Tis the Season

Well, in blog news, and i know you all probably don't care ALL that much... but i am now only 5 posts away from hitting 100.... that is INSANE!!! when i hit 100 i'll do a special post about my blog... i'm going to blog about blogging... YES...

Now onto the post. Yesterday was officially thanksgiving, and i honestly hope you all had soo much food you couldn't breathe! Since i had the turkey and rest of the amazing turkey day food a few weeks ago, i tried to spend yesterday as a normal day. i walked Deezul down to the beach at like 7:30 in the morning. then came home and was just watching the Macy's thanksgiving day parade, When Shaunci called and asked if i wanted to hit up the beach for a bit. so we went and laid out for about an hour... I am pleased to announce that i am NOT sunburnt. but have a little bit of new color on me. i came home after ONLY an hour, and Deezul had gotten ahold of my black pen that i use to write Riley's letters... and had killed it... all over the white sheet that was on the couch needing to be put away... it was my fault, he loves playing with those pens, and i forgot to pick it up off the floor... but i'm serious, a few weeks ago, before Riley left... he never would have done anything like this... i am learning alot about patience... and how to deal with him, without screaming or wanting to cry and pull my hair out.

sitting next to the scene of the crime.... Butthead.

closer view of the damage.

Speaking of Deezul, soo he LOVES to just hangout on the back porch, we have like a 25 foot chain for him out there, so he can lay in the grass or sit on top of the hill and over look the neighborhood and beach. Riley and I take advantage of him hanging out outside to get treats and eat them when he isn't around to beg... HOWEVER. he has intuition like a mother. i'll come into the living room from the kitchen with ice cream, or fruit, or popcorn... or anything really... and as soon as i step out of the kitchen, EVEN if he was passed out in the grass when i went INTO the kitchen, i'll walk in the living room and he's sitting at the back door with this creep "i know what you have" look on his face... 

I Know What You're Eating...

 Ok so after he destroyed the pen, i showered, put on some sweats and headed over to Shaunci's for movie day. we watched "Charlie St Cloud" i read the book a few months ago, so i LOVED the movie... PLUS Zack Efron is not too rough on the eyes.... Riley, don't act surprised by this, you TOTALLY know i have a little crush on him :) after that we watched Princess and the Frog, a personal favorite of mine. Shaunci had never seen it. Of course she loved it, how could you not adore that movie!

I was able to get a quick phone call from Riley yesterday around noon. he had just come off a 12 hour shift, and had 3 hours to sleep before he had ANOTHER 6 hour shift... he's exhausted. so if any of you are sending him packages, Energy Drinks are one of the newest thing to put on your lists... before he left for Afghan he had given up caffeine COMPLETELY he had looked into the health pro's and Con's of it and decided that it wasn't good for him, and gave it up. (i know that as Mormon's we're not supposed to have caffeine, but it took him looking into the health aspect for him to want to give it up... i still will have a caffeinated drink if i'm out to eat and they don't have caffeine free Diet Coke) anyway with his 18 hour days over in the desert, he is actually wanting energy drinks... he prefers the low-carb ones... low carb monster is his favorite, just FYI. also pancake mix and syrup, but the pancake mix that only requires you to add water.

Well today is black friday, but because of a few calls from Germany that cost much more than we were expecting, i will not be shopping today. i usually DO the black friday shopping, but it will have to wait this year. I have decided i am actually going to decorate for christmas and try to enjoy the season. last year it was a bit too much to handle, but because i was always with friends i had no choice but to do Christmas-y things. i was originally going to not do ANYTHING for the holidays, If Riley were here, he'd want me to enjoy this time. this IS his favorite holiday, and this will be his 2nd year missing it. so i am going to celebrate, and get my practice in for next year...

Riley Gardiner, next year's Christmas is going to knock your socks off!!!!! so get ready Babe!!! i love you and i miss you!!!!!

So today i will be breaking out the Christmas music. and on payday next week, i'll be going out and getting some christmas lights and a tree, and will be PRAYING that Deezul doesn't destroy the tree....

As Always Keep 2/3 in your Prayers, especially my Island Warrior Riley. and continue to Pray for my Nephew Jaxon, he is starting his 2nd Chemo treatment next week, and has recently lost all his hair. however my sister in law is an AMAZING mother, and she shaved her head to make him feel better about losing his.