In Memorial

Today I have all of our men in women in the military in my thoughts. 

Today I am grateful and humbled by their service. 

Forgive me but I'd like to discuss a few I am associated with. 

on August 21st, 2009 Sgt. Matthew Ingram died in Chapa Dara, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle and his unit came under small fire from enemy forces.

I was at Matt's wedding; he married a good friend of mine, Holly in the summer of 2006. 

I have lost touch with Holly. Today I found her on Facebook, and hope to reconnect. 

The local news did a story on Matt and interview Holly last August, which is how I learned of his death. 

My heart goes out to Holly and her (now, year old) daughter Chloe.

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I have to also mention Mrs. Rachel Porto today. Visit her blog, here if you haven't already.

Johnny is in my thoughts today. As are you and Ariana. 

John William Finn

Medal of Honor earned by manning a machine gun from an exposed position throughout the attack, despite being repeatedly wounded. Through all of that he continued to serve in the Navy until the time of his retirement.

John Finn passed away at 100 years of age on 27 May 2010. 

He was the last Pearl Harbor Survivor. 

Take some time today to remember and appreciate the military who have given their lives for the freedoms we hold so dear. 

"Greater love hath no one than this, that he lay his life down for his friends." John 15:13

I Want it Wednesday...

I want...

to know when name-calling became commonplace in Washington? 

Maybe it's always been there? Maybe I've just began to pay enough attention to notice it?

Seriously GOP... nothing better to do than call names. Where-o-where are the facts? 

just curious, I simply Want to know.

I want...

to thank Jessica, from The (Mis)Adventures of an Army Wife for my latest award:

Upon receiving this award, I am to share 7 things about myself and then pass it on to some other fantabulous bloggers.

1) I have a total of 6 tru-blu, honest to goodness friends in life right now. 

The majority of which live in another state. 

(shocking isn't it?)

2) I love the smell of Garlic, fresh rain and gasoline. 

3) I love to clean because I can see immediate results; makes me feel successful.

4) I already have baby names picked out. So far I only truly love the ones for boys, yet I feel in my soul I'll have girls...

what's that all about?

5) I've never had a broke bone.

*knock on wood*

6) I sorta think blogger awards are lame, yet love the recognition.

I'm a walking, talking contradiction. 

What else is new.

7) I just discovered Thomas Dekker 2 days ago, via My Sisters Keeper.

I've been missin' out. He's hot. Yet can be so unattractive. Strange.

I'll pass this award onto:

(1) My Bestie-McBestie, Amanda.

Haha... I popped your Bloggy-award cherry!! 

;)

(2) Krista

and

(3) Amy

I want...

I blog make-over and signature. 

For Free, you know because I'm broke (and jobless). 

I want...

to meet a celebrity. 

(preferably a HOT one, that will adopt or employ me)

I've never done that before. 

(by "that" I mean, met a celebrity)

Have you? 

Share your story! 

Logan

I haven't posted ANY pictures of my baby nephew since two days after he was born! Can you believe it? I know, I'm on the verge of being a very bad Auntie! 

Logan Christopher:

{2 months, 1 week & 3 days Young}

WTF?

What the "eff" is up with TV this past week? 

Lets start with Grey's Anatomy: 

HOLY SHOOTING SPREE BATMAN! 

I was glued to my seat the entire show... automatically (like a robot) shoving popcorn into my face with WIDE eyes! It was so intense. Everything that a finale should be! 

PS: I now have a serious crush on Owen Hunt

Pretty sure it has to do with how he stuck up for Christina. 

Am I totally alone here?

On to the Series Finale of LOST. 

What did you think? Honestly... I wanna know if people liked or hated it. 

Beware: Spoilers ahead!!!

Personally, I think the ending was complete CRAP!!! CRAP, CRAP, CRAP!!!

A BIG 2 thumbs down. 

Dead..? seriously. DEAD? 

What was with the "flash sideways" if they were dead? Did they die in the plane crash or no? I'm leaning toward No... Then how were there flash sideways'?? GRrrR!! 

If the island was real and not a form of purgatory (as some suspect) then what happened to Clair, Sawyer, Kate (and those other people) when they flew away from the island? Did they talk about their crazy experiences? 

This finale was completely ridiculous. It only succeeded in creating more questions than it resolved. It was infuriating. 

....that's all I have to say about that...

WTF?

Today is the FINAL week of my first class?!  BOOP BOOP! Can you believe it?! 

I can't.

I'm super excited about this because, I really don't think I could have dealt with the individuals on my learning team for another week. I more than likely, would have hurt myself. 

It's official... I drank The Bachelorette kool-aid and it tastes yummy! 

I'm a fan. 

I know... stop rolling your eyes asking which rock I've been living under. It doesn't matter, I've crawled out from under it and I am now out and about with civilization. 

My Pick:

Jesse: A General Contractor from Kansas City, MO. 

I don't think he photographs all the well, he was totally cuter during the episode. 

Not only was he my pick, but he was the FIRST to receive a rose from Ali! 

What a difference a day makes

So Monday I was hopeful and confident that I would get a call/email, be contacted in so way informing me that I would receive an offer for the position I was interview for last week. Tuesday I was "broken up with in a email" as a friend put it. I call it "hate mail".... my sad but seemingly inevitable rejection. 

"What are you gonna do?" I thought.

Not out of desperation.... but just to say there isn't anything I can do about it. Remember the end of last month when I blogged about Rev Run's Words of Wisdom? Well something he says repeatedly that stuck with me, "Do your best and forget the rest." and also "Let go and let God." I'm not an overly religious person but the idea of what he's saying resonates with me especially under my current circumstances.... In my eyes these sayings are one in the same. Once you've done everything in your power you have to let go of the rest... it's out of your hands! 

I have to say it wasn't all overwhelming confidence though. I did wonder how I could have been so wrong. I thought I nailed it. I'm currently pursuing a BS in Management, I answered all the questions 'right', I had great questions prepared for the interviewerS, I was over-prepared for the interview, I smiled and shook hands, AND even sent my "Thank You" note!! How could I have been so confident about this interview and been so wrong? Whatever it is, it doesn't matter! I'm doing my best (so what if it takes all of my energy and motivation) to maintain a positive attitude and keep moving forward. 

In other news, my Best Friend is just a few weeks shy of her due date! I've spent some time recently picking up a few things for impending bundle of joy... I am excited for her (and me) to have her family grow! 

And yes, I know it's Wednesday and you're all desperate to know what I want... but I'm sorta just not in the mood today. Other than needing to get to the gym, I want for next Tuesday to arrive. "Why is that?" you ask. Well because Next Tuesday will be girls night (he-man-man-haters-club) at my house. NO BOYS ALLOWED! Next Tuesday also marks the DVD/BluRay release of:

Which obviously I WANT!

What to do....

What to do... What to do....... 

Today I feel like I'm just treading water; twiddling my thumbs. I'm not bored. I'm sort of uninspired. 

Have you felt this way? What did you do to change it? What do you do to maintain??

I'm waiting to hear about an interview I had on Friday. I KILLED the interview. I was extremely confident when I left the site, I sent my Thank You email so I feel like I've done everything I could to prepare for the interview and everything prior to and now it's out of my hands. They told me they wanted to make a decision by today. So of course I've been on pins and needles all day and I still haven't heard anything.Good news is that my candidate profile on the company's website indicates that I'm still in the running. 

time will tell

I Want it Wednesday...

Today I Want for nothing materialistic. 

Today I Want to be thankful for all that I do have and not truly Want for more.

Today I am thankful and content and grateful. 

Today you should all know after a year and a half of looking everywhere I could think of, I've finally landed a job. Yes that's right people. It's a temporary position filling in for someone going away on reserve duty for 5-7 weeks. I don't have the exact dates yet but what I do know is that it's good money and will buy me some time. I was also told that the last 2 people that filled in for this person were offered permanent positions within the company. 

When it rains it pours. 

After I got the called telling me an offer letter was on it's way to me. I got another call for a phone interview today! 

I am thankful that I've turned a corner with my job search. 

One thing I can tell you that I do Want... I Want my husband to pursue what he's passionate about. I want him to be clear (for both of us) what he wants for his future and GO GET IT! Because, I know he can. 

Happy Wednesday.