Oh no .... not another one?!?!

Haven't blogged in a couple days. Sorry!! A lot of stuff going on around me that was first priority. But at least I have 3 blogs!! LOL I am not good at this stuff when I have nothing going on. The hubby is on his way home ...yea!!! Won't be long now. Unfortunately he has duty the first night he is home but that is ok. I have the whole week off to spend with him. I can deal! We have made probably a stupid decision although both of us are excited about it. We are going to bring a pit puppy into the house. She has an adorable face. She has patches over her eyes which is what drew me to her. She was in one of Matt's puppy, Faro's, picture. I was stupid and tagged Scott in the picture. Just made the comment that I thot she was cute. I really was tagging Scott the pics just in case he hadn't seen the new pics (as I am babysitting Faro during their December underway so we have been keeping an eye on his growth!!). Well, he took it a step further and went to the pages of the breeders and found out that puppy was still available! I wasn't going to go there myself. I just thot her markings were cute.

See!! Aren't they cute? So guess who I am going to pick up on Friday ... yep ... another hole in the head!! LOL But she is a cute hole in the head!! And we are so excited to have another pit. Penny was so special to us but with what happened with her and Sadie Kate, we had decided our next pit bull would be a puppy that we could mold and socialize to be pack happy. So we are excited. The breeder calls her Panda Boo. I know that I will keep the Panda part of the name. It is fitting!! She looks like a Panda!! Now I just have to think of a middle name for her. I have had Faith, Grace and Hope as middle names. Have to think of something in that line for her. I gave Zoe the middle name of Analee ... which is spanish for Grace or favor. All my dog kids have to have a middle name. I don't know why but I feel like they are not complete without a middle name. So I will have to come up with a middle name for Panda. Anyway ... it has taken me all day to write this and post it. It is going on 9 pm and I have yet to eat a single thing today. Going to go make some mac and cheese with hamburger in it. That sounds so good and filling!! Toodles for the night!!

Keep on trying

Ok, here I am ... going to try and keep up this blogging thing. I used to keep a diary all the time as a young girl. But I am not very good at writing things down anymore. But maybe I will do better now that I have a lot of learning to do in the future. There are a lot of changes to come. I will have to have a way of working through all that and documenting things. Like in December. I get to quit my job so we do not have to pay taxes for 2011 in the state of VA. I have worked for many years in my life so it is going to be really wierd to be home and actually a house wife again. I haven't done that in many years!! I am looking forward to the challenge though. I can sometimes tend to become bored when I stay home. But once we get up to IL, there is going to be so much to do, that I doubt that I will have the chance to become so!! In fact I will probably be looking forward to that day I get to sit down and have nothing to do!! It will be a strange feeling though not having a set pattern for my day ... just knowing what I have to get done and doing it at my leisure ... wow ... leisure .... what is that?!?! LOL Well, I must go to bed now ... it is almost midnight and I work all day tomorrow! Nitey nite!

See ... not good at blogging!! LOL

Been having computer problems so blogging is not my first priority. Then I couldn't remember my google email ... so I created a new blog only to find this one ... my original one!! Yeah!!

It has been a busy couple of weeks since I started this blog. There are so many things to take care of around here and just not enough time. I am so tired after work to throw myself into cleaning like I would like to. So I end up just doing the minimum ... which for most is a lot!! LOL I so look forward to being a housewife to take care of my hearth and home like it should be taken care of, spending well earned time with my husband and spending time with my fids. (BTW, Fids are feathered, fuzzy or furry kids!!)

Not too much excited to report. Just trying to get my house cleaned up for my husbands return home and just because it needs it! I think I may throw myself into the bird room tomorrow. It desperately needs a thorough cleaning. Walls, ceiling, going through the toys and toss them or put them in the cages ... I need to make me some cookies to nibble on this week. Chocolate chip cookies! So maybe do that too.

Such an exciting life I lead!! LOL But it is a life I enjoy. I find a lot of satisfaction in taking care of my home and family. What else besides God and family/friends do you need in life? Just enough money to pay the bills and take care of emergencies. A big garden, chickens and a happy kitchen ... ahhhh .... And sewing!! Such is the life!

That will be all for tonight. I am quite exhausted and my feet need to be iced!! LOL

Starting my blog

Ok, not always so good about documenting things. I used to journal all the time as a kid. But as an adult I have gotten a little away from writing. But I have a lot of changes coming my way and I think this will be a good outlet for letting off some steam during those changes and good ways of documenting my thoughts ... the good, the bad, and the ugly!!

Dearest hubby will retire in June 2010 from the US Navy and we have the undaunting task of going from a scheduled life to a more relaxed civilian way of life. Since this is all either of us has known in our life for ages (I joined the military in 92 and then married into it in 94. Been on both sides of the fence. Dear Hubby has been in the military for almost 22 years now!!), it is going to be a big change. Hubby has the opportunity to go to school for free (his residential state of IL offers free school to their veterans if they return to IL within 6 months of getting out or retiring from the military) so we are jumping on it. Between his retirement and GI Bill, we should manage to squeak by.

That being said, we are lucky that my mother in law has a home in a VERY VERY small town next to the little bit larger town she currently resides in with her dad, my grandpa in law. She has offered us the opportunity to live in this home rent free but it needs a lot of work (which me and dear hubby have no qualms about doing) and it is much smaller than we are used too but you cannot pass up the opportunity like this! Both my husband and I can be creative in many ways and my mother in law is super creative so slowly we should turn that house around. Plus we have the opportunities to use some green ways to make the home better.

Also the house sits upon 3 acres .... that is totally awesome for a girl like me who has always thot the postage sized lots we have managed to rent were a god send!! With the arrival of a mother in law that loves to dabble in gardening and landscaping, I have picked up the love of gardening in the past few years. This year has been one of my most successful years as I grew tomatoes, blackberries, green peppers, gypsy peppers, and cucumbers. My strawberries weren't quite as successful this year as dear hubby had weed whacked them down this past spring ... therefore it was like starting from square one. So I am looking forward to growing an outstanding garden next year ... hubby and I are on our way to researching the proper way to lay out a garden (companion gardening especially) and grow it. We have big plans to say the least!! LOL

Also on the agenda is keeping some chickens for eggs. As much as I would love to provide my own meat, I just could not imagine raising a chicken with the intention of eating it. I am just not emotionally set up that way!! LOL But to be able to provide fresh eggs ... I am so looking forward to this adventure. It is going to be so much work it is scary but will be so self satisfying. We are already researching chickens and chicken coops (we have decided to build our own) and how to manage them.

I am a city girl on my way to being a country chick. I look forward to learning many things (I get to learn to can and preserve next year with my mom in law ... I have always wanted to learn to do that since canning some tomatoes in high school home ec class!!) and learning to sustain life in a more basic way. My sewing has already gotten better so that I can make my hubby and I our own clothes and clothes for dogs!! LOL

I am anxious to see my dogs have a HUGE fenced in yard to occupy their free time with. They too have been accustomed to small yards for the past 5 years ... they will not know what to do with themselves with such a large yard and freedom to do things in it!!

So here starts my blog ... my way to major changes ... possibly the loss of my sanity ... LOL ... but nonetheless, big changes and lots of chances to learn new things ... here is to living, learning and loving my life!!