Settling In

The past month has been a blur of boxes, laundry, lunches, and diapers.  I will be the first to admit that I had a terrible attitude for awhile due to a combination of alot of the above things as well as trying to juggle my own needs and still doing stuff for my business.  Oh and add the fact that I also wasn't exercising which made me feel extra crummy! But I've shaken out of that because it wasn't doing anybody any good at all!

HOW'S FLORIDA??
-- I hate it. It sucks.     ...... JUST KIDDING!  It's FLORIDA!  I love the beaches -- I'm a seashell junkie.  I also love the fact that it's almost November and I'm still out sun-bathing during the day!  I know all of you up in Wisconsin are reading this right now and contemplating flying down here just to punch me for bragging!  We took Ryan and Christopher to the Ocean for the first time at Postal Point on Eglin AFB and Ryan loved it and we actually got Christopher in the water finally; although he preferred sitting on shore playing with the hermit crab he named 'Bug'.  It was adorable!  

I won't lie, though... the beginning part of Florida kind of sucked.  I got some weird rash all over from the Temporary Lodging we stayed in and the Palmetto Bugs down here (among many others) were really grossing me out.  If you don't know what a Palmetto Bug is let me help you out.  It's about 3 inches long and looks exactly like a cockroach.  As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't matter if it is or isn't a cockroach.  Who cares?!  If it LOOKS anything like a cockroach I'm still going to scream bloody murder at 3 am when I go to flip the garage light on and see this thing on the wall. The moving company was and is a nightmare.  We're having to file a claim on at least 20 items that were carelessly damaged during the move.  (And in case you think I'm exaggerating let me hit you with an example: they individually wrapped my tea lights and fridge magnets yet put the Xbox and antique on the bottom of a 5 foot high wardrobe box that wasn't filled with clothes but was stacked full of heavy fish tank equipment!?!)  Oh and did I mention that we had a Black Widow in our backyard?  EEK!

PS: Live Laugh Wrap business is going great!  I'm so excited!  It's taken off since I've been here and I now have Distributors in TX, CA, KS, WI, and hopefully AZ (and FL of course!) My last wrap I lost 3.75'' --- I'm a wrapaholic! Wait til you see my Halloween costume....

So excited!  We're moving in less than a week and the movers get here on THURSDAY!  Which...is 2 days from now.  I really need to get my butt in gear because it's going to go so quickly! AGH!!!  Mildly freaking out....

Don't Worry....Be Happy

I'm sitting here pre-stressing about the drive to Florida already.  Mind you it isn't until OCTOBER.  Every day for the past week I've thought about how I'm going to manage overseeing our house being packed up.  Taking care of the boys.  Signing out of the house.  Making sure the movers come and go to the right place.  Changing our address with the Post Office.  Cleaning the house out and getting the security deposit back.  Then getting me and my 2 boys in the car and driving the 18 hours (that's without stops) to our new home in Florida that I've never even seen before.  That we won't even have until Rob gets to Florida.  All I can think about is feeding Ryan every 3 hours...stopping...doing it all by myself. 

Ugh.  Such is the life of an Army Wife.  Don't get me wrong...I'm truly blessed to be married to my husband and it's an honor.  And I'm excited about actually being in Florida.  It's not the destination that's the problem.  It's the trip there.  This summer is going to fly by.  Seems like we're just getting settled.  I can say that I think I've finally made a really good friend down here (Jennifer) and now we're getting yanked out already.  But I can't think about that... Whewwww.....Woosah....
  

 

PICTURES FROM OUR WATER-FIGHT WITH JENNIFER AND THE GIRLS TODAY!