Relief. Relax. Refreshing.

This weekend brought some good news!! 1st of all we found somewhere to move, and I am more than excited about it. Alex's mom is currently living in a Town Home in Plano..Right across the way from My Parents house. She is moving out in May sooo...we are just going to step right in and live there she is going to keep the deposit on the house so we don't have to fork up 2,000 to move in. It is a 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath, it is absolutely perfect for Alex and I. Also found out that I am officially over my "Cold Feet" about getting married. I think I crawled up in to my little brain and was freaking my self out over the dumbest things. Friday April, 1st we will find out if the Army is going to be "All we can be" for the next 6 years, or if we will continue on living the way we are. At this point I am 100% either way. I am ready to stand by my future husband any way I have to. Just being able to say that is a huge

With all that stress, and battling everyday with my self, am I happy, will we make it, and all the stuff I was sitting around basically making everything worse is GONE. I am now free to focus on the things that do matter like our wedding coming up. April 1st we will be setting our date for October 1st at the Party Barn in Wylie. We will be getting married on the Little League Field in Plano...I know right what a thought, we spend all our time at the ball fields anyways...why not get married on one? I thought it was a cute idea, and totally fits us perfectly. With just the Wedding, and Moving on my mind it is a lot easier to

My excitement now is finding furniture for the new house, I am really excited to find the TV stand for down stairs, since we are not using one at the apartment we are in right now, because the mantel is so big the TV just sits on it. We are going to need a TV Stand, and some furniture for our guest bedroom, and of we can never have enough Nick Nack's. I am going to let Alex have the 3rd bedroom and make it a game room/ softball room. Where he can have his own space...I am not even going to decorate it...much. :) Misty will be so excited she has more room to run, and a BACKYARD!! Thank you Jesus now I can just let her go, and come when she pleases. No more walking down 3 flights of stairs just to have her go potty and run off some steam. Also Grace is going to enjoy all the new places she can find to hide from Misty. Right now everything is good and I am looking forward to a good month ahead, and knowing that is very

Stressed is an Understatement

So here we are almost in April and our plate has become so full I am thinking about dumping it all in a mixing bowl just to make sure nothing falls in the cracks. I have so much going on right now I have to keep a daily calendar by my side at all times, or I will forget something. I just want to fill you in on everything we are doing right now....

1. Softball - 5 Nights a week : Tues, Wed, Friday, Sat, & Sundays
2. House Shopping- Have to find a house and have deposit by April 31st.
3. Apartment Packing - Slowly starting the pack up process of moving out of the Apt.
4. Wedding Planning - Save the Dates, Invitations, Engagement Photo's, Have started a Sponsor list and having to follow up with everyone.
5. Weight Loss Extreme- Trying to lose at least 10lbs before I go try on a wedding dress in 3 weeks.
6. March Dead Line - Army decision dead line is coming right around the corner (April 1st) So not knowing is killing me!!
7. Money Crunching - Trying to nickel and dime everything so we can save for the house, Wedding, and honeymoon.

....all that and also maintaining House work, Dinner, Laundry and Me time!

I wake up everyday and the first words out of my mouth are.... " God give me strength!" I like to call my daily scheduled "Booked" I will tell you this having all this in my book makes time fly by. I can't believe we just celebrated Alex's 24th birthday last week on St. Patrick Day, and I had my 1st green beer ever!

I do have some good news after a long 2 weeks of praying and hoping my Uncle Roger will start showing signs of getting better he had a huge turn around on Saturday 19th and he got where he was breathing on his own. He is now doing much better, still the healing process is very slow and he will need a lot of time to get back to where he was, but I am just glad he is doing better.

Other than being super busy, and stressed all the time...I try to remember to breathe and just take a look at everything around me. Misty is getting so big I think she is over 30lbs now, and she def does not fit in your lap anymore. Alex's sister Erica is pregnant and due in July so we will have another little baby boy around soon. It will keep Alex's mom busy for awhile until we are ready to have kids in a few years.

Maybe she will stop asking.." When do I get grand babies from you guys" ..That's the last thing I could handle right now! So my goal for the rest of this month and next month is to Relax, save money, and take it day by day. April is going to be a good month!

Wish me luck!

Sarah

I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.

So Spring is officially here!! I am so ready to just have 3 day cleaning fest. I am not sure it would really take 3 days, but it would be nice to have the extra time. It seems like ever since we got a puppy we cannot keep the house clean for 1 day. I am ready to tackle the Landry room and all the junk just collecting in there because I don't know where else to put it. What is the real purpose of spring cleaning, were we really that dirty in the winter?

I am really ready to just start packing, with our

lease up at the end of May I am just all for getting stuff we don't use and just start box by box. I am not sure were we are going to move, and Yes that is kind of scary with it being the end of March, and May will come very soon. I really want to rent a house or Town home with Misty getting bigger and bigger everyday we need a backyard with some room for her to run. Also If I had to give up walking up 3 flights of stairs for the rest of my life I would be totally OK with that!

Spring is going to bring great things I hope, we will see were our life's are going to be going, and I have a feeling a lot of new door will be opening. Softball is on full blast right now with Alex playing pretty much 6 days a week. I am already exhausted and we are only about 2 weeks in to it. I just have a lot on my plate already, and now we have softball. I am OK with it right now as long as he knows that when wedding comes up....wedding comes first...and we still have a lot of decisions to be made, and stuff to be planned.

Until then...

Sarah

If you only knew what the future holds, After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Well that kind of felt like a freight train. Maybe we are not having a wedding in October..Maybe we are not having a wedding at all.

My plans for the future no longer exist....I was told by Alex today if we don't get married when he joins, I better be looking for a roommate..because he is not paying my rent??? Really?

I never thought he was "that" kind of guy. We have several talks about the whole not rushing in to marriage if you join. Making sure it is something we can both handle and then we can get married. It may be a month, 3 months, it may be a year. Since I was a little girl i never dreamed I would be an "Army Wife" I wanted the house and kids, and the husband home every night. I don't want to be a single mom, with kids who don't even know their father. That's NOT something I can handle.

So I am not sure if I should be planning my wedding, looking for apartments I can afford on my own, or what. I am losing all hope. If all come crashing down I hope Katy Perry is right....

"If you only knew what the future holds, after a hurricane comes a rainbow"

"Goin' to the Chapel, and We're gonna get Married!"

Good Morning, and what a beautiful morning it is! This weekend had it's ups and downs. We will always start with the bad, and so there is something to look forward to.

Downs of the Weekend:

My Uncle is very sick, and in ICU with ammonia, and tested positive for Flu stains A, and B his O2 levels were so low they had to intubate him just so he could rest, and breath. He is still in ICU and my mom has gone down to San Antonio to help our my Aunt, and be with her brother. I am praying that Alex and I don't have to make an emergency trip. I am really worried and hoping he pulls through.

On the other hand,

Up's of the Weekend:

On Friday my mom and I went "Wedding Shopping" we found the place where we will get married, and we also found the perfect ceremony place. That is kind of a surprise at the moment. :) Lets just say it fits up perfectly!

Also we kinda almost pretty much set our date: October 1st, 2011 , or 10-01-11!! LOVE IT!!!

I was so excited seeing the places and really imagining all our friends and family celebrating our special day. I am getting so excited, as we get closer, and closer. I still have this little voice in the back of my head saying "Army Dead Line" and yes that is still one of my main worries. We have officially 24 days until we know, so we will see what happens!

Some other news Misty had her 1st training class at Pet-smart this Sunday. She did alright, got really bored because we really just sat around and talked. We got our 1st round of home work, and our new training tool "The Clicker" I am really ready for her to be trained. Wish it was just an overnight thing, but her teacher made a good point. " Picture them like children and they only will get to a 3 year old, and right now she is a 1 year old." So patience is my new goal this week!!!

Until next time,

Sarah