I have been going more and more in a certain direction. I try not to blog about politics or religion, but I just wanted to say I’m really enjoying Church, and since that’s what I’m doing every weekend.. it’s hard to not mention it. This last weekend was super busy. For those that don’t know, I am doing a rotating volunteer schedule at my Church. On A weekends, I work in childcare, and on B weekends, I work in the church cafe. This past Saturday morning we had a childcare meeting.. basically going over any updated information, as well as educating new volunteers on policies and safety information. Saturday afternoon I went to a friend’s baby shower and stayed until 9pm. It was awesome. I hadn’t seen this friend in TWELVE years. That is amazing to me. We lost contact and then reconnected on Facebook when I lived in California or Florida. The internet is amazing. Anyways, Sunday morning I worked in the church cafe from 9-1, and then Sunday night there was a huge Leader & Volunteer ‘pre-launch’ party for a new program we’re doing. That was a ton of fun, and Matthew and I stayed pretty late for that as well. It was the most busy weekend I’ve.. ever had I believe.. but I had tons of fun!

I have to say, my faith in humanity was slightly restored yesterday. I went grocery shopping and I guess sometime on the way out, I dropped my wallet in the parking lot. This is a HUGE store next to a HUGE highway. When I realized it was gone, I was sure it was gone for good. After a series of near heart attacks, it was found and turned into customer service. Everything was intact.. the small amount of cash and all my cards.. except my driver’s license was gone. The only thing I can think is that it would have been fairly easy for it to fall out from where it was during the whole ordeal. My military ID is still there. I am so glad that someone was kind enough to turn it in without messing with it.. and my license is fairly easy to replace.

Recently, I was given the opportunity to review a product from a company called Care Cleaning and Protection. The first product was Tack Kleen, which is a “Tack Cloth”. If you’re not familiar with Tack Cloth, it is a thin sticky “rag-like” item that is used for cleaning up small particles of dust, etc without leaving a sticky residue on the item that you’re cleaning. The opportunity was timed well because I was in the middle of building a shelf for my DVD collection. I used the cloth to wipe the shelf after sanding, to ready it for the stain I was applying. I love the way it worked and made cleaning it so much easier than trying to wipe or blow the particles off any other way. I definitely recommend this product for anyone looking for easy and effective clean up.

I have to start updating more. I’ve left y’all hanging on the cliffhanger that is my life. Err..

Anyways! We are just taking things day by day right now. We miss daddy, but he will hopefully be here in a few weeks to visit. I try not to look beyond that visit.. it only makes things harder than they need to be. We just have to make the most of our time together.

Over the past few days, the realization of my disease has gotten to me. I won’t bore you with the whole story, but I’ve been diabetic for 11 years, and it’s wearing on my body. The first physical sign reared it’s ugly ass head, in the form of turning my nails yellow. I now have “diabetic’s nails”. It’s hard to accept. I tried to tell myself it was some fungal infection or something, but the reality is there staring at me. I finally went to the store yesterday and purchased fake nails. I can’t paint my nails because it doesn’t matter what expensive base or top coat I buy, polish flakes off my nails. I have ridges that keep polish from adhering well. Nail glue, however, holds.. so that’s what it’ll be. I may have to wear artificial nails for the rest of my life, but as long as I don’t have to see my ugly yellow nails..

On a happy note, I sold our laptop this morning. It was a good computer to us for years, but it was time to go. I hardly use it, and I think once I’m ready to travel I will get a smaller laptop or a netbook. We’ll see when the time comes. In the meantime, I have grocery cash, YAY!

With it getting closer to Jeremiah coming home for a visit, I can’t help but sit here and think about things we might do as a family to help us take advantage of the time we have together.

One of the things we’ll probably do is go to Sea World. Military gets one free visit a year, so we will probably make our way down there. Matthew will love the animals and shows and just enjoy being with Mom and Dad.

Another thing we like to do is go to the local park. It’s got a couple of great playgrounds as well as trails and a small river that runs through it. THEN there’s also a YMCA there which we have membership to, so we can utilize the pool and splashpad. I love our park.

While daddy was gone, Matthew ended up getting some wooden train sets, so I’m thinking we’ll also spend some family time building some epic train town!

Fourth, playing in the sprinkler! There is nothing I like more than playing in the sprinkler on a hot day! And of course, Matthew loves it too.

Last.. I am thinking about getting one of those “My First Memory” games. I’ve seen them at Target and I believe they’re for 2 and up. It would be great for family time as well as a learning experience for Matthew.

I just can’t wait for Jeremiah to come home. It may only be for a short while, but I’m hoping we can make the best of it!

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In the last couple of weeks, I was lucky enough to be able to experience the customer service and quality product of EdenFantasys.com. After I ordered from them, it took maybe three days for my order to arrive. It was a great experience and their website was easy to navigate and utilize.

EdenFantasys is well known for being a website dedicated to sexual re-discovery. A lot of people think that online ordering of things like sex toys, erotic books, videos or even lingerie is somewhat questionable, but you really haven’t experienced the truth until you check out EdenFantasys. My order arrived in a plain discreet box. I was very impressed with the whole process and will definitely be ordering from them again!

As far as products go, EdenFantasys does have a wide selection of toys… toys for individuals (men and women) as well as couples play. However, they also carry a variety of lingerie, DVDs and books, as well as items for bondage and fetish play, if that is your thing! Looking for party favors? EF is the website you need to be at.

Whatever you’re looking for, EdenFantasys probably has it. If they don’t, there’s a good chance it’s not sexual related, haha. I am going to start shopping soon for my next order.. I can’t wait!

One of the things I definitely take for granted in my life right now is our awesome medical care. I am aware that the benefits of the military are even more beneficial to me than they are to others. I know I take it for granted, but I can’t help it! I don’t have to worry about anything! Something we do have to consider eventually is a health savings account, for when we get out of the military. It’s just a good thing to have in case anything huge comes up. Yes, we’ll hopefully always have insurance, but you never know. Also, there’s deductibles and other costs that aren’t covered by some insurances. I am a firm believer of I’d rather be safe than sorry!

It is so hot here, and I am so tired. I know I wanted to move here, and I am still happy here.. but MAN, it’s HORRIBLE. If I’m going to be in the heat, I’d rather do it while utilizing one of those Disney vacation packages or something. I’d love to get a break and go on a nice vacation. We went to a bunch of amusement parks and such while we were in Florida, but it’s not quite like going there and spending 5 days or whatever in a nice hotel and just being carefree. We went there when we first got to Florida from California, so we were in the middle of a move, staying with family that was driving us crazy, yada yada. Ahh maybe one day.

That Leonardo DiCaprio seems to be having some spousal bad luck? In both of his recent movies, his wife has died and he’s been left hanging on to her memory, only seeing her in dreams. I wonder if there was a whole conversation about “You want me to do WHAT? You realize I did that in my last movie, yes?” It just totally threw me for a curve. I’m watching Shutter Island at home, which actually came out first, but I kept putting the two stories together in my head. It was just.. meh. I’ve yet to finish Shutter Island. I don’t watch movies like that at night so I have to watch pieces of it during Matthew’s nap time each day. Maybe I’ll finish it today, hehe.

In the meantime, I can’t help but think about our future once we’re out of the military. We talk about it a lot but I can’t help but wonder what it’ll be like. I come across websites like those for NC health insurance and I wonder if we’re going to be able to have decent health insurance. I’m diabetic and we have a child, so it’s pretty important that we have a good plan. I guess I shouldn’t worry too much about what’s up ahead, and deal with the present.

Speaking of the present, today I am working in the cafe at our church. I am so excited!

I can’t think of what to type, because the “CLACK CLACKING” of Angel’s keyboard is taking up all my brain space right now.

I could tell you all about kitchen lighting, and why a good chandelier is super important to have in any dining room. I could also tell you about all the dead bugs I should REALLY clean out of the lights in my kitchen.

Or I could tell you about how I enrolled Matthew in a Mother’s Day Out program today. We actually have an appointment tomorrow morning to tour the church he’ll be going to, and submit the actual papers and pay the start-up costs.. but I’m pretty excited already. It’ll be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-12.. It will give me some good ME time, allow me to take naps (YAY NAPS!) and get stuff done that I need to get done. Also, there’s the numerous benefits for Matthew! I will post more about it later, but just wanted to say, YAY!

Today is my child free day. My mother in law is in town and stayed here last night, then took Matthew this morning. I’ve been excited about this day for the past week, but now I find myself sitting alone in my house, not knowing what to do. I am meeting a friend at 11:30 and we are going to go to the theater and see Inception, but then I don’t know what I’m doing the rest of the day, other than dinner and family time at my husband’s aunt’s house tonight.

I am catching up on Sunday’s episode of True Blood, then I’m going to go sit in front of my TV and watch last night’s episode of Teen Mom. I didn’t watch it last night out of respect for my mother in law, because even though it’s a fairly clean show, you never know! Lol. Also I spent last night trying to fix the wireless modem because it wasn’t working properly. That was annoying.

I am going to try to relax a bit and hopefully enjoy my time here by myself. I do already miss my buddy.. there is an eerie quietness. I almost feel like he’s upstairs napping or something, hehe.