Life

Everyday is a new day. That's been my motto for the last week or 2.

If its not one thing its another.

Peyton had school today and when I went to drop her off I noticed her classmates were in their pajamas. I was unaware that today was pj day. No one told me anything.  So I went to pick her up and she was upset so I asked why and she said everyone was mean to her because she wasn't wearing pjs. I went in to talk to the teachers and they of course were unaware of the kids being mean (nothing knew). I asked why I wasn't informed of pj day and they said they decided on friday and I had probably picked her up before they said it. I picked her up at 1130 the time it gets done so I call bullshit. I am honestly so fed up with it that I have been thinking about pulling her out.

Cassidy has a field trip tomorrow to the pumpkin patch.  I hope that she has a good time. I wish that I could go with her.

My parents come back tomorrow so that should help out some.

Tomorrow is a new day!

All Clear... Nevermind

Cassidy had her appointment today to get her final set of x-rays. We were hoping for the all clear and that was not the case. Instead she has to wear her brace when ever she is out of the house for the next 3 weeks. We were also reminded again that she is high risk for breaking it again :(

My friend has been going through a tough time lately and I wish i was there with her to help her through it. I talked to her most of the morning and reminded her that I am always here for her. I'm hoping that everything works out for the best for her.

I read Divergent and Insurgent 2 months ago and was super excited that Allegiant came out this week. I have not been able to put it down the last 2 days!

We have a Halloween party this weekend that the girls are super excited for. They can't wait to wear their costumes! I'm just happy they can wear them more than once!

Not Much Going On

Well again not much blogging being done because not much has been going on.

My parents come back next week. The girls have been counting down the days.

We have 1 month down of this deployment! This first month has flew by I can only hope that the rest of the time flews by just as fast.

We had our 2nd Girl Scout meeting this past Saturday and the girls had a lot of fun! We made first aid kits and learned about safety!

Peyton has been doing good in preschool! We have had a few issues along the way but I think she is finally adjusted and starting to enjoy it more! Since halloween is coming she has been doing some halloween crafts

Cassidy had school pictures 2 weeks ago and we already got the proofs back! This is the winner! I can't wait to get them back so that I can send them to everyone! 

Since Cassidy has started her new school she has been excelling so much! After the year she had last year I thought for sure that she would be way behind everyone this year but she is more than caught up and just surprises me more every day! She is a math wiz (Just like me)!! Her reading has improved immensely which is so good! Her school has computer programs that i was able to find the apps for and put on her kindle which is also helping so much! We LOVE Vista Grande (her school)!!!


I have been catching up on my scrapbooking! I have finally been able to start on Peyton's! I know it has taken me 4 years but better late than never! I have been looking on Pinterest to get more inspiration and new ideas! I have been able to do about 25 pages in the last week in a half which is awesome!!

That is pretty much all that has been going on for the last week!!

Can I Ever Catch a Break

OMG Where to begin......

We had a good time at the Walk Through The Canyon event for Girl Scouts and at Omas Pumpkin Patch on Saturday.

 But then we got home and I was getting out of my truck when someone comes over to tell me that they hit Max's truck. Sure enough the same side and spot that was wrecked last February now has to be repaired yet again. I know that I am lucky that she came forward and said she will pay for the damages but why does stuff like this always have to happen when Max is gone.

Sunday was a good day. We went to Balboa Park with Marilu and her kiddos and had a picnic. We walked around the park for a while and let the girls play on the playground!

Monday aww I did not want to wake up. You can just call me lazy! It was Columbus day but Cassidy still had school so it was just like any other day. Peyton didn't have preschool so we just hung out at home

And then there was Tuesday my OMG can I catch a break day. I got Cassidy to school came home to make an appointment to get an estimate done on the damage to Max's truck. I brought max's truck to the same place that fixed it last time to get the estimate. And holy crap more damage than we thought about $1800 worth. Then Peyton and I went to the post office to mail Max a package and send some stuff to Taylor, my cousin. We came home and just hung out until it was time to get Cassidy. After we got home and Cassidy did her homework we went to Target to get Birthday presents for the parties the girls have coming up and on the way home we stopped to get gas. Well while I was pumping gas at the Navy Exchange Auto Center I noticed smoke coming from under the hood of my truck. I immediately got the girls out of the truck and stopped pumping gas. While I was doing that the gas attendant came and started yelling to stop pumping gas and the get the girls out which had already been done then she told me to open the hood to see what was wrong. She said to call my husband  and when I said he was deployed she started yelling again saying it needed to be moved. Once I seen the problem she yelled at me to push my truck forward so that the other people could get out. Are you serious you want me to push my truck out of the way. She just kept yelling finally I got 2 nice guys to help me move it out of the way. Then the same attendant came and yelled at me again saying we should have pushed it to a different place and that I needed to get it out of there.  I called a tow truck and they said it would be 45-60 minutes until it would come. I brought the girls in the store to wait and was told that we couldn't wait there. So we went outside and stood on the side walk until the tow truck came. The driver was the nicest man ever. He put my truck on the flatbed and gave us a ride home where I had him drop my truck off in the driveway. He didn't charge me for anything which was awesome. He asked me about what happened and when I told him he couldn't believe how I was treated and kind of made me feel better.

Now today. I got the girls car seats in Max's truck and filled it up with gas so now thats my daily driver until the yukon is fixed. I got both girls to school and now I'm just relaxing and have nothing planned for today.

Wow just call me Slacker

I know I know its been a few days since my last blog. I honestly just haven't had much to blog about.

Cassidy had school pics on Wednesday. I had brought Peyton to preschool but as we were walking to the door she threw up all her breakfast :( so she didn't make it to school Wednesday. It never fails within the 1st 2 weeks of deployment one of the kids always get sick and vomit. Its a curse. Its like they know I can't handle vomit well. 

Thursday we didn't do too much. Cassidy had a half day and I cleaned and got ready for my book club meeting that I was hosting.  I met a few new girls during my book club and talked about some great books. Oh and before my book club Peyton decided to cut  her hair. Luckily its not too bad!

Friday both girls went to school and I ran some errands. After school we went to pick out some pumpkins and get some groceries and things to mail to Max.

Then there is today. I have been waiting on maintence all morning to come  fix our living room light. I am pretty sure that it is shorting out. I swear people probably think there is a strobe light in here.

We have a Walk through the canyon event  for Girl Scouts this afternoon then right after that we have a family event with the  squadron at Omas Pumpkin Patch.

Its a busy day but should be lots of fun!

Tuesday again

Tuesdays as always is a busy day for us. Today luckily not too bad though.

Peyton wasn't feeling well so she didn't go to dance class. When she says she wants to stay home and not see Ms. Robin you know that she is not feeling well.

When I went to get Cassidy at school there was a fire truck, ambulance, and police 4 houses down from ours. Then when I gor back from getting her there was about 5 cop cars and 4 housing security cars. Well I started getting worried and thinking about the family that lives there. Well tonight I found out that the family is out of town and the person watching their house committed suicide last night and was found this morning. It breaks my heart that this happened. 

On a brighter note I got to have a video chat with my hubby for over an hour! I miss him like crazy but knowing that this is our last military deployment helps.

Tomorrow is school picture day for Cassidy! I bought her a new outfit and can't wait to see it on her! And yes I even got her a new pair of boots!!

I was able to finish my book for my book club meeting on Thursday! I love reading so much! This time was "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks. I have read it before but do not mind reading a book twice!

Tomorrow I'm going to focus on cleaning the house from top to bottom! Its been a couple weeks since I've did a real deep clean and since both girls will be in school I will have the time.

Just Another Manic Monday!

Yes I am quoting a Bangles song. 

Today was a pretty great day.

The girls got up and ready for school really good which is shocking for a Monday. Peyton had a good day in school which was a relief compared to Friday.

Nikko had another vet appointment. I swear we live at Banfield. We have been there every week for the last month and a half fighting an awful ear infection. 2 rounds of steroids, an ear flush and 2 ointments later we have defeated the infection! Today he got a clean bill of health and doesn't need to go back until December!!

Cassidy did her reading with no issues tonight and then we did science experiments which they always love.

when the sun started to go down we went on a walk around housing to look at Halloween decorations. The girls were hoping for more decorations but were happy with what they seen.

Girl Scout Day

Today was a good day!
We had another moving sale and sold more stuff (thank God). Not much more to go until we will be ready to move.
I also had our first Girl Scout meeting. I am doing the Brownies portion while my friend Marilu does the Daisy portion and my friend Stephanie does everything else! I was a great first meeting. I have a great group of Brownies. This is our 3rd year doing this so the girls enjoy seeing each other after our summer breaks. My girls completed their Bugs badge today and had a fun time doing it. THey painted egg carton caterpillars, colored bug fun fact sheets and even drew their favorite bugs.

Tonight we are going to watch the Wizard of Oz since I treated the girls to a happy meal and they got the Wizard of Oz toys!! I hope that they like it! Cassidy has watched it before and liked it but Peyton has never watched it! I hope that they don't get scared of the wicked witch! 

Friday I am happy to see you!

Yay its Friday!!

I got to have a morning text session with my hubby then later on I got a phone call from him! I am one lucky lady today!!

When I went to pick Peyton up from preschool she wasn't her usual self. She usually hates to leave school but today she couldn't wait to get out of there. I asked her what had her upset she said that she got in trouble for talking (this has been an on going issue)  and she said all her friends called her a jerk and that they didn't like her. She said that they wouldn't call her Peyton they just called her jerk. I asked her teachers about it and surprise surprise they had no idea about it. I am so frustrated with the bullying going on in the school here and I'm sure everywhere else too. I don't understand how a teacher cannot notice or hear stuff like this. I told her that next time they call her a jerk to say that its not nice and to tell the teacher. I mean what else can i do?

I spent part of my morning getting everything together for Girl Scouts tomorrow! Is it bad that I am already over GS and it hasn't even started yet. I have so much going on in my life right now that I feel I could careless about it. But i will get through it for my Brownies and we will have lots of fun!

I have pretty much completed my first round of purging! I just gotta drop some stuff at the Salvation Army and I will be set until it gets closer to moving! I wish that we knew more about when we will be moving but its the Marine Corps and nothing happens easy. We have to hurry up and wait and then hurry up and wait again.  Its very frustrating but we will be ready to move in a moments notice! (Can you tell I can't wait to get out of here)

Cassidy has her first oral report and presentation due in 2 weeks! We are going to start working on it this weekend. Her report has to be All about her. That should be easy! I just hope she likes the supplies I got for her presentation.
School pictures are coming up already. I got Cassidy her outfit but of course she wants a new pair of boots to wear with it since her brown ones aren't tall enough (according to her) even though she will be wearing jeans. Gotta love having a fashionista!!

Not much has been going on. We have been laying back a lot to getting things prepared for our move and transition and focusing on keeping Cassidy and Peyton busy while Max is deployed.

Just another day

Today was a good day! It started off with a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice latte courtesy of my dad! Thanks Dad!!
Then I got the girls to school and ran some errands.
I was able to go in Hallmark and pick up some more cards to send to my hubby to make his days a little brighter! FYI: Hallmark by Albertsons offers a 10% military discount!!
I was able to talk to my BFF and hear about the trip to their new home! I can't wait to visit Kerry!
We watched The Croods when Cassidy got home from school! We have been waiting for it to come out on DVD since we seen it in theaters!
That pretty much sums up my day minus the usual stuff cleaning and cooking!!

Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday!!!

Tuesdays are always a pretty busy day for us between school and dance and today I added a vet appointment!

Cassidy had major attitude today which is nothing new after she throws her fits. So she was in a bad mood. She didn't want to go to school and then didn't talk to me on the way to school or at school Its going to be a fun night. She lost her tv and kindle last night after her fit so we'll see how tonight goes and what else I might have to take away.

Peyton was in a pretty good mood all day. She watched her morning shows and played upstairs for a while before she had to go to dance! She loves dance so much It always puts a smile on my face to see how happy she is when she is dancing!

Nikko went to the vet today! He is still having ear problems that we have been fighting for about a month now. He gained 2 1/2 lbs since our last appointment no big surprise after yesterday. Other than that he is doing well for a change. He has had so many issues this year that I can't even begin to list them all.

Today was the first day well morning that I haven't heard from my hubby since he deployed. I know I'm spoiled! But we have so much going on in our life that we need the constant contact to keep making plans and getting things taken care of so we can get out of here when he gets back.

I was able to get more cleaning done! I made a bunch of donations to some military families and the Salvation Army. Our house is beginning to look like we are leaving now (if only)! Right now our future is so uncertain that its scary and I am trying to do all I can to help us transition into civilian life.

Big news today is the Government Shutdown and if I hear another person talk about the commissary or WIC  I'm going to scream. Seriously people there are a ton more places to shop rather than the commissary. I go to the commissary once every 3 months maybe and we are fine. And if you are concerned about your WIC call them to talk to them or better yet have a back up plan instead of relying on it. I feel bad for all the government employees that are furloughed and I hope that the shutdown ends soon so that people can get back to work and that everyone can get their paychecks but honestly stop complaining and take a stand. Write you Senators, Governors, Mayors anyone who will listen..

I guess I can stop rambling now!