goes!:0) Let me start you off by telling you where I am right now.
My husband Joe and I moved from Germany to Stillwater, OK at the end of March. 5 days later I started as a lead teacher of a 2 year old room at a daycare. (yes I know I am crazy!!) Joe started summer school in June and LOVES school! But I guess he misses a little bit of the Army b/c he joined the reserves on Monday. He will be a Drill Sergeant in 2 years(even though he's only finishing out his IRR that is 2 and 1/2 years! BUT.....That means NO MORE DEPLOYMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!(Sorry to all my Army friends.....I feel for you all)
So anyway, that is the update on me. Oh and I am going back to school in the Fall as well. I am going to work during the day and take night classes(yes again I know I am crazy!):0)

Have a wonderful and awesome weekend for anyone that reads my first blog!