Stalker Mail

When I got in my mailbox today, amongst the junk was this envelope.

From Someday We'll Put Down Roots

As I looked at it, I'm thinking, "What the hell is this?" So I open it up and here is what's inside.

From Someday We'll Put Down Roots

I immediately started laughing out loud because I know exactly what this is about.

When we threw our Halloween party, we told people that they could park on the street that is facing toward our house. The only reason I did this is because I've seen people park there before and walk to a house that is down one of those side streets. The pictures of the signs are signs that are posted when you drive into our subdivision. It cracks me up because I know it's this old man who lives here in the subdivision. I'm sorry, but if you have a problem with something I've done, knock on my door and tell me to my face, don't send me some stalker mail with photos and no return address. And if you have nothing better to do than to watch what the hell I'm doing? For all I know they are looking in my windows when I'm not home to make sure my house is clean or some crazy shit like that. It really kinda pisses me off because like I said, knock on my door and tell me I'm in "violation" of your signs, but by all means, don't single me out. I am not the only person who has every had people park on the street. Are they doing this to other people too? I can understand if it's something I'm continually doing, but for one night? Yeah right! It just reaffirms my belief that there are some old people who don't have anything better to do than to be up in your business. Needless to say, I'm glad I'll be out of here in less than 30 days. On top of that, I'll be sure I don't live in a neighborhood where the neighbors house isn't on top of mine!

Weather channel = nightmares

Presently the weather channel is giving me nightmares. If any of you have the weather channel and happen to tune in, you might notice that the Pacific Northwest is presently getting LOTS of rain. Tomorrow they are saying we'll get 5". It rained all day today and there are no signs of it stopping. Needless to say, I am counting down until they pack up my belonging and ship them east. But on the other hand of that, I'm praying that it is not raining or snowing on December 3rd or 4th when they will be packing out my house. The last thing I need is to worry about my bed and couch showing up 2 days after Christmas moldy as hell. I talked to a woman once who had that happen to her. It makes me shutter just thinking about it.

In addition to all this fantastic rain we're getting, Montana and the Dakotas are getting hammered with snow and blizzard conditions. This too is giving me nightmares! It shouldn't give me nightmares just yet since I won't be driving through there until 2 weeks from today, but it still gives me cause for concern. If these conditions keep up, I haven't the slightest idea how I'm going to get to Ohio. For those of you that are wondering what it is I'm doing...my newest plan is this. I have now decided to drive my car home on the 19th and leave it at my parents house. This way, I can fly back here (on the 25th), John and I will just share his truck, they will pack out my house on the 3rd and hopefully pick up his truck a few days later. Then on the 8th (assuming they've picked up John's truck by then) I will rent a car and then on the 9th, catch a flight back to Ohio and all will be right with the world. The reason I'm shooting for the 9th is because my friend Mary is flying back to Louisiana for the holidays and if I have to take her down, I might as well peace out too. She's one of my best friends up here so it would be nice to be able to say goodbye to someone before I get on the plane.

So those are my plans. Pray that it all works out and that the weather cooperates with me while I drive. It's all happening very fast, but it's falling into place for the most part. Let's hope it stays that way!

Lifesaver Sarah

Today I went to my friend Sarah's house again to work on this scrapbooking business for deployment. I sat for an hour at her dining room table in bewilderment wondering what in the world I was going to do for these calendar days we have to decorate. She told me on Monday when I was there that she had bought a digital scrapbooking kit from Best Buy that was cake to use and that if I wanted to use it that I was more than welcome to. I told her it was ok and that I'd figure out what I was going to do. Yeah, big fat lie.

So today, she showed me what she's done using the program and just how easy it was to use. At that point, I was sold. She installed the program on my laptop and I gave it a whirl. Why the hell I ever told her I'd do it by hand/paper I'll never know because this program is a Godsend! It took me a little bit to learn how it worked, but once I got the hang of it...it was so easy!! I ended up getting 4 days finished which never would have happened if I would have gone about it the traditional way. So Sarah, this post is dedicated to you! You are a Lifesaver!!

Election Day

It looks to be a historic day in our country this election day. Politics is something I generally don't discuss and is not something I'm going to dedicate this post to either. I don't think anyone can deny what a mess this country has been in lately and the only thing I will say is that with Obama projected to win the presidency, I think it is a sign of good things to come. I'm very excited to see what happens when he takes over...as an educator, an American, and a human being.

On another note, things are changing yet again on our front. I am scheduled to leave on Sunday for New York and John was supposed to be gone, but now he will not be gone. It sucks that he won't be able to go with me, but it will be nice for me to be able to talk to him while I'm there and to be able to send pictures of the houses I look at. This way, we'll be able to make a decision together and I won't feel like it's all up to me. Well, it really is all up to me if you really think about it, but it's nice to talk it over too.

Tomorrow it looks like I'll be doing crafts all day for John's upcoming deployment because God knows I'm running out of time....and fast! So, I should probably shoot to get them done by Friday if that's even possible. I'm not a person who likes to do crafts because I have to but more because I want to. And even though I want to do this, it's not my first priority by any means. It is with that, that I'm going to wrap this up, watch John McCain concede, and head upstairs to relax.

Tomorrow is a new day!

Yet another rainy day

It is the time where the sun has packed it's bags and headed elsewhere and the rain has come and set up shop. We saw the sun on and off yesterday, but for the more than half of the day (at my house anyways) we had rain. This would make it day 5. Yippie...can you sense the sarcasm?!

I did, however, spend my day over at a friend's house working on scrapbook stuff for the upcoming deployment. I should say that she and one of the other wives did more scrapbooking than I did. My brain has checked out so I did what I could. I guess it's better than nothing.

The last thing I did this evening was make some chocolate chip banana bread. It smells good and I'm hoping will taste just as good. It even looks good too. What do you think?

From Someday We'll Put Down Roots

The big chunks on top are nilla wafer cookies. We'll see how it tastes tomorrow!

Stroking out

Let me begin by saying that I hate this daylight savings fall back business. Most of you enjoy the extra hour of sleep, but I do not. At least not today. I didn't sleep worth a damn last night and I was not so happy at 5:00 when it was pitch black outside. The weather has been less than appealing the last 4 days which is making this transition that much worse. On top of all this wonderfulness, we scheduled the pack out today for one month from tomorrow. And then, I've been looking at the houses we have on our list and trying to make contact with the owners and Realtors to set up appointments for next week while I am in New York. It's frustrating because one of the houses online says it's still available and when I emailed the realtor to set up a showing, I get an email saying it's no longer available. So now I'm overstressing about this potentially happening with other houses we have on the list. I know that this is something that is out of my control, but that's just the way I am. I feel like I'm going to stroke out before I ever get moved. I been in this position before and I've made it out alive, but continually going through this is taking it's toll on me. I'm scared to check my blood pressure as I'm sure it's even higher than it has been. Pray that I have the strength to get through this yet again!

It's Official...

...we're moving...again! Most of you already know that we were going to go Saratoga Springs but the paperwork has arrived which makes it official! John doesn't have to report until March, but he'll be on the boat until sometime in February. When he gets off the boat, he'll fly back here to Washington to check out of the command and then he will fly to meet me in New York.

My plan is to schedule the pack out the same day that John leaves for deployment. Might as well say goodbye to everything at once! Then I'll have to get my carpets cleaned, wait a day or so for them to dry, make sure everything is cleaned and then I'll begin my journey back East. I'm hoping that whichever way I plan to drive will be snow free until I've passed through, however, I'm not sure if that will happen or not since it will be December. Then I'll be home for Christmas and probably head to New York a day or two after that.

I'm hoping that since now we have papers in hand that all my plans will fall into place and things won't be as stressful. It will be nice to say, "My pack out is on such and such date and I'll be leaving on blah blah blah day to head East." Now all I have to do is hope I find a house for us when I make my trip to NY.