New Posts to Come

I'm such a DIYer. If there's something store bought that I can make myself, I usually do. I make my own laundry detergent and softeners, my own cleaners and tons of other things. I'm planning on doing some posts that deal with different DIY projects. So keep your eyes peeled!

Getting Cozy

The past couple of days I've been sick. It seems like I can never catch a break. But it happens. 

I called to make an appointment first thing this morning, and they are completely booked until February 2. So I had to go to the ER on post. The doctor basically told me to suck it up and gave me ibuprofen. So now I'm sitting at home, cuddled up with my puppy, watching Netflix. 

It's A New Year

Everyone has said "It's a new year, new me." But how many people actually stick to that? Not many. So I decided to take this common phrase and new years resolution and make it my own.

I hate my body. I struggled for a long time with an eating disorder. Luckily I have overcome that. But it doesn't change the fact that I'm unhappy with how I look. I hit a rough spot almost a year ago. I lost a baby and went into a depression. I began to overcome that by going to the gym for hours a day. Shortly after I started to feel more like myself and after I started to see a small change, I was in a car accident that hurt my back. I barely able to walk, let alone to my mandatory daily physical activity. So. my body being the type that has to constantly be active, I gained weight.

I look at myself everyday in the mirror and I get sad about it.But I've decided to make a change. I will be eating healthy, cutting out all soda, drinking green smoothies and working out for at least an hour a day, now that I am capable. But it's not a diet. It's a lifestyle.

So here's to a new year with so many new possibilities!

Good News

I just talked to my grandmother and she's doing so much better. She is no longer in the ICU! She's been moved to her own room in the hospital. The doctor says she's made great improvement! Now all she has to do is get her strength up and she'll be able to go home. But that won't be an easy task. She's very weak right now. It's difficult for her to shower on her own (even with the bench in the shower). She said it took all her energy to do so.

But we'll keep praying for her. I have faith that she'll get her strength back.

Back To The Old Grind

After three weeks back home with the family, we made the trip back to our place. It was tough saying bye to everyone, but we're happy to be back. My Granny is doing a lot better than she was but the doctor said she still has a long way to go. So we'll keep praying hard for her.

This whole situation with my Granny has definitely tested my faith in God. I haven't prayed so hard as I have the past few weeks. I've prayed for strength so I could help my family, mainly my dad, through this difficult time. I've prayed for my Granny to gain strength and overall healing. God has showed himself to me so much. He's started healing her, not only physically, but also emotionally. And He's given my so much strength to make it through this and to leave them behind to return to our military lifestyle. And I'm so very thankful for it.

Now, we've began unpacking our things, signed back in from leave, and I'll be reopening my show tomorrow.

I hope you all had a lovely New Year!

A Not So Happy New Year

So my Granny was rushed to the hospital on New Year's eve. She had pneumonia. They said she'd only be in for a couple of days and that she was getting better. Then we get a call that she's been rushed to the ICU. We hurried in to see her. When we left that said she had made drastic improvements and that she should be off her breathing machine soon. We just got a not so happy call from my dad. They had my Granny sign her will today. They said she's getting worse. If anything happens to her, they can't revive her due to her bones being too brittle and frail. 

On top of that, my uncle's wife is crazy and is causing all kinds of problems. It makes me so mad. This isn't the time for this stuff. My granny is laying there dying and all my aunt wants to do is cause problems. And my granny promised me a quilt made by my great-great grandmother and my aunt refuses to allow me to have it. Out of what my granny has, that's the only thing I want. I just want something of hers that I can keep and think of her when I see it.

This has hit me hard. I'm really close to my granny, I always have been. I've been holding the tears in for my dad. I know he's taking it hard but he won't show it. But I know if he sees  me cry, that it'll make it harder on him. So here's to me hoping I can keep it together through all this. 

10 Quotes For Every Military SO

1.) “Find something you are passionate about and stay tremendously interested in it.”  Julia Child.

2.) "Live each day like he deploys tomorrow!"

3.) "Love knows not it's own depth until hour of separation."  -Kahill Gibran

4.) "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." -A.A, Milne

5.) "Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the dedication of a lifetime." - Adlai Stevenson

6.) "You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have."

7.) "When all else fails, just imagine homecoming." 

8.) "It doesn't get easier, you just get stronger." 

9.) "Distance means so little when someone means so much." 

10.) "True love resists time, distance and silence."