Home, home on the range...

Wow! Its been almost two months, but this time I have a good excuse. I moved 1200 miles away from Virginia to central Kansas.

The move was really hard. When my husband and I got here to Ft. Riley we immdediatly started looking for a place to live. Post housing for officers has a year long wait. It did not take us long to find out that there was hardly anything available. There are houses here to buy, but if you want to rent there is just not much. Apparently most people here rent because most assignments to Ft. Riley are only two years. So, we looked and look and kept coming up empty handed. We did finally find two places that we were trying to decided between. One was $100 dollars over (did I mention rent here is outragous?) the max we wanted to pay, and was in basically a retirement neighborhood. The other was $300 cheaper, but was really small and in a questionable neighborhood. We had decided to call my husband's mother for some advice and while we were talking to her we got another call. It was a property manager who mentioned a duplex that we had been really interested in. We already knew that the place had been rented and assumed he was just calling to tell us that. Then he said he had another house that had just gone up for rent and started telling us about it. I couldn't believe it. The house is WONDERFUL!!! It turns out the house belongs to the property manager. Him and his wife custom built it because they planned on retiring here. Then as so often happens plans changed. I still even as I sit here in this house can't believe it fell in our laps. It has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a full finished basement, two car garage, a fenced in yard, and an awesome tub in the master bath. We dont' really have enough stuff to fill it up, but that is just fine with me. In fact when the movers delivered our household goods they said you guys sure dont' have much stuff. That made me really happy because they see A LOT of stuff!!

This is a long entry. I am not sure where I am going with this blog, but I am going to start keeping it up better. I hope to post some outfits, but it is not going to be all about fashion. Also I have been feeling very crafty since we got here. It's such a good feeling to want to make things again. I had gotten out of sewing and painting and taking pictures, but this house just relaxes me and I feel creative here.

Hopefully...

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"Until they all come Home"

Celebrating Four Years of Marriage

Tim and I are celebrating our fourth anniversary this Thursday! Now for a small story: We met on May 6th, 2006. I was at work and took my lunch break with my friend Lindsay. It just so happened that she was meeting an old friend for lunch. The friend was Tim! Lindsay and Tim are both from Seattle, WA and went to highschool together. They found out over the internet that they were living in the same part of the country. Tim had come to Tennessee for the Army and Lindsay's husband's job had transferred them here. I thought Tim was cute that day at lunch, but really didn't think he was interested. Well apparently he was because the next day he asked Lindsay if I was seeing anybody and if I cared if he called me sometime. Of course I said yes give him my number!! We went out that weekend for the first time, and were together ever since. Thirteen months after that first meeting he blessed me with his hand in marriage, and we couldn't be happier.

Here are a few pictures. The first couple of when we were dating. In the first we are outside the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, in the second we are at Pike Place Market in Seattle on Rachel the Pig. Then of course the last few are of our wedding day!

Problems with Polka Dots!

I LOVE polka dots!! Its gotten really bad. I have had to start really watching myself or every piece of clothing I own would have them. This was what I wore a couple of days ago. The white leggings are back. That is what I do if I feel something is a little too short. The dress is from ModCloth. Also I am sure anyone who reads this has noticed that I shop there a lot. That is because I have a very hard time finding vintage clothes that fit me, so I have to go for vintage reproductions or vintage inspired clothes are nice too.

Did I Cross the Pond??? NO it's Foamhenge!!!

This past Saturday Tim and I drove to Natural Bridge, VA to see Foamhenge!! It is a full size replica of Stonehenge made out of foam. How cool is that?!! It was quite interesting. I was expecting a big tourist attraction, but instead there was one small sign and then a one lane road. We were the only people there which was fun because we could run around and take whatever pictures we wanted. The artist who did Foamhenge also has a dinosaur exibit just up the road, but it does not open until June. I was dissapointed we didn't get to see that too, but Foamhenge was quite fun! Just the kind of quirky odd thing that I like. Here are a few pics.