Sorry about lack of posts...Spider-Man Happened...lol

So here is a quick post b4 i go to bed...sorry i didn't post anything yesterday, it was a completely lazy day and I seriously did absolutely nothing really...lol...Today on the other hand...cleaned the entire house and then watched a couple more episodes of OC (2nd Season)...then tonite Eric and I started a Game of Spider-Man Monopoly...and we are off to bed, so that's on hold for the time being...lol...I'll check in tomorrow!!! G'Nite All!!! :)

Just a Check in

Good Morning World!!! Ok, well, not the world, but hey, everyone who is reading this!! :) I'm a little more awake today than I was yesterday, so this should be a better day! I'm now into the 2nd Season of the OC and I'm just like OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!! LOL...it's kind of addicting...kinda like Twilight...which well I'm still stuck without Eclipse and going pretty CRAZY!

Tyler's at school, Eric's at work, and I'm here at the house, just got done taking a shower and all that...house is clean...no laundry to do at this point or put away, I could unload the dishwasher, but I'll do that after lunch...right now, I'm off to watch at least one episode of the OC, before Eric gets home for lunch!!!!

I'll check in later!!

Wow...where do I start this one........

So, my day hasn't been the greatest, but yet it hasn't been the worst either. Eric is on 24-hr. duty, which started @ 9am this morning and runs until obviously...9am tomorrow morning. So there goes our shot of trying a church this Sunday, which I must say is driving me crazy, 'cause I really miss attending church.

Today also brought a hit of reality back to my eyes, as the last almost 5 years it's been Tyler and I in Ohio living together and today that's what it seemed like, 'cause it was a Saturday and Eric hasn't been here much...lunch like 30 min. and dinner about the same...anyways, it reminded me of back home...well...back in Ohio...I've been really homesick lately and just haven't said anything to many people, because I'm trying to be the strong one. Is that wrong of me? Somedays, I just keep thinking I'm in a dream, but I guess that would make this a really LONG dream, 'cause it doesn't end...but I know it's not a dream. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that I'm here and that things are going well, but I can't exactly say I'm home by any stretch of the margin...in fact...reality is really here...I'm not home, I don't know anyone here, I am in a place where it's Eric, Tyler, and myself...again, I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but for anyone that knows me at all...I'm a people person and I am by far not comfortable right now. Tyler hasn't had anyone over to play, and that's not normal...he always is with someone...well he was in Ohio...not even the neighborhood kids play with him...he has gone outside to do what...ride his scooter by himself, because right now both of his bikes are not in service...the one needs brakes and the other needs new intertubes for the tires. He has a cell phone to keep in touch with his life back in Ohio, but like he's told me, mom...it's just not the same...I have no one...I keep telling him it's all still new and that he has to give it some time and things will get better, when inside I'm dying myself and I feel the exact same way...............I miss my friends, my lifestyle..........I feel like...I've lost my best friends...like they don't have time for me anymore because I'm not there with them, and so they just seem to pass by the fact that I'm still here...just not there...and I still need to hear from them and talk to them...you know, I'm almost scared to come back in June...like it's all going to be so different and that everyone is going to have just moved forward...which kinda got put in perspective to me in another way the other day...it was a different subject, but fits for this.....................here's what I mean.......................When I left Ohio...that's the last time I personally saw my friends and family.......so when I return, it's going to be me coming back feeling like it's only been a second since I left.............but then I have to face reality.......they've all kept going, they've all moved forward and made everyday life continue for them and their familes....is that going to change where I fit in? Is that going to change me being as close as before? Does that mean my best friends aren't my best friends anymore? I mean I talked to my best friends way more when I lived there than I have since I've been here.....................I'm so confused...............Please don't take all this the wrong way...again, I'm not upset that I'm here and it's not that I'm not happy, because I am......I just feel I'm losing people...............I just feel lost...........UGH......

I MISS YOU ALL IN OHIO!!!!!!!!

Field Day Dispute...

Hey everyone, so this is the first post today and I guess it's going to be a rambling one, because I'm kinda confused yet it was cool...ok, so you'll understand more once I start explaining the whole situation here that has my mind combobbled!! (is that even a word? oh well it is here today...hahaha)

Let's start here...for the past 3 years (Kind., 1st, and 2nd) at Crestview Tyler has had Field Day near the end of the year, as does most every school. Field day starts at 9am to lunch and then back at 1ish to finish the day until school's out. The morning always consisted of your usual, relay races, sprints, hula hoop, jump rope, long jump, softball throw (Shotput), and things of this nature...simaliar to a track meet you could say, minus a few things. Then the children would eat lunch and then the afternoon would consit of fun different objectives like bowling with different style balls, frisbee throwing, soccer kick, Bouncing on the kangaroo balls, obstacle course, and things of this nature. Then of course you can't forget the obvious Track & Field day event that just wouldn't make it complete without...a good old game of TUG A WAR between the classes and then against the high schoolers that helped with the day. At the end of the day the kids would file into the gym for the good old awards ceremony, where they would each receive a participant ribbon and then they would hand out 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place ribbons to the ones that placed in each event. Each grade level is given their own day and they proceed with these events as planned, etc...so you can see what we've been going to...also I can say in a class of 24-28 kids...there may be ONE child that doesn't have a parent, grandparent, babysitter, someone there...but 9 out of 10 there is always someone there for each child............so again, you can see what we've been used to.....................................

So Tyler brings home a paper last night telling us about Field Day at South Polk Elem....For Friday...Today. As I'm reading, I'm expecting to see the normal times that I'm used to, etc. It says that the kids are to bring additional clothes as there are 2 games that they will get WET on...ok, still sounds cool, that's always fun to add that in to the event of days right? Then I see...3rd grade Field time is from 10am - 11:20am.......WHAT?????????? HOLD PLEASE............................an hour and twenty minutes is field day? Ok, so I must be old fashioned and used to my country school from back in the day....but WOW.......maybe we should say ... The Organized, Extended Recess????? Ok, so anyways, I'll continue...as I said above, the morning was your "normal" Track and Field activites and the afternoon was the fun games...the Field Day activitiy events here, are basically what they would just do for FUN in the afternoon back in Ohio...and there are no rewards, such as what team got what place. It started and seemed to be finished before you know it.

Now, don't get me wrong, the kids had a blast, which is what matters, but it just doesn't seem to me that it should be deemed Track & Field day...but rather just Fun Day, because they didn't really do "Track & Field" events.

What do you all think about what a "Field Day" should consist of in Elementary School?? Any opinions...I don't mind either way!!! Feedback is always good!!!

Hope you all give me your input!! Sorry for the vent session as well, but hey, that's what a blog's for right? To vent about your everyday life, like a journal...and let ppl know what's happening!!!!

Huggs all!!!!

Hey everyone!! So, I enjoyed a WONDERFUL nights sleep on my new bed!!! Awesome!! Today brought me to get the 2 boxes finisded that were in the dining room, and also hung a few more things in Tyler's room....right cause there is just so much wall space available in there...hahaha...NOT...(wait until you see pics on MySpace, you'll see what I mean...LOL) otherwise, I just hung out with Dasher and helped Tyler wish some homework when he got home, as well as had him go through some flash cards...I think tomorrow I'm going to try and finish taking the pics of the house...have a few more to get and then get them up and posted on my myspace for sure and maybe even on facebook too!!

New Bed

Well all I'm off to sleep in my new bed!!! YEAH YEAH YEAH!!! I'm just a little excited by this thought!! hee hee hee I'll catch up with y'all tomorrow!!! I'm going to try and take pics around the house and upload them to my myspace page tomorrow sometime too, so I'll keep you all posted about that!!!! For now...Night!!!

YEAH!!

Ok, so now that the mess up in communication is over...I get my mattress set TODAY!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!! I am absolutely beyond excited!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am extremely tired this morning, but I can't go back to sleep...UGH...I have some running around to do this morning, Eric will be home for lunch, and they can come anytime after 1pm...so my day is already started!! Just got Tyler off to school a little bit ago...and it's already in the 50's here this morning...hee hee hee

UGHHH, I NEED A NAP ALREADY!!!! ha ha ha Looking like it'll be early bedtime tonight if I don't get a nap at some point today!!! LOL

Well, I'll check in later!!!!

Kind of Irratitated...UGH

So here it is Tuesday night and I thought I was going to be sleeping on a NEW bad tonight and well, they messed up! We called to see why they hadn't came yet, since it was after 5 tonight...so to make a long story short...they told us Tuesday, as the other lady put in the computer Wed...GRRRRRR!!!!!!!! But anywho...on a good note, if we take our receipt by the store, they will refund us our $20.00 delivery fee, so that's pretty sweet!!!!

Today, was pretty boring...cleaned house and did laundry...otherwise, just played online!! :)

Off to spend some time with Eric...then I'm off to bed!!!

check in with everyone 2m!!

Good Morning

Good Morning all who are reading this!! Yesterday didn't bring any posts, because Eric and I stayed up pretty late on Sunday night together playing WOW. Monday morning came, 6:30 alarms went off to get Tyler up and ready for school, which did happen, then he was out the door to the bus, and well...we went back to bed. ha ha ha We didn't wake up and get moving until about 11 for me and it was noon for him. LOL After that, we pretty much had half our day gone 'cause Tyler returns by 3 and so we got lunch and ran to the PX and a few other places b4 Tyler came home. Then of course Tyler has this absolutely INSANE homework that I had to help him with...lol...after that we made dinner, Tyler played online with some friends, got a shower and off to bed he went...then Eric and I spent some more time on WOW before heading to bed ourselves. So yesterday was pretty much a lazy day of nothing really. LOL

Today my day started pretty busy, up with Tyler to get him off to school, after that I jumped in the shower and began my day of cleaning house. Folding laundry and putting it away, cleaned the kitchen so far...still going to dust and vaccum today, but took a break to check in on here!

Sometime after 1 today our new mattress set will be delivered, and you can't imagine how EXSTATIC I am!! We needed this so badly!!!

I'm still bent because I can't get my hands on a copy of Eclipse and I really badly want to be reading right now!! I'm pretty much ready to kill for it...ha ha ha...j/k, but I do really want to obtain a copy soon, because I'm going crazy really!!! (Thanks Ray~Ray for getting me to read! LOL)

So, I've leveled my character to 17 now on WOW and starting to enjoy playing a little more, but I am not one that has to play every day, and also won't be, 'cause I can't deal with that!!

Jammin' out today to some Nightwish, Gotthard, Petra, & Whitesnake today!!! Gotta love my weird music mixes!! Never know what will be on when I'm around...ha ha ha!!!

I finally hung up some pictures yesterday around the house, but have found that I truly need some scenic pics to hang in main places like the wall in the foyer and even down the hallway...so sometime in the future that will be something I look to get! (Near Future)

My dad's recovering from his surgery quite well, from what my mom says each day that I talk to her, so I am very thankful for that!! I pray that continues to go so well!!

Well, I'm back to the house work...talk to you all later!!! :)

Missing all of you in Ohio, but I'll be visiting soon!!!

hey everyone

Hello!! Sorry this is the 1st post of the day, just been spending the day with the fam...Tyler goes back to school tomorrow so we've been around the house just doing stuff together. Things are good here...playing a little WOW tonite since Tyler's in bed...otherwise, it's been just a laid back day of hanging around the house! Hope everyone has had a great day!!! ttyl

~ Louisiana Homecoming ~

Hey everyone, wow, I think I could write forever in this blog...we had an absolutely AMAZING day today!!! :) Went to the Louisiana Homecoming Celebration here on post!! It was supposed to be located in a big open field on base, but due to the weather everything was taken to the airfield inside the hangers.....well most everything was in the hangers...we still got pretty wet...lol

We got there about 2-2:30ish and we didn't come home until after 9 tonite!! Had a FUN-FILLED day with all kinds of things!! Tyler got inside of a military helicopter, got a dragon painted on his arm, we got cool balloons made, all kinds of inflatables to play in from Jump City, and lots of food and games....then the highlight of the evening................CRAIG MORGAN CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!! (oh yeah, and did I mention it all was FREEEEEEEEEEEEE, except the food) Tyler & I tried Crawfish today!!!! AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!! :) Overall today was a blast......even though it rained all day long! There will be pics on my myspace...I'm headed that way now to upload them, so be sure and check 'em out!!!! Later y'all!!

Off to the Furniture Store!!!

YEAH!!! I am off to the Furniture Store on base!!! No more over 10 year old mattress....I can't take it anymore!!! My back hurts every day and well it's driving me insane!!!! LOL So the military furniture store is holding an appreciation day sale and it's $100.00 off the set that you purchase, so hey, that's $100.00..........every little bit saves!!! But that means no more waking up in pain from a bad mattress!!! We have to order it, so I'm not sure when exactly it'll get here, but I think I can handl ea few more days of the crazy mattress...I've endured it this long!!! ha ha ha!!!!

After that, I'm hoping for it to clear up a little...The Louisiana Homecoming celbration is on post today and we really want to go!!! Face painting, Jump Around inflatables, Food (Crayfish & More), Parachutter Show from the Parachutting group from Fort Benning, GA, Free Concert from Craig Morgan, and more!!!!!!!

Well, I'm off for now!!! Catch up with you all later today!!!

mixed about this movie......have you seen it?

So, we also rented the movie, Marley And Me...anyone seen it? I'm not sure I'd let Tyler watch it again anytime soon though...I think for a PG rating there were too many referrals to sexual content, as well as a few cuss words, and actual scenes in which Tyler turned his head...The story line itself was really good, and the movie as a whole was cute, but I'm an adult...he's just 9......

Have you seen it? What's your take on it???

Good Morning!!!

Hey everyone...well I started a couple hours ago to write this and well then walked away and didn't get it done...LOL.....

Movie night went well.....guess what...I stayed awake!!! (ok, only a few of you might understand that one...lol) We watched Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler. It's the new Disney movie. It was actually really good!!! I want to get it for our collection, i'd watch it again!!! Cute Movie!!! Have you seen it?

Today..........not much on the agenda for today...Eric's home and so is Tyler...Tyler's on the computer with his cousin right now and I'm sitting here uploading photos to Tyler's myspace and Eric is just sitting here with me!! Sounds fun huh? LOL

Alright, off to do more pics...lol...I'll check back in later!!! :)

My Evening......

Back from blockbuster.........Having popcorn and family movie night....guess I'll check in later or tomorrow!!!

Yeah!!!

Well my morning was productive!!! Went to goodwill and found one shirt.......only paid $0.49 for it!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!! Then figured we'd go check the uniform shop for the other color and grabbed an extra black one and then a hunter green one......(making us to have now a total of 4 shirts and 2 pair of shorts)....but at the uniform shop we paid almost $20.00 for just 2 shirts...oh well, he's gotta have 'em!!! That is done and over with!!!!!!! Uniforms have been taken care of!! We'll post pics of him in them probably after Monday when he goes back to school!! :)

Lunch was cucumber sandwhiches, pretzals w/ dip, and water!!!! Tyler got me hooked on these cucumber sandwhiches, they are pretty good!!! :)

Catch up with you all later!!! Just waiting to see if Eric gets off work early today and then he has a 4-day weekend so he's off Friday and Monday as well!!!! YEAH!!!!!! That is exciting!!!

Talk to you later!!!

Added more pics on myspace!!! Check 'em out!!!

Uniform Hunt

Well, here it is already almost 10am and I've just finished getting ready.......but hey, I'm clean so that's one step in the right direction!!! LOL

Well, we are off to HOPEFULLY find uniforms!!!! I really am hoping that today goes better than our hunt last night!!! I'll be back later to check in........

Today...

Sorry folks, this is my first post for the day and my only one...today I've been in and out....went to the library on post this morning, then the PX, and then Tyler and I met Eric for lunch...after that we came home and Tyler spent most of the afternoon online with his cousins Ryan & Kimmy...then I took Tyler to the skate park....pics will be on myspace later of that!! :) Then we met Eric there to go to the furniture store after he got finished with work...looked at mattress sets, (if anyone has seen my bed, they would understand why...LOL

We are still having trouble finding Tyler's shirts for his uniforms, so Tyler and I are going to Deridder tomorrow while Eric is working to try a few places there...he just needs a couple polo shirts, but they have to be black, white, or hunter green. We found white, so we got one, but we were trying to find the other colors as well, but all we can seem to find is navy, red, and gray. You would think since the school requires hunter green and black you'd be able to find those around here...LOL....I guess not. So off we go tomorrow on a hunt for black and/or hunter green polos!

Otherwise, things are pretty good here...it reached into the high 70's to lower 80's today...it was beautiful!!! I have a little farmers tan from my shirt today...lol

Well, I'm off to upload pics onto myspace...talk to you all tomorrow!!! G'Nite!!!

My evening!!!

Well, Eric came home from work, we went grocery shopping......fun fun!! (after we grabbed a bite to eat...gotta love Free Value Meal coupons for BK), then of course we unloaded those, because unlike Ohio, it's warm here and I can't leave the groceries in the car to run anywhere else like I could this past winter up in Ohio...ha ha ha...then we ran to wal-mart...picked up one of Tyler's uniforms, gotta go somewhere else to find another pair of shorts his size and a different color shirt...We're just chillin' at home now, and I'm uploading a bunch of pics to my myspace so if you get the chance go by there and check them out...if I'm not your friend on there...well add me!!!! :) http://www.myspace.com/rachyneric4life Hope all are having a good one!!! That's all for today folks!!! :)

Today...some thoughts

Hey everyone...well today when I woke up we had a choice that we thought would be pretty sweet, but it didn't happen so I guess it wasn't meant to be. Eric had e-mailed his branch manager, which is the person he can talk to so that he can try to get relocated somewhere else. They had replied to an e-mail back on Friday letting him know there was a position open in California, which would have been COMPLETELY SWEET, but when he responded today the guy told him it was already signed for yesterday...bummer... :( Well, I guess that just means that it wasn't meant to be and we'll have to see if any other opportunities open up between now and next summer. I say now and next summer like we have a time frame, well kind of would be nice because he is supposed to deploy again, this time to Afghanistan, and well, we'd really like to not have that happen, so if something becomes available that would be an option and he wouldn't have to go overseas, then we will probably take that. They told him a couple other options, but I just can't bring myself to be alright with that option...which is Germany...but I don't think I could handle living that far away...I know I'm probably completely 100% stupid because it's the opportunity of a lifetime right? LOL...idk...just can't do it right now...I'm sure that option won't change so if I change my mind, I'm sure that'll be available whenever....But enough of that, 'cause after all that all I can think about is MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA and how TOTALLY AMAZING that would have been!!!!!! LOL

Another issue today, we're still fighting with our landlords back in Ohio...wanting us to pay the 2 months rent that we left the contract early, and all that...because he had to move out of the barracks, etc..............well we told them with moving 5 states away, and the military taking the housing allowance they would give us if we lived off base, we just can't afford to pay them right now....they don't like that idea, want to take legal actions, etc..........well we finally told them we'd make SOME type of payment on the 1st of next month, so we've got until then to try and get some money saved up.....UGH..........I can't wait to get everything situated!!!!

On a good note...................the house is almost completely finished being unpacked...going to hang pictures this week, and there are a few more things to be set up otherwise, but for the most part, it's finished!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!! I am very excited about that!!! :)

Well, I'm going to go Alphabetize my DVD shelf 'cause I haven't done that yet...lol...then Eric should be home from work, and we have to go a few places but if I get a chance, I'll write again tonight before I go to bed!!!!!!

Later all!!!!

Hey Everyone!!

Hey everyone!! Well, here goes nothing, I'm going to attempt to keep a blog up and going and see how it goes! I've always enjoyed writing since I was back in Jr. High, so I think this will be a very fun way for me to be able to write about things I need to get out or post new things I write or just to tell about my day. I think this will be a really great idea also, now that I've just recently moved from Ohio to Fort Polk, Louisiana. I hope you all will read my blog and feel free to comment on anything!! Enjoy...I know I'm going to!!!