Bad Blogger

I'm a crappy blogger.
There I said it.

*R* arrived here in Georgia about 5 days ago and it has been simply wonderful getting all settled in. He is on house-hunting leave from his new unit so we've got all day- every day, to spend together until the middle of next week.

Tonight we've been discussing heading out to either see The Blind Side or shhhh....don't tell anyone...Twilight! I'm not a huge Twilight fan, but I did read the first book and rented the movie. So I'm at least somewhat intrigued it. But being honest, I would rather see The Blind Side and *R* is so incredibly happy about that.

We also finally got a settlement from our insurance company. It didn't make up for everything that we lost, but we are able to replace the major items stolen and put a little bit into savings. We also decided to take a little weekend trip up to Atlanta this weekend to do some Christmas/furniture shopping and maybe hit up a few touristy things along the way.

Since *R* and I will be doing Christmas on our own this year, I've been trying to think of something fun to do on Christmas Eve and Day. Maybe bake cookies or have a Christmas movie marathon. Any suggestions?

Camo Puppy

Can you see her?

Let's zoom in a bit, shall we?See her now?

That's my little puppers!
Making my nice clean & folded laundry not so clean or folded any longer.
Reason #174 why she's the cutest dog ever.

Like a market in Baghdad!

What would you do if you hadn't seen your husband in 3.5 weeks and you were going to get to see him for a total of 48 hours, and then he missed his flight?



Death?
Dismemberment?



At least those were my initial reactions.



But he did get on a later flight and arrived just in time to have a reheated Thanksgiving meal.



Friday morning, in order to make up for over-sleeping we went Black Friday shopping! Now I have never had the courage to venture out early in the morning, and hopefully I never will again.



We needed a new radio/navi system for my car since the old one was stolen. So off we go to a little place called Nebraska Furniture M@rt. If you've ever lived in Iowa, Nebraska or Missouri I would be shocked if you haven't heard of it. It's a pretty amazing place filled with furniture, electronics, appliances, kitchen stuff, decor, a McDonald's and a clearance center. It's owned by the "Oracle of Omaha", aka Warren Buffet.



We arrived at 7am (the exact moment the store opened) and I stepped into the back of the line while *R* parked the car. The line wrapped around the building, which is about 3x the size of Wal-M@rt. Did I mention it's cold at 7am in Omaha this time of year? Yeah, really cold. What happened next was....well...it was scary.



*R* compared it to a market in East Baghdad if that gives you any idea. We were able to navigate our way through the crowds and didn't lose each other or any limbs in the process. We also picked up 2 Garmin navi systems, a new radio for my car, and my most exciting purchase?

An alarm clock. Yep, no more excuses for missed flights Mr. *R*!

Seriously though, it hooks up to any ipod device (including iphone), it's a digital picture frame, plays movies and music straight from the ipod, AND wakes you up in the morning! And we purchased this little beauty for about 40% of the price anywhere else. Yes, please!

All in all, not a bad haul! Although I highly doubt I'll be going back next year. No thank you, I'll just sleep in and go to Starbucks.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.

No Americans have been more impoverished than these.

Who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.

~ H.U Westermeyer

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.

Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude,

of those who have lighted the flame within us.

~Albert Schweitzer

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.

Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

~Dennis Waitley

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families.

Roller-Coaster called Air Force

Ahh the roller coaster which is life in the military.

So two days ago I told you that we had an extra week tapped onto the length of time which *R* was going to be gone. And then yesterday happened.

Turns out *R* had more severe problems than we initially thought. His lab work came back yesterday and the doctor recommended he go home and receive immuno-therapy for his allergies before returning to SERE school. Apparently because he's been so limited on what food he can eat, he's been losing weight and he might not have enough fat or protein in his body to make it through the training. Something about his body breaking down his muscles and it can damage his kidneys. They called it "ribdo", anyone know what that is?

Blech. My poor boy.

-HOWEVER-

The awesome, wonderful, really exciting news is that I get to see him tomorrow!!!

The Air Force is sending him back to Texas, but about 8 hours after he lands in Texas, he is turning around and flying up to Iowa to see ME! My awesome father used his frequent flyer miles to get him a last minute ticket. YAY!

So after Thanksgiving he will head back to San Antonio and to out process and then come to Georgia! He could be here as soon as December 5th!

The bad news is that he'll have to go back and do survival school all over again sometime. Ahh well, such is life! I get to see my husband!

I'm really nervous about how these allergies may affect us/him in the future. Especially how the military may react. It seems as though they are being very supportive and people have been very good about it. I guess I'm just always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Does anyone else ever feel like that?

On a positive note, yesterday was our one month anniversary! Woo Hoo! Of course we've only gotten to spend 7 days together during that month. But gosh darn it, they were WONDERFUL!