Here at last!

This was a WELCOME sight! We are finally in the house and surrounded by our things! We are exhausted. It's been a LONG day. We received our shipment, said goodbye to the crew, jumped in the shower and headed to the SNCO induction ceremony tonight. I did not even doze off. This is an exciting night, this is a HUGE milestone and I love to get to be a part of these good times. 

It's off to bed for us, we are going to be at it up and early in the morning and try to knock out getting this place de-boxed! It's been fun, some damage for sure and more to follow I'm certain, but overall it's going well. I'm thinking we have way too much stuff. We haven't seen it for over a year and we haven't really missed it so the looming question is - do we really need it? I think NOT. We already have a HUGE pile to take to the Airman's Attic and I think there will be more before we are done!

NIGHT! I'm sleeping in my own bed tonight, ahhhhh!

Thursday Thoughts: We have the house!!!

We have signed for the house, so the cleaning and moving in has started. I immediately started cleaning, then unloaded the car. We have the bare necessities (think T.P. paper towels, hand soap, etc) and it is pretty clean at this point. I'm heading to the commissary in just a bit to pick up real food to stock the fridge and pick up moving day snacks and start getting the pantry restocked. I am thankful for coupons!

This my friends is my future space to have my scrapbooking things...I am pretty stoked about that, it's going to be a great space to work with and make very usable. I am already planning a trip to IKEA! It will be fun!

The latest is that we will NOT receive our HHGs tomorrow as we originally thought. Yes, I know, I am a bit disappointed as well, but they are now scheduled for Saturday a.m. so we are thrilled. We got a call on our way out to sign for the house, I had hoped they were calling to ask if they could deliver today! But no, it was to delay for another day, such is life and at least we see a delivery date in sight!

Hoping you have a terrific Thursday!

Thoughts!

• I like things clean.
  
• I have high standards...
• Are high standards a bad thing?
• I'm going to be in a real house soon!
• I think I need to bake a chocolate cake!

On it's way!

Oh how I hope it's true. I'm pretty sure it is, I mean I actually spoke to BOBBY, the driver, this morning. So I'm thinking all is good. That makes me feel good. He is supposed to deliver on Friday. We are signing for the house on Thursday a.m. cause, well, you just never know and I would feel better knowing that we are good to go should Bobby show up early. However, I am going to be ready for him on Friday cause that is what he told me!

I am ready to hang my new shower curtain, I'm ready to stock the fridge, I am so ready to just be in space that is mine, I am ready (I think) to re-learn to cook on gas. It's been a few years since we had gas and I'm sure there will be some burnt, uh, I mean scorched things as I get used to cooking with gas again. But I really do like gas so it's all good.  We will have a gas fireplace too. Haven't had a fireplace for a while and have never had gas so that should be kind of fun. Well, if it ever gets cool enough to turn it on!

It's been a long week already and it's only Tuesday. Sheesh this could be a really long week by the time Friday rolls around. And we have an event Friday night so it could get real interesting on taking delivery and getting back out the door to make it to the formal, yes I did say formal event on time!

I'm off to do some laundry, then fix pizza for dinner...don't get too excited it's a frozen one but I think it will be yummy. Sure looks good!

Ciao!

So I could be excited but I'm not...

I am so thrilled we have found a church! That is ALWAYS, always a good thing in my world. I'm overjoyed I have found a suitable place for dry cleaning. That is always a great thing in MiBs world! I'm happy to know where the local post office, library and Hobby Lobby are. I have joy for the fact that I have met women here that will become good friends. Thanks God, I know you had a hand in that :) I love that MiB and I are together again. 

I will be so much more excited about being here when I can feel settled, when I can really find my routine and get in the groove. But right now I am not. I am just a bit down with the whole HHGs thing. I mean, honestly, I am really annoyed that we have heard NOTHING from the "moving agent" who was assigned to us. She has not returned calls or emails. Our things are supposed to be here by 24 August and as of this moment they are still in a warehouse in Plant City, FL. There "might" be a driver in the morning; that gives me a bit of hope that maybe we will get to move into our new home before the long weekend. That would brighten my world for sure, but I don't want to get too excited due to not knowing for sure. But I will be excited, I really will when we move in, I promise! 

I am soooo not trying to be a Debbie Downer, just sharing my inside voice thoughts today. It's been 16 months since we had our things packed up and put into storage and I have really had a great time this past year traveling and being a nomad but I'm ready to have a bit of stability now. And like I told MiB I don't even think it's really about the "things" it's more then that. I ready to have our space again, that's it I think, just want to be in our space!

I gotta run, we are bowling tonight with the ones who are left behind when their loved ones are deployed!

Eating!

Well, we have been eating again! I know, I know and it was going soooo good...it still is and I am getting exercise in on a somewhat regular basis so it's not as bad as when we were on the road!

So today we tried a little place that was really good! MiB got the burger, he said it was definitely the best he's had to date in this area! So we have a semi finalist for sure!

I had the veggie plate...fried okra (AWESOME), black-eyed peas (ummm, okay...), squash casserole (oh yeah, baby!) and rice with gravy (yummmm, and yes, I know it's not a vegetable but it was one of the choices so I got it!!!). The bonus was the "water cornbread" Ever heard of that? Yeah, me neither! But it was fantabulous, like bring me more please!!!! Then to top it off MiB ordered the coconut pie, I know, I know, we didn't need it. However, it was really, really yummers. The crust was just slightly underdone and not as flaky as I would have liked in a perfect world, but the coconut filling was good, very good and the top was not meringue like most, but a dense nice whipped topping with a hint of cream cheese and shredded coconut. All in all it was yummers as I said!

That was my day...then this evening we had dinner with the Directions and it was divine. Let's just say home cookin' was nice! The ribs and taters were tasty, the canned and I mean home canned green beans were awesome along with some Sister Schubert rolls that may become a staple in my own kitchen not to mention the really good fruit for dessert (well, some had cookies, but not me, I had blueberries, strawberries, cantaloupe and grapes).  It was a nice night of easy conversation that I think we all enjoyed!

Tomorrow church and finding a LifeGroup! Night!

A Sign

Not a lot of words to go with this, cause it pretty much speaks for itself...

We were out driving through the countryside and happened upon this sign. I tell you I can't make this stuff up! I wish I would have taken the time to take pictures of others we have seen, but we are usually whizzing by and today we were just out driving so we stopped to get the picture.

Thursday Thoughts!

NOTE: We interrupt your regularly scheduled reading of Adventures in Blue to report that while I did schedule the below post as written, I am now reporting this...we have no idea where our "stuff" is, seriously, I am not kidding you or making this up; so therefore we are still in billeting without any updates since Tuesday. We think our things are still in the warehouse, but we could be wrong (I hope we are!!!!). Ahhhh, such is the life!

 

WooHoo, I am not sure where I am...I mean I know where I am right now, but not sure where I will be when this post. I am "scheduling" this to post on Thursday. Because on Thursday I may not be available, like I might be BUSY unpacking my "things" and if I am I won't have internet to post. So I am taking care of that early and scheduling it. I know, I know I could technically post from my phone, but I am not. I know, I know I could just not post (GASP), but I have some time so I am writing it up today (not gonna tell you what day 'today' is but it starts with a T)

So I do hope I am unpacking today, and if not I hope I am receiving, I would be good either way. Tomorrow MiB has the day off for a goal day...that is exciting stuff right there. An extra day off is ALWAYS good in my book, but it would be even more awesome if we do have our stuff and he is available to help. Mind you he might not really be much help but I like having him around so it will be more fun if he is home helping in his own way.

It's still way hot here in case you  might be wondering, though I see that some up north are cooling off we are still in triple digits. It's all good, I will not complain, I'd rather be hot then cold.

Thoughts:

• LA people seem so nice, but rude...
• I need to buy TWO new shower curtains!
• It's gonna be nice to sleep in MY bed again
• Across the river, seems to be where most things are here!

How's your Thursday? I really do hope mine is good, I really hope I am walking in a maze of stacked up boxes and have the excitement of Christmas morning as I unwrap and put away our things. I hope I get it done in record time, I am ready for the challenge, I am shooting by Monday as long as we get it before Friday. I mean we don't have that much 'stuff' should be a piece of cake, right? We'll see and after this move I may have even less stuff. After all, I have lived without it for so long do I really need it????