Pick up lines in the bank...

Oh, the things one can get into in the Bank! Yesterday, I was driving around running errands and shopping for Christmas gifts when I realized I needed to run into the bank and pull out some money- money kinda helps pay for things right? So I realize that it is 3:30 and my branch located off base was crazy busy- no way was I going to fight people in line and driving through the ATM wasn't an option, since I needed to withdraw a high amount. Guess someone is going inside... blah... I decide the least crowded branch would be the one on the Air Force Base here, so I drive onto the base and am happy and surprised to see virtually nobody there. I go inside, fill out my information and proceed to get in line. This is what ensued afterwards...

I GOT HIT ON BY AN OLD RETIRED COLONEL! 

Here is the conversation:
  - I walk towards the line, and notice an older gentleman standing besides one of the counters. It appeared that he was finishing up his check writing, so I stood back and allowed him to go in front of me. THEN IT HAPPENED...


Me: "Please, go right ahead Sir."Me: "You know what? Normally I would have taken offense to such comments,  but since I have a deployed Husband I welcome your flattery."

OM (Old man): "Oh, no. You go right ahead beautiful."
Me: "Well, I appreciate that. Thank you so much."
OM: "If I let you go ahead of me, then that means I am able to stand behind you and look at you for longer." *****OMG!!!!!!!!**** There is more... " Cause you look real good!!' *AHHH*




OM: "Well, you are gorgeous and It's a shame your Husband is not here."
Me: "Yes, it is. Holidays are difficult, aren't they?"
OM: "Not difficult right now, because I have you to admire."The conversation seemed to last forever, but was probably more like a few minutes. By the time I got to the teller, he was in tears from laughing!! The old man waited for me to finish up with my transaction and then asked me what my husband did... "He flies." That's all he got from me, but he proceeded to tell me he was a retired AF Colonel, blah blah... Funny day in the bank? YES!! He was not creepy, but I was just so shocked to hear this old man being so blunt and honest about how he felt about me. Oh well. I suppose I shall take any and all compliments directed towards me at this time- since Mr. Top Gun isn't here to give them to me ;)

When Mr. Top Gun can't be in Texas...

What do you do when your husband has been 'stolen' away from you by the Air Force? Well, if you are Mrs. Top Gun, you go crazy with internet shopping!!! I have logged hours and hours of shopping (do I get an award for this?) and the sad part about it all? I can't even send the actual presents I have ordered for Mr. Top Gun over there!! We will have a mini-Christmas when he returns home, so yes, he will get his gifts ;) In the meantime however, I have decided that he deserves to have a little taste of Texas shipped to him (ok, and his crew- because he always shares... sweet man!)  So, in the next few days Mr. Top Gun will be greeted with a package full of these:

                                                                 TEXAS TAMALES!


                                                       These are the beef tamales

Texas Salsa for his tamales

These are the chicken tamales

These are the pork tamales

And the Chocolate dessert tamales!!

I am guessing that when he gets this box full of yummies, he will probably run to his room and hide it! He says his crew goes nuts when he gets a package, because they all know I pack awesome stuff inside for him. Awww... I miss him!!

Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!

Here are a few pictures from a 'Texas Thanksgiving,' 2009! It was so wonderful to be here with my family, but I wish Mr. Top Gun could have been with us... The next best thing to having him here? A phone call from him at my Mom and Dad's house, right as we all sat down to eat! 1/3 of the way through this damn deployment!!!


                                              Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. Top Gun!
                                                               I love you!!!

Raider and I love you too!!

Miss you!!

                      


                                                    Grandpa!!

                                                              My Dad being goofy!!

Proudly showing off the limes and lemons from his trees in the yard...

                                                      Love my little Brother!

The gorgeous table! Thanks, momma!

Yummy side dishes. There were too many to fit into the picture!

Turkey time... yum!!

Bad Things...

Apparently, Mr. Top Gun has been watching the series "True Blood" on DVD with his crew on their rare days off. How do I know this, you ask? Well, according to the subject contained within his e-mail I received 10 minutes ago... This is a snippit of what he said to me:

 "I am feeling a little bit better today, and have been enjoying the snacks and goodies you sent me. I miss you tons. I also have a song you need to check out- it's the theme song from the HBO series "TRUE BLOOD." I think you can find it on youtube or whatever. Anyways, it makes me think of you... wink, wink ;)"

Here is Mr. Top Gun's new favorite song now, hehe. Love him!

Looks like it's time for a Baby Top Gun!

This was a topic of conversation a few weeks ago when Mr. Top Gun called me. Yes, my deployed husband decided he wanted to talk about....


A Baby Top Gun when he gets home!!! 




***YEAH!!!!***



We have been waiting for the perfect time to start our family, and for awhile it seemed like the world was just against us. We move halfway across the world and the second we set foot on the ground, we are told that Mr. Top Gun will be deploying within a few months. WTF? Welcome to Japan, I guess! Second, I decide to get into a major car accident, total the car and freak the hell out of the entire Squadron and manage to get Mr. Top Gun home from god knows where to be with me... NICE! Now that he is gone for a little bit, I have been given the opportunity to prepare myself and my body for this soon to be little one. So, I scheduled an appr. with my Neuroligst to discuss weaning me off of my migraine medications last week.
This has always been the HUGE elephant in the room for me when it comes to talking about a baby with Mr. Top Gun... I have suffered from migraines since age 18, and have been on nightly maintenance medication since about age 20.


Now, with a little Top Gun baby on the horizon, I need to be OFF these meds before we even start trying to get pregnant. So, I met with him last week and I am pleased to announce that I have been weaning down from my meds for a week! So far, no huge side effects- but, I have noticed that I am tired in the daytime and have NO APPETITE. Ok, I can deal with the no appetite one (look a little lighter for Mr. Top Gun, right?? ;) But I don't like being so sleepy in the daytime. No migraines aside from last night- courtesy of my monthly visitor *ugh* The awesome news about this is by the time I head back to Japan in January, I will be completely off of the meds, and I can continue to take my regular migraine pain pills (when I get a migraine, of course) up until I am actually pregnant with a little Top Gun!


I have taken the liberty of already picking out a boys and a girls onesie... Hey, these are freakin' adorable!!

Sending Christmas in a Box

This year, Mr. Top Gun is not going to be around for any of the holidays, including Christmas- Courtesy of the Air Force! *Ugh* So, I decided to send Christmas to him!! I am going to list what I put into his 'Christmas Box' because he DOES not have time to get onto the internet, and even if he did he wouldn't have the time to look at my blog! After running around all day yesterday in search of the perfect last minute items to complete "Christmas in a Box," I finally landed at good old Target and walked around the entire store for 2 hours... I am sure the employees thought I looked like a weird old lady with odd Christmas items in her cart, but I successfully found everything I needed and more! Here is what Mr. Top Gun is getting...

Well, here is the short list!

A mini LED Green Christmas Tree, with handmade decorations on it (yes, I made them)
Handmade Red Felt Hearts with our names on each of them
Cookies, candies, goodies
3 new DVD's- G.I. Joe, Star Trek, and the Alway's Sunny in Philadelphia X-mas special.
2 pairs of super warm socks
Hallmark "Merry Smoochmas" Ornament
Chips and a mini queso from Texas!
Bean Dip (Mr. Top Gun Loves it )
Hickory Farms Summer Sausage (Loves this and MUST have one every x-mas)
Pita Chips
Stocking with his name on it
Picture of me in a frame :)
Toiletries
Chocolate marshmallow snowmen (enough for him and his crew)
2 Christmas cards from me :)
Beef jerky

 And so many other goodies, I can't list them all! His package was bursting at the seams when I taped it up last night, and thankfully the Post Office still accepted it in the flat rate overseas shipping box! Too bad I wasn't able to fit myself into the box and be shipped to him... *Sigh*

Seriously?!?

Dear Air Force,

 I would like to inquire as to WHY you turned me away today at the clinic, after waiting in line for the H1N1 vaccine? I am a Spouse of an Active Duty Sponsor, I am covered by Tricare Prime, and I am an ID card holder. I also FALL INTO THE HIGH RISK category (in case you hadn't noticed.) Therefore, why was I told "NO" by one of the rudest and grouchiest old men I have ever come across, after explaining to him that I am here in Texas for a few months and thus require the vaccine. Did you not hear me when I said my Husband is deployed? Did your ears close up when I mentioned that I am a world traveler, and traveling in and out of Japan and other Asian countries is kinda a red flag for this?? Oh, and please take note that my base in Japan is NOT giving out vaccines to spouses. You had better hope I do not contract this swine flu, or I promise whatever ER I end up in, I will absolutely be the most demanding and difficult patient ever!

      Sincerely,

    One royally pissed off Spouse. 


 P.S. *You are so on my not so favorites list at this moment in time. A deployment and refusal to take care of me?? Hmmm. FAIL.