Anyone around today? It's so quiet!
H has duty today, and woke me up at the asscrack of dawn to drive him in. It stinks because the shuttles don't run on the weekends, so he has me drive him for weekend duty since I have closer access than he does to drop him off. Now I'm just impatiently waiting for football to start, and for my stamina to refill on Oregon Trail. Man, buying those trail notes is so tempting!
Re: Anyone... Bueller?
Dn I hope the house hunting goes well. I'm glad you're excited about it.. That's the only thing that stresses me out about PCSing. When I was a kid, we just... had a house. Mom always found one.. Now I'm an adult and I have to contribute to the search.. boo :P
Agreed with ggirl.. I would imagine that finding a house that you LOVE will make deployment so much better because then you get to look forward to him returning and you getting him AND the house. Win-win
[QUOTE]Anyone around today? It's so quiet! H has duty today, and woke me up at the asscrack of dawn to drive him in. It stinks because the shuttles don't run on the weekends, so he has me drive him for weekend duty since I have closer access than he does to drop him off. <strong>Now I'm just impatiently waiting for football to start, and for my stamina to refill on Oregon Trail. Man, buying those trail notes is so tempting!</strong>
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]
Right?! I browe the offers constantly, but I can't justify it!! Anyway, I'm just going to work on some homework, and a present for H. Sunday's is my Food Network day. I watch it constantly and I looovvveee iitt!!
I need to do hw.. It was due Thursday... *fail* I just can't bring myself to be motivated... -__-
Speaking of football, I have yet to see the Minnesota Vikings on T.V here. Although I get they are crappy I still wanna see my purple and gold! They better play the Monday game vs the Packers. It's a huge game back home and I'd love to see it live (highlights are not the same). end.rant.
[QUOTE]So H was charging his ipod today and all of a sudden a calender alert goes off, for Oct 21st and it says "buy Sara a present". I told hime he needs to go get me a present since his Ipod says so.
Posted by ggirl2001[/QUOTE]
haha that is awesome! and totally something my H would do. He puts all sorts of reminders on his google calendar.
[QUOTE]I finally got to see H's face last night, so that was exciting. Now I'm just waiting around for football, praying my game goes well.
Posted by WishIcouldbeinthe'stan[/QUOTE]
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :D the incoming skype call is now my favorite sound.
[QUOTE]We're not quite sure why he would need a reminder to buy me a present and what it is for but I did not get one on that day so I want it now. Also, can I just say how <strong>excited I am for Thanksgiving. It is my favorite holiday and I am so excited to just eat and drink with family. T</strong>his is also the first thanksgiving in 3 years that I have off the day after so I am looking forward to that too.
Posted by ggirl2001[/QUOTE]
I'm excited but kinda stressing a little... Since I'm hosting a dinner for H's crew (about 20 people including their families) and I have never COOKED Thanksgiving meals before... I'm a little nervous.
I have a lot of recipes, but I'm still missing a few and can't seem to find anything I like.. :/ Arg. I really wanted to have the menu finalized today.
[QUOTE]What's the present for H, Samij? I need to do hw.. It was due Thursday... *fail* I just can't bring myself to be motivated... -__-
Posted by firsttimersluck[/QUOTE]
Thanks-aversary-Mas. I invented a new holiday! The post office gets so backed up that I don't want him to not end up getting his Christmas & Anniversary presents. I'm making him a slide show with lots of pictures and reasons why I'm Thankful for him, and why I love him and cheesy ooey gooey things like that! I'm probably going to send him at least one more with some goodies.. even though he doesn't like sweets, but I think I'm going to make him granola bars and stuff.
[QUOTE]And yay Stan! I love getting to Skype when H is gone, even though it's rare! Shan do you have NFL Redzone channel? We have gotten one Bills game here between last year and this year which stinks. But we ordered the sports package through our cable company, which is only $9 a month and gives us the Redzone channel, which shows every scoring play from around the league. It's not the same as watching the full game, but it's definitely better than nothing! Plus we are both huge into fantasy football so we love having it for that.
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]
The Cable company has a football package for $40 for the season (it's 500 games and NFL Redzone) we were going to, but we knew H would be gone for the majority of the FB season so we passed. (I usually only catch the Sunday games and Monday if the Vikes are playing - and really dont watch College) I was really bummed that ESPN 3 doesn't have any NFL football but I guess its a ABC, CBS thing :(
beachy-
So far my menu looks like this:
Apps:
-apples/brie/crackers
-bacon wrapped potatoes
-_____ I can't pick between the 5million recipes I have.. lol.. I need something that doesn't go in the oven.. >_<
Meats:
-Honey baked Ham
-Turkey
Starches/Casseroles:
-Twice baked potatoes
-Corn Casserole
-herb/apple stuffing (thank you Irish curls )
-carrot Casserole (I can't remember who gave me this one but someone on TK)
---________________ (I feel like I need something more.. one more item? )
sides:
-red lobster biscuits (I love this recipe so hard)
---Crock pot veggies (so I haven't DONE this yet, I don't have a recipe for it but I know I need to make the veggies in the crockpot so I can leave them be for a while and have one less thing to think about)
-Bacon and Green beans (stove top to save me oven space as well)
---Cranberry sauce (I don't have a recipe for this one yet, but I don't want just straight out of can)
Dessert:
-Pumpkin Pie (from scratch.. my favorite thing in the world to make!)
-Vanilla/toffeenut pudding cups
-Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
---Something Apple and bite sized? Missing something here too..
I was thinking of this:
http://pinterest.com/pin/267471665338865080/
Thoughts?
That cheesy veggies looks awesome! Thanks beachy, I think I may test that one out today to see how it goes
I tend to go a little overboard with hosting />_<
ACK I keep forgetting GRAVY. omg.. I'm seriously going to forget that... I'm writing out all these recipes in my notebooks so I have it all together and easy to grab and read. I'm making a timeline so I know when to start what. I think I will make the pumpkin pie the day before and do the twice baked the day before, then finish them the day off.
I guess I keep thinking there is some casserole I'm forgetting but maybe not. All I need not is a cranberry recipe. yay for almost being done!
I'm totally overthinking this aren't I? lol.
The middle vase will have deep and bright orange flowers. I found these flower that is almost bronze. Imagine baby's breath but goldy/bronze. SO pretty! Can't wait to get the flowers for the centerpieces
What I did with the napkins
The windows in the room
There'sa not enough space on the dining tables for all the food (and besides, there's three tables anyway) so I have three tables set up similar to this as a buffet line in my kitchen.
Yay Holidays