Fancy Nancy

So this past weekend was my birthday getaway/ a marriage retreat though Jeremy's work. I found out this weekend is I am not a "Fancy Nancy". For yall that don't know what Fancy Nancy is, it is this cute childrens' book about a little girl that is always wanting things to be fancy and nice. For yall with little girls, I have these books!
We got to go to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina and stay at the Marriott Resort Hotel. The hotel was very nice right on the beach, even though the only thing you saw from our room was the apartments next to it. Nice hotel but with all that fancy stuff you had to PAY for internet. $13.00 for 24 hours!!! I would have rather go to Best Western and walk the block to the beach and have free internet. Yes, I bought the computer with me on a getaway. I am additied... no not really. I can't sleep at night sometimes espically in hotels so it gives me something to do when I can't sleep. That was the other thing, nice hotel does not mean nice cable. They only had like 20 channels and no TV land or Nick at Nite, or Disney Channel. That is the stuff we normally watch to go to sleep. Anyways, the food was ok. I don't like places where you can't chose what to eat and on the table is like 20 pieces of silverware. Yes I know how you do it, salad fork, dinner, dessert, soup...Yeah I know all that. I just don't like doing it! LOL! Then the food was touching. It was made to look like something on Top Chef or Hell's Kitchen. Mashed potatoes and the gravy on the bottom with the chicken laying on top of it. So you know me I had to pull it apart. Yes and I was sick of water that was all they had to drink, water or tea! So that night we left after the first meeting and went to walmart to get some snacks and coke. Then Saturday we spend all morning in class which was good. It talks about ways to communicate and 5 things for love and such like that. Then that afternoon it is what they call "date night". So knowing us we are not fancy but since it was my birthday and we were on Hilton Head we decide someplace semi-nice. We went to Carrabba's because I LOVE Italian. It was nice. Next to the Carrabba's was a minutura golf place and it looked nice and empty. So we went and played around of golf. It was nice cause we had the place all to our self. And of course we played Deal or No Deal and won Maddie a Spongebob as a gift. That was about it for our weekend.
So yeah it was nice to stay in a 5 star hotel that over looks the ocean but I am a country girl that enjoys cheap and cheaper. So overall it was a fun weekend!

Oh, what did Jeremy get me for my birthday.... Twilight Scence It game, tickets to the movie, and season 2 &4 of Reba! (I already had season 1&3).

Oh and if you have a little girl you must read "Fancy Nancy"!

Home Again

So Jeremy is back home and has been at home for about a week now but I just been so busy to stop and update on here laterly. Sorry School work is keeping me busy and my neighbor started working so I been babysitting too. BUSY as a Bee! This is a busy month but I will get though it! LOL! So Jeremy made it though NTC and enjoy it. So I just thought I would post some beautiful pictures of his trip there!


Jeremy on top of the M88

A far view of Jeremy on the M88.

The beautiful Mountains and the DUST

All Geared Up!

(sorry I could not get the picture to flip)

A Beautiful Sunrise

The living area the first week

We did IT!

YAY! We did it, we did it!
Okay I will stop singing Dora... that is the song she sings at the end when they get to where ever they were going! But we did it, or should I say I did it.
I made it though October, as I speak Jeremy is on a birdie somewhere over the US on his way back to beautiful Georgia. So, yes I made it fine here alone for a month and I have to say it was not THAT bad. Of course I missed him and I miss having someone to do the little things with. So, how did I do with my goals....lol...laugh if you will I did not succeed at ALL of them but some of them I did conquer and proud that I did.
I got my house and the car clean. Everyone keeps telling me my house looks different all clean and the fact that I did the true military wife thing and rearranged the living room. My friend told me after the fact that you are not a true army wife unless when they leave for awhile you rearranged the house. I did not lose any weight or start exercising. Oh well! I have became very crafty and I will post pictures once my hubby gets back with the camera. I did paint and make the sea shell picture frame now I just got to get a picture of us at the beach. I also bought a shadow box and took all my medals from twirling from when I was 3 to 18 and make a nice display. I even got pictures of me at different ages twirling! I am proud of it!! Yesterday I made Halloween sugar cookies but I did not have Halloween color sprinkles so I just use food coloring to make some of the dough orange for pumpkins and some dough black for witches' hat and bats and cats. Then I left some dough along and made ghosts out of it. The black cookies don't look that good though but oh well Jeremy will eat them! LOL!
So anyways yay I made it though a month and I have learn that I am independent again. I just know when he leaves for Iraq I will be okay that I can handle anything...okay maybe not Anything but I will find someone who can!!!!
Oh, and I started classes this week I did my first quiz for sociology and I got 100% I was so shocked. I have never been a good student and always said I wished I would had worry more about school work then I did about guys and band in high school. I passed everything and was A and B honor roll but I think if I would had applied my self just a little harder I could had done better. Oh well, lesson learned so this time I am trying harder to applied myself a little more!
Okay, well off to study before I got to start getting dressed to go pick him up... Later!!

Yard Sales

Wow, what a deal! Once upon a time I hate to go to yard sales so bad. I thought to be "cool" you did not shop at them. I remember telling my mother.. "no, please don't stop" She never listen to me and always stopped anyways and I always refused to get out there is nothing I would EVERY need from a yard sale. Now, 15 years later....I LOVE YARD SALES! yes I said it! Anything to save a buck or two or more.
The good thing about living on a military installation is they have twice a year a post wide yard sale. Awesome it takes you hours and that is not even stopping at every house. You never know what you will find. To bad me and my friend stopped looking cause we ran out of money before we every even finished half the houses. But, I had cash of what I wanted to spend and not a penny more. Anyways I am excitied with what I got.
Here is what I got:

1. A Tall Lamp/Light - $3.00 normally $10
2. A Care for my neighbor girl that is sick - $1.00 normally $10.00
3. "Fast and the Furious 1 and 2" DVDs and DVD "The Greatest Game Every Played" (This was my gift for Jeremy) $5.00 for all 3. Normally at least $15.00
4. A wire shoe rack - $3.00 normally $10-15.
5. A Tall Black DVD shelf - $4.50 normally $15.00
6. And my steal of the Day and the one thing that I am proud to get: A Bissell Little Green with the Heat Stream. The lady said that she had only use it maybe twice still almost brand new, in the box, with all parts and instruction book. I been wanting one of these to do my couches and mattress and spots on the floor. So how much did I pay? Well lets say I went to Wal-mart after I left yard saling and they had it for $99.98. So I paid.......drum roll please.......$25.00 that was it. I feel I save alot there! Jeremy was proud of me. LOL!

So, anyways, just wanted to share my way of saving money.....yard sales! I spent a totally of $41.50 on stuff that my house needed to make it more like a home. I save at least $118.50. WOW! that is crazy. Anways, enough! Just thought I would share!

Thanks Yous

Okay I don't know why I feel like doing this but just want to say thanks to all my friends and family. I can't sleep tonight and just want to typed and have a lot on my chest. Just wanted to say I love you!

Dear Jeremy,
I love you so much. I am so proud of the sacrifices you make for this country and for me. I am so glad that you came into my life when you did. You are a wonderful husband and have enjoyed the past 7 years and look forward to many more years together. I hope we travel the world together hand and hand will fulfilled our dreams together. You are my Hero!

Dear Dad,
I just want to say, Thanks for everything you have done for us children. I love you so much. No matter how stubborn I was I really was listening. You were always there even if I did not want you around. LOL! Thanks for aways being there for me even when I did not make the best choices but you never judge just help me find my way back on the straight and narrow. Thanks Dad, you are the greatest!

Dear Marie
Thanks for joining our crazy family. I know I have only known you a couple of years but it has felt like alot longer. You have been a great addition to the family. I enjoy having you around. Thanks for always lending a ear when i need to talk you are a great listener. I enjoy having you around to talk to and know if every need to talk you are there, thanks for that!

Dear Adam,
While you was always the "little" brother you could always beat me up! While, our childhood I think we would fight alot I know I have always loved you so much and will always love you. I know we have never been closed but I am always here for you. I know when ever I have a question I can't answer I know who to call because you are so smart and always have good advice, you take after dad that is for sure. Thanks for being the "little" brother that I can look up to!

Dear Kim,
Well, thanks for joining our crazy family by marrying my brother. I know we hardly every talk but I want you to know you are my sister now and are always free to call and talk whenever you need to vent. I hope over the years to build our friendship and sisterhood and become good friends. You are wonderful wife and mother and I see how happy you make Adam, thanks for taking care of my "little" brother.

Dearest Parker,
While I have only meet you 2 weeks of your 9 months here with us, you are the greatest thing to our Haynes family. I love you so much! I wished I lived closer so I could hold and spoil you every day. Since I dont have that has you grow you will know that no matter how far away from you I am I will always be here for you....even when you are way older and can come visit! You are the cutest nephew every way. Thanks for being the happy cheerful, handsome boy and bringing happiness to me when I see your new pictures and videos.

Dear Andrea,
I know you probably won't read this but I want you to know that I love you and hope one day we can be best friends like we use to be years ago. We always fought, mainly cause you follow me around wanting to do everything I did, but I always loved that about you and when I moved out and went to college you were the person I messed the most. Your letters were my inspiration at college and still to this day I have them. I hope one day we can talk on the phone and hang out and be friends again. I am sorry for what every I have done to you but know I am here for you and always will be.

Dear My Friends
I have to many to list by name but many of you have known me for YEARS and I want to say thanks for aways being there. Some of you guys were the greatest friends in High school and who I share all my memories with from high school. Amanda W. Thanks for being a great friend for what like 16 years now. I feel like that was our lifetime. We been tough so much together and I know you are always there for me. Thanks everyone for your advice and help when ever I am down you give me great inspiration and encouragement. Keep it up!

Okay sorry for this post, I just can't sleep and had a lot on my mind and felt like writing and it helps. I hope not to offend anyone in this post but this is my post and I can write what is on my mind. If I did offend I apologize now!


Thanks Each and EveryOne of Yall!
I love Everyone! Mandy