Best Birthday Present...

Yes, today was my 28th Birthday. I had a BLAST and will tell all about it later! I have to get to bed quick so I wanted to share the BEST part about my day. Joe had CQ today. He was talkin to me on the phone but then started yelling at soldiers. He called for a formation. They lined up and then he told them that their duty for the evening was to sing Happy Birthday to his wife into the phone. He counted to 3 and about 40 soldiers started singin at the top of their lungs.. I was crying I was laughing so hard! It was the SWEETEST thing!:0) Boy do I live that man!
Just had to share.....to bed I go...what a great day it was!

WOW...it's been a month....

So...it's been OVER a month and they STILL do not know what is wrong with me! I have been back to the doc to look at this and that ans STILL nothing! I go on Tuesday to draw blood to check for celiac disease( it's where you body cannot process wheat or glutin)......So.....we will see.. still stomach cramps and still loose stools( I know...like you wanted to know that...but your all moms!)

I quit my job at the daycare. VERY poorly managed and the owner talked about me to my back at a restaurant where I was eating with my friends.....
I work at a dry cleaners at the front desk....might have another one through the college too...we will see.
I start school the 18Th and my 28Th Birthday is Sunday.(17Th)

Have a great weekend!:0)
Roxxi

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ok, so no EColi or salmonella....they think now that it is my gallbladder. I go on Friday for an ultrasound and some fluid test thing. The doc says if there is even one gal stone out it comes......So......still in pain and now have to wait to find out anything. I think now is the time that God chose to teach me about patience.

Wish me luck...

Rox
PS... I need all my FRG leader friends to help me! More about this tomorrow!

WOW!!! It's been a LONG time!

OK so my last blog was in May. Let's catch up to now. Joe is gone, have seen him a few times. Cut hair off, going to summer school and working. Oh Crap it's catching up to me! Moved down the street to a new house. Still not completely unpacked. Do not feel like it and too tired after work and school. Pains in legs...scare...NO blood clot but still hurts...??? There....all caught up!
Let's talk about my weekend. I have felt bad ever since about July 5Th(last weekend). Cramping stomach and loose stools(sorry if that grosses anyone out).
Went to the doc for follow up on legs on Thursday and mention stomach not feeling well. Doc says probably a bug and ignores it. The next day at work doubled over in pain, sweating, clammy and sharp stomach pains. My friend forces me to go to the ER. Get in right a way...only to sit in a room for a hour before a doc will see me. GREAT! Quick belly exam..nothings wrong...here's some stomach cramping meds and away I go. Saturday and Sunday feel AWFUL and nothing has changed. Joe tells me last night to go back. Afterall...we do have tricare at the moment! So I go back. This time I am again seen right away, BUT this time. They do a urine sample, stool sample, IV, blood work and pain meds through an IV. OK...NOW we are getting some where! They actually listened this time. The stool and blood both showed my white blood cell count was high. They had to send the stool off for more testing and now they are looking at possible E Coli or Salmonella. So.....after being told it would be ready today.... IT'S NOT and I have to wait and call the doc tomorrow. All the wile I do not feel any better and they have not given me any real drugs yet until they figure out what it is.....so I am still in pain. So, please say a little prayer for me and hope that I get some answers tomorrow.
Good night all

NO WAY

I went out of town with my daycare today. We went to OKC about an hour away. When I left the gift shop with the kids and a teacher told me the other two vans left already. RULE #1 Stay together at all times.
So we get in the van to leave and a child tells me that she has no seat. Since the other school left their teacher I am now one seat short. I called the daycare and informed them that they needed to contact the other van. I needed them to turn around so I could put a kid on their van. 45 MINUTES LATER.....they are back! GREAT so now we are REALLY late and there are parents waiting at the school for their kids. I get back only to be told by the director of the other school(there are 3 schools) that "I should have just double buckled and come on. I do it all the time". WHAT??????? (excuse language) ARE YOU F*&^%^& KIDDING ME?????? I am going to be driving 75 miles per hour on an interstate and you want me to just double buckle them??
I told her I was NOT OK with that and I was not going to do that. I informed her that I could have had a wreck or been pulled over and that I was not going to take that chance. She said well I have angry parents that had to wait on their kids. HOW MAD DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE IF THEY KNEW YOU HAD TOO MANY KIDS ON A VAN AND YOU DOUBLE BUCKLED THEIR KID?????????????

To make matters worse they laughed at the vans that left me and they received to reprimand for their actions.

I am in a BAD mood now. I cannot even believe that they truly wanted me to do that.

Just call me the queen B

OK so there is a place here in stillwater called the botanical gardens. It's an amazing garden that people from all over the place have come to help make it pretty. I went the other day with my friend and her 2 kids, plus a neighbor kid. OOOHHHHH MMMMYYYYYY GGGOOOOSSSHHHHH!!!! I do not remember being that embarrassed in a long time. OK get a picture in your head it's a nice quiet peaceful place. Lots of flowers, ponds, walkways,etc. She just tells the kids "Go Run" and they take off terrorizing through this place. Off the pathways climbing on things, out of control. I tell them "hey guys stay on the pathways and be respectful". She says
"No it's fine...they are kids". I quietly bite my tongue and just go on looking. We look for a little longer and then the kid is climbing the rocks of the pond. The lady in control finally comes and tells them to get down and stay on the pathways. She apologizes and looks dumb founded that they told her kids to stop. We look a few minutes more and then the kid takes off out the back of the place into an open field. She just lets him keep running until you can barely see him anymore. I call them back because we do not know what is back there plus it's rude, plus I am not comfortable with it all. He comes back up with sister(who is crying because he beat her at running). I tell him come on let's finish the tour of the garden and then we can go to a park and play. He tells me "NO" I do not want to. I say " Come on we are almost done, we can hurry and be done". He says" No, I do what I want and you cannot stop me". MIND YOU THIS WHOLE TIME THE MOM IS JUST STANDING THERE. I say Chris(name change) let's just do what the group wants and then we can go have fun. He then proceeds to tell me to" Shut up that he is not listening, I am not his boss, and I will not tell him what to do". I LOST it!! I flipped out! I told him that if he were my child I would slap the shit out of him. That it is NOT OK to talk to any adult that way. I told him that my child would never be disrespectful to me and NOT act that way in public. I just left. I told him that he ruined any fun I was having and I was not going to be treated that way.

I got in my car and drove home.
My friend will not talk to me. She says that he's just a kid and to go easy on him. EXCUSE ME???????? He does not need a best friend right now. He needs a PARENT. If she does not get a lid on that now can you imagine what he is going to be like as a teenager??
He was in the principles office weekly at school, now I know why.

I am sorry but I am not going to be around someone that lets their kids talk that way.
Any of you let your kids do that?? Am I crazy for believing they should mind and behave in public??

World War II America (Battle Hymn of the Republic)

In honor of Memorial Day I wanted to post this video. Being a military wife it moved me to tears. I get an overwhelming sense of pride when I hear songs like this. God Bless those who have gone before us and paid the ultimate sacrifice. I appreciate all of our troops. Thank you for fighting for this beautiful country.

Are you kidding me??

I know Joe just left on Monday and I am sure there is stuff to do before they get troops in late July...BUT.... He does not get Monday or Tuesday off. Isn't Memorial Day a day to honor those in our military?? Those who serve now and those that have gone before them?? I was completely blown away when Joe said he has to work on a Federal Holiday. Ft. Sill cannot stop what they are doing for one day?? He said he has had 1/2 days since he got there. Could they not work a few full days to allow time to be off?? Oh wait...that's common sense.

Sorry just rambling...but I just was annoyed by the situation.
Hope everyone has a fun and safe Memorial Day Weekend. Don't forget to take a moment to honor those who have gone before us.

Roxxi

Hurry up 6 months!

Joe left yesterday.:0( It was a hard day yesterday. I cried a lot. Sure I have done this before, but things are really good right now. We are both in school. We are happy and things are good. It's pretty easy to send you hubby away to the field when you are annoyed by them, but this time I did not want him to go.
He was pretty sad too. He said he's gonna miss me and our cat a lot. He called last night. He said his hotel room is nice. He still sounded pretty sad.
These 6 months better FLY by!

Finals are OVER!!!

I finished up Thursday and Joe finished on Friday. I am SSSOOOOOO glad! School is getting on my nerves! I am kinda sick of it....not looking forward to summer school. I think it partly has to do with Joe being called back up and me moving to our new house here. Just in a BLAH state right now! only 15 more days with Joe. :0..(

HELP!!!!!!

OK, so we have lived in our house for 2 years and now all the sudden we have a problem! ANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got home from work and they were EVERYWHERE in my kitchen! YUCK!! This is like worse than other nasty bugs that can sometimes come in.
HELP!!!! What has anyone else used to get rid of it?? Home remedies? Products from the store???
I am about to go crazy!!!!

3 cakes...24 hours

The first is a "jungle" theme baby shower cake. The 2nd and 3rd are birthday cakes. The second picture(skateboard) the wheels are dingdongs! It was fun but I am VERY tired and ready for bed now. Have a great week!

I am gonna have to learn to say NO at some point!

I have 2 cakes for Saturday that I need to do Friday night/ Saturday morning. A friend called LATE LAST NIGHT wanting a cake for Saturday BUT wants to get it tomorrow night. So I had to bake it tonight, make some of the characters for it, study for a test, take a test, and oh yeah sleep!
So tomorrow AFTER work I have to finish Cake #1 and start cakes 2 and 3.......What was I thinking!!!:0)

Here we go again....

So as most of you know, Joe is in the reserves. He is a Drill Sgt and only does his one weekend a month thing. Well that was until now. Joe is being called up to active duty for 6 months to a year.:0( He will be stationed in Lawton(Ft. Sill) and I will stay here in Stillwater. I am not moving 1) because we do not know exactly how long he will be there 2) If I go I will just delay school again and I am not wanting to do that 3) If I did go I would never see him anyway, so I am staying here. He's trying to get me to think positive. He says we will make some money and free health care. OK...although those sound great...I am still going to miss him a lot though. So he will be leaving May 19th. Feel free ladies to send all cheer ups my way that day!;0)

How's this for a 24 hour notice??

Got a call LAST night for a cake. They neeed it for tonight.
What do you think? All she said was chocolate icing and cute.....

Hurry up already!!!

My cousin whom I am very close to is 9 weeks pregnant. We both have started browsing thrift stores for baby clothes...but cannot buy yet b/c it's too early to tell. I am SO ready for her to know then, aunt Roxxi gets to go SHOPPING!!!! I bought her a portable changing pad and a baby toy but I am ready for all the fun stuff!

I am also ready for me 2 friends J and E to both have their babies! I love babies...just not ready for my own!

More about the Dyson

I have had several comments, so after going to the website, here are some pics and cool facts. I am only listing 2 of their vacuums, but there are many many more on their site.(PS AAFES HAS THEM ON THEIR WEBSITE!!)


ANIMAL DC07
Mini turbine head
Low reach floor tool
Carpet care kit
Brush control
Reversible wand
Hygienic and quick to empty
On-board tool storage
Lifetime HEPA
Auto-adjusting height





Yellow DC07

Brush control
Reversible wand
Hygienic and quick to empty
On-board tool storage
Lifetime HEPA
Auto-adjusting height

Don't fight it ladies!! If you need a new vacuum this is what you need!:0)
I am starting to think I should work for Dyson. I have 5 friends or family members that have purchased one after I told them about it!

Have a great week!

My love for my Dyson

So as some of you know, I purchased a Dyson Animal(the purple one)Vacuum back in May of 2005. It is hands down the BEST vacuum on the planet! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! If you do not have one I seriously urge you to get one! Sell a kid(just kidding!) or a kidney, charge it on the Star Card.....whatever!
So, why do I love it so much you ask? Well It has a 30 ft hose so you can leave it at the bottom of the stairs and go all the way up. It cleans the ceiling and there are a lot of cool attachments. It helps me with both my allergies and asthma.
I attached a picture to show you. I vacuum once a week. I emptied the canister before I vacuumed. The picture is of JUST MY LIVING ROOM!!! There is just the 2 of us and my cat....now imagine if there were more of us how much worse it would be!
So....if your in the mood for a new vacuum I have one I suggest!:0)
Have a great week!

Just Venting....

So I am in line to check out at Wal-mart last night and I was floored by what I heard a college girl say. Her and her 2 friends are checking out...they buy a lot of crap and the last one bought the beer( Probably the only one that was 21). The one in front of the beer girl checks out and goes to pay for it. She very loudly says " You know my dad is getting upset about me always using his credit card for everything". So the one buying the beer says" So why don't you just get a job?" The girl replied" Eww gross...I don't do work." ARE YOU (INSERT BAD WORD!!) KIDDING ME??? Who does that? That girl should have been slapped right then and there. She has no idea how hard people work , probably so they can pay off her credit card. She has no clue what reality is and when that day comes, boy do I feel sorry for her.

Vacation was (almost)perfect!!!:0)

So as you know we went to Summit Point, WV for 10 days. 2 of the days we rode a train into DC. I loved DC it was great! We saw a lot of cool stuff and had a blast! On day 2(March 19Th) we came out of the national archives to a bunch of war protesters out side the building. Talk about VERY uncomfortable...I got teary eyed 1) because I was very sad too see upside down flags and to read what they said 2) because they were everywhere and made me feel uncomfortable. The look on Joe's face said a lot to me....he was angry. We finally walked out in the middle of the street because there were cops everywhere blocking the street. About 10 minutes later it started DOWN POURING!!! About the time our bus headed into Arlington Cemetery. I just laughed because I thought in some small way it was God trying to send the protesters home! (Probably not, but I want to think it). It rained the rest of the day too. So...here we are at Arlington with NO umbrellas or jacket. We were soaked!!! Drenched and cold! We were there for like 3 hours or so. About 3/4 of the way being done a security guard says" hey you know they sell ponchos in the gift shop...right?" So we went and got them because we still wanted to walk to Iwo Jima. It did a little good. I was able to keep the camera dry and my arms!
We were going to the Smithsonian after that, but since we were wet and cold...we found a local brewery instead and drank beer to warm up!:0) Then we went shopping in union station and got on the train for home.

It was a LONG drive (19 hours) but totally worth it!
I will post more later....too sleepy!!!!