Fill-in Friday!

I really enjoyed " Fill-in Friday" that Wife of a Sailor sponsors the last time I was blogging, so I thought I would pick it up again! Here are my answers to this week's questions

1.If you were a famous movie star, what types of movies would you star in?
Obviously…Romance. Not the super sexy ones….the softly painful ones like “ Pride and Prejudice”. I’m a sucker for romance ( what girl isn’t?!) and I think I could play that just as well as Kiera Knightly!

2.What is a vacation you would like to take if money were no object?
I’ve had a lot of time to think about this lately, because I’ve been wanting to take a vacation with the Hubs when he gets back from deployment. So I’ve been doing what any good little wife would do ( with a husband who is only slightly OCD)…research! Unfortunately, money is an object, so we’ve decided on a much smaller route. But if I could choose ANYWHERE…it would be the coast of Ireland. Because it so…lol romantic :)

3.Did you have pets growing up?
Yes. We had a dog, a little cocker spaniel named Buffy, and we loved him! He died when I was a junior in high school after being with us for 13 years. My husband and I look forward to having a house full of pets for our kids…someday :)

4.What do you do for exercise?
I really enjoy running. I used to do it a lot in college. It’s been a very long time though, since I’ve been married really…so I’m a little bit rusty. My family is doing a “Biggest Loser” this year though, and the game is on! My husband is a runner too…I daydream about us being able to run together…lol when we don’t have young children that need to be watched while the other one of us gets a little exercise :)

5.What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received as a MilSpouse?
Hmmm…I’ve been given ( and frankly, have asked for!) a good amount of advice, particularly since the Hubs has been deployed. I really do think the best thing for a military spouse or S/O to do, at least who is dealing with deployment, it would be to find something worthwhile to occupy your time and your mind. Pick up a hobby, find a new job, volunteer for a cause, do something to keep you occupied, because when you are occupied the time goes faster, and it keeps your mind off yourself and how much you're missing you spouse. Not that you won’t ever feel sad or lonely. But at least those moments will be fewer, and easier to deal with when they come because you will feel like your life has continued, instead of being on pause waiting for him to come home.

until next time,

My most embarrassing moment?!

I TOTALLY had this post all written yesterday, so in my limited time today all I would have to do was publish it and that way free up time to work on another blog I contribute to, but when I went to find the draft this morning...gone, extinct...not even there! ( guess now I've learned to back-up my posts!) Mildly frustrating since I tend to write a book every time I blog! I'll do my best though, to recreate my fabulous post in the limited time I have this morning!

1. What is your favorite household chore? I really enjoy general household straightening. It used to be laundry, but with my growing family there is too much of it now for me to enjoy it anymore. But vacuuming, picking up toys, making beds, sweeping...I really enjoy all of that now.
   
2. What is your favorite childhood memory? I have a lot, but one of my favorites is a valentines day when me and my younger came home from school to find special cookies made for us out of cookie-molds that my mom NEVER used, really only kept them for decoration. ( They were these complicated Raggedy Anne and Andy molds that were so cute!) She had decorated them and everything, and I felt really special for my Mom to have made them for us. :)
   
3. What is your most embarrassing moment? Ha...one of my more embarrassing moments happened shortly after I had gotten married. The Hubs and I were just hanging out at our new place with one of his friends from A-School, laughing a joking, having a good time. My husband had gone to the back of the house to get something and our friend said something that made me laugh so hard I farted! At this point I hadn't even been brave enough to fart in front of the Hubs yet, and when our friend laughed out loud and called down the hall to tattle on me, my husband rushed down the hall, face all disappointed, " Are you serious?!" Farts are funny, the Hubs always says ( we can't help but laughed at Pollyanna when she does it...lol hopefully one of these days I'll get around to teaching her some manners!) and he was sad he missed my very first one married to him. Talk about embarrassing! :)
   
4. What uniform of your spouse’s is your favorite? Alright...he says that it depends on whether you're talking comfort or looks. For comfort it's a toss up between the dress whites and the poopy suit. The poopy suit is really very comfortable (understandably) but you only wear it underway, so that's one strike against it. As far as for looks, hands down the dress blues. And I completely agree...there is nothing more handsome then my Sailor dressed in his dress blues!
   
5. What canceled TV show do you miss the most? I really wish that My So Called Life had gone a few more seasons. I really identified with that show as a teen, and was sorry that it didn't last long.

Until next time,

Participation is Great!

I thought I would try to start being a little bit more pro-active in the Mil-Spouse blogging community, and do a little bit more to have some posts on here where I'm not complaining. :) Anyway, Wife of a Sailor is holding a "fill-in Friday" and I thought I'd join in. Here are the questions and my answers:

1. Tell us about your dream job… one that you could do regardless of pay. I think I'm already doing my dream job...despite the fact that my kids drive me crazy at moments, I've always wanted to be a wife and mother....since I was little. It wasn't until I got into high school and felt that it was expected of me to have ambitions other than that that I started to look into other "careers" that I would be interested in. I also do have a slight desire to write a novel someday. Writing a book is WAY different then blogging, but at least blogging allows me to get my writer's itch scratched!
   
2. What is your most prized material possession (kids and pets don’t count!)? This is kind of sad...I'm a very active Latter Day Saint ( or Mormon) so I should say " my scriptures". But in reality I have several sets, and I know I could get more if they were lost. So really, the possession that I have that means the most to me is my engagement ring. It's BEAUTIFUL first of all, and is something I want to save to pass down to my children or grandchildren. Also...it's a little piece of my husband I wear on me every day. It's my connection to him, and I wear it proudly. I think I'd die if I ever lost it...
   
3. What has been your favorite duty station and why? I miss South Carolina a lot...for several reason. I miss being in school versus sea duty :) I miss the great beaches, I miss historical downtown Charleston. Plus...I got married there, got pregnant and had my first child there...I'm pretty emotionally attached to South Carolina. But we're only on our second duty station so...I don't really have much to compare it to!
4. What is your least favorite household chore? I HATE the dishes. My husband and I actually promised each other when we got married that he would always do the dishes and I would always do the laundry, the chore he hates. :) It hasn't worked out that way yet...I do dishes and he does laundry because we're often apart from each other (duh!) Maybe someday we'll be able to keep that promise to each other!
   
5. If you could give one piece of advice to a teenager today (not specifically a MilTeen), what would it be? I think I would tell them to be brave and go outside of their comfort zone more. I was surprised after I graduated how much of LIFE went on around me that I never really paid attention to in high school! You're so self-centered at a teen...I think if I could have broken out of that frame of mind I probably would have enjoyed life a little bit more as a teenager. :)

until next time,