We've finally received orders. We're going to FL instead of HI and I'm honestly excited. We can begin planning now and working towards our goals.
Orders this year for the Navy have been up and down this year. First they're handing them out and then they're not and just....all sorts of craziness. We actually lucked out and got Florida.
More later and thank you thank you to any readers we have left!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Long Time No Post
It's been a WHILE since any of us posted here.
Lately the stresses of life have been getting to me. We're playing a waiting game. Do we have the orders we were told we'd have or is it a case of having to renegotiate?
All we can do is wait and be uncertain.
Lately the stresses of life have been getting to me. We're playing a waiting game. Do we have the orders we were told we'd have or is it a case of having to renegotiate?
All we can do is wait and be uncertain.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Long week
It's been a long week. T has had to work insane hours and by the time he gets home he can barely keep his eyes open. There was drama over eggs (yes, eggs) but Im not gonna go into that whole vent. I think I maxed out my egg vent a couple days ago.
I feel bad he doesn't even have this weekend off. I have no idea what time he left this morning since when I woke up at 8 he was already gone. He could have had the weekend off but since I'm going out of town next weekend he needs that to be home with the kids.
Its been almost 4 months and I still don't know anyone and some days I'm okay w/ that. Right now, its bothering me. I think I'd be able to deal with all this crap if I had a friend that I could get away with and escape for a while.
Right now I'm just focused on our trip home in July. 10 days back in Washington will do us both good. We can be around our family and our friends. Get a mental break from Kansas. I really hope everything falls into place & we do get to go.
I feel bad he doesn't even have this weekend off. I have no idea what time he left this morning since when I woke up at 8 he was already gone. He could have had the weekend off but since I'm going out of town next weekend he needs that to be home with the kids.
Its been almost 4 months and I still don't know anyone and some days I'm okay w/ that. Right now, its bothering me. I think I'd be able to deal with all this crap if I had a friend that I could get away with and escape for a while.
Right now I'm just focused on our trip home in July. 10 days back in Washington will do us both good. We can be around our family and our friends. Get a mental break from Kansas. I really hope everything falls into place & we do get to go.
Friday, April 17, 2009
not so sure about this
ok, so I know that my life is different from an Active Duty SO....but sometimes I'm not so sure that I wouldn't like being SD instead...there would be no worries about civilian jobs and where rent money is coming from, etc.
and the other thing that gets me is there is very little support...there's a FRG, but it's not really active, and it's mostly for children, and parents of the Airmen...I looked at the schedule for this month and it's all kids stuff and stuff for the Air Force Parent...I have my websites, and my friends...but...I don't have any one here physically that I can go have coffee with and talk about...and the closest AD base is 2 and a half hours away...I have the fire fighter wives and I love them all to death, but, they got married after their SO got out..and I love my best friend to death...but...I just wish I had someone in my situation close to me...there's the other wives in N's unit...but most of them are older, and I've never met them...let alone be in a situation to where I can be all...hey wanna grab a coffee and talk, or hang out some time...I don't know, I'm just rambling
I know that I was all excited about N's new job...but I'm not so sure about it anymore...neither of us ever get to sleep in. I have a hard time getting back to sleep after he leaves on his 24 on...I wake up when he comes home for his 24 off...
I don't know what I'm trying to say...I'm just tired, and...really tired...
and the other thing that gets me is there is very little support...there's a FRG, but it's not really active, and it's mostly for children, and parents of the Airmen...I looked at the schedule for this month and it's all kids stuff and stuff for the Air Force Parent...I have my websites, and my friends...but...I don't have any one here physically that I can go have coffee with and talk about...and the closest AD base is 2 and a half hours away...I have the fire fighter wives and I love them all to death, but, they got married after their SO got out..and I love my best friend to death...but...I just wish I had someone in my situation close to me...there's the other wives in N's unit...but most of them are older, and I've never met them...let alone be in a situation to where I can be all...hey wanna grab a coffee and talk, or hang out some time...I don't know, I'm just rambling
I know that I was all excited about N's new job...but I'm not so sure about it anymore...neither of us ever get to sleep in. I have a hard time getting back to sleep after he leaves on his 24 on...I wake up when he comes home for his 24 off...
I don't know what I'm trying to say...I'm just tired, and...really tired...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sometimes it hurts more than it helps
To give some background info, the Navy offers a variety of services.
One is the Fleet and Family Service Centers. (FFSC) These centers provide job assistance for separating active duty members as well as spouses and their dependents, relocation assistance for when you move, and counseling along with a host of informative classes on finance, parenting and communication.
Today I went to an Overseas Transfer Workshop at a local FFSC.
It made me feel worse instead of better. I was the only one who hadn't been through a PCS yet. I was the youngest. And I'd spoken with the relocation specialist beforehand. I just felt like she was irritated every time I asked a question because we aren't married yet. The information given was great but it wasn't right for me because I was dealing with such an information deficit. That and since I'm going to Hawaii some overseas information applies to me and some of it doesn't. She didn't do such a hot job on that either.
I went with questions and I left with more questions and a hurt spirit.
Sometimes things hurt more than they help.
One is the Fleet and Family Service Centers. (FFSC) These centers provide job assistance for separating active duty members as well as spouses and their dependents, relocation assistance for when you move, and counseling along with a host of informative classes on finance, parenting and communication.
Today I went to an Overseas Transfer Workshop at a local FFSC.
It made me feel worse instead of better. I was the only one who hadn't been through a PCS yet. I was the youngest. And I'd spoken with the relocation specialist beforehand. I just felt like she was irritated every time I asked a question because we aren't married yet. The information given was great but it wasn't right for me because I was dealing with such an information deficit. That and since I'm going to Hawaii some overseas information applies to me and some of it doesn't. She didn't do such a hot job on that either.
I went with questions and I left with more questions and a hurt spirit.
Sometimes things hurt more than they help.
Hi, I'm Brandi
Hi Everyone! My name is Brandi and I'm smitten with Tony. My home blog is here. I'm a twenty four year old flight attendant and Tony is a twenty nine year old Marine. We met in January when I was bringing him to Kuwait for his deployment in Iraq. The silly man slept the entire flight and only at the end asked me for my email address, thankful I gave it to him and we have talked every day we possibly can since then. It is still in the beginning stages but getting to know him has been one of the happiest times of my life. Come August I can not wait to share pictures of us together for his R&R. I can tell you counting down the days is like a breath of fresh air daily!Thankfully these past three months have been whipping right by. Talking daily has helped pass the time. Also working as a flight attendant keeps me busy so that helps pass the time too. I can't wait to get to know you all!
Brandi
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Seven
Seven years ago today we said I do. Its been a long seven years but doesn't really feel like it. Right after we got married T joined the Army. His 7 yr date is in November. He was suppose to leave for Basic at the end of May, but we got pulled over a week before and he couldn't go without payin off this huge $500 ticket. I don't even remember what the ticket was for now. Put a huge delay on our plans and he didn't leave until November 13th, Dia's 1st birthday.
That should have been the huge red flag of all the things he would miss. We've spent more time apart than we have together. Right after AIT he went to Korea for a year, we went that whole year without seeing each other. I don't know why, but his leave never got approved to come home.
When he came back from Korea we PCS'd to Georgia and 7 months later he deployed for a year. Did a year home and deployed again for 15 months.
Now we're in Kansas and even tho I hate it, I'm happy to have him home for a while. To just be married and not have that lingering stress of a deployment is coming. He hates working in the DB but we both agree that even with all the bad, we're happy to be together for a while.
That should have been the huge red flag of all the things he would miss. We've spent more time apart than we have together. Right after AIT he went to Korea for a year, we went that whole year without seeing each other. I don't know why, but his leave never got approved to come home.
When he came back from Korea we PCS'd to Georgia and 7 months later he deployed for a year. Did a year home and deployed again for 15 months.
Now we're in Kansas and even tho I hate it, I'm happy to have him home for a while. To just be married and not have that lingering stress of a deployment is coming. He hates working in the DB but we both agree that even with all the bad, we're happy to be together for a while.
Friday, April 10, 2009
what a week
Talk about your fun filled weeks...I guess I should start at the beginning...N is Air National Guard...not AD AF....so that means he does 1 weekend a month 2 weeks a year (my @ss) and whatever other deployments they choose to send him one.
That being the case he also holds a full time civilian job. Currently that job is at Groton-New London Sub Base in CT. He's a full time firefighter. What that means is he works 24 hours on, 24 hours off...today he's on...he leaves at about 0530...which SUCKS...it's way early, and 9 times out of 10, I don't go back to sleep...
So let's rewind to say...Saturday...first day of April drill...no big deal, I'm used to drill weekends...Sunday...dril again...no big deal...N calls to tell me there's late flying, so he'll be late getting home, ok, whatever...I'll be here....comes home and is sun burnt like no other...He's very very Irish, and very fair skinned...they had the awards ceremony OUTSIDE, without telling anyone...so, N had no sunscreen...well he did bbut it was in my truck and he didn't have time to get it...so he comes home and his neck and face and the back of his head were SOOOO red, I thought for sure he was going to blister....NOT cool....
Along comes Monday (my birthday) and N's on day...so he leaves about 0530 again and I went back to sleep...my best anf my nephew can to surprise me and boy did they!! I was still asleep when the came int and said happy birthday, lol
Tuesday, I'm sick as hell, and N takes care of me and let's me sleep almost all day, I help fold the laundry...and help make dinner....N had got to the exchange and the commissary earlier in the day...and I had asked him to get my skinny cow ice cream sandwichs...when he came home I asked him if he had gotten them, and he said yes, but stay out of the freezer....ok, whatever, lol....so later that night, I wanted an ice cream sandwich...I asked him if I could go get one...and he just says SHIT....I totally forgot...stay here...so after about 10 minutes and a bunch of noise in the kitchen he comes to get me....we get to the archway to the dinning room and he tells me to close my eyes...so I do....he leads me into the kitche where he has a caramel turtle ice cream cake, that he decorated for me, and 2 candles on it...a 2 and an 8...he sings happy birthday to me....I wait a second, thank God for giving me such a great husband and make a wish. Then he hands me an envelope...just a plain white envelope...so I open it, and it's the best thing ever....he got me a gift certificate to get an hour massage at my favorite place....this chick is in heaven...
The comes Wednesday...N's on again, no big deal, I had stuff I had to do anyway....so I get our thank you notes done from our "wedding" and run some errands and such...and it's Skype night with my big sister C...so we skype for a couple hours, and her being an hour behind me, tells me I need to get to bed...which she was right, I had an appointment at 12, so I needed to get to bed so that I got enough sleep before N got home...so, we say good night, and I hang out online for awhile...the cats are on the bed with me, and Keegan starts crying...and staring at the ceiling...EWWW there's a spider on the ceiling...I HATE spiders...so I find something to smoosh it with a box of bandaids, lol....then it falls on the bed, dead, and as I'm trying to flick it off the bed, I loose my balance and fall, first on the bed, but in trying to avoid hurting the cats who are still on the bed, or my laptop which is on my bed, I fall off our bed, and slam my head and shoulder on something...my nnightstand, I think....I lay there for a minute unsure of what to do...then I get up and sit down on our bed...now the front and back of my head hurt...yup, I've got a concussion....shit...N's at work, I have no idea how to get ahold of him, and even if I could he's over an hour away....this sucks...I weigh my options, and decide to go to bed...
Thursday came and I felt like shit...my head was pounding, and my shoulder was killing me too...great....N comes home, and I tell him what happened...he won't let me drive, or do anything else, so he drove me to my appointment, and then we came home. and I pretty much spent the day in bed...I just couldn't do anything, all I wanted to do was sleep...N kept trying to get me to go get checked out...I didn't want to...we knew what was wrong and all they we're going to do was tell me to do exactly what I was already doing....so what's the point in spending 100 bucks for them to tell me the obvious? so He kept an eye on me all day with the agreement that if I started to get worse or started vomiting or anything that we'd go in....
Today is Friday...I still have a raging headache, but other then that and a sore shoulder I'm fine....I have to pack soon, I'm leaving in a few hours to go visit my Mom in NY....I still kinda feel like shit, but I promised that I would go, so I'm going...I may have to stop more often then I usually do, but I'll make it....so that's my week in the life of an Air Force Wife...
Have a good weekend!!
That being the case he also holds a full time civilian job. Currently that job is at Groton-New London Sub Base in CT. He's a full time firefighter. What that means is he works 24 hours on, 24 hours off...today he's on...he leaves at about 0530...which SUCKS...it's way early, and 9 times out of 10, I don't go back to sleep...
So let's rewind to say...Saturday...first day of April drill...no big deal, I'm used to drill weekends...Sunday...dril again...no big deal...N calls to tell me there's late flying, so he'll be late getting home, ok, whatever...I'll be here....comes home and is sun burnt like no other...He's very very Irish, and very fair skinned...they had the awards ceremony OUTSIDE, without telling anyone...so, N had no sunscreen...well he did bbut it was in my truck and he didn't have time to get it...so he comes home and his neck and face and the back of his head were SOOOO red, I thought for sure he was going to blister....NOT cool....
Along comes Monday (my birthday) and N's on day...so he leaves about 0530 again and I went back to sleep...my best anf my nephew can to surprise me and boy did they!! I was still asleep when the came int and said happy birthday, lol
Tuesday, I'm sick as hell, and N takes care of me and let's me sleep almost all day, I help fold the laundry...and help make dinner....N had got to the exchange and the commissary earlier in the day...and I had asked him to get my skinny cow ice cream sandwichs...when he came home I asked him if he had gotten them, and he said yes, but stay out of the freezer....ok, whatever, lol....so later that night, I wanted an ice cream sandwich...I asked him if I could go get one...and he just says SHIT....I totally forgot...stay here...so after about 10 minutes and a bunch of noise in the kitchen he comes to get me....we get to the archway to the dinning room and he tells me to close my eyes...so I do....he leads me into the kitche where he has a caramel turtle ice cream cake, that he decorated for me, and 2 candles on it...a 2 and an 8...he sings happy birthday to me....I wait a second, thank God for giving me such a great husband and make a wish. Then he hands me an envelope...just a plain white envelope...so I open it, and it's the best thing ever....he got me a gift certificate to get an hour massage at my favorite place....this chick is in heaven...
The comes Wednesday...N's on again, no big deal, I had stuff I had to do anyway....so I get our thank you notes done from our "wedding" and run some errands and such...and it's Skype night with my big sister C...so we skype for a couple hours, and her being an hour behind me, tells me I need to get to bed...which she was right, I had an appointment at 12, so I needed to get to bed so that I got enough sleep before N got home...so, we say good night, and I hang out online for awhile...the cats are on the bed with me, and Keegan starts crying...and staring at the ceiling...EWWW there's a spider on the ceiling...I HATE spiders...so I find something to smoosh it with a box of bandaids, lol....then it falls on the bed, dead, and as I'm trying to flick it off the bed, I loose my balance and fall, first on the bed, but in trying to avoid hurting the cats who are still on the bed, or my laptop which is on my bed, I fall off our bed, and slam my head and shoulder on something...my nnightstand, I think....I lay there for a minute unsure of what to do...then I get up and sit down on our bed...now the front and back of my head hurt...yup, I've got a concussion....shit...N's at work, I have no idea how to get ahold of him, and even if I could he's over an hour away....this sucks...I weigh my options, and decide to go to bed...
Thursday came and I felt like shit...my head was pounding, and my shoulder was killing me too...great....N comes home, and I tell him what happened...he won't let me drive, or do anything else, so he drove me to my appointment, and then we came home. and I pretty much spent the day in bed...I just couldn't do anything, all I wanted to do was sleep...N kept trying to get me to go get checked out...I didn't want to...we knew what was wrong and all they we're going to do was tell me to do exactly what I was already doing....so what's the point in spending 100 bucks for them to tell me the obvious? so He kept an eye on me all day with the agreement that if I started to get worse or started vomiting or anything that we'd go in....
Today is Friday...I still have a raging headache, but other then that and a sore shoulder I'm fine....I have to pack soon, I'm leaving in a few hours to go visit my Mom in NY....I still kinda feel like shit, but I promised that I would go, so I'm going...I may have to stop more often then I usually do, but I'll make it....so that's my week in the life of an Air Force Wife...
Have a good weekend!!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Planning a Wedding
Planning a wedding can be a tough thing to do.
It's even harder when your future spouse is in the military. Luckily, my sailor is in and we live together so I get to bug him with wedding stuff all the time. (I think sometimes he wishes he were out to sea.)
I figured I'd list some common annoyances (and that's all they really are at the end of the day...you're getting married and that's what counts!!!!) that come with planning a wedding with the military in tow.
Now that I've sufficiently scared you.........leave some comments!! What are some things you ran into when planning your wedding?
It's even harder when your future spouse is in the military. Luckily, my sailor is in and we live together so I get to bug him with wedding stuff all the time. (I think sometimes he wishes he were out to sea.)
I figured I'd list some common annoyances (and that's all they really are at the end of the day...you're getting married and that's what counts!!!!) that come with planning a wedding with the military in tow.
- Your future spouse might be at their duty station or deployed during the whole wedding planning process.
- You might be in limbo over a wedding date because you can't get leave nailed down.
- It might be quite some time before you get to live with your new spouse.
- A honeymoon might not be in the cards due to deployments and/or leave.
- There's a mess of paperwork involved and until it's all done you might as well not be married.
Now that I've sufficiently scared you.........leave some comments!! What are some things you ran into when planning your wedding?
Intro: Army
I'm Rain. I'm a Air Force brat turned Army wife. I've been married for almost 7 years and have 3 kids. We are currently in Kansas. Its safe to say I hate it here.
I like reading, getting tattoos and watching reality tv
I like reading, getting tattoos and watching reality tv
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Intro: Air Force
Hi, I'm Amy....I'm a recent AF wife...we're in RI right now...We (the collective we of this blog) got the idea for this while brainstorming for a team blog...and then thinking about how different it is, today, in 2009, as opposed to when DH's grandfather was in the Army in WWII...
Today we have cell phones and computers, and instant messengers, and web cam's...
Back then it was letters, only letters, and it could take months for them to get where they were going....
Thus is born "New Generation Military SO's"
We hope that you like it ;-)
Today we have cell phones and computers, and instant messengers, and web cam's...
Back then it was letters, only letters, and it could take months for them to get where they were going....
Thus is born "New Generation Military SO's"
We hope that you like it ;-)
Intro: Navy
So I guess I'll start. I'm a Navy brat, who morphed into a Navy girlfriend. I'm currently a Navy fiancee and I will be a Navy wife June 13th, 2009.
I know more about the Navy than I really want to, but life happens that way sometimes.
I'm currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences. I like to be loud and I love hard. I like music and reading as well as a variety of arts and crafts.
I know more about the Navy than I really want to, but life happens that way sometimes.
I'm currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences. I like to be loud and I love hard. I like music and reading as well as a variety of arts and crafts.
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