Thankful Thursday (A Day Late)

Hmm, I missed Thankful Thursday last week! How rude of me and even though I wrote this yesterday, I am a day late in posting! :-)

Blunoz is pinning on Commander this weekend so the in-laws have flown in for the big event (ans my mom arrived yesterday) and we spent Wednesday getting the house ready for a HUGE Wetting Down party (umm around 70 people to be exact).

So what am I thankful for?

I am thankful for my in-laws. Yes, you heard me right. My in-laws. I was feeling pretty nauseous over the entire thing but since their arrival I have been feeling better. My MIL is actually an event planner, so while that does add some stress because she thinks of things I would have never thought of, it is good to know someone is taking care of those little details.

I am not only grateful for the help they are providing (I was sitting here listening to my FIL vacuum the main stairway) but I am also thankful for the role they play in our lives and our children's lives. I love that they are so involved in our lives and visit often. With Blunoz's schedule, it is not easy (next to impossible) for us to go visit them. This is their second trip out here since we arrived back in NoVa and a third is planned for October (they live in Oregon, so it is a long trip for them). I always had such a close relationship with my grandparents, I am glad that my boys will have the same thing.
And yes, I knew when my mom arrivds she would also be very helpful (can we say "dusted house") and I will be thankful that she is here as well. I know that YB is looking forward to a good game of Garbage with Grammy!

New Computer

My wonderful husband met me at the allergist on Friday and took the boys and my fried computer to Best Buy while I endured round two of my allergy testing at yet another allergist. This was at least my 4th round of testing since I graduated college, but I digress...

So Blunoz and the boys went off to Best Buy to visit the Geek Squad. There they discovered that my mother board was fried. UGH! Thankfully the Geeks were able to recover my hard drive and transfer it to an external hard drive.
While the boys played Webkinz on the display computers, Blunoz perused the computers and decided on two, a Toshiba and a Dell. I had three criteria, built in webcam so we can skype with our friends around the world; a screen that was 15" or greater and lots of hard drive space for pictures. After I sat through my itchy shots I went over to meet them. The decision... The TOSHIBA. The price was slightly less than the dell and it has some kind of feature that makes CD labels for you (still need to figure that one out).

Toshiba - Satellite Laptop with Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology - Black Onyx

I am still getting used to Window's Vista and the different layout of the keyboard. But I am excited to have the number pad again. That was one thing I missed when I switched from a desk top to a laptop.

The best news is that as Blunoz was wandering around the store in his uniform a store associate told him that they have a military discount, 10% off! Wahoo!

So I am back up and running!

Spilt Coffee

Coffee and laptops apparently don't mix.

Yesterday as I was looking at the Wegman's Catering site in preperation for Blunoz's promotion next weekend and I choked as I was having some coffee. Next thing I know, I have the blue screen of death.

The computer had been vacuumed out with a wet/dry vac and has been laying upside down on some rice since yesterday. Fingers crossed that I will be back on my own computer soon (I am typing this on Blunoz's computer now). Otherwise we may be using the pay raise to buy me a new computer!

Air1

I used to listen to Air1 in Hawaii. They are KLove's harder counterpart. Yes, sometimes I am a rocker girl.

I discovered something new on YouTube today.
Air1 Live performances!!!

As much as I enjoy listening to WGTS here in the DC area (no KLove frequency), I have the same complaint Blunoz had about KLove. They play the same songs OVER and OVER again. I guess I just liked the songs on KLove better and Blunoz likes the songs on WGTS better. :-) I sure do miss hearing Jars of Clay though.

The Secret is Wine...

So I have been on again off again with this whole weight loss thing. Really not having the motivation/desire. But two weeks ago I obtained that desire and ended the week with points left over and a 0 lb. weight loss. BUMMER... so what was the problem...

Here is what I decided. I put my nightly glass of wine back into the routine. When Blunoz was at SCC, deployment and geobacheloring it, I had a huge successful weight loss. But every night I had a glass of wine and a small snack after I put the boys to bed. This is something I had not been doing on a regular bases with Blunoz home.

So this week I put that back in on a nightly bases. Results... 1.5 lbs down. Hmm, is the Secret really wine? Are there any studies out there saying that is the key, or maybe that is why the French are really skinny.

Okay so I had to google "wine weight loss" and wow, there was actually an article in a 2006 Prevention Magazine saying I may be right. Hmmm... I guess I need to go buy more wine. :-)

On a side note about WW Online, one thing I always thought it was lacking was a place to record your measurements and watch those go down. Today as I was entering me weight, I saw that they have added that in. So today I measured, I sure hope to watch my waist measurement go down. :-)

Thankful Thursday

Wow, is it Thursday already? Where has the week gone?

Today I stop to think about what I am thankful for...

• a child who loves to read (out loud to his brother and quietly to himself).

• safe travels for Blunoz as he went half way around the world and back in about 54 hours.

What are you thankful for?

Thankful Thursday

I have noticed a trend with some of the blogs I read..."Thankful Thursday". This is something I should get into, taking a moment to think about the wonderful things of life.

So today, even though the North Koreans did some cyber sabotage and damaged Verizon FIOS and my internet has been sporadic at best. I am still thankful for the internet and the phone. More specifically, Webkinz.

I have been sitting here for quite awhile (I don't want to think about how long) watching and listening to my boys play with one of their best friends (also seen here, and here and many other places). The thing is, he is now in San Diego and we are in Northern Virginia. There has been lots of giggling, laughing, singing (and yes some whining) as they have been playing games such as Dogbeard Battles (Battleship), Bowling and Webkinz Supermodels while on the phone.

Thank you to unlimited long distance, Webkinz and the Internet for allowing my boys to stay connected with their friends, even when we live thousands of miles from each other!