Fw: Mani/pedi

It was great and felt pampered it was a two hour experience that was amazing!

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When Plans fall through

Ok so my weekend plans fell through.  I did not hang out with either girls.
Homie from out of town had family stuff to do and that is understandable, she was traveling to see her family and I understand it's not possible to see everyone everytime, so I will just have to visit with her her next visit which she will have more time in November.
Homie #2, well that was my fault, I didn't get up early enough to go see her, this weekend I was a bum...and today when I did call her to go meet up, she got a surprise--her man came home from deployment and so we decided to just meet up at their welcome party...one of many out in DC when I get back from Montana in a couple of weeks.

Oh well, I did have a few good things go on this weekend though. Got to shop for my daughters and son, bought them warm winter clothes...AT WALMART! I hate that store, but there is a supercenter about 11 miles from me in Fredericksburg, so I went and actually enjoyed it, and for the first time in my life walking into a walmart, I spent under 300 bucks and bought groceries for the next two days as well, and they got 7 outfits a piece...so that is spectacular.

Now I am not one of those thrifty people but I felt like I did something special by saving money. Kudos to me. LOL

ok, so enough about that...

GOT OUT OF THE YARDWORK. by the time I got done blogging about it, they were finished and I got to sit out on my clean patio and enjoy the nice sun and cool breeze...it was cool.

Today back to my regular routine...my girls are still asleep and its 1130, I am going to go wake those two bums up...lol. I have been up since my son was up this morning for school.  It's been an okay day so far.

I think with all this free time I am going to just get my nails done today and then pack for my trip tommorow. Yay...2 days on a train...note my sarcasm.  I am not looking forward to the ride, but looking forward to the trip.  Just wish that flying wasn't so hectic or stressful on my girls, I am hoping this train ride won't be either.  Either way I am thankful.

Six Word Saturday

 
1. I'm lounging around in my pajamas

2. Am being recruited to yardwork detail

(I'm participating in this site called Show My Face.) what are your six word Saturday?  you can give an explaination or not.

I am debating still on going to MD. My husband has started to do yardwork and is asking me to help...not my favorite thing to do, I think I will just sweep the deck, and possibly pick up some leaves maybe.... I woke up late. Got a text from my friend to meet up tommorow--which is ok, she came to see her family and that is understandable, she was going to just squeeze me in, so I am back to square one.  I want to drive to MD, but then a part of me cant get it together because I just woke up at noon. Need to eat then get a shower and just go I guess.

The drive will be about an hour and a half so that should not be too bad. 
Will keep you posted. I am just procrastinating today and I guess a little bummed.

What a difference an hour makes!

Got a call from Jere on my cellphone, and guess what?  He's off this entire weekend!?!
But remember my other plans?  So now I have a choice to make. Here is what I have come up with:

I am going to postpone seeing my girlfriend from Maryland until Sunday so that I can spend time with my hubby and my friend from out of town tommorow since she leaves early Sunday morning to drive back to Georgia.  So, I am going to give my girl in Maryland a call and change plans.

I will explain the situation, that way I get to spend time with both friends this weekend and still as well get to spend time with my husband too.

It's win, win with me getting to spend time with everyone. 

At least that is how I see it. If girlfriend in Maryland can't commit to Sunday, than that is fine, we can reschedule for another day as we both are SAHM now, recently leaving our lucrative careers to care for children at home, and I am sure we can do other things.  It's been awhile since I have seen my homie from Georgia and bonus, her husband is with her, so Jere won't be bored with idle girl talk, he can have a man date as well with her hubby.

Sweet!  I just hope not to disappoint anyone this weekend. Will let you know how it all went.

Bonus:  Today I said hello to our new neighbors two houses down, I was unloading the Lady and she was outside, I waved and spoke--and she waved back. She has two children-girls around Angelina and Joscelyn's age...cool cool.. Will have to try to formally "meet" them this weekend.


Excited about the possibilities on that one--playdates, get togethers, birthdays,...wonder if she likes coffee?...guess I will just have to find out.  Makes me want to go knock on her door, but not sure if that is the way to do things now days.

Wow, I have weekend plans!

It's 3:34 in the afternoon, my son is just now getting home. I just finished talking to my girlfriend who lives in Maryland one I have never met in real life yet, but we have chatted online for almost a year and on the phone.  Tommorow I will be driving out to see her so that should be great.  It's like I can relate to her but she lives sooooo far away, but it will be alright. I will finally get out of the house and go socialize with someone who I have something in common with and our kids will get out of the house and have fun with other kids.  We plan on taking the kids to the park and having lunch, or just sitting around and having coffee.

Yay for me!

I can't wait.

Oh and bonus, Saturday evening or Sunday I will be visiting my girlfriend from Georgia, she will be in Spotsylvania Virginia which is about 15 minutes from me to visit her grandparents, so I get to see her too. Excited to see one of my homies from back home.  Right now they are traveling from NY so they should be in the area tonight so I will give her a call tommorow and see what is up.  Maybe we can just hang out here or have dinner tommorow night.  It's up in the air what we will be doing, but still something to look forward to.

You are probably wondering well why aren't you going to spend the weekend with Jere?  Well truth is he is working this weekend, they have production and he's an instructor so yeah...he won't be home until after 5, so I thought the kids and I would get out of the house.

Here is our space

Finally took some pictures of my house, here they are... now its only the main level, still have to take pictures of the finished portions of my house that are in the basement and upstairs...when its a little more put together.  I know its minimilistic, but it's because I have kept everything tidy behind cupboards and stuff.  Just sharing my space with ya.

this is my kitchen and my daughter walking through my picture, just as I had it all lined up...

here is our breakfast nook, but for now we eat in here mainly due to the fact that my dining room table and chair set, I gave away to my best friend before we moved out of Fort Belvoir housing, because I am nice. I am going to purchase another one later whenever I see one that I like.

extra storage in the kitchen, I have my digital photo frame there and my mail/message/charging station as well as one of my leather dining room chairs that I kept to use there at the built in desk and underneath is Peanut's booster/high chair, we strap it to the leather chair so she can eat with us. phew, ok breathe, lol.

It is always cluttered...this too is life.

this is my den off of the kitchen, Nick Jr is on television of course in here.

same area, the den just different views, of the back porch french style windows and door.

here is my living room, it is a work in progress, right now it has Peanut's old swing and combi pack and play that I use the changing table for changing her diapers.

another view of the living room, my one decoration for halloween...a white pumpkin with the word spooky on it...yeah I am lame.

the view from the living room into the den

here is my front door entrance

the other side of the entry way. you walk up three wide steps to the landing for the main level, its cool.

first sign says "Believe, Courage Want", second sign says "love" and third sign says "There's no place like home"

my laundry room/pantry entrance

my laundry room

yes i know theres hangers there, i noticed that after i uploaded this...love my husband dropping off his dry cleaning hangers right near the entryway and into our unfinished dining room...

the wrought iron furniture we scored for 260 bucks at the bx/px or some other ridiculous amount of money...at MCB Quantico in July. Love shopping on base

just need an umbrella for it...ooh my yard needs to be raked and swept badly!

not finished got this too- a three piece wrought iron bar height patio set for that same amount...all included including the grill. it was insane we got everything for 75% off and then an additional 20% off at the register plus we had a flyer with another 20% off. It was sweet!

ok here is the deck cleaned up the first day we moved in before we scored the patio stuffs...and weed wacked and trimmed the yard

heres my bathroom the first day we moved in before I added a few decorations and towels and soap forgot to take pictures of the bathroom as it looked today.

here is my sink. i think that is onyx or marble, but its nice and the sink is copper. its really squanky for a half bathroom.

Ok I will snap the second floor when I can get to that maybe next week and then I will save the man cave, aka den downstairs, office, workshop and garage for last.

Oh and the outside of my house...you would die if you had to drive up my driveway, it is steep!

gotta love virginia hills.

this was the picture on day one. the yard is not overgrown anymore and we have flower beds...yay. I will have to take more pictures later.

The reason why I have no curtains downstairs is because we live in a very wooded area and it feels like a treehouse.  We love it and don't even notice the neighbors. I am sure this winter we will, but if it ever bothers us I will go buy that dark 3m film or curtains and put it on my windows.  No one can really see into our house anyways with the driveway and the porch lit up at night so its not a big deal. Upstairs we have curtains on the windows, and of course blinds in all of the bathrooms with windows.

As our vacation is looming

Am I freaking crazy?

I thought it would be a great idea to ride on Amtrak, but as the day is looming...we get on the train on Monday afternoon...I am having second thoughts.

First let me tell you about the Pros: 
1. I won't have to lug around car seats, as the 'rents will already have them for the girls. 
2. No driving.
3. No toddlers bawling because their ears hurt from take offs and landings

Now for the Cons:
1. Other passengers
2. The frequent stops and possible delays
3. The disembarking at Chicago and the 6 hour layover.
4.  Toting around a double stroller (which can be stowed, but in Chicago for the layover it will be needed!), along with our carry on luggage, our own food-as food service is not at all totally guaranteed if something goes wrong and our kids are toddlers...the oldest P wouldn't mind snacks either, but I am coming prepared due to the horror stories. 
5. Possibility of my cell phone not being able to be recharged, or other items such as the IPOD which has lots of Nick Jr. Cartoons (it's no longer Noggin) and stuff to keep the kids entertained.
6.  40 long travel hours.
7.  We are at the mercy of the freight trains, as Amtrack does not own the railroad lines, so the delays could be for days...

Regrets. Regrets.

We arrive in Glasgow, Montana at 1230 pm on Wednesday if their is no delays.

We are going to spend the first few days at an Inn where MOL worked as a manager free of charge, and head out to the Memorial Service for Grandpa, and then see the sights.  Another pro--all of us are going to be in Montana for this, so we get to see family we have not seen in awhile, some I have never ever seen ever in all the years we have been together...so I am kind of nervous about that too... and then we are going to spend the rest of the time in Scobey with Paris and Cheryl from Sunday to Thursday when we head back home on the train.  We should be home by Saturday. Fingers crossed.

Silver lining--Paris has promised we hit the bar first thing...I am so looking forward to that.  As he will be meeting us at the train, so that is going to be great....yay.

Someone out there please pray for us that we don't have any nightmare situations.  Any advice would be helpful too. I am not looking forward to complications on this trip.