Frightful Awakening!!!

So... it was just after 2am here and I was suddenly awaken at alomost exactly 2am by this:
I was sleeping on my stomach, neck turned to one side when suddenly I felt something fall on/near my head and I reached up quickly to move it away/figure out what it was when I grabbed at it it was squirmy and damp and kicked and I immediately knew it was......... A FROG!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!!! A dam frog fell on me in our bedroom!!!!!!!
Well I immediately screamed and threw it in the dark cuz I knew it was a frog and I didn't want that stupid thing on me! I hate frogs!!!!!
So then I turned on the light and was slowly trying to look for it and couldn't find it!!!! :s well I decided to go to the bathroom and get a drink... as I came back with my glass of water I set it down on my night stand then promptly sat down on the egde of the bed on my side and..... there it was!!!! Perched on my night stand just on the other side of the lamp.... yup... you guessed it... scared me again... but I knew I had founf it... well I wasn't gonna touch it with my hands... GROSS!!!! So I ran out to the other room and grabbed two of Tanners extra bowls to catch it in... well as I turned back into the room he wasn't on the dresser!!! DAMN IT!!!! But I looked on the floor and ther he was... then he tried to jump between the bed and the wall so I chased him so I could catch him in the bowls... man was he a damn high jumper.. kept gettin away from me for a while... but finally somehow through all his hoppin I caught him in between the two bowls... so I put on my shoes and called Tanner to come outside with me and I headed outside to get rid of him.... sigh.... my heart has finally settled down and isn't beating so fast anymore and I'm not shaking either anymore....
I do NOT understand how a FROG gets into my BEDROOM!!!!!! UGH!!!!
Sigh... well now slightly terrified of my own room my covers are un done and me and my pillow are at the other end of the bed for the night... away from the window... hopefully I can fall alseep again since I gotta get up in 6.5 hrs to work a full day! Sigh...
Anyway... that's my story.... I also attached a picture of the damn thing after I had gotten him outside...
I'm sure you will, if this is read at the right time, laugh hysterically at this story and at me... and it really is a funny story... just not to me.. yet...

Laura's surgery day and missing my hunny...

Today was kind of a long day... lol worked 5:30am-8:30am and then immediately got in the car and drove an hour down to Butterfield to pick up Laura and then drive us both back up to Kato again to take her to ISJ to have her varicose vein surgery this morning. And this was a surgery they told us would take maybe 3 hours... so I was gonna go back home and shower and do whatever during her 3 hours... lol yeah 3 hours my ass! LOL I had barely gotten out of the shower, dressed and gotten my contacts in when the hospital called me and said Laura was out of surgery.. yeah.. she was done in an hour after going in LOL oh well it was fine..

After picking her up we went for dinner since she was STARVING lol and did some walking around for her and then headed back home and spent the rest of the day watching 27 Dresses and 21 Jumpstreet! HAHA yup... now I'm gonna be stuck on that series too! HAHA my own fault for agreeing to watch it cause Sara said so! LOL

Well that was it for the day.. lol now just back working on editing photos at my parents house for the weekend cause I'm supposed to go to an old elementary school friends wedding reception and dance tomorrow in Slayton.... See.. I really want to go cause I haven't seen this friend in years and I would enjoy getting to see her and her new life and I also love weddings and dances lol but here's where I'm torn.. I don't have anyone to go with... And I really really don't want to go by myself.... I always feel weird going somewhere by myself.. that and Slayton is a ways away from Mt Lake... So.. Here's where I'm really missing Garret... Now I know he doesn't really like weddings that much.. not like I do lol but I know he'd probably go with me if he were home... cause it was something I wanted to go to and important to me... but as we all know.. he's not here.... he can't be my wedding date tomorrow.. or for any of the other 2 or 3 weddings I have to go to this year.... sigh... So, I'm torn... not sure what to do... and no idea till later tomorrow what I will end up doing... sigh...

And just when one thing is depressing for you... there's always 5 or 6 or so other things to follow that make you sad... like my phone not working most of the day for me, my computer seeming like it's going to hell already too and I just bought it, I can't find a good job, and can't seem to get it right to get working on finding a better job, and also knowing that sleep tonight isn't gonna come any better than it has for the last 4 or 5 nights.... sigh... Garret I can't wait for you to at least come home for a few days... I need my bestie near by for just a lil while to make it all better like he always does... :'( not that things with him and I are ever easy either.. but he's always confidant and knows things will work out and does what he can to help make me feel better.... sigh...

Well... anyway... there's my day.. and my vent... maybe you'll hear later this weekend how tomorrow turned out...

Many thoughts... And one adventure...

Well Monday was a GREAT success!!! Thank you Joleen and Alicia sooo SOOOO much for what you helped me with on Monday!! I had sooo much fun and the pictures are going to be awesome!!! Can't wait to get through them all!!

This week haven't done much besides the photo shoot and working... Yesterday had quite the headache and so all I mostly did was watch tv and relax and take a nap just to feel better... two long days in a row.... it caught up to me finally.... (I think it was still catching up to me today still too)

Tanner and I had quite the adventure yesterday after I got home from work as well. After I came downstairs and was bringing Tanner outside we got into the garage and there was a surprise for us at the side door... a little baby bird!!! Omg! It startled me because I didn't see him... Tanner was the first to get close to the door we were going to go out of and suddenly he ran into something that suddenly squawked really loud  at him which startled me lol and I then realized it was bird in our garage... which isn't where he was supposed to be lol so my first reaction was to get Tanner because he didn't need to be chasing him all over the garage.. I wanted to get the bird out... so I picked up Tanner to keep him away and you'll never guess what my second reaction was....... Yup, that's right it was: "GO GET THE CAMERA!!!! This my chance to try to get up close pictures of a little birdy!!" So that's what I did... with dog in hand I ran back inside downstairs grabbed my camera and ran back out to the garage and took some pictures of the bird sitting by the door!! LOL loved it!!

After I was finally done with my bird photo shoot lol I tried to shoo the bird over so I could open the door since he was behind it and then get him outside... didn't work.... he went scooting over under Chris' shelving instead lol so I hunted down some things to wear as gloves cause I thought that was the best way to get him was to grab onto him and then with Tanner's help and the bird's squawking lol I found where he was hiding and cornered him and grabbed him! And of course once I caught him he started squaking louder and then Tanner got all excited and barking because he could hear the bird but couldn't get at him in my hand! lol So once we made it outside I finally decided to put him hear Kate's flower garden near the garage hoping he would find his way... And I really hope he found somewhere to go and is ok... but yeah... that was our adventure yesterday LOL I also found out today after googling it that I'm pretty sure the birdy was a baby blue jay!! How cool!! :)

Today was... I don't know... it was fine for the day.. work was a little long this morning because all I wanted to do was be done and get back home and head for Mt. Lake again.... but I did have a horrible headache while at work so that made it seem longer... a headache I also wasn't able to get rid of most of the day... eck!

I spent majority of the day after I got to my parents, playing Rack-o with my sister again... it's our new favorite addictive game! lol And then anything that could go wrong for me did.... Phone decided again that he didn't want to have service and send my messages.... at least it turned itself back on all day today... and then my cd I was trying to make with pictures on it wouldn't work and so my computer screen went funny when I tried to force the cd maker close and so I had to push the power button to turn off the computer and when I turned it back on that's when the worst happened.... I lost my trial version of Adobe Lightroom.... my photo editing software...... UGHHHH!!!!! I'm soooo mad! I was trying to keep the computer on continuously since last week as to keep my trial version which had expired up and running to continue using it on my laptop and I wanted it for the weekend since I'm going to be at home for a long time so that I could work on Monday's photo shoot... well... that's not happening anymore... Now I have to wait till I get home and can get on Tom's computer where I have another trial version of Lightroom that I just got before my other one ran out and can do all my editing there! PISSED!!! I wanted to do photos over the weekend here... now I'll be a week behind... UGHHH!!! I just really really wish I had money... which I don't... cause then I could buy the software and have it all the time as my own... but I just don't think Garret would let me spend 300 dollars on that even though I really need it... sigh....

Horrible day.... so SOOOOO mad at technology and everything.... made my life much MUCH more depressing... I need more money cause I'm completely broke... I need a new job... I need my software back... I need new photo gear... and I really need a good photography job... but can't seem to get anyone to hire me.... I'm soooo depressed.... I suck....

Catching up again LOL

Well since I last blogged I have done quite a lot LOL I spend all of Wednesday after work editing pictures! I had 4 "sessions" to edit up before going away for the weekend because I knew the weekend was going to be busy and I wouldn't get to the pictures then and I have major plans for Monday (tomorrow) lol
This weekend was quite the long and fun one LOL I again spend this weekend at home and enjoyed myself while I was there. Tanner and I traveled home on Thursday afternoon and then spent the afternoon playing "Racko" with my sister and we made supper and played Racko some more lol
Friday I went shopping in Worthington with my mom and sister (yes... I come home from Mankato, shopping town, and they decide we all need to go shopping in Worthington, the opposite direction! lol didn't help I said I needed to go boot shopping, which we did do in Windom! Yay for new riding boots!!! hehe)
Friday evening I got to spend with my bestie LOL at one of our most favorite places! VOSS PARK!!! LOL I love that place... such a home away from home for me and just soooo relaxing.. Got to sit around a bonfire and had a drink and chatted and laughed with good people.
Saturday I went to by other bestie's daughter's 2 year birthday party! Good time as well! I STUFFED myself!! LOL Abs had soooo much food there and all her, I and Danielle did while we were there was eat!! LOL (really yummy food! But so bad for trying to be on a diet! WHICH I might add I have not exercised once since Garret has been gone for the last week and a half! UGH still need someone to help whip me into shape! Those boys CANNOT come back fit and in shape and I still pudgy and so horribly out of shape!) GRRR
After the bday party guess where I went.... Yup... Voss Park with Laura again!! lol and again another campfire, drink (much stronger than the night before's lol) and good laughs and good people again! I CANNOT wait for the next time I get to be at Voss!! I enjoy that place, and Laura's company ALOT!
Today I got to ride on Wagon Train with Laura!! It's my birthday present from her every year for the last 4 years now! hehe to you it might not sound like much cuz I could maybe ride horse with Laura almost anytime lol but Wagon Train is different and I don't much care if that's what my present from her is every year... I look forward to it ALOT and even though I'm usually very very sore before we even hit noon break on our ride I still enjoy it and look forward to next years ride. Though maybe next year Laura and I can ride more before Wagon Train and our butts and everything else won't be as sore next year! LOL
Well.. I think that's all..... OH WAIT!!! NO!! I want vent about my dog!! LOL That little turd WILL NOT sleep in the bed with me anymore... I don't know if he's just cooler wherever else he finds to sleep at wherever we're sleeping at or what... but he's only slept with me 2 nights on a bed since last Sunday night... UGH! Makes me very sad and makes the bed much bigger and lonelier at night now... but oh well... he is a MAJOR SPAZ!!! LOL
Anyway... on to finishing...  going to finish getting things together for tomorrow and finish watching this episode for The Big Bang Theory and then go to bed. Gotta work early at McD's and then have a VERY long and FUN day planned with Joleen and Alicia... Sorry guys... Can't tell you what we're doing till I get done with it and Joleen and Alicia get to see the finished product! BUT maybe if you're lucky I'll blog tomorrow or Tuesday and there will be a sneak preview in my blog of it!!! HEHE
Night!

Photo session day and catch up!

Ok.. so I know some of you were worried about me there for a while because I hadn't blogged in the LONGEST time lol well.. that's due to the fact that my soldier came home for 5 days... and then I went home to see family and friends the day he left... lol yes I know I still had access to a computer or my phone to blog but I just didn't get back into during any of that time lol but see that's the same thing that happened with me workout... UGH didn't do that ever the entire time Garret was home and still haven't gotten into it again... I NEED to.... Seriously someone out there needs to help me get my rear into gear with this diet and workout... I need it... especially since today after doing my soldier wifely duties lol I went shopping at Plato's Closest for more jean shorts because I don't have too many that fit me right.. I found three pairs that I took home with me but still didn't feel fully satisfied with how I looked and felt in them... I really hate summer in some ways... I love wearing shorts and tank tops but they don't cover up all the imperfections I got that I don't like as well as jeans and my other nice tops do in the fall and winter.... UGH... though I will admit some days I'm much better at eating a little bit better when the boys aren't home lol but I couldn't get myself up early enough today to work out before going and doing my stuff for the day... but anyway... somehow I need it in to gear here and shape up and thin down a bit to look better, keep healthier (so I don't end up in the hospital again, not that NOT exercising has anything to do with why I ended up there in the first place, it would just help for it to not happen again), and feel better about myself and give me that chance to feel great in that awesome camouflage bikini that I bought a few weeks ago lol
But anyway.... I had a great time with Garret while he was home.. was WAY too short of a time though... but it was still good even though he was a butt the last day and had a little too much fun... and most of you know what I mean... lol we didn't do anything special but just had a good time doing random things together.... also had a great time going to Applebees to eat with Karla, Alicia, Joleen, and Kora on Thursday after the guys all left. Was great to do on a sad day.... though speaking of it being a sad day... I will say that I'm very proud of myself for that day and the entire weekend up through today so far.... I haven't cried yet since they left on Thursday! Trust me that AMAZING for me... even with the depressing news I got at Sears on Thursday I didn't even freak out and cry or anything on the way home that afternoon in the car.... I'm doing well surprisingly... I have no idea where this so far stuff side is coming from.. still super sad my best friend is gone and I won't see him till July sometime and then who knows after that.... and sad it's kind of lonely here sometimes.. but still doing well and not freaking out (and I'm sure Laura's glad for that lol) and not cried once yet.... I'm so impressed with myself... I even survived making a deployment slideshow last night with two sad songs on it.... wow... like I said idk where this stuff streak is coming from lol but I like it and hope it continues!!
Anyway... had a good weekend hanging out with my Laura and my Abby!! Can't wait till this weekend to see them both again and go on Wagon Train with Laura!! (YAY I get to ride her horse all day Friday!! Thanks dear!! :)) And then get to celebrate Abby's baby girl's 2 year birthday on Saturday!! YAY!! And then something REALLY awesome to look forward to for Monday... but that's still a slight secret to all of you that know nothing about it yet... you'll find out and maybe my blog Monday or Tuesday will have a sneak peek in it... hehehe... Today was also fun... even though it was so freaking HOT out lol Joleen and I took Kora to do a little photo shoot!!! It was fun.. and HOT lol but she was a little distracted by the fact that there were animals there so she wasn't big into getting her picture taken lol oh well... just means we'll have to do it again! lol
So... yeah.. there's my catch up... we'll see when I blog again.. probably tomorrow evening after maybe helping Alicia and Joleen do some moving and going out to dinner with the military ladies... who knows tho... haha Thanks for reading if you made it this far already... if you're looking for a photo there could be tons for them for everything that's gone on and happened since my last blog but I'll leave you with a photo of two couples from deployment day on Thursday :)

Day 13: Friday, May 27th, 2011; Pizza night/girls night!

Today was the first pizza night with Alicia and Joleen without the men folk being involved so of course it also became girls night as well. It was soooo awesome lol

We had so much fun with each other and with Kora! We had pizza at Joleens like usual and were sitting around chatting and watching cars with Kora when we got the idea that ice cream was needed! Lol well guess what... we went down the road to Culvers then! Lol that was a blast! Kora was sooo frickin entertaining! Her new thing that she picked up there: "holy hannah, Mel!" Lol so cute and funny and she just kep repeating it and repeating it! Lol we also had a blast discussing photo sessions that were gonna do and all our crazy ideas for them and all the different location options for them! We're gonna keep busy and entertained with them!! Lol

After culvers we went back to Joleens and hung out and talked more about random fun stuff and was entertained more by Kora! It was such a good time and much deserved and needed even though tomorrow will be a very good day cuz my baby comes home for a few days!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!! =D

But these pizza/girls nights will have to happen often ladies!!!!! It will be something soooo much fun to look forward to and will definitely help the next year or so to fly by much faster! :)

My picture.. lol is me sitting at the railroad tracks not far from my house on the way to Joleens waiting for the train to go by... lol

Day 11 & 12: Wednesday & Thursday, May 25th & 26th, 2011; wives complaining.

So, again I missed my Posting yesterday lol go figure so I'm doubling it today to make up lol

Yesterday was good getting to go out with the military ladies in New Ulm. It was again very good to get to go out with them. Good to learn new details about the deployment and also meet new people who are involved with soldiers and who are going through the same things. It was a late night but very good.

Today was good... wrok though was something different though... while at work (McDonalds) we ended being really busy at one point and I was sent back to help roll buritos... and while back there I was able to hear the conversation that two ladies were having with each other and the conversation was about both of them complaining about ones husband and ones fiance either not helping out with chores at home or that they're men do chores but then complain about needing praise or wanting to be thanked for what they have done at home...

Now here's the thoughts that I ended up having after hearing all this coming from them... I was like seriously... maybe you guys should quit your complaining about your men and what they do or don't do or what they think they need to hear after the chores they do.. cuz guess what.. there's one of us here who would be grateful to just have her hubby home to let out with things at home or to complain about things we do or don't do. Now I know garret and I don't always see eye to eye or we fight or disagree on who should do what and when. And we've definitely complained about each not doing what the other wanted. But at this time that these two were complaining all I could think of was you two should be thankful that you get to be with your men and you get have each other around to do stuff together cuz I would love to have my baby home just to be with and do household chores and such together. I really wanted to blurt it out to them but kept it to myself... sorry if those two read this and don't like what I say. But its my blog and my opinion... some people won't ever know what its like to lose your love for a year and then learn to cherish all the little things and learn that some of the stupid complaining doesn't ever matter anymore compared to not even having them around... oh well..