Mail Day!

Chris and I have had over a dozen mailing addresses here in Utah in the past 3 1/2 years. I got sick of filling out 'change of address' forms, so I decided to set up a post office box. I did this about 2 years ago and it's great because I never have to worry if my mail is being forwarded properly or if mail is being returned to sender and I can check it whenever I want. When we were living in Salt Lake and the post office was only a few minutes away, we would check the mail every 2-3 days. It sort of became our date night...checking the mail...how romantic! Now that I am living in Cedar Hills and Chris is gone, I rarely check the mail. I know what is in there...BILLS, retail ads, BILLS, credit card offers, BILLS, grocery ads, and more BILLS!!! I could care less about all the junk mail and I am in no hurry to go pick up my heaps of bills, so I only check the box once a week. The last 2 week I apparently have been really busy, too busy to check my mail. So I went today and could barely yank it out of the box because it was crammed in there so tight. After much force and tearing a few pieces of mail, I finally got it all out. Sure enough, nothing but BILLS and junk mail.


Would you believe that all of that mail came out of an itty bitty post office box. I think the box itself is only 3" wide by 5" tall. Maybe I'll have to set myself a weekly reminder to avoid this in the future. Now I get to spend the next hour opening mail!

A day in the life of Private Petty

Since my day was pretty boring and Chris obviously had an eventful day, I'll blog about his fun day instead of my lame day. He must have had a ton of fun, because these are just some of the many many pictures I received today. It first started off with shoe shopping...

"Can I buy these?"

He even got them on sale for $54.99, what a bargain shopper!

Showing me how good they look on his feet!

Trying on a matching Puma jacket...lookin' all tuff!

Time for a snack at Atlanta Bread Co.
He said it's not as good as Great Harvest Bread Co. here in Utah

Then a visit to the local Petco to check out the reptiles.

Oh, I hate snakes...and this one is looking at me!!!

Chillin' at some hotel waiting for his friend.


Dinner at Chili's on the way back to base.
(Chicken, Fries, and Corn--Yum!)
I accidentally deleted the real picture of his dinner, but this is what he ate.


Retired to his bunk for the night!

I am so glad Chris keeps in touch with me and sends me a photographic tour of his day. He is so sweet to do this, because he knows that I love getting pictures from him. It makes me feel like I am a part of his day, even though I am thousands of miles away.

Thank goodness for cell phones with Text & Picture Messaging.

Missing Chris

Chris is so cute, he texts me a daily photo of himself so I don't forget what he looks like! I have pictures of him all over my office, in my bedroom, on my computer, in my wallet, and on my cell phone...how could I forget what he looks like? Anyhow, this is the picture he sent me today. He rarely smiles, but when he does its usually a cute cheesy grin. I love it! I will have to collage all of his self portraits sometime and post them for everyone to see.

Look how handsome my hubby is...


On days like today when work sucks, I'm super tired, I don't feel good, and I just want to lay in bed and forget about the world...it makes me miss Chris more than ever! I miss being able to come home after a bad day and just vent to him for hours. Now my poor sister and brother-in-law get to hear it. I miss Chris taking care of me when I am sick and don't feel good. I miss hearing him tell me "It's OK love! Things will get better, just don't worry about it tonight!" I miss snuggling up with him to watch a movie (movies are like Ambien...they put me right to sleep). I'll just keep counting down the days until I can have a "normal" husband and wife scenario, but until then, I better get used to the life of an Army wife.

E*Trade Baby

Ok, so I'm sure EVERYONE has seen this, myself included, but tonight it was extra funny. Maybe it was just the mood I was in or that I actually paid attention to the commercial. Anyhow, check it out and see if you laugh as much as I did. The last line is the funniest!

What's a stye?

So I have worn glasses and contacts since I was about 12 years old and have never had any problems with my eyes...other than being blind. Today, I woke up with the most painful lump on my eye lid. It hurts so bad, I couldn't even wear my contacts to work. I had to bust out my 7 year old glasses, which the rx is so not current, and attempt to drive to work. That was an interesting experience, making sure I didn't hit the other cars on the road and making sure I didn't miss my exit. After talking with some friends at work, I realized I had my very first stye. I had not clue what a stye was, so I googled it. Definition: A stye or hordeolum is an infection of the sebaceous glands at the base of the eyelashes. While they produce no lasting damage, styes can be quite painful. So basically I guess its just a clogged pore on your eye lid and they say they can be caused from stress. Check out my very first (and hopefully my last) STYE...

Can you see it?

So now the question is...how do I get rid of this NASTY looking thing? When looking online, they tell you not to pop it. It hurts so bad, like I'm gonna squeeze it. Then they said to apply a wet hot wash cloth for 10 minutes, but I couldn't keep the stinking wash cloth hot for more than a minute. Anyhow, they also say a gentle massage will help...so I gave it a try. And sure enough the next morning it had drained and was feeling much better. It is still slightly swollen, but it doesn't hurt as bad and I was able to wear my contacts today. Thanks to Google, I learned all about a stye!!!

The lost Watermelon

Today, I went out side to water my sister's garden for her not expecting to find what I found. She and her kids planted this garden quite some time ago, but it just hasn't produced much of anything, but the one zucchini she found about a week or so ago.

As I was watering the dirt, I noticed that in the corner of her garden box, there was some weeds from outside of the box had overgrown in the garden box, so I decided to climb back there and remove them. To my surprise, I found a run a way vine with this attached to the end of it..

And also this...

Yep, that's right...two baby WATERMELONS!!! After gently placing them back in their box, I quickly snapped some pictures and ran in the house to show my sister and my little nephew who insisted they plant mini watermelons in the first place. I told my sister her garden wasn't a complete failure this year, she had 1 zucchini and 1 1/2 watermelons. My nephew was so excited when I took him out there to show him the yummy lil melon he planted. It was so cute to see his reaction when he saw it. I wish I had a camera to capture the moment. Maybe I will get a picture of him when he gets to eat it!

Happy Birthday Chris!!!

My hubby is 26 years old today. He was actually quite depressed about it. I guess getting older effects everyone in a different way. He felt like he was sooo old and hadn't accomplished anything. I had to quickly remind him that he was married and that was a huge accomplishment!!! Anyhow, he really wasn't buying it, so I just let him feel old for a day. Because I could not be with him on his birthday, I asked him to send me pictures of his fun filled day. So this is what it consisted of...

Morning PT and Chow

Lying in bed listening to some tunes

Fun Game of Battleship with Campbell

Chicken Parmigiana From Olive Garden

A little I-Pod action...and lights out!

It sounds like it was all just too much fun for words! I am sad I couldn't be there, but I am glad his buddy Campbell played a birthday game with him, went to dinner with him, and shared a bunk with him that night.

Happy 26th Birthday my love...Too bad I didn't get to see ya in your birthday suit :-)