1Nov2009

We are, offically, in November. The month my Husband comes home to me!

Okay, I just googled to find an image of a ship comming home to use for this post, and I just found the key-stone piece of my waiting on the pier outfit. I guess I'll just go casual-chiche with jeans and my black military jacket which I wear over t-shirts because I will be wearing THIS under it.

I am already SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November will be a good month for me, for at least two reasons......

Kashi Veggie Medley

I work nights, at least for the next month when I am on orientation. Working the 5p-5a shifts is MURDER on my sleep cycle, and unfortunately I haven't had much time for cooking.

Usually when I cook I make 2-3 meals for the week and eat leftovers which I brown-bag to work. I always bring my own meals because I am really picky about what I eat (my body my temple and yada-yada). Throught the week there is always one day where I am lazy or running late or I forgot to pack a lunch (or all three) which is why I usually keep a small supply of frozen things on hand to grab and go.

I have a few things that I constantly cycle through my freezer.

1) Lean Cuisine Panini's! This one is my Fav but I like pretty much all of them
2) Amy's Organic Burrito's Quick Nuke = Quick healthy delicious!

Today while Grocery Shopping I stumbled upon the Kashi Frozen Foods and Decided to give these guys a try

I was REALLY impressed 1) By how good these are 2) and by how FILLING they are! They are these veggie pocket things stuffed with beans, zucchini, onion, corn and peppers. If any of this sounds appealing you will LOVE THESE! All this and 10grams of protein for around 200 calories...heck yes!

Any of you have a staple good-to-go product in your freezer or pantry that you can share with us?

Halloween Party

Some shots from Kim's Halloween Party Friday. I used the camera on Auto Mode for the first time since I bought it. The lighting in her house was very dark and spooky-like a.k.a terrible for a beginner photographer like myself =)















-it was so nice for Jesus to show up and wash Kim's feet for her :-)



Me in my Geisha Outfit, I actually didn't get a full shot of the outfit....whoops!




Happy Halloween Everyone

Face to Face, with the Face Girl

I have a problem, and I need your advice...

I am the type of person who loves to make others happy. I love putting a smile on others faces, and try really hard to be sensitive to everyone, even people I might not even know or be close to.

I also have a really difficult time dealing with people who don't like me. Whenever someone is mad at me or mean or just being a bitch to me, I don't make that about them, it's me, it's something I am doing, something I am doing wrong. I have a hard time with the fact that there are people that are just jerks in this world, for no other reason that they are, well, jerks. I'm not saying that I am never mean to anyone, but I think we all know that there are people who you can be sweet to them and they will still hate you, and the nicer you are the meaner they get.

I work with one of these people.

This girl (we'll call her Sally) isn't exactly mean to me, she is just really good at passive aggressive behavior, like most women are. Whenever I come on the unit I say hi to everyone and I always get the normal pleasantries from everyone, but her. She never talks to me unless I talk to her first. If we are in a group of people, she will be overly friendly with everyone else and will ignore me.

Sound a little grade school doesn't it? The sad part is that I am letting it bother me as much as I am. She's not worth it, she's just a jerk. I wouldn't even want to be friends with a person like that, so why should I even care? I am a strong, independent, beautiful woman with a husband who adores her, a family that loves her and good friends to share my life with. So why is it that the fact that one girl is out-shadowing all of that?

I don't know how many of you watch Sex and the City but there is an episode where Carrie meets a girlfriends of Aidan's after she broke up with him the second time. Nina (the next girlfriend) makes a face that Carrie obsesses about over the entire episode. She can't stop thinking about what Nina thinks about her and she lets this take over her whole life. By the end she realized that it really isn't even about Nina, it was her. She was just being too critical of herself.

I guess that's easier said than done. I am a good person. If people don't want me to be in their life, that's their loss....I do believe that.

So why am I still obsessing over this girl??

Christmas and Halloween Together at last

I am starting Christmas planning early this year. Earlier then I have ever IMAGINED doing it in the past. Mostly because most of my gift giving this year will be home made and thus needs advance planning.

I want to make my own christmas cards this year and tonight I went to see if Michaels had any supplies out already.

I guess the retail industry is as early as I am...




snowflake clippies!

I also bought my halloween costume tonight. I am going to a halloween party friday night and I decided to go as a Geisha. It is a little shorter then I have worn in the past so I am going to have to be very "aware" of when I sit and when I bend over. But I look damn good in it! I'll post a picture of me in it this weekend :-)



What are you guys being for Halloween?

Happy Birthday Little Rhody Girl!

Little Rhody Girl, you are one year old (and a few days, the official first post was October 25th 2008)! What are we doing to celebrate?

Well for one, I have caught up with some deliquant back posting (including this post tee hee)

I wrote one about the Blog
I wrote one about me
I wrote one about my photos
I wrote one celebrating my 9 month anniversary

So here's to you Little Rhody Girl! Here's to your first year, and many more to come!

Lots of love,

Sara

My Photos

I started taking photos serisouly in August of 2009 when I came into possession of a New Camera. I am taking photography classes online and I am really loving what I am coming up with so far. I use Photoshop Elements for editing which I am still trying to learn my way around. Please visit my flickr photostream and feel free to leave comments!

Some examples of my work








In the spring I am hoping to start scheduling some free sessions to expand my portfolio. Maybe in a few years I might make some money off of these photos!
See you on the other side of the lens!

9 Months

9 months have passed since my wedding day, the sad thing is that 6 months have passed since I last saw my husband.

Being married to the Navy (yes I am married to the Navy as much as I am married to Kyle) TOTALLY SUCKS sometimes. For one thing there are times when I have been by myself for so long that I don't even FEEL like i'm married to anybody. I look at my ring finger and I know that I am married, but so much of my day to day life is single-like life that it's hard for my head to grasp the concept. If it's hard for me to even understand it I can believe that you guys are totally confused but it is what it is.

However on each 24th day of each month I can think back to that day that DID happen and know that I AM married, and that someday SOON my husband will come home to me.

The lucky thing for me is that I am pretty sure this is the last 24th day that I will be minus the hubby. ;-)