30 Apr 09 "Angie's Pool Survivor Kit"

so Marylee is the best!!! I love to get packages from her because they come as a totaly surprise and they are alwyas so fun!!! So on the front of the envelope of the ard she sent me is a picture of Abby in a pair of sunglasses that are upside down!!! HILARIOUS!!! and inside is a GREAT little summer card with instructions on "How to survive the pool!}...inside my package you ask :
1. Survivor Nutrients :Carmel Fudge Brownies and sweet tarts!!!
2. Lip Balm and sunscreen
3. Pink Camo Beach Towel!!!!
4. Water Bomb Balls
5. A Glittery Pink Cozie for my water bottle
6. Sexy Retro Shades {from the $$$ store!!!}
7. After Sun Lotion and Tee Tree Oil for Sunburn!

that will be my picture for the day....as soon as I can get it all laid out! I shared all my brownies and the guys in the clinic were LOVIN' it...they always ask when I get something from Marylee if there are brownies in it :) so I guess those are definetely a HIT!!!! and I can't wait to use my camo towel when I go to Qatar!!!

I got to talk to the kids this morning...they are always so funny !!!

My brownies were hidden all nice in this awesome little golf ball box that Marylee wrapped....I LOVE IT!!!!! it's the little things that count :)

29 Apr 09 Gym x2

...yep went to the gym TWICE today...remember my spinning instructor, Beth, well she has now taken me on as her project and is going to teach me all about lifting wights in the gym...so we did weights at lunchtime and did spinning after work...boy I hope it pays off!!! I don;t feel to bad, but may not be saying that tomorrow or Friday:) Got to talk to the kids this morning, Matt let them stay up a little late so I could call and talk to them...Abby heard my voice and came running around the kitchen table and said "MOOOOOMMMMMMM"..."Hi MOM" !!!! she was blowing bubbles from her little carrot bubble necklace that I sent to her in her little Easter bag {thanks to Aunt Yvonne :)}....then Dubs got up and came walking into the kitchen with his lion and blankie and wanted to play with bubbles too and I actually heard him tell Matt "BUBBLES???" so Matt blew some bubbles to him and he was popping them having fun...then of coarse now when it is time to go the kids fight over who gets to "hit the button" {the end call button for Skype} but they have to say "Bye, LUV YOU" before they can hit the button and this time Matt told Abby it was Peyton's turn and she said "OK"...SHOCKING..usually she throws a fit because she just about ALWAYS gets to "hit the button"...

little background story...one of my co-wrokers in the clinic, Sloane, is going to have a baby the end of May...now obiviously he is going to miss it....but he does not have a laptop here to be able to talk to his wife and little 4 year old son on Skype....so I told him whenvere he wanted to talk to them to just let me know {he is actually my next door neighbor in our little housing unit}...so we finally got his wife and son on Skype tonight and they talked for 2 hours!!! it felt so good to see the smile on his face to see them...he hasn't seen them since he left...and I know that doesn't really sound like a deployment, but when there is a means to do it, it seems really hard to not be able to...so I told him whenever he wanted to talk to them he was more than welcome to use my computer, to just let me know....so he will probably be using my computer to see the new baby after he gets here :) it won't be the same as being home, but at least he will get the opportunity to actually "see" him!

well...that is all for tonight....gonna share some of my favs from the fall and the kids in their Halloween costumes {Ben was just playing in the leaves}...

28 Apr 09 Spinning is Back...

so since our spinning instructor was gone last week, we haven't had any spin classes...but she's back and we did a spin class at lunch time today to get back in the groove of things...on the exercise note, they came and weighed the 2nd wave of our group today {weight measurments} and I had them weigh me again out of curiousity and I have lost another 3 lbs and 2% body fat!!! made my day!!! makes me feel like the working out is actually working!!!! forgot to mention yesterday that I ran into an old friend that I was a lab tech with in Portsmouth VA back in 1996!!!!She is now a nurse and I ran into her coming back from dinner last night!!! I also ran into her at lunch today....hoping she swings back the clinic before she leaves and I can get a picture with her! her son and Sam are the same age!!! hard to believe so much time has gone by!

so today's picture is from last summer when Abby was outside playing on the trampoline, in her pj's with her blanket, and I guess it was so nice and warm she decided to take a nap!!!!

27 Apr 09 Another Day

...so I started working on the cruise book in Microsoft Publisher and low and behold after 2 hours, I am getting ready to save it, and the DAMN program FROZE on me!!!! so I said screw, went to take a nap for lunch and then went back to it again after lunch...and LUCKILY for some reason when I opened Publisher my template was there so right away I saved it to my hard drive!!! so now all I have to do is insert the rest of the command {about 350 people} by camp, rank and alphabetical order!!! gonna be a pain in the pattotie!!!! but it's all good, keep me busy so the time will go by faster!!! just got off the phone with Matt and he is having issues get the van re-registerd this year...long story, but hoping he gets it resolved today...been a LOOONNNG days so gonna call it a night and share a picture of Abby wearing one of her new outfits I sent to her from Old Navy...these is a picture so "mom an save it to her computer!!!"...


ohhhhh..I almost forgot!!! I got my package from Yvonne today and it was PACKED full of goodies including an awesome new pair of PJ's...so I am off to the shower and put on my new PJs!!!...ok so my PJ's fit perfectly and are SOOOOOO SOOO comfy!!! and I forgot to add that I finished the 3rd book in the Twilight series last night...so on to the last and final book :)

26 Apr 09 Sunday Gone

....the day is gone and another week starts tomorrow :( we stayed up until almost 4 am to see my roomate's daughter off to the prom, she looked very beautiful and so did her date...so needless to say we missed breakfast and slept in 'til lunch..I did catch Matt still awake and talked to him for a little while before he went to bed....didn't do much today, was gonna go to the pool but just didn't have the energy...so I just hung out in my room and Ro did homework all day...talked to Matt and the kids and got to hear Peyton's version of "Robinson's and Ratatouille"...they are more like {Obinsums and 2E}, too funny....they did make it to the birthday party where Matt said Abby had alot of fun, but Peyton was unsure...but when it came tuime to leave Peyton did NOT want to go....and poor Matt forgot to take the camera and a diaper bag {good thing nobody had an accident or neded to be changed}...but at least he got a few pics of them all cleaned up for me to share with you, and ignore that nice knot on Abby's head, I think she fell off the bed while she was playing {"That's how they learn!!!!"}....well, 'nite all :)

25 Apr 09 Nap Day

...and boy was it!!!! I slept for at least 5 hours today..I guess I really needed it because I don;t think I turned over but once!!!! got to call and talk to Matt and the kids a couple of times today...they are headed to Katelyn's 1st birthday! Will be nie for them to get out...hopefully I will have some pictures to share tomorrow :) We are still awake {me and my roomate} waiting to see her daughter all dresed up for the prom today, and it just so happens to be her 18th b-day as well :) so kinda nice to share in some of the joys of home :) well here are the shots I got in my email yesterday from Matt...another one of Ben's favorite things that he has been waiting for Matt to make for him...but you see Abby & Dubs right in the middle of that!!! I just love to see pictures like this because that is what a typical day is like at our house! well, nite.....

24 Ap 09 60/600 and 104 degrees :)

...so I decided to go to the gym at lunchtime today and I thought I would try out the 5K cross trainer on the threadmill at a 4.5 speed and it was BRUTAL...of coarse I added another 1/2 mile on to the end and then added another 10 mins to the stairmaster to make it a whole 60 mins and boy was I wiped out...not to mention the heat index got up to 104 today and it is not even summer here yet!!! so I figured out how to use Skype and call on my calling card!!! SUPER KEWL!!! Got to call and talk to Matt and then I called and talked to Kim and Maryann!!! So nice to hear everyone's voices!!! Gonna cal them later tonight at Jaci's house while they are scrapping!!! Well, gotta runand get in bed, it is 1230 am Sat and thank God it is only a 1/2 day of work on Sat!!!!

some more oldies but goodies I found going through my pics tonight :)

23 Apr 09 Caught Up

...with my blog posts from the last 3 days...and we all worked today and gave alot of Anthrax shots to a group that didn't get them before the came in country...DUH!!!! but we all pitched in and did our part and it went fairly smooth...we sent another 3 people on R&R today, just means my days are getting closer and closer, which means closer and closer to coming home :) Matt knows the exat days!!! so we took our group shot for our cruise book and here we are...no editing yet, but you get the idea :)


on a side note Matt went to Home Depot to replace the bulbs in the kitchen, and front and back porch lights and as Murphy would have it, it didn't fix the lights in the kitchen so he now has to call maintenance to ome fix them :(

and I did get a hance to talk to them even thought they were suppose to be asleep this morning...I think they hear my voice on the computer and know dad won;t put them back until they get to talk to me {smart lil' boogers aren't they}...well, that is all and I hope to stay caught up as long as my internet cooperates :)

22 Apr 09 1-2-4-8 Day 2

...so I thought I would try again today...this time I did it on the stair climber at lunch...again I was wasted....and we had group volleyball afterwards outside behind our little living quarters, was kinda fun, but hot and I have a bruise on my left hand form hitting th eball so much and my right hand hurts just from serving...but surprisngly I did fairly well to have not played volleybal in a really REALLY long time! thing we are gonna do it again soon...

so are some BLAST from the past pictures that Matt came across on the external hard drive when he hooked it up to his computer...and YES th ebottom picture is Ben and is now Matt's new screensaver!!! "Ben wasted"...too funny :)

21 Apr 09 1-2-4-8

that is the new workout I did today...here it goes...

run 1/2 mile for warm-up
sprint 1 min
run 1 min
sprint 2 mins
run 2 mins
wprint 4 mins
run 4 mins
sprint 8 mins
run 8 mins
finish with 1/2 mile cool down

yeah...right...thought my heart was gonna jump out of my chest at the 8 min mark!!!! but it ended up being about 3.5 miles and 45 mins...this was at lunchtime...then I was wasted for the rest of the day...my stupid internet decided to quit working at about the time I wanted to update the blog...UGGGHHHHH...so that is why I am posting 3 blog days on 23 Apr 09.....

my picture of the day is from an email from Matt..."You KNOW you miss the shit"....NOT.....but I would rather be home doing laundry then doing laundry in a trailer here :)

and Yvonne sent me some Easter paper to wrap the kids bags in, well YEAH, I got it yesterday and somebody in the clinic said "either you are a little too late, or really early for next year!!!" guess I will leave it for the next group of folks for them to decorate with :)

20 Apr 09 Hooka Day

...so I had the day off and we made a trip to the pool today and low and behold it was closed {the actual pool area} because they were "shocking" the pool! so we stayed got some rays and I got sunburnt!!! oh well, hopefully I will come back with a tan! and today the guys had a Hooka Party..they are big looking pipe things that you smoke tobacco out of.. I can't show any sunburn pictures but here is a picture of me trying out the "Hooka"...too funny....I guess now I can say I tried it :) It had strawberry flavored tobacco in it...nite:)

19 Apr 09 BEAT DOWN

...after 16 hours of duty there pretty much is nothing to report EXCEPT Matt found his wedding ring today after he cleaned of the kitchen table!!! So I am sure one of the 1 little ones found it and just put it up on the table!!! and as of this morning, he still has it! I called and talked to them for a few, but everyone was busy watching "Wobinsuns" {the movie Meet the Robinson's}...so here are a few digi pages to share that I completed...you can see them and all the credit at my SSD Gallery...
I will share the pics of Sam from Easter after I photoshop a few blemishes out for her :) and I have the funniest picture of Peyton outside running around with the most HILARIOUS look on his face, but I have to photshop that as well to see if I can make it sharper...so I will share those later.... :) 'nite all :)

18 Apr 09 Nice Day

so we made a trip to the pool for the afternoon and it was wonderful...nice realzing day...we also had a MASCAL drill with 11 patients today and it went REALLY well!!! I got to talk to Matt and the kids this morning, but my connection was so shitty I wasn't able to talk very long....counting the days until R&R and then the days to coming home :) it's all downhill....well, 'nite....

here is a cute digi page I did of Dubs, just thought it was fitting!!!

17 Apr 09 New Kicks

...well I finally had to break down and finally buy a new pair of running shoes my old ones are either before or after Abby's birth..so needless to say they need to go in the trash...I got carmel fudge brownies from Marylee today and shared them with the clinic...I also shared the carmel popcorn she sent and that was a hit as well!!! Other than that it was a fairly non-eventful day...I tried and tried to get my internet to work to call Sam this morning and for some unGodly reason it was done, so I did call over the phone....well that's it..nite...


this is our dentist enjoying a carmel fudge brownie :)

16 Apr 09 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM...

...hope you had a great day at school and somethign great when you get home :) hard to believe my little girl is turning 16 today...I did get to talk to her and wish her a happy birthday this morning before she went to school and Matt took her by Starbucks and got her a strawberry lemonade on the way to school...I also got to talk to Dubs, Abby and Ben...and I got to see Ben's new shoes too...pretty kewl!!!!so here are a few old photos to share of Sam that I just couldn't pass up...nite all....

15 Apr 09 Abs hurt SSD FOBTY

...from doing the little ab workout that I did yesterday...wasn't much too it, but it hurts today! I have a new workout plan from one of the Army guys here who is a personal trainer in the civilian world and he is gonna work with me for about a week and then I will have a good start!!! so I will probably start next week..wish me luck...Matt's having a rough day at work so I hope it goes by fast for him :)...and I can't believe tomorrow is Sam's b-day...bot does time fly...today I wanted to share some oldies but goodies...

You Are a Chocolate Bunny

A traditionalist, you secretly want to dress up like a bunny. And not just on Easter.

What Easter Candy Are You?

14 Apr 09 SLLLOOOOOWWWWW...

internet today...sucks....I did 65 mins ont he stairclimber and that is pretty much my day today :) Matt emailed me and said he did find Ben 2 pair of shoes yesterday, so they should all be good to go now :) so today I have a digi page to share with you...

Matt & Sam being goofy at Disneyland last year!!!!


and look at this cute picture I came across in my files today!!! Sam at Abby's age back in 1996! look at the blonde hair and attitude!!! HILARIOUS, Abby gets it honestly!

13 Apr 09 Ham Head...

...ok, so it doesn't get any funnier than Peyton with ham on his head...and YES I said HAM ON HIS HEAD!!!!...when I was talking to Matt yesterday he got the ham out of the fridge and then took a piece and just stuck it on his head!!!! HILARIOUS...there is never a dull moment in the Miller household....also thought I would share the pics of the kids with their new kicks on...Matt still has to find another pair for Ben because they have absolutely NO size 1 shoes in Oak Harbor!!!! and poor kid needs them worse than any of the rest of them, so hopefuly he will have some by this wekeend :) well, it's late and I am wiped out...'nite all....

12 Apr 09 Happy EASTER!!!

....well it was a pretty lazy day here...rained and the weather was overall crappy...but we did have a really nice dinner at the DFAC tonight and they had it all decorated for Easter, so kind of a nice treat....they even had Easter candy to give away so I got a small chocolate bunny :) got to talk to Ben first thing this morning before everyone else was up and he was pretty excited!!!! then I got to talk to the rest of them {other than Sam because you know she sleeps til like noon!} and they were also WIRED....Peyton kept saying "gum gum gum" and Abby just kept going through her stuff over and over...so since they were wired on sugar, I told Matt I would call back again a little later after they calmed down a bit! so Happy Easter everyone, hope you had a GREAT day :)

and not sure if I mentioned yesterday but I planted all the seeds Marylee sent me and the strawberry plant, so we will see in a few weeks :)

and I got to talk to Judy {off and on because the stupid computer was wishy washy} but it was great to see and actually talk to her :) hope I get a chance to do it again :) so here are my Easter Pics to share :)

11 Apr 09 Day Off...

...was so nice...got up early {not sure why} to call and talk to Matt and the kids...then went to the gym for and hour and then did laundry and then went to the other base to the pool for a couple of hours....it was sooo nice to have a little break...after that I came back and took a nap and then called and got to talk to Abby, Dubs and Matt...Dubs was wired this morning!!!! and Abby had her new shoes on dad got her yesterday...

speking of yesterday, Matt got alot done on his list yesterday, but has to take back Ben and Peyton's shoes, they don't fit...but he had no luck with pre-made baskets, so he and Sam put them together last night {I am sure much to Matt's dismay!}...so hopefully tomorrow's blog will be tons of Easter Pics!!!

and I decided to use the basket mama sent me and made my roomate a little Easter Basket for Easter tomorrow :)

and I got a package today from one of the girls at ACOT and it was filled with goodies...little individual servings of sweet pickels, 100 calorie snacks, and a few scrappy supplies and a new scrapbook magazine :) and since I don't feel good, I think I am going to read :)

so here is me trying out the "self potrait" feature on my new Sony camera!

10 Apr 09 Suntime

...managed to get over to one of the other bases for a little bit of pool fun, hope to get to go again soon....Matt is taking the day of to catch up on his "to do list"...we'll see how it goes...here are a few of the things I can rememeber

1. haircut
2. shoes for Ben, Abby & Peyton
3. new screen for Abby & Peyton's window
4. see how much an electric scooper cat litter box is
5. fill the propane tank
6. cut the grass
7. get gas for the lawnmower to cut the grass :)

and that's all I can think off...he did get one of the packages I sent last week, hope they get the other one today....so I am off to bed, it is now 12:34am Sat my time and I want to get up at 6 am and call thekids....'nite...here is a page I did of Dubs, click ---->http://upload.acherryontop.com/gallery_show/,14640854,cid <----- here to see the credits :)

09 Apr 09 Spinning Today

...since we missed yesterday!!! got a package from mama today with the cutest little Easter Basket! I will share photos later! I had to send a list of things I have learned to my HMCM...so today was not a groundhog day for me, since he gave me a task :)
I talked with Matt, Abby and Ben this morning and Abby had her camo PJ's on and I asked her if she had a "freshy" {diaper} on and she said "NO"...then Matt says, she better have one on I just put one on her because it's her bedtime...well when he asks her where her "freshy" is, she says in little Abby voice "I takked it off 'cus I had to go potty" with her little hands folded across her chest...so good for her :)

here is my picture of the day...little Dubs playing out in the yard and I have a feeling matt asked him "what does the doggie say!!!!!"... and his answer "wooo wooo woo wooo"...

08 Apr 09 No Spinning

...today...our instructor was not feeling well, so we will probably spin tomorrow, if she feels better...so I did 30/30 mins on the stairclimber and treadmill and now my old ass kness are hurting...but I will keep pushing forward until I can't do it anymore :) that's what they made Motrin for, right? :) so I got a surprise package from Marylee today...there was no note inside but she sent me the following email :)

Almost forgot to tell you that we sent an Easter Box last Friday. I was so busy getting it ready to mail tht I completely forgot to stick in a note!
So, here's your note: Happy Easter!!

Now an explanation of some of the more quirky stuff in the box.
1. Dirt-for your seeds (little pots too)
2. Slightly used Arbonne face wash-didn't have an order to send, so I sent you my half used bottle until I can send an order. (Just didn't want you to think I was cheap!)...which I was SOOO EXCITED to get, I didn't even notice!!!!
3. Goodies (I hope they don't melt in the heat)
4. Surprise (not going to tell you what it is, cuz then it wouldn't be a surprise!)
5. Lots of LOVE from your in-laws, who miss you SOOOOO much!

so thanks Marylee for the AWESOME goodies and I'll let you know how my plnats grow :)
Also forgot to add that I got a package a couple of days ago from my sistah's {Judy, Jaci and Connie} and the banana bread was another HUGE HIT with all the staff :) but of coarse I saved the peppermint patties and Dove chocolates for myself ;P and can't wait to get started on my Seaworld/Universal Album since they sent me some black pages ..YEAH!!!!! I hope to finish it before I get home {one of my goals before I leave}....

so remember the accident with Ben at the park...well here is the picture :( poor little guy, I feel so bad for him and hope it heels fast....


and they had a really nice day the other day so Matt took them outside to play :)


just FYI, for all of you who leave a comment on my blog, I do go back and read them :) just wanted you to know that I don't ignore them :)