Homecoming: ADVON

Tuesday was the day for ADVON to finally come home after 7 months of being deployed. Even though my husband was not advon himself I was still very excited for some wives whose husband's were coming home. The night before I baked cookies and brownies for Marines who would not have family there. I like doing small things to show recognition and so that they know someone is thinking of them. I handed them out and one Marine came up to me shortly after and told me "Thank you for the cookies mam, they were delicious" It made me super happy because it made that Marine's day.

The main reason why I was at Homecoming was to welcome home one of my husband's good friend's named Josh.
He is one amazing Marine and has always been there for us. He handed me this flag and certificate. Yup, tears came down my face but i felt so honored to have this done for me.

Photo of Josh and his girlfriend

Hugging Josh was like hugging part of my Husband for 10 seconds. Can't wait until its MY day to see my wonderful amazing Husband


This weekend I will packing and getting ready to move on Monday to the new apartment to get everything ready for when the hubby comes home. The countdown has begun. Until next time ♥

Not so bitter any longer or for awhile

Finally! Next week's Coming Home on Lifetime will feature a Marine. Wow! It took only 3 episodes to feature a Marine but it's gonna be done. Thank goodness. Looks like i will be sticking around and watching it =)

Feeling Bitter!

As I am sitting in my living room watching a movie on lifetime, commercials come and the new preview for Coming Home episode is aired. I am bitter because it shows another Army Homecoming! I love other military branches other than the Marines but seriously this show should be called Army: Coming Home! There has been nothing but Army Homecomings and 1-3 AF/Navy families featured. What happened to the Marines! There are other Homecomings happening around the U.S. and they are not all happening in Clarksville, TN. Come on Lifetime! My husband's battalion will be coming home in a few weeks and one of the families from the battalion applied for the show. Great...they were contacted by Lifetime and everything was set to go and they were going to be featured. Unfortunately, Lifetime needed permission from the Command....the Command said
'NO"! Really? Its homecoming its not like they are wanting to capture a classified brief. But whatever they must have their reasons right? So I can assure you that I will not be watching Coming Home after tonight if a Marine family is not featured.

Tentative Homecoming dates

This morning I went to sign my lease for my new apartment that I will be moving into on the 28th! Eeek this is so exciting. Unfortunately, I was not able to see the actual apartment I'll be getting because the tenants just moved out 2 days ago and they have started the upgrades on the kitchen so it was a construction zone. The good thing is that I will be the first to enjoy the new kitchen and all the new appliances. Anyways, after I drove down to base for the homecoming making banner party at our CP. When I got there our FRO had an announcement to make....HOMECOMING DATES WERE ANNOUNCED! I was so stoked to find out that the week I requested off work is the exact same week my husband will be returning home. Awesome! I cannot wait to move into our new apartment which we will call "HOME" and decorate so that it will feel like Home. I know I cannot count on these dates to be exact as flights get delayed, weather storms etc. Go figure huh....Semper Gumby! But these next following weeks are going to be busy and I couldn't be any happier.
Until next time ♥

Hump day Wednesday

Got this from Nikki at Forever in Love. Enjoy!
A. Age 21
B. Bed size: Queen
C. Chore you dislike: Cleaning the bathroom! Yuck
D. Dogs: None but Martin and I are really thinking of getting a dog soon
E. Essential start of your day: Watching the news
F. Favorite color: Pink
G. Gold or silver: Silver
H. Height: 5'5''
I. Instruments you play: None unfortunately, but i would like to play the piano
J. job title: Reservation specialist
K. Kids: None at the moment and not for a long time
L. Live: South Orange County, California
M. Mom's name: Silvia
N. Nicknames: Sunshine, Jess, Maurie
O. Overnight hospital stays: None
P. Pet Peeves: When people kick your chair or desk while sitting in class. Drives me up a wall!
Q. Quote from a movie: "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" -Forrest Gump
R. Righty or lefty: Righty
S. Siblings: 2 sisters and a brother
T. Time you wake up: 0600 hours
U. Underwear: Calvin Klein
V. vegetables you don't like: Cauliflower
W. What makes you run late: Traffic
X. X-rays you've had: Teeth
Y. Yummy food you make: I love to make Enchiladas!
Z. Zoo animal favorites: Monkeys

Until next time ♥

Advon Homecoming

About a week ago I got an email from our FRO (Family Readiness Officer) who by the way I don't like every much. But anyways besides the point, she sent an email of ADVON's (Advanced party) return date and time. Unfortunately, even though my husband did go ADVON he does not get to come home ADVON. Semper Gumby! So my whole point of being excited for ADVON's return is because 3 of my husband's closest friends are coming home and they get to help me move into my new apartment on the 28th! Woo hoo for having some extra help and this also means that my husband's return is not too far away! This deployment has sure been crazy one of the craziest ones I have yet to experience. Thank goodness that it is almost over! Can't wait for April!
Until next time ♥

The Weekend

This weekend was a quite one. Unfortunately, on Saturday I had to work but it was only a half day so it wasn’t bad.
I work at a hotel right across the street from Disneyland so I get to see a lot of tourist and answer a lot of phone calls.
The only upside to working at the hotel is that when its slow hardly ever I get to work on my school work.
Anyways, once I got home (living at my parents house until my apartment is ready on March 28th) I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond with my mom.
We originally went to get a new shower head for her bathroom and I ended up requesting a scanner so I can go scanning all over the store for my wedding registry.
The wedding consultant told me it would take about maximum 3 hours to scan everything I wanted. It only took me about 45 minutes. I knew what I liked and what I didn’t. And I don’t scan things I know I am not going to use, so it was fairly quick. Plus I am also registered at Target and Kohl’s so it’s not like I needed to scan a whole lot and Bed, Bath and Beyond is a fairly expensive store too. After we visited Michael’s, I absolutely love Michael’s! I went to their wedding section of the store as I wanted to check out what pre-made wedding invitations they had (I’d figure if I buy them and put them together myself and use the coupons they send out in the Sunday newspaper for 40% off an original price items, I can save a lot of money and do it myself) I found 2 sets of black and white invitations. I am still deciding which ones to buy so I am going to hold off for a bit. After Michael’s we ordered food at a local Mexican restaurant and took it back home to eat.

In California, we have this thing called Daylight saving time. Where in the Fall we fall back an hour and in the Spring we spring forward an hour. Well it just so happened that this weekend was the weekend we had to spring forward. Not to mention that it throws my sleeping pattern off and I feel like I have less time in the day because we lost an hour. Every year when we spring forward I always look forward to Desert Camis! I really dislike the Green camis, and here in CA once we spring forward that means that the Monday that follows every Marine on base will be in Desert Camis and that just means that summer is around the corner!

Sunday, came and went. I did some homework, studied for a quiz and test I have this upcoming week. Sundays are suppose to be fun-days since it’s the last day of the weekend, unfortunately it’s not. It’s more like study Sundays until the semester is over. Womp Womp Womp. As the evening approached, I got everything done so I can enjoy Army Wives and Coming Home on Lifetime. Army Wives was a good episode it is still early in the season so not much is going on, but next week I’ll be sure to bring my tissues with me to the couch as the preview looked intense. As for Coming Home, I still have not decided if I like this show or not. I have mixed feelings about it. I feel like they are only concentrating on Army families located in Clarksville, TN. Nothing against the Army, as I love every military branch but they need some variety. I guess I’ll keep watching as it was only the 2nd episode and hopefully I’ll start to enjoy the show.

This week is going to be super busy. Mostly filled with school work but Thursday is St. Patricks day, so I am hoping to go to the bar with some friends so enjoy some St. Patrick’s day fun! Will any of you celebrate St. Patrick’s day?
Until next time ♥