Bubbles!

Amanda had a dentist appointment yesterday, so Mama and I watched the kids. Boog helped me clean out the toybox while Mimi put Boo-Boo down for a nap. While we were going through the toys, I found a boat that looked like it blew bubbles. The batteries appeared to be dead, so I set it aside until we finished. 
When I took it apart and added new batteries, it started whirring, so I asked Mama if she had bubbles. Boog says, "Mimi, do you got any bubbles? Go get some bubbles. We need dem." Mimi did not have any, so I "made" some with dish liquid. While I was standing at the sink mixing the liquid with water, Boog says, "Look Bit-Bit, you do have bubbles! Wots of bubbles!" and he pointed at the sink where the dishes were soaking in soap water. LOL.

 "Dat's a wot of bubbles!"

"Cheese!"

 I told Mama that her coffee table was going to be super-clean!

 "Take my pikchure, Bit-Bit!"

 "Can you take a pikchure of my hann?"

 It was a lot of fun. :) I love my Boog!

Book Review: So Damn Lucky

So Damn Lucky by Deborah Coonts
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

SPOILER ALERT:

Alright Lucky! I enjoyed this book a lot more than the last. I was disappointed though, that Lucky is still having to solve murders. WTH is up with that? Why can't she just be the Customer Relations person for the hotel and nothing else? Coonts needs to just go ahead and declare Lucky a P.I. alongside The Beautiful Jeremy Whitlock and get it over with.

This time, instead of a swarm of bees, Lucky is dealing with a UFO convention and a bunch of magicians that are already getting on my nerves in the first few chapters. It was no surprise that Dimitri Fortunoff body disappeared when he "died" in Houdini's water box of death, or whatever it was called. I just can't figure out who stole his body and why? Why didn't Coonts reveal that at the end? I don't know. Maybe I just missed that explanation.

I was a little upset when Teddie started acting a fool and was being stand-offish towards Lucky. But, then I was hopeful that she and Dane might hook up, finally!

In the first two books, I was praying that she and Dane would be an item. Obviously, there was an attraction. I was overjoyed though, when she and Teddie finally realized their love for one another. He seemed like the perfect guy. I had a feeling though that he would become a flake once all the fame and fortune went to his head while he was out performing. So, it came as no surprise that he and Lucky called it splits afer one more rendevous. I'm thinking that Lucky won't be as intriguing once she's married off and probably this is what Coonts is thinking as well.

I really liked this book while I was reading it, but now that I'm actually writing the review, I'm going to change my rating to 4 stars. I now feel like it was missing something. The last page of the second book, Lucky Stiff tells us that Lucky's Mother, Mona is pregnant! But she really doesn't go into detail in the third book. I'm glad that they are finally going to go public with the secret of The Big Boss being Lucky's father. Yay for them. The truth will out!

You're in for a surprise when you find out who Lucky decides will be her next man. I was shocked!


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Had an awesome Saturday with Jeremy.
We went out to eat for breakfast at IHOP! Yum! I had the International Crepes with bacon and I ordered poached eggs, hard. But they were so runny, I sent them back to the kitchen for scrambled instead. They were good, but by the time the waitress brought them, I didn't want them anymore.
 After breakfast, we went to Dick's and bought me a baseball glove and some gun targets.
We went back to the house, packed up the truck and drove out to Heflin, to the Henry Creek Shooting Range. It was fun. I shot Jeremy's pistol and his .22. I really like the .22, since it doesn't have as much of a kick as the pistol. I did pretty well, if I do say so myself! 

With .40-cal.

with .22 rifle.

 After we got back from the shooting range, Jeremy washed his truck while I cleaned out the car. It was amazing how much junk we had accumulated in the backseat of the car. When we got done, we played catch for about an hour until it was too dark to see. It was a really great day! 
♥ my Hubby! :) 

That Darn Cat

I'm annoyed.
 Last night while we were sitting in bed, Jeremy was watching TV, while I read. I had already put Tobias to bed. (He sleeps in the bathroom since I don't fully trust him to not destroy stuff while we're sleeping.) He would NOT shut up, so Jeremy told me to just let him out. Surprisingly, he did really well. I read until almost 2 and he laid by my shoulder sleeping until I finished the book. I turned off the light and rolled over to go to sleep and he didn't bother me all night. Unfortunately, he did come crying to me a few times this morning, wanting me to open the blinds in the living room. {He sits there most of the day, staring out the window.} I told him no and went back to sleep. LOL.

 When I finally got up, because he woke me up again, I went to let Sabrina outside and as I was walking by the bathroom in the hall, I got a strong whiff that smelled suspiciously like urine. I thought maybe Jeremy hadn't flushed or something. Although, he almost always remembers. I went into the bathroom and looked around, but didn't see any puddles. So, I went outside with Bina and after she pottied, we came back inside. I went back in the bathroom and stepped on the towel in front of the tub. It was wet. I knew that Jeremy hadn't showered this morning, since he showered last night. So, it shouldn't still be wet. I picked up the towel and smelled it. Sure enough, someone had peed on it. I know it couldn't have been Bina, since it would have made a lot bigger wet spot if she had peed. I popped Toby on the butt and put him in his bathroom. He's still in there. I will leave him in there an hour, before he can come out. This is not the first time he has done this. 

 When I was packing up his bathroom {because we're moving, remember?}, I left the shower curtain laying in the floor. I put him to bed the first night and he didn't bother it. Then, the next night, he peed all over it, the extra bags I keep in there for cleaning out his litter box and then the shower stall. I was livid! It took forever for me to clean it up and get rid of the awful smell.  I ended up just throwing away the shower curtain and bleaching the entire bathroom.

 Anyone have any idea why he is doing this? He has his own litter box and I clean it out every other day, which is usually not a problem. I assumed he was just mad at me when he peed on the shower curtain, or upset because Jeremy had been gone almost two weeks, at the time. But, he has no reason to be upset and pee on the towel in the bathroom. It really upsets me when he acts crazy like this. For some reason, it stresses me out to the point that I want to get rid of him. And I really don't want to do that; I do love him. I'm hoping to get him fixed soon and maybe that will end all of his acting out. 

Anyone have any suggestions until then?

Not Blogging

You may all be wondering where I've been. Or not. LOL.
For one, I haven't been blogging. That's for sure. I really do regret that, because I love keeping up with everyone through my blog and by reading others' blogs. I haven't read any blogs since before Christmas. 
 I have been reading books though! If you haven't already, you can see all of the books I read in 2011, on my the tab at the top of this blog post. And, I started a new tab today with this year's books. I've already read 28! (There's one that I didn't put on the list because it was just nasty. I don't recommend it, at all.)
 Another reason I haven't been blogging is because I've been packing. Oh yeah, that's right. We're moving yet again. Our lease is up at the end of the month, so we're moving all of our stuff into storage, again. I'll be staying with Mama...again, while Jeremy is in school in Pennsylvania for the ARNG. Of course, that is still to be determined, whether or not he is going. He has yet to receive his orders... Hurry up and wait...and all that.
 While Jeremy was in Savannah, GA (his unit is getting a new model of Chinook and they all had to go to Savannah to Hunter Army Airfield for Academics on the new model.), I packed up the living room, spare room, laundry room, bathrooms, bedroom and threw out at least 10 bags of trash and made a giant pile of stuff to donate. I also took out some things my Mama and sister could use and took to them. Including a really heavy tv for my nephew's room. It was ridiculously hard to get in the car by myself, but I managed after struggling with it for an HOUR! The only thing I haven't packed yet are the electronics (i.e. tv, satellite receivers, dvd players and PS3), clothes, miscellaneous junk everywhere and the kitchen. I plan on doing the kitchen this weekend while it's raining. I might even start on it tomorrow, since it's supposed to rain then, too. Saturday, hopefully I will have Janel's help in going through the storage unit and getting rid of things we don't use or need. Most of the stuff in there is Jeremy's or baby clothes. I plan on going through the baby clothes and getting rid of anything I don't think I'll ever use; especially the stained clothing. I plan on donating everything to our local thrift store when we're moving out.
 Today, of course, the sun is shining and it is so warm outside. I really should be down at the storage unit working on it now, instead of blogging. Oh well. I don't have the car, so I can't bring anything out of the storage unit that I want to donate. I'll just have to leave it in there.


Wish me luck with packing and *fingers crossed* Jeremy's absence. Of course, his job contract is over on the 16th, so when he gets back from Pennsylvania, he'll have to find a new job. I pray that he finds one quickly and we can move sooner rather than later. I hate having to depend on my Mama for somewhere to stay, but then again, I didn't really want to stay here in Anniston by myself. 


Hopefully this won't be my last blog post. Haha. I do have my own laptop now, thankfully! :) 


What do you think of the new layout?

Gone Again?

It seems every time we get used to being together, the Army is going to make sure we remember what it's like to be apart. J has drill this weekend, then he leaves for Savannah on the 12th and will be gone until the 29th. Then, he leaves somewhere around March 27 for school in Pennsylvania until the second week of May. Can we not get a break here?  Seriously...let's just go ahead and make sure he's gone for our 4th anniversary, too. Especially since he has been gone for our last two anniversaries. Might as well make it a habit.

*stepping off soap-box now*

I hope everyone is surviving winter! We certainly are. We haven't had any snow and our temperatures range in the low 40's to the upper 70's. Feels like spring if you ask me! We even had tornadoes a few weeks ago. They really messed up several parts of Alabama. 

Jeremy and I decided, since we won't be together for  Valentine's Day this year (again), we would celebrate before then. So, last weekend (since he had drill this weekend and leaves next weekend) we went to Maggie Valley, NC!

We spent Friday night in Maggie Valley. When we woke up, Saturday, we went up to the ski area to see what it was all about. It was really cool to see snow, where there really wasn't any anywhere else in Maggie Valley. It was wicked expensive to ski, though. Plus, we didn't have any cold weather gear, like ski pants. We drove over the mountain into Cherokee and then  through the park over into Gatlinburg. We spent all day there. It was a lot of fun! We bought tickets at the Ripley's Believe it or Not! Aquarium for only $4.99! They have incredible rates for military! {Just show your ID!} We then walked all over the place just looking at everything. We stopped in several places, but didn't buy anything since we really wanted to eat first. We ended up eating at T.G.I.Friday's since we don't have that restaurant in Anniston. It was so yummy! We had fried green beans and pot stickers for appetizers and I  had Bruschetta Chicken Pasta and Jeremy had a burger.  {I think} I have a hard time remembering what he ate. I was so hungry, I wasn't really paying  attention to him. Haha! After eating, we went walking and rode the Ripley's Moving Theater ride. It was really cool. I've done it several times before, but Jeremy had never done it. Then, we rode Earthquake The Ride! Don't do it! It was the lamest ride I have ever been on. Waste of money and time. 

We had a sign made at The Sign Company of Gatlinburg.

Then, we went to the aquarium. I LOVE the aquarium!  I didn't take my camera in, so all of the pics are still stuck on my phone for the time being, but I will post a few of them later when I get a chance to free them! LOL. 

After the Aquarium, we walked around some more and picked up our sign. {It took an hour to make.} We stopped for awhile near the middle of the town, trying to figure out if we wanted to play put-put. {It's our favorite thing to do on vacation!} But, the prices were too high and it was pretty windy and chilly. So, I stayed behind while Jeremy walked back to the parking deck behind

the aquarium. I waited about 20 minutes before he came to get me and while I was waiting, a couple got engaged right beside me! It was really cool to see. When he got down on his knee, a crowd started forming behind the couple, in front of me. Everyone clapped when she said yes. It was so sweet! :) 

After J picked me up, {I was nearly frozen!}, we went back to Maggie Valley to find somewhere to eat dinner. We wanted to eat at Butts on the Creek {we ate there for our first anniversary and it was amazing!}, but when I called the number listed for them, it was out of service. We drove by there and it was completely pitch-black. The only place open, looked like a locals-only kind

of place. So, we drove over to Waynesville and ate at Nick & Nate's. Jeremy had pizza and I had a Turkey Club. It was really good. Afterwards, we went by the tubing place in Maggie Valley to find out times and pricing. They only do runs every two hours, and they were just starting one, so we would have to come back later or on Sunday. It was $20 each! I told J that we might come back Sunday while the sun was out. We ended up not going. I told him I would rather do something on the way home than freeze to death and have to change clothes in a gas station bathroom since we had to check out of our hotel room by 11. So, we slept in late

and checked out around 10:30. We got on the road and stopped in Sylva for breakfast at Bojangles. It was really good. We bought 2 biscuits each and ate only one, so we ate the second one for lunch and didn't have to stop again. When we got to Atlanta, J wanted to stop and watch a movie. We stopped at Atlantic Station, walked around and watched a movie. {Underworld 4...or whatever it was.} Then, we finally headed home. I was so tired! And I wasn't even driving. 

All in all, we had a great time. :) It's going to be awhile until we have a chance to go anywhere together, so I'm glad we had the money to take this opportunity. Now, we have to start packing to move. Ugh. I really love our apartment, but hate how far away it

is from anything. Especially how far it is away from my doctor. We're going to start trying to get pregnant in June. Since I don't ovulate, I have to take a pill to help. Hopefully, it will work. Wish us luck!

Is it really 2012?

I can't believe it has been almost 2 months since I blogged last. Ridiculous. 

I lost my mojo for awhile. I was experiencing some female issues and it was making me feel like crap. Thankfully, after a D&C this past Monday to correct unexplained bleeding, I am feeling almost back to normal. Also, my Thyroid levels are back to normal now and I'm not feeling as worn out as I was before Christmas. 

 Speaking of Christmas!!...I hope everyone had a wonderful time with their family and friends! I know I did. Jeremy and I spent Christmas Eve eve with my family and then drove to Florida on Christmas Eve to spend Christmas with his family. We had a really good time even though I felt awful.

 Can't really think of anything else to update y'all on. Leave me a comment and tell me how your Christmas and New Year's went! What was your favorite Christmas gift this year!?

Hope everyone is doing well, I'll leave you with this...