Hi! My name is Anna Mullins. I feel as though I need to
reintroduce myself because you may have forgotten about me in the past 2 weeks
of blog silence. (Don’t tell me if you really have forgotten about me, I am
little sensitive). Before I go on and tell you all about the past 2 busy weeks,
I need to correct something from my last post. I was corrected and I need to
make things right….My wonderful husband cares a lot about my cute mason jar
dispenser, the color-coordinating straws, and he even helped me space out the
cupcakes perfectly. So, for those of you who read the last post and if you feel
betrayed by my lies and cannot keep reading, I understand. Justin, thank you
for caring about the effort I put into parties. I will never lump you into the
“boys are dumb” statement ever again (at least not on my blog).
Before I talk to you about my moms visit, or my adorable
now-furnished house, or the Halloween size bag of M&M’s I emotionally ate
for dinner the night my mom left, I need to update you on my job situation. I
am the new Administrative Assistant to the Family Minister at ChangePoint
Alaska Church. After several more conversations, they called and offered the
job to me the day our household goods got delivered. It was a very exciting
day! My first day is tomorrow and I am pretty pumped! Thank you for the
prayers, God has blessed me so much. Now that I have a job, I want to start
saving to go to Disneyworld (the real one). Justin, I think has other plans,
but marriage is all about compromise and I am sure he will learn to do that.
Our stuff was supposed to be delivered the day after my mom
got here. That all changed. I am quickly learning that my controlling nature is
being slowly choked to death by the army. Now we had a week to do whatever we wanted. It
was so fun showing mom “my world”. I showed her Target, the mall,
restaurants….ummmm basically everything I did in Collierville. Something that
was strange about her visit, however, was that people opened doors for us,
talked to us, smiled…I HAVE BEEN HERE A MONTH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY MOTHER
COMES AND PEOPLE WANT TO BE NICE! What gives???
We tried to get as much done in the house that we could
before everything got delivered. We hung curtains and we put together some
furniture (more on this later). One day, we got a cabinet to go in our
bathroom. We get it built relatively quickly and then we took the box and trash
out to the dumpster. We get locked out of the house. I have no shoes on, we
have no phone, obviously no keys, and it was going to be at least 3 more hours
until Justin got home from work. We tried all the doors/windows and no luck.
This is the time in the story that I realize I really need to have Justins
number memorized. I couldn’t even use the neighbors phone because I have no
idea my husbands phone number. Darn you speed dial!!! BAD GUYS IN ALASKA ,
DON’T READ THIS PART! We find a screwdriver and a spackling thing in the garage
and y’all I am not even kidding, my mother and I BROKE INTO MY HOUSE! It was
absolutely hilarious/terrifying. Here is
our proud picture:
One night, Justin had to get his dress uniform ready for
inspection. OH MY WORD, I may just be completely ignorant, but I had NO IDEA
all that went into his uniforms. We spent a good 3 hours measuring 1/8ths of
inches and centering pins and making sure this pin was 1/4th of an
inch right from this pin. My mother and I took less time hanging every picture
in my house than we did getting Justin’s uniform ready! They ended up not even
having the inspection………..
One of the things mom wanted to make sure to do, is to be
out driving during the National Anthem. So, one day we were out at 5pm with the
windows down waiting. NOT EVEN KIDDING, the National Anthem did not play, and
proceeded to not play the rest of my moms visit. I have no clue why, Justin
didn’t know why, but it was the strangest thing. I need to get a CD of it for
next time she visits just in case that happens and I can just blast it in my
car. People wouldn’t stare at us at all…..
Just because mom was here did not mean our gaming stopped.
If anything, we only got more competitive. So after dinner, we put up our
dinner table (picnic blanket), and we get out the dominoes or farkle dice. In case you were wondering, mom can
definitely still hang with the crazy 24-year olds!!
Justin had a four-day weekend for Labor Day and so we went
to Girdwood animal reserve so my mom could see Alaska-y animals. Unfortunately,
I don’t have any pictures yet so I am going to have to maybe do a whole post of
just pictures in the next few days. We took our time getting there and back so
we could see all the scenery. I know all y’all in West Tennessee have beautiful
mountain ranges and beaches in your backyards, but we still enjoyed the view. I
promise to post pictures soon!
The next Tuesday rolled around which meant our stuff was
finally being delivered. Unfortunately, it also meant Justin was leaving for
the field for 2 weeks. Which if you ask me, it was a little too coincidental
that he left the same day our stuff got delivered, just sayin…
The moving men came around 8:30 and I don’t think my mom and
I slowed down until she got on her plane on Thursday. Box after box was
unloaded. However, boxes and furniture was not all that came into the house
that day.
From the moment the movers left, I promise you we did not
slow down. The boxes were basically unpacked by the time we went to bed (A REAL
BED NOT AN AIRMATTRESS) that night. For those of y’all who don’t know, my
mother is superwoman. There are tons of things I can’t do without her, and this
is one of them. As the 80-year old man in Walmart told her while she was here, “She
has got it going on”! The next day was
the fun decorating/hanging pictures day. OH wait, I skipped something
important. Tuesday night was the night I almost lost my religion. Has anyone
ever put together a Walmart 5-shelf bookcase?? If you have, you understand. If
you have not, GO TO TARGET! Pay the extra 10 dollars. Yes it was late at night,
but we are fairly intelligent human beings and this stupid bookcase was not
going to beat us! Finally, after doing every step about 3 times each, we had a
bookcase. The backing doesn’t line up, but the light is bad where I have it
sitting anyways, so who cares! And if you are going to call me out on my
backing of my bookcase not lining up, I would wish a lifetime of putting those
bookcases together on you. Which is basically a nice way of saying something
else! Lesson learned: just go to Target, duh!
I wish wish wish I could show you my house! It is basically
the cutest thing ever! Since Justin is still in the field, he hasn’t even seen
it yet. The right thing to do is to let him see it first, but then I will be
posting pictures on here, don’t you worry.
Thursday was not my favorite day. My mom left. My dad and
sister apparently can’t live without mom (which totally made her feel awesome)
but that meant she HAD to leave. When we got to the airport I could not find
the parking lot. ALASKA AIRPORT, if you are reading this, you are in serious
need of help with your signage. After circling the airport 3 times (it was
seriously not a stalling on purpose thing either) I finally found where I was
supposed to be. Of course I cried telling mom bye, and cried all the way home,
and cried as I ate my whole bag of M&M’s. I am glad I am in touch with my
emotions and all, but sometimes it makes me do weird things like topping off my
bag of M&M’s with deviled eggs. What?? This was officially my first night
alone. I am not a fan, just sayin…
Friday night, I went to a Women’s conference at church.
Let’s just say, I left that night missing GBC. Beth Reed, if you are reading
this, please come to Alaska. They need “The Well” here!
Even though my whole last two weeks were big moments, here
are a few I haven’t mentioned:
My handsome awesome husband got promoted again and got an
award. I have a REALLY cute picture of him that he will not allow me to post,
so if you want to see it , email me annafmullins@gmail.com. That was me compromising!
I finished Season 2
of Arrow!!!!! No, I don’t sleep while I’m alone, I just binge watch TV and plan
what I will nonchalantly say to Sarah Palin when I “run into her” at the
grocery store one day.
While at the animal reserve, a moose ALMOST kissed Justin.
It made me so mad. Mom then told me, that whatever happens to Justin should be
just as exciting as if it happens to me now that we are married. LIESSSSS. I want to be kissed by a moose! I
was so jealous and when I get jealous I revert to acting like a 7 year old, so
I am not sure if I will post the picture or not when I post the rest of the
pictures. So nani nani boo boo (I am sticking my tongue out).
I promise to post tons of pictures this week!
Now the countdown begins for Sam and my sister to get here in October. The sign up sheet for visiting is open people! Just putting that out there!
Always,
Anna
You had me fooled. I thought you had a pup.
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