WHOOHOO!!!!

Don't tell Mike that I'm here? As far as he knows, I'm unpacking boxes! LOL

YUP! We got our stuff! Of course I had to make sure my baby's came over in one piece, so I set up the computers in a corner of the living room, surrounded by boxes and a frenzied cat. He's in heaven, and he SOOOOO wants to go to sleep, but there's boxes all over in various heights, and although it makes my head spin in anticipation of seeing what made it vs where to put it now that it's finally here.... it must look like a jungle gym to our little fuzzie family member. He is all over the place, and he literally is so tired, that he falls down, and takes a nap for a couple of minutes, and than he's exploring again. I know he's actually asleep, since I can hear him snore! LOL.  He is usually pretty smart, (he undoes the deadbolt)  but I think he's got impression overload, and consequently a bout of  "the stupids" as he got stuck in a box three times, and between boxes once since friday...... and last night he woke both of us out of a dead sleep when he dislodged a box that made quite a thump when it hit the floor LOL. Oh well, getting up at 4 instead of 6 is not so bad.... and I can nap later if need be. I feel for Mike though. He had to go to work today till 6.

Haven't hooked up my tera-drives yet, just wanted to make sure the computer was as smart as they told me it would be, and switched itself to 220V..... It did. Way to go MAC!!  Our laptop doesn't like being here, and is consistently shutting down before I can do anything, but now that we have our real computer, I can take the laptop for a check up..... and I hope to be able to sit down, catch up on the websites and do some serious scrapping by Friday!!!

I'm  looking around the house, as I'm having my "fun break" and honestly... I don't know where to start. My sister loaned us a lot of things, some she wants back, some not, and I don't remember which is what, so I have to keep it all out, but I have our stuff to put away....... It's a good problem to have, I'm not complaining, just a little overwhelmed. We had the most room in the living room..... so that's where all the boxes ended up. Mike moved a couple, but if we fill every room, we won't be able to put the things away, so he stopped doing that..... He may be off tomorrow, but they're having a lot of people out, so that may change by the time he gets home tonight..... At the same time,  I'm not sure, having 2 people rummaging thru boxes, pulling out stuff, and trying to find a spot for it, is going to be an improvement either..... LOL. I had this plan, I would empty my sisters' stuff out of the cabinets, and put ours in, as I unpacked, washed and dried it..... but I can't seem to get it to work? Anybody have any ideas?

Well, either way, break is over, so wish me luck, and for all the dads out there.. Have a great Fathers' Day!!

And..... I'm back!!!

Well, almost.....

I DO apologize for being awol, but it couldn't be helped. You see, we moved. Not just to a different town, but across an ocean. And we just got word that our stuff will be delivered .... in about 3 weeks. SO..... although I probably won't be able to work on this one at all, I decided to make the point in time challenge I host over at The Studio this month:

"PULLING UP STAKES" aka MOVING HOUSEHOLDS

You know that I have been sick, and off work, and while looking for a job after he got laid off, Mike decided to bring me home, and started looking in Holland. My only wish would have been that we could have done it StarTrek style... As in "Beam me up, Scotty!"   LOL

Mike is happily working with the Military again, our stuff is on it's way, kind of, and I'm feeling better than I have in a long time. So.... life is grand!

However, as my grandmother used to say... "If I don't do anything, I can do everything." I know! It loses A LOT in translation, but basically, it means, that I feel awesome, untill I start doing things.... that's going to be a BIG deal in finding a job. And finding a job, I must do, because Mike gets paid in Dollars but the bills get paid in Euro's..... OUCH! (And for civilians, there's no off base housing or living expenses comp, like he used to get when Mike was in the service, many, many moons ago.)

You know, they say that you can never go home again? Well, yes and no. After 23 years, soooooo much has changed, and at the same time... I hear the same music as when I left LOL! But all kidding aside. I think it has been harder to come home, than it was to move to The States!

I thought it would be the lack of personal space, (15 million people in the space of Delaware) but it's not, really. When we first got here, and I was all gushy about being home, a friend told me... talk to me after the honeymoon, and I shrugged it off. How could this NOT be good? Well, there's a language barrier, multiplied by my lack of brain/memory, and sooooooo many rules, regulations and downright silly things that what little brain I have that's in working order, is on overload! And than, there's the town we live in.... but that's for another post :-)

Don't laugh about the language barrier! I thought I hadn't lost "that" much Dutch.... well, people I only say Hi to, start talking English! How's that?! I find myself thoroughly sucking at both Dutch AND English these days. I dream in English,  think in English, write all my lists etc in English, as well as talk English at home, but everything I have to read, fill out and call around on, is in Dutch............ Combine that with chemo-brain............. and you know exactly how much fun I have in an average day LOL.

Can't wait to get our computers and books though, and the odd change of clothes. (Do you realize we've been waring the same 5 sets of clothes for 6 weeks!? LOL) On that note, I'm beginning to wonder what we could have left, and what we should have packed, that we didn't!? Oh well, water under the bridge, ship has sailed.... we'll see!

Just thought I'd share the good news, and now, it's time to finish dusting. I swear, Perky looses a cat a day on  fur, and it all ends up under the coffee table!  YEP!, we brought the furball! There was never any doubt, and it turned out, it was easier to bring him, than anything else, including us! LOL.  I'll keep that for another post too. I'm not going to be very talkative until our stuff is here, and the computers set up, but I'll try and keep you updated, but I have a couple of things I want to share before I go....

Go check out Flights of Fancy! They have been busy while I wasn't looking!! There's a bunch of new kits in the store, and I spotted a new designer and a couple of freebies too.......

Can't wait to do the NewsLetter again!   Man-O-Man, I'm having severe withdrawl!!!

Don't forget to stop by IvyScraps for their new mega. It's delicious! Have a taste... uhm, look

Of course, I don't get to play with it, yet, but doesn't it look great?

I started a family cookbook to share with my sisters and their families, and looking at this kit... it gives me hope that I may have an extra special Christmas gift to give this year!!!

Time to go!