Hello all! I'm still at my parents house and enjoying some days off.

My mom is incredible, she's in high spirits and insisted on having Thanksgiving at our house. With the help of some wonderful relatives, Thanksgiving went off without a hitch.

This morning at 2:30am the Mr. left my parents house to drive to STL to head back to Texas. I miss him already. It was great to get to see him for a couple days, but its never enough.

And we finally saw Twilight on Friday afternoon. As you may know we both read the books and waited to see it together. It was OK. Cedric Diggory (Rob Patterson) won me over. I'm convinced he can be Edward. But the actress that plays Bella annoys the crap out of me. Also, the actor that plays Jacob, while very cute I'm not won over. Also, I didn't like the actors that played his friends. These "boys" are supposed to turn into werewolves. I'm not convinced.

I also had problems with a lot of the actors selected for the movie. A couple of other things, I understand you made this movie on the cheap. But seriously, you're going to gross a ridiculous amount of money so please, please, please, make the special effects better. Edward sweating glitter was horrible. The transformations into the werewolves better not look stupid.

Yeah... I leave this afternoon for Illinois. I'm trying to get out of work early today to hit the road early, we'll see how that works out for me.

So I wanted to leave you all with a couple of things.

1. THANK YOU ALL so much for all the love and support you have given me the past few days. Hugs and kisses to you all.

2. Thank you to Mrs. Stilettos for the lovely award. I hope to blog about it soon.

3. Did anyone watch the reunion show for Housewives of ATL, that was ridiculous and amazing all at the same time. I also watch the premiere of the OC ones as well. I think I saw Gretchen and her hubby on an episode of some show on HGTV. They redid their backyard. I never forget a face, and since I do recall noticing the age difference, I'm pretty sure I'm right. I'm assuming its before he was diagnosed b/c he wasn't as thin.

4. The Mr. is a new lover of Black Friday. He went to Circuit City last year and got us GPS systems for our cars. This year he wants to go to Best Buy, we'll see if he wants to get up.

5. The Mr. and I are going to see Twilight on Friday afternoon. I got him to read all the books. We both don't think the movie looks all that good, so we're going in with lower expectations, hopefully those are met.

6. I am craving mini, bite size pecan pies that are bought to our house by my mom's cousin.

7. My crazy mother, is still having Thanksgiving at our house with all our family. My step dad called everyone before her surgery and said we weren't having it. My mom called and bitched everyone out and said she'd be pissed if everyone didn't come. Luckily, they are all bringing 80% of the stuff.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm going to have a scheduled post on Friday for all you Puggie Lovers out there.

My mom went to the Dr today for her follow up appointment with the plastic surgeon. While she was there she found out the pathology reports from the lymph nodes that they had removed. They removed 8 from one side and 10 from the other. I'll be honest, I didn't even know you had that many lymph nodes.

Well GREAT news! They all came back negative. The cancer had not spread and it looks like we have caught it early. She won't have to do any radiation and the chemo should not be too bad.

YEAH!!! This is me doing the happy dance....

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it all means so much more. This year we have something to be truly thankful for.

I love being in love, its probably one of my favorite things. And I love watching girly, sappy, funny, cute, love stories. And one of my very favorites quotes from a movie is this....

"I love that you get cold when it is 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

Do you know what it's from? Its not too hard to figure out.

This movie reminds me of me and the Mr. We are truly best friends before anything else. We can get on each other's nerves, push each others buttons, and pick on each other like no one else could. But that's what makes us...us... and us... if I do say so myself is pretty damn special.

And I can't wait to see him around 1am Thursday morning when I meet him at my parents house.

Was I the only one that got excited to hear them go into the Right Stuff....

I'll admit, their comeback freaks me out a little but, it must be true love because I sat there and sang it all word for word. Milo thought I was crazy....

Do you think Donnie can talk his brother Mark into a comeback.... now that's something I'd really like to see...

The giveaway ends tonight at midnight. Get in before its too late.... Check out the link to the right.

Michelle at Oeil Photography was featured yesterday by Southern Weddings. Michelle is a great photographer who I blogged about previously. She was living in P'cola, recently moved to Jacksonville, and is Navy wife.

Check her out.....


P.S. she travels for wedding. Congrats Michelle.

To enter my giveaway. You only have a few more days to enter and win these adorable glasses.

I drank a bottle, yes a bottle, of my $5 champagne last night while eating dinner and watching television, out of my very own set of these glasses. They are adorable and a lot bigger than I had originally anticipated. I felt like Kristen Dunst from Marie Antoinette, except I wasn't married off to a child prince and executed... But it was still lovely. And I was able to get a good night's sleep.

I talked to my mom a couple of times tonight, she sounded very tired and a little drugged up, but everything seems to be okay, well as ok, as it can be.

I wanted to say thank you all again for all the support I've received this past couple of days. Its truly amazing how much strangers can prop you up in a time like this. I've felt like I'm kinda on an island to myself here, with living 10 hours away from home and the Mr. in Texas, its been great to feel the support from you all.

And a HUGE thank you to Gwen from Confession of a Control Freak. She has a wonderful blog and I love reading all the sweet comments she leaves me. I'm also so happy that her beloved cat is back home where he belongs. She bestowed upon me my 2nd award, and its too cute for words.

You have to pass it on to 5 other fabulous blogs in a post.

1. Muffy - I love reading her blog, and I can't wait to learn all about her upcoming wedding plans.
2. Some Like it Southern - She's become my new blogging friend. And I excited to see her upcoming lil baby.

3. Nina - I find her blog to be funny, informative, and I know we all can't wait till she's back on the Internet. I also can't believe that we're both from the area. It truly is a small, small world.

4. Chic Runner - I've just started keeping up with her blog, and have enjoyed all her comments she leaves me. I wish deep down I was a runner.... unfortunately as I've said before, I am not.

5. Dugout Daisy - I love hearing her talk about how much she adores Twilight. I'm so jealous she's already seen it.

You have to list 5 of your fabulous addictions in the post.

1. I'm addicted to shopping, shopping for anything. I love to buy clothes, shoes, dog toys, food, cleaning products, flowers.... you name it I enjoy buying it.

2. I'm addicted to television. Project Runway, Top Chef, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, and the list goes on.

3. I'm addicted to caffeine, but I don't drink coffee. I will admit that I have drastically cut down my intake in the past 2 years. But I do have to have 1 caffeine drink a day, or I get a headache. I drink a Sugar Free Red Bull almost every morning while sitting at my office.

4. I'm addicted to Banana Republic. And BR sending my coupons every month for $10 to $20 off as a thank you for putting some damage onto my BR Luxe card, doesn't help.

5. I'm addicted to shoes and cardigans. I love shoes. I love cardigans. I don't even know how many I have. Its a problem.

You must copy and paste the rules and the instructions below in the post.

Instructions: On your post of receiving this award, make sure you include the person that gave you the award and link it back to them. When you post your five winners, make sure you link them as well. To add the award to your post, simply right-click, save image, then "add image" it in your post as a picture so your winners can save it as well. To add it to your sidebar, add the "picture" gadget. Also, don't forget to let your winners know they won an award from you by emailing them or leaving a comment on their blog.

Well first things first, you can see I have gotten a face lift this afternoon.... More to come on that later. Thanks Krystyn!!

My mom is out of surgery and everything looks good. The surgeon said that there were no surprises and she's in recovery. My step-dad and brother should get to see her in about 45 minutes. She'll be released late tomorrow. I'll keep you all updated.

Thank you again for the outpouring of love and support, I GREATLY appreciate it.

xoxo - Mrs. Jetplane (that's my new name!!, love it)

"A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."



I spoke to my mom this morning at 6am before she headed into the hospital. They stayed the night a the hotel associated with the cancer center. She was in good spirits.

I hate that I'm not there, but will be there next week.

Thank you all so much for you prayers, support, and kind words. She has surgery at 8:30 this morning, and it should take 4-6 hours.

I haven't blogged too much about this lately, because I hate to be a Debbie Downer.

My mom is going to St. Louis this evening and having a double mastectomy tomorrow morning.

Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. I'm cautiously optimistic, because it appears we've caught the cancer early.

Due to our family history and the way the cancer has formed, she has chosen to go the route of having both breasts removed. I 100% support that decision, and while it may seem extreme to some, I think its the only reasonable option.

...when he wants to be and since we've been apart more than we've been together since getting married, I think he's been putting in quite an effort.

Before he left for T-38 training in August I made him a lil flip book. This book consisted of note card (1/2 size ones) that I had punched holes in and tied off with a ribbon. I had 1 note card for each day until the end of the year. Each note card had the date and then "I love you because..." and each day has something completely different.

Some are totally random like.. I love you because you like to watch Project Runway with me and I love you because we both love Dr. Pepper. (Yes totally random) Others are I love you because you know everything about me and never judged me, I love you because you're my best friend, and I love you because I know you'll be a wonderful father.

So what has the Mr. recently started doing..... He's crafting haikus and text messaging them to me. They are hilarious and cheesy and I adore them...

I miss him like crazy and can't wait to see him on Thanksgiving. He's meeting me up in Illinois to spend time with my family.

Also - Don't forget to enter my giveaway.......

Its GIVEAWAY time! And I'm thoroughly excited about this, so I hope you all are too.


As I've blogged about some, the Mrs. loves herself some champagne. Yes, its true I love the bubbly and what makes the bubbly a little better? Well drinking it out of these pretty lil puppies does....
That's right I'm giving away the Marie Antoinette Coup Stemware from Pottery Barn that I blogged about last week. Aren't they adorable... Love them... And they are going to be the pink ones....

Ok so here's what you need to do.

You'll receive 1 entry if you leave a comment to on this post.

You'll receive 3 additional entries if you are or become a follower to this blog.

You'll receive 5 additional entries if you post about this giveaway on your blog.

The giveaway will end Sunday, November 23rd at 12:00am. So I hope (beg) you will all participate.

And please, email me at leavingandloving@gmail.com if you are going to be posting this to your blog. I don't want to short anyone on their entries.

Much love to all of you that have been reading my blog.

And Cheers to you All!

xoxo - the Mrs.

So I am currently working on makeover for this lil blog of mine. Over the past couple of months, blogging and blog stalking have become quite a hobby for me.... with the Mr. away someone has some free time on her hands, doesn't she??

That being said I thought I would update by blog roll, so please let me know if you would like to be added.



Additionally, I've received a couple of questions here and there. I'd be happy to address any and all questions, you ladies have about the Mr. and Mrs.

Please feel free to ask away and I'll answer them all to the best of my abilities.



And.... Drum roll please..... My next post will be my 200th post. I can't believe it! And to honor the 200th post I'm going to be hosting my 1st giveaway. You hear that people.... I'm having a GIVEAWAY!

OMG, and just after the season started last night...

It appears that Top Chef contestants gave out food at a street fair, and the NYC Health officials have reported cases from people who had eaten at their booth.

24 people went to the hospital and 3 people died. The outbreak has been traced back to the Top Chef kitchen and production has been shut down.

"It seems that some of contestants may have cut a few corners in the 'Make a meal out of raw meat in 8 minutes' quickfire challenge," said co-host and head judge Tom Colicchio. "In hindsight, we probably should have more thoroughly checked their work before letting them serve it at a Brooklyn street fair."

When asked for comment, Padma Lakshmi responded,
"All I have to say is that anyone convicted of spreading E. Coli will likely find themselves in danger of elimination at our next judges' table."

Nice Padma.... I prefer Mrs. Joel to you anyway...

UPDATE: This may or may NOT be true. I've look into it further, and not found alot of information that isn't citing the same article.

Thank you so much to the 2 that have responded thus far. I GREATLY appreciate it. I need one more lil lady to participate, so I'm not a blogging loser..... So please check the post from earlier today, and add a comment...


Hope all is well with everyone, its been quite a Monday, but its almost over.

And - I have, what I consider a GREAT giveaway for my 200th post. I absolutely adore them. I'll be giving you extra submissions if you are a follower to my blog and/or repost my giveaway on your blog. So that post should be happening... this week. Yeah, I'm so excited for my 200th post. Wow, with the hubby away, I see where my time is getting spent... Ha ha...

Good Morning and a happy Monday to everyone...


I don't know about anyone else, but I'm certainly dragging some a$$ this morning. I'm waiting for my Sugar Free Red Bull to get cold, so I can wake up and take on this Monday morning with vigor. Ok maybe not with vigor, but with my eyes open.
I was lucky enough to get to participate in the lovely Nina's Pay It Forward and now its my duty to Pay it Forward as well. So now that it looks like I may actually have a couple of readers out there in the blogosphere, I would hope, beg, and maybe plead that someone (ok 3 people) want to participate.

The "rules" state that the exchange focuses on doing an act of kindness without expecting anything in return other than that the recipient will, in their turn, pass the kindness along and pay it forward.

Here's how it works: I will send a lil something to the first 3 blog owners who post a comment on this entry. In turn, those three will post this information and pick 3 people they want to send something to and so on.

In order to make things a little cheerier this morning, in your comment, please write about what was the very 1st thing that made you smile this morning (hopefully you've already smiled this morning).

I'll go first. Well that's my lil Milo (who sleeps with me when the Mr. is away), crawling up and snuggling with me when I hit the snooze button. We both didn't want to get up.

Unfortunately, due to postage costs, I can only pay it forward within the United States. If you are interested in participating, be one of the first 3 blog owners {must have a blog in order to Pay-It-Forward} to leave a comment!

The little something you send can be something you made, bought, were given or found. Just a gift that will make the person smile.

And a Very Happy Monday to you all...

Yes I am. I have a lot to write about, but unfortunately I have been pre-occupied with watching football and cleaning out my closet. Doing my closet takes forever, especially because I get distracted quite easily. And I close Colts game, will most definitely do that. Way to go Colts!!!

Anyway....things that I will be writing about soon...

1. My Pay it Forward that I'm taking part in thanks to Nina
2. My new television loves
3. My upcoming giveaway for my 200th Post
4. Update on the Mr.
5. Recap of dog sitting, Walle is still with us until Tuesday.

Hope to get to all these in the next couple of days....

Now back to that closet of mine... next its onto the bathroom linen closet (aka my shoe closet), and then to the workout room's closet (aka my dress/suit/holiday decor closet).

I have a crap load of clothes, shoes, etc. But I am weeding a lot of it out before we leave for NC, its going to Yard Sale time when the Mr. comes home from TX.

Hope everyone's enjoying what's left of their weekend.

By the way, I didn't go to the outlet mall, I talked myself off that ledge yet again.

Here is my latest clothing purchase from Target. I think its adorable. And its only $29.99.







I can't wait to pair it with a black turtleneck, tights, and knee high boots. Cuteness...

It does look a little short on the model, but I am only 5'2" so its longer on me...

This weekend, well actually Friday - Tuesday, I'm dog sitting for a friend of ours. Their dog is a rat terrier puppy, Wall-e, yes that's right, named after the movie. No I didn't participate in the naming.

Anyway, he is a very active lil thing and already pooped on the kitchen floor. Him and Milo have finally calmed down and appear to be somewhat ok with each other. But I'm pretty sure Milo is wondering if this lil "thing" is staying at our house forever to replace Charlie.

Our friend S, who shares the dog with her boyfriend J, drove up to Columbus, MS to visit him while he is there for T-38 training. (This is the training that the Mr. finished in October)

Even though I really didn't want to dogsit this weekend, I do totally owe S for all the help she gave me and the Mr. every time she has taken care of our boys. During our honeymoon, she lived at our house to take care of the boys.

Today I got my monthly commission check. It might be time to help the economy... at the outlet mall.

But first a chunk of it went to the credit card. Still paying off some wedding related purchases, the new laptop, and an occasional clothing purchase.... shh...

Well here the post I was talking about yesterday....

I had moved to Indy and had been there a couple of months. I met this guy ( I don't remember his name) at a bar downtown with a friend of mine from work. He seemed nice enough, we hung out for a couple of hours, and I gave him my number. He lived in Louisville and was in Indy for a friends bachelor party. We talked on the phone a couple of times. He was coming up to Indy the weekend before Thanksgiving to visit his younger sister that went to Butler. So we planned a date. He was all excited about the date because he insisted it be a total surprise.

FYI - I'm not a big fan of surprises. I felt the need to tell him that a couple of times. I was warning him, more than anything.

So that Friday night, he comes to my apartment to pick me up. He gets to my place, and we decide that we're going to head over to the Cheesecake Factory and then off to my surprise. I'm thinking... so far so good....

It was cold out so he had left his car running. He opens the door for me and I'm overcome by first how freaking hot the inside of the vehicle was but also the horrid Christmas music that was blaring. Ok, what is a 27 year old man doing listening to Christmas music.

I'm begging him to tell me was this surprise is. He says "I got us tickets!"

"Tickets, what kind of tickets?" I say. "Are we going to a sporting event, the movies, a play?"

He says, "No not exactly..."

"Ok, well can you please turn off this music. I honestly can't stand Christmas music."

"Oh, really?", he says. "Who doesn't like Christmas music?"

"Me I guess."

We get to dinner and start to order. I'm still begging him to tell me what the surprise is.

"Well, I got us tickets to the Rockettes Christmas Special. Don't worry its going to be great!" he smiles.

I quickly shot up my hand... "glass of Pinot Grigo please".... (keep em coming.... I thought to myself)

So we headed to the Murat, a theater in downtown Indy. I was half drunk and sat through the whole ordeal, counting the minutes till its over. Granted I do love musicals and plays, but not a Xmas show, especially when it wasn't even Thanksgiving yet...

So needless to say, that relationship didn't go anywhere from there.

If you want to impress a girl like me, definitely don't take me to a Christmas Special.

But... the first 3 guys I dated in Indy all took me to Cheesecake Factory on our 1st dates... now that's a way to this girl's heart...

Here is a snippet of the conversation btwn me and the Mr. (on the phone obviously since we've been apart for 3 weeks now)

Mr.: "How's work going?"
Me: "Fine. Its work."
Mr.: "I hear ya."
Me: "Can I ask you a question?"
Mr. "What?"
Me: "Can I be a stay at home wife?"
Mr: "What?"
Me. "STAY AT HOME WIFE!"


Needless to say, he didn't think it was a good idea.

Wow, its probably a little too early for a drink, right? Its 5 O'Clock somewhere....

In my fantasy world, I'm an interior decorator or designer. However, that is not the case and I must live this fantasy through television and Top Design is one of my favs.

The season finale is tonight. I love all 3 that are left, and I am extremely excited to see to the outcome.


To quote the great Jonathan Adler (from last season) - "See ya later, decorator!"

That I keep having dreams that I'm pregnant? I'm not pregnant, just to put that out there. And while I'm not an expert, I do think that me and the Mr. would probably have to be living in the same state to make this actually happen.

To make things even stranger, in all my dreams I'm pregnant by different people. Sometimes its the Mr. and sometimes its other guys from my past. This journey through Facebook and the ex's is doing some crazy things to my mind.

I'm bumping into sorority sisters I haven't seen in years, and they have kids, one has 5 kids. How on earth, did she find the time to have 5 kids since we graduated college (ok she has 1 year on me, but still), I don't even own a house yet. I have 2 dogs, and that seems like a hassle.

Maybe this is my clock beginning to tick, don't know. We want kids, we do. But is it bad to say that we don't necessarily feel old or mature enough to have kids?

We're almost 30 (ok we're 28, but still) that is almost 30. We've been talking about it more and more, but when we move to NC he'll be intensive 12-14 hours a day training for 9 months. Probably not the best time for a little one. We shall see...

Thank you so much KLC for my very first award. I really appreciate it. And I'm so excited for my first award. Yeah Me...

As per the award, I am do to the following:

1. Post the award on your blog.
2. Link me for giving it to you.
3. Link the originating post here
4. Pass the award on to five more deserving people.
5. Post these rules for your recipients.

Well, I give this award to some of my favorite blogs that I love to read.

1. Some like it Southern
2. Southern Prep
3. Adventures of Maverick & The Mrs.
4. Muffy Martini
5. Misadventures of a Newlywed

This may be TMI...

I'm lazy and with the Mr. MIA I don't shave my legs as much as I should.

Ok, I'm wearing a very cute orange, BR wrap dress today. I should of shave my legs this morning, but I didn't. Instead I'm wearing brown tights and brown knee high boots.

Told you I'm lazy.

to shopping that is...

I had or still have a 20% off coupon for $100 or more at the BR Outlet store that expires on 11/5. I also have $10 off from my BR Luxe rewards. But I didn't go. I tried to tell myself that I was going to begin Xmas shopping, but then I came to the hard realization that BR, JCrew, Brooks Brothers, and Ralph, have nothing there for anyone but me... Granted I could buy the Mr. some clothes but that's not what he wants for Xmas...

I also stopped myself from going to Target to start buying Xmas decorations.

But, its still calling my name.... I'm choosing to decorate the house this year with silver instead of gold, so I need to buy new stuff. For the past couple of years I've been doing golds, burgundy, greens, purples, and dark blues. I'm changing it up and I need new stuff. I explained to the Mr. that our Xmas color scheme is going to be changing... He wasn't aware that we had a color scheme... I know... I can't believe he didn't realize it either. Shocking..

I've also informed him that when we move to NC we're buying a bigger tree. I prefer fake trees, sorry but that's just me and how I was raised. The tree we have right now, is the 1st tree I had out of college. My parents came to visit me in Indy and bought me a 5ft tree from Target. Its a great lil tree and I'll keep it and use it elsewhere but its not big enough for what I imagine to have in "our house".

Your husband goes out for Halloween looking like this....

Ok, I live in P'cola, and during the summer time you see people going in and out of gas stations without a shirt on (guys only thank god). We also have some friends that lived in Hawaii for quite some time, so they prefer to never wear shirts or shoes, but that's ok, if you're a surfer, with a nice body by the way.

BUT, today last time I checked was November, and granted it is rather warm today, that doesn't mean you shouldn't wear shoes...

Ok, let me back track a little.

I went grocery shopping this morning at Wal-Mart. I was making my way through the aisles, minding my own business then I see a woman with 2 grown ass kids, I mean the boy was probably 10-12 and the girl was a good 14-15, neither of these kids had shoes on....

Oh, but that's not all. At the check out line, I got to stand behind a lovely 40ish woman with 2 small boys around 3-5 yrs that were standing in her shopping cart without shoes on. Then I looked down... this woman wasn't wearing shoes either... Her feet were black. Her boys were horrible, one of them slapped her in the face and she hit him right back. I was totally shocked. She then kept apologizing for how her kids were acting, blaming their poor behavior on a cousin or something.

Wow.... my mind was blown...


Personal Rant.... People when you are at the store, if you use a shopping cart, can you please push it over to the cart caddy. Especially, when its less than 50ft away from where your lazy ass parked you car....

Rant over... back to enjoying my Sunday.

I DIE, OMG I totally DIE....




As the wife of an aviator, I would LOVE to have a picture like this. Its beautiful, artistic, and totally freaking HOT. The photographer is Jordana with Hazelnut Photography. She recently jumped into photography and her work is lovely. I found Jordana through her personal blog, The Jordana Project several months ago, and have enjoyed seeing her wonderful photography.

You may notice that the lovely couple in the pictures is Miss and Mr. Meatball from Weddingbee. She also has her on personal blog The Broke-Ass Bride.

Note: Ms. Michelle, if we ever get to do my trash the dress, I would love to figure out a way to do some pics with planes.... Maybe the aviation museum on base....