HAH! Yeah ok......

I'm sure a lot of you have heard this story which seems to be making news everwhere. I just have to laugh, it's utterly ridiculous to me LOL Husband on Strike!!! It's just amazing the ridiculous things that people will do, I mean honestly, who has time for this? Doesn't he have a job …

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Lights of my Life!!!

Was messing around with the kids pictures. Just had to share the loves of my life.......I know I'm not supposed to BRAG or anything, but aren't they just adorable? They've been so good today and I've been getting tons of hug and kisses. I have to say that these are the days that mak…

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About Me

I am a mother to two amazing kids and wife to a retired Air Force Sergeant.  They are truly my best friends, my whole life. I was born in Mozambique but shortly after had to leave due to the Independence War and there began my journey. From Mozambique to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and then to Portugal , …

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I hate my scale!!!

You know if there is one thing that I totally detest, is the bathroom scale. See I'm obsessed with my weight. I've been trying to loose the last 10 lbs from my pregnancies for the past, oh, 7 years? LOL So yesterday I get on my scale. This is a new one I bought, it measures body fat, water p…

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Powerful Story!!!

While doing my usual morning read of the blogs, Karen mentioned how Laurie rode her bike in honor of a fallen soldier. What an amazing story, I went over and read the post at her blog and had tears running down my face. Please go over there and read it, it's just a wonderful example of how so m…

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What you may or may not know!!!

I love those Meme's that allow you to get to know the other person. I found this one online and thought I would list my answers: Accent - Well I am from South Africa so everyone always tells me I speak with an accent, although after being in the States for 8 years I feel I've lost most of i…

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Trying to Annoy me????

Ok you know this is so unfair. Yesterday we had a GORGEOUS day, it was 63 degrees and not a cloud in the sky, although at around 2pm we started getting these annoying winds, BUT all in all it was a nice day. So it's 2:30pm, Curt had just left for work and the kids were sitting around really b…

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Love is in the Air!!!

So I spent this weekend watching movies. Couldn't really go anywhere with Jasmine being sick and I haven't been feeling too good either. I was sitting around trying to find something to watch, and as usual, for some unknown but very annoying reason, it seems that they put all the cruddy sh…

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Sleep!!!!

Is there such a thing as Sleep once you become a mother??? Because seriously, if there is, I would love someone to point me in that direction. Do you remember the days of uninterruptable sleep? The ones where you would go to bed and sleep 8 hours, sometimes 12 and not have a worry on your mind, not …

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Strep or Mono?!?!?!?!

YEP, I spent my friday night at the ER!!! Grab your coffee and prepare yourself, this is going to be a LONG one. So Jasmine gets home from school yesterday and everything is fine, she's ok, she's running around with Nicholas and having fun. Gets to about 4pm and I'm feeling REALLY sick, I …

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Remember When???

It's friday and time for another "Remember When???" . I think one day I will have to sit down and write down all our funny stories, we definitely have enough for a whole book LOL This is one of those short funny memories that I will always have. We were visiting my grandparents house in …

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HOUSECLEANING!!!

MY PHILOSOPHY OF HOUSECLEANING! I don't do windows because ... I love birds and don't want one to run into a clean window and get hurt. I don't wax floors because ... I am terrified a guest will slip and get hurt then I'll feel terrible ( plus they may sue me.) I don't mind the du…

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Our Home!!!

Ok I know I know, I've been promising to get the photos taken and then something comes up and I totally forget about it. BUT, today I actually took the time to do it and I'm uploading them to the Opera Album. You can find it under my links. Here are just a few of the pics, probably one of ea…

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Lola if you only knew!!!

For those who don't know, this is our pug Lola and she will be 6 months old on Saturday. If you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know that she has given me headaches over the whole house training thing. But all in all she's the most adorable, family, loving pet you could …

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What Kind of Soda are you?

You know those fun quizzes that everyone does? I found this one online and I find it so funny because until a few years ago I was TOTALLY obsessed with Coke, still think it's the best drink on earth. BUT after a few kids and expanding hips, I switched to diet coke and diet pepsi *shhhh, don'…

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Return of the Carpet Cleaner!!!

I DID IT!!! After one whole month of trying to get a carpet cleaner, I finally got one this morning. I called up and the conversation was the usual: Lady : Blah Blah Blah, Self Help, Blah blah, can I help you? Me : yes, do you have any carpet cleaners in? Lady : Just a sec! * mumble, mumble * Yes…

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Coffee and Donuts anyone???

Ahhhh, ok I was running around late today so I left the house with just a cup of coffee. By the time I sat down and realized that I was feeling really hungry, it was after 10 am, BUT I had to run to the Shoppette on base to return the movies we rented. I go in there with Nicholas, and of course the…

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Night Sky!!!

So one thing that Curt and I LOVE doing is using our telescopes to observe the night skies. We love astronomy and really want to get into Astrophotography. We're slowly trying to get the best telescopes and accessories so that we are able to achieve that. We've been doing this as a hobby for…

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Nice Weekend!!!

I have to say that I really enjoyed this weekend. We did absolutely NOTHING. Just sat around the house and watched movies, and then yesterday we took the kids to the park and afterwards went by Burker King for some Chocolate Shakes. It was really nice to just spend time together and have fun with t…

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Good Morning!!!

I think blogger is actually cooperating this morning so we will attempt to post something. I don't know what it is about this site that goes ballistic once in a while, it either gives me errors or won't post images or whatever. It's still not letting me post them this morning, but since…

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Wow Blogger PMSing!!!

Well good evening to everyone, I'm usually here bright and early with a hot cup of coffee in my hands, and I DID attempt that today but seems that blogger is not behaving and cooperating. I've tried all day to get on here but to no avail. Talk about frustrating.....but this is the reason I p…

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Remember When???

Before I start just wanted to post the quote for today :) Life is an adventure. Hang on to your hat and scream for all you're worth. Well it's another friday and time for another "Remember When???". I love sharing family stories, and we've had pretty funny things happen to us. …

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Base Housing!!!!

Quote for the day: The beautiful words of Ecclesiastes teach us there is "a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away." There are occasions in life when we must hang on - grip the hand of God tight and struggle fiercely to hold on to His promises. And then a…

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American Idol...GRRRR

Ok one question. " WHAT THE HECK IS AMERICA THINKING? ". And I say that with all the love I have inside LOL So Jasmine and I have been watching American Idol from the beginning, she's really into it and likes staying up to watch it with me, she always says how it's nice to do that wi…

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Fountain of Youth!!!

So here's the quote for today: March 15 GOOD NEWS : I've finally discovered the Fountain of Youth. BAD NEWS : At my age, I've forgotten what I wanted to do with it. ****************************************** Ahhhhh another morning. At least the sun is shining, even though it's cold …

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OMG I'm so annoyed

So after all this time of waiting, I get my paperwork in the mail. The one I'm to send to INS . I open it up and right away this word jumps up at me. CANADA !!! WHOA hold on, where the heck did that come from? The paperwork has me listed as being from Canada. Are you frigging kidding me? I'…

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We're stuck in winter!!!!

YEP , you heard me, no matter how much we want to move on from this dreadful weather, it's just not going to happen. Everytime it seems it's going to ease up, there comes the snow just to slap us in the face and remind us that we are NOT in charge. LOL At least that's how I feel about it,…

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Ahhhh Computer Area Clean

I actually went through the whole area and got rid of a bunch of stuff that didn't need to be there. It feels so much better to work in a clean computer area doesn't it? So we went from this: To this: Yay for me!!! Well gotta go pick up Jasmine from her friends house, then it's dinner tim…

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