Oh How I Miss The Weekend...

I have not been feeling well, AGAIN. So, it has taken me some time to get goin on this. I think I've got this whole sickness figured out. The past 3 weeks I have been sick only on Mon, Tue, Wednesday and been fine the rest of the week. I surely hope my little philosophy holds true because I'm really looking forward to having a nice Valentine's Day with Cameron since it is our first one we are actually together. Last year I couldn't even send him the cards I bought because they were so close to coming home and had shut down the post office over there in Iraq. Not sure why but I brought the cards with me when I moved, but I still have them. So he will be getting them a year late! I can't quite tell you what we have planned for Valentine's Day, other than lunch or dinner and going to see Dear John. There is another lil surprise in there he just can't know of quite yet. Anyway, I got sidetracked. This past weekend we went down to Leander for the weekend and what a weekend it was! Our friend James has been friends with the country singer Tommy Shane Steiner for a long time. He sings the 2001 hit, "What if she's an angel," good song! I used to listen to it all the time. Anyway, James lets us know Tommy invited us over to watch the UFC fights! I said, must be just for the boys. But no, I was invited too! How cool, I was sooo excited! But I played it cool.. haha. He's just another normal guy, who was wearing a headlamp when we walked in and was trying to get the tv set up. That is Cam and I with Tommy. Cam was excited that Tommy put HIS hat on and Tommy let Cam wear his black hat. It matched his outfit more..haha. So we hung out there till the wee hours of the morning, then had to stop by Mcdonalds to feed me and the lil baby who were just starving! On the agenda for the next day was the superbowl! We had meatball subs and italian sausages! And I added some brownies and mint ice cream to my menu! What a GREAT game! I'm so happy the Saints won, for the first time EVER! They had never even been to the superbowl, so how cool for them!! Now it's back to the grind and catching up on homework. Boo..

Blog Award - Thanks, Marg!

How wonderful. I have been puking my guts out for the past two days, but have been feeling a little better today. I've had nothing to blog about, unless you were curious about me throwing up every hour for 13 hours the other day. Lemme tell ya, NOT fun! Then I finally get on here and see Marg gave me this blog award- There is happiness in this world again. I had lost it somewhere along the way towards the bathroom. So, I guess I have to list 10 things I am happy for, and then list 10 blogs that make me happy. Here goes my list of 10 things that make me happy... these are in no particular order.
1. right now, MILK makes me SO happy. I think I've drank a half gallon today by myself.
2. My doggies. They are always happy to see me, and I too am happy to see them. Unless colt has done something bad...then I am a little less than happy. Dogs give so much unconditional love :)
3. My family. This includes my parents, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and so on and so on. Never a dull moment with all of us around. Who wouldn't be happy over that?
4. Texas winters = no snow. Need I say more on why this makes me happy??? Such a rough day when its 60 above and I gotta turn on my seat warmers.
5. My good friends that have been there since forever. I'm pretty sure I've told each of them that it's so hard to come by GOOD friends once you get older. People seem to be just...weird or atleast not someone I would wanna hang out with 24/7, share my stories, and be stupid with. I am blessed!
6. Friday Night Lights, the tv show. I don't watch many shows, but this show I just LOVE. It reminds me of cheerleading back in highschool. Plus, Tim Riggins is so easy on my eyes. Never mind that he's a drunk.
7. School. Weird, I know. But it makes me happy that I'm going to school to get a better education for myself and someday hopefully finding a job that makes me LOTS of money. Ok, maybe I should forget lots of money with my desired profession.
8. Cameron and Baby. We really are so lucky to get to be parents, even though it was totally unplanned. And I can only imagine what it would be like to have a baby with someone who is a little less than enthused about it. Cameron is SO excited, which makes me that much more excited. Thinking of names and looking at nursery stuff makes me happy!
9. Whew, this is taking some thinking. number 9... the beach. How could I forget the beach? I LOVE visiting Hawaii, Florida, Mexico, anywhere by the water!
10. Facebook. How cheesy am I? But being away from all my friends and family it makes it so much easier to keep in touch and creep around on people and see what's going on in their life. I love seeing what everyone is up to in the frozen north, colorado, florida and idaho ;)

Whew! Now ten blogs that make me happy. Goodness gracious. I must say I love all my friends blogs dearly. Those are located on my sidebar, under those I stalk. Haha. Then I would go find all those food blogs that I just adorED until 2 weeks ago, but I'd rather not have the fruit and yogurt parfait I just had come back up. I shall pass this award on to others :)

Baby Furniture Redo

Ugly toy chest, right? Kinda. Ok, yeah. But... (drumroll) TA-DA!
I found the cutest little blog called Better After. Its all about furniture redos. Thought this little toy chest was cute. She also has a cute crib that someone redid. Stephie, if you stay with me this summer, this will occupy our time ;) I have two dressers in the garage from Cameron's parents. Plus I have one in Fairbanks in my dad's crawl space that is pretty cute. Or should I say, could be pretty cute. Would just have to sand off the puppy stickers I stuck to it when I was 5. Whatever theme I choose for the babies room, I still want it to be eclectic and "lived in." Boys rooms can be shabby chic too, right? I don't see why not. I'm gonna have to check out garage sales and stuff here to find some good things. Alaska just doesn't have the best selection of old furniture and such like the south does. Bonus: the Army will ship it all home for free!

Good morning y'all :) I'm having a lovely morning sitting by the fire at our friends house in Leander. On my drive out here yesterday my mom asked me what kind of animal I was thinking about for the baby when it gets here. Heck if I know, right? But then I began thinking and thought, elephants! Cameron's sister just gave me an elephant statue thing that she didn't want anymore, but I just adore it! I planned on painting it red and putting it in the living room, until yesterday. Now I plan on putting it in the babies room. How cute would it be to have the babies room in elephants? I think it would be great. Elephants stand for so many things, that are just perfect. They are mainly associated with honor, strength, and patience. In western cultures they stand for reliability, dignity, power, and royalty. In Chinese culture they stand for happiness, longevity and good luck. I just thought this to be so perfect! I LOVE the bedding set pictured here, for a girl at least! I haven't found a cute boy one, but I'm sure there is one out there. I take that back, I have seen a few but nothing as adorable as this! I understand it is kind of early to be picking out themes and such considering I don't even know if its a boy or girl, but I just love the idea of elephants! Maybe I'll change my mind, maybe I won't... Time shall tell.

Homework, Homework, Homework...

Lucky! The dogs and Cameron get to just lye around while I'm stuck doing homework. I have 4 assignments, 3 journal writings, and 2 tests to get done by Sunday and I really just see no end in sight. Thankfully, one of my teachers wrote this morning saying she was flexible about due dates as long as people let her know what was going on. How perfect! I wrote her and let her know I hadn't been feeling well and asked for a few days extra to get the 3 journals and 1 test in to her. She hasn't wrote back, but I see no problem. So that should help! Seems like I do my best work at night when I don't feel so sick, so hopefully tonight I can just whip right through this stuff. What an eventful Friday evening. Poor Cameron. I told him to go to our friends house and hang out over there so he wouldn't be so bored and that way I could get my work done a little easier with no distractions from him or the dogs. We'll see if he goes. Update on the preggie pops: I haven't thrown up since I got them. I eat one before I get out of bed and then every hour or so until noon when I am generally fine after that. These are a godsend! They are spendy and I heard jolly rancher sours might do the same thing. I couldn't find any when we went to Walmart last night, but I'll keep my eyes open for them. Now off to get educated!

Preggie Pop Drops

All I've got to say is these things better work! I sent Cameron on a hunt for these the other day with no luck in finding them, poor guy. Finally, I went to babies r us with a friend yesterday in Austin and found them. I bought two packs, just so that if they did work, I would have plenty before I had to run back and get more. They taste pretty good so I can't complain about that. I LOVE the lemon ones, go figure! I just don't know what else to do and this whole being sick thing is REALLY gettin' old!

First Doctor Visit

Not really what I was expecting. Not that I was really expecting much, since I'm kind of new to this whole thing. Anyway, they just did a test to confirm that, YES, there is a little booger growing inside of me. Then they gave me a prescription for prenatal vitamins and folic acid. Next came some information on medicaid and how to apply since I am no longer covered on my parents insurance. You would think I would somehow be covered under Cameron's insurance even though we aren't married, since it technically is his dependent. We'll have to look into that. So, that was that and I was on my way. I went down to the Health Department or whatever and filled out my application for medicaid. I'll hear something within 15 days on whether I get it or not. On the way home I just HAD to have Arbys. Sooo yummy. I haven't been able to keep anything down besides fast food at night and if that's what it takes, then I'm all for it. I apologize for the lack of pictures. I left my camera at a friends house and plus, what the heck am I suppose to take pictures of? Cause lemme tell ya, I am not lookin so photogenic these past few days. Anyway, I'm off to bed. Night y'all :)