Laughing on the Inside

When I wrote my first blog last month I immediately wanted to write another one the following day. 'This is fantastic!' I thought. But hold on a moment, you'll run out of things to say... best to just hold off for a few days and let your ideas marinate and make sure you dont run out of steam. Oops. I completely forgot about blogging except for the occasional stray thought and I would think, oh yeah, I started a blog. So here I am, still not sure what my blog will be about. Maybe I should've waited til I moved to Germany to start a blog.... you know? Meine adventures in Deustchland! The trials and tribulations of navigating a land where you don't know how to speak the language, cultural differences, food and beer! Sounds exciting, I could write about that. But in the meantime, I'll have to write about whatever is going on in my head.

Peacock colors. Jewel toned blue and green.

In my last post I asked if anyone had ideas for mobile army wife careers but since I don't have a single person reading this blog, there came no answers. I think I may have found something to do and I'm pretty excited about it. Swarovski crystaled cell phone cases. Ta-dah! Right now I'm brainstorming ideas for different designs for the different ones I want to make. I've also made a few and I'm getting better with each one. Of course, being the perfectionist that I am I stare at the finished cases and pick out every little thing I think is wrong until all I see are the flaws. They are very beautiful and in the sunlight will blind you with all the sparkling. I'm serious. BLINDINGLY sparkly. I still haven't gotten around to taking really good pics of them yet so I'll post the ones I took with my iphone. 

Lotus with pink accents.

Jeweled mirror compact and phone cases.

I've also tried my hand at Japanese Decoden decorating. It's all about cute miniatures piled high. When I first saw the style I didn't love it. I thought they were a bit too much.... but then I realized, that's the beauty of it! It's what it is loved for. You love it BECAUSE it is too much. And yes, I kinda love it now! I made one phone case and one hand held mirror. I also want to note that I tried making my very own tiny sweets and I like how they turned out! On the handheld mirror I made my own French macarons and all the little cookies on it (including the big star waffle cookie).

Mirrored compact with French macarons, strawberries, whipped cream, pink icing and crystals.

The back of the compact shows off the cookies I made.

Close up of the gooey pink icing.

Decoden cell phone case.

The day has finally come...

I've thought about blogging for a few years and always wondered what I would write about. What will I find to talk about that other people would actually be interested in. But, I suppose, most bloggers feel that way. I would assume that those that finally decided to start a blog at least had a direction they were heading once they made the leap. I do not. I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to say or for how long I'll be able to keep this up. But I hope to find my way and maybe a few of my family members will decide to follow. 

These days I'm living in Georgia. I got here about a month ago and in only 3 months' time my life will be changing drastically again. My husband is in the military and has been put on orders for Germany! They (the military) still don't know when I will be able to join him since the base we are heading to doesn't have many housing accommodations. So its a big question mark for me... I have no idea where I will be in three months. How many people can say that? I might be heading to Germany... or I might be heading back to Hawaii. And even in the event that I head back to Hawaii, I have no idea how long I'll be there for. It could be months or it could be days. 

I won't even talk about the last two years and all the moving around I've done and everything that has gone on but I will say this: I haven't had time to work on myself or a career. There are a lot of perks that go with military life but don't think we don't pay for them. We pay for them in time... time away from our spouses and time away from our families and friends. I've been paying for our perks in time away from husband, family, friends and career. I kept holding off on really doing something with myself because I kept thinking "as soon as I'm settled in I'll start something." The problem with that is that I haven't been anywhere long enough to start something significant. I can't wait around any longer to live my life. How will I pay off a huge student loan debt with my college educated brain when I can't stay in a town long enough to get a job... a GOOD job. Le sigh... what to do, what to do.

This year I'm really going to think about what I'm going to do with my life. I'm brainstorming ideas for careers that I can take with me wherever we go. In the past three years I've worked as an esthetician, makeup artist, educational assistant, substitute teacher, web designer and floral assistant. Who knows what I'll decide to try next but I am open to suggestions. Ideas, anyone?