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It's Called Life & It Happens

You know, I am extremely happy with my life right now.

That is something that I haven't been able to say in a very long time, and it feels so good.

I have been...stressed beyond belief for the past few weeks trying to figure out how to make my life possible. I am plannig to go to UNLV in a couple of weeks but I have no books, they haven't yet recieve my high school transcripts, I can't afford to life in the dorms, and they apparently hate the military because they suck at working with me...

But somehow, I am just...cool as a cucumber. (I never did understand that lil' similie...) I haven't got a clue how I am going to make this happen, but I have faith that I can make it all work out. Somehow I'm going to pull my shit together and make it happen.

I suppose that greatness is born from adversity...so I'm probably going to be really great by the time all is said and done.

I suppose that it's called life...and It happens.

I can't stop it. It doesn't matter how hard I try, it's just going to keep throwing curve balls and I'll just have to keep on trying to whack them out of the park. I think I'll be lucky just to get a piece of it, but I guess we'll see what happens!

Until then...

I am so very excited to be linking up with all of the following lovely ladies.

Chantal- Scattered Shells
Jane- Poppiness
Sarah- G.I. Joe's Wife
Jamie- Handling with Grace

I love to see link ups survive for this long! The great thing about the Walkabout, is there is nothing specific you have to write about. It's just a place where you can link up your post about anything under the sun.

So go on! Link Up :)

Today's title brought to you by one of my oh-so-faithful readers Jen

Put It In A Box

It's Wednesday! That means it's time for the Wednesday Walkabout!

In case you're new here, allow me to introduce myself!

I'm Katie. I'm in the Army Reserve. I leave for basic training in two weeks and I couldn't be more excited. But I am not the Army. I am a soldier, but I am not the Army. I'm still a young lady that is living a life filled with chaos...I do my best to keep things in order but somehow, things tend to get all messed up.

These days, I just toss all the pieces of my life into the air and see where they land. I lay building blocks and attempt to untangle the mess that is the life of a 19 year old. I write about my growing pains a lot and I try really hard to just ride them out. I do my best in all that I do and I keep a smile on my face. What else is there to do, right?

I hope that you would like to stick around and get to know me. Please, if this is your first visit, drop me a line so I can get to know you! Blog friends are my favorite!

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Packing your life into boxes is pretty difficult. All you military spouses that PCS (permanent change of station) every couple of years...I applaud you. It's tough...Yesterday, I hit Home Depot for some boxes and began the process of packing it all away. DVDs, books, dance shoes, clothes, odds and ends...And this is just the stuff in my bedroom. I can't imagine packing up an entire house! I keep running into stuff like piles of pictures and old notes that make me stop and remember the "good old days". It makes it nearly impossible to get things done.

I put everything in my closet in a box with all of my hangers. I laid out clothes for the next two weeks that will also get stuffed in a box. I never realized how truly adorable all my clothes are...I have good taste ya'll!

I shouldn't ever complain about having nothing to wear again...but I'm sure that I will.

I'm really excited to go. I know that it's going to be an amazing experience. I know that I'm going to kick some freaking Army ass and graduate proud as can be of whatever I accomplish.

However, I am also sad...Starting a new exciting chapter, means the ending of one that I was really starting to enjoy. I've always been quite the homebody...so being away for a long time, possibly for the rest of my life, is going to be really different! My entire world is about to get turned upside down and inside out.

Don't get me wrong, I am beyond excited for it. This change has been a long time coming, but I can already feel the struggle. It's going to be hard. I'm not going to love it all right away...I'm doing my best to prepare myself for the worst, but I'm hoping that I will be pleasantly surprised with a lack of hardship in all these changes...

And now, onto the truly awesome part of this post!

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Not Different Bad, Different Good

Christmas...What do I say about this Christmas? I would say that it was a pretty damn good Christmas.

I did my best to man up and stop hating life for the curve balls it throws at me and I checked my feelings at the door.

I got dressed up in a cute new outfit that I got for Christmas and I hung out with my family, drank a few mimosas and enjoyed a really great night. Last year I had to work on Christmas, and although at the time it felt like the happiest day of my life, I think that this year beats it...And no, not just because I got to drink mimosas with my family.

This year was so much different. It's the last Christmas where I'll be living in my parents house. It's possibly the last Christmas that I'll sleep in the same room with my sissies and watch The Grinch on Christmas Eve. It's the last year that I'll go Christmas shopping with my dad to pick out the perfect present for my mom.

It's not necessarily different bad. It's different good. I'm growing up. I have learned so much in this past year. I've learned about myself and about the people around me and what it really means to be a family.

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This year, I gave lockets to most of the women in my family (I didn't think everyone would wear them.) I am really terrible at buying gifts, so it was a quite a relief to find something so early that I knew everyone would love.

I won a blog giveaway a while back and fell completely in love with my prize, so I bought everyone living lockets.

Let me tell you, they were a hit and the best present I've ever given.

This one is mine. The ribbon is for pancreatic cancer and the star is the "Army Strong" deal. I would highly recommend these babies. Such a huge hit on Christmas day! I may even try to host a giveaway if the designer will work with me! I'll keep you posted :)

My other favorite gift I gave was my mom's. I always have a hard time buying for her. How do you show your love for the most influential person in your life who has done more for you than anyone else? It's hard. Well, I opted to go sentimental instead of material.

Our tree is covered in ornaments with my face on them and also some really weird ones that I made. I was a strange lil' thing. So, I decided that since I hadn't made her an ornament in a while I'd give her a few for Christmas.

I used my favorite materials. Paper plates, paper sacks, and toilet paper tubes.

You would think that it wouldn't have been all that great, but they were a hit. (she won't admit it, but I know in my heart that they were her favorite gifts ;)

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Christmas day was really a great time. I looked adorable in new Christmas outfit.

I finally figured out how the work the hair wand I got last Christmas, I wore my locket (I hadn't put it on yet in the pictures...) I got some great gifts, ate delicious food and spend some quality time with my family.

Today, I went to work, left early, and hung out with my girl who is heading back to her real life as a Marine on Friday.

We ate way too much food at the Cheesecake Factory.

And she let me walk into Victoria Secret...so...of course, this happened.

Then I hit the gym in my Muggle Sweatshirt, killed it, fell down (so embarrassing.) And here I am. Over-describing two days in one giant blog post.

If you stuck with me for this long, please, treat yourself to a cookie. You deserve it :)

Happy Wednesday and may your Thursdays totally rock your socks off.

Mystery Host!

I am so dang excited to be the Mystery Host for the Wednesday Walkabout! I love this link up because you don't have to post anything specific. You just write whatever you feel like and you get to meet new bloggers in the process! I love it and I am too excited to be a part of it this week.

I have not been blogger of the year these past few days...I haven't been busy exactly, but for some reason, getting my blog stuff done has been really difficult. But don't worry! I'm getting to it now :)

I have been up to so much though! I have been making Christmas gifts.
I got the cutest pedicure ever.
I bought Pitch Perfect...And watched it twice already.
Searched for Magic Mike on DVD...Still can't find it.
Learned a new song (The Cave)

I had a crazy Saturday where I hung out with 4 different people and drank yet another hot drink! I'm doing so well with this "embracing the suck" thing.
I discovered a song that is helping me keep my head up.
I ate at my favorite lunch place...That pulled pork is the best I've ever had...
And, best of all, I got to see one of my best friends! She's a Marine and lives in NC so getting to see her every once in a while is always awesome.

You see why it has been so hard to sit down and blog? So much has been going on. It's hard to be 19, but it also rocks...There is so much out there to be experienced and I am lucky that I get to. I' say quite often that I don't have friends, that I never had anything to do, that I am a loner...In some ways, I am just that. But I can't say that I'm not blessed and I don't have some wonderful people and things in my life.

I have a lot to learn about life and what it means to me. I have even more to learn about just...me in general. I don't know exactly who I want to be or what I want to do, but I'm doing my very best to figure it out, and that has to be enough for now, whether I like it or not... That was sort of a random lil' tangent there, but...oh well!

Oh and check out my buddy's blog! He's new to blogging, but I find myself extremely entertained with what he write and the way he writes it. Maybe you will be too!

New here? Please introduce yourself! Looking for a neat sponsoring opportunity? Check out this page.

What is a Walkabout? It's a blog link-up party, every week here and with our co-hosts! Simply put your blog address or a specific post in the linky, visit some other people, and make some friends. Easy at that! I can't wait to talk to everyone!

PS: You only have to link up with ONE of the co-hosts!

The Rules:

1. Please follow at least ONE hostess, and let us know you're a new follower and how to follow you! To be entered as next week's Mystery Host, follow all hosts from this week.

Mystery Host Katie- Camo Colored Chaos

Chantal- Scattered Shells

Jane- Taingamala

Sarah- G.I. Joe's Wife

Jamie- Handling with Grace

2. Try to visit 3-4 blogs that interest you. Take some time and let them know where you came from.

3. Grab the button and spread the word! (Not required, but just cool if you do). The more, the merrier.

If I Ever Have Children They May Not Survive...

Yesterday, I was talking to a friend. We talked a bit about our upbringing. We talked about how it has shaped the people we have become and yada yada yada. It got me thinking to myselt...If I were to become a mother some day, what kind would I be?

I came up with this: A horrible one!

Here are the top ten reasons that I would be a terrible mom.

I am a bad fish parent...Even though I see this nearly empty bowl every day, I can't be bothered to clean it and get fresh water...Lazy? Guess so.

I forget everything.

Source: someecardss.tumblr.com via aubree on Pinterest

I am messy...Oh god, I'm so messy. I would lose my child in my messes...

My keys are always in the bathroom, my phone is always on the kitchen counter, and my shoes are never where I took them off. My scattered brain cannot handle kiddie objects as well.

I'm married to the gym, and I plan to be Drill Instructor strict about fitness.

source

And in the same breath about being healthy...I consider this shit to be lunch.

I refuse to wear pants when I'm in my house.

I like to try new things...and sometimes it ends up bad...And you can bet your bottom dollar, that whatever I tried is going to be put to use at least once. Unfortunate souls...

This:

I am always in the mood for spaghetti, so we'll probably have it for dinner 3 times a week. Every. Single. Week.

Sorry, Kids.

One day, I plan on popping one out, and I hope that by that time, I've changed a little bit, because right now, it's looking like if I ever have children, they may not survive their childhood.

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Don't forget, today is Wednesday! You can link whatever post you wrote today up with any of the following blogs. You don't have to write about anything specific, just post, link up, and meet some new bloggers! It's fun, I promise! Now....go!

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Halloween and Help!

First and foremost, happy Halloween, my lovely bloggy friends and IRL friends alike.

Although Halloween is no where near my favorite holiday, in fact, it might be my least favorite, I am trying to be positive about this day. I think it's helping me be a little less Scroog-y.

On Sunday, although I was working throughout most of it, my family carved pumpkins! I am not a fan of carving pumpkins, so my lil' guy ended up being quite simple. Plus, I was about 5 hours late to the party so I wasn't really in the pumpkin carving spirit, if there is such a thing.

I do, however, quite enjoy pumpkin seeds. Eating those seed will hopefully make all that carving nonsense worth it.

In other news, I am in the market for some awesome bloggers to take over my blog while I'm in Basic training. I believe that once I finish that and get to AIT, I will have a computer, so that won't be an issue, but for the 10 weeks that I'm in basic, I want to have a few guest posters to keep this lil' bloggy from laying dormant.

I have a family member that is going to publish a few letters that I will write to her as often as I can and keep you all up to date on my goings on, should I feel like I can, but I definitely want to keep this lil beauty up and running. :)

I have some time, but I want to get some stuff organized ASAP so that I don't have to worry about it. I've got a lot of spots to fill so please, if you'd like to be a guest poster, contact me via e-mail! You can be a new follower, an old follower, a NON-follower. Anyone that would like to write on this bloggy, please let me know!

knay93@gmail.com

I hope you all have a fantastic Halloween! I know I'm enjoying this day where everyone at work is procrastinating and not working :P

And don't forget, it's Wednesday, so head over to one of the following blogs and link up!

Chantal- Scattered Shells

Jane- Taingamala

Sarah- G.I. Joe's Wife

Jamie- Handling with Grace

Almost A Year Later

Seems how today, I'll be linking up with the Walkabout, I thought I'd share something that has completely altered my life over the past year.

This is the Story of my broken arm. 10.16.2011

As many of you know, last year around this same time, I got in a mountain biking accident.

The day before I was to leave for Marine Corps Boot Camp, I went out for a bike ride with a friend.

Little did I know, we were going mountain biking. I didn't even take my helmet. (really dumb by the way. Just always wear your helmet if you're gonna be a bike...)

We put our bikes in the car, and drove to the trail. When we got there, we unpacked the bikes and started on the trail.

I had never been mountain biking and I was scared when it started to get steep. I took my feet off the pedals and walked my bike down the hill. The next little bit is fuzzy. I don't remember deciding that I was okay and I could start pedaling again. All I really remember is seeing a cement landing thing in front of me and flying through the air. I don't know how my arm broke. All I know, is that a concussion set it and I got really confused. I knew was that I was in pain and that was about it. I wasn't sure where I was, why I was there, or anything (Wear a freakin helmet!). I rode in an ambulance to the big hospital due to the brain injury. They were asking me a bunch of questions. I knew my name, my social, my mom's phone number and that I wasn't alergic to anything. That was about it.

Also, I was asking all of the people in the ambulance how old they were and how long they had been doing their jobs. I was watching Grey's Anatomy at the time. I was afriad I was getting stuck my interns...

After all of the emergency room drama, I finally woke up in my own hospital room. I was still confused, but I knew a little bit better what was going on. My arm hurt. Bad. I was in a neck brace, and there were two IVs in my arm. For someone who has never stayed in the hospital, this was all pretty scary...

I was informed that I had crushed my radial head (elbow) and fractured a whole section of the radius. Surgery was how they would fix it. Hardware. Joint injury. Disqualifiing.

That was all that I heard. It felt like my life was over. I was never going to be a Marine. I was never going to be in the military. I would never get to live that dream.

I was told that people don't recover from this injury. They never regain full range of motion. They never have the same strength. They don't join the military.

Well, I was lucky enough to be the exception. After extremely painful and emotion physical therapy, I had returned to almost normal. They took out all my hardware in January of this year. Now I have a pale scar and I'm stronger than ever. This injury has become the fuel behind my fight. I will never forget it and I will always let it be my reason to push forward and defy the odds. Because I know that I can.

I joined the Army in September. I chose to do that because it worked best for my relationship.

Little did I know, I wasn't going to have a relationship because I joined the Army...Funny how that works, but oh well. I hope to be a Marine some day One way or another...I will figure it out.

Please, if you are visiting from the walkabout, leave a comment and let me know! I would love to visit your blogs as well. You can never have enough bloggy friends! You can follow me Via Bloglovin, GFC, Twitter, Instagram Facebook...Basically everywhere!

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Random Facts

Fun facts about Katie:

I love songs that have clapping for some strange reason I cannot understand.

I despise bottled/purified water. Instead, I drink water from the tap.

I'm pretty sure that I'm obssesed with spaghetti. I love it more than anyone should love any food.

I made that a couple nights ago. It was amazing...

I'm always trying to think of a better, more efficient way to get things done.

I hate to spend money, so I heavily justify every purchase I make.

I can sit through an entire movie and get up and leave about 20 minutes from the end because I'm just tired

of watching the movie.

I can't whistle.

When I was little, I had serious trouble learning how to skip.

I would probably sell my soul for a pork salad from Cafe Rio

When texting people, it drives me insane when they use poor grammar.

I thought I would really hate twitter, but I'm pretty much in love with it.

I really like to write lists, but I have trouble actually thinking of things to put on them once I begin writting.

I am super passive agressive even when I'm not trying to be...

It makes me crazy when someone pushes the toothpaste up from the middle of the tube. Start at the bottom!

I was pissed this morning when I saw this...who else uses MY toothpaste?

I can't bring myself to throw out papers that have any type of sentimental value.

I am afriad of my bike ever since my accident. Sometimes I have nightmares about that day...

I have wished all my life that I could sing like Christina Agulara...weird? probably.

I love The Beatles. Like really love them.

Big ol' poster in my room

When I learned to play the piano as a youngin, I got soo frustrated with it, I quit. I wish I hadn't.

Technology really frustrates me. Bad.

I only have "baby fever" when in a realtionship. When I'm not, babies are cute but I really don't want one.

I have a lil' dachshund that might be the cutest dog in the universe...

He's cuddled up in my moms robe on her side of the bed...

And I really love to blog and get to know other bloggers. I am so grateful that I have this wonderful thing in my life.

I hope that a few new people stopped by from the Wednesday Walkabout! What? You've never heard of that? Well, Head over to one of the following blogs.

Chantal- Scattered Shells

Jane- Taingamala

Sarah- G.I. Joe's Wife

Jamie- Handling with Grace

Link to a specific post. It doesn't have to be about anything specific! You're just sharing you lil' piece of the massive space that is the internet with others! Do it!

Post #100

Well, I made it. Post #100.

You know, I really like big benchmark posts. That way I can reflect on what my blog has been thus far. It has been a lot of things for being so young. I've been at it for a couple days over 7 months and things have changed....a lot.

My entire life is different from the day I started this blog...It even had a different name! I've come so far...and I've also regressed a lot. I've made mistakes and I've done a few things right. When I started this blog, I was really excited about my future with a boy. I couldn't wait to be one of those popular MilSO blogs that a million people followed and always had a zillion comments.

Well, 100 posts later, everything is different. I don't care about having a million followers (Although, I am always happy to see that there is another person on this planet who cares what I have to say!) and comments are nice and I really love to get them, but I'm not blogging for fame. I'm blogging to survive my life and maybe start loving it again...

It's amazing to have documentation of the person that you were and the person that you are becoming...

I think that is probably the best thing about this blog. It constantly changes with the person that I am becoming. Each day and each experiance is shaping me into the person that I will one day be. Sometimes, I think that we have to be someone that we don't like in order the find the person that we do like. It's like...dating yourself. You've got to try the wrong things to know what the right ones are. And you've got to date (and almost marry apparently) the wrong man to know that he's not the right one for you...

Today, things are getting better. I'm still...discontent. But I'm working really hard not to be. I think that eventually, I'm going to be okay and I'll be better for it...And hopefully, I learn from my mistakes. I guess I have this blog to remind me how I felt/feel.

Things will continue to change every day...and I guess I want to keep it that way.

And BTW, if you're visiting from the Walkabout, I recommend you visit the pages at the top so you can understand what on earth I'm talking about!

Wednesday Walk About

Head on over to Taingamala to Link up!

Although it's not required for the Wednesday Walk-about, I decided to do a short and sweet little "Meet Katie" post. Introduce myself to who might be dropping by!

I'm Katie, as I said before. I'm not yet 20 but sometimes, I think that I'm almost 30.

I recently joined the Army and my first drill is on Saturday.

I also recently broke up with my fiance and I'm basically a constant wreck pretending that I'm not.

I loove to work out. The gym is possibly my favorite place.

My blog started out as a way for me to document my engagement and then my life with my Marine...Seems how that didn't work out, my blog has taken quite a turn to a whole new world.

I have a lot of goals and aspirations for myself and for my life but for now, I'm kind of just working on being okay with everything the way that it is. I'm putting some things on hold and doing my best to just enjoy the things I've got going on right now and focus on the present...

If you'd like to follow my journey to being...more awesome? please follow my blog. You can also find me on Twitter and Instagram @camocolored.

I love to meet new bloggers so please don't be shy! Leave a comment or drop me a Tweet or something! I'd love to hear from you!