The Countdown Continues...

The countdown is now at 40 days!!!! I am getting so excited I can hardly stand it!
Not a whole lot is new. Ben is still flying all the time and I'm working and... well... working! I'm enjoying my apartment as much as I can. I'm counting down the days until I can move out and move back to TN.
The one bit of news that I do have is that I did get me and Ben pre-approved for a home loan!!! I am not going to start looking and visiting houses until after he has left to go back and finish his tour though. I have been doing my homework and found out that the military has some really good tools to help you in buying your first home! The one thing I found that has been the most help is the VA Loan! I knew being apart of the military would bring great benefits, even when it comes to buying houses! We are really excited! We are going to first look at foreclosed homes, and to our surprise there are a lot down there, which is a good thing! Hopefully we can find something we like and in good condition for cheap!
Well, that's all I have for now! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

One Year

I cannot believe that I have been married to my best friend for a whole year already. I wish I could say that it has been the best year in our relationship but I can't, not since he left 6 months after we were married. I will say though, the that first six months of our marriage were the happiest times in my life... I can't wait for the next 6 months to hurry up and go by so that we can finally be a real married couple!! We have been through a lot together this first year but it has all been good. We have learned a lot about ourselves and about each other over the past year and our love and respect for one another just keeps growing. According to a lot of people, in their eyes, Ben and I got married too young. I honestly don't think that we did because we both know that we were made for each other. I love him so much.

On a lighter note, Friday morning Ben called me and told me that he just got his box. We got on web cam and I watched him open it. He loved his gifts especially the Cardinal tickets I got us for when he comes home! We have never been to a Cardinal's game together and he hasn't been to the new stadium yet so I thought it would be the perfect gift!!! I can't wait to go!!!

At work later that day I had a special delivery arrive for me. He got me a dozen roses, a teddy bear, chocolate truffles and a card. I loved it!! Was not expecting all of that at all!!! The roses are sitting right beside me now and they are really blooming!!! They are so beautiful. Hunnie, thank you so much for being so wonderful!! I love you and that will never change!!!

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This weekend I decided that I wanted to go home. Ben's mom ended up getting into town late Saturday night so on Sunday Ben's uncle Dan, had a BBQ at his house and everyone came over. We had a lot of fun. He ended up letting me drive his 1999 Corvette!!! I couldn't believe it!! We also played poker and for the third time in a row I took Dan out of the game! I had to leave by 5 to start heading back to IL and by then we still weren't done with the game so I ended up cashing in and got my dollar back and made $3.50!! I was excited!! It was a fun game!

Well, that's about all I have for now.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and is enjoying the summer!

Summer is finally here!

Where to begin?

First off lets start off a few weekends ago. Laurenn and Keitan came up to see me. Friday, when they got up here, there was a tornado or 'potato' as Keitan calls it! So we went downstairs! Then Saturday we watched movies and went to Chucky Cheese!! Now I haven't been there in a long time but I must say that their pizza is still one of my favorites!! We had a lot of fun!

The next weekend, the 22nd of May, I got off work early and went down to Jeff City to see my sister graduate high school. I feel old! lol Of course, like always, there were a lot of kids. My stepmom and I only stayed until they called her name and then we left. Cheryl ended up going home but I went out to Bones and the to "The Spot" with Erica and Katy!! That was a lot of fun! I missed hanging out with them. And it was nice seeing Erica drunk for once! lol

Saturday I went over to my mom's for a bit, Erica and I went shopping, went to my aunt's to see my new baby cousin, and then went to Rochelle's. Laurenn and I ended up going to Bones. Saw some people I hadn't seen in awhile and had a lot of fun!! I love being 21 now!

Sunday I was going to drive back to IL to move into my new apartment but I couldn't get myself to stop feeling like I was sleep walking, therefore, I went over to Cheryl's friends house and had Taco's and watched the movie, Taken! Good movie!! Monday, I got up early, went to Ju-Ju's house to see Brayden and so she could see Ben's Afghanistan pics and then headed back to IL.

Let me back up the train just a tad. I decided to get my own apartment for the next six months, until Ben comes home, because me and Stacey were not getting along. I was not agreeing with the stuff she was doing and didn't want to be in that situation any longer so me and Ben decided it was best for me to move out. I got the keys to my new place on Friday, and moved in on Monday! I love it! I live about 10 min from work, and am just around the corner from a major street here in Springfield. I have had a lot of people ask, "Why don't you just move back home?" The answer to that is because I love my job. If I didn't love my job then I would have no reason to stay up here and I would move back but this job opens up so many more doors for me and my career and I don't want to give that up!

Today, 5-28-09, was a pretty amazing day!! My wonderful husband sent me part of my one year anniversary gift!! its a diamond bracelet in the shape of hearts! I love it! He claims that he has more tricks up his sleeve, so we will see what else I get! I sent his box off today!!! I can't tell you, just yet, what I got him but I know that he will LOVE it!!! I can't wait until he gets it!!!

Can you believe that our one year anniversary is next weekend?? I'm in total shock. Where has the past year gone? I do miss my wedding day very much! It was one of the best days of my life! It went by way to fast!

Well, that's all I have for now. I will try to update more often!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!! Time to put the swim suits on and go swimming!!! Yay!!!

Mother's Day Weekend!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!
Now that that is out of the way let me tell you how my weekend went. First of all, my friend Laurenn came up to Springfield!!!! I was so happy that she came!! We ended up leaving town and going to a friends house for the night. Of course we go out, I get drunk, come home, and stub my little toe, ending up breaking the darn thing!! It's pretty funny now but at the time, man did it hurt!!! lol
Saturday we went to the mall and walked around, came back to my house, rested, went tanning, and then went and saw the new movie "Ghost of Girlfriends Past" Man that was a great movie!! I loved it!!
Then this morning came and she went home to spend mother's day with her little boy!!
It was a very good weekend!! I loved not having to drive down to MO for once! lol

On Friday, however, I got the best email of my life!!! I went to lunch, came back and found that I had an email from my wonderful husband!!! I'm not going to tell you what all it said but it was a very very sweet email!! Like a love note but only in email format since he is half way around the world!!! It brought tears to my eyes!!

Anyways... I think I'm done writing for now!! Have a great week everyone and GO CARDINALS!!!

Finally 21!!!

I have finally made it!!! After waiting 21 long years, I can now order a drink with my dinner!! The feeling of having that option is absolutely awesome!!! My actual birthday was on a Monday. My friend, Dustin, came home for his R&R that day so that was awesome!! After that we all just went out to dinner and grabbed a few drinks!

My birthday bash was this past weekend on the 2nd of May!!! It was alot of fun. First we had dinner at Chili's in Jefferson City. Family and friends were both there. After that my friends and I went out to Bones! I must say though that my favorite part of the night was when my friend Betsy showed up!!! I hadn't seen her in almost a year and I have really missed her! Bets, thank you so much for coming out!!!!!!!

My first shot of the night was a shot called 'Wet Pussy'. Weird name but man did it taste good! I really liked it!! I also had a 'Girl Scout Cookie', 'Three Wise men' which by the way was disgusting, 'Tequila Shots', and some bombs! After we were done at Bones we headed to the Lake of the Ozarks and went to the Blue Room!! Even though it was hot in there it was alot of fun!!!

I must say that that was the best birthday by far!! Thank you to everyone that came out and celebrated with me!!! I love you all!!!

{My Girls and Me}

Two Become One!

There is only one word to describe the wedding between Erica and Matt... BEAUTIFUL!!!! Erica was the most gorgeous bride I have ever seen, besides myself of course! It was an absolute beautiful day and I am so happy for the two of them. They are like two peas in a pod! The complete each other!!

Matt and Erica... I am so happy for you guys! You guys have been the best friends that everyone wishes they had!! I am so honored to have that type of friendship with you two!! Every time I see you two together all I can do is smile! You both remind me of Ben and I and that only makes me happier! I am so glad that you two finally tied the knot!! Matt, take care of her and Erica do that same for Matt!! I love you both!!
Also that weekend, Laurenn, Beau, and I went to Ben's cousin, Kiley's wedding. Her wedding was also very beautiful! Her dad made her a gazebo in the backyard just for the event.
Kiley and Mick... Ben and I are very happy for you two! Ben really wished that he could have been there to be apart of your special day for you, but he sends his love and his blessings. We love you both very much and we know that you two will have a long and happy life together!

Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder!

Well.. my new job is AMAZING!!! I LOVE it!! I get my own desk, and my own phone! I know that it is not much to brag about but working for Central Bank I never got that! lol What I do each day is update and send out reports to my district managers and their branches. Without being apart of Citi or knowing how they operate it is a little hard to explain and I won't bore or confuse you! lol But to sum it all up it is computer work! There are only five people who work in my office and three of us are Kim's!! It gets pretty funny sometimes because we aren't sure which Kim is being talked to! lol My nickname is "Special K"!! One of the DM's came up with that! lol

Me and Stacey are also moved into our new house!! It is slowly coming together!! I'm really liking it but getting super excited to start house shopping in six months!!

Ben is doing really well as well! He is flying alot! He likes that though so I'm glad that he is doing it! He will be home in four months for two weeks!! I cannot wait for that day to come when I see him get off that plane!!! I dream about that moment every day! I must say that this deployment has been hard on the both of us but I never would have thought that our love could grow any stronger than it already was... I was wrong!! My heart just wants to explode with all the love I have for him! I am so proud of him and the saying 'distance makes the heart grow stronger' is certainly true!!

Okay enough mushy talk! lol ... Rascal is doing really well. He isn't liking the hardwood floors as much but oh well. It's actually quite funny watching him fall all over the place when he gets all hyped up and starts running through the house! He is in this spell of where he wants to take Libby's stuffed animals and play with them. It's kinda cute but I know that after awhile he is going to start tearing them apart so I have to hide them from him. lol

Well.. next weekend is Easter! I will be home this weekend to celebrate it! I'm hoping my new cousin is there so I can meet him! My cousin Wes and Melynda had their first baby boy, Brody, on Thursday!!! He is freaking adorable in all the pictures that I have seen of him!! Congrats you guys!! Also I am going over to Ben's uncles house and we always play some poker so I'm going to have to find some quarters and dust off my poker skills so that I can beat him again! lol

My 21st birthday is three weeks from today!!!!! I'm freaking ecstatic!! It's a bummer that it is on a Monday but you better believe that I will celebrate when I get home the next weekend!! I have been waiting for this day for... well.. 21 years! lol haha. Also, my friend Erica gets married the day before my birthday!! I am so excited for her and Matt!!! They are so cute together and I know that they are going to have a long and healthy marriage!! I am also so glad to be helping take some of the stress off of her for that day! Me and Katy are going to be running around like chickens with our head cut off!! It will be fun though!! I can't wait!! She is going to look so pretty!!! I should have told her that Rascal and Luci (her dog and Rascal's girlfriend) should've walked down the isle together! lol haha. We could have had a double wedding! lol hahaha! Just kidding!!

Well I believe that is all I have to report for now!! Have a Happy Easter everyone!!!

I GOT THE JOB!!!

So... I am officially an employee of Citi Financial!!! I am so excited!! They called and offered me the job on Monday! I should start around the 30th!!
Well that's all I wanted to say for today!!! Have a great weekend!!!

Happy, Happy, HAPPY!!!

Hello everyone!!! It has been awhile since I last blogged so I figured now was as good as time as any. Let see, where to begin! lol Today I went to an allergy specialist to see what exactly I am allergic too and what medicine I should take once the allergy season starts. They ended up giving me 22 shots and dabbed my arms 80 times with different things to see what I was allergic too. Of course I'm not allergic to food, thank God, but I am allergic to the normal stuff, ragweed, trees, grass, goat! lol Yes goat! lol He gave me some good meds so I should be covered this season.

I got a picture from Ben today! It's of him and his fellow soldiers posing on the back of their helicopter with the American flag! I love it!! I can't wait to get it developed and framed!!! Ben is doing really well. He is having fun over there and being safe at the same time. Everything I hoped for! He misses home of course but that's the norm as well. He will be home, hopefully, in August for two weeks or so! I can't wait!

Stacey and I got a house!!!! It is super cute!!! The living room has yellowish walls, the dinning room has white on top, wood chair rail, and maroon on bottom, the kitchen has bright orange counter-tops which are totally amazing!!! We like them a lot. My room is blue and I'm going to offset it with the browns from my bed and get some new curtains, the bathroom is all maroon, and Stacey and Libby's room is tan. It is all hardwood flooring with a full unfinished basement with a washer and drawer!!! The yard is huge too!!! It's at least over an acre with a garage!!! We are very excited and can't wait to get moved in.

I also found a temporary job for now. It's at Wells Fargo. Not the job I wanted but it pays 11.88 so I'll take it for now. Citi called me today as well and I have another interview with them tomorrow. I am very excited!! I really hope I get it but if I don't I have this temporary one for now until I find one that I really want!! Fingers crossed!!!

Other than all that, everything here is good. Me and Stacey are coming home next weekend to go to a wedding and the weekend after that I am throwing my best friends bridal shower!! I'm super duper excited!!!! hehe (can't ya tell! lol)

Well that's all I have to report for now!! I'll post again soon!

Have a great rest of the week and a great weekend!!!

Our Wedding Day

This is a survey for all of you married folk. Copy mine and paste into a new note.

1) When was your wedding day?
June 7, 2008

2) What day of the week was it?
Saturday

3) Did you get married in a church?
No. We got married in my dad's backyard! Very beautiful!

4) How many in your wedding party?
maid of honor, and four bridesmaids. best man and four groomsmen and then one usher

6) How many guests were invited to your wedding?
about 200

7) How long did you wait to Tie The Knot after your proposal?
a year and a half. We wanted to wait and have plenty of time to plan and I wanted to be almost done with school. Plus we had to plan around the Army

8) Who did you hire as your photographer & videographer?
Our photographer was D&J Photography. We didnt have a videographer... one thing I still regret to this day

9) Did you have a DJ or a band?
Our DJ was 'A Touch of Class' my cousin actually works for him so we got a discount and my cousin was the DJ that night!

10) Did your father walk you down the aisle?
Yes he did

.11) What color were the bridesmaid dresses & groomsmen vests?
my maid of honor, Betsy, had a white top with a tropic blue sash that mashed the skirts of all the girls. The skirts were made from Taffada and were the tropic blue color as well. Celina and Kelli had tropic blue halter dress tops and Robin and Courtney had strapless tropic blue tops. Steven, our best man, had a silver vest with a tropic blue tie while the other groomsmen had blue vests with the blue tie

12) Who was your Maid Of Honor/Best Man?
Maid of Honor: Betsy St. Clair!! Best maid of honor ever!! Best man: Steven Pack

13) Did you have a Bridal Shower?
yes! Several. My aunts threw me one for mine and Bens family. Betsy threw me one for the friends and then I had one at work!

14) What type of limo did you get?
We actually didnt get a limo. We had a 1964 and a half Ford Mustage

15) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party?
We went to dinner at Garfield and then we went back to my house and partied.. most of us were under age

.16) What type of wedding gown/tux did you two wear?
I wore a taffada dress from Davids Bridal and Ben wore a black suit

17) How was the weather?
Beautiful! A little hot during the day but once the wedding took place it was awesome!

18) Where did you go on your Honeymoon?
We havn't yet. We are waiting for him to get back from Afghanistan before we do. We did move the monday after the wedding so if you want to include that as a honey moon! l0l haha

19) What was your favorite part of your wedding day?
The entire day was my favorite! I loved every minute of it!!! I wish I could go back and do it all over again!

20) How long have you been married?
Almost a year!!!