No Longer "UN~NAMED"

Well, this time when he went away, I didn't end up with PINK hair! I just got a shihtzu, that's all. Isn't he a cutie? He has no name yet. I am waiting for him to tell me what it is. The name I had picked out was Charlotte, but since he's a BOY not a GIRL, I can't really get away with naming him Charlotte. He is quite the cuddle~er though!

After much deliberation I have decided to name him Horatio. What do you think?

And so, today, this is...
Life As I Know It

Crappy Day

I think I am missing my hubby a lot today, I have been crying over nothing.

NINETY-SIX MORE DAYS!

AND... TODAY IS THE LAST BLASTED DAY OF JANUARY! Halle-friggin-lujah!


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I Miss You Al

Julian Austin
"The Red and White"





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Thunder & Lightening

In January??? Can you believe it?

Felt much better last night after I got into my jammies and made a fire. Today has been a lazy day. I started a sweater. We will see how it goes. I have never made a sweater before.

I am cooking supper and then Maureen is coming over to watch a movie. That's nice. I always feel better when I have company.

I didn't end up going to Ashley's last night. Once the rain and the storm started I was kinda glad I stayed home.

So, that's about it for today. Just wanted to say I feel better today.


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On Feeling Crappy

When you feel crappy and there is a reason for it, it is not quite so bad. I mean, feeling crappy is NEVER good, but at least when there is a reason, well, there's a REASON. But when you are feeling crappy and can't figure out what the reason is, that just makes you feel even crappy~er.

Reasons To NOT Feel Crappy Today:

~ It was reasonably warm today. No snow, no rain. These are "non-crappy" things.

~ Went and had tea at Ashley's. Definitely a "non-crappy" thing.

~ Was invited to go over to Ashley's for drinks later this evening. "Non-crappy".

~ House is reasonably clean. CERTAINLY "non-crappy".

~ Wearing my "skinny jeans" and the t-shirt I couldn't get on on Christmas. "Non-crappy"!


Reason TO Feel Crappy Today:

~ Am cold. Kinda crappy, but not devastatingly so.

~ Guitar playing SUCKS! Kinda crappy, but no more so than it was yesterday.

~ Victoria's sleepover got cancelled due to illness at friend's house. Crappy, but more for her than for me. Really, just means I don't have to drive to Cole Harbour tonight, and tomorrow, and then, on Sunday, again. Not really registering very high on the crappy~ness scale.

~ Al's away. This is not new. Crappy, but not NEW crappy.


Well, still don't know why I am feeling crappy. Can't seem to shake it though. Even playing my piano (which is normally a great stress-relief) didn't help.

Need cheering up... Any ideas?


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Want To Cry With Me?

Read my niece's blog from today.

http://teadayz.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-aunt-donna.html


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~Untitled~

"Untitled" because I am feeling rather blah, and not very creative.

I think I have discovered one of the reasons I am a night owl. It is because my body tends to not hurt so badly at night. Mornings are excruciating. Ask anyone whose been around me first thing in the morning when all my "get the day going and body moving" meds kick in! {They seem to make me rather chatty for about half an hour...} But as the day wears on, for the most part, the pain goes from being excruciating (like putting on my socks is akin to medieval torture), to somewhat bearable (just don't ask me to lift, bend, jump, run...etc.) Such is the life of a "fibromite". {'Course, being rear-ended by a dump truck - TWICE didn't help much; then falling on the leg/hip that took the dump truck's impact REALLY didn't do a whole lot of good either!}

Today (well technically yesterday) was the 9th. That means Al will be home in 4 months. One hundred and twenty days (not that I'm counting... {where are those eye-rolling emoticons when you really need them?} ...) I think I dreamt about him last night. I can't really remember, but I have that feeling that I was with him. The same feeling I get when I dream about my mother, then I don't miss her quite so much, because we had spent time together. However, the lump of pillows and heating pad that are tucked into his side of the bed are not really cutting it anymore. I am ready for some real body parts - get your mind out of the gutter Elizabeth Dorene! I mean arms to hold me, and lips whisper in my ear and kiss my neck, and chest on which to rest my head at night.

And speaking of my mother, I miss her a lot tonight - thanks to Tim! We talked about prayer and faith and healing at group tonight, which I was ignoring very effectively with my knitting, until he noticed that I hadn't said anything and very promptly asked me what I thought. What I thought! I had been doing very well keeping the tears at bay counting stitches and rows and learning how to do a cable, thank you VERY much! What I thought... Marjorie and Beatrice both knew what I thought, and knew why I was knitting so very diligently. "We've already talked about this!", is about all I managed to get out, hoping it was enough. Men are so thick sometimes, even very kind, gentle, good men like Tim. "I don't understand..." So Beatrice proceeded to tell him of my Mother and my struggle with praying for healing and all I could do was cry and wish that the sofa would eat me.

So now I am feeling rather blah. I am tired. I am sore. I am sad. I am lonely. And I want the 2 people I can't have. Make that 3 - I wanted to run to Lois's but she isn't even here anymore. So, that's that. Time for bed... I hope tomorrow is brighter.


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I Did It

I stayed home all day. I did not leave my house once all day! This is the first time in over 2 months, and it was nice! I spent part of the day cozied up on the sofa with Johnny (Depp that is - I watched Secret Window, still an awesome movie! Watch it if you haven't.) Then the kids and I played Cranium - I sucked. I made spaghetti and garlic bread for supper - not great, but not bad either. Then my friend Maureen came by. I haven't seen her since, I believe, October - and she only lives a few houses down! Bad, I know. I hate it when my friends get jobs and I never get to see them anymore! (I do not like to intrude on families in the evening, as it is the only time the couple gets to spend time together, and I was told, once, by a friend's husband, "Do NOT be here when I get home from work again!", so...I tend to not visit, call, etc, when the husbands are home!)





Anyway, I had a lovely visit with Maureen. She brought me my Christmas present. {Just a sec, I will take a picture of it...}












Isn't it just sweet? She said, "I don't know anyone who likes tea more than you." I think it is just darling!

We had a nice long visit, got caught up, and just chatted for a few hours.

Then I decided I would pick up my guitar, because I haven't had the time in a LONG time, to play it. So I played til my fingers were sore (which really didn't take that long!)

And so now, here I sit, as the fire does down to glowing embers. It is nearly the 6th of January, which means that my youngest will be a teenager, officially, in 4 months. Actually, 4 months from now, 13 years ago I was in labor. She was stubborn then and is stubborn now! Four months - 4 months and 3 days Al is due home. Whether or not they actually GET home on time remains to be seen. I am not banking on it, that's for sure. If I have learned anything in the 6 years "we" have been in the Military, it is "nothing is for certain til the papers are in your hand!"

Our next door neighbour left today to go to Pet for his 3 month training to leave for Afghanistan. He will not be back to his wife and 3 children until February of 2009. When I ran into him at the grocery store yesterday and he told me I nearly cried. It is just so heart-wrenching when daddies and husbands (and mommies, too, I guess, now) have to go away for so long, to such dangerous places.

So, my plea to you tonight - Love your families. Tell them, show them. Hug them, play with them. Kiss your spouse, make love. Cherish every moment you have with them, if not for yourselves, for those of us who wish we would have had time for just one more...



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Phone Call

I got to talk to Al today. He phoned from the ship. They are doing exercises, mostly. He seems well. It was nice to talk to him. Haven't since Christmas Day.


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Change

I've changed my blog and can't get it back to the way it was, so I lost all my pictures and everything. AUGH! I will figure it out.


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PINK

This is really, quite pink...especially for someone who doesn't really like pink...

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2008

Well another year gone, another one begun. I now can say my Sailor will be home "this year", however, that still seems a long way off.

We had a nice Christmas, despite the fact that Al's away. He called and talked to us on Christmas day. We also went and had Christmas dinner at our friends' place. We went to Al's father's for Boxing Day dinner, then on the 27th, dinner at another family's place from church. Then on the 28th we went to Doaktown to spend some time with the Leas. I was SO happy to spend time with Lois. I miss her so much. It was great! We intended to come home on New Year's Eve, but seeing as we were in the middle of New Brunswick, we kinda got snowed in, so we came home yesterday.

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas, and I wish you all the best in 2008!

Love to everyone...

And so, today, this is...
Life As I Know It