.:16 days:.

O M G.

yeah. 16 days! so now instead of daydreaming about what im gonna wear to pick him up and what the first second will be like, im freaking out! haha yeah, yesterday i shampooed all the carpets in the house, deodoraized all of them too- my house has the lovely smell of gardenias now. yum. the kids and i cleaned heir rooms and organized everything upstairs, cleaned the bathrooms. i washed all the walls- i never knew that kids could be so freakin messy! right at their hand level there was a ring around my house. gross. so anyways, im in the cleaning mode, just wanting this to be the best home coming ever for him. he has been on the new base for over a month now, and besides being put in the building with the kennels that they keep the military dogs in, they dont have water. this means that they cant shower or wash their clothes. he is pretty miserable, dirty and stinky, im sure. even more reason to make sure the house is fabulously clean and smelling sweet.
i know that he has been talking about all the places that we are going to go out to eat when he gets home, and im sure we will make that trip to olive garden and the pizza port. but it will be nice to have some one to cook for again. ive been slacking so much on that, since the kids dont eat much and i havent been lately either. i dont know, tho. since he has been working out for at least 3 hours every day he might be trying to stay in shape (yum) and might not be in the mood for alot of home cooked meals. we'll see.
the kids are doing well in school. jillian is still so excited and every day asks how many minutes till she can go to school. her teacher said that she is a star student and she knows it. brian is also doing well. now that he isnt in mrs felners class (she is so nasty) he has improved on every subject. mrs jones is a great teacher and she spends all the extra time with brian that he needs. his sst meeting is on halloween- that should be interesting.
the kids are already starting to talk about what they want to be for halloween. brian i think has settled on being a pirate and jillian... i dont know something sparkly and girly, im sure. halloween is so much fun here in california. it was probably the best time that ive had since we have lived here. its like in the movies, with a million kids all over the neighborhood, all dressed up. i love it.
the reception is coming along well. i just got the last plates/ knives/ cups etc. that i think we will need. it looks like there will be well over 300 people there. yikes. it should be fun for matt to be able to see all of his buddies that are out of the MC and all of his friends from back home. and of course his family. it has been over a year. we will be in nebraska for almost 2 weeks. aparently in nebraska they stop serving alcohol at 1am- so they have last call at quarter til- thats kinda lame. but we are gonna have redneck beer in kegs, so we will be able to continue partying. i hope to have fun- im sure i will, but i also know that i will be responsible for every one else there, and i really dont want to babysit people. that would piss me off. oh well, we'll see!

less than 3 weeks till my husband is home. today he called me and i was so excited i almost peed my pants. ha ha. its been a while since we have talked and that made it even that much better. so he tells me today that the guys that are coming to replace them are coming early. this means that he will be on a flight back to the states on the 26th of September! he might be home early!! omg. that is the best news i could possibly get.
i keep having these dreams where i am in my room, or on the back porch and then he just shows up out of no where and surprises me. it would be cool if that actually happened. so today while talking he asked me if i was going to scream, or cry or whatever when i see him for the first time in 7 months. i told him i have no idea. i will prob be speechless and then as soon as i kiss him i will prob cry. it has taken so long to get to this point. it feels like forever. i am looking forward to all the things that we are going to do together. and all the memories that we are going to make.
i think that the last week before he gets home i will do a floor to ceiling deep clean, shampoo the carpets and everything. i want him to be so so so happy to be home- he said he doesn't care what the house looks like- as long as I'm there. he is so sweet.
god i love him. two more weekends then he will be here on the third. I'm gonna freak out.

busy busy busy

im feeling a bit frantic, not in the 'climb the walls' sense, but more like i have so much to do and i have no idea when i will have the time. brians birthday is coming up and i havent even begun to put things together. today a friend asked me what time i was having the party and i dont even know that. (its 6 days away) on top of that both of my cars crapped out. which by itself is enough to make me frantic. stupid cars. of course they decide to go end up as soon as we buy a new car but dont have it yet.
my mom is in town.. well not my town but close enough. which is nice to get to visit and vent about my nonsense to her. we always have so much fun together. i can be my self around her just as if she were one of my girlfriends.
there are only 33 days until my husband finally gets home from iraq.... then i can vent to him and leave the car troubles on his shoulders instead of mine. this 'single-mom' mentality has got to stop. its my turn to share the crap with someone else. haha i will be glad when he is here to fill all my empty moments. i will be glad to see his face and hear his voice. life is so lonely with out him.
hopefully there will be babies coming soon, and by that i mean MINE, not some one elses. another 5 years on this base, im going to need some thing to keep myself busy while he is working and brian and jill are in school.
when matt gets home we have a trip planned. we are going to nebraska to finally have our wedding reception. it seems a little late for me, since we have been married for over a year. and that adds to my stress of having to plan it all and arrange everything down to the last detail and also pay for it. but it is a chance to see relatives and let them meet the kids.. and oh yeah! to party my ass off with my hubby. hopefully while we are there we will get tickets to go watch the huskers play. that will be goodtimes!
hopefully this week falls together and things go my way, kids to school (on time), truck gets fixed, i get a chance to shop for birthdays and receptions, and i get the party planned... and squeeze in another visit from my little mamma.