For those of you who said yes! to the package swap- you should have gotten an email from me today. It came from my lame hotmail account so, you may have to check your junk mail. If I missed anyone- lemme know.
I sort of feel like Im making some sort of gift registry by listing [...]

Filed under: This Is My Life

Shopping for packages has begun. So, for those of you who are “sure things” I’ll be emailing you to get the details. I still like the idea of donating to charity, and if you would prefer that over buying a box of goodies, thats ok. However, when you started tempting me with things like packets [...]

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Hello package seekers. Im glad Swistle thought so highly of the Japanese goodies because I was having some severe care-package-induced anxiety over what to send. 
I would love to share the wealth and make sure each and every one of you are proud owners of the worlds best ice cream scoop, but….just how many of you [...]

Filed under: This Is My Life, the cement bungalow

Im a planner. I like to have my ducks in a row and have a plan (which always makes me think of that episode of Friends where Phoebe says “I dont even have a pluh”). That being said, whenever I go somehwere, I need lots of time to pack. I like to make sure I’ve [...]

Filed under: This Is My Life, Travel

1) The  Marine Corps has come through and we have tickets reserved, they are even the UPGRADABLE type. 
2) We have enough miles to upgrade all 4 of us both ways
3) The stars aligned and my brother is going to fly back with me and the kiddos (PC isn’t coming until later). This alone feels like [...]

Filed under: This Is My Life, Travel

When PC walked in the door tonight and asked how I was I told him, you know, same old same old, except with more spiders and rodents. Because in the 30 minutes prior to him getting home Mackenzie was fussy because she was tired, Nathan was having trouble listening, I was trying to get dinner [...]

Filed under: Life Under The Big Top (cue the music), This Is My Life, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday

You cant pass it up when they are GIVING them away.
 
 

Filed under: This Is My Life

Currently Im eating cake. I feel its warranted based on the splendid trip I had to the 100Y store this morning. Right now its obvious Im trying to do too many things at once. I still haven’t figured out this balancing act (wasn’t that my new years resolution word….balance?) and currently Im spending too much [...]

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Main Entry:
hov·el  
Pronunciation:
\ˈhə-vəl, ˈhä-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English
Date:
15th century

1 : an open shed or shelter2 : tabernacle3 : a small, wretched, and often dirty house : hut

While talking to PC tonight I told him I feel like I have my hands in too many pots. Jokingly he told me the first thing to go was going to be the house. Oh sweet thang, I think that pot already [...]

Filed under: This Is My Life, its not just good-its just good enough

Since you asked- our house is in Colorado. We kept it when we joined the Marine Corps in the event that things didn’t pan out and we wanted to move back. Now that we are staying in Japan, it no longer made sense to keep it. That is the story of why we have a [...]

Filed under: Life Under The Big Top (cue the music), This Is My Life, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday