Having fun.

Sorted through all my emails and they are now categorized. Yay for small victories.

I also got back to emails from myself when I emailed my favorites from my old phone and put them on my new one. Yay for more small victories!

Talked to an old friend and back to besties! Yay for big victories!

And caught up on Jenna Marbles new video and sxephil's news. Yay for what most would consider wasting time! lol

I have been busy trying to get my house back into shape and that included subscribing to three more websites. two are organizational and one is ... wait for it ... pinterest! Yay for bandwagon things that are awesome!

Anyway I think I will get started posting since I feel I may get kicked off for ineffective activity or something.

Get back to you soon!

The voice I had imagine was more sophisticated, but this is just me.

I am recently 23 and recently a wife and recently more separated from my immediate family longer and more permanently than I have ever been.

I have been having a hard time sleeping lately, going in and out of winter colds, and in and out of my menstrual cycle, but I feel like something tugging at me.

The monotonous tone of my relationship. Maybe it was just this odd Christmas that wasn't as jolly as others have been. Maybe I am scared of losing myself as I have been at this point in some relationships.

Am I losing my spontaneity with every folded t-shirt? every put away dish? It is starting to feel like that.

I have gained at least ten pounds since April and hate it. It feels so uncomfortable in my clothes, my sleep, my walk. But in this nasty apartment complex with very little outdoors feel to it, I can barely coax myself to walk the dog, much less walk myself.

I haven't read since Christmas, haven't sewn since summer, and haven't exercised since then either.

Where is Amanda? She is getting sadder and feeling more lost every day. Not lost to God, I feel him there, taking care of us, but lost for what my calling is right now.

I have no purpose. Wife comes naturally, what is the thing I must push myself to do?

I will return to Bible Study this week, and church soon, probably not tomorrow, and have thought about looking into school... so I guess I just glance up at my own motto and

Keep moving forward.

My voice.

The sermon on Sunday concerning John the baptist (John 1:19-27) raised three questions for every believer.

1. who are you/confess
2. don't remember lol
3. how are you conducting yourself and why

the point I'm at obviously is three. I feel called to join the internet community in spreading my voice and now I know that my faith needs to be central in what I portray.

Definitely a fun day.

Got to get on base today after hubby passed his pt test. Yay for  my 29'' waisted guy. lol


Checked out the new bx, which is the base exchange which is a shopping center for us.


Clothes, food, household decor and furniture, outdoor, electronics, toiletries, etc.


A lot larger than our old one, which was pretty much depressing.


After an hour and a half there, I headed over to the old bx where there is a thrift store that is only available to lower enlisted families. Donated some bags which they were in dire need of last time I went.


Hopped over to the commissary, which is our grocery store, and grabbed a few things.


Then quickly to the library where I got the second Anne book: Anne of Avonlea and another book by the same author.


And scooted over to the post office to grab stamps for the thank you notes, which now that I am thinking of it, we may have not needed thirty because some we will include in Christmas gifts. Oh well, a few extra stamps won't hurt, until the usps raises stamp tax or whatever that is.


Got to thinking again today how much I hate WalMart. I am so glad to have recently committed to stop going there. It is destroying the American economy and job market and it is superbly annoying to go there and at times in Sumter, even dangerous.


Got home, got some online shopping done, in preparation for Christmas. Found a nutcracker for my Mom from Etsy - what a lovely place! And looking for a wedding album for myself, as the pictures are coming in about two weeks, and that will be the project I work on for a while. :)


We only really have two gifts left to get, for my brother- and mother-in-law. Should be pretty easy to grab them in the weeks ahead. What I am really waiting for is our Christmas tree!!! I think I will get one from a local market around the corner from us, and not many ornaments this year, but already have a string of lights to put on it. That reminds me of another item I am on the lookout for: a tree topper. I am not sure what will even suit our taste, but I am defnitely excited about the hunt.


And tomorrow is the new Jenna Marbles, which is always an anticipated event.


Hopefully get some thank you notes done tomorrow, and possibly order my mom's nutcracker and a tree topper.


Glad for the cold weather, I am ready for it to feel wintery! In celebration of the cold I made Spanish Hot Chocolate - what a treat! (Really simple: melted chocolate, milk, cream, sugar, salt, and the kicker is the nutmeg!) I discovered such treat when I was taking Spanish 4 at Quantico High School and our teacher found some Abuelita at a local Spanish Mercado. It is like a block of sandy cocoa mix, but so so spicy and wonderful. I am sure it was not just nutmeg in that mix!


Got to talk to my sister today and definitely reaching out to friends again now that I am back on facebook. Life is good.


The pastor of our church comes over Saturday, one of our close friends is visiting the state before she moves to a foreign country. And Christmas church events are scattered in the upcoming weeks. Looks like a pretty cheerful season ahead.


I may just be blabbering, but this is making my head feel so cleared and unstressed, but I will sign off for tonight.

Introductions

I have wanted to revamp blogging in my life for such a long time. I sort of chatter on xanga, but it was more of a journal than anything. Seeing where communication is going in the world I really want to have my say, and now that I am a proud wife and definitely growing up in strides I have my chance and I am grabbing it.

I am very crafty so I may post blogs with craft ideas.

I also love getting involved so I may post about local events.

I am a military wife and before that I was a military brat. I may post ultra-patriotic things. :)

I don't really watch news, so whatever I hear is tidbits of what people tell me (and may read more into) or what I read.

I am a christian and may post about what Christ has done for me and can do for you.

I am a wife and am looking for the best way to run a household, and ways to have fun with my husband and information that will help me be the best mother I can be so I may post corny advice about how to clean, cook, or pamper a stay at home wife/mother.

I feel like a pretty open-minded person and definitely love to learn so I hope to gain knowledge from whomever or whoever looks at my page.

I don't have much to say today, but cheers to having a blast busting into the information highway!

Amanda E. L. Robinson