MilSpouse Appreciation Blog Hop!

Welp, I decided to do this blog hop because 1. I loveeee me a good blog hop

and 2. Because I need to get back into the bloggy swing of things. 

Household 6 Diva

Is hosting this hop because of MilSpouse appreciation day, a day which I never knew existed 

but right on I think we totally deserve it!

So let me tell you a tad about myself, and I say a tad because I am quite narcissistic and can go on FOREVER, so I'll edit myself.

My name is Delainey, I am a ripe 21 years old and a year and a half ago
I married a very handsome Sailor
  I am officially a Navy Wife for the next 2 months

That's right

My lovely husband, 

This goofishly tall guy...

who is a corpsman, is getting out in T minus 42 days 

(something like that I am sure my math is terribly wrong)

So what are we going to do in 42 days?

Well, in 20 days we are moving in with my parents

(shutter, no, but in all honesty, I am going to have a blasty blast living with my mom,

 dad and nephew again!)

Thennnnn, in August we are moving to SAN FRANCISCO!

Oh yes my friends, we are doing the city thing.

We will probably we slumming it

But hey! It's all for the adventure!

My husband will be going to film school and I will be finishing up my Bachelors Degree/ Teaching Credential and I will be the bread winner.

(and by bread winner I mean penny winner, because let's be serious, 

I'll probably work some terrible job for a while)

I love

sunshine,

SUGAR

and my fabulous husband

I hate

putting gas in the car

hanging up my towel after using it

and  folding laundry

Alright ladies, so who is going to join the hop with me? 

And if you are coming from the hop thanks so much for getting to know me!

What's Goin' On!

Well, the last time I actually wrote a blog about the happenings of my life I told you we were going to the Grand Canyon, so let's start there shall we?

We decided to take advantage of the long weekend (whatever weekend it was, it was so long ago now I don't even remember!) and see one of the wonders of the world (I don't know if the GC really is a wonder of the world, i'm just sayin...). The first day we got there it was glorioussss! And so beautiful,

Then the next day looked like this...

We could not walk the trails or anything so we stayed in bed and pigged out.

 All in all, it was a fun mini vacay.

At the end of March my family, T and I went up to San Francisco to check out our new home. 

We really ended up just looking at T's school and getting crazy all day and night.

But really...

We partied

And by partied I mean acted like tourists and did all the fun touristy things San Fran has to offer 

Like Trollies!

And Alcatraz!

And the Redwoods!

(please take a look at my nephew creepin' in the corner...)

It was pretty much awesome. It has got me super excited to move there once T gets out of the military.

Which is now only 2 months away!

Which brings me to my next life happening. 

I have begun to pack up our house. 

I packed up the first boxes Monday because at the end of this month we are out of this place.

Packing got me wayyyy to emotional. This was our first house together. So many memories here. 

BOO!

Plus I became an even bigger blubbery baby when I found the box of all the letter T and I wrote back and forth when he was in Afghanistan. 

I have told myself to start packing slowly because at the end of the month I don't want to be a frantic fool, running around my house throwing crap in boxes.

But let's be serious...

That is exactly what will happen. 

What else?!

 I chopped my hair off!

Please excuse this terrifying photo of myself. It was the only one I had and I did not feel like taking one right now.
I go back and forth between liking it and hating it. Today I hate it, tomorrow I will probably like it again. Our relationship is pretty tumultuous.

And lastly, I have officially lost 14 pounds! Go me!

I have no picture of this because I have not reached my ultimate goal yet. 

I started at 135

I am currently 121

And my goal is 110

Once I am at my skinny skinny weight I'll let you feast on the goods. 

Holy cow I miss blogging

Why have I waited this long to partake of the greatness?

We, We, We, We So Excited!

Oh my gosh!! T and I are so excited for the upcoming adventures in our life.

•  I graduate this Friday with my Associates Degree in Liberal Studies (I am about to go shopping for something to wear under my regalia!)  
 
•  Our Wedding of course! 

• T is putting in for his early out, so he will be EAS-ing  in a year (this is pretty terrifying to me, but our family and the military are due to part ways.)

• T and I have decided we will save up to take one exciting trip per year. Our first being our honeymoon to the Dominican Republic. Then when we EAS we will be taking a congratulatory road-trip of the US. Then we will take it from there. We are going to use all our pre-baby years to see the world! (Seriously, that might sound silly, but we will see the world, or at least part of it)

• After (or before depending on how everything pans out) we will be moving out of O-Town! Depending on where T gets into film school, LA or Utah, we will be moving! I am hoping to move to LA BUT if we move to Utah we could buy a house. So we shall see where the wind takes us!

Gah! Just thinking about all the good things that are to come makes me so happy! Me (being the planning person that I am)  am really excited we have some type of plan. It is not a life plan, but a plan nonetheless.

I love it!

A Penny for Your Thoughts?

I am not exactly sure why I am essentially speechless right now. Maybe it's because I have so many thoughts running through my head about children, religion, life and lifestyle choices in general. One thought that has come across my mind is why do people choose to a certain lifestyle or beliefs. What makes a person choose a certain religion over another or a certain way of child rearing? For example, during a night out with a few friends and we touched on the subject of stay at home moms. And by touched I mean punched square in the face. (Apparently the ideal of a stay at home mom is quite controversial.) A friend and I feel like mothers should stay at home with their children and partake firsthand in raising them, while another friend felt strongly against this idea. Stating that children AND stay at home moms are another large expense to add on the list of adulthood. Now this turned into quite a large argument which ended in a delicious midnight meal at Harbor House. But anyway, my point is, what makes me and my friend know we are right and what makes the other friend adamantly oppose? Is it our surroundings that make us choose a certain way to live? Or is it simply our life experiences? Whatever it is it has been making me think, and possibly over think, about the life ahead of me and what is going to shape my decisions on how I, or we rather, raise our family, live our lives and stick with a certain set of beliefs.

Just a thought, more like a compilation of thoughts, that have been weighing heavily on my lately. Maybe all these questions are apart of discovery of what God has in store for me and my life. Whatever it is I guess we will have to wait and see.