We've spent the past several days buying Jessica's fall/winter wardrobe, and thank goodness, cause the temperature is really starting to drop. Target and Old Navy have the cutest clothes and last week Old Navy had a 40-50% off sale on baby clothes (Major Score!) so of course, they recieved a lot of our business--in store and on-line. What I couldn't find in her size at the store, I purchased on-line, so I'm now waiting on two packages to arrive. The only downside to all this is that once I start shopping for her clothes, I CAN'T STOP!!!!!! There's still a few things I think she needs from Target! :)
Yesterday we finalized the installation plans with Lowes for our laminate flooring that will go in the dining room, kitchen, and utility room. It's a gorgeous deep mahagany shade and will be installed on Monday!! After 10% off the labor cost cause the sales rep felt bad about the way Home Depot jerked us around, 15% off from the sale on Pergo flooring, $79 off cause we picked up the product ourselves, and of course, our 10% active duty discount, we saved $600, and the final cost was half the price that Home Depot had quoted us for!!!! MAJOR SCORE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA!! Beat that Home Depot!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Yummy!
The apple lemon chicken and scalped potatoes turned out really good....a few tweaks and it'll be perfect. The potatoes definitely take longer than 45 minutes to cook and need to be stirred during the baking process so they cook more evenly. Next time I should use boneless skinless breasts instead of cut chicken with the skin still on cause the skin absorbed all the flavor...sorta pointless since we don't eat the skin. All in all, though, it was a pretty good recipe, especially being that it was the first time we tried it!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The Past Several Days
Our weekend started early on Friday since Jeff only had an eye appointment that morning to determine if he qualifies for the Navy to pay for his corrective laser eye surgery. He does!! Even though he already turned in the form for his CO to sign, I believe the waiting list is at least a year long, so it might be a while before it happens.
The rest of the weekend was spent as normal--running a few errands, spending some lazy time at the house, and eating out a couple of times, too! If you haven't tried the Asiago Garlic Alfredo from Olive Garden, I highly reccommend it. It was DELICIOUS! Jessie came by with baby Christopher and visited for a good while. He's getting so big and has some cute rolls on his thighs now! He reminds me a lot of Skyler. Of course, Jessica had to give him tons of kisses on his forehead when they left! It was so sweet!!!!
Yesterday I spent most of the morning straightening up downstairs and when Jeff came home, he watched Jessica so I could go grocery shopping. Today we still need to go to Sam's Club to buy our bulk items--meat and bottled water for the most part--and then tonight I'm gonna try a new recipe courtesy of Racheal Ray: oven-glazed apple lemon chicken with cordon bleu scalped potates....YUMMY!!!...at least, I hope so!
The rest of the weekend was spent as normal--running a few errands, spending some lazy time at the house, and eating out a couple of times, too! If you haven't tried the Asiago Garlic Alfredo from Olive Garden, I highly reccommend it. It was DELICIOUS! Jessie came by with baby Christopher and visited for a good while. He's getting so big and has some cute rolls on his thighs now! He reminds me a lot of Skyler. Of course, Jessica had to give him tons of kisses on his forehead when they left! It was so sweet!!!!
Yesterday I spent most of the morning straightening up downstairs and when Jeff came home, he watched Jessica so I could go grocery shopping. Today we still need to go to Sam's Club to buy our bulk items--meat and bottled water for the most part--and then tonight I'm gonna try a new recipe courtesy of Racheal Ray: oven-glazed apple lemon chicken with cordon bleu scalped potates....YUMMY!!!...at least, I hope so!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Happy with our Life
We are at such a good point in our lives right now. Jeff has been home for four and a half months and we have spent the majority of that time just reconnecting as a family. It’s been so good having him home again, and thankfully, even though his new command (a mobile security detachment) is deployable, there are no scheduled deployments until October of next year.
I actually really like this new command….mostly because of his working hours. Unless he has to stand watch (about once every two weeks), he has weekends and holidays off, Mon-Thurs he’s usually home around 2 or 3, and on Fridays he’s home before noon! I LOVE IT!!!! He hasn’t had this good of a schedule in over five years! So due to this wonderful schedule, we’ve had a lot of time to spend together as a family which is exactly what we needed after being apart for over a year. It’s definitely been good for us!
Jessica is growing up on us and becoming too smart for her own good at times. Jeff says she’s getting too big for her britches, and I tend to agree. Although she tests our limits on a daily basis now, she really is an amazing, well-behaved child. Jeff and her have really bonded since he’s been home, and I think she’s finally turning into a daddy’s girl which, I know all too well, is exactly how it should be. She is truly a blessing to us and has enriched our lives in so many ways. We LOVE being parents…so much so that we’ve been trying for baby #2!!!!! Hopefully, it won’t take two years this time around! We're keeping our fingers crossed!
Here lately I’ve developed a very strong love/hate relationship with this house; I think we both have! We’ve done so much work to it that the results have been phenomenal; however, it seems as though every time we start a new project, we find some underlying damage that ends up costing twice as much to repair and complete the original project. But the end results are worth it, and after some hard work, a lot of time, and a good bit of extra money, we have transformed this 1968 townhouse from a fixer-upper with ugly green carpet into the house we wish we could’ve bought to begin with. We still have more to do, but it finally feels like a home rather than just a house.
I actually really like this new command….mostly because of his working hours. Unless he has to stand watch (about once every two weeks), he has weekends and holidays off, Mon-Thurs he’s usually home around 2 or 3, and on Fridays he’s home before noon! I LOVE IT!!!! He hasn’t had this good of a schedule in over five years! So due to this wonderful schedule, we’ve had a lot of time to spend together as a family which is exactly what we needed after being apart for over a year. It’s definitely been good for us!
Jessica is growing up on us and becoming too smart for her own good at times. Jeff says she’s getting too big for her britches, and I tend to agree. Although she tests our limits on a daily basis now, she really is an amazing, well-behaved child. Jeff and her have really bonded since he’s been home, and I think she’s finally turning into a daddy’s girl which, I know all too well, is exactly how it should be. She is truly a blessing to us and has enriched our lives in so many ways. We LOVE being parents…so much so that we’ve been trying for baby #2!!!!! Hopefully, it won’t take two years this time around! We're keeping our fingers crossed!
Here lately I’ve developed a very strong love/hate relationship with this house; I think we both have! We’ve done so much work to it that the results have been phenomenal; however, it seems as though every time we start a new project, we find some underlying damage that ends up costing twice as much to repair and complete the original project. But the end results are worth it, and after some hard work, a lot of time, and a good bit of extra money, we have transformed this 1968 townhouse from a fixer-upper with ugly green carpet into the house we wish we could’ve bought to begin with. We still have more to do, but it finally feels like a home rather than just a house.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
New Blog
I decided to start this blog to help bridge the gap between Virginia Beach and three or four other states. There are so many family and friends that we don’t talk to enough or see near as often as we’d like to, so this should allow me to keep everyone up to date by writing blogs, posting pictures, and if we ever get a video camera, I can download videos as well.
I’m not too sure about the title yet and I’ll probably be playing around with the colors and layouts for the next couple of weeks, so just bear with me.
I’m pretty sure…no, scratch that…I’m positive this won’t be updated on a daily basis. I’ll do my best to keep up with it, but if you think I’m slacking or not posting enough pics leave me a note at mommy2jess614@yahoo.com.
I’m not too sure about the title yet and I’ll probably be playing around with the colors and layouts for the next couple of weeks, so just bear with me.
I’m pretty sure…no, scratch that…I’m positive this won’t be updated on a daily basis. I’ll do my best to keep up with it, but if you think I’m slacking or not posting enough pics leave me a note at mommy2jess614@yahoo.com.
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