My Dawh-ling Cynthia

Pls everyone pray for my sister Cynthia, she's leaving Fresno CA today & gettin on the plane tomorrow to NTC Great Lakes, IL for NAVY BOOT CAMP! I'm so proud & excited for the journey she is about to embark on. I just want my sister to know that no one appreciates the sacrifice she's making more than us VETS & active duty! Being married to an active duty Jet Pilot & a former cryppie myself I am so happy that my sister will be able to experience the camaraderie that I loved for so much for 4 years..Cyntha I hope that these next 8 weeks are the best for you..they are truly life changing! GOO NAVY!!!!

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TOO BLESSED!!

Can I just say I am too blessed to be stressed...I mean really I am so blessed in all aspects of my life that I just need to feel not stressed!! I need to feel thankful and content and joyous that my life is as enriching and exhilarating as it is!! God is GREAT!!! That is all....thank you and good night!!

$10 Down

Just redeemed a portion of my Swagbucks for 2 more $5 Amazon.com Gift Cards, this brings my total up to $25!!! I technically have $10 more I just have not redeemed all my Swagbucks. So $35 in all....I am still saving for my Wii Fit Plus. I feel like its going to take me donkey years to get to $100...oh well...I used a portion of my Gift Cards to get my Bible Study book too. Better to get it free with Swagbucks than to come out of pocket on it!!! I know eventually I will get there...just gotta stay motivated. Patience...just need patience

Our friends....Our family

This post is dedicated to our near and dear friends--the Evirs family. Mr. Evirs left on deployment a few days ago and he will not be back until the summer sometime. He leaves on his home front a wonderfully strong and courageous wife-Justine, a cute as pie tween Cayla, a ketchup lovin toddler-ette Kesley and bouncing baby boy Caelan. Oh and a GIANT cat named Poots.

Their bonds of love are strong and their will to thrive while separated is insurmountable; even still I know there will be many days where they will miss each other something fierce and I just wanted them to know that the Dills are thinking about them. The Evirs will remain in our positive thoughts until the day they can all be reunited again. To do what our brave husbands do on a daily basis is no easy task and one that often goes without much fanfare. Mr. Evirs, "Fair Winds and Following Seas" may your deployment bring wealth, wisdom and go by as fast as earthly possible. Mrs. Evirs, hang in there chick....we have been friends now for several years but I think (and DO NOT CORRECT me if I am wrong-ignorance is bliss after all... ;)!! ) we are more like sisters--sisters in motherhood, sisters in military wife hood and just plain ol' crazy extremely loud and funny sisters!! Your undertaking is huge but some how some way through hard work, sweat and probably some tears you will get through this--you have an excellent circle of family and friends around you who will take you into their fold and help you along during this tough time. And Evirs kids, Daddy's love transcends all time and space, he is already there in everything you do, just think of him.

Evirs family if there is anything you need from us please do not hesitate to ask, we are only a phone call, email, Skype message, care package, plane ride or one EXTREMELY long car ride away. And we love you all SSSSOOOO MUCH!!!

"A part of you has grown in me.

And so you see, it's you and me

Together forever and never apart,

Maybe in distance, but never in heart."

--Anonymous

KINDA EXCITED!!

I have been using Swagbucks as my primary search engine and limited online shopping experience and just yesterday I redeemed some of my "bucks" for 4 $5 Amazon.com Gift Card!!! I was so excited!!! I am saving my Amazon.com GC's for a Wii Fit Plus or a EA Active or Your Shape. I saved 20 Swagbucks redeeming them yesterday because there was a 5 Swagbuck discount per Gift Card!!! I am still pretty far off from getting my Wii Fit considering that the games are about a $100 plus S&H but I am $20 closer!!! So excited....if you are interested in getting some free gift cards/merchandise/pretty much anything..check it out!! My hope is that I can abuse this all next year and get the huge majority of next year's Christmas gifts for uber cheap or FREE!! Because who doesn't love...FREE???

Its a new dawn, its a new day

So I just started reading a new book that Daddum's Pilot friend's wife (whew what a mouthful..) lent me and I just wanted to say its totally awesome. I am only about 50 pages into it and already I feel like it is shaking the dust off of my lackluster wifehood thus far for both the Lord and Erik. Recently alot of my views have changed in that I am learning that in order to be truly peaceful I need to REALLY give honor and glory to God each day in all things all I do. Well a huge part (if not all) of what I do is to be the homemaker of this house. And I LOVE IT. But it took me awhile, some women take and excel at it very naturally and it is with slight embarrassment that I say I was not one of those women. It took me over a year to just adapt to it but really it took YEARS to EXCEL (in some fashion or another) at it. I feel like I am in a better place now but I DO NOT want to become complacent in my role(s).

Now am I the homemaker with a spotless house, neatly dressed children, freshly bathed dog and dinner on the table with my size 4 or 6 apron and high heels on...pssshhh...yeah right....I wish...well no not really...I don't. But I AM the housewife with love in my heart and Godly passion for doing what I feel the Lord is calling me to do everyday all day. Inevitably there is some chore that I do not get to on a daily basis but thats sokay, I don't sweat it (as much...hey I am human right?). I am okay with it, its just laundry or dishes or dusting, whatevs...I will get to it. I want a bigger family, I need to make some changes to myself first, for mostly health reasons before our family expands but it will happen. I feel soo much more relief and motivation than ever before. I don't think that this book is 100% of the reason why I feel so enlightened but its very refreshing to be reading something and involving myself in something with a NEW like minded group of women. I think I am boarding this "train" later in life than I would have liked (I hate to feel like I am behind the power curve) but at the end of the day it was never my decision to make right?? I am where I am because this is where I am supposed to be...and I will continue to push forward.... pretty cool right?? Thanks Mama G!!!