Updated

The Fit Rotty Blog has been updated

Along with the minor weight loss. I have some other good news!!!

WE GOT A HOUSE... hopefully.

They're drafting up our lease as we speak

The details....
The blurb:

This 3 bedroom 2 bath is move in ready as of September 1st. The property is located in a great school district. An elementary school is located within walking distance and a local park is just minutes away. This home is also tucked near the back of a court which insures little to no traffic.
Inside you will find upgrades throughout the home. Wall to wall carpet, new energy saving windows, a new dishwasher, refrigerator, and an alarm system, just to name a few. The backyard has a patio cover and multiple fruit bearing trees. In fact the yard is worry free, due to front and back timed sprinklers and professional landscaping included. Garbage is also included in the rent.

Stories:1

Bedrooms / Baths:3 / 2

Estimated Unit Size: 1,334 Sq Feet (124 Sq Meters)

Parking: Garage, 2 Spaces : $0

Furnished:No

Year Built:1976

it has refrigerator, dishwasher, washer & dryer, central Air & heat, carbon monoxide detector, amazing back yard, alarm, and ceiling fans.


This is the 1st house we saw. We got to meet the landlord and the rental agent. The landlord is a really nice old lady. This is her first rental property. She's so so sweet.

The rental agent is kind of a nerdy/nervous person. I've dealt with a lot of rental agencies in Portland. and he just seemed nervous and really REALLY green, but eager

Day Number One!

Today B left for some military schools.

Today is day #1 of being alone and holding down the home front. Its interesting.

here's a recap of today:

I dropped B off at the airport at like 4am this morning. His flight ran long! but he got some sleep and got some food in his system.

and then... they over booked his flight so he had to wait on other people because they're dumb (one of his biggest pet peeves)

and then... he was flying for the first time on a prop plane.

and then... they lost his bags. They found his bags and they came in on the next flight.

my poor husband.

he starts his school tomorrow afternoon. i told him to drink his last beer (if he could) or soda and lay on the bed and relax.

I on the other hand:

have cleaned the living room
done the laundry
cleaned off the dining room table
cleaned off my desk
gone to lunch with my bff
bleached the counter tops
did the dishes
went to dinner with my parents

and.... drank beer lol.

I'm a worrier by nature and i take it out by cleaning. hahahahaha

so I'm laying here in bed struggling to find the urge to fall asleep ::insert yawn here:: (<-it really did happen). And so i figured I'd get back into the swing of things with the blog,

lose this second wind, and hopefully CRASH OUT.

wish me luck on my first of many nights alone here in the very near future.

Holy Moly

My last post was March 2nd!?!?

MARCH 2ND!?!?!?!?!?!?!

jeebus.

lets give you an update.

Me:
-I'm still working for the devil's bitch
-I still hate my job
-I plan on quiting as soon as its possible
-I've lost 30lbs since December
-I fell down a flight of stairs a while back
-I'm still in physical therapy for my neck
-I hate my job
-Muscle spasms in my neck make my life HELL!
-I'm training for a 5k
-I'm just living and loving life

B:
-He was accepted to Active Duty Air Force
-He got his Commission early this month
-He is awaiting his orders
-He is supposed to leave sometime late this month
-He is going to be gone for 15 weeks worth of school

US:
-We're getting stationed in California
-I'm getting set to get 1 term of school done while B's gone
-I can't wait to get back into school
-I'm going to miss him while he's gone, but I'm excited for him to go so i have some alone time.

Ask Rotty

Good Afternoon lover's,
I recently received a comment from one of my readers (who is awesome by the way). Frugal Mom asked me 'what is it'? No she wasn't asking me what i had between my toes, or stuck in my teeth. She was asking me what is it that makes me want to be in the military.

My first thought was that she was being snarky. Then i re-read the comment and realized at that moment that some people have no experience or very limited experience with the military.

I thought this would be an interesting blog topic. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not freaking GI BARBIE. What i am is a part time civilian, who's all military at heart
I'm an E-5 in the USAFR
I'm a reservist. I serve 1 weekend a month & 2 weeks a year at minimum. I often spend at least double that if not triple that serving.
I am a 3rd generation military member
And I'm so dedicated and in love with the military life its not even funny.

So I open the floors up to questions.
What have you wanted to ask? do you have any questions? Do you think its silly?
I may not have all the answers, but i can point you in the right direction for the information your seeking.

I've seen these done on other blogs, but never figured i was interesting enough to have anything you'd want to ask me. I'm kind of excited for the questions.

So ask away loves.
The floor is yours.

Friend Making Monday

On a tuesday. I'm running a bit late on this one (as always) but i'm at least I'm finding time to post. Even if its 4:50 in the morning.

This week is What Makes You Happy? We're breaking it down for the small things in life.

♥My Amazing husband. He is my missing piece and i love him with everything i am
♥ Our long haired weenie-dog Sammy. He's our baby for now!!
♥Extreme Home Makeover - Fills my need for design and my need for drama. Love love love!
♥Starbucks Iced Tea!! I'm a wee bit obsessed with it.
♥ My little brothers. lol, p.s. this pictures is from high school. My little brother is on the left, i'm in the center, and my brothers best friend (my brother by association) is on the right.

♥ Reading good books under a comfy blanket
♥Chilling out on the couch after a long week with my love.
♥ Good Oregon Storms.
♥ Spending time with these 2 crazy kids
♥ And my Godson. He's pretty much the light of my life. So amazingly great!!

What makes you happy!?

Can I be a mushy-gushy girl for a sec?

I am missing my husband something terrible. Night time is the absolute worst. I have the hardest time at night. The day time isn't so bad. but the night is so so bad. I'm so tired, I can't Sleep, I'm trying so hard but it just sucks.

I am normally the one that leaves. This is the first time he's been gone. Its harder than i thought it would be. Not so fun by the way.

i want him to come home and the worst part is i don't even know when that will be.

It'll be Friday or Saturday, possibly Sunday.

He's doing real world assistance for an ORE (operational readiness evaluation) in Michigan. I know, dangerous stuff. but it still sucks!

Holy Cuteness! Fall Giveaway!

AE Filkins is giving this fall giveaway... well, she's giving it away! HOW CUTE!

I'm seriously crossing my fingers i get this one. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Fall Decorations.

I Love Fall period!

If you want in on this fantastic giveaway you have a limited amount of time.

Giveaway ends Tuesday, September 15 @ 7:00 pm EST

Hanging out with the BFF and the Godson

Yesterday My BFF A came over with Dominic. B was making calzone so A and Dom came over to hang out.

and go figure... i took pictures.
Sam and dom became BFF's
"here let me fix your ear"
"whaaaaat? i didn't touch the fan"
chasing sammy!!!

"hello people in the blogosphere! Its me Dominic and i'm in a basket"

Okay, how about a good update!!

So Happy Wednesday (or Hump Day as i like to call it)!!

Day #1 (08/11) - I decided that because i didn't have groceries, that i could eat whatever i wanted for lunch. So i had Taco Dell Mar. mmmmmmmmm. Mondito Burrito! anywhozer, I did go to the gym. My abs were still sore from my drill weekend PT Test, so i just did 35 min of cardio on the stationary bike and read my book.

{side bar} remind me later to catch you up on my recent reads! K? K!

After i got home, we went to the store and we got a lot of healthy foods. A lot of good things to eat and snack on.

That night, B made his classic home made calzone with ground turkey, a bunch of veggies and a tiny bit of cheese. lol. I love cheese, thats why he makes it. because if i made it it would be 96.5% cheese and 3% meet and .5% veggies. lol.

Day #2 (08/11) - I had a good start to the morning. I started with a Carnation Instant Breakfast, A chewie (90 calorie) bar, and a cup of coffee (home made, not starbucks).

For lunch i had a smart ones pasta with left over turkey and 2 plums.

For Snack i had a handful of the Healthy Pringles and only 1 coke for the day (HUGE DEAL!!). I Love Me some coke. Today i need to go to the Market and get some Coke Zero, not as good, but better than nothing.

We had bowling, so I didn't go Work out. But B did Make us dinner! We had Steak and Rice.
P.s. I FREAKING LOVE RICE!!! i'm weird, i know, but i seriously could eat an entire meal made of rice, but it has to be good rice. that whole minute rice shit reminds me of basic traning, not so tasty.

So i'm going to have a steak sandwich with the left over steak and rice as the side today for lunch and to tell you what, i'm WAY excited! lol!! WAY!

But now its time to pack my gym bag, make my coffee, pack my lunch, and get my happy ass to work.

Have a happy wednesday ladies!!!

My Visit To My Job

I say visit, because i was there for less than 1 hour. I basically went in to check in and say "hi, i'm alive!"
okay a back story. In my civilian job i do invoicing for a small off shoot window coverings company. its a branch off of a family run dry cleaners which has 4 sections: cleaners, restoration, door to door, and window coverings.

in my office there are only 2 of us. We worked well together. I liked my work. It was simple, not to complicated as far as customers go. I liked our customers, some of them i even told i was being deployed and they were SO supportive. But now that i'm back i do not look forward to going back. I guess because it is so 'simple' i don't think i'll be happy there. I'm used to my fast paced life of my deployment and i doubt i'll be happy there any longer.

anyways I got off track.

So i go in and everyone seems tentative and uneasy. i'm not sure why. but this place has a way with the dramatics, so its not uncommon.
I say hi to everyone. Go in the back to see the boss (who's in a mood of hell). He sends me to see K. so i go across the street to see him. We chat for a bit. i tell him i can come back to work on the 15th. He says "that should be enough time". What its enough time for, I'm not sure. But then he tells me that they want to keep all 3 of us (me, my co-worker, and my temp) in the office for a while then "see how things go". WHAT?!

So the next day i email my coworker. and ask her how things are going. She tells me that my Temp ( we'll call her A) doesn't want to leave. That they're thinking of making her our supervisor. WHAT? okay let me say this. I took over the job when C moved to Texas. C got the job because A cussed out a customer and they fired her. Yes, they want to make someone they've fired from my job, my supervisor! ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS SHIT!?

So needless to say I'm NOT looking forward to the awkward mess i have coming for me!

On a side note: B's applying for a job in a smaller town about an hour from where we currently live. If he gets this job, i can and have to quit my job.

he's all ready turned in his application

They select on the 19th

and interview starting the 22nd.

So hopefully i won't have to work there much longer.

i haven't even started back and I'm already praying for the day i can quit.

the only down side to this is my school will now be 1 hour 45 min - 2 hour drive. Not looking forward to that. but I'll do what i have to. I'm just looking forward to not having to work there. maybe I'll get a weekend job working at an office or something. We shall see. but for now just cross your fingers i don't have to work there any longer than i absolutely have too.

SO Excited.

So i just got an email from my ID (interior design) advisor at the college. she said that the class i've been trying to get in but couldn't because of the pre-req's no longer has the pre-req's. I'm so excited!!

that means that i WONT have to spend all day (9am - 9pm) at school on mondays. that i'll be home for dinner 3 out of 5 days of the school week. I'm so excited!!

so my new schedule is:

I'm so excited i squealled. i'm so so happy. i'll still have 2 days a week where i can stay late and do homework. god. i'm so relieved. i can't freaking wait.

I'll update you on my visit to my civilian job later. woot!

Saturday Morning...

::yawn::
::stretch::

Hello all you loverlys out there in blogosphere world!

I'm having a really relaxed day. I opted out of my morning workout. I wasn't feeling well so i'm camping out on my couch while B goes and plays his weekly basketball game at the gym. He has a weekly game that he plays every Saturday. Lol. he seriously looks forward to it all week.

but i'm here camped out. me and Sammy.
So today's going to be a nice day. I'm not exactly sure what we'll be doing. B's sister is supposed to come over. she wants to go swimming. We're supposed to go to B's dad's house for dinner... i think. i'm not sure exactly.
Oh and SOMETHING is going on tomorrow. but i'm not sure. but B was pretty set that we don't go to my parents house today and we go tomorrow. I don't know whats going on. but something is up. i just don't know yet.... we shall see.
but for now i'm going to read some blogs, read my book, update my planner and hang out.
oh. our stupid fire alarm keeps beeping. B seems to think its wired into our power and doesn't have a battery. I think it DOES have a battery and those wires are to connect it to the system of fire and rescue thingys. but because he's a hard head... it keeps beeping.
well... poo!

Still No News...

Today's technically my day off.
But i came in to check my email.

...still no news...

The new 'word' is that there are 3 diffreant missions waiting to be droped by USTRANSCOM. and when those drop we'll be able to get our info. and "supposedly" that should be before tomorrow (USA Time) because they don't work weekends.

So here i sit...
No news...
Still waiting...

I want to go home! I miss my husband!

Update (sorta)

So i walked over to talk to the TMO (the peeps that get me out of here). I asked him if he had any info.

so he writes down my last name and goes into the back room. i can hear him clicking away on his computer. what feels like forever later (probably like 10 min tops) he comes back out.

No news. We're waiting for USTRANSCOM (big wigs) to drop my mission for all to see. I'm still supposed to leave the next location this weekend. but thats all we know.

i could get word at any moment. but we're just waiting. and waiting. and waiting. So hopefully i'll have more to update tomorrow. but thats it for now.

wishing i was here!
Portland International Airport!
(read: home!)

I Feel Like I've Been Lied To

So for my entire life, i have heard "no news is good news". Who ever said that is a fucker and a liar.

No news is NOT good news. No news is HELL!!!

So as I've said before I'm supposed to leave this week. well... today's Thursday and i still have no idea what the hell is going on.

1) yes, i know the military works on its on time table, but that doesn't mean i have to like it.
2) yes, I'm still getting paid, but again... i fully plan on using my right to bitch about it.
3) yes, i know I'll still be home soon. but not knowing is killing me.

In all honesty if they told me i was going to be here for another month, I'd be good. sad, but at least I'd know. this whole "maybe tomorrow" bullshit has GOT to stop. for the sake of my sanity.

No Matter What

No matter how foul of a mood i want to be in...
No matter how much shit i have to put up with...
No matter how crappy i feel...
No matter how shity of a day i had...

None of it matters.

I will be home home in less than 2 weeks.

I will be home with the love of my life
I will be home with my four legged baby
I will be home in my bed.
I will be home!!

Happy Mothers Day.

Since I'm not home, i don't have a picture to post of me and my mom. but I'm sure these will do.

This is my mommy and daddy at my husbands graduation!
This is my mommy and my husband at his graduation.

I miss them all greatly and can't wait to go home. My mom and I had a rough start growing up and i resented her for much of my youth. but now that I'm older she's one of my best friends. i love my mom with all my heart.

for new(ish) moms, moms of moms, daughters and anyone else with dependants: Kiss your kids and give them an extra hug for those of us away from home and unable to do so for our loved ones.

for hopeful and waiting to be moms: I say a silent prayer for each and every single one of you. because i know you're out there. and i know that today is hard for you. i love you all!!

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**EDIT**

I just called my mommy. i feel like crying. i miss her so much. she said i "made her day". made me feel good. i wish i was home.

White Christmas Indeed

Christmas Eve Snow!!!

Lots of Snow!

Did i mention, lots of snow

Christmas Cookies!!

I love chirstmas cookies

12/23

Our Deck!

My poor poor truck.

Driving Home from picking up my last pay check

The little treebushthingy in the in law's front yard. when we walked through the yard i had snow up to my crotch-area. INSANE i tell you! IN-SANE!

I love how these pictures came out. This is driving home from my work.

So cool.

the visibility was really really low!!

The trees! so cool!!

Super Cool!!!!

Snowdays!!!

So The weather here has been absolutley insane. This is the worst weather/snow/ice storm i've seen in at least 10 years, possibly the worst i've ever seen. I took loads of pictures.
this is from the first snow:

so pretty

i just like the way it looks!

(not a fan of snow)

Veiw from our poarch