2008

I wanted to make a list 20 things that happened this year.

1. We bought me a new car!
2. Paid off Justin car (after having it for only 2 years!)
3. Justin went on Deployment
4. Justin Re-enlisted while deployed
5. Justin qualified on the boat almost 9 month early!
6. I got a passport
7. I used my passport when I flew to Bahrain to see my husband during a port visit!
8. I saw my 3rd ocean!
9. My sister got married and I not only got to be there but was in the wedding (and I got to hang out with Brienne!)
10. Justin and I paid off all of our credit debt
11. I replaced all of the furniture in the house (everything but couches and my bedroom)
12. Justin and I rode camels in Bahrain!
13. We took a mini vacation with our Besties to Boston
14. Landon and I went to NYC
15. I took a 14 hour flight...never again!
16. We got our puppy who is no longer a puppy.
17. I read over 50 books!!!!!
18. I lost almost 20 lbs while Justin was deployed...go me!
19. I got the whole house done and unpacked the last box!
20. I fell in love with my husband all over again.

Party Peeps

Don't forget next Friday

PJ Party

Be here between 7 and 7:30 pm

Bring a snack or appetiser!

Be ready to watch girly movies

Let me know if you have any questions!

Boots for homecoming!

again

Hes gone again. Under the water. But this time the next time I talk to him it will be face to face!



Justin and I had a great time getting to talk while he was in port. I got to see him on the web cam which is always great and he got to talk to Landon a lot. He bought me all of my Christmas gifts while they were in port and in a few days boxes will start coming to the door and it will take everything for me to not rip them open!



Landon and I had a great Christmas. He got a lot of really great stuff and I can't believe he will get even more when his Dad gets home. Both our families sent us gifts so I had a few things to open and of course Justin had a few things here for me. But still it didn't quite feel like Christmas. Justin and I have been together for every Christmas since 2002 and being apart was just so...well different. I'm glad that he will be home soon so we can exchange gifts and watch Landon open everything together.



Due to Justin being gone I didn't even really feel like taking pictures of Landon opening everything. I took a few but not much. Here is one of him opening his stocking. He is wearing his PJ's that his dad got for him.

Almost done....

But it still feels like I have forever to go. I'm so done with this deployment and I'm ready to not be a single mom again. I just want to be able to look at Justin on Saturday afternoon and say "Hey I think I'm going to go take a nap for a few hours." If I just decided to go nap in the middle of the day now something would get lit on fire.....oh the perks of having your husband home...oh and being able to shower for more then 10 minutes.

Come home now?

Did you know....

I think this is so cool, so I'm going to keep updating it each time I get a new "google search" hit.

Ok so I have a tracker on my blog spot now, and it has come in quite handy. I now know who visits my profile everyday.....and I'm surprised how many people have my blog saved in their favorites (or have it memorized)....yes it tells me this. The best thing it tells me is what a person searches before ending up on my blog.

1. Shout out to Spokane Washington! I thought after you google searching JKLrowan blogspot everyday for the last week or two that maybe you would have figured out that all you have to do is type www.jklrowan.blogspot.com no need to search for it!

2. Yes if you search Rowan Blog you can find me.

3. Also jkl rowan ends you up here.

4. Riyadh, Ar Riyad (Saudi Arabia) Welcome! They arrived on my blog by searching "Dome cafe Bahrain". I guess I have a wide range of things in my blog. Lol.

5. Someone from Florida found my blog by searching "navy life in Bahrain". It looks like Bahrain is an interesting subject to google this week!

6. Manama, Al Manamah (Bahrain) got here by searching "DOME Bahrain". Wow I guess its a pretty popular place! So I guess we aren't the only ones who fell in love with it! And this guy keeps coming back!

7. Navy Life.....will get you here.

8. "Mommy nipples swim blog".....seriously that has to be a joke because who really searches for that. Its not even funny and doesn't even seem real.

9. "wife watches me with man." all of these make my blog seem creepy!!!!

The best so far....but not by far.

10. someone in Hamden CT searched "Sit back and watch me f**k your wife" and ended up here...wow. So being the person that I am I searched it.

This is what you get from my blog:

ROSALIE [*BOWLSMASH FOOTSTAMP *]: I HAVE BEEN SLAVING AWAY OVER A HOT STOVE ALL DAY SO I COULD WATCH THIS STUPID BITCH EAT! FUCK YOU AND YOUR HUMAN, EDWARD

hahaha so someone came here expecting something dirty, and got my family blog. Poor guy.

...christmas...

While I love Christmas and everything it stands for...its just not quite the same without my husband. I had a few gifts to open this morning. My mother-in-law sent me a few, my mom and dad sent us our gifts and of course Justin had some here for me. I can't wait for him to be home so we can do "Christmas" again. I know it hurts him to not be here with Landon, playing with all of his gifts and watching cheesy Christmas movies with us. Every year since Justin and I have been together we have gotten each other an ornament and a pair of pajamas for Christmas....here is what I got!




He e-mailed my mom to tell her which one to buy me since they weren't out in stores when he left and he wanted to make sure I got the right one. So he sent her a picture of it and here is what the e-mail said.

"This is the one I want to get Kim because she always eats cocoa and toast with buddy while I'm gone."

cocoa and toast is an old family tradition, my dad ate it when he was little and me and my sisters did the same. Justin claims its not a meal....but a snack or breakfast, I think its a great dinner. So while Justin is home I'm forbidden to make it for dinner...but when hes gone its a free for all! And funny enough we ate it for dinner last night!

Then he got me really cute light blue penguin pj's. I love them!

I hope he like what I got him.

Gibralter.....

My poor husband, he never knows when I'm taking pictures of him...but in my defense he should have known this time. Landon was telling him what faces to make while I clicked away. Lol.


smile.

kisses!

"dad do it like this!"

And this is my husband while we were talking today. He wasn't paying me much attention because he was too worried about buying me gifts...boring! hahaha just kidding I love that he is taking the time to make sure everything is here in time for our big x-mas and he doesn't have to take a day away from us right when he gets home to go shopping.

I miss that man and I am ready for him to be home. ITS ALMOST DONE!

100!

I was going to do something mass cool for my 100th post...but I'm exhausted from wrapping so many gifts....maybe I will revisit this post in a few days.

Stephanie!

I thought you would enjoy these pictures of the man you are going to marry. He claims he will still have it when he sees you next.

Swap.

A few friends and I are thinking about doing a swap. We want to do it every month/every other month (whichever works best for everyone).

Every time we do it we will have a theme and if needed a price limit. We were thinking about doing the first one for Valentines day so the box you send would contain; A book (your favorite love story), some kind of candy (since valentines day does not work without it) and a Valentines day card. Everyone involved in the swap will vote on when and what the next one will be.

We don't have all of the details worked out quite yet but I wanted to see how many people would be interested I already have 5 or 6 who want to do it.

We will have a private blog going for all swap participants.

Let me know if you would be interested in joining in.

SNOW!

The weather man says we are going to get a ton of snow today...and hes right!

The snow started at 1 pm. Just for fun I'm going to measure how much snow we get. I don't know if I will keep doing every 1/2 hour or just do it every hour. I measure every time on my glass patio table so the grass doesn't get in the way. Lol. I hope everyone here enjoys the snow like I know we will!

1:00- 0 inches
1:30- 1/2 inch
2:00- 1 1/4 inches
2:30- 2 1/4 inches
3:00- 3 1/2 inches
3:30- 4 1/2 inches
4:00- 5 1/2 inches
4:30- 6 1/4 inches
5:00- 7 1/2 inches
5:30- 8 1/2 inches
6:00- 9 3/4 inches
6:30- 10 1/2 inches (picture)
7:00- 11 inches
8:00-(snow stopped for an hour and just picked up again)
8:30- 11 1/2 inches
9:00- 11 3/4 inches
9:30- 12 inches!!!

Ok so I'm off to bed! I'm was hoping that we would get at least 12 inches and we did! I'm so excited! I hope we get more tonight while we are sleeping. I promised Landon that we would make a snowman tomorrow so I will try to get pictures. Good night everyone!

Good Morning!

ok not really since its about 10 am...but still morning. Right?

I got my first award!

I got it from Andrea at my chihuahua bites. Thank you!

The qualifications to receive this award are:
Display a cheerful attitude
Love one another
Make mistakes
Learn from others
Be a positive contributor to the blog world
Love life
Love kids

The rules:
Link back to the person who gifted you with the award.
Post the rules.
Choose 5 people to share the award with.
The recipients must fit the qualifications stated above.
Create a post to share your award.
Thank the winner.

ok now for who I pass it to!

Sheena! from Live, Laugh, Love.
Jenalei from My life as a mommy and a wife
Maren from A Breath of Fresh Arrington
Brianna from Story of my life
Brienne from The Swangers

I miss him!

It was so great talking to Justin again. I miss him more then ever and I can't wait for him to be home...man I say that a lot. But here are a few funny pictures from today.


It is late there so all the lights were off in the lobby, so he found a lamp so Landon could see him. Landon is ready to have his daddy back, and talks about it all the time.

This is Justin watching the Elf yourself that I made. This was right after he saw himself doing the "titty" shake (his words not mine).

And this is my sweet husband begging me to delete the picture I took of him flashing the camera. Who knew if I told him to show me his nipples that he actually would...hahaha ok I kinda knew he would that's why I was ready with the camera button. Ehh but at least it wasn't a picture of something REALLY dirty....he doesn't go for that. hahaha.

Hahaha Sorry Justin!

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