29 Sep 08-Happy Birthday to my Mommy!! :) Today was my first day of leave and it was great to be off and relaxing. Of course, I did get yelled at by my boss for checking my work e-mail. Oops! She gave me a direct order to stop checking my webmail and enjoy my leave. I didn't do much of anything but some yard work and cleaning up the kitchen and computer room. I didn't feel like doing too much else. Actually the yard work took me a while. All of the houses on this street (and a lot of the other streets) have rocks at the other side of the sidewalk near the street. Anyway, all the kids that play in the neighborhood don't realize that they run through the rocks and kick them out into the street and all over the place. I was staying on top of it for a while but for some reason stopped doing it. I even had to sweep halfway in the road to get all the rocks back where they belonged. I'll definitely have to stay on top of that from now on. What a chore! Tomorrow I get to go grocery shopping and then I'm not sure what else I will do with myself with my time off.
28 Sep 08-I am so thankful that everything went well on Friday. I can't hardly remember what I said when I was in front of my squadron but I'm guessing it went well. I haven't been up to much this weekend. I went through some boxes and finished up the last few things in the closet after Chris cleaned it out. It's so awesome to have my closet back! I can walk all the way in to the back of the closet and it's wonderful! I am looking forward to 2 weeks off of work to get stuff done around the house and just hanging out with the kids. Tonight, I am enjoying all my favorite shows being back on. So far I've watched The Amazing Race, just finished Desperate Housewives and now I have The Unit and Brothers and Sisters to watch! Whoo hoo!! I'll need those 2 weeks off just to catch up!
25 Sep 08-So I have absolutely no reason for missing blogging yesterday. I think I just simply forgot! Oops! Anyway, today was quite the day. I had an 8 a.m. meeting at work, then a 10 a.m. meeting with the commander about the Key Spouse program (and it went wonderful and I am still completely excited!), then off to the Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC) to schedule my training for the program, then to the BX to get shoes for a function tonight, then back to work for a bit and then to the 2:30 p.m. Booster club meeting (the commander asked if I could go so he could introduce me) and then finally to the Airman Leadership School (ALS) graduation. My troop Clint graduated tonight and I am so proud of him!! It is now almost 10 p.m. and I am BEAT!! Whew! I'm so glad this day is over. One more day and then I am off for 2 whole weeks! Tomorrow I get to do my most hated thing - public speaking! Yuck! I know I need to learn to do it so I'm fine with it but I have no idea at this point what I'm going to say. The commander wants to introduce me to the squadron. I will write more about the program and anything else tomorrow. I'm off to watch Grey's Anatomy or Survivor and then get to sleep!
23 Sep 08-Boy is it true what they say that when one door closes, another one opens. I was presented with an opportunity that is right up my alley! Michelle had mentioned my name to the commander a couple of weeks ago to possibly run a program that is very important to our squadron. It is called the Key Spouse program. What I didn't expect was that the commander would personally visit me at work and tell me some of his thoughts/views and to tell me that when she mentioned my name, he thought I would be perfect to run it. I was so honored to be given the opportunity to support the military spouses of my squadron and having a military spouse, I've been on both sides of it and I know I can bring a lot to the table. I already started researching tonight to get ideas and to see what I could do to really get this program to take off. I have an appointment with the commander on Thursday to hear some more of his ideas and to really get this program going. I am so excited to be able to do this and even more so because it's so important to him and he is an awesome commander! We are truly blessed to have 2 great commanders back to back! The program is basically making sure that the spouses of the military members are included in functions and know what events are taking place on the base. It is especially important when the military member is deployed that contact is made with their families left behind. I just get chills thinking of what this program can be. Michelle is just so awesome to have me come to mind when she hears of opportunities like this. I cannot wait to get started!!
I came home to a nice surprise today as well after my wonderful day! Chris went and bought all the supplies to go the attic. What I didn't know was that he was going to make 2. There was an original opening in my walk-in closet and he got up there and put the plywood down and cleared out the insulation so not only will he have one in the garage, but know I will have one as well in the closet!! I am so excited to put stuff up there this weekend!! Storage space is no longer an issue in my house!
22 Sep 08-I've got a busy week planned this week. Today thankfully I didn't have to do anything but work and take my new skirt in to be altered. It has to be a certain length so I had to go drop it off at alterations. Tomorrow is Leah's going away lunch and I'm so glad I don't have any prior engagements that would keep me from going. I wouldn't want to miss it for the world. I am going to miss that girl big time!! I have a training meeting after that. Wednesday Bella has a vet appointment for her last shots and then I can schedule her to get "fixed". Thursday I have an ALS (Airman Leadership School) graduation to go to. My troop, Clint, finally graduates so I will be there to support him. Friday we have commanders call in the morning and then a promotion ceremony in the afternoon. Whew! I'll be ready for leave. Chris bought our new faucet today and I like it!! It's shiny!! Ha ha! (Mom the picture is in the "House" album.) He plans on buying the supplies for the attic storage tomorrow and getting started on that, with Rich's help. I am excited for him to do that so I can have my huge walk-in closet back!! I'll just be happy to get through this week and have 2 whole weeks off! Oh and if you haven't checked out www.yearbookyourself.com go do it!! It is so funny! (Again Mom, the pictures are in the Chris & Tiff album. You'll LOVE them!!)
21 Sep 08-Okay, let me see if I can get back at this thing again. I've just been in a little bit of a funk. I don't know if it's been the weather change, my allergies acting up, crap at work or what but I just go through that every once in a while. It's no biggie. Anyway, there hasn't been too much going on around here. Just trying to get through the every day stuff. The kids are on their first week break. Chris is home on leave with them for the first week and then I'm on leave for the 2 weeks after that. It will be nice to save some $$ and give the kids a break from being at the school. I'm sure Chris will find projects to work on while he is off. Our faucet just quit on us today so he'll have to go get a new one tomorrow. That's about all I can think of to share what is going on. I am going to try to be better about keeping up with this.
15 Sep 08-Again, sorry for the break in posts. I was super busy over the weekend. I had to go shopping for a baby gift Saturday morning and I attempted to get my oil changed. There were too many people in line for the oil change so I got the gift and came back home. I wrapped the gift, scarfed down some food and then headed to the baby shower. After the almost 2 hour baby show, I headed to the commissary to do my grocery shopping. I ended up running to multiple people that I ended up chatting with for a while. After I got home, I started putting tthings away and then had to do some more rearranging in my pantry. Needless to say, after all that I was exhausted. All of this was after having been woken up at 5:30 by Cody asking to play a video game. Ugh! Sunday was probably the most exciting day because I finally got to line dry my clothes!! Whoo hoo!! I didn't end up with a clothesline but looking at the back patio, I asked Chris if he could figure out something and he sure did. It basically looks like a closet, but outside! It was so awesome to dry my clothes outside. It didn't take any time at all and I only had to put each load in the dryer for 5-10 minutes to soften them up and take the wrinkles out! Laundry is now officially my favorite chore!
11 Sep 08-Today felt like Monday for some reason. It wasn't really bad or anything, just felt like Monday. Things are good when we're busy but when we're not, time ticks by slowly. Anyway, they were having another case lot sale at the commissary today. It's like going to Costco without the membership and they only do it every so often. Chris got a bunch of stuff and it's always fun to see how much is in one case of stuff that we need. I usually just go for the body wash because it doesn't go bad. We got cereal, body wash, toilet paper, fabric softener, some snacks, etc. :) That will lessen our grocery bill for a while. We had parent/teacher conferences today with both Harmony and Miles' teachers. They both went great as they knew they would. Miles' teacher is just so smitten with him. She said he was doing great and she has no concerns about him. She said she never has to worry about him and that he can sit anywhere on the carpet that he wants while they're going over their letter board because he doesn't get distracted by anyone or get caught up in talking. She said he's just such a sweetheart. I guess she let him do something one day that she wouldn't normally do but she said she just couldn't resist those big sad eyes looking at her. Boy has he got her number! LOL Harmony's teacher said Harmony is doing very well also and that she's right on track too. She said she has improved a ton since the school year started. The only problem with her this year has been her chattiness (can't imagine where she got that from!!) but we think we've all fixed that for the most part. I guess she also tends to shut down when she doesn't understand something but she's gotten better at that too. I was so proud of both of them today and so are their teachers. I would love to be able to go to Cody's conference when he has it but no such luck. Either way, I have 3 terrific, smart kids and I'm a proud mommy!
10 Sep 08-Today was another boring day on the home front. However, I did start my day with a good laugh. I just cannot get enough sleep like I mentioned yesterday. Well I guess I slept HARD last night because when my alarm went off this morning, I just felt like I was not awake yet. I couldn't focus, I couldn't think and I couldn't walk. I got around to the end of the bed and just fell for some reason. I just kind of veered away from where I was trying to walk. I dropped my shampoo in the shower, dropped my cup when I got it out for my milk, etc. Thankfully it was a PT day and I was able to walk my 3 miles before work so I could fully wake up. It's just before 8 p.m. right now and I am going to attempt to go to sleep now so I can try to get caught up on sleep. I think I need a full day in bed to recover from whatever this fatigue is.
09 Sep 08-So Mom, sorry you're not hearing this from me on the phone but it looks like the move to Cali isn't going to happen. It's still up in the air but they had 2 volunteers finally step forward that are stationed there. That definitely takes him out of the lime light. However, they have to go through the approval process. So, that means that he's still in the running for it if they don't qualify. It's so hard because I really want to go to be close to my family but it would be so hard to be away from Cody and to figure out what we were going to do with this house. It's definitely out of our hands so we'll see what happens from here. I think my iron may be low so I may be going to the doc soon to get tested. It happens every once in a while. I'm assuming that because I am just exhausted all the time. I can't get enough sleep. Nothing else really to report. I had a fun day at work today.
08 Sep 08-Oh what a month this has been already. Let's see if I can catch everyone up to date. Chris received news that he has an assignment as a non-volunteer to do instructor duty at Beale AFB in Marysville, CA. He still doesn't know as of yet if he has to go or not so we'll keep you updated. I sewed on my new stripe on the first so that was pretty exciting for me! Nothing has really changed though. LOL I've been busy since last week with a 100% inventory of our ammo. We do them twice a year and it's a busy time and just a bunch of work. We were at work until 7:45 p.m. Friday night and then for about 6 hours on Saturday. We're finishing up this week. That's pretty much all that's going on but the possible pending assignment to Cali is a HUGE deal. Obviously we're worried about the house and leaving Cody. Other than that, it would be a fantastic opportunity for both of us!
04 Sep 08-I will have to take some extra time this weekend to catch everyone up on what has been going on. Right now, I just don't have the time and I need to sleep instead of blog. I will do my best to update on Sunday with all of it!
02 Sep 08-Today definitely felt like a Monday even though it's Tuesday. Every messed up thing that could have happened, happened. I won't bore you with the details but boy was I glad when 4 p.m. came! Now I get to watch 90210! Whoo hoo! I am such a kid sometimes.
01 Sep 08-Forgive the last week of my site being down. I can only assume that the pictures I posted from Aileen's visit to the girls took up too much bandwidth on my site. Jen (my webmistress as I call her) doubled it so I hopefully won't have that problem again. Thursday was pretty exciting for me. I applied to the American Military University and signed up for an online class. I really need to finish my CCAF degree. I am so proud of myself but scared at the same time Wish me luck! We've had a fun weekend. Friday we didn't really do a whole lot. We painted the dining room which turned out fantastic! Saturday I went to my first football game. We went to see the U of A Wildcats play and the whooped up on Idaho 70-0. It poured the whole time but it was awesome! The pictures will be up on the site after I finish posting this entry. Yesterday I wasn't feeling well so Chris worked on painting the bedroom. I can only assume that it was the stadium dog that had my stomach upset but who knows. Thankfully whatever it was is gone now. Today, we watched Katie and Wade's boys so they could go riding on his motorcycle. It was nice to give them a chance to get out and I got my baby fix again. :) The most exciting part about today is that I am officially a TSgt now!! I get to show off my new stripe tomorrow!!
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