Just needing to vent, no pictures.

The last few weeks have been crazy. And I guess that's the way it is when you are moving. Last Thursday Christy and I came to St. George with David's parents, which was good because I had lots of stuff to do. I signed my lease, secured a job and a few other things. Wednesday morning mom, dad and I got in the car really early and drove to San Diego in moms car with the trailer in tow. Wednesday David's ship pulled in around nine. I got to base early enough to watch the ship pull in and be secured to the docks. David and I spent the rest of the day hanging out with mom and dad. We packed, cleaned, went bowling and went and watched "Imagine that". We also went swimming. It was my last day with David. Thursday morning I drove David to work and we said our goodbyes at that point because I really did not want to go to base this morning and deal with all the crowds. Thursday morning the missionaries came over and helped us load the trailer. I supervised, and I went to Jamba juice and bought everyone a smoothie. It took about two hours to load all the stuff. Then the rest of the day we cleaned and finished packing a few last minute things. I was really stressed about making sure that the house was really clean to pass the inspection. Then I spoke with David in the evening and he said that he really wanted me to come say goodbye this morning. I decided to stop being selfish and decided I would go. Thursday night was spent on the floor. This morning David called and said they were pulling out early so I needed to come to base. So I got dressed and drove to base. All the parking was secured!!!! So I drove around for twenty minutes trying to find a parking lot that I could park in. I was beyond frustrated. David was calling to see where I was and I got upset with him. I was mad and David was mad. Finally I found a parking lot that I could park in and then I walked to the ship. I was annoyed the whole time. Then I got to the gates and called David to see where he was. When I found him I noticed he was in his coveralls and you could only come out the gates if you were in your whites. So David came over by the fence even though he was told he couldn't, then we stood on each side of the fence and yelled at each other. One of the Master Chiefs came over and said something to David about him not allowed to be by the fence. David back talked to him, then he was escorted back to the ship. So that was it, that was my one and only experience with the ship leaving for deployment and I turned it into a yelling match disaster. I drove home and finished packing and cleaning. Now a bright spot in my day, we passed the inspection...so no charges for us :) Then we got in our vehicles and drove home. I drove ahead of mom and dad. Them pulling the trailer slowed them down a lot. So when I got to St. George I called Crystal and asked her to meet me at the apartment. When she got there I took the key and tried to open the door. And would you believe it, it didn't open. I tried both doors several times, Crystal tried both doors several times and then we called Alisha and she came over and tried a few times and finally got one of the doors open. I was mad at that point, it was hot and it had been almost an hour. I called mom and cried because this just added to my very bad day. Then Crystal and I went to Walmart to buy some groceries. The check out girl was not a regular checker so it took her a little longer and she rang up my tomatoes twice. She couldn't fix it so I had to go stand in the customer service line and wait an hour for my two dollars and sixteen cents. So because of my stubborn, selfishness David left for six months with our last words being angry ones and I stood for an hour out in the heat trying to get into the apartment. Sometimes I just need to vent! I know that things aren't that bad. I really am glad about all the things that are good in my life.

Random Happenings

We have been busy lately at our house. Packing, cleaning, visitors and deployment! If you walked into my house right now you would think that a bomb went off. It is such a mess. Well not really, it just that most of my household furnishings our now in my front room piled high and deep. I realized just how much stuff I really do have with all this packing. I am overwhelmed! I feel like I should throw half of it away. I am now starting to worry that I picked the wrong place to live in St. George. I am doubting that all my crap will fit in the townhome. I guess we will see. Christy and I are in St. George now. I will be going back to San Diego on Wednesday with my parents to load all my belongings on the truck. Davids ship pulls in on Wednesday around noon. I will get to see David for Wednesday afternoon and evening then Thursday he has duty and the ship is scheduled to pull out for good on Friday. I am excited that I get to see him one more time before he officially leaves. I fear that this next six months is going to be a challenge for us all.
Christy watching the Days of 47 parade with Papa while shelling pecans. Brings back so many memories.

Dean, David and Ann right before David got on the ship. Dean and Ann came and spent almost a week with us. They were a very big help with packing and cleaning. They also brought Christy and I to St. George and they dropped Shadow off in Vegas. I am so thankful for all they have done to help David and I.

Our little family before David got on the boat. I look horrible. David and I had to get up at 5:15. I drove David to base then went home hoping to get a little sleep before taking everyone back to base to see David off. I had just got home when David called saying the ship was pulling out earlier than he had been told. So I hurried everyone out of bed and in the car. There was no time for hair and makeup to be done.

I took Christy and Shadow to "All about the girl" for the monthly "Tea Party". They both got their hair done, their nails painted and glitter. Christy got a backpack and Shadow got a t-shirt. Then we went and had cookies and juice and watched lots of little girls sing karaoke. I found out via email that July 26th will be their last business day. It was a really fun place for the girls.

Random Things:

The girls have been getting along so much better.

Christy finally finished school. Hopefully while here in St. George I will get her registered for next year. I am hoping to get her into the same school as her cousin Michael.

The drivers side window on our Civic is broken. The glass doesn't stay up. Luckily the Civic will be parked for the next six months so the window is something that I can hold off fixing for now.

We still don't know where we will be stationed when David gets home. I am hoping we will find out in August.

I already miss San Diego. I love the weather, being so close to the beach, our house, the pool across the street, the ward we were in, being so close to Disneyland and other theme parks, and so many other things. I am so thankful for the year that I had to experience San Diego. And I am looking forward to our next adventure.

I am planning on being busy for the next week or so, so new posts might be scarce.

To all those who were in Mission Valley AMC...

theatre number 18 for the 4:30 showing of Harry Potter and the half blood prince. David and I decided we would go see Harry Potter before he left for deployment. We got tickets at our local MWR office. Tickets at the theatre run $11.50, at MWR we can get them for $6.50. We decided on an early showing so there would be less people and we would go out to eat after the movie. There were a total of ten people in the theatre. David and I got there kinda early and choose good seats. A lady I will call Ms. Blue came and sat right in front of David. I thought this was odd since there were very few people in the movie. A little while into the movie Ms. Blue turns around and says "please stop that". David and I look at each other not sure what she is referring to us stopping. Some time later she turns around again and tells David to stop kicking her seat. David looks at me and mouths that he had not kicked her seat. We go back to watching the movie. The people a few rows behind us are getting a kick out of all this and laugh and make some comments about the whole situation. An hour into the movie Ms. Blue stands up turns around and starts screaming at David. Adding in a few colorful words. When she finishes, she sits down. Davids says "you have got to be kidding me", he then moves to the chair on the other side of me. Once again the people behind us our laughing and finding humor in the whole situation, while in the lower section of the theatre a lady whom I will call Ms. Orange stands up and yells at us because she brought her seven year old to the move and he doesn't need to hear this kind of language. I agree, I don't need to hear it either. David and I go back to watching the movie assuming the situation has been resolved with him changing seats. WE WERE WRONG!!! Ms. Orange took it upon herself to alert theatre management about the situation. Troy (the theatre man) comes in an escorts Ms. Blue out of the theatre to speak with her. When she comes back in she sits RIGHT in front of me!!! Are you serious? Then David goes out and talks to Troy. When he leaves Ms. Orange comes right up to me and starts screaming at me to grow up and stop being so childish. I look at her and politely say "I didn't say anything". She continues her rampage and I say "I am watching the movie". She then screams that I will be paying twice to see this movie, then she storms past me and out to where Troy is speaking with David. David then pokes his head in and motions for me to come out. Meanwhile the whole theatre (all ten people) have lost 15 minutes of this movie. The people behind us think the whole situation is funny. They were having a grand time, who knew with their $11.50 ticket purchase would they not only get to see Harry Potter, but also the soap opera of Ms. Blue, Ms. Orange, Troy and the Bushars :) So I gather my belongings and exit the theatre. Troy informs David and I that he cannot have us and Ms. Blue in the same theatre. He apologizes and informs us that he will compensate us for the whole bad situation. He gets us tickets to the 6:30 show, he also gives us a drink voucher and two more tickets to whatever show we want to see in the future. So to all ten people in Mission Valley AMC theatre 18 at the 4:30 showing of Harry Potter I hope you enjoyed the movie and the SIDE show. David and I enjoyed our evening!!!

Just some random stuff

Christy's knee after playing flag football.

Christy reading Harry Potter to Shadow.

I am a lazy blogger. I really don't have that much to write. We have started packing for the move. Yea for getting rid of stuff! I signed up for utilities and it only cost me $300 deposit :( David's deployment date was changed. He will leave for a week come back for a day and a half and then leave for six months. David applied for orders in China Lake, Ca and Hawaii. How awesome would it be to live in Hawaii. Although right now I am not counting on either one. Last month David applied for orders to China Lake and he was denied. I am getting a little anxious about all the things going on right now. Shadow is still with us. Here and Christy are having lots of fun. Christy likes reading Harry Potter to Shadow. Yesterday Christy was playing flag football for PE and she tripped and skinned her knee pretty bad. I am excited for company this weekend. Alisha and her family are coming to visit and next week Davids parents are coming for a few days. I realized that we might not have another chance to visit Disneyland before we move...sniffle. I love Disneyland. Sorry this is random. I don't have exciting things like Amber going on in my life.

Busy, Fun, July, Temple

Wendy and her parents outisde the Newport Beach Temple.

Shadow and Christy at the scout breakfast on the fourth.

This month will be a busy one for us. We picked up Shadow last Friday and if everything goes right we will have her with us until David leaves. We are not sure when David will be leaving, the date seems to keep changing. Christy and I will be moving at the end of the month. We found a cute townhouse to rent while in St. George. My little sister Crystal will be living with us. Hopefully I will be able to get Christy enrolled in Little Valley elementary so that she can go to school with Michael. Crystal will be my babysitter as well as Alisha's and it will work so much better if Christy can go to the same school as Michael. We are both excited and sad to move. For the fourth of July we went to a scout breakfast, swimming and bowling. We did not stay up to watch fireworks. The girls had a lot of fun. Yesterday the girls and I spent the day in Orange County. I went to the Newport Beach Temple with the Andersens. Wendy was taking her endowments out. The temple was beautiful. Small but beautiful. I wish David could have been there as well. We are so excited for Wendy! We love her so much. Tammy had lined up Josh and a few girls from her ward to babysit all the kids at her house while we were at the temple. After the session we all went back to Tammy's and had yummy, yummy food and the kids went swimming. Wendy also hosted a Lia Sophia jewelery party. I bought some cute stuff. I will post pictures of what I got when I get it. We are enjoying our summer so far. Christy is still in school. She gets out July 21st. We have lots of fun activities planned and lots of family coming to visit. Plus somewhere in all this madness I need to make a trip to St. George. And I have to get my house cleaned I have two move out inspections scheduled. Ugh!!!! I am having trouble uploading my pictures. I really need my own computer at home, this business of coming to the computer lab is getting seriously annoying! I had more cute pictures but I am not patient enough to keep trying. I have other stuff to do. Oh yesterday I spent some time visiting with Campbell and Mary. Campbell is my cousin and he and his family live in Canada. Mary was telling em how expensive it was to live there. Their milk cost over $5 a gallon. I am so grateful that I only pay $1.99. I realize there are a lot of things that I take for granted. Enough of my rambling.