Happy AUGUST!!

I really have been horrible about blogging! but guess what??!!! It's now August!! I'll do a quick summary of the boringness of my summer. All I seem to do is work. And when I'm not working I'm at a friends house. I started the wash one night and then went to a friends house pretty much down the road and came back and it stopped working. I was kind of freaking out...what was I going to do?? I knew it would be something Den could fix and I need a washer but didn't want to pay to have someone look at it. so I pulled it out and not knowing what the heck to look at and wiggled some stuff around and tada! I did it! I fixed it all by myself!! I'm definatley not Mrs. Fix-it. But my gholly I'm doing good for not knowing what the heck I am doing! haha! for the 4th of july my friend and I met up with my aunt and uncle and their kids for fires works down at Poulsbo waterfront. it was so dang pretty!!! I enjoyed them. next year we'll get there earlier and not have to deal with the drunk sailors.

*This is Hannah. We tried getting pics of the fire
works behind us. Her husband and Den are friends
and we became friends soon after! She's been my
go to, gal ever since! :) *

My little cousins came to Washington for a visit. And it's just what I've been needing! We've had so much fun! we went to seattlle and went on a boat tour of seattle and then to the aquarium then did a little shopping (my fav!) and the next day we went to the pacific science center (btw its huge! def can't do all in one day!) then to the space needle and got to go all the way up. and take pics! What a beautiful view! and luckily for us the weather was nice for us! it sprinkled a little bit but once we got out of the car it wasn't raining any more. then today we went to the musem of flight. What an expierence! I can't wait for den to come home! All this stuff would be so fun to do with him! I'll post more about him later but for now enjoy some pics!! :)

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEN!

So Den is a VERY hard person to shop for, and he never tells me what he wants, or needs. so I literally take notes on the stuff he says 'I wouldn't mind having something like that' and it's literally like maybe 5 things. About a week ago or so, I was going through some pics, and saw a pic of den playing a guitar at a store, and since then I had my mind made up that, that's what he's getting for his b-day. and so I went online and started pricing them out. A friend went with me to the mall in town-they have a specialty guitar shop, and so I went in ( I don't know a thing about guitars) so I told him what I thought I was looking for and he showed me a couple and played a little song on them and my friend told me what was a better sounding one, and I took her advice and bought him a black Johnson. I can't wat to see his face when I surprise him with it!!!! :)
This was about 3 years ago or so...

besides me-this'll be his love! ;)

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST HUSBAND! :D

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME!!!

Uncle and I in our Vargas glasses!

WHAT A FUN, FUN, NIGHT!!

I've been a horrible blogger. Things have been kinda busy, or at least I'm doing a better job at staying busy. I've been decorating, and getting stuff in order. Even though we've been here since February, I needed to clean out the garage. When I was unpacking, I just kinda threw our full boxes full of stuff we didn't need right away in the garage. My goal is to clean it up, and make it a place where Den can bring out his punching bag and work out, or he can use his tools and build or fix stuff...It makes me laugh, because even though he tries really hard to fix stuff and enjoys it most of the time, it seems like it never goes as planned. But this way, hopefully he'll have everything he needs

I went furniture shopping a couple weeks ago. I went in with ever intention to buying a new couch. But when I got to the store and was trying to pick out what I wanted, I felt kind of guilty making this big purchase without Den. So, I picked a few out of my favorite, and got they guys name and said we'd be back...( poor guy, he just wanted to make a sale. haha) I've also been eyeing and pricing out flat screen t.v.'s, we could use a new t.v. but I don't think I'll wait for him for this purchase. I want to surprise him with it. So I'll keep the reciepts. ;) I just want our house to feel more cozy, and homey..right now, its everything BUT cozy. It'll get there though. I just have to change one room at a time. So I'm starting with the living room, the one everyone sees. then I'll go to kitchen and dining room, then our bedroom... There are so many fun stores! I was a litle disappointed when the closest Real deals to me is 4 hours away. But I think I may have found something that isn't AS good, but it'll do.

HERE ARE MY TOP 2: (note: I will not have white, it'll be darker)

Now for the fun! My uncle is a NY Yankees fan, and they come to Seattle once a year, and play three games or so against the Mariners. After working at Sport Clips for 3 years, I've learned a lot about the different teams. And NY is my LEAST favorite. However, our seats were on the NY side and were close to the field. Every game they kind of have a theme. and this game was "Viva Las Vargas"night. and the first 10,000 people got Elvis sunglasses. So when we got there and there were a TON of people already waiting in line I didn't think there would be any way possible we'd get glasses. Luckily, we got them! HOW FUN! It was a great time!!! We found our seats and saw the players warming up, and they were so close! We saw Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter, and CC Sabathia all warming up! Its crazy because here these guys are making millions playing Baseball. Its crazy. Until lastnight, I never thought Derek Jeter was that good looking...But I was WRONG! I learned that A-Rod, got his carreer started with the Mariners, and everyone was booing him, heck, there were these two obnoxious guys yelling at him. They were SO annoying. But we got through the game and no one got hurt. ESPECIALLY because they were Mariners fans on Yankees side. Its an awesome expierence! I loved it!!! Would def go again!! Enjoy the pics! :)

Our first Deployment

I don't even know where to begin. It's been a week since Den left for deployment. It was one of the worst days ever! When I found out 2 months ago that he was going to be deployed 2 months from when we got here, I was a little bummed. (OK a lot). But I decided to make our time together worth it. We had a great couple of months together. And I can't evens belive how fast it went. About a month ago when we had the ''pre-deployment'' meeting they said that everyone needs to have their wills done before they leave. And about a week ago, I asked Den if he even made one. He said "no, because we don't have any kids, everything I have will go to you.'' I wasn't going to debate with him, so I just shrugged it off. All day, I was miserable. Words can never express the feeling of deployment. Its kind of a numb feeling. And when we pulled up to the bus stop. It was hard to keep it together. But then my loving husband decided that was the time to tell me what he wants to go where if something were to happen. I pray every night, and probably like every 5 minutes that he'll be safe.

Dennis will be gone for his Birthday. So, the Sunday before he left we went to my Uncle and Aunt's house. And we celebrated his Birthday. We just had a cake and ice cream. But I didn't want him to leave without some kind of celebration. :)

He had a long flight. Poor guy. But I was pleasantly surprised to recieve a phone call from him the following morning. He's a day ahead of us. Which is so weird to think about. Before he left, I showed him how to use skype, so for the first few days I was able to see him through skype. I absolutley LOVE him. He says it's so pretty there, and soo hot! haha. I am soo proud of the man he is. I would never dream as a young girl that the man I was going to marry, would be such a good guy. And so loving. I lucked out. And I am so thankful for the person he is, and the love he gives to me.

Ok, I'll quit blabbing now. :)

Josh Turner -The Longer the Waiting

I couldn't put this on my last post. But this song just hits the spot. It's hard to listen to, but I absolutley LOOOVE it! I hope you enjoy too!

Just a thought..

Tonight was Den's pre-deployment meeting. There were a ton of people there! I thought a submarine would hold like maybe 12 people. There was at least 4 dozen guys there. Most with their wives and kids. I have to admit I was a bit intimidated. But I went because I thought they'd provide all the answers to my questions. A lot of the stuff they shared was good, useful information. But some of it was kind of useless. But I'm glad I went none the less. Man, I can't belive in a little under 3 weeks, he'll be leaving again. One thing they said was that they'd be leaving either the 6th or the 7th. (Which this coming from the chief, you'd think he'd know for sure what day it is. Being this close to deployment.) Then he flies out of the country (which where he is going is "classified" information...I'm too nosey, I want to know where he is, how long he's going to be there, what he's doing, and if he's ok. So this will be trying for me to not know anything) And will be returning somewhere around the 18th-20th of August. I'm dreading this.



I can honestly say that being a military wife, has opened my eyes to the worldly events happening. I thought I was thankful for a free country before, Now I'm quadruple, maybe even more thankful for the things that our country provides us. But this by far, is the hardest part of my life. It's so easy to be supportive to my husband. Because I love him so much. But at the same time while I'm trying to be strong, I'm dieing inside. I don't want to break down in front of him. Because I know that as much as I hate him being gone, he hates it worse. I want to be the strong wife. Is there such a thing as a strong wife? I want him to be able to leave and not worry about me, or anything back home. I feel like I don't have any right feeling the way I do, because there are people who are away from their families a lot longer than 4 months. But, when I log on to FB, and I see my friends complaining because their husbands/boyfriends are gone for a few nights or a week, it really hurts my feelings because, well they're gone a week, they're guarenteed to see them in a week or a few days... I can't even talk to my husband for a couple months. I can e-mail him all I want, but being under water they have no way of getting them until the sub surfaces after a month or two. And then MAYBE he'll get the chance to respond.



It's very important to me that no one thinks I'm trying to get people to feel bad, throw a pitty party. Because that is so not the case. This life style is so hard, and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. But, in the midst of it all, I often find myself questioning if I'm cut out for this. But a thought just came to me. If this is what we have to do, then there is really no other person I'd rather do this for. Den and I, we are the lucky ones. Because even though I've only been with him 2 1/2 months out of this whole year, we get eternity. Which in the skeem of things makes this all worth while. But for now, I'll keep my happy face for him. and while he's gone I pray that the time goes by quick. And I have to thank my family and friends for their support. I loove everyone! <3

The Adventures of moving!!

Since I can't sleep I might as well update the blog. I actually started and finished it on our Word program. Then went to copy and paste, and guess what??? It doesn't work! GRR! But this gives me a chance to look back to the past few weeks! :)

**I'LL POST UP DATED PICS SOON!!**


I have to start out by saying how nice it FINALLY is to have Den with me again! What a blessing! Ok, now to my story. (its more like a short novel. So bare with me..) Wednesday morning (the day before we actually move) Den and I woke up bright and early, to start out our day of packing. Starting with getting our Budget truck. It was HUGE! I didn't think there was any way possible that we could fill that thing. Since Dennis is too prideful to ask for help. We got to the storage unit and realized we forgot to bring the dolley with us. I say THANK GOODNESS for good friends! I called our good friend Spencer, and he picked up the dolley and helped us pack the truck. It went by fast! I was soo glad! Then on to Den's parents. I was thinking we didn't have all that much stuff there 2 dressers and mostly clothes. But it took forever! Probably because while I was packing, Den was making the calls to his boat, and doing the packing from the garage. All this stuff I didn't know he had!


About 2 + hours later we were finally finished! But we wanted to avoid goodbye's for a while longer so headed to my moms and packed there. A week or so before my grandma passed away, she showed Krysta, and I what she wanted to go where. (Coincidence??) So I had a dresser and a side board and CLOTHES galore, and random odds and ends. Man, for two people, we sure were scatter around! ;) so we finally finished everything about 8 o'clock that night. Now, for the part we weren't looking forward to! A week earlier, we said 'bye' to his brother and sister inlaw and their family. Then his sister a few days before. So it was on to our parent's and my sister and our friends. It was hard to say bye to Dens parent's. I'd grown quite attached since we'd been there. Ofcourse, his mom cried. But nothing too bad. So we left and got to my moms and I was a mess. We decided to stay there because it was 15 less miles we had to drive the next day. My mom was a trooper and held it together. Which I'm thankful for. I know she was having a hard time but I think it would've been much harder to say goodbye with her bawling! So once we ate, we went to the Hirschi's. I don't think they'll ever know how much I love and aprreciate them! I was at their house literally almost everyday since Den left. And as much as I'm sure they wanted to give me the boot, they still invited me over! Sara and I had talked about how hard this goodbye would be. But to my knowledge she didn't cry either. Thankgoodness! I cannot stress enough how blessed we are to have such loving, caring, kind, friends!


We left there, and I bawled more. We went home and slept about 3-4 hours and was up and ready by 7:30. Enough to see my mom off, and say bye to my sister. The hard part was over, now on to a 15 hr drive. We drove about 9-10 hrs on Thursday. And stopped in Oregon. Man we were beat! We slept 13 hrs! Then off again we were! But not before fueling. I got out of the car, and did the normal, pop the the lid, slide my card, and a guy takes my card. I was shocked! I didn't know what the heck was happening! Until he told me it's a law in Oregon to have someone pump your gas. Well at least I wasn't being robbed! haha! The drive was actually kind of boring. Really flat and nothing. At least in Idaho we have mountains, farms, and other things. Not Oregon, or the first part of Washington. Once we got into Washington far enough, I was in awe! This place is HUGE! We finally got to base! With 2 hours to spare before we have to meet with the housing people. So Den pulled off, and when I got out to see what he was doing, I saw the car that was being pulled behind the truck, on the dolley the two front tires straps were completley off! We made it that far without the car falling off! Someone put in a good word for us because that's a miracle! We still had to register the cars for base, so after an hour and a half Den finished fixing it. Then on to registering the cars. We can only register one car. Because I accidently threw the new registration away, mistaking it for the old one.

(Sorry if I'm blabbing) But I have to explain how this move works. The Navy pays us to move, or they'll move us. But us having cars, they wouldn't pull them. So we had to do the move ourselves. And when we picked up the truck we had to weigh it empty. And now we have to weigh it full. NOTE TO SELF: DEN AND I DO NOT MAKE A GOOD MOVING TEAM! NEXT TIME WE HAVE THEM MOVE US! So this is why the car is still attached, and we didn't take it off. It took Den many, many, times explaining that to me. But we made it to the house! I was in LOVE! Its so nice and roomy for the 2 of us! So after signing paper-work, we had to hit the road to find a weigh station. And our luck is, if we didn't have bad luck, we'd have no luck. So the two that were close to us were closed. His LPO (Leading petty officer) found one a little closer than the one I found. It was still an hour and a half away but we got the job done! HALLELUJAH! Then we get back to base FOR THE NIGHT, about 8. We still have plenty of time to do some un-packing. Well that was until we got stuck between two cement round-abouts. GREAT! Den started to un-do the car and we'd just take the dang thing off now. But we were told we had to wait for the base police to come help us. So we waited for 15 + minutes, and for them to come tell us to do what we origionally had planned to do! by the time we got done it was a quarter to 10. I was ready for the night to be DONE! When we got back home, we went to let the dogs in and our new little blood hound had blood running down her face. Javi, apparently doesn't like her too well. So we cleaned her up, un packed the bed and slept in the living room. And the next day came too soon! We spent most of Saturday morning un-packing, and getting our DTV installed.


The instalation guy was super nice. But when we have installation people like that we have to get them on and take them off base. So we led him off and came home to one dog! We had to sperate them because of the night before. We didn't want any repeats! So we looked around the back yard and saw the guy had left the gate open. THANKS DTV guy! Of the two it had to be the new one, without the collar on. Den searched while I went to get my uncle and his wife to bring them on base. We planned to have them over for dinner. But instead they helped us look for Sophie. The good thing about being on base is she can't get to any busy highways or anything. So I was hoping she'd be ok. My mom called me on Sunday and said that she found a guy online who lived in our area that found a puppy. So I called. But it wasn't her. He told me to go to the Kitsap Hummane clinic, and then to call the base police. So Monday morning we were at the clinic and no little Sophie! So Den had to register his guns with the base office and we got a special escort to the office. I asked the base cop if he had heard or seen anything. About an hour after we left he was knocking on the front door and said his chief's daughter had found a puppy, to follow him and he'd take me over to the house. So I did and there she was! Safe and sound! What's even crazy is she was across the street in a different building but to drive there its about 4 blocks away. So I was relieved! They took such good care of her! Such a happy ending to our miserable, first weekend here!