Guam Life

I'm enjoying Guam life. The weather is awesome. It rains a lot but we are in typhoon season so that is to be expected. I am finding lots of new creatures. Geckos, frogs, jelly fish, and sea cucumbers just to name a few. The ocean water is nice. It's warm but not hot. I haven't spent much time at the beach but plan to make more trips soon. I am looking for a job but it's not turning out so good. I gave my name to the man at fleet and family and he is going to call me to set up an appt. with him to see if we can find me a job. I am learning how to drive Chris' truck (it's stick shift). It's frustrating and I don't like it. But I'm starting to get the hang of it. I have taken Chris to work 3 days now. So I'm getting my practice. Chris is leaving on Thursday to go out on the ship. He will be gone approx. 2 months. I'm scared that I will get really lonely. I wish someone could come out and see me while he is gone. The other wives tell me that they will keep me busy and hang out with me to keep me company but I just don't know if it will help much. I'm trying to make friends but it's not easy. None of our stuff is here so that has been hard. Our ship date isn't until Aug 10th and then we have to wait for it to get here. I'm missing my crafting stuff a lot. I think I may take up gardening until our stuff gets here. I have also discovered my love for cooking since I have been here. I haven't gotten too creative because I don't have any of my stuff but what I have been able to do has got me hooked. I discovered my love for baking about 2 years ago but never knew I loved to cook as well. That's all I have for now. I promise to update more often. 

The Adventure Begins

The plane trip was long. We flew from Vegas to San Fransisco which was about an hour flight. We both slept the whole way. We had a layover of about an hour and then off to Hawaii we went. That flight was about 5 hours. We both slept almost the whole time. I was awake for about a half hour and Chris was awake for about an hour. Our layover in Hawaii was 2 hours. We had a nice sit down lunch and looked in some of the stores. It went by pretty fast. The flight from Hawaii to Guam was the longest and hardest. 7 hours. I tried to sleep but I was so uncomfortable. We got our own personal television so we were able to choose what we wanted to watch and we were served 2 meals. Once we landed in Guam it was July 4th at 6pm and I was so ready to be off that stupid plane. Chelsey picked us up and we went back to her house and quickly showered then headed off to Tina's house to try to enjoy what we had left of independence day. I got to meet the crew and we played Cranium and Apples to Apples. I was completely exhausted by the time we went to bed. Which was still kind of early at 11pm. Monday was non eventful but seemed like it was a full day. We went to the exchange and the furniture store. We went to his barics and organized all our stuff and grabbed what he needed from his room. Then we went back to the Carrillo's house hand hung out while we waited for Chelsey to get home. Then the four of us went to dinner and a movie. We went straight to bed after coming home from the movies, it was only 10. I am now waiting for Chris to get off work so we can check on our housing and get me enrolled in DEERS and TRICARE. So far I like Guam. It's very humid. It's not that hot, it's just very sticky. Not too many bugs so far, only annoying nats and flys. I will keep you all posted on my adventures in Guam!  

Leave was approved!

Chris' leave was approved and the wedding is on!  
JUNE 18, 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
I'm so excited! Lots to do! I have a lot to get done in 60 short days. 

Cards

I just wanted to share some of the cards/invitations I have made. i tried to make a business out of making cards or invitations but no one has ever taken me up on my offer except my SIL but I only charge her cost... Let me know what you think!

MPS Challenge

Make a project using your Cricut and the colors Pink, Green, and Black!! And be entered to win a Create a Critter cartridge. Here is my project!

INGREDIENTS:

            - black card stock

            - pink card stock

            - green card stock

            - patterned paper by BoBunny

            - white ribbon

            - MPS hello stamp

            - black ink pad

            - pink ink pad or pink chalk

            - black marker

            - Cricut cartridge Doodlecharms

DIRECTIONS:

            Cut your black card stock down to 5 ½ X 8 ½ and fold in half. Cut your patterned paper down to 4 X 5 ¼. Tie the white ribbon in a knot around your patterned paper towards the bottom leaving just enough room to add your stamp. Tie the knot on the front of the patterned paper. Using the MPS stamps that say “hello” and using a black ink pad stamp the word below the ribbon and just to the left of the knot. Adhere your patterned paper to your black cardstock. Using Doodlecharms on the Cricut cut a dragonfly at 3 inches out of the pink cardstock. (3” makes him just big enough to be overlapping the ribbon.) Then using the green cardstock hit the shift button and leaving the dial at 3” cut the dragonfly again. This will give you the middle of the bug. Before assembling your bug ink/chalk the edges of the dragonfly using pink. I inked both the middle green part and the whole pink dragonfly. I also added eyes using a black marker to the green part of my bug. Using adhesive put your dragonfly together. Then adhere the entire put together bug on the left side of your card. The bottom of him should over lap the ribbon. After I stuck him down I wished I would have used pop dots and made him a little higher. But he’s cute this way too. :) And wa-la you have yourself a cute dragonfly card!

DWTS/Biggest Looser

First lets talk about Biggest looser... Heck yes! I am so happy red bitch got sent home. I knew as soon as they could they would send her home. No one likes her. So happy shes gone! Now on to DWTS! The judges were harsh this week. I love love loved Nicole! So sorry Buzz went home but he wasn't that good. Work harder Kate!!!!!!!!

Updates!

Lots of things have been going on since I last posted. First I need to give an update on my shows. Desperate Housewives: It was all about Gabby and Susan selling candy bars for their kids. So lame! DWTS: Shannon got kicked off. I can't believe Buzz or Kate didn't go. They really can't dance. However they both have the fan base to keep them on the show. Although I do love Kate very much, she sucks at dancing. Plus she has a sucky teacher. Biggest Looser: It was a close one this week. Between Sam and Stephanie. I was so happy that they kept Sam there. I want him or Koli or Daris to win. They are my favorites. Castle: She didn't die and they finally caught the killer. I missed Ghost Hunters and Monster Quest. And my DVR didn't record them. I don't know why, so weird. Grey's Anatomy: It was all about babies. Everyone wants one, everyone doesn't. Nothing too great this week. And that's as far as I am this week. I'll give you updates on Private Practice and Caprica after I watch them. Yesterday I invited Alisha, Jimi, and Stephanie over to dye Easter eggs. It was way fun. We made a giant mess and dyed over 3 dozen eggs. Condom cups and all. :) I babysat tonight. Harley is getting so big. New wedding news as well this week. Chris put in his leave for June. We are just waiting for the approval form his "bosses". I will let you know when we get more info. Planning to wait until Chris goes to school didn't work out well. The next school date isn't until 2011. I'm NOT waiting that long! So we canceled our vacation and were flying Chris home so we can get married and then I will move to Guam so I can be with him! I believe that is it for now. Will update again soon. Here are some pictures of my eggs...

        To see the rest of the pictures and my eggs check out the pictures on my facebook page.