Happy Halloween

My Old Navy purchase for 2.47!

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Have you ever waited until the last minute to buy Halloween candy? I didn't, well, I kinda did. I bought some candy over the weekend, sweedish fish and sour patch kids, but I wanted to have some chocolate in there too. Stupid me waited until today which was a BIG mistake. I went to Walmart thinking they'd have a bunch. Yeah, right. The only "candy" they had left was the candy you don't want to pass out because you know that kids won't eat it. And by candy, I mean popcorn balls. That was all they had left. So, the kids that come to my house will not be getting any chocolate.

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Happy Halloween to all!!

Kickboxing kicks butt!

I went to my first kickboxing class today at the gym and it was absolutely incredible! One of the other wives has gone a few times and I told her I would join her today since I've been wanting to take a class for a while. I didn't really know what to expect when I got there. I walked in, showed my ID and the woman handed me the group exercise pass (how they track how many people come) and then asked me if I needed gloves. Gloves? I said yes. Caroline arrived a few minutes after me and we walked back to the room. She informed me that on Thursdays, you actually get to punch and kick a bag. Sweet!

An hour later when it was over, I felt so energized!! It was a great stress and tension reliever to punch the crap out of one of those big bags that stands on the floor. But I have to say, after punching and kicking for an hour, I was WIPED OUT!It was super fun and I can't wait to go again on Tuesday, however, I have an appointment with John at Navy Legal at 9am so I'm hoping it's over by 10 so I can make class by 10:45.

Contemplating My Death?!?

Today, John and I went to Navy Legal to get his power of attorney squared away for while he's gone next month for 2 weeks, and then again for the deployment in December. This way, I will be able to rent a house without John being there to sign and all that good business. In addition to the power of attorney, we made updates to his will too. As we were talking to the attorney, she said that it was a good idea for me to have a will also and that she could do it in addition to updating John's. Now mind you, this is a pretty easy process in the Navy, they pass them out like candy to kids on Halloween. This is what all the guys have to do and keep up to date before they do a deployment.

For the most part, it was pretty cut and dry. But then there was talk of a living will and blah blah blah, and basically asking what you want done in the event of your possible death or in the event of you not being able to make decisions for yourself. I didn't know that when I woke up this morning that I'd be contemplating my death or the events that might possibly surround my possible death. That's some scary shit! At one point when we were talking about the living will, all I could say was, "I don't know." Death alone scares me. Sometimes I'll think about it at night (don't ask me why) and I think, "What if I didn't wake up tomorrow? That's it. No more anything...FOREVER!" That scares the hell out of me. I believe in God and Heaven and all, but just to think about the logistics of death is scary to me.

So, this is how I began my day. Fun times, eh? Thank God it was sunny today :) I'm taking a kickboxing class tomorrow with one of the wives, so I'm looking forward to that. It's getting late though and "The Ultimate Fighter" is one, so I'm going to go upstairs and watch with my husband. Then it's off to bed. I got up way too early to start the day with thoughts and talk of death. Ugh, makes me shiver....

Repeat

I'm starting to feel like my days are being recycled and every day is like the one previous. I'm sure most people feel that way in their own lives, but I guess I feel like it's worse for me in particular since I don't work. To make it worse is that John is still on leave and we haven't really done anything this week. Granted, we've done things as far as figuring out financial situations and planning to come, but we haven't done anything together...like go on a day trips or anything exciting like that. As much as I want to bitch, I know I shouldn't because we have A LOT that is going to be coming onto our plates here in the next few weeks. It's just frustrating because it's harder to see the things that aren't here yet, but that you know are coming....but we really don't know the extent of the things to come. I feel like I'm planning like a crazy person, but my plans are not concrete and won't be for a few more weeks. And my plan...well hell, might not even be my plan when it all comes down the pipe! This is what I hate the most about John being in the Navy. Nothing is known, everything always changes, and it just frustrates me. It's just one frustrating repeat after the next. If I could repeat anything in my life right now, I think I'd go back and repeat my time in Las Vegas!

#1, #2, #3, #4......

Today was another beautiful day here in the Pacific Northwest. Beautiful blue sky, sun shinning, and not a cloud to be seen. These days are far and few between, and needless to say, won't last but maybe 3 more days before the gloomy gray clouds will blanket us until I pack up and leave. Ok, there might be a few sunny days in there, but we don't anticipate it.

John and I spent our day grocery shopping in the early afternoon and then numbering our house picks in order from most liked to least liked. I'm heading to Saratoga on the 9th (late) and will be coming back on the 15th in order to look at houses we're interested in renting. There is one in particular(#1) that we are both in LOVE with (ok, maybe it's just me who's in love with it, but he likes it too). We call it, "The Dream House" and it is every bit of that. I'm not going to tell you all about it as I don't want to jinx it. But we do have a few that rank behind it that we'd be happy with we didn't get it, but they will never be the dream house. So, we'll see what happens with that. Keep your fingers crossed for the dream house though, that it will work out, and that the owners will be willing to negotiate on rent as it is a bit steep (but still within our means).

The Aftermath

Let me begin by first saying that I have the greatest husband in the world. In the aftermath of last night's events, needless to say I was not feeling so hot this morning. My husband laid in bed with me for awhile why I was fighting the urge to throw up asking me if he could do anything for me to make me feel better. He encouraged me to drink some water and take some Excedrin (which eventually made me throw up) and literally applauded me when I took sips. After about an hour, he got up and went downstairs to clean up.

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Not only did he vacuum everything downstairs, but he cleaned the kitchen floor...I'm sorry, scrubbed it with Mr. Clean, and put away everything that was left out due to my inablity to care about the odds and ins last night. He has cleaned up everything downstairs so well that it looks like we never even had a party last night. This doesn't happen very often folks, but let me tell you, I am more than thankful and appreciative of him doing this for me. I guess this is his way of thanking me for tending to everything last night while he was out in the garage playing beer pong. Either way, I don't care. He's fantastic for cleaning up for me!!

On to last night's events.....
The party went off without a hitch and I'm hoping that everyone enjoyed themselves as much as we did. The cosutumes were great, we had lots of food and lots of drinks. John set up a beer pong table in the garage which was a big hit for the guys. Caroline and I tried our hand at it and lost, but we went down swinging which is the most important thing. Everyone left by midnight, and John went upstairs and passed out probably an hour before that! My only complaint about the party is just that I wish my house were bigger. Next year we'll have something bigger hopefully :)

I don't really have all that much else to say really. Party was great and today is not so great. It's been a beautiful fall day and I have spent most of it laid up the couch. Just when I think I'm feeling better, my stomach decides otherwise. I think I'll be done drinking for a while...however, I'm pretty sure that it's the shot of tequila that is making me feel this awful. I don't do tequila at all and I decided to do a half shot last night...big mistake!

So, without further chit chat, I'll give you to pictures I know you're dying to see!

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Counting Down

In less than 24 hours from now, my house will be filled with munchies, friends dressed in Halloween costumes, food out the wazoo, and drinks to make you drunk enough to forget your worst nightmares. I prepped all the food today so tomorrow morning all I have to do is put everything together, store it in the fridge, and then pop it in the oven and hour before people show up.

My mom sent me some Halloween stuff last week and amongst it was a Halloween cook book. From it, I made some stuff called Monster Munchies. Doesn't it look good?

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I am hoping it will go over well, but what's not to love about white chocolate covered pretzels, golden grahams, marshmallows, and Reece's Pieces?!?!

Amongst the other goodies we'll be providing to our haunting guests will be a devilish potion called Black Widow.

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It consits of 5 different kinds of liquor, Sprite, and Sweet and Sour. My bartender back and Cincinnati introduced me to it, and boy, I tell you what, it will sneak up and punch you in the face. And what's even better, is that it's tastes NOTHING like alcohol!

Tomorrow should prove to be one hell of a time. I will be sure to post a quick pic and update before the party begins!