Believe it or not I actually had some time to myself today. By that I mean all emails were answered and returned early this morning, the house was picked up and dishes done early this morning and my errands were super fast since I wasn't able to find a dang thing I was looking for anyway.
So by 11am today I was home and bored. What to do...what to do....OMG I am going to window shop. It's a bit chilly here so going outside or downtown is not going to happen so I go online to window shop. How do you window shop online you say?! Well let me tell you. It is much more fun then window shopping in real life with the one exception of there is no coffee stop on the way..bummer!! Oh well, so you go to random shopping sites and check out what they have and add anything you want to the cart...don't hold back ladies add it ALL!! Then when you are done you go check out your cart, marvel at the insane total of everything you really want and then you start deciding what you really want and what you can do without. Once you have deleted enough that you actually think you could buy it without feeling too guilty then comes my favorite part....close the browser!! Yupp you heard me right! Close. That. Browser! That is how you window shop online. It's not as much fun as real life but I have found the older I get and the busier I get window shopping just haven't have the same luster as it used to. Sighhhhh that means I am losing some of my shopping gene.....EEEEEKSSS!!!
The one thing I absolutely hate about living overseas is having a great big American suv....ohhh the things I have to deal with because of it. Aside from Mr. M making several dents and dings in my baby so that I have to wait to get back to the States to get those fixed because here they woud charge me an arm and a leg just because for some reason they see big American suv and think big money..haha they are NOT funny!! I recently found out that my old rims had ruined my front suspension and I needed 2 new wheel bearings...oh joy to the world for me..NOT!! So as I go online to try to order the parts...have you ever gone into a German parts store and tried to ask if they happen to carry a part for your big American suv?!?! Not fun ladies..not fun at ALL!!! So yes I had to go online and of course I have no idea what I am doing so I am finding stuff and emailing the site to my mechanic who probably thinks I am nuts but that's a whole other story to find out yes I finally found the right part. Yay me!! Then the wait begins. Wait for the email saying they got your order. Wait for the email saying they shipped your order. Then wait for the post office to email you and say you have a package only to go and realize it is something from someone else and then keep waiting for yet another email. If I don't get my truck fixed by this weekend I am not going to be happy. Not happy at all!!
Did I mention my mom is coming next Monday for a few weeks visit?!?! I need my truck!!!!! Pray for me people...seriously pray for me!!!!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Final orders, busy, planning, excited and terrified at the same time!
Well it actually happened the other day.....Mr. M got orders!! We are so excited and yet at the same time as we realized this will be our last set of orders it's a little scarey as well. Once we leave Europe then we will have one last duty station before he takes the plunge and slams those papers down on someone's desk saying " I want to retire!" Ohhhhhh lord I am so nervous, excited, terrified and at the same time I am so far ahead of myself it's not even funny.
Before we even get to the whole getting out, retiring stuff we have to first plan our move and get set up at the next, last, final duty station!! OMG I am terrified I tell ya!!! Excited as heck to be going to some place we wanted to go and have been before and especially since our first born was born there and hasn't been there since she was 3 months old it's really super exciting. However, as I have been planning and googling and trying to find anything I need it is very hard. Why is it so hard to get the info I need online or to get someone to help me. Facebook is my best friend right now! I found tons of groups and people who will tell me just about anything including where not to live because it's a dump. You can't get that from a booklet folks!!
Now we just have to get ourselves set up with where we are going to live and we should be good. We have so much going on right now and the thought of packing everything is just not in the cards right now. I have holidays to plan, organizations to run and people and places to see way before we go anywhere. I only hope that when the day comes to start packing that I have done it all and seen it all and nothing will stand in our way.
Oh and btw in case any of you were wondering we are headed to Ft. Riley!! So anyone with any great info please send it my way. :)
Man I do remember that sign!!
Our new....temporary home when we arrive!!
Before we even get to the whole getting out, retiring stuff we have to first plan our move and get set up at the next, last, final duty station!! OMG I am terrified I tell ya!!! Excited as heck to be going to some place we wanted to go and have been before and especially since our first born was born there and hasn't been there since she was 3 months old it's really super exciting. However, as I have been planning and googling and trying to find anything I need it is very hard. Why is it so hard to get the info I need online or to get someone to help me. Facebook is my best friend right now! I found tons of groups and people who will tell me just about anything including where not to live because it's a dump. You can't get that from a booklet folks!!
Now we just have to get ourselves set up with where we are going to live and we should be good. We have so much going on right now and the thought of packing everything is just not in the cards right now. I have holidays to plan, organizations to run and people and places to see way before we go anywhere. I only hope that when the day comes to start packing that I have done it all and seen it all and nothing will stand in our way.
Oh and btw in case any of you were wondering we are headed to Ft. Riley!! So anyone with any great info please send it my way. :)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Post it note Tuesday...fractures, crutches, broken elevators and pumpkins!
Friday, October 14, 2011
Facebook: Fabulous or Evil?!?!
Since I got into using Facebook I have always thought that it was a great way to keep up with good friends, find old friends and especially being military keep up with friends after you or they move away.
Sometimes though I really think it is used for pure evil and I can not stand it when others choose to use it as a pawn as a way of them getting to someone. I have no idea why some people just can't seem to grow up after high school or college even but I am so disappointed in so many people it's just ridiculous!
If you have Facebook would you ever allow someone to bash someone else on your page? In my opinion it's highschool and I have no room for it in my life.
Would you ever use the unfriend button just to try and make someone feel bad? Again, highschool and I could care less. Go ahead and unfriend me to your hearts content and no matter what you think you are getting at by keeping my hubby on your page again I DON'T CARE!!
I am over 18, out of highschool and college for that matter, married with kids and way too old to play drama queen y'all!! So what do you do if someone decides to use facebook as a weapon on you? Do you ignore them and laugh it off as I do or do you take it to heart? Is facebook that big of a deal in your life that it would crush you to be unfriended by someone? How old do you think is old enough to have facebook?
I used to just think of it as a great way to keep in touch but lately I have begun to think of it as another way for the bullies in our lives to feel they have control over us whether they are dimeaning us or unfriending us. So what do you think?
Sometimes though I really think it is used for pure evil and I can not stand it when others choose to use it as a pawn as a way of them getting to someone. I have no idea why some people just can't seem to grow up after high school or college even but I am so disappointed in so many people it's just ridiculous!
If you have Facebook would you ever allow someone to bash someone else on your page? In my opinion it's highschool and I have no room for it in my life.
Would you ever use the unfriend button just to try and make someone feel bad? Again, highschool and I could care less. Go ahead and unfriend me to your hearts content and no matter what you think you are getting at by keeping my hubby on your page again I DON'T CARE!!
I am over 18, out of highschool and college for that matter, married with kids and way too old to play drama queen y'all!! So what do you do if someone decides to use facebook as a weapon on you? Do you ignore them and laugh it off as I do or do you take it to heart? Is facebook that big of a deal in your life that it would crush you to be unfriended by someone? How old do you think is old enough to have facebook?
I used to just think of it as a great way to keep in touch but lately I have begun to think of it as another way for the bullies in our lives to feel they have control over us whether they are dimeaning us or unfriending us. So what do you think?
Monday, September 26, 2011
Pumkins and corn and flea markets oh my....
This past weekend we went to an amazing festival with tons of pumpkins,some you could sit your family on and still have room for more, and an incredible corn maze. I have heard so many people talk about how they have seen bigger or better mazes but I had no problem whatsoever getting lost in this one thank you very much!! Along with great food and some fabulous booths they also had a flea market with tons of different foods and trinkets to buy. We left with a new wine rack, full stomachs, aching feet and a large bag of the most delicous cookies I have ever tasted.
This one I wanted to take home but they wouldn't sell it..party poopers!!
flea market
more of the flea market
there were pumpkins everywhere..no really...EVERYWHERE!!
this was the biggest we saw and again they would not sell it..dang it!!
inside the corn maze....before I got lost
the pumpkin patch across the street...
DD2 wanted to pick some flowers so we let her. I think she did a very good job with her selections and I loved them!!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Autothechnik museum, Guttenberg castle and an award....
Wow so much has gone on the past few weeks and I know, I know I am the worstest blogger ever!! Yes I know worstest is not a word but it seems quite fitting right now so go with it, k?!
We have been doing a few outings but mostly we have been busy busy busy. I think once school started someone opened up the busy gate and apparently it is not closing anytime soon. There is a bazaar this weekend in Ramstein and yet it seems that we will not be going due to Mr. M having to work the weekend and getting prepared for our bazaar at the same time. I love the bazaars and think that they are fantastic for the community as well as giving some people who do not travel an opportunity to pick up a few things from other places around Europe.
Being on the bazaar committee this year has been a whole other job in itself and one that I have to say has opened up my eyes to just how much work goes into these things. So let's get to what I have been doing. The few things I have done were fantastic and things that I am glad we had the opportunity to do while we were here.
We went to the Autotechnik museum in Sinsheim, Germany and it was a blast!! There is also one in Speyer but not as big as this one. To say that I climbed into a French concorde plane that was bolted to the ceiling and hanging over the side of the building would be an example of all the fabulous things we were able to do and see. Scarey yes but fabulous!!!!
A few pics from our trip....
the concorde we climbed into on the roof..
ain't she a beauty?!?!
one of the many organs they have. You put a coin in and it plays music. Soo neat!!
the slide that comes out of an airplane. DD2 went up and down it atleast 20 times!
DD1 prefered laying around in the spinning disc.
my poor attempt to take a picture from inside the plane to show how high we were.
this was a polizei bike hung from the ceiling. It was so funny looking with 10 seats and lights and sirens on the front. Can you imagine being chased down by this?!?!
The next trip we took was to Guttenberg castle to see the flight show. It was amazing to see these giant birds they have and to have them fly directly over your head almost touching you. The wind from their wings was incredible...
the view from the flight show area
the birds waiting their turn for the show..
See what I mean by right over your head!?!
all the birds were just gorgeous..
I will admit I ducked quite a few times when they flew over..
these birds were so funny..they waddle when they walk and the man kept throwing them off the edge so they would fly around and come waddling back..
beautiful door to the castle..
what Guttenberg castle used to look like...
So that would just about take us up to today where hopefully we will get to go to the Ramstein bazaar and I can show you a lot more pictures. One thing I would like to tell you though is that I was given an award and had my blog listed as one of the top 100 military blogs by Veterans benefits page. I was really surprised to get the email but apparently they haven't noticed how much of a slacker I have been lately....whoopsie!!!!
So thanks to them you can click on the award on my page and check out some of the other great blogs who also received the award along with all the info that the page gives out. Interested in the GI bill then click that button and go check it out!!
We have been doing a few outings but mostly we have been busy busy busy. I think once school started someone opened up the busy gate and apparently it is not closing anytime soon. There is a bazaar this weekend in Ramstein and yet it seems that we will not be going due to Mr. M having to work the weekend and getting prepared for our bazaar at the same time. I love the bazaars and think that they are fantastic for the community as well as giving some people who do not travel an opportunity to pick up a few things from other places around Europe.
Being on the bazaar committee this year has been a whole other job in itself and one that I have to say has opened up my eyes to just how much work goes into these things. So let's get to what I have been doing. The few things I have done were fantastic and things that I am glad we had the opportunity to do while we were here.
We went to the Autotechnik museum in Sinsheim, Germany and it was a blast!! There is also one in Speyer but not as big as this one. To say that I climbed into a French concorde plane that was bolted to the ceiling and hanging over the side of the building would be an example of all the fabulous things we were able to do and see. Scarey yes but fabulous!!!!
A few pics from our trip....
The next trip we took was to Guttenberg castle to see the flight show. It was amazing to see these giant birds they have and to have them fly directly over your head almost touching you. The wind from their wings was incredible...
what Guttenberg castle used to look like...
So that would just about take us up to today where hopefully we will get to go to the Ramstein bazaar and I can show you a lot more pictures. One thing I would like to tell you though is that I was given an award and had my blog listed as one of the top 100 military blogs by Veterans benefits page. I was really surprised to get the email but apparently they haven't noticed how much of a slacker I have been lately....whoopsie!!!!
So thanks to them you can click on the award on my page and check out some of the other great blogs who also received the award along with all the info that the page gives out. Interested in the GI bill then click that button and go check it out!!
Friday, September 9, 2011
5 Question Friday!!!
1. What ringtone do you have on your cell phone?
I keep changing it because I never seem to hear it when it rings. I finally found the one that not only do I hear every time it rings but it is annoying enough that everyone else lets me know it's ringing as well. The only bad part is that Mr. M has the exact same ring..ughhhh!! So when one of our phones ring neither of us get up to answer it because we assume it is the other's phone! So basically I am back to not answering my phone...whhooops!! The ringtone is the infamous old school rotary phone ring.
2. What is your favorite memory from this summer?
I would have to say our cruise to Greece!! Greece was gorgeous and something I will never forget and the cruising part was just as fabulous as I thought it would be.
3. Paper books or ebooks?
I am all about digital stuff now adays and don't know what I would do without my ipad(btw I am so used to my ipad correcting my spelling and punctuation mistakes you may have to overlook huge errors from now on) but I have to say an actual book just feels better to me.
4. If you could have one home upgrade what would it be and why?
Well considering that I live in a government apartment that is about 1000 sq ft and we have one bathroom I would say my one upgrade would be an actual house with all the normal amenities!!
5. When was your first serious boyfriend/girlfriend?
My first serious boyfriend was sophmore year of highschool. He was a Senior and boy I had no idea what I was getting myself into with him. He was trouble with a capital T! I had fun and then pushed him aside and moved on to bigger and better though so don't worry about me!!
Ok now go on over to Mama M's page and get your questions on! You know you want to and stop saying to yourself "I don't want to be like the crowd" because you know you do!!
Now GO!!!!
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