She's Got The Grooming Habits of a Chimpanzee!

There are several downsides to a deployment and most military spouses will harp on those: sleeping all by yourself, eating all by yourself, hanging out on the couch all by yourself, driving around all by yourself... you know: being all by yourself. There are also several "up sides" to deployment and today, one of those up sides came to a screeching halt for me.

SHAVING

You see- with nobody in bed next to me, I don't have to shave my legs quite as regularly! With nobody sitting on the couch next to me, cuddling and rubbing my silky smooth legs... they don't have to be silky, or smooth! In fact, this deployment I have been rocking the hairy legs all winter and spring.

What I mean by that is: Yes, I have shaved my legs intermittently throughout the past several months, however I don't remember the last time I shaved them before just a few minutes ago. They had passed the prickly stage and moved into downright furry territory! Believe it or not, I went to shave them on Sunday only to find not a single razor in the house. Yeah, it was that bad.

Have no fear: These legs are silky, and smooth, and ready for capris without embarrassment once more! I could even dare shorts if I wanted! I just might have to now!

What are some of your bad deployment habits?

*BONUS POINTS* What does the title of this post reference? You don't win anything other than my respect.

Spending My Week With Criminals {What I'm Watching}

This week I watched seasons one and two of White Collar on Netflix. Then, I opened up this bad boy and previewed it!

White Collar Third Season. Four discs of HEAVEN!

If you have not seen White Collar before, you are missing out on one sexy Con Artist, Neal Caffrey (that's him on the cover), who is on a little work release program consulting with the FBI, and partnering with the man who caught him, twice, Peter Burke.

The third season of the show brings us face to face with his escaped arch nemesis, Keller, who kidnaps Burke's wife, Elizabeth and that's when I thought Neal really changed his mind about the criminal life style. I thought he realized he was making a mistake and was reformed. Thanks to his help in that case catching Keller, he has been offered early release from his GPS tracking anklet... and freedom.

The hearing is the final episode, and you just know Neal is a better guy... until the art crimes guys from DC trail him and force him to run over nothing. He grabs his new identity and meets his left hand man and dare I say best friend, Mozzie, on a plane headed for their private island.

Now, I think Burke must know about it! Burke is the one who signaled to Neal that the Federal Marshals were onto him. There was one night of immunity, where Neal and Peter talked all night- Neal must have said something so Peter knows where to meet up with him. Perhaps a hotel Neal reminisced about?

We have until July to sit and theorize before season four starts on USA! Check your local listings! In the meantime, keep your eyes open for season three on DVD: it is chock full of goodies such as a trivia game among members of the cast, some pretty funny deleted scenes and a hysterical gag reel. You can also watch the season finale with commentary from the creator Jeff Easton, Tim DeKay (who plays Peter Burke), Matt Bromer (Neal Caffrey), and Willie Garson (Mozzie).

OR: you can just let the title screen loop on your screen playing beautiful Matt Bromer's face with the awesome little theme music from the show!

Prenatal Gummies: It's In The Cart!

When I went to Dr. P on Friday I asked him about taking vitamins. Oh, you know, because I don't. If I was going to prepare my body for a baby, I wanted to know what the differences were between a good old regular vitamin and a prenatal vitamin, and if I could just go to prenatal right now instead of waiting and switching. So the hunt began for the giant pills. Gene and I joked about possibly getting them in gummy form so it was easier to swallow. To my shock and awe, I found them:

OTC Prenatal GUMMY VITAMINS!

Well, I was just about in seventh heaven, but wanted to make sure they were on par, and went to consult the pharmacist to see the comparison between gummies and regular pills. Unfortunately, the gummy ones don't come with iron. So, once my uterus becomes temporary housing, I'll have to switch it up. Right now, the lack of iron is a non issue since my levels are fine.

The pharmacist did however inform me that there are chocolate chewable vitamins that I can get through a prescription! I wonder if Tricare covers that one! I don't have to worry about that now though... we'll wait for the temp housing lease first! Until then, I'm sticking to these bad boys!