Posts from — May 2009

If you keep up with this blog then you know we’ve been having the house redone.  We’ve been here for 7 years and were eligible to have the house repainted, re-carpeted, retiled, etc. So we moved everything out, took all the pictures off the walls, removed all the nails, packed up all the books and nick knacks and got ready to have this house made to look new again.  I was so excited to see how fresh and new everything looked and felt.  Then, one day after the tile was relaid in the entry,ONE DAY…. this happened

A baking stone was dropped on the new tile and a big chunk was broken out of one of the tiles.  I was so angry!  I couldn’t believe that I could only have a new looking house for 24 hours!  I was also totally worried about what housing was going to say.  

The next day I went in and told them what happened.  Within 24 hours the worker was back, replacing the one tile and making it look fresh again.  

This is one of the top reasons we choose to live in housing.  Every time something needs to be replaced or fixed, I simply pick up the phone.  Imagine how much more difficult it would be to be  parenting on my own for the next year, if I had to worry about every time something broke or needed to be replaced!  Between the ease of maintenance and the support of neighbors, I can’t imagine living this military/Mommy of Many life without being in housing!

Good night~

I felt like this was a good example of how we make things work around here-

The other morning, Clay was making the lunches and let me know that we were out of bread (of course it was the morning of the day that I was going grocery shopping, so there wasn’t a lot to work with).  I told him to grab the tortillas and cheese and make quesadillas.  There weren’t any flour tortillas.  Hmmmm…….what to do?  I looked in the fridge, saw that we had the small, corn tortillas, grabbed them and the cheese and headed to the stove-top.  I lightly toasted the tortillas over the flame of the gas burner and then added some thinly, sliced cheese, folded each one over and VOILA!  Lunch was ready to be packed.  

Of course, as soon as the kids were delivered to the school, I headed to the grocery store.  We are now fully stocked, once again.

Have a great day~

Congratulations to Mary for winning a pair of tickets to Shecky’s Girls Night Out, San Diego!  

Don’t forget to check back next week for our final give away!

Have a great night~