I hope you are all waking up about now putting turkeys in the oven, watching the parade and have plans to gather with some of the people that matter most to you.. Thats what Thanksgiving should entail.  This afternoon we decided to ditch our Thanksgiving day dinner at the Pan Pacific Hotel and go for [...]

Filed under: Things I like, Travel

One year….a long time ago…like 2003 long time ago PC and I flew to see his sister who lived in Japan at the time. We had enough miles to get business class tickets but there were no seats available on United so we were told we could use them on one of their partner airlines- [...]

Filed under: The Whole Wide World, Things I like, Travel, Uncategorized

Haaaaa……where do I start?
As our story last left off I was relishing the fact that we were all sick, PC was working terrible hours, we were all tired, cranky. Saturday morning rolls around and Mackenzie was roasting like a little turkey, fussy, not sleeping well, woke up at 5am crying. I made the executive decision [...]

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…three trips to the ER in the 24 hours before takeoff. Yup, that’s right, THREE. Lov’n that socialized medicine now!!! More to follow soon.

Filed under: McSassy, This Is My Life, Travel

Three of us are sick with a cold. I betcha you can guess which three? It’s made me reflect on some of lifes harder questions like: at what age can you WIPE THE SNOT FROM YOUR NOSE on your own without it being a big battle of wills? At what age does it start to [...]

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1) Got my flu shot. Arm huuuuurts.
2) The directress of Nathan’s school, who insists on parking her car in front of the school, (the school that we’ve gotten several emails from regarding the pickup and drop-off situation because parking is so limited and all the neighbors complain) stopped me today. I had to park several [...]

Filed under: This Is My Life

Involved:
*I know its a bit early for the tree, even for me, but we’re going to be gone so it made sense to do it now.

Filed under: Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra

If you are just joining us, you’ll want to read part one first (obv).
PC and I have spent the last….2 hours? (ugh) discussing this. He likes to play the devils advocate too much and it kind of makes me want to punch something. He’s being as unreasonable as the “christians”.
I think there is a part [...]

Filed under: This Is My Life, Uncategorized

So, the health care bill. Everyone is all up in arms on the internets and FB and Im sure on twitter (though, Im not a twitterererer). Lets take a step back and first I’ll ’splain my situation.
When I worked for The Bank, they had what I considered an outstanding benefits package. You will never get [...]

Filed under: This Is My Life

I’m feeling sort of restless…..kind of like I wish I could just get outta dodge. Im not sure if its the time of year or just the “3 year military itch” (even though we’ve been here 4) – it just seems like its time to move. Oh hey- I didn’t tell you, we got official [...]

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