Why can't we...

....have a pool? I think the next house we have, requirements should be fenced-in yard and pool. A pool is serious business. At least people would want to come hang out at my house..lol. I would probably never get anything done. My parents had a pool up until a couple of years ago and it was awesome. I'm not the type of person to just sit in a pool all the livelong day...but having that option would be nice.

I guess I haven't blogged in a while. We've been really busy with just random stuff. I spoke in my last blog about our first big fundraiser, but we didn't end up doing it because it stormed. So, we will be doing it in a couple of week for the Army Birthday Celebration on FLW. It will be a "Dunk an MP" fundraiser, so we are hoping that lots of people will feel the urge to dunk one of our soldiers and help us raise money for our FRG. We have a PSD group deploying and another coming home at the end of the summer, and we need to raise some moo-lah so we can do something nice for both of groups of soldiers. :)


Also, this past weekend, we went to a motorcycle rally.

Anywho - the rally was fun and interesting. We did not win the poker run, sadly, but it was still a fun time. Can't wait til next year -- and maybe we can steal someone's camper for the weekend. lol. There were a ton of people there, especailly Saturday night, with some fun events. And I was able to get my leather vest and chaps, so now I'm officially a biker babe. :)

Not too much else going on. Currently, I'm trying to build my FRG roster. I have all of these forms in a notebook, but I much rather prefer a spreadsheet. I will be glad to have something I can look at in case I need to get in touch with someone though. I didn't realize how few people actually filled it out with their spouse's email address, phone number, etc. Since this is my first FRG, I don't have anything against it but apparantly a lot of people harbor negative feelings towards it (or at least towards ours, I don't know about others). I just wish people would give it a chance. We could really help a lot of spouses and families. I would love to be there and be a shoulder to lean on for our families, but some of them just will not let me. Maybe in time, people will learn to start depending more on our FRG for things. Until then, I just have to keep on truckin' I suppose. :)

One last thing. I'm very excited that my good friend, Grace, is coming to visit next week. She should arrive next Thursday afternoon. Her husband is about a month or so into BCT, so she's new to the Army wife thing. I've been trying to be a support system for her and, even though I am 10 hours away (she still lives in Blue Ridge), I think we've done alright. I've tried to be a good source of information for her, so I hope I'm doing alright. I would lalalalove it if they happened to get stationed at FLW. It would just be the bombdiggity. Anyway, she's coming for a visit and she just so happens to be coming during the busiest week of the summer, I think. LOL. Hopefully she will enjoy herself and get a glimpse into my life!

Oh, ,and yesterday I tried out a new salon for a haircut, recommended by my friend Becky. It's called Studio 5, over next to Seller-Sexton in St. Robert. It was a good place and I def. think I'll be going back. The girl who cut my hair was brand new - it was her first day, first cut, and she was a month out of school (I managed to pry this info out of her..lol). I was a little nervous about it at first, but she did a great job. So I'll be going back to her, I do believe!

Sorry this turned out to be so long. Maybe if I wouldn't leave so much time in between posts, I wouldn't have to type so much, huh? It's a thought..haha

1ove,

Amy

It's strange often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise...

So we made it to Georgia for Mother's Day and then returned home safely last night. It was a good visit - I love to make our mom's happy by coming home for a few days. Some bad stuff happened, some good stuff happened...but I think all around it was a successful trip for both of us. We both got to relax a little and not think about work (or, in my case, the lack thereof) or the Army for a few days. I don't know about Kira and Jack (our German Sheperds) because we boarded them here in Missouri, but I know Oliver had a fun little trip down to Georgia. He brought back a few tick friends, as well. That was a pleasant surprise. lol.

There's a lot I wish I could say about everything that happened this weekend. I mean, when it comes down to it, it would appear that my best friend and I aren't even talking anymore. Which really sucks, because I do love her very much. And I want to be there for her, no matter what. I understand that she's got some stuff going on and I want to be supportive...just not at the expense of my own feelings all of the time. I don't think she does or says things to intentionally hurt me, but they do. And sometimes, I'm too proud too admit that they do. But this is me...admitting that I am hurting.

So, I don't know what will happen with that. Maybe we will work it out, maybe not. If we are able to, I would at least like to have a normal conversation (not a fight) about it all..but we'll see. Time heals all wounds, I suppose. And we all know I hate to stay angry for any length of time.

In other news, I got my mom a webcam for Mother's Day so once I'm able to get myself one, we can Skype it up! So excited - she's so cute with her little Facebook and everything. Love it.

Now, I guess it's back to the busy FLW schedule. We had a Change of Command to go to today, which was pretty interesting. I will miss the Zinks, but am excited to see what the new Commander has in store for us! Everything is changing! Thursday is our first big fundraiser with me as FRG Leader besides the Afghan blankets we are selling. It's been a little chaotic, but hopefully it will be alright and we will have a good turnout.

Aaaaaanyway, I guess that's enough of an update for now. :) Have a good nighte veryone!

The first of many..(hopefully)..

Well, this is probably the millionth time I've tried to do this. The most recent was last year, before our wedding in April. I just couldn't get into it, though, and I was really busy (which is definitely not the case right now, most of the time). Hopefully, I'll be able to keep up with this one a little better. It would be nice to be able to not only talk about my day but also vent, celebrate, etc.

I can only assume that anyone reading this already knows me, but if not - a little background. I was married in April of 2009 and, after a honeymoon in Disney World, immediately moved to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where my husband has been stationed until 2012. John is now a 1LT in the US Army, and I'm very proud of him and everything he's doing. I've becoming an Army wife through and through - volunteering, potlucks, the works. But, as much as I said I didn't want to get involved at first, I've actually started to enjoy it. Right now, I'm the leader of John's company's Family Readiness Group, which is essentially what it says - a group of volunteers that tries to help prepare families for anything the Army might throw at them. We try to give out as much information as possible and try to create some cohesion within the company, especially among us spouses. Some of us are new to the Army life, some of us are pro's at it but, in the end, we're all in this together and can all help each other. I've just started to get to know some of the spouses in our company and I LOVE them.

I'm so glad I'm actually starting to make some friends out here after spending the better part of a year sitting at home with the dogs and working. However, I got terminated from my coding job at Pettigrew Medical Business Services just recently (I don't even WANT to get into all of that drama), so I've had a little more free time. I just had an interview at Game Stop on the post though, so keep your fingers crossed on that one. I would liek to get the job not only because we need the money but also because my good friend, Becky, works there and I think it would be fun to work with her!

The whole Army experience continues to both amaze and overwhelm me daily. Now that I have more free time, I've tried to delve even more deeply into my FRG Leader duties and there's so much I want to do but I am not always sure that I can do it. There are all these rules and stipulations placed on us now when, really, all I want to do is help out our families. So, I guess we'll see how it goes. I continue to be excited and frustrated by the entire thing, but I'm glad to be making a difference, even if it is just a small one.

I suppose that's good enough for a first blog, eh? I'll try to continue to blog regularly. We are fixing to go on leave but I'll try to update from my momma's computer when I get to her house! Yay for Mother's Day!

1ove,

Amy