Bentley and his boarding (rant)

We went out of town this week and boarded Bentley at the same place we take him for training. We have spent a great deal of money at this place between training and various products.

We upgraded him to a 'suite' which is his own private room, with a TV and bed that they provide. I can also log in online and watch him at any time. We also brought his blankets and a toy. The blankets were not his his room as of yesterday or the day before. I would have thought that if he had an accident they would wash them or at least give him some of theirs. Nope.
Then earlier today I logged on and he was ripping off the cover to the bed so I called and told them. They came in and took the bed out. Okay teach him a little lesson. Though, I thought they would at least give him something to lay on (whether it be blankets or the bed) for the night and the rest of his stay. Nope. It's 10:30 at night and he is curled up in a ball in the corner on the floor with no blankets or bed. I'm pissed. We picked this place to board him because I trusted them, even though it definitely wasn't the cheapest and then on top of that we put him in a suite.

They will definitely be hearing from Eric or me and we will be reconsidering if we keep using their services.

Who got a job?

I GOT A JOB! Lol! Yes, finally I got hired by Bank of America. This actually works out 100x better than the first location I interviewed at. The one I got hired at is less than 3 miles away from the house. I'll start out as a part time teller, but it sounds like since it's a small branch people get promoted pretty quickly.
I've thought about applying at the casino out here to do part time cocktails to just have some extra 'fun money'. It's still up in the air so who knows.

Eric got picked to do a TDY next week. It's only like 6 days and his command said I could go. He's going down for the Air Show and everyone has told him it's kind of a free vacation. Excited! It's about 2 hours south of here. He was told they normally don't let level 3's (what Eric is, since he's right out of tech school) go to this TDY, because it's normally used as a reward for 5+ levels. So he's super excited.

Comp day.. Where are you?

Eric has worked some pretty crazy hours and days lately. He had to work the Air Fest Last weekend so he worked two weeks straight and was suppose to work this past weekend as well, but was lucky enough to switch with someone. He finally got his comp day today so it was a nice 3 day weekend.

Saturday was a friend's Birthday so I took her to lunch and Sunday Eric, me and Brittany all went to explore the beaches over in St. Pete and ended up in John's Pass again until it started raining, just like last time. Today we went to a furniture store to start looking for a new sectional and dining room table. No luck.

Bentley has been having issues with going to the bathroom in his crate while we're gone. And not just number 1. I've asked a bunch of people and have heard everything from "he might have worms" to "it's just a 'teenager' phase" to "it's separation anxiety". Personally, I believe it's combination of the last two. He also ripped up a little bit of carpet in the bedroom too. So now there is the big hole in the dinning room and the little bit in the bedroom. Though, I think we can get away with the one in the bedroom.

We're still looking at other apartments and houses so when Eric deploys we can get out of this lease and move in somewhere else. We're so tired of being here it's ridiculous.

Photography

So as some of the people who follow this blog know I have a few other blogs that I keep up with as well. I have a food blog where I document recipes and things I've made, I have a blog that has a lot of info for new military wives with spouses going through BMT and tech school and I have a photography blog that I recently started really getting into.

I've always played around with my cameras but never really edited my photos or took it seriously. Recently I started taking more and more photos, and not just of Eric and I, but animals and scenery and started editing them. I'm really beginning to love it. So I'm going to keep updating that blog as well if anyone would like to follow that too.

You can go to it here.

Going Green.. kind of.

We are not a 'Green Family' be any means. We don't buy anything organic and use store bought chemicals for everything. I figure if my parents have used them for this long and everything is fine and dandy, whats the use of spending more money on organic food and eco friendly cleaners. I found this website with tons of tips on how to use Vinegar for everyday things, mostly cleaning. Vinegar is definitely cheaper than buying all the different types of cleaners. I figured I'll start using tips on this website to see and see if it really does clean as well as the store bought cleaners.

Such a strong woman

I frequent an online forum for military spouses and there was an article posted this morning. This wife is heading to FL on Friday to make funeral arrangements for her husband. They have a young (infant) daughter. I hope I, or fellow military spouses never have to go through this.

You can read the article here.

Weekend Fun

This past weekend was pretty fun. Saturday we went to the Strawberry Festival with a friend that I met down here. It's not what I expected and it was so crowed, but still fun. There were a ton of carnival rides which was pointless for us. Though, we had some awesome chocolate covered Strawberries.
These are a couple pictures I took:




Sunday we went to the dog beach right down the street from our apartment with a lot of the guys for Eric's shop. It was extremely windy, but we had a blast. Bentley loves to go, but he's a chicken and won't go very far into the water. He's a bully and doesn't realize how big he is. Here are a few pictures of that day: