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....

The Hardest Part of PCS'ing

PCS: (verb) Permanent Change of Station - - -  (in non-military terms)...TO MOVE FAR FAR AWAY FROM PEOPLE YOU LOVE!  Ok.... but seriously.  It means to be re-assigned to another base.

So today has been a rough day!  I can't put off the fact that we're moving any longer . . . it's really hitting me hard today.  I'm going to miss my friend sooo much!  I like the military lifestyle because I've always wanted to travel and see different places...but there are downs.  And getting so close to people that they become your family and then having to leave them behind is definitely a down.  That's where I'm at right now.  It's going to be an all-nighter!  I ordered an Ultimate Cheese Lover's pizza from Pizza Hut (Jennifer's favorite and now she's got me hooked!)  I'm going to jam the blues out with Pizza and Classic Rock  : ) 

                                            

True friends are hard to find, and even harder to forget!

  

It's love!

                                                  

Calli talking to her baby!

 


It's not good-bye...It's "I'll see you later".....

                                        

1 Star Ravioli's

Moving.  I'm sure we've all been there.  You go into that "I really don't want to buy groceries so we're going to eat everything up in the house and eat meals that make School Lunches look like a 5 star restaurant" stage.  This includes Hamburger Helper, Poptarts, Mixed vegetables and today's lunch....
1 STAR RAVIOLI

Why did I name it that?
Because I realized I didn't have any sauce and had to use tomato juice instead.  Worst. Raviolis. EVER.

And I also found out today that the movers (who were supposed to be coming on the 13th) will be here on Friday.  A week early.  AWESOME!  They don't come when it's convenient for you.  They come when they can and then you deal with it....  luckily God blessed me with a positive attitude and a sense of spontaneity and adventure!  I'm going to call it "camping" when the house is empty and have plans to do lots of fun stuff.  We'll be able to go out during the day and enjoy stuff because there won't be anything to do here!  ...I will still have the computer, though.  And the internet that I'm using from the neighbors....hehe!  One of the only "pros" in living in a densely populated subdivision!  There's always going to be somebody out there that can't figure out how to put the Security Code on their internet!