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It's another sleepy Sunday for us. Neeley and I are not sleeping well since we are not in our own beds. I woke up kind of early this morning and have already been for a walk but now feel like I haven't slept in two days. I can't wait for my own bed.
Oh, before I forget, could I ask a favor of you all? Due to the cost of groceries in Germany, we are able to use expired coupons. If you happen to clip coupons, could I please ask for those you don't keep for yourselves? We can use them for up to six months past the expiration date and they have talked about even extending that. I would REALLY appreciate it! :) Once I have our address memorized enough to get it out there to you, I can do that. :)
Y'all behave today. I'm outta here. Gotta get us ready and out the door for that fun Court of Awards.
Later!
Note To Self: It is never a good thing to plop yourself down at the water park where a potential riot might break out. Yep, it happened...RIGHT WHERE I WAS SITTING! I found my kiddo and we marched out of there in two seconds flat. Oh boy! There was blood, and hair pulled out and body parts exposed. Oh my! Sad to say but we will not be going back to our precious lil water park...nope, not ever if I have a say-so.
We spent the earlier part of the day visiting with my grandmother in Benton. We FINALLY got her Mother's Day gift to her. Yes, sad I know. Before that, we ate at one of our fave places...Moe's. Yum! And I got to do a lil shopping. I found the throw pillows I needed for my brand new bedding. Oh glorious day, I cannot wait to sleep on my own bed with my brand new bedding. Makes me feel like a queen! And I found some fun little flip flop toppers for Neeley. You know...those cutesy lil bows that go on flip-flops. Hate to admit but kinda wanted some for myself. Haha!
We've had our showers and now we're off to watch some trash tv. These past few days have been super stressful not being under our own roof right now. I am so ready for our own space. How many more days until we fly? 11!!!!! Oh dear!
Tomorrow is Neeley's Girl Scout Court of Awards...her last scout event here in Arkansas. **tear** We are excited about it yet still kind of emotional. Will let you know how it goes...
T.G.I.F.!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone have any good recommendations of a place that has good slip covers for sofas and loveseats, either online or in-store? I need two and pronto! :)
We have a tenant for our house. Not our most perfect situation but we are very excited to be able to help someone else out and to have our mortgage paid. I had some help in the yard yesterday but am really not too happy about it. I paid two older men I know very well AHEAD OF TIME MIND YOU to go over and help me out. I told them what all I needed done and explained that if they would let me know when they would be going, I would meet them over there to show them my requests since I paid them up front. Well, these two decided to get away with very little for a very lot of my money. Anyway, moving on......
Got lots to do today both at work and at home. And then it's a lazy evening and night thanks to Redbox and Orville Redenbacher.
The End :)
Not really having a normal schedule and our own home right now has turned our whole world upside down.
I forgot to tell y'all yesterday...or maybe I did mention it...but Neeley and I fly outta here two weeks from yesterday. Oh my!
Today is Field Day at Neeley's school. I just got back from helping with that for a lil bit. I was the Torch Run Master. LOL :) Tons of fun!
And now back to reality! Bummer...
More from us soon - - -
I just turned in my official resignation letter aka "The Bomb". Wow! I've never really had to do that before. And with less than two weeks notice. I know...I'm a loser that way but how awkward. Everyone has already known about this for six months now so I wasn't even sure I really had to do one of these. This is really real! I get that feeling every day. Butterflies in the tummy and all...
I also discovered that I have over 200 pictures on my camera that I haven't shared with you all. Maybe I can sneak some time to get those posted. No, not all 200+ of them but the funny ones. I have some cute ones of Neeley at home when our house was turned all upside down by the movers and some others. Who has time any more!?! LOL
Btw, I will be sharing our flight info with you all. We would love to have our own little cheering squad at the airport when we get ready to take our big flight over.
More later...
Ash
I'm back and wow what a weekend. I spent...let's see...wait for it...let me count them...ok...now I have it... exactly 11.5 hours this weekend going in to my empty house to scrub, scrub, scrub. Y'all I am not a cleaner. And now I am forever sorry for that. I cleaned every room from floor to ceiling, wall to wall. And I used bleach because I had lots of it left. And now I have burnt the ends of my fingertips. But other than that I have a clean house that smells good thanks to the lemon oil I used on the hardwood floors. And then I came back and slept and slept and slept. :) And watched it rain and rain and rain. Bummer of a weekend, that's for sure.
Not a whole lot going on to get ready for the move. I only have six work days left after this and in those days I've got to repack us, finish finalizing everything for the big birthday/going away bash, schedule final hair cuts and nails and all that important stuff. :) We also have dentist appointments, picking up school records, and Neeley will be cramming in a couple of days of a VBS here in town and some other fun things. Call me crazy but I wouldn't have it any other way. Except today I woke up feeling very panicky and anxious. I can't wait to get on that plane just to relax. Oh wait, did I just say that because I'm not so sure that ride will be relaxing. :) And just for a reminder...we fly in exactly 15 days! What? :)
Ronnie is going to look at an apartment we have found in Stuttgart. Sounds very promising and like something we would love but he is going to check it out just to see what all it would require financially. You know the worrier in me says live on post but I like to be adventurous at times also. I just think it would be easier on so many levels for us to live on post. But we'll let you know how that goes. I think he gets to go look at it sometime on or after the 30th once they get it all cleaned up again. That excites me! :)
Next Wednesday is my last day of work and I am oh so ready for it! I really don't mean that but then again I do. And Neeley is absolutely sick of school. I kind of agree with her.
I'm off now to go finish my whole wheat bagel with low fat peanut butter. Yum! And gotta get back to work.
Thank you all again for continuing to pray for us and help us and think about us as you have been. We REALLY appreciate each and every one of you!
Happy Friday to all of you! :) And can I say.....T.G.I.F.!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a week!
I scratched the plans to meet with the cleaning lady yesterday evening and seeing as how I have so much free time on my hands this weekend that I mentioned yesterday, I thought it would not be right to spend my "me" time with...well...me alone so I am spending my "me" time cleaning my house. What? Yeah, our pocketbook thanks me and I need the exercise and some time alone and back in my own comfort zone even if it is empty. I just need a little break and even though it won't be a true get away per se, it will be my own little escape. That and cleaning is a huge dose of therapy to me. So that's where I will be spending my next 3 days. Hopefully it won't take that long but that's okay.
I looked at the calendar this morning and realized I only have 7 more work days after today. Yahoo!
Y'all have a great weekend! I'll be fighting once again for a computer this weekend so probably won't hear from me til next week.
Bye for now!
Well, not really... We bid a fond farewell to Blacky, our 2009 Ford Fusion yesterday. I was already attached to that car. Is that possible? Sounds like a personal problem. :) But now she has a new home with loving parents so we are very happy.
We've been (sort of) drama free for a few days. Getting quotes to have the house cleaned this evening. That's always fun. And found out that, after we have signed a new auto policy with another company b/c our previous carrier said they would not carry us, our auto insurance carrier JUST SIGNED A NEW AGREEMENT TO ALLOW SUCH POLICIES. What!?! Urg..... So now we are starting that process all over again...that is if we can get out of our current contract. Does this stuff only happen to us? Geez...
So were you all surprised by ol' Kris? Wow! :)
Can I say I have no definite plans for the weekend. I do believe this is the first in about a million years. Well, I do have to work on Neeley's party coming up. I am not really sending out any formal invitations except to family and such but all of you with kids, please, please, please bring your kiddos for the food, fun and fellowship. We will be celebrating Neeley's Birthday/Going Away Carnival on Saturday, June 6th from 1 to 4 pm in the Fellowship Hall of Second Baptist Church. It's sure to be a blast! So y'all come on out!
Now we are just counting down our other lasts we have. Neeley had her final piano recital. We're so proud of her! And she will have her final Girl Scouts event next week. **tear** :( and has a few more things coming up. We are still busy but not under so much stress and um...the anxiety is slowly fading. :)
Gotta run and finish up a few more things. Don't I say that every day? I'm beginning to sound like a broken record.
Oh, I have to show you a few pictures first before I go.
This is what our new house will probably look like, or something like it anyway:
I say yuck but I've been poo-pooed for saying that so I'm REALLY struggling with, no wait I mean I'm trying to be optimistic.
And I love this little girl so much, with her pink sunglasses and her blue cotton candy that she eventually had smeared from forehead to chin and ear to ear. :) This was Scout night at the Travelers game:
Y'all have a fun rest of your day/week/weekend. I may or may not have access to the internet in the next couple of days. :( I now have TONS more time to myself.
A little later today, we will no longer be the proud owners of a 2009 Ford Fusion! Thank you, Lord, for listening to all of my begging/ pleading/ threatening/ compromising/ downright angry and sometimes cynical prayers lately. Oh happy day!
Now our current living situation...not so happy. I wake up every morning to arms and legs in my face. But it's only temporary. We fly outta here in 21 days! We now leave on the 10th. Wow!
I know, I know...I still have a ton of stuff to catch you all up on however I now share a home computer with 3 other people and I barely have any time to breathe at work so that will just have to wait. And for that I'm sorry. I know this has been such a blast to hear me rant/vent about this crazy life we have but it really is an outlet.
Now where was that part about my hubby participating in this little online adventure, too!?! Yeah right...
Y'all have a great day!
Yes, we are alive and no we haven't moved to Germany yet. :) We have moved in with mom and dad since our stuff is gone. Our house is empty except for my cleaning supplies for the poor soul I will hire to come clean that dump. Oh, and the trash I have to put out tomorrow morning. :) Work is just.....well......work. For now at least. Not sure what I will be doing about that one but have some ideas and will keep you posted.
We found out today Ronnie will definitely be leaving Germany for 6 months beginning in September of October. What does that mean? That Neeley and I will only have 2 or 3 months with him over there before he leaves. I will still keep her in the school there until I know what it is like and we will try to come home at Christmas to visit. Not sure yet and won't know until we get there. We will probably live on post there but are also looking at some other rentals we have found out about and will let you know about those too.
Go check out Ronnie's pics of Germany on FB. Very cool!
Welp, I'm on the phone dealing with this house again so gotta run, but will keep y'all posted.
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