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5 Question Friday!!!

Ohhh how I looooove Fridays!!!!  I wish they came twice a week..how fabulous would that be!!  Ok ok so I am totally busy right now and I swear every time I think I am almost done for the day I go and do something stupid like check my emails...ughhhhh!!!  So I am taking an email and phone break to do questions. I love these questions and I think I love even more that they come on Friday the most beautiful day of the week!!

1. If you knew your best friend's spouse was cheating on her or him, would you tell her (him)?

Ohhhh what a wonderful question...NOT!!!!  Ok so just so you know I have been through this and it sucks no matter how you go about it.  First of all if you tell your friend and she is not convinced you will lose that friend even after she does finally realize you were right because she will just be too humiliated to admit you were right and she was mean. Secondly, if you tell her and it turns out that she already knew and has decided to stay with her husband and work it out then for a while your friendship will tear apart day by day until you are just cordial with each other because you just feel like you know secret information and she will feel like she has to explain herself which she shouldn't have to.  Soooo with all of that said....did I tell my friend?!  Well...turns out that her husband actually cheated with another dear friend of mine and so all I had to do was ask them both to dinner one night with their(yes I mean hers and his) spouses and you could NOT cut the tension with a knife if you wanted to.  Bottom line it all came out and no one was the wiser that I set it up!!  Ok well now I might be busted but no no I don't think they read my blog..hmmmmm rut roh!!!

2. Soda in a can or a bottle?

I don't drink soda.  I used to live for the stuff but then about 4 years ago we began the whole eat healthier thing in our house to be a better example for our kids and ever since then even when I crave a soda it just isn't the same to me.

3. What do you wash first, hair or body? That is sooo easy. You see I have naturally curly hair that is completely dry, unmanagable and course. I am so lucky...hahahhahahaha!!!  So I wash my hair first then slather on half a bottle of conditioner and let that sit in my hair while I finish my shower.  Wow why did this feel so intimate?!?! 

4. What advice would you give to any new mama?

Always count to 10 before picking up a crying baby!!  Always!!  No matter how calm of a person you think you are when you are holding a baby who is screaming bloody murder it will test every patience button you have. Counting seemed to ground me so that I was calm, relaxed and ready to deal with anything. Ok ok don't get me wrong when DD2 was born from 2 months to 10 months she cried nonstop from 5pm until midnight and Mr. M and I both thought we were going to go deaf before she ever would stop. We both would take turns holding her and walking in laps around the house..it never worked but for some reason it helped us....and would give the warning "count to 10 it's almost your turn" and it worked. We may it through those months and didn't go deaf or lose it  not once!

5. What is your best hangover remedy?

Hangover?!?!  I would never get a hangover!!  Ok I have no idea what a hangover feels like. I know I got them when I was younger and would drink like an idiot because I thought I was cool but now I know better. I enjoy  a drink or two but never go far enough to have a hangover in the morning....besides everyone knows to take a pain reliever before you go to sleep after drinking to help!! haha

Ok I loooooooved the questions today even if you now think I am wierdo..oh well that's me deal with it!!!  PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!!!!!  

I hope that everyone has a fabulous weekend and I will be back to update you on all the madness that is my life very soon I promise!! For reals ya'll!!!!

Graham crackers and milk....mmmm mmmm good!!

So yes I have been busy as you all have probably figured out by my oohhhh so poor blogger qualities...MY BAD!!!!

I just have enough to tell you that the travel plans are still coming along and we even added a short 3 day trip as well for my bday!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

As I took a break though from cleaning, organizing and planning I wanted a snack. I rarely eat snacks and if I do it's usually a piece of fruit or something fast I can grab and go with. Today though I ventured out of my way to look through the cabinets.  Ok so now I have to clean out my cabinets because I had no idea how much junk was in them...but off subject sorry....so I found a box of graham crackers and the first thing that came to my mind was a memory of being in mommy's day out and the snack I loved the most was graham crackers and milk. I don't know if I loved it more because it was so good or because it made the teachers mad that I always dipped my crackers in the milk before eating them and then would finish off my milk...what's the big deal anyway with that?!?!?!

So I grabbed me out 2 crackers and poured a small glass of milk and then was swarmed by two evil cracker snatchers...oops I mean my girls....who then wanted some for themselves.  As we all three sat there eating our graham crackers with milk I looked around and just though "this is nice!"  Isn't it funny how something so little can make a family moment you cherish?!

Has anything like this ever happened to you where you just realize something from your childhood you loved you have no introduced to your kids?

Trips, trip and.....more trips!!

So Mr. M and I have realized that we have less then a year left overseas and are trying to take full advantage of it in any way we possibly can.  So we have started looking up places to visit and planning our trips to the best of our abilities. Of course with the military there is always that little issue of "will they give us the leave for those dates?" but I think we have a pretty good handle on it now and we are moving ahead with any and all plans.

So far we have a nice weekend trip to Garmisch planned in August, a trip to Octoberfest in October, a cruise from Barcelona for next April, Christmas in London, and Carnivale in Venice. I am working on a day trip for just Mr. M and myself to Paris. I ADORE Paris!!!!!  We went a while ago but in case you didn't follow me back then or have forgotten we lost ALL of our pics from the entire trip!!  For some reason my old camera...we call her the devil...decided to format herself sometime between the last picture we took and when we got back home. We arrived home and I hooked her up to the laptop and all it would say was "no images"!!  O.M.G.  I was devastated to say the least!!  So we have been talking about a repeat trip ever since. Finally I just decided it would be so nice to do a couples day just Mr. M and I in Paris and so I am planning it..shhhh he doesn't know!!  I love to surprise him....even though it is really hard since he has to put in for leave or pass to go that far but I will get it all planned and speak with his people at work and make sure my dates are good and then tell him last minute to turn in the paperwork...taaaadaaaaa!!! Yupp I am that good ya'll!!!

So other then those little trips we are making some small weekend trips to get out and see more of Europe before we have to leave it.  I really really want to go to Copenhagen, Denmark but not sure if that will come to life or not. Cross your fingers that all we have planned go through and that we are able to find more things to do to take full advantage of our time here.

I want to share a few pics with you that I took the other day...well.....just because I think they are beautiful...

 Nothing can make you smile more then a rainbow..am I right?!?!

It was a double one and I had a hard time getting pics because the clouds were moving really fast but it's still gorgeous!











Ok happy hump day everyone and I will see you when I see you!!

5 Question Friday!!!

Woohooo OMG it has been sooooooooo long since I have remembered to do 5 Question Friday!!  I have been super dee duper busy and I have to say part of it has been my new lover.....I mean Ipad...and I am barely able to put it down long enough for it to charge so I can play more with it.  I just know my life is going to be soo much easier now that I have him...oh yeah it's a him and I have named him....wait for it......wait for it......Romeo!!! Haha yes I said Romeo..he was my ultimate dream want for a while now and finally Mr. M just went out and got him for me...what a man what a man what a man what a mighty good man!! OOps sorry that song always comes into my head when Mr. M does something incredibly sweet for me.  So let me get to these questions so I can go back to playing with Romeo ok?!?!  Don't judge me  he's really HOT!!!!

1. Do you think cursive writing is overrated? (Schools in Indiana have now voted to take teaching cursive writing out of their curriculum.)

How can any kind of an education be considered overrated?!?! Seriously ya'll the world today is becoming more and more about the money and less and less about trying to make better people.  One day we will all wake up and realize that our kids really are our future and unless we want to be put into run down nursing homes by them we better start making better, well educated and loving people out of them!  Just my opinion though!!

2. Do you still use a pocket calendar or notepad or do you keep your info on your smart phone?

Ok so I am one of those people who has like 5 different things. I have a pocket calendar I keep in my purse along with my ipod touch that has cozi on it and now of course my ipad had cozi on it as well. I also have a busy body book which I totally swear by and adore it immensely!! So the answer is I have it all and will not be giving any of it up anytime soon!! It works for me.

3. What 3 things would you save if your house was burning down? (family & pets are already safe)

The folder of all of our important documents, my external hard drive, photo albums.

Mr. M and I have already said when we finally get our forever home then we will have a basement with one of those giant fireproof safes in it. That way all the really important stuff will be safe from fire, flood, tornados and all that other junk that seems to happen to people like us who have the absolute worst luck ever!!

4. Country Mouse or City Mouse, err Person?

HUH?!?!  I am really not so sure about this question. If you are asking am I a country or a city girl then I have to say I am absolutely 120% a city girl!! I love my big cities and if I can not go to a store at 2am when I wake up and am craving something we never have in the house then I do NOT want to live there!!  Got it!!  :)

5. If you could pick ANY reality show to go on, which would you pick?

OMG OMG OMG  for reals?!??!! I would absolutely, positively choose to be on real housewives..any of them!!!  Of course if I were on there then it would have to be because Mr. M was a filthy rich businessman with a keen eye for great things well I mean of course he would have me right?!?! duhhh!!!  haha!!

Ok so now that I got to have that fun I will let you all know that Mr. M and I have been busily planning our next year. You see we have a year left here overseas and we want to be sure to see as much as we possibly can before we have to leave.  So far we have plans to go to Octoberfest, Christmas in London, Barcelona, another cruise to the canary islands and that is just the start. I still need to figure something out for our anniversary and something for Valentines day.  Sooo anyone have any ideas for any of those occasions?!?!  I am always up for any advice or ideas.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone and I will be back soon with more pics and updates on all our goings on around here!!

Greek cruise..part 8 in Venice, Italy

We were so sad that the cruise was coming to an end and we had such a great time.  It was very sad to pack our bags and know that we had to leave the ship and would not be stopping at any more fabulous places.  I do have to say though that cruising has definitely become our new way to travel. We love it!!  In fact we just booked our next cruise for spring break next year. We will be going to see Spain, Portugal and the canary islands and we could not be more excited!!

Once we got off the ship and headed to the truck..ohhhh yeah the truck...eeeshhh!!!  We got to the truck to actually take the time to look at the damage. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was and we were able to reattach the back light panel without damaging it any more then it already was. We knew we had our work cut out for us when we got home but for now we were in the beautiful city of Venice and we were going to enjoy it. After checking it at our hotel and googling a few addresses and grabbing the gps we were headed out to catch the bus back to Venice main city and start enjoying our day.

 We checked on taking a water taxi....uhhh let me advise all of you not to ask how much a water taxi costs...we then thanked the nice man and walked away very quickly!!

 We instead found the nearest vaperetto line and paid our smaller fee and went out to explore Venice.

 It is kind of hard to take good pictures on a moving vaperetto with 50 other people pushing and shoving you at the same time..

 We eventually got off the vaperetto and started exploring on foot.  We saw so many amazing buildings, churches and the best smells ever!!!

 This was one of my favorite buildings and we were able to go inside it and see all the beautiful carvings and paintings.

 There was a man trying to tell us about this bell tower but sadly he could only speak Italian and so I understood nothing!! sighhhhhhhhhhh

 A trip to Venice is not complete without seeing the gondolas going down the canals.  We waited in line for a very long time to try to ride a gondola but sadly it took too long and we had to head back to the bus before we missed the last bus back to our hotel.

I just adore this building. Isn't it gorgeous?!?!














We have already said we want to go back to Venice another time and hopefully ride a gondolla and see more of Venice. It is a rather large city and it is hard to get around to seeing it all in one day.  Maybe we will go back next year for Carnivale and get to see the costumes and the parades.  One thing we made sure we did before leaving of course....

 We bought a mask of course but....

Duhhhhh  we went to Hard Rock cafe!!!  My hurricane glass collection is getting rather large..hehe!!!










So that was our cruise to Greece and our day in Venice. I have so much more to share with you and of course pictures of the beautiful things we picked up on our little vacay but don't worry I won't forget to show you all of it.  I hope you all have a fabulous Wednesday and I will see back here tomorrow for more goodies and pics!!!

Greek cruise...part 7

I know you all are probably wondering what happened and why I was not on here like clock work putting out the rest of our cruise and the trip and let me begin by saying I am sorry but there is a good reason.  You see on Friday I had a dental appointment and it turned out to be more then I anticipated it to be and let's just say I have been on heavy drugs since Friday morning and not feeling well at all.  Honestly I will be so grateful when I can actually eat food that doesn't have to be something I don't have to chew and can just swallow...owwwww!!!!  So yes I am a little late with my posts but my mouth was kind of being the boss for a few days.  I just hope I fell well enough tomorrow to join in on the festivities like we always do..cross your fingers for me that my mouth will let me have a good day please!!!!

So on the cruise we are at the second day at sea and of course like the first we enjoyed the pool, great food, another great show, some casino time. family game time and even better was the buffet they made...yupp I am talking about the chocoholic buffet that ran from 7pm until midnight!!! It. Was. Devine!!!!!!!!

 There were so many gorgeous chocolate sculptures..

 As well as some really cool ice sculptures too...

 This was our favorite thing. They had cake pops as well as fruit kabobs that we could dip into the chocolate fountain and it was sooooooooooooooooo good!!

One of my favorites because of the design as well as the colors.  I could never do this kind of stuff but I love to look at it.  Sadly though we were not allowed to eat any of the sculptures which made us all VERY sad!!  It was fabulous though and we all left the dining room wishing we had skipped that last chocolate pie or cupcake....soo good and yet our tums we took after NOT chocolate coated..










So then tomorrow I will show you Venice, Italy which is where our cruise ended and we spent a day in Venice just trying to cover as much as we could. Venice is huge and gorgeous and so neat getting from place to place in boats instead of street cars....fabulous!!!