Song Link-Up #6

I missed last weeks link-up (boo), but this time...I'M READY!

I love Chris Brown's "Yeah 3X", 

it makes me want to go clubbing until all hours of the night. 

But for now, I'll just dance around the house until I get tired :)

"Yeah 3X" by Chris Brown

Don't forget to head on over to Amber @ Goodnight Moon

to link up your song.

Lost & Confused: Marine Corps Edition

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When I married DH I thought it would take me a million years to learn the "Marine Corps" language. I WAS RIGHT! I know all the ranks up to DHs and one above him, but after that I'm completely lost. Forget the Officer's side, because, to me, its all the same just with different colors (gold and silver). Don't even get me started on the Warrant Officers side, because all I can distinguish are lines and barely they color. It took me a very long time to remember or even learn the ranks, and when I finally learned, DH got promoted! (another rank to learn on my list).
All the acronyms are beyond me. When DH was on MSG duty and I would hang with him and the fellow Marines, I was lost. Too much acronym use in one sentence! The sad part was that wasn't even bad at all compared to being back on the fleet.
With all the acronyms and ranks you have to add tactical gear and different cammies on the list on things to memorize...also, DON'T FORGET TO MEMORIZE HIS SS#. It took me forever to memorize mine (ps. I'm horrible with numbers) so you can only imagine me testing myself to get it right and even then I still look at my ID card to make sure.
When DH and I began dating I wanted to "learn" about the Marines. Learn their history and everything else included. So, I would ask DH...BIG MISTAKE. Instead of giving me a straight forward answer he would talk F-O-R-E-V-E-R [insert the Sandlot movie voice here]. Talking about the Marine Corps to me and the fact that I was asking questions would make him extremely moto (yes, I said it). I didn't mind, but I did mind the 20mins answer on "what does CO mean?". I ended up relying more on google rather than getting his version. Don't get me wrong, I love his enthusiasm, but not when I know the answer can be explained in one sentence and in less than 1 minute (aren't I so nice?!?!?hahaha).
DH is deploying soon, so there adds another set of "codes" and acronyms and language (ie: deployment) to learn; and of course I'm lost again. I am, though, getting better at it. But at the same time, I feel so out of the loop. The only two times I've meet the other wives of his unit they all knew the lingo and all I did was smile and nod and acted like I had a clue as to what they were saying. At the end of both nights I told DH I was lost and confused and he laughed at me, don't worry I laughed at myself, but told me I'll eventually get it.
I will eventually "get it". But just for now I'll be "lost & confused" :)
Ps. I did purchase plenty-o books regarding "marrying into the military, just none of them said "even though you've read this book, you are still going to be lost"...sigh :/

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Penne Alla Vodka #2

Instead of writing about about food I should be downstairs doing Zumba on the Wii, but I blame my motivation on that :)

I couple of months back I posted a Penne Alla Vodka recipe. I realized that I wasn't too fond of pouring the vodka in a steaming hot skillet, so I went online and found an even better recipe...and a lot more creamier.

Penne alla Vodka #2

Look at how creamy it is.
Now that's what I call: Penne alla Vodka

Ingredients:
- 1lb of penne pasta
- 1 quart of tomato sauce, make sure its well blended
- 1 cup of vodka (any vodka is fine)
- ½ cup of heavy cream
- ½ cup of Parmesan cheese, grated

Love the bright color!

Directions:
-cook the pasta according to the package directions
-in a large skillet add the vodka and tomato sauce and let it simmer for about 20mins
-add the heavy cream and mix
-add the Parmesan cheese until its melted and mixed
-once the pasta is done, drain it and add it to the tomato sauce and mix well.

Song Link-Up #4

I grew up listening to Rap, Hip-Hop and R&B because of my brother. 

Seriously, my first CD was Kris Kros' "Jump"!

Today Nate Dogg died. I remember when my family and I moved to the 

States from Namibia my brother bought a single tape (remember those tapes that was just the

single?!?!?!)...the song was:

"Regulate" by Warren G Ft/ Nate Dogg

Head on over to Amber @ Goodnight Moon to link up!

More Décor

Almost all the rooms in the house are decorated except the guest bedroom, which only has a bed and a shelf, and our bedroom, which I think is lacking some more wall décor AND a LCD TV stands for our TV. For now our TV is sitting on the dresser, with the DVD right next to it which in return means there is no space for anything else on the dresser. So, my new focus is now on finding an stand for our bedroom.

Here are two ideas:

(image credit: TVStands.com)

OR

(image credit: TVStands.com

The search goes on...

Perfect Ending To A Long Day

This past week has been uber busy for me at work. Its been so busy that I'm out by 8pm (I'm a night-owl, so that is a HUGE difference). Today, Sunday, after another long day at work I come home to this:

- a clean house

- a clean dog

- a clean car

- a clean husband (hehehe)

 AND

- a super-duper awesome DSLR camera!!!!

NIKON D3000

(image credit: Wikoshop)

I've been wanting a new camera for the LOOOONGEST time, but I decided to wait until...just wait. Then my teeny-tiny Cibershot camera died :( I had it since 2005 and all of a sudden it stopped working *sniff*. I wanted one for Christmas, but Santa forgot. I wanted one for my birthday, but someone...ahem, DH, ahem...misunderstood me, but don't get me wrong, he got me all sorts of goodies for my birthday :) 

I'm completely ga-ga for my new camera and, obviously, I can't stop taking pictures of my guineas pigs (a.k.a. DH and Brownie).

Song Link-Up #3

I LOVE the old stuff -

The Drifters. The Shirelles. Etta James. Ben E. King. etc... -

so when the other night I finally watched "Burlesque", which I absolutely love, and I fell

in love all over again with Etta James' song "Something's Got A Hold On Me", which was sung

by Cristina Aguilera in the movie. I'm also a huge Cristina Aguilera fan, so I was very pleased

with how she sang the song (unlike some other artist who have destroyed their rendition of "At Last"). 

So for this Song Link-Up I couldn't pick just one, so...

With out further ado I give you...

Something's Got A Hold On Me" by Etta James

AND

"Something's Got A Hold On Me" by Cristina Aguilera

Don't forget to head on over to Amber @ Goodnight Moon to join
in on the Song Link-Up.

Song Link-Up #2

Up for round 2 of Amber's Song Link-Up? I AM

The next song I want to introduce to you is such a romantic song, 

its by the Mexican band, Camila. 

Even if you don't speak a word of Spanish you'll fall

in love with the melody...trust me.

"Besame" - Camila