FINALLY!

Our household goods will be delivered tomorrow! YAY!!!!!! I know it'll be one crazy day, but I'm so excited! Jeff even says that I have a "pip" in my step now, lol! I can't wait to have all our stuff here....to get everything put away, hung up, organized, and settled in...and most importantly, to sleep in our own bed...our wonderful, amazing king size pillow-top bed! :)

The only downside is the housing office can't pick up our loaner furniture until the 19th...which means that today was spent doing some straightening up around here, taking our clothes out of the dressers and chests, and moving most of the loaner furniture into the garage. Jeff and I did our room this morning, and I just finished Jessica's room. Tomorrow we'll deflate our air matresses and finish up the living room before the movers arrive. Jeff's also gonna pick up some bottled water, gatorade, and a 12 pack of sodas for the movers to drink. :)

I did mention that I'm excited, right!!?!?!!

What A Day!

So the morning started out getting ready and heading to the base to take care of some business. We needed to go to psd to file mine and Jessica's travel claim and also to correct one of Jeff's pay issues...something that should have taken maybe an hour; however, it turned into a 6hr pain in the ass event in which we ran circles around base...from the psd office to the medical clinic to the precinct and even to the big Naval hospital off base....trying to find some essential documentation which we shouldn't have had to do to begin with.

Apparently the psd personnel have 1) lost mine and Jessica's flight itinerary that Jeff turned in last month so we can't file the travel claim yet, and 2) can't find or also lost the documentation stating that Jessica and I are command sponsored to be here so they can't give Jeff the correct amount of COLA (cost of living allowance). And then they look at me like I'm the crazy one when I say that the Navy wouldn't have paid for mine and Jessica's tickets if we weren't command sponsored! I know that someone...either here or back in Norfolk... royally screwed up Jeff's transfer package if the documentation for command sponsorship isn't in his file! The only thing we managed to accomplish through all this is the realization that either the psd personnel here or back in VA are a bunch of morons who can't correctly and successfully complete a transfer...as in without missing documentation. UGH!

On the bright side, Jeff checked his email once we finally arrived home and found the notification we have been desperately waiting for. Our household goods have arrived in Guam, and the personal property office is awaiting our phone call to schedule a date for delivery! WOOT!!!!!

And Of Course...

It wouldn't feel like Easter without this one tradition...dyeing eggs! Jessica had a blast doing these and would hardly let me help! I plan on using half of them for deviled eggs and the other half for a small batch of egg salad.

Happy Easter!

Jessica woke up bright and early this morning to find her hidden Easter basket...a tradition that was passed down from my parents. The Easter bunny hid it inside one of the bottom kitchen cabinets, and Jessica was thrilled to find a pink turtle, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, The Princess & the Frog dvd, and loads of candy! It didn't take too long before she was on a sugar high!!!

Since I am short on cookware and baking dishes due to the absence of our household goods shipment yet, I changed things around this year. Instead of a traditional "ham and lots of side dishes" Easter dinner, we enjoyed Italian instead....my yummy cheese ravioli dish, salad, garlic bread, and no-bake strawberry cheesecake! MmmmMmmm!!!

I hope all of our family and friends back in the states are having a wonderful Easter as well!