4 For Me

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Mary Engelbreit (Tuesday???)

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

***Benjamin Franklin

Happy Independence Day!

I haven't updated my blog in about a month and come to find out that I've been given an award from Maine Mom! I think that is so cool, so now I get to give the award!

So let's see, I think that I will choose:
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Candy---because she is so wonderful and is starting to post more often (and I miss her tons)
Marie---because she is definitely my rockin' girl blogger!
Jen---because she has been putting lots of fun things on her blog and posted tons more than I have in the last month

Monday, July 2, 2007

I'm still alive and I'm back online!!!

Ok, I apologize to you all, who have been wonderng where/what I've been up to. My life have been completely insane and I'm sorry that I worried any one. This will have to be quick for now, but I promise I'll catch you all up. It will also take some time for me to catch up with all of you, but I'm ready to get started.

The week of packing out was ridiculously busy and overwhelming and without internet. After we left Norfolk, we stayed in northern Virginia for a few days visiting with my sister (and staying in a hotel) I don't remember which day we arrived in Maine, I'd have to look at my calendar. We had a house set up to move into, which I was thinking was a good thing, but have had some second thoughts about it. It will be fine and we won't be here for a long time either. It's small, especially for what we were used to, but fine. It's in the woods, though, I mean serisouly in the woods! (I love you Joey, but seriously do not know how you do it) I think I've been living in the city for too long, because this "woods" setting is not for me. My kids love it, though. Vance, McKaylie and Noah have been catching grasshoppers, bugs, frogs, and snakes (yes, snakes! and another reason why the woods are not for me) since the day we got here. We live about 22 miles from anything that resembles a town. Luckily we won't be here for more than 6 months or so, when we will be in housing in Brunswick or Topsham. I don't want to seem completely negative about the whole thing, but if ever I was out of my element, it's now living in the Maine woods. I didn't think that we could isolate ourselves any more than we were when we lived in Winter Harbor, Maine, but I was wrong, Litchfield is much more isolated. We are settled as best we can be, though, and you'll have to keep checking back in with me to hear about all the details.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Monday, June 4, 2007

The 4 For Me............

I like this kind of surprise..................

Chad's ship was suppose to pull into port on Friday, unload the airwing, and then pull out again. To my surprise, Chad came home around noon with flowers! The ship decided to wait until Saturday to pull out, so we got to see Chad for a little bit. We went to lunch (Baker's Crust), which was very good and then came home and made a bunch of phone calls, hashed out a few plans, took Vance to his scout campout and made dinner. It was nice to have him here to actually talk to him about what we're doing with the move, instead of emailing questions and then waiting for his answers. It wasn't a long visit, but it helped my mood soooo much. Now there's just a few more days until we're done with the ship for good!

Fevers, fevers, and more fevers.........................

When I took Noah to the doctor on Tuesday about his fever, I asked if he was contagious. I was told that he was no more contagious than any other kid with a cold.
Friday night Myshel started running a fever,
Saturday morning, McKaylie started running a fever,
Saturday afternoon, Vance started running a fever,
Their symptoms have all incluced the fever, which lasts 48 hours, headaches, and bad sore throat, Noah's exact symptoms. Apparently he was a little more contagious than the doctor thought. As long as I don't get, we're good!