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Welcome to My Nightmare
I took the minions to the base pool yesterday. It was sunny and wonderful and hot! The pool felt amazing! This kiddie pool was HUGE! The kids loved it! They even have a little tube slide that shoots them into the big pool. (You’ll forgive the lack of pictures as I was playing “catcher’ when they… Continue reading
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I Think It May Be Time
We’ve been living la vida lodge for almost 2 weeks (more if you count the camping and hotels to get here). We’ve done all sorts of things to pass the time; attempting to Positive Polly the situation, full on meltdowns (you know just for fun), playground time such as this one: Taking selfies to send… Continue reading
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Quality Country?
You know when you hear a song so great, you have one of those transcendent moments where either the lyrics resonate so deeply you wonder if the writer took the thoughts out of your life, or the melody just makes you want to get up and dance?! I miss those songs. I grew up with… Continue reading
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First Run
Last night I ran my first run in Texas. When I asked my husband (who had been here previously to scout out housing) what it was like, he said, “It’s flat and brown.” Man does he have a way with words, or what?! I was running on base around sunset and found a track, right by the golf… Continue reading
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Life in the Lodge
Well, my meltdown/culture shock phase of this move is winding down. We’ve spent the last week looking at houses and rentals and have decided to purchase this time around. We have about 2 weeks until it’s all ready for us. We are also getting geared up for school registration! (Yeah, that sentence made me throw up a… Continue reading
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Meltdown
I’m having a meltdown of sorts. Yep, that’s right. Me. Not my daughter or my son. (Although had happened today, too.) It’s all just hitting me. It’s hitting all of us. We’ve driven by a few houses and we’ve been less than impressed. I’ve been reading reviews on the various schools and I’m trying to… Continue reading
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This 5k Across the Country “Thing”
It started out as just an idea to help keep me motivated to workout and run while traveling across country to our new duty station. I’ve been on enough road trips to know how lethargic being in a car all day makes me, and how the substantial lack of decent food options tends to make… Continue reading
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Loving and Loathing the Mall
While on our adventure from there to here, we made a stop at the Mall of America. We usually do when we are visiting the hubby’s family in Minnesota. This thing is huge. When we pulled up, there was construction and I wondered aloud if they were fixing something. Eric mentioned that they were actually expanding.… Continue reading
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Big Time Small Town
As a mother of military kiddos, I often marvel at the idea of living in a small town, putting down roots, and having them grow up from kindergarten through 12th grade in the same school district. Does anyone do that anymore? It seems like it would be idyllic in some ways, a nice idea, but… Continue reading
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Red Roads and Rhythm
When traveling or PCSing pre-minions, the hubby and I traveled well together. We could be up at the crack of dawn, drive most of the day, see random roadside oddities and be happily on our way. We easily found a rhythm to long drives. My dear husband has a love of taking the road less… Continue reading
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