We made it!

That I must say was an interesting trip. It should have taken us maybe 10 hours (we were pulling a 28 foot trailer and a 3 car "convoy"), but it took us more like 14 hours. That story will be posted later.

We finally have internet and cable yesterday.

We got Gabriel's room painted yesterday. He wanted his room Army green. Well, he wanted camo walls, but he settled for Army green and we are going to put camo curtains and maybe a rug if we can find one.

We will hopefully move his furniture in today and then Monday paint the girls room (purple). Katheryn picked it out and she loves tinkerbell so I will probably put tinkerbell curtains up in there.

Tom is sick. He is hopeing it isn't bronchitis. He's going in to the ER today (sucks that they don't have sick call because it's the exodus).

My to-do list has officially ran out of room. LOL

Well, off to catch up on everything else before Victoria becons me. Oh, I had to take her to the doc before we left because of a horrible diaper rash. She already weighed 11 lbs and 4 ozs. It will be interesting to see how much she weighs at her 2 month check up when I get one (a lil late though because of the move).

In the Spirit of the Holidays

A good friend showed me this and thought I'd share it.

Achmed the Dead Terrorist sings Carols:



And you can follow that up with this one:

Dr Laura and Operation Family Fund

Well, I was listening to Dr Laura today and I just wanted to pass on this information. All week long she is going to be giving all money raised from the jewelery sold goes straight to Operation Family Fund! If you haven't heard of it, it is an organization that gives ALL money donated (no overhead). Here is Dr Laura talking about the organization:



Here is a link to the jewelery on her site that she makes herself. It is very expensive though. Dr Laura's Jewelery Link


Here is a link to Operation Family Fund if you would like to know more about it.

Recent Movies I've Watched

The Legend of Bagger Vance



So I finally got around to watching this after a while of trying. Wow. I'm probably one of the weirdest people, but when they pulled the cars onto the 18th hole to light it up I got all teary eyed. Maybe it is because the movie reminded me of my grandfather. He loved to golf and was from southern GA. It was a good "life lesson" though and talked about how you need to work through your problems to ever let go of the burden. The movie left me with a greater appreciation (and understanding of what my grandfather tried to teach us) about the game of golf. I miss my grandfather!





Tinkerbell



I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. It has a good message for girls. There are soooo many little girls (and big ones) trying to be their favorite singer, actor, etc that they forget to be who they are. The movie is about being who you are and not trying to be something you're not and it is about friends helping each other out.

Not Too Much Longer

Well, moving day is getting closer and closer. For those of you wondering, I think it was easier when I was pregnant than with a newborn (have to take into consideration feeding times and all that incurs). Oh well, I am hoping *fingers crossed* to get almost all of it packed except for essentials within the next two weeks. That way I have a week to do odds and ends and clean. So we'll see how that goes.

I'm a bit excited to get back around family and friends. Mainly family (babysitters). I can't wait to have a "date night" without the kids. Although I'm sure "date night" will entail dinner, renting a movie, and falling asleep before/during the movie. LOL

Thanksgiving Lunch

Well, I must say my second Thanksgiving doing it all by myself went better than the first! I didn't really plan too much and did as much as possible (or should I say as much as the kids let me) the day before. I was a little stressed because we had one of Tom's classmates from Slovakia there (the foreign students have to learn as much of our culture and traditions as they can while they are here). Everyone liked it, which was a relief! lol Tom told me that it made Rene a bit homesick, but enjoyed it.