Wordless Wednesday

Téléphérique de la Bastille (Grenoble 2005)

Skinnie's 25th Birthday Palooza Giveaway

"What's this?" you ask yourself...

Skinnie Piggie is turning 25 and she wants YOU

to win some lovely gifts the week of her birthday.

I have decide to help out and donate this fabulous handmade clutch.

Want it? 

Then read head on over to her blog to enter for a chance to win it. 

How To Enter

-Follow Skinnie Piggie's blog {SkinniePiggie}

-Follow my blog {The Few, The Proud, The Wife}

-Post about the giveaway including the button linking back to Skinnie Piggie's blog

PS. leave a comment for each item you have completed

NOTE: all comments for the giveaway should be posted on 

Skinnie Piggie's blog post, NOT here.

Giveaway ends Wednesday September 28th at 6pm Hawaii Time (9pm PST, 11:59pm EST)

Winner will be announced on 

Thursday September 29th on Skinnie Piggie's blog!

A Day At The Vet

Yes people, another Brownie post...

It has started to get somewhat cooler over here so, at the start of the week I decided that to start walking Brownie to the dog park. Brownie was loving it. She was running around, playing with other dogs (Great Danes to be exact) and by the time we got home she was POOPED!

The other afternoon, after returning from the dog park, I noticed Brownie licking her paws constantly. I checked but didn't see nor feel anything, or so I thought. Then I notice that between her eyes where two bumps. I touched them to see if they hurt, but she just stood there. Then I began feeling and seeing more bumps around her body. I checked her paws again and noticed more bumps there. I freaked! I called the vet, whom where closed, and left a message to get an appointment for the following day.

They called. Got an appointment. Went to the vet.

Side note: Brownie loves the vet! She loves the vet so much, that she gets so excited that she pees. We are now greeted with a mop in hand...hahahha

The vet looked at her and said it was bug bites, not sure what, but they started her off on antibiotic and benadryl.

I didn't have benadryl at home so I went to the exchange. Nada. Went to Rite Aide, but started getting confused because they had way too many options. I think at Rite Aide I called the vet 5 times that I ended up purchasing the benadryl and taking it to the vet to make sure it was ok.

I get home give her the benadryl and she starts making these throwing up/something-tickling-my-throat noises. I freak! I wait to see if it passes, but it doesn't and I call the vet. I take her to the vet. They check her out and they see that she's completely fine. The vet later figured out that the benadryl, which was in liquid form, could've gone down a wrong "tube" and in turn caused her to react like that.

Brownie is fine now, aside from her bug bites. I hope whatever she had goes away soon. Poor baby :(

On another "side" note: I think I called the vet that about 50 times that day...maybe I shouldn't have kids?!?!?hahaha

Wordless Wednesday

Sydney Harbor (Syndey, 2011)

Romance Novels

You know what I'm talking about.

The one you keep hidden in your nightstand.

The one that you make a special book cover, so that

no one knows what you are reading.

The one that never makes it on your bookcase, but has a special

place in the bottom of your closet.

The one where at the bookstore you scout the isle before

preceding to browse it.

The one that gets your a big flustered.

I have never in my life ever read a romance novel, until recently. The thought of a romance novel seemed dumb. I mean I love the Danielle Steel Lifetime movies, but I couldn't see myself ever reading those types of books. I like action, murder, espionage in my books, not some silly romance where you know how its going to turn out like. Well, just like Lifetime movies, those books suck you in! 

I remember going to Walmart and checking out the book collection and I stumped upon Nora Robert's collection of the "Bride Quartet". I read the cover and thought "why not". I grabbed the book and others, place the Nora Roberts books strategically between the others, so that DH would not make fun of me, and made my way to the check out isle.

In most of the books that I read there was some type of romance. Actually, the only romance there was was always with a the lead character and whomever he/she was investigating. It didn't say much, but you obviously got the hint that they go it on.

I proceeded to read the first of the Bride Quartet and found myself a little flustered. I remember one time that I had to put the book down and DH, who was sitting next to me, asked if I was ok. I said "yeah" in a "oh-shit-did-he-read-what-I-read" kind of way. I just laughed and told him what I was reading. 

I then read the second and third of the Bride Quartet and recently the fourth, my favorite of the three. It was funny, it was romantic and it was...well, it was a romance novel. All I can say that when your spouse is deployed don't read these types of books. I had to put the book down numerous times in just one page! hahaha

do you have a guilty pleasure of reading romance novels?

Shaklee Giveaway

I LOVE to clean!

Really, I do.

Its the only time that I have control over something.

Its my zen!

 I was contacted by Andrea @ Maia The Bee (if you haven't checked
out her blog, do so...its the cutest!), who is

a distributor for Shaklee Products, and offered by do a review 

of one of their products, Basic H2 Organic Super Cleaning Concentrate. 

So, as you can imagine I was thrilled to do this review.

C'mon, a review to clean something...LOVE IT!

I decided to try this on the dirtiest thing around the house,
the glass-patio-table.
(its actually been raining here in 29, so add
that with some sand and...EEK!)

Before

ewwwwwww!

After

so nice and shiny...and clean :)

Still not convinced?
Here's some more helpful information on the product:

Use on any washable surface – indoors or out

            Walls, Windows and Mirrors, Countertops, Floors, Appliances, Stoves, Sealed Woodwork, Pots and Pans, Furniture

Clean Credentials

Nontoxic

Natural

Doubly concentrated

Biodegradable Surfactants

Cost?

One (1) 16oz bottle costs $10.35

You only use 2 teaspoons per gallon,

which makes about 48 gallons which totals out to .22cents a gallon.

an average cleaner costs you this:

One (1) 32oz bottle costs $2.37.

You then you use straight out the bottle which equal to 1/4 of a gallon,

you end up paying $9.48 per gallon.

OUCH!

 Andrea is giving away 5 sample sized bottles of 
Basic H2 Organic Super Cleaning Concentrate,
like this one:

to 5 lucky winners!

Rules:

- You must follow Andrea's blog (Maia The Bee)

- You must like Andrea's on Facebook (click here)

- You must follow Andrea on Twitter (MamaBee_Z)

Additional points:

- Be a follower of my blog

- Leave a comment telling me how much, on average, you spend on 

cleaning supplies

PS. leave a comment for each item you have completed

Giveaway ends Thursday, September 22nd at 12pm (PST).

I will announce the winners via post and you will have 24 hours to claim your price. If
I don't hear from you in 24 hours I will have to forfeit you :(...
so stay tuned!

ONE MORE THING!

Free membership with the purchase of Vitalizer at member’s price, plus a MaiaBee Special (it’s free shipping but we are not supposed to announce that online!) 

Happy Birthday My Love

Today is my love's birthday...

!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

(image credit: We♥It)

Since we can't spend it together, due to the little thing 

called deployment, I made sure he got an 

awesome birthday care-package.

The contents:

Babe,
I hope you have a wonderful birthday.

I love you and miss you.

always and forever.

Fabric Flowers In A Vase

I love flowers. 

But living in the dessert its pretty hard, 

and pricey, to find any pretty and inexpensive flowers.

I love roses, orchids and lillies. 

The last time I had an orchid in my house, it died :(

I either gave it too much water or it over-dried. 

The only thing that does last in my house is when

DH buy me a bouquet of flowers. 

Ice will be your best friend. Seriously.

Fill-up the vase and add ice and watch as

your bouquet lasts longer than usual.

So yesterday I decided I wanted to try something different.

Fabric flowers in a vase. 

It worked!

You'll need:

-scrap fabric (vary in length)

-wood stick (or do as I did and use zip-ties)

-glue gun

-small vase or mason jar

Directions:

-Scrunch up the fabric and glue together

(trick is to go in a circle)

-push wooden stick or zip tie through the middle of the flower

-add fabric to the part where the end of your flower and wooden stick 

or zip tie meet on the outside...its way of sealing it off.

Play around with different styles. 

It surely is brightening my bedside table :)

Meet A MilSpouse Monday Featuring Me

Head on over to 

Diary of A Devil Dog Wife 

and read my 

"Meet A MilSpouse Monday V.27" 

questionnaire/interview!

10th Anniversary of 9/11

Take a moment of silence to remember...

those who lost their lives that tragic day;

the FDNY, NYPD and Port Authority who

put their lives at stake;

and to those who protect our freedom everyday...

NEVER FORGET

(image credit: UPI.com)

(image credit: NYC Insider Guide)

HUN: "Remembering 9/11"

If you have the chance, head on over to the HUN

this week for a special week dedicated to the 

10th anniversary of 9/11.

That being said, head on over and read my article,

"Remembering 9/11"

Flowers To Make Me Smile

This past week I have been sick, 

UGLY sick.

I have been staying home, drinking tea,

watching Criminal Minds or Cold Case and 

shunning myself from the rest of the world.

Friday my doorbell rang *ring*

It was the florist with beautiful flowers from 

DH *love*

and a romantic note:

Dear Deployment, 

I'm ready for you to be over. It is you, its not me.

Sincerely,

A Marine Wife Who Wants Her Husband Home