I'm taking advantage of Chris being home this morning. Tyler is napping with him and I can sit here and update without being interrupted. Hopefully!

My parents came for a visit. It was really nice. I can't believe they left almost a week ago. They were here for a week and we had a great visit.
     On Monday when they arrived I had a book club ( Read more... )

     It seems to be that neglecting LJ has become the norm for me. I really need to make an effort to update more often. Honestly though, not a lot is going on.
     Tyler and I have made it to 2 playdates. Last week it was a "public" event on the base. The Baltimore zoo did a presentation at one of the neighbourhood centres. We saw a few animals ( Read more... )

Gosh it has been forever since I posted. Here it goes.

Friday Chris got off work at lunch time. We headed out to AT&T where they swapped out his sim card. Hopefully that takes care of the problem. Then we stopped by Best Buy where he got his new Metalica CD. We headed to Halmark so I could get part of the housewarming gift for Sabrina from ( Read more... )

Book Club books
Cold Rock River by J.L. Miles - November 2007
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - December 2007
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - January 2008
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - February 2008
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - March 2008
The Next Thing My List Novel by Jill Smolinski - April 2008
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     After finishing my book yesterday I ran off to the grocery store to get a few things that we needed. I've been working on sticking to a strict budget like Lisa suggested. This is the end of the second week and it has worked out great so far. It has also helped me plan meals and actually buy things we will eat and not junk. My cupboards are ( Read more... )

OK here was my week ( Read more... )

      Yesterday I ran out for a bit and then met Chris for a date online. After our date I took a shower and washed my hair. Before I knew it I had to head out the door to meet the book club.
     The book club meeting went well. A few of the new people couldn't make it but two people I had never met before showed up and seemed really nice and ( Read more... )

Let's see where we left off...
     The plumbers didn't show until Monday. Yay. Took the guy all of 5 minutes to fix the toilet. The girls weren't impressed that I shoved them into Puff's crate, but really the guy was bent over my toilet, he didn't need the girls clamoring all over him too.
     Audrey is looking at the puppy next door from the ( Read more... )