Whoa!

Blogger slacker! And lately that's all my blogs have been about. Me slacking. Ugh! Fail. My utmost apologies.

E started Pre-K today. She was excited to get out of the house. She was not destined to be a stay at home kiddo. Good thing because this momma was not meant to be a stay at home momma. Fingers crossed for a good phone call on Friday!

Crazy drivers run wild in this town. This is not a complaint but a small sigh of relief that now I fit in with them :-)

Its not cold, not even close. 50s and rainy today, which means I'll put some jeans on and maybe grab an umbrella or small jacket, or heck a little rain never hurt anyone right? Last week we had a frost warning. FROST! Like 32 degrees and they were worried about people getting too cold and to remember to bundle up. Really? In MT we had warnings for -20 degrees and a foot of snow. I laughed a ton and then ran around in a long sleeve t and jeans and flip flops and got thousands of crazy looks. The south does not like cold, which is apparently anything below 65 degrees and they will freak out and act like they just got shipped to the north pole.

Gate guys are E's new favorite thing. Why? I haven't figured that out yet but she's intrigued and will make sure if she's sleepy and we're headed on base to stay awake until we get past them. Odd little one.
 

Last Tuesday after coming home from pictures I walked into the kitchen fooled around at the sink then headed to the drawer for something and then back across the kitchen. Karma is on my side because I stepped over cat puke 3 times without stepping in it! If that's how I get repaid I will take that every day for the rest of my life. Big joys come in small packages.

Now above mentioned pictures. A fellow Army wife was wanting to get a couple kiddo shots in and asked if she could borrow E as a subject. Sure! So here's a couple fun diddy's from last week!

A fun flashback for everyone.  While we were back in MT and the madness of packing was going on I walked downstairs to the playroom while E was supposed to be packing her toys (please note I ended up packing all toys) and found naked Barbies and Kens everywhere. I remember having a sea of naked dolls when I was little so I just found it funny and made sure to tell Superman that night. Convo went a little like this...
Me: E had a mess of naked Barbies and Kens today. Are you ready for that yet?
Superman: Nah Ken's just for looks. Now when G.I. Joe is naked with Barbie we will worry about it.
Well played honey, well played.

Okay friends! I am off to see how wonderful Miss E's school day went and then head off to pick up Superman from work! Much love and many promises to be back on more often.

Love,
Jess

We have made it!

I should probably to sit down and give a detailed miles by mile trip experience but I'm not. I'm going to tell you that we made it safe and sound and without wanting to kill each other.

3 adults, a four year old and 2 cats in a truck for 2 1/2 days equaling 2200 miles and we survived. Honestly I feel like I should get a gold star. Noone puked or peed themselves. We didn't fight or argue. The last 150 miles were rough because we could smell it but not taste it. Like having a wonderful smelling dinner in the crock but knowing it has to cook for another hour.

My house is still not all the way unpacked, I don't care. I'm missing things to make food with so we'll do an actual with a list trip to the store this weekend probably. I am finally sleeping in my bed accompanied by Superman and E is loving her new digs. The only thing she is worried about is going to school and getting cable. She is settling in wonderfully!

Now onto daycare and job hunting while only having one vehicle!

Love,
Jess

Packing fail.

Today was supposed to be a day for packing completion. Ya that hasn't happened. I did get E's room done! Does that count?

Packing with a 4yr old is pointless. Every time I threw something in a box, she took it right back out. I gave her little jobs to do like taking her movies out of the cases and putting them in a CD case for the road. She took out 3 and put one in her TV and started watching it. Dirty clothes got put in the packed box and I'm pretty sure some Halloween confetti also got mixed in. I have given up caring. Since her room is done the rest of the house will wait until after she is in bed. Then I will pink Rockstar myself senseless and go to town.

I have about 11 loads of laundry to do and no I'm not exaggerating.

It hailed for about 4 minutes and scared me senseless not only because the last couple of days of work would have been insurance agent hell, but because the garage is full of packed boxes and both vehicles are sitting outside.

Wish me luck and if any of my locals are super bored on Wednesday I would gladly accept some cleaning help :-)

Love,

Jess

2 weeks!

Tonight was my last night of lazy before the packing extravaganza begins! Since E has to go with SD for a week I'm going to get us all packed! It will be a lot easier than having to watch a little helper unpack and reorganize with me :-) I did get her tutu for her ghost done! Now just waiting on my wonderful bestie to do her shirt and I'm free sailing.

While we were in PC tonight for Britts volleyball senior night I noticed how old I really am. Kids that were youngins are now graduated or seniors. There are only 3 of my teachers left. Kids I babysat are now dating. One thing is still the same and anyone reading this that went to school there will laugh...there are still box elder bugs in the gym bathrooms!!!

I cry during the national anthem.

I must be on time for work tomorrow. Bob is turning 50!!

Love

Jess

Dog tags and hair bows

While driving in the truck today Supermans dog tag that he had hung there while on leave reflected some sun and blinded me. At first I cussed it out because it hurt and I do not need to be blinded while driving a large truck in 5 o'clock traffic. On a second glance I realized I had clipped on one of E's hair flowers to it so it wouldn't get stepped on and ruined. A tear hit my eye as I thought of the combination in front of me. The two main people in my life together.

As a single mom you worry about not just how well this new guy is gonna work out for you but also how well he's going to handle all the attitude playing with Barbie in the livingroom. E has always been a guy hater and Superman told me kids were intimidated by him. So imagine my surprise when the first night they meet E sits down right next to him and they start in on a conversation. They had just clicked right before my eyes like Superman and I had done a couple weeks before. They fit.

From then on they have been perfect together. While Superman was gone all E could talk about was him jumping out of planes and how many more days until he came home. When he finally did come home on leave she could care less about her school and friends that she normally looked forward but wanted to stay home every day with him. Now since he left again its "how many days until we move?". I also get pushed away for Skype dates as she insists on telling him numerous times how she loves him. She tells me to keep her boyfriends a secret from him and he is the one she has to call when something cool happens at school.

He is just as adorable. Ya I just called rough and rugged Superman adorable but when it comes to a man completely melting when a 4 yr old girl walks in the room or answers the phone its adorable.

E is so blessed to have such an amazing man in her life for her to look up to, adore and be protected by. They have already made plans for vacations and adventures and I think they came to an understanding on which age is appropriate for her to be kissing boys and going on dates. Every girl needs a wonderful male role model and E has landed herself the best of the best.

I am so very very close to having all 3 of us together as a family like we should be! Hectic yes but oh so worth it.

Side note: they both snore when they are super sleepy.

Love,
Jess

Lets see...

Frosting cookies tonight with our besties was fun and of course messy :-) Would you expect anything else out of two 4 year olds and black frosting? We sure are going to miss them!

I made a huge change today! Love!

I had an incident with a pair of leggings. New legging order is in while we speak.

I am in love with my new gunmetal grey nails.

Things are getting crazy and I'm collecting boxes :-)

If this looks shitty and comes out all garbled it's because I'm on my phone. Get used to it because that's how it's gonna be.

Love,

Jess

Holy Jeebus!!

I haven't been on here in years!

Update on the world I live in. 2400 mile move in a short time! I can't believe it's happening right here and now but I couldn't be more happy and excited for our adventure! E of course can't wait and wants to move yesterday because she is also over missing Superman and only seeing him through Skype and talking to him on the phone.

I really hate moving. I don't hate the outcome but I hate the deep cleaning, packing, address changes, medical record roundup and make sure everybody that you have ever come into any sort of payment contact knows that you are no longer where you once were so they can continue to send you wonderful bills.

My lists in my list have lists. I swear I'm going to pull my hair out with all the crap I have to put together and get organized. This weekend will be a madhouse. I will be surviving off coffee and pink rockstars. This is a warning to anybody that decides to text, call or stop by that you will given a box, mop or paint brush and put to work.

Good night my lovelies and I will try to keep you updated on my madness as I go!

Love,

Jess