Thursday Five

Good morning everyone! It's time for Thursday Five again & I've got a lot to be thankful for this week! Some of you may still not know what I'm talking about if you're new to my blog. Thursday five is this awesome little thing I do every Thursday, all you have to do is list five things that go with the words posted below. It's a great way to reflect upon your week, especially if it wasn't so great. It will teach you to find the good in every situation. So let's get started! I use the online dictionary which gives me different words to use every week, here are the words for this week...

Main Entry: ¹ec·stat·ic 
Pronunciation: \ek-ˈsta-tik, ik-ˈsta-\
Function: adjective
Date: 1590

: of, relating to, or 

marked by ecstasy

Main Entry: ¹gay 
Pronunciation: \ˈgā\
Function: adjective
Date: 14th century

1 a : happily excited : merry

Main Entry: ¹gid·dy 
Pronunciation: \ˈgi-dē\
Function: adjective

2 a : lightheartedly silly

Entry Word: happy
Function: adjective

Meaning: experiencing pleasure, 

satisfaction, or delight

Entry Word: content
Function: adjective

Meaning: feeling that oneʼs needs 

or desires have been met

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Now that you know the words all you have to do is make your list & then include the button in your post & come back here to link up using the linky at the bottom so everyone can share their list!

ONE. I have sold $400 in jewelry orders just since my love left.

TWO. I met tons of awesome new friends this week.

THREE. I've been driving all by myself, I'm so proud!

FOUR. I got my baby fix in for the week by babysitting Navy Doll's adorable kiddos.

FIVE. I cannot tell you  just how excited I am to take professional pictures with Daddycakes.

Craziness

I have been so insanely busy, I feel like I'm losing my blog! I normally blog everyday, but this jewelry has become a full time job lately! It's been so crazy I've got tons of new stuff up though, make sure you check out my other blog:

For those of you who don't know, I make military jewelry, everyday jewelry, custom jewelry, & just started doing high school spirit jewelry as well! Go check it out or you can find me on facebook just look up Gambizzle Jewels.

Anyway, I am having a great week, I have been so busy time is flying by and he will be home sooner than I know. I've been trying to get some things ready for when he comes home. I've put in an order to have wedding rings custom made through a friend of our back home. I am so excited about that. We never got real rings because we got married on a whim. I also have started trying to schedule a photo shoot to get professional pictures taken when he comes home, I don't have any really great ones of him in uniform & so that is so exciting for me! I will be going with a new found great friend Miss Brittney for her husband's homecoming & I can't wait because she will be wearing custom jewelry I made her & I can't wait to see the happiness between them when he arrives! I will be taking their pictures! I gotta get back to work super busy, just wanted to show you guys some love & thank you all who have helped to keep me busy these last couple of weeks!

Evermore Thanks

So today I had one of the worst days I've had in a long time. I won't get into to many details because it's not what I want to focus on. It was one of those days where even the little things seem to be going wrong. I had to stop myself & think about all the good in my life. I went to a get together tonight where I met four new wives that I had talked to on facebook before, but never actually met. We had an amazing time together & I realized that I have developed some of the best relationships of my life since becoming a Navy wife. I talked a lot about my husband, we all did really. We talked about how we met, and how they proposed, and how great they all are. 

I was thinking about just how much I love my husband no matter how many tears I may shed, how many lonely nights I spend, how many bad days I have without him, there is nothing in the world that I would trade it for. He is my angel, he has brought me to an amazing place in life & I cannot thank him enough. He literally is my rock. I have needed someone like him in my life for a long time & God finally decided it was time to give him to me. I can never repay him for the strength he has given me, the wonderful life he has provided me, or the love he has shown. I will however be there no matter what to support him in everything he does, til death do us part. 

I started writing this intending to tell you about what I feel has been one of the most important days of my life.  I want to start sharing our most memorable stories with ya'll. I have blogged about it before, but it was when I very first started & I don't think I did it justice. The day I am talking about is August 2, 2009. It was the third night after I met my Daddycakes. He asked me out to dinner & told me to meet him at his parents house at seven. When I arrived, I walked up to the front door and glanced over to the side where I saw him standing with a single red Tulip. Red is my favorite color, it's the color of passion & love. The Tulip was beautiful, he had even tied a pretty, curly, red ribbon around the stem. It was so sweet. I had been in bad relationships before & thought he was going out of his way to do just this. Little did I know that I had discovered one of the most romantic men to walk this earth. 

He drove us to this little Italian restaurant called Valentino's. We sat down & ordered two glasses of wine, then he said "I have a story to tell you." I listened completely in awe of the way he spoke. He said "The story goes like this, Once there was a princess names Shirin, she was beautiful. There was a young man named Farhad who was deeply in love with her, but she was a princess and he was forbidden to marry her because he was not  royalty. So one day he went to her father, the king, desperate for a chance to have his daughters hand. Her father said he would give the boy a chance, but first he had to complete a task, he was to dig a canal that was six leagues long by himself. This was a task that would take him years to complete, he said he didn't care he would do anything to have his daughter as his wife. So the boy worked day after day for years, until he completed this canal. Once the king heard that he had finished he sent word to Farhad that the princess had been killed. Farhad was so heartbroken, and overcome with such unbearable grief, that he threw his axe into the air, it came back down striking & killing him. It is said that in every place a drop of blood was shed, a red Tulip sprung from the ground. To this day the red Tulip symbolizes the perfect love. So I was trying to decide what kind of flowers to get you and I decided you only needed one, this one." 

By the end of this story I was crying at the dinner table. This was the exact moment I knew I was in love. I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life in his arms. This day has been a very important part of my life because any time we are apart, he always tells me goodnight or ends his email by saying "Look for me in your dreams my love, I'll be the guy with the Tulip." These words alone have gotten me through many hard times. 

I kept that Tulip he gave me that night, it's the very first page in our scrapbook & the most important. Anytime I need a boost All I have to do is open the book & there it is, reminding me of why I make the sacrifices I do.

Mili mondays: Power of Positivity

It's time for Mili Mondays again! This week I have an amazing writer for you all.  I have seen countless military significant others who seem to get down when their man goes away. This is normal I am even guilty of it as you all know. there is nothing wrong with being down the first few days or so after he leaves, but the way to be a happier you is by staying positive. So I asked "Wife on a Roller Coaster" to write a segment for you all about staying positive while he is away. I think it will benefit us all & I hope you enjoy it! As always thanks so much for taking time to read the writings of my guest bloggers. 

 

The Power of Positivity

“You never know how strong you are until being 

strong is the only choice you have.” 

- Unknown

Deployments are agonizing, aren’t they?  We send our husbands off to do a job that most people don’t understand.  We’re left at home to worry about their safety and wonder when we’ll get a phone call.  We ride an emotional roller coaster of loneliness, anger, resentment, fear, sadness, and frustration.  But despite all of the hardships we endure on the home front, we get through it.  How do we do it?  How do we handle the stress of deployments and come out smiling on the other side?  We all have our theories.  And mine is the power of positivity.

I’m currently in the midst of my husband’s second deployment.  The first deployment was probably the most difficult period of my life.  I didn’t think I’d get through it with my sanity intact.  When my husband informed me of Deployment #2, I vowed not repeat the mistakes I made the first time around.  This deployment is no picnic, but I’m managing it far better.  All I needed was an attitude adjustment.

Throughout Deployment #1, I felt justified to wallow in self-pity.  Did I deserve to feel sorry for myself?  Absolutely.  But what did I gain from it?  Nothing but a downward spiral of negativity.  Flash forward to Deployment #2.  Instead of self-pity, I’m choosing self-empowerment.  Are there days when I feel sorry for myself?  Of course.  But I have a choice in how I view myself.  When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a victim seeking sympathy.  I see a strong woman overcoming a difficult situation.  Whenever I feel that nasty self-pity creeping to the surface, I remind myself of the strength and independence I never knew I possessed until I had to prove it.  Strength will outlast self-pity in any battle of wills.

During Deployment #1, I couldn’t think of a single positive aspect to my husband’s absence.  What could possibly be good about my husband being gone?  But this time, I actually made a list of all the upsides to our separation.  I can follow my own routine.  We’re saving a ton of money.  My housework has decreased.  I have more time to spend with friends.  No snoring!  Sure, I’d trade these things in a second to have my husband home.  But I can’t.  So I have to make the best of it and focus on those upsides.

When Deployment #1 started, I was a full-time student.  My studies kept me busy and kept my mind occupied.  However, after I graduated, I was suddenly a stay-at-home mom with too much time on my hands and not enough distractions.   Now I find ways to stay busy.  I don’t sit around and mope like I did the first time.  I’m using this time to pursue goals I’ve been ignoring for years.  Do you have a hobby you’ve always wanted to try “someday”?  Well, deployment is that someday.  Not only will hobbies prevent you from ruminating, but you’ll also gain a sense of accomplishment.

Another way I maintain a positive outlook is surrounding myself with friends who offer support.  Negativity is contagious, and I try to avoid people who do nothing but complain.  But positivity is contagious as well.  My closest friends raise my spirits instead of bringing me down.  Some of these friends live down the road, women who meet me for lunch and organize play dates for our kids.  Some friends are only as close as the nearest phone, but they’re there when I need to talk.  And other friends are women I’ve never met, women who offer cyberspace support (like you!).  I look back at Deployment #1 and wonder why I didn’t establish a support system. 

Believe me, I know what a challenge it is to remain positive in an overwhelmingly negative situation like deployments.  But it’s not impossible.  And it’s perfectly natural to have bad days.  After all, everyone has rotten days even without the added pressure of deployment.  I’ve seen both the negative and positive side of the coin.  I allowed the first deployment to swallow me whole.  But this second deployment is no match for my strength, independence, optimism, patriotism, and determination.  I am a military spouse.  Hear me roar.

- Wife on a Roller Coaster

Be sure you go check out her blog she is amazing, and grab her button while you are there, it's super cute. Come back next week fir more Mili Mondays, or email me at MrsGambizzle@yahoo.com to be featured yourself!

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I Need You!!!

To please go vote for my picture, as of right now I think I'm in fifth place! PLEASE go vote, all you have to do is add her as a friend, and then click "Like" on my picture. It would mean so much to me if you vote.

Here is the link to go vote for me...

Military Scentsy Contest

This is the picture I entered...

and this is what I could win...

He's My Hero

My husband is my hero. He has provided me with so many great opportunities. I love him times sideways eight. This week although he is gone, has been pretty amazing. I want to thank each and every one of you who have purchased jewelry from me in the last week you have NO idea how it has helped me. I have been so insanely busy keeping up with all the orders that this week has flown by. I am grateful for that, it's been so much easier to keep my mind off of how much I miss him. 

I have been extending my military jewelry collection & I intend to continue doing this. It's my most popular collection & it's amazing how many of you have bought these jewels to show support for your husbands. It means a lot to me all the compliments I have gotten on it. I'm selling out of it like hot cakes so be sure to email me to get your order in! I got a few more weeks to keep busy, so I'll need it! lol Thanks so much girls, here are a few of the new pieces I put out today. My email is MrsGambizzle@yahoo.com if you are interested in purchasing something from here or a custom one of a kind piece. I know most of the stuff I have is Navy related but I promise to have more for other branches soon!

Anchor & black glass earrings

Strength & anchor necklace

Integrity & anchor necklace

Passion & anchor necklace

Discipline & anchor neclace

Focus & anchor necklace can be customized with any color crystal

 

Honor & anchor necklace (I also have courage)

I love my hero button charm bracelet

I love my soldier vintage charm bracelet

Check out Gambizzle Jewels on facebook for more!

Please be so kind!

I've entered a contest on face book, sort of a cutest couple kinda thing. The prize is one of those fabulous military warmers from Scentsy! So would you please, please go vote for me. I know you all have facebook & you guys are always saying how we are the most adorable couple! hehe So I would really appreciate your votes. All you have to do is go here:

Military Contest

just add her as a friend (you can always delete it later, I won't tell) then click "like" on my picture, it's very easy & won't take but a minute. Please make sure you click like though comments don't count as a vote!  

Voting starts tomorrow!

Gambizzle Jewels Sale

Today has been fairly uneventful I slept in due to the loudest neighbors ever who had their video games blaring so loud I could hear everything that was going on all the way down here in my bedroom! I have decided to postpone the Scentsy giveaway I'm having and it will be re-held at the end of the month on Flip Flops & Combat Boots. All of you who have entered will still be included so No worries!

I wanted to tell you all about a sale I am having on jewelry. I have tons of new stuff out and you can see all the pictures here on Gambizzle Jewels fan page.  

Please go check it out, since my love is gone it's the only thing keeping me sane. I'm still offering the 10% military discount on all items. 

The current sale that's going on is for any orders over $50.00 I will take $10.00 of the entire order. This includes custom orders as well. 

I have also decided to continue the BOGO earrings! So buy any pair of earrings (even custom ones) and get a second pair of your choice for FREE!!!

These two offers can't be combined though. I have been working hard to take new pictures, here are a few items that are new this week, ,please email me for prices due to all the discounts they will be different for everyone. My email is MrsGambizzle@yahoo.com.

Homecoming Jewelry:

I have also started doing custom homecoming jewelry to match the dress you will wear when he comes home! I just finished an order a couple days ago. Please email me for more details on this, it has become my favorite, I'm super excited some of you will be wearing my jewelry the first time you see him!

( Read more HERE!)

Can you see it too?

( haha I look like crap it was SOOO hot out today!)

Today I met up with Samantha from Navy Doll & Brittney from A Day in the life of a Navy Wife and we had a blast at the beach. We stayed out for quite some time until I started to turn into a lobster & Samantha's adorable baby girl passed out in her arms.

Once brittney and I got back to her house we talked for what felt like hours, but I think it was really only about two, we have a lot in common and we had a great time talking. We talked about our hubbies and how they also might have a lot in common, and we talked about our past. Then we came upon the subject of how similar our husbands look. They have the same skin tone, eye color, & they even sort of have the same smile! 

I still miss my Daddycakes like mad crazy but at least I can say I have made some great friends who are making the days go by so much faster. I can't wait for him to come home so that he can meet Brittney's hubby I think they will get along very well. I got another email today and was promised another tonight, and poems soon as well! YAY me! I can't wait for those there's nothing in the world as good as his words.

Thursday Five

Well it's time for Thursday Five again... I hope many of you will join me this week in listing five things throughout the week that have or will make you happy. It's a great way to reflect on the week, even if it wasn't so great, and find little things that were. All you have to do is post five things that have made you feel...

Entry Word: happy-go-lucky
Function: adjective

1 having or showing a lack of concern or seriousness

Main Entry: de·light 
Pronunciation: \di-ˈlīt, dē-\
Function: noun

2 : something that gives great pleasure

Main Entry: ec·stat·ic 
Pronunciation: \ek-ˈsta-tik, ik-ˈsta-\
Function: adjective

: of, relating to, or marked by ecstasy

Main Entry: gig·gly
Pronunciation: \ˈgi-gəl\
Function: verb

: to laugh with repeated short catches of the breath

Main Entry: joy 

Pronunciation: \ˈjȯi\

Function: noun

2 : a state of happiness or felicity : bliss

Then come back here and link up using the linky I have placed at the bottom so everyone can share each others  happy lists. I'm excited to see that each week I am gaining more people who join in. Thanks to all of you who do I appreciate it especially since this week I had a hard time putting together my five. It's been a rough week, but I was able to find some good in it, that's the point of this!

1. Being able to drive him all the way to his ship was amazing, it gave us just that much extra time together
2. All the support I have received in the last few days I am very thankful for I don't know where I'd be without comforting words from fellow military wives who know what it's like.
3. My jewelry has taken off this week, I've gotten tons of orders and it has helped more than you could know. Designing stuff for you all keeps my mind from thinking about him so much.
4. My "kids" who sleep with me at night help so my bed doesn't feel so empty
5. Learning how to drive standard... I couldn't survive this time if I wouldn't have learned how to drive the Mini Cooper.

It couldn't get better

I can't make him come home, I can't go where he is, so right now it couldn't get better than getting an email. I think I almost screamed when I saw his name in my inbox. The day has been good, so what better way to end it than with the comforting words from my daddycakes. He really is amazing.

Hey Wifey Buns,

=DD You love me don't ya! You're so cute with your pining for me, I'm doing the same I lay down at night and cant help but think, especially having the bedding from the house, of you and our kiddos! That's great hunny I know that car has a great a/c system doesn't it? and I'm happy to hear you're keeping busy... I love hearing about your day no matter how boring. So even if you next to nothing I'd love to hear about it even if you just blogged and watched a movie or a show!! So in order to be fair I'll give you the down low on what I'm doing everyday!

 

Keeping my empty sockets clear, Motrin's helping a lot! Work today was slow in the morning and jets came bout noon! Really didn't do much up there but learned a lot from my new boss he gets hyped bout being up there and so does the new second class its awesome working with them! Got myself scheduled for a fork lift class so I'll be able to drive one when I get home! Studying slowly but surely getting ready for the test in Sept. be plenty ready I can feel it in my bones! Finished and there was no water for showers till about an hour ago :/ but hey what are you gonna do! Totally used it as an excuse not to work out today though I'll be on it tomorrow for sure making a schedule in my rack tonight to coordinate! I'm excited to get back to you with a lil extra hubby to love... rock hard extra hubby lol

 

Love you mi amor and I hope that when you dream tonight you meet a handsome guy with a red tulip, that's me and you might wanna say whats up!

   

MUAH!

Is it just me or does it look like they miss him too???

Holding down the fort

(Our parking lot)

Things have been netter today. I actually got a couple hours of sleep for the first time since my daddycakes left. I woke up early and my friend came over to hang out for a little while which helped some. I've been trying to take care of things today to keep me busy so this day will pass faster than the last few. I cleaned the house, did the laundry, and the dishes and then had a small lunch. Then I decided I would take the car and wash it myself to pass some time. So I drove around forever looking for a car wash, I'm still sorta new tot this area so I didn't know where any were. Our passenger side window has been broken for a couple weeks & won't roll up. We have been covering it with plastic at night since it usually rains.

(Road trip in the mountains)

I love our car and I think it's the most adorable car ever, but I haven't been taking care of it lately because I was frustrated about the window. Today I had had enough of it & started pushing on it harder and harder and IT ROLLED UP! It's stuck in that position now, who cares I can use the A/C again! I am so excited about that, I know you probably think I'm crazy, but we live in a nice neighborhood where everyone drives nice cars. Our Mini Cooper is nice too, but with plastic over the window it looks kinda ghetto & I'm always scared that the interior will get ruined if the plastic comes off. Now I have one less thing to stress about since he is gone which always makes life easier. I'm excited to tell him about it too I think he will be proud of me! HAHA

Scentsy Giveaway

I have a special surprise for you all today...

My gorgeous friend Sarah (who happens to be a Navy wife) is a Scentsy consultant. She has generously donated one of my favorite warmers along with one bar to giveaway on my blog. If you haven't ever heard of it, it's a fabulous product. Scentsy has some adorable warmers & tons of delicious scents. They also very soon will have military warmers which I will definitely be purchasing for my house. The best thing about it is the wax is melted with a low watt light bulb so it smells great but never heats up enough to hurt you, or those little kiddos many of you have running around. Make sure you visit her site where you can become a Scentsy consultant under her, host a party of your own, and purchase other products.

(Military themed warmers available 9/1/2010!)

What's the prize?

This fabulous Zebra warmer is the one she has chosen to giveaway.It's one of their full size warmers & it's my favorite one. She has also been generous enough to include a bar of Camu Camu which smells amazing!

So how do you enter to win this fabulous prize? 

Well there are several ways to enter I have listed them all below.

•  First you must be a follower of my blog in order to enter the contest.

•  For ONE entry put my button on your page

• For TWO entries blog about the giveaway 

1.   Make sure you include a link to her site: https://sarahdawn.scentsy.us/Home 
2. A link to my blog
3. and make sure you tell everyone where you would use the Scentsy in your home               

• For ONE entry like her fan page on FB and comment on it.

• For FIVE entries purchase any item from her website

1. Please make sure you tell her you came from my blog & she will notify me when you purcahse something so no cheating.

•  No anonymous comments will be counted

• You must leave a separate comment for EACH ENTRY and make sure one of them includes your email address so I know where to contact you. The contest will run until August 15th, 2010 at 12:59 EST I will announce the winner the next day & they will then have 48hrs to contact me before a new winner will be chosen. Please email me at MrsGambizzle@yahoo.com with any questions.

This one is special to me

I just came across Reina's giveaway, if you don't know who she is then get over to her blog and check her out because she is super sweet & she is having one heck of a giveaway right now! There are several prizes to be won but one in particular that I am dying to have. It's a 12x12 canvas print of a photo of your choice from My Fine Art and I would absolutely LOOOVE to have this one printed...

It was a very special day it was the day after Christmas believe it or not (that's Texas for you) and he flew in the night before and showed up on my doorstep to surprise me. I was still living in Texas at the time and he had already been stationed in VA. I was so sad because I thought he wouldn't be there & having him show up was the most amazing gift ever. He showed up with roses, gifts, and poems he had written for me. He stayed for an entire week and it was absolutely amazing, I had never had anyone do something like for me before. He told EVERYONE he was coming my boss knew, my parents knew, everyone but me, I don't know how they managed to keep it a secret. I remember Christmas day I was leaving work and I was so sad, my boss asked me what was wrong and I told him I missed my husband and I wished he was there, all he said was "Miracles Happen on Christmas." Later that night I was sitting in my room working on our scrapbook adding a Christmas page even though we weren't together, and he called me. he started reading me a poem & my dog started barking, then someone knocked on my door and I got scared. I opened and I was so shocked I just started crying and I couldn't even speak! I hugged him for what felt like forever, and made sure he knew he was the best thing that ever happened to me.

So this is one of my favorite photos it's very special to me & always makes me smile. I would LOVE to have it printed and hanging in our home so that anytime I am down It would be right there reminding me of the happiness he has brought to my life.