The Hot Chocolate Girls of DC!

So Mia and I went to DC on the COLDEST day of the year!! We walked from the Capitol to the Natural History Museum. In between the Art Gallery and the Museum is this ice rink and a cafe...

We decide to go in to eat and to warm up! All of our fat had frozen!! We sat by the window to watch the skaters (fall) hehe! So we eat and we were about to be done and a lady walks up and asks if we would like some FREE hot chocolate?!! UMMMM, yes! So we find out that there is a camera crew filming a show about the ice skating rink and the tradition of getting hot chocolate had to be included. So we became the 'Hot Chocolate Girls' They took about 3 takes of us smiling at the counter and drinking. EVERY time I took a drink I managed to get whipped cream on my nose! But we did enjoy the hot chocolate and we'll hopefully be on TV the 15th of Feb on the Washington DC PBS channel!! I think at 8pm. So tune in!! :0)

Missing England

Well, it's been a few months since we moved from England. And I miss it! I miss everything! My neighborhood is the thing I miss the most. I have some great friends in that Close. And life was easy there. Only one choice at the commissary! I never got headaches there. This new commissary every time I go in it I get a headache! I didn't know that there were 15 choices of pasta all the same shape!! Tesco had the BEST produce ever! And the markets were wonderful!! I miss the weather too! All this sun is nuts! We've been to DC a few times and it was neat and I liked going to all the monuments but it's no London. I keep wanting to go back home. Like we are just visiting. I do like the house we have and the community is great for shopping and our church is wonderful. It's just not the same. I had loads of stay at home moms as friends that at any time we could go and hang out with each other. I had lots of friends just across the street from me for when we only had one car it wasn't an issue. Here I feel really separate from everything. Brent works in such tight security I can't go see him. I have met 1 of his co-workers she's really nice but there is no connection with anyone else. We are like 20 mins from the base and I haven't met anyone from there either, it's a little hard with out a car to get there. Brent tries to let me go and do things when he gets home but I don't want to go anywhere after dealing with the kids all day. And going to the commissary isn't 'mommy time'! I'm selling Creative Memories but I can't get out and meet people during the day. I have crops once a month and do other workshops but it's not what I want out of my business. I just need to get thru the holidays and get up and just go and do. Even if I have to walk, just to get out. That's what I miss about England, I guess life changed for me there and it stayed the same but I just moved and I haven't figured out how to make it the same. Or maybe it will never be the same. Oh, well I'll just go have a cup of PG tips and smile for now.

Philip even misses it! When he get really sad or tired he asks to go home. When I ask him where home is he doesn't know but it's not here. It breaks my heart! He wonders where Grandma Joan is he asked to go see her the other day. He loves to watch Charlie and Lola with thier accents. I feel bad for him he has memories and doesn't know how to know that we aren't going back to his home.

But I will be forever grateful that I was able to have the experience and have such wonderful friends and places to miss. And I can always go back! TTFN!

In a BAD mood!

Really don't know why! I woke up like this! Hurting and sore throat! Not much fun! I'm even crabby! (more than usual!) :0) I know I have things to get done today but I don't want to do them. Brent starts working 12 days straight and the night shift! I know that it's only for 12 days but Mia is coming to town and it just disrupts our lives! He is only a minority of married people in his shop but he 'would get the best training' on the night shift! Well phooey on the 'best training' I want to be selfish and not have my husband sleeping during the day and have to keep the kids quite and not get to do anything as a family with Mia here. All leave would be denied too! I guess I feel mostly bad for Mia she took time off and spent money to come up here!!! And I had to schedule Michael's birthday so Brent could at least be there! I'm not used to my husband not being there, I know I'm one of the lucky military spouses. Brent has been at both births, all Dr appointments, major milestones and birthdays.

I'm just in a bad mood! I feel like I do and do and nothing ever gets done! or it's not appreciated! It may be acknowledged verbally but actually trying to help keep it up is all but lost! So that's when I feel it's not appreciated. I know that this is my job and I try to be the best fly baby I can be but there is a whole wall of clocks, pen sets, plaques, mugs....of how great he is at work out of 100s of people. Well I'm only one and I don't need a mug but it's thankless. I can have it clean and organized and it will look like a tornado hit minutes later! I think if anyone worked for 2 hours on a computer to have the thing turned off and lose everything lost would be a little pissed! That's all! I know that there will be setbacks and that 4 people live here and I'm trying to teach the 2 almost 3 year old to help do things (you can never start to early) But how do you teach an old dog new tricks! You can't not even by example! I think the only way that the military get them to do the things they want them to do is by fear..fear of failure, dissapointment, recycling, or getting kicked out. It created stress, that's not how marriage should be. But it seems to be the only effective way! But I'm not about that. I had a friend that didn't put a tool away and it was bad news he got into a lot of trouble, because it could have hurt others and that wasn't the proper procedure. Well if you don't put your clothes into the hamper it won't kill anybody but it will upset someone. What's the difference?? Well ending someone's life is not the best thing but upsetting your spouse and not trying to help and see that there is a place for things is not that nice either. I guess that there are no demotions in marriage is the saftey net. There is no rank structure in marriage you are equals. But shouldn't there be respect and mutual understanding of things that need to be done to create harmony in the home. I don't have to anwser to anybody if I don't make the bed but it's not as nice. I don't know I just feel blah.... I'll stop now! Is there any one out there that feels the same way???