I'm a big girl now!

So the job interview that I told you all about in my last post... I GOT THE JOB!! :) I'm so excited. Hopefully I really like the job and I'm not all excited for nothing, but yaye! I'll be a leasing consultant at Great Bridge Apartments. The lady in the office that interviewed me seemed really nice and she was very impressed with me even though I've never had a job like this before. I had decided that if she called and offered me the job that I was going to turn it down.. I was supposed to move back to Illinois while Chris is deployed this year and then I got the interview for the job and I realized I wouldn't save any money if I stayed here even if I was working so I had decided if she called and said the job was mine that I was going to tell her no but I just couldn't make myself do it! I was too excited. This is my chance to actually help with bills and extra stuff we want to do. I know all families are different but when we got married Chris's money became our money but there has just been a part of me that wanted to pitch in. Now I get that chance! I'll figure out the housing situation, last minute I'm sure, but I will. :)

Chris got more of his tattoo done today. It's getting to be crunch time so hopefully he gets it completely done before he goes on deployment. I get to get more of mine done on April 7th. Hopefully I get mine done too because I'm impatient! I'm just ready to see the finished project! It's taking forever to get them finished because they are so big and the place we are going is so busy but I definitely recommend Rocksteady Tattoo if you're up for getting ink!

Oh deployment, how I hate you.

It seems like Chris just got home and in less than two months he'll be gone again. With Insurv, no pom period and underways, that two months is going to fly by and before I know it, I'll be standing there watching until I can't see the ship anymore. Until you've felt it, you'll never understand the feeling. I thought I was going to type a whole blog on how I hate deployment but now that I've started typing I'm speechless.. It's too overwhelming to think about so I won't blog about it until it's here, in a few short weeks.. :(

On the brighter side of life, I saw the fertility specialist earlier this week. We have a plan now for the next year. Hopefully I won't have to put part of that plan in to action, but I feel better knowing that there is hope and something can be done! :)

After sending out what feels like hundreds of resumes, I finally got a call back! I had an interview at an apartment community to be a leasing agent yesterday! I'll finally have a big girl job if this thing goes through! Get up early, dress nice, get a real paycheck.. holy cow! Lol. I'm expecting a phone call by noon today giving me the 100% yes you got the job, so keep your fingers crossed people! I'll have three jobs if this works out! Scentsy, babysitting Hannah, and the leasing agent job. 

Don't forget to order Scentsy! :)

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Well hello, it's been a while!

I haven't posted a blog since October. I'm totally slacking in the blogging world. But hey, I'm back! Quite a bit has happened since I last posted so I guess I have some catching up to do. Since I last posted we had Thanksgiving, Christmas, our two year anniversary, Chris's 21st birthday, infertility doctor appointments, and Friday is a two week underway.. JOY for the Navy, not.

We had a small Thanksgiving at our apartment. Chris, John, Don (Michelle's dad) and myself. I made a Turkey for the first time and it was really good if I do say so myself! I was so excited to finally have a holiday at my house. The in laws were supposed to come out but thanks to the lovely ship schedule, that was unable to happen but we did make it there for Christmas!

While we were in Illinois we got new tires on the truck and dual exhaust put on. Pretty exciting! :)

On December 22nd, Christopher and I celebrated two wonderful years of marriage and he celebrated his 21st birthday. I always joke with him that we got married on his birthday so he could never forget our anniversary lol. We had lunch at Applebees and then of course hit up Wal Mart and Schnucks for alcohol! We had a few friends come out to his parents house. We had a good time. Including Chris puking on the fireplace... haha. 

We saw all of our family while we were home this visit and had good Christmas's at quite a few places. It was a nice trip this time. We really weren't ready to come home,  but unfortunately, duty calls.

Chris was on duty on New Years Eve so I spent it with David, Michelle, Adam, Antonio, and Cory. We played pong and flip cup and just had a good ole time ringing in the new year! 2011! 

There isn't much of an update on my doctors appointments. At least not updates that I want to talk about with everyone right now. But don't worry, a baby isn't out of the question. :)

My Scentsy business is going pretty well. I would like to get more business so tell all your friends and family that I'm a consultant and to contact me if they are interested in placing an order or hosting a party! My personal website is skeppner.scentsy.us so order now and order often! Right now I personally am offering a half price warmer if you schedule a party with me for January. The company is offering double the half price items for the month of January so this is definitely the month to have a party! Bring Back My Bar is also going on this month so if you are already a Scentsy buyer and there is a discontinued smell that you are just dying to have again, check out the list, it might be back for a short time only! Also the Hugs and Kisses warmer is 10% off this month so order it for your Valentine!

I also want to give a shout out to the sailors on board the USS Enterprise CVN 65 who are leaving out on deployment tomorrow. Be safe and it'll be over before you know it. We'll miss you Tony Baby! P.s. I'll mail you boxes!

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful holiday season and this year brings wonderful things to you all! <3

No title, just jabbering..

I haven't posted in a few weeks, seems like everytime I start to post, something comes up and then I forget about it. But I'm here now and hopefully I can finish this one! Chris and I had our pictures taken by Michelle Huff Photgraphy this past weekend. It was so hard to get Chris to agree to get them done but I'm so glad I finally begged enough that he gave in! They turned out wonderful! I wish he would do pictures more often! He hates getting his picture taken! I've started looking for a job again.. I signed up for Avon and Scentsy earlier this month. I haven't made any sales yet. I do have some Scentsy parties in the works and some Avon books passed out. The Scentsy seems to be more popular than Avon, but if anyone is interested, I do have books! Please please please schedule a Scentsy party! There are tons of discounts if you host a party. I've been applying at pharmacies to be a pharmacy technician. That seems to be one of the only jobs that Chris approves of and if I could get on at a pharmacy it would be awesome. I'm making some follow up calls today since I sent in my applications and hopefully someone will say "Come in for an interview!"... It would be so nice to have a job, a car, extra money... oh the possibilities are endless! My first appointment at the fertility gyn is this Friday.. I'm getting nervous because I don't know what they are going to say. They probably won't say much on the first appointment anyway, but I just don't want them to tell me they can't help me. I'll just keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best. Chris will be leaving for a few days in the beginning on November, at least it's not for too long! I'll survive! The in laws are supposed to be coming to Virginia for Thanksgiving. I really want a holiday held at my house! :) I can't wait to cook my first Thanksgiving. Lets just hope I don't ruin the turkey! Hopefully going to see a movie this week with my love.. duty today, BOO!


I'll update again at a later date.. possibly Friday after my appointment... <3

No job and no husband!

For the first time in a year and a half, I'm looking for a job. Everyone keeps asking if I'm in school or if I work and I constantly have to explain myself. Well number one, I'm tired of explaining myself. I'll go to school when I darn well feel like it and second, I'm finally bored and finally tired of living pay check to pay check so I'm job hunting. With no luck I might add, but still hunting. I had an interview today with Super Helpers and that was just a completely unorganized and unprofessional joke of a morning. When you walk into an office and they tell you they don't know how much they will pay you for the position and when the two ladies running the office can't agree on something in front of you, it's rude. But that just means the job wasn't mean to be. I don't want to be a cleaning lady or a sales person for the rest of my time in Virginia but I was willing to clean because I enjoy it. Turns out that it wasn't for me. Chris was glad to find out that I wasn't going to work there. He didn't want me to be someones maid anyway! I got a phone call for a job this evening but it was for evening hours which I can't take while Chris is home. It's only Monday, I have the rest of the week to continue my search to have a job by my goal, which is Friday!



This was a very eventful weekend. The party at Adam and Antonio's turned a little, um, violent I guess lol. Sometimes play fighting turns out bad... don't ask questions, just take my advice! Lol.... Anyway, we had fun for a while, played nertz, did some shots, wrestled, danced, got loud, you know how parties go! :) But then, abruptly, the party was over and I took a cab home. Yes, a cab. The very first time I had ever been in a cab. Lol, lame I know.  


So, Chris left today. For the first time since he got home from deployment. It's not for long though. Luckily. I don't like that he's gone. Not one single bit. But I will admit, a week is wayyyy better than seven months. I didn't even cry when he left. I was proud. I guess him being gone for seven months made me realize that I can do it and I can survive and I can wait on him, impatiently, but it's still waiting! Lol. He took me on a date last night to Red Lobster. We hadn't been out to eat since he got home and we felt like we deserved to go out and enjoy each others company in public! :) My countdown is on to the day he gets back in my arms but it's really weird that he's gone again. Talking to him through email and facebook brings back memories of deployment, even though it was only two months ago. Horrific memories! I can't explain it. If you aren't a military wife then you'll never understand what we go through on a day to day basis. 


I had my ultrasound last week and I still have a cyst on my left ovary. From the picture I saw, it seems pretty big. I will get my results from the ultrasound when I see the fertility GYN on the 29th. I have to get blood drawn on the 18th, so not looking forward to that! But hey, I could be getting somewhere. Everyone keep your fingers crossed for us that we get this situation figured out!


Missing my love.. Peace! <3

Duty Free Weekend!

 Chris finally has a duty free weekend this weekend! So exciting. It's so nice to be able to sleep in and not have to take him to work at 5 in the morning on a Saturday or a Sunday! 


Last night we went over to Kayla and Ryan's house and played beer pong and beer ping. Then we went over to Raven and Vdub's house and played more beer pong. I was Chris's DD so I didn't drink, just watched him get more and more trashed as the night went on! Lol, it was pretty fun though! I had to call Michelle to help me get him woke up because he slept for 30 minutes in the truck before I could even get him to open his eyes! Lol! I got the call that my rings were back yesterday! So exciting! They are soldered together now and super shiny! Just like when I first got them! 


Tonight me and Chris are going to dinner at Adam and Antonio's house. I have to make mashed potatoes. We're doing a pot luck kind of thing. After dinner it's going to be time to nertz it up! I can't wait! I haven't played nertz in a 
while, it's so addicting! We play for hours every time we play. Ok, well I just wanted to catch everyone up on our weekend.. 


I really need to get Cricket a hair cut, but I also really need someone to give me a million dollars to do a lot of things! Looks like her hair cut will be waiting! She needs another shot this coming check but then she's all finished up with her shots and I can definitely afford her hair cut! :) 


Have a good weekend everyone! Peace! <3

Life update/Gym day!

Today I will officially begin my journey to get unpudgealicious! :) Yeah yeah, I know I'm not fat but I'm pretty sure regular excercise is healthy so here goes nothin! Hopefully going to the gym lasts! I freaking tennis shoes are in the truck though and Chris has the truck on base. So looks like I won't be doing any running today. I can do other excercises without shoes on and move on to the running tomorrow when I get my shoes! 


On the plus side of life, I had my doctors appointment yesterday! I was a little nervous when I went in because last year the doctor just kind of blew off my concerns and basically told me I was too young to have a baby anyway and that there was nothing he could do until Chris was home for a full twelve months. Well, considering he's on the Ramage, that's never going to happen! But, I got there yesterday and had a new doctor! He started asking me questions and actually listened to what I had to say! He left the room and came back with a referral to a fertility gyno on Portsmouth! Yaye! Yaye! I have to have an ultrasound done to make sure I no longer have ovarian cysts and bloodwork done to make sure I am ovulating correctly and then I can move on the the doctor in Portsmouth! After being off of birth control for two years, I was starting to give up hope thinking that it was never going to happen. Me and Chris are in the prime age to have children. I don't want to be an old mother who isn't "cool" to her kids friends! Duh! No mom wants that! But anyway, fingers crossed, by the end of next month I know something. It will be a drawn out process but at least I now know that someone heard me out and I can see the right kind of doctor!


Ok well, since I updated everyone that kept asking how my appointment went, I think I'll find something to eat.


Well, the gym plans just changed as we speak. Going to a doctors appointment for Rebecca instead. At least I can start off the right way with tennis shoes tomorrow! :)


Peace! <3