I am really bad at these blog things! I try hard, I really do!
We are settling in here in North Carolina. All of our boxes are unpacked and everything has a home. Granted some of those homes are plastic bins in the garage, but a home is a home!
It has been interesting living in the country. I've seen bugs I have never needed to know existed. I saw a fox run across our back yard. A perfect stranger invited us over to play. The neighbor behind us baked me a cake (she's a baker for THE restaurant in our little town)! And boy does it get DARK at night!!! I've been cooking and cleaning more than normal because really... there is nothing else to do. About a week ago, we had a storm blow threw. Goodness, it was a wild one. It picked up the swing-set in our backyard, broke it into 20 pieces, and blew them all across the yard. Freaky!!!
Josh's work is going REALLY well. Fingers crossed the he is not going to have to spend any time in the Gulf. Ugh. The men and women of the CG are working quite hard down there. Right now, deployments are 60 days! No one has a clue whether he will be called or not. The only thing we know right now is that it COULD happen and he'll have 48 hours to be ready and gone. Blah, come on BP!!!
Another big accomplishment... Troy if officially POTTY TRAINED!! No more diapers in this house!! Last Tuesday, we woke up and threw away all of the diapers. I actually had him physically put them in the trash can. We talked about being a big boy... and I let him run around naked for FOUR days! The first day was rough. He had no idea what was going on. Yeah for spot cleaner! The second day, he held it almost all day long until finally he gave in and went to the potty AFTER nap! Giving him candy didn't work. He didn't care about it. So, I grabbed an old packing box and grabbed some cars that I had bought him from the dollar store .. Walla, Troy liked to go the treasure box! The third day, he was an old pro and he hasn't had an accident since. On the fifth day, I put clothes back on him and we ran to WalMart in town. No accidents. He is not a fan of public bathrooms, so we just keep his frog potty in the car. He even sleeps with his big boy underwear.. NO ACCIDENTS! I'm so proud of him. Josh was in Indiana this whole time! So, I will take all the credit for this some day down the road :-)
Other than that... nothing is really going on. Troy and I are going to join the YMCA next week. There is a HUGE one about 20 minutes away from our house. And it is SOOO nice! They have a good discount for military. Hopefully we'll be able to meet new friends soon.
I will add pictures to this entry at another time. My camera is not liking my computer at the moment!!
So long from the NC!
