Dimanche

So we've had a very long and interesting weekend, but it was a lot of fun. Sunday especially. We finally went to Gordons and picked out my ring! I was soooo excited. We spent like 3 hours talking with the employees and looking at different settings and diamonds and we finally found it! The perfect ring! And the good news- 30 day return policy no questions asked, and they are pretty sure I will not be allergic! YAY!!! Here it is! I love it I love it I love it.

I cannot wait for tomorrow. The long wait for the government to pay our funds they owe will finally come in. Though if something goes wrong I might just cry, because I cant handle another disappointment. On the good side, work is going really well. I'm getting decent hours, mostly in the morning and I'm getting to know a lot of other cool military wives. Which is always awesome.

We're moving on December 29th to a brand new apartment. We'll be the first people to live in it, so I'm trying to slowly pack things up and get them ready for that since we'll be coming home soon! (Still crazy excited- hope theres snow) But the new apartment is a 3 bedroom, and we'll have two roommates, but we figure its more important getting our finances in order and being able to save money now than live on our own. We're still young, we can still enjoy having roommates. :-) There will be shananigans and ridiculousness and it will be fun!

The Beginning

So I'm going to take a page out of Bry and Marks book and make our own family blog! (We have more babies though, and cuter ones too!) Thanksgiving in the Marquardt house hold was slightly ridiculous. Our turkey took roughly 9 hours to bake, and in hindsight we probably should have uncovered it long before we did. Even when it was done only half was done, silly foil mishaps. But we had good company and great food and it was an all around wonderful way to have a great Thanksgiving without being able to be home with our families.

Black friday was not the most fun, seeing as I worked from 6:15 until 3:40, but Greg bought my Christmas present, and being the brat that I am I convinced him to let me open it last night. Its a new camera! My old one took a poop a few months ago, and I've wanted a new one but I figured it wasn't a necessity and could wait a long time if we had to. I was very exited!! I took some cute photos of the kitties last night who have been playing hide and seek and stalk under the kitchen table since we put it together Wednesday night. Its very entertaining.

I'm enjoying the new job a lot. I work with quite a few other air force wives, so we can all relate to the same things and have a lot in common. Thats really nice. Its starting to feel like home down here finally, but I cant wait to get back for christmas. I need a mom hug! I suppose sometime this week we'll get out and get some christmas shopping done for our families. :-)

Greg has been working hard, flying quite a bit lately, even got to go on a trip to Vegas! He didn't get to land or see anything fun but at least it was actually flying somewhere! Its been nice having him home for a 4 day weekend for sure, I just wish I could have more time off to enjoy it with him.

Oh Sunday we're going to Gordons to look at rings again and talk to a jeweler and see what kind of compromises we can come up with! I'm mucho excited! But for now I have to get ready to spend some time at VS organizing panties!