Less than a month... I'm READY!

In less than one month I will be closing on my house!

I'm ready!!!

I'm ready to get over this constant need to puke every time I look at the paperwork.  Yes, I know I'm making a 30 year commitment.  Yes, I know that I'm spending a little less than half a million dollars....  I don't need to see it continuously on paper...  I KNOW! Can we get over all the official stuff already!?  ...All this documentation and waiting...  I'm ready to not have minor anxiety attacks every day. 

I'm ready to escape base housing.  Just recently I had a run in with a neighbor and it got ugly.  Who knew that military spouses could be so nasty?  Who knew that people double my age could revert back to high school antics?  Thanks for the rumor that S and I are sleeping together...  NOT!  I'm ready to get away from base housing drama...

Have I mentioned I'm ready to escape base housing?  No longer will we be putting our money into crappy housing where we have heating/cooling regulated for us, doors aren't sealed properly, and the insulation so poor I can hear my neighbors getting it on...  We will finally be investing in our home!  If we are unhappy with any of these things we are free to change them!  I'm ready to kiss base housing good bye forever!

Mostly importantly I'm ready for my own settled space!  We will finally be settling down somewhere that we can call home and we will be free to make it our home as we please!  I'm so excited!  Here are some ideas that I think I'll do for the house...

Family name and est above the door via

For the Landry room via

Working the basement into a hangout for the kiddos via

Having a learning area for the kiddos in the basement too via

I'm ready to kick back and relax!  All of this has been incredibly stressful.  But I know in the end it will be worth it!

I'm SO ready to relax in this tub!!!

Tattler Thursday - Monster's Secret

I love sharing silly stories about my girls.  So it only makes sense that I take part in the Blog Hop hosted by The Wild Wonder Gingersnaps!

Although I love silly stories the highlight of my week was when Monster secretly told me she had her first crush.  Shhh, don't tell her I told you or else she will put boogers in my shoes! 

Last night Hubs and the girls came home from Ninja class the conversation went as follows...

Bug: "Mommy!  Monster has a crush!" 

Me: "Oh!?  Really?"

Hubs: ::smirking::  "Monster has a crush on 'Blondy'."

Monster: "NO!  No, I don't!"

Bug: "Yes you do!  You're lying!"

Monster: "Nah Uhhh!!!  Leave me alone!"  ::getting teary::

Me: "Bug, leave Monster alone.  Go finish up your homework."

Bug leaves the room.

Monster:  "Mommy, I need to tell you a secret..."

Me: "Okay?  What's you're secret."

Monster: "I like Blondey..."

Me: "As your friend?"

Monster: "Yes...  But, I really like him.  He's got yellow hair and he's always so nice to me!  He said I'm the littlest girl in ninja class but I'm the strongest!"

Me:  ::heart melting:: "Oh, that's so sweet!"

Monster: "Don't tell anybody!"

Me: "I promise!  I wont tell!"

Monster: "If you do...  I will put a booger in your shoes!"  ::Gets up and walks away::

Me: "...."

Hubs:  ::overhearing the conversation::  "I'm going to tell you told..."

Thankfully, Monster can't read so she has no idea that I posted her secret on my blog.  So no one tell her!  I don't want boogers in my shoes!  Maybe I shouldn't be posting this...  but I can't help it!  It's so cute! 

I cherish moments like that.  Soon my girls will be at that age where they wont want to share secrets with me.  I'm hoping that if I encourage them to talk to me and let them know that no problem/secret/conversation is too big or small they always come to me to talk.

Of course as they get older and smarter I will either have to either A: Stop telling their secrets or B: Get better hiding it.  ...I think if they are teenagers and they find out I tell their secrets boogers in my shoes would be the least of my problems!

Finish the Sentence...First time linkup

This is my first time taking part in this linkup. 

Unlike my sibling(s) (that I love very much)... I can't wear fish net stockings and a mini skirt that almost shows my vag. ( I really do love you sis, but really...  sometimes...  one wrong move of the leg and you're showing everyone you're hidden valley.)

My best friend says... "I can't wait until we have dinner together so I can eat you."  It was a typo on facebook...  She then later said, "I can't wait until we have dinner together so we can eat with you."  Our husbands think that she was correct the first time.

People call me... Mrs. **insert last name**  STOP IT!  Just because I'm a working professional doesn't mean you have to call me that.  Just freaking call me Ali!

The best part of my day... is when the kids are asleep, the hubs is at work and I can sit on the couch and watch Sex and the City while eating ice cream not feeling judged.

 

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I really don't understand... how this mortgage, contract, underwriting, home buying thing works...  Probably a bad sign since I just bought a house!

I get really annoyed... when I take my dogs out to do their business and they wont go!  Like really...  Just go and we can go back inside!

 

There's nothing like a... rubbing your legs together after they've been shaved and lotioned.  No, really.  It feels almost like I'm having sex with myself without using the vagina lol. 

Lately, I can't get enough... Wine!  No, I don't have a problem.  I can't get enough because the days are too packed with parenting and all this other life shenanigans.

One thing I am NOT is... politically correct.  My area at work is known as the "Equal Opportunity Waste Land"

I spent too much money on... Coffee.  I think I order coffee from either Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, or any local coffee shop at least four times a week.  PLUS there is the coffee I drink at home.

I want to learn.... proper weight lifting techniques!  I always feel like I'm doing something wrong.

If I ever met Zachary Quinto in real life , I would... kidnap him and do dirty dirty things to him in an attempt to make him straight and mine.  This will probably have the reverse effect and make him more gay lol.

 

lol, he must be talking me via

 I can't stop... singing  "3, 6, 9.  Damn she fine!  She's gonna sock it to me one more time."  Yes, I know these aren't the correct lyrics to "Get Low."  Leave me alone!  I do what I want!

Never have I ever... been down on a girl!  Yes, I know everyone thinks I les it up with my friends...but really vagina kind of scares me!

Reese Witherspoon... is human. She makes mistakes.  At least she owns up to it.  And she's gotta be pretty cool because she drinks wine and talks shit lol.  Psh!  I would totally kick it with her!

So that entertained me for a little while and was kind of fun. :) It was harder than I thought it would be!  

I'm linked up to Holly


 
 

Preparing for the move stress

With the move happening in less than 45 days, school starting in less than 30 days, working an eight or nine hour shift and handling family related issues I have to admit that I'm a little stressed.

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From the time I wake up until the time I go to sleep I'm thinking about what needs to be done.  With the exception of the period before I started medication for anxiety I had never had trouble sleeping.  Now, I'm up until close to 1am just thinking...   Do I really need a house this big?  What if the schools aren't good enough for the girls?  What if I lose my job?  What if we DO get orders somewhere else and we live here for the standard three year tour? 

What if. What if. What if.

I'm trying not to be overwhelmed.

I'm trying to take this all one step at a time.

I'm extremely blessed so I shouldn't be complaining.  But darn-it I feel like I'm drowning!

I'm feeling so overwhelmed that I'm tempted just to say "Screw it all!" and take my option to cancel. 

I've had to explode on Hubs because he is taking the "Eh, later" approach to everything going on.

"Eh, we can get boxes for the move later."

"Eh, we can notify housing of the move later."

"Eh, we can finish up the paperwork later."

This is what I want to say to Hubs...via

Or I would like to say this...via

To be fair, this has always been Hubs' personality and it's one of the things I loved when we first got together.  But now that we're working on the biggest investment of our lives I find the "Eh, later" approach to be inappropriate.  I'm sure he would say that my "Zouu Mi GAWD the world is going to end if we don't handle this RIGHT NOW" attitude doesn't make for a positive motivator either. 

Ugh, either way...  things are slowly getting accomplished.  We will see what happens in the days to come.  This next week will determine a lot.  Contract underwriting sucks!

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What's this Bloglovin thing?

I have no idea what bloglovin is....  I'm going to try and give it a shot.

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Biggest Birthday Present Ever!

My birthday weekend was definitely one to remember!

Hibachi and Iron Man 3 were amazing!  ...But one thing stands out the most.

We bought a house!

I am still in shock.  The first 12 hours were excitement.  The 12 after that buyer's remorse. And now rounding out into this 12 hour set I'm accepting, nervous, excited.  ...From what I hear the whole "wanting to puke after buying a house" is normal.  It is the biggest investment of our lives thus far so anxiety has to be normal.

We close in a little less than 45 days.  PLUS I start class the beginning of next month.  There is so much to get done.  How am I going to track it all?  With to do list!  ....  I swear I love list.  I get a great feeling of satisfaction from crossing stuff off (does that make me lame?).  I will confess that I do write and cross things off after I've accomplished them.  It's kind of cheating...but it makes me feel better.

I'm late, but I'm linked with Meg and Sami !!!! 

Fangirl Squeeee and Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeee

It's Friday!  To make it better it's my birthday!!!!

Hubs has given me the best gift EVER!!

HANSON CONCERT TICKETS!!! 

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 ::insert high pitched fan girl scream::

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Yes, yes...  after thirteen years I am still in love with the group that sang "MMM Bop."  Don't judge me!

To celebrate my birthday and #backthatazzup Friday with I Wore Yoga Pants here are some of my favorite Hanson songs that I will be rocking out to today!

"Give a Little"

"Lost Without Each Other"

 "If Only"

 If I didn't say it already...  Don't judge me! LOL!!!!