A Quick Update

We had a complete change of plans. Thank you Uncle Sam and US Navy. We moved a little bit further north, on base, and into a bigger house. Not much to complain about there. So between unpacking, spending time at the pool and beach, and getting all that lovely paper work done, there has not been much time for blogland.

This has been our summer. Yay for us! We have family coming during the month of July, so we will get well acquainted with the airport and enjoy parts of sunny California that we have yet to see.

Our school plans are changing a bit and it looks like I could have one homeschooler and one public schooler. We will see, I am not pushing the issue, but I am being pushed by some family member. So my hubby and I made the decision to not let their opinions influence our family. That has already helped with the stress of that decision. I will let you know where the good Lord leads us.

I did find a website that I love and will use with my 4(almost 5) year old this year. if you get a chance, go check out all the cuteness. The Crafty Crow. This links to the ABC section, but there is so much more.

Settling In

AHHH! Finally some time to myself. The house is somewhat put together. At least most things have a place and I still need to hang pictures.
We made it through 6 nights of hotel rooms, 2 vehicles, 2 kids, and 2 dogs across the country. We had one flat tire and one bad hotel stay. The kids did great, I think they were so excited about traveling that they did not get very bored. I would like to say there was so much to see, but have you traveled across Texas lately. We spent 2 nights in San Antonio and took the kids to the Alamo and Riverwalk.
Our new town seems like a great little town to raise a family in. There are people out walking all the time. Some pushing strollers and some walking dogs, we even saw one lady pushing her dog in a stroller. We have a Wal Mart and a Target and many great grocery stores. My favorite by far is an organic grocery store.
R starts his check in process tomorrow for the school that he will be attending. He is excited and nervous all rolled into one.
C has to get back into the swing of things with homeschooling tomorrow. I had thought that I may be able to get a few things accomplished while traveling but she is not that disciplined yet. It will be a rough day tomorrow as she has a tendency to fight me.
Have a great week.

We are alive

We are safely in California. Our furniture is being delivered to our new place tomorrow. I have never moved into a house that needs so much work. We had to get the carpets cleaned again yesterday, the landlord cleaned them with a steam vac but it needed more. We are painting today and rearranging the c*ap she left in the garage. This woman is clueless but has a very green thumb. When I can I will post pictures of the backyard. Gorgeous. Until then, just know that I am thinking about you all.

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Getting Ready

It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks and things are not slowing down. We are gearing up for our big move across country. 2 cars, 2 adults, 2 kids, 1 dog, and a fish.

• We have packers coming to do a walk through this week and they will be here on Monday to start packing.
• A haircut for me


• Yard Sale on Saturday.


• My parents coming to visit and pick some things up.


• Final inspection from the housing office.


• Packing for 9 days in different hotel rooms. This has to be done before the packers come on Monday.


• Letting the friends say goodbye.


• Not to mention that we still do not have a place to move to and we are traveling on our faith alone.

What we have done in the last couple of weeks is mind boggling.

• R spent a week in school and then met me at Memaw's house in AL


• Celebrated my Memaw turning 80 years old with out extended family.


• Visited my Dad, had lunch with him, my stepmom, and my brother.


• Took one brother to the other brother's house to get a ride home because his car was in the shop


• Hubby went and visited a friend in Florida


• Spent a few days with my Mom.


• Went to the In-laws to see their new house.


• J got to play golf

• C went to 2 birthday parties


• One kids threw up, the other had a fever.


• Played in the snow. Can you believe that it snowed in AL.

Mind boggling isn't it. The kids are doing great and handling all the pressure and changes like champs. The are pretty good military kids. Mostly they are excited to see their friends in CA. Please keep us in your prayers and we travel these all to familiar paths.

Painting and Moving

First some homeschool stuff. I took the kids and met up with about 25 other kids at a paint your own pottery store called Proudest Monkey. I have no idea what that name means, but it was a very cute store. The prices on the pottery were fantastic. You could do a cake stand for $20.00 plus the cost of firing. So take a friend or 2 to split the cost of firing and enjoy. C is painting an ice cream cone that opens and J is painting a robot bank. I did not realize that his eyes looked like that when I took the picture. Creepy.

I am telling you that this homeschool stuff is easier than you think. Hard days! YES of course, but fun is well worth it.

Secondly, we have some inspection days, pack out days, and moving days scheduled. That is a relief. It gives some time to work with and see what we have to do. We can get the house cleaned and be ready to start driving as soon as R finishes his check out. Now all we have to do is keep in contact with the people who schedule the packers, because we do not want our pack out dates lost in the system and the packers never show up. I mention it because it has happened to others before. Moving with the military is quite an adventure.

A mini vacation

Do you remember my post about my reminder that I need to turn all my worries over to God. Well, I have been working on that and I think that I am doing quite well. When my hubby's head starts to spin, I am a gentle reminder that we can only take one day at a time. And lo and behold, guess what happened. Opportunity and chance came knocking, we will get to fly out to California in a few weeks and visit the housing office and take a look around for ourselves.

This will be a kid free mini vacation. I have not taken one of those since before I had kids. It will be a jammed packed weekend, but we can manage that. The kids will be well taken care of. This opportunity is heaven sent and will allow us to see what we are getting into.

I am so excited, can you tell?

Things in motion, stay in motion

Whew, who knew that things could change so fast. We are suddenly on a race and I am not sure where the end is.

My loving husband called on Tuesday to say that he had been accepted to a school that he wants to go to. That is wonderful news, because coming out of this school should be a nice bonus and a promotion.

So would you like to see my countdown.

• 6 weeks until I have to be at my Grandmother's 80th birthday


• 7 weeks until much needed yard sale.


• 8 weeks until packers are here


• 8 weeks + 3 days until final check out and hit the road for California

Can you even imagine? Amazingly I have not had a major panic attack, but it will come all in good timing. Our girl, C is super excited about everything but the car trip. She will be my bouncer. Someone to bounce ideas off of and help me scheme to make this trip fabulous.

Our plan is to stop and have a couple of days in San Antonio. The riverwalk area is one of my husband's favorites and he wants to show us around. Then we will book it to the California coastline. We have a few friends waiting on us there and fortunately they already know there way around. We bought a TomTom and I am working on figuring out how to use it.

Now, I need all of your help. I went to Target last night looking for car games and there were none to be had. So what are your ideas for keeping a 4 and 7 yr old entertained on a 3 day trip?

And if any of you have lived in the San Diego are please spill the beans. I want to know everything. Best (and worst) place to live, to eat, to shop, and to have fun. This is a whole new ball game for us and we need you.