So Tommy and I went and saw the new Transformers movie with a friend. Tommy and our friend were more interested in watching it than I was but I went. I actually liked it which even surprised me because I am not into those kind of movies. So if you are interested, go see it. It is cool, lots of action and a loonngg!!
Hope all the dads out there had a wonderful father's day!! Glad our dad's liked their gifts.
Anyway, things have just been blah around here. Tommy and I work, and work some more. Got to pay those bills and save haha!!
We are getting ready for some company in the middle of July. My niece and nephew from Las Vegas will be coming for a visit so we are looking forward to that. We have some surprises for them so that will be real cool for them. We plan to cook yummy homemade meals and take them to fun places. We aren't sure how long they will be with us but Tommy and I are trying to get time off to spend with them. I'll take pics of them while they are here and post them soon after.
We started taking our dogs for walks at the near by state park. They love it. It makes us and them tired afterwards but it is really good for all our exercise.
Tommy is back to working regular day shifts at work. YAY!! There is no more that we can ask for lol. We love it. We are both home at a descent time in the evenings and have dinner with each other. It is great!! Since we like to eat real early, this gives us enough time to prepare good homemade or not so homemade meals, eat it and clean up all at a descent time so we can still relax before going to bed.
Well that's all for now.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Ladi, Da, Di Da, more blogging
Hmm, I haven't blogged in a while so here we go...
So two weeks ago really was not good. I was sick with some annoying stomach bug that really took over my whole body. I missed a day at work, was in bed alot resting and was just plain sick. I was always tired. It started out where the time of the month for me was late, I had really bad stomach pains that wouldn't go away and they weren't my usual cramps that I get. They were more intense and hurt all over my stomach. I took some medication and by the end of the week my period came and I was starting to feel better but still felt crampy and tired and a little weird. I even talked to Mom J about all this and she thought it was a stomach bug or flu. I am cooking, doing other things around the house and going out with Tommy and friends again. I finally feel normal again. I wasn't feeling up to doing much in the evenings since it was only me while Tommy worked. I do know when I close one night in the week and have to turn around and be back the next morning, that is really hard for me. I don't get as much sleep like I usually do. I definitely feel like a zombie haha!!
Tommy was on stand by last weekend for work but he didn't get called in. So that is always nice. Tommy and I went to our little town fair. We werent there long since it was very tiny. Then later we went back with a friend, since he wanted to see what it was all about. I got an early birthday gift from Tommy. One that I was eyeballing. It was a Beijo purse. I love it. It is pearl colored and just so nice. It comes with a warranty, how cool is that?? LOL!!
Haley went to the vet. She is actually a little overweight. So we need to take her for more walks in the evening, cut back how much food she gets morning and night and cut back on the treats we give her. Haha!! Poor baby girl, but she will be ok. Everything is good exept for her weight.
We decided that the cats don't absolutely need to be declawed. It costs a lot of $$ and it isn't a must. Also, it is unfortunate that Duke will not be getting his puppy training. It costs way too much $$ and with driving all the way up there and back, the $$ for gas will be expensive. We just feel we can do our best at training him to be calmer and to learn more tricks. We would have loved for him to go through the training but it is just too much $$.
Tommy recently worked on restoring a World War Two Invasion Glider, that was used to land troops behind enemy lines. It is located right on base and he enjoyed working on it with the other people. When we were at the Wings Over Whiteman air show, there was a sign up sheet there and so Tommy was interested in working on it did it once. He wants to work on it again. They needed volunteers and so since it a volunteer project, Tommy wouldn't get paid for it but that is ok.
I've been putting in my schedule working on crafts for Baby Joseph. I am so enjoying all of it. I know this sounds way too early but I also want to start working on some Christmas gifts for all our nieces and nephews including new babies in the family. I am not going to be telling them what I am crafting because I want it to be a surprise. I am sure we will not have a whole lot of $$ next Christmas so crafting gifts will be part of the way to go.
We recently went to the community pool. We were able to swim a little bit in the pool and were in the lazy river just relaxing. It was nice. Shortly after though, it started to rain and so we left. We haven't had very good luck with the community pool, haha!! First time we go, they closed like 5 minutes after we got there. The second time, it rained. It wasn't as crowded as I thought it would be so it was nice. We plan to go back again soon. We will not be able to go this weekend, because Tommy is working this week and part of next week 12 hour day shifts including this weekend coming up at work. He is not looking forward to it because that means he is working 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday for a while without a day off and sometimes earlier. He does have a four day weekend to look forward to afterwards so that will be nice. I have to work one day next weekend.
Tommy and I will be off July 3, 4, 5, and 6 for 4th of July weekend. We are looking so forward to that. I took some time off from work and Tommy gets time off for the holiday anyway. Tommy plans to grill but doesn't know just yet what. I love it when he grills. The food Tommy grills are so delicious. There will be a pool party at the community pool so we want to go there for that. I want to make cupcakes and decorate them with red, white, and blue sprinkles. Yummy, Yummy!! We may get together wtih friends but don't know yet.
This past Saturday night, (well Sunday early morning), we were sleeping and got a phone call from one of our friends at 1 a.m. He had something go wrong with his car. The battery light kept coming on and going off and he thought he could make it home without his vehicle just stopping but he didn't make it. He ended up being about 16 miles away from us and we ended up going to help him. He had his two year old daughter with him and so it was good I went too. I kept her company while Tommy helped our friend fix his vehicle. We went to Wal Mart and he got a new battery but it ended up being the ultinator. So he made it home and we followed him but Tommy ended up helping him the next day and the vehicle worked. If that was us, we would want someone to help us out. I never sleep until 10:30 in the morning but we ended up sleeping in that late. We went back to sleep at 4:30 a.m. so we were definitely tired. We were so tired on Sunday. It was an all together blah day!!
That is all for now, will blog more another time!!
So two weeks ago really was not good. I was sick with some annoying stomach bug that really took over my whole body. I missed a day at work, was in bed alot resting and was just plain sick. I was always tired. It started out where the time of the month for me was late, I had really bad stomach pains that wouldn't go away and they weren't my usual cramps that I get. They were more intense and hurt all over my stomach. I took some medication and by the end of the week my period came and I was starting to feel better but still felt crampy and tired and a little weird. I even talked to Mom J about all this and she thought it was a stomach bug or flu. I am cooking, doing other things around the house and going out with Tommy and friends again. I finally feel normal again. I wasn't feeling up to doing much in the evenings since it was only me while Tommy worked. I do know when I close one night in the week and have to turn around and be back the next morning, that is really hard for me. I don't get as much sleep like I usually do. I definitely feel like a zombie haha!!
Tommy was on stand by last weekend for work but he didn't get called in. So that is always nice. Tommy and I went to our little town fair. We werent there long since it was very tiny. Then later we went back with a friend, since he wanted to see what it was all about. I got an early birthday gift from Tommy. One that I was eyeballing. It was a Beijo purse. I love it. It is pearl colored and just so nice. It comes with a warranty, how cool is that?? LOL!!
Haley went to the vet. She is actually a little overweight. So we need to take her for more walks in the evening, cut back how much food she gets morning and night and cut back on the treats we give her. Haha!! Poor baby girl, but she will be ok. Everything is good exept for her weight.
We decided that the cats don't absolutely need to be declawed. It costs a lot of $$ and it isn't a must. Also, it is unfortunate that Duke will not be getting his puppy training. It costs way too much $$ and with driving all the way up there and back, the $$ for gas will be expensive. We just feel we can do our best at training him to be calmer and to learn more tricks. We would have loved for him to go through the training but it is just too much $$.
Tommy recently worked on restoring a World War Two Invasion Glider, that was used to land troops behind enemy lines. It is located right on base and he enjoyed working on it with the other people. When we were at the Wings Over Whiteman air show, there was a sign up sheet there and so Tommy was interested in working on it did it once. He wants to work on it again. They needed volunteers and so since it a volunteer project, Tommy wouldn't get paid for it but that is ok.
I've been putting in my schedule working on crafts for Baby Joseph. I am so enjoying all of it. I know this sounds way too early but I also want to start working on some Christmas gifts for all our nieces and nephews including new babies in the family. I am not going to be telling them what I am crafting because I want it to be a surprise. I am sure we will not have a whole lot of $$ next Christmas so crafting gifts will be part of the way to go.
We recently went to the community pool. We were able to swim a little bit in the pool and were in the lazy river just relaxing. It was nice. Shortly after though, it started to rain and so we left. We haven't had very good luck with the community pool, haha!! First time we go, they closed like 5 minutes after we got there. The second time, it rained. It wasn't as crowded as I thought it would be so it was nice. We plan to go back again soon. We will not be able to go this weekend, because Tommy is working this week and part of next week 12 hour day shifts including this weekend coming up at work. He is not looking forward to it because that means he is working 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday for a while without a day off and sometimes earlier. He does have a four day weekend to look forward to afterwards so that will be nice. I have to work one day next weekend.
Tommy and I will be off July 3, 4, 5, and 6 for 4th of July weekend. We are looking so forward to that. I took some time off from work and Tommy gets time off for the holiday anyway. Tommy plans to grill but doesn't know just yet what. I love it when he grills. The food Tommy grills are so delicious. There will be a pool party at the community pool so we want to go there for that. I want to make cupcakes and decorate them with red, white, and blue sprinkles. Yummy, Yummy!! We may get together wtih friends but don't know yet.
This past Saturday night, (well Sunday early morning), we were sleeping and got a phone call from one of our friends at 1 a.m. He had something go wrong with his car. The battery light kept coming on and going off and he thought he could make it home without his vehicle just stopping but he didn't make it. He ended up being about 16 miles away from us and we ended up going to help him. He had his two year old daughter with him and so it was good I went too. I kept her company while Tommy helped our friend fix his vehicle. We went to Wal Mart and he got a new battery but it ended up being the ultinator. So he made it home and we followed him but Tommy ended up helping him the next day and the vehicle worked. If that was us, we would want someone to help us out. I never sleep until 10:30 in the morning but we ended up sleeping in that late. We went back to sleep at 4:30 a.m. so we were definitely tired. We were so tired on Sunday. It was an all together blah day!!
That is all for now, will blog more another time!!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
The Cool Elephant Show, Good Air Show, etc
So Tommy and I went to a mini circus with horses, camels, elephants, dogs, cats, clown, a acrobat, and performers. It was actually very cute how they trained the cats and dogs to do different tricks. There were elephant rides and to ride them it was like $10.00 a person and we didn't even want to pay that so we didn't ride them. We didn't take any pics but it was cool.
Then we went to Wings Over Whiteman Air Show. We should have left before way before 9 a.m. before it started because the traffic was horrible. The traffice ended up being miles and miles long. We ended up going around the back side of the base and sneaking in through the back gate to beat all the traffic and to get a descent parking spot. It was amazing how the pilots fly all the different airplanes. We got to go up in the B-1 and see the cock pit. It was cool. We have pics so you can see them and us sunburnt. The weather was perfect, not too hot and not too cold. Just a little breeze so it was nice.
If any of you are interested in a cheap, easy vegetarian low fat chili that we made for dinner, here is the recipe from the healthier home cooking magazine we got. We made it to use up some canned vegetables and stuff from our pantry without having to go out and buy things for a meal. It actually was pretty good for having no meat in it.
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespooon vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
- 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)
-4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
-2 fresh jalapeno or serrano chiles, seeded, finely chopped
-2 cans (15 oz each) Progresso black beans, drained, rinsed
-2 cans (14.5 oz each) Muir Glen organix fire roasted or plain diced tomatoes, undrained 1 1/2 cups water
-1 tablespoon chili powder
-1 teaspoon ground cumin
-1/2 teaspoon course (kosher or sea) salt
-1 cup Cascadian Farm frozen organic sweet corn
-Sour cream or plain yogurt, if desired
-Shredded Cheddar cheese, if desired
-Chopped fresh cilantro, if desired
Directions:
1. In a 4-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, garlic and chiles; cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are tender.
2. Stire in black beans, tomatoes, water, chili powder, cumin and salt. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in corn. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 minutes longer.
3. Top each serving with sour cream, cheese and cilantro.
We made everything but the green pepper, corn, and cilantro because we didn't have it and put sour cream and cheese on top. We also made corn bread to go with it.
Next weekend, we want to make Spinach Manicotti. It looks delicious.
Next week Tommy will be on Evening shift all week for training to learn more about his job. He isn't looking forward to it. It is all stuff he already knows. I have to work one evening shift and the rest day shift.
B-2 Bomber. (The bombs on the trailer are different versions of the GBU-31 JDAM) Tommy builds these bombs.
This is the B-2 motorcycle that the Teutels made in Dec when they came to the base to present it. We didn't get to go see it because Tommy was away in school. By the way The Teutels use to my neighbors in New York when I was little
The Aeroshell Acrobatic team. They performed stunts.
.50 Caliber Barret Sniper Rifle (Long ranged rifle)
This is the EOD blast suite used when EOD is trying defuse bombs. Tommy and our friend got to wear the suit and it was 75 pounds including the helmet. We all got to play with the robot they use to check for bombs when it is unsafe for people.
Rachel and all the airplanes behind her
Us sunburnt from being in the sun at the Air Show.
Then we went to Wings Over Whiteman Air Show. We should have left before way before 9 a.m. before it started because the traffic was horrible. The traffice ended up being miles and miles long. We ended up going around the back side of the base and sneaking in through the back gate to beat all the traffic and to get a descent parking spot. It was amazing how the pilots fly all the different airplanes. We got to go up in the B-1 and see the cock pit. It was cool. We have pics so you can see them and us sunburnt. The weather was perfect, not too hot and not too cold. Just a little breeze so it was nice.
If any of you are interested in a cheap, easy vegetarian low fat chili that we made for dinner, here is the recipe from the healthier home cooking magazine we got. We made it to use up some canned vegetables and stuff from our pantry without having to go out and buy things for a meal. It actually was pretty good for having no meat in it.
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespooon vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
- 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)
-4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
-2 fresh jalapeno or serrano chiles, seeded, finely chopped
-2 cans (15 oz each) Progresso black beans, drained, rinsed
-2 cans (14.5 oz each) Muir Glen organix fire roasted or plain diced tomatoes, undrained 1 1/2 cups water
-1 tablespoon chili powder
-1 teaspoon ground cumin
-1/2 teaspoon course (kosher or sea) salt
-1 cup Cascadian Farm frozen organic sweet corn
-Sour cream or plain yogurt, if desired
-Shredded Cheddar cheese, if desired
-Chopped fresh cilantro, if desired
Directions:
1. In a 4-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, garlic and chiles; cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are tender.
2. Stire in black beans, tomatoes, water, chili powder, cumin and salt. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in corn. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 minutes longer.
3. Top each serving with sour cream, cheese and cilantro.
We made everything but the green pepper, corn, and cilantro because we didn't have it and put sour cream and cheese on top. We also made corn bread to go with it.
Next weekend, we want to make Spinach Manicotti. It looks delicious.
Next week Tommy will be on Evening shift all week for training to learn more about his job. He isn't looking forward to it. It is all stuff he already knows. I have to work one evening shift and the rest day shift.
B-2 Bomber. (The bombs on the trailer are different versions of the GBU-31 JDAM) Tommy builds these bombs.
This is the B-2 motorcycle that the Teutels made in Dec when they came to the base to present it. We didn't get to go see it because Tommy was away in school. By the way The Teutels use to my neighbors in New York when I was little
The Aeroshell Acrobatic team. They performed stunts.
.50 Caliber Barret Sniper Rifle (Long ranged rifle)
This is the EOD blast suite used when EOD is trying defuse bombs. Tommy and our friend got to wear the suit and it was 75 pounds including the helmet. We all got to play with the robot they use to check for bombs when it is unsafe for people.
Rachel and all the airplanes behind her
Us sunburnt from being in the sun at the Air Show.
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