Oh Happy Day!

The hubby finally got his laptop in the mail today! I can stop stressing about it. I am so glad. He unfortunately has to pay 100.00/month for Internet access over there. What a rip! I should come up with an Internet service for our service members at a discount! But who knows, it may cost an arm and a leg to run it. Anyway, I upgraded windows 7 on my laptop today. another tedious process but it's done! We shall see if its any different.
I had an excellent day. Started with a trip to the base. I thought I'd try my luck at AAFES to see if they had any more of these "black Friday" bluray players by Samsung, normally 199.00 but on sale for 139.00. I got the last one. It's a beauty! I don't know if I will need HDMI cables to hook it up with. But now I can move a DVD player into the kids room for a movie every now and then. I went to the gym next and worked out for about an hour. I felt great! I did 18 minutes on a bike, 20 minutes of weights, 5 minutes of stretching, 23 minutes on the elliptical... Amazing!
From there, back home to sweep and mop the floors. Only made it to the kitchen as far as mopping but the floors are all swept except for my bedroom. That's a job for tomorrow. Did more laundry as well. Tuna fish sandwiches and chips for lunch. My brother's wife came over and while she was here, I went to get some Christmas shopping done. I got her little girl a Vtech educational toy and her little boy a dinosaur that walks and roars. She said he is going through a dinosaur phase. I also got my brother's other son from previous wife, a long sleeve shirt that says, "lost homework, if found, please complete and turn in"... I hope he gets a kick out of that.

I also got Cici and my in-laws 2 boys some sea monkeys... It's what they requested when I was over on Thanksgiving... and that made Cici want some. So, sea monkey adventure, here we come. I hope they aren't too messy. I am done shopping now. Unless I catch some good deals here and there, there isn't anything else I need or want for myself or the kids that is imperative. I got myself a new pair of shoes to work out in on Friday when I was at the base. A nice pair of under armour "foot sleeve" shoes. They felt so good!

I made iced tea, pork chops, rice, pinto beans and mixed vegetables for dinner. Sure was good! :) Bubba and Pinky were feeding each other, which was just a mess. They are so funny. Such characters.

I got to go see New Moon today. Oh man. I loved, loved, loved it! I have read all the books in the series. It's hard for me to pick a favorite book but this is one of them. I think that the relationship that's built up between Jacob and Bella is just key to the overall story and this was so much better acted out than Twilight and the action was so much better. I bought the soundtrack last week and I was disappointed. But once I heard the music with the appropriate scene, I was able to appreciate it a bit more, so I'll have to listen again and give it a new assessment.

I didn't blog on Friday. Sorry. But a quick catchup. I went to the base that AM with full intentions of working out. Nobody else showed up so I decided to check out AAFES. :) I got an Xbox 360 (as per my previous conversation with the husband) and I got 3 games, plus it comes with 3. I also got a great deal on a surround sound system that comes with a DVD player with built in AM/FM tuner and 5 speakers. That one is really for the hubby to hook up in the garage. That way he and his buddies can enjoy their football out there in much delight.

The XBox is kinda for both of us to play when he returns. I could become a game girl. :) I am so excited. For dinner on Friday I made this dirty rice with ground meat, a can of corn, a can of diced tomatoes and the rice mix itself, along with some cornbread. It was so good! I am getting brave with the experimenting. :)

There was a parade of lights in a local city here but I didn't have the energy to get everyone ready and go sit outside. I would have loved to have seen it, heard it was amazing. But, maybe next year. Just hope honey will be home to go with us. I never got a chance to see Bodies... That display of real human bodies preserved and posed. It looks like an amazing exhibit. Oh well. We also went to McDonald's for lunch on Friday and the kids played in the jungle gym thingy for a bit after we ate. Just nice to get them out of the house every now and then.

Well, not much else has happened. I was blessed to be able to speak to my hubby a bit. love it when he calls or emails me! always the highlight of my days! MMMHHHWWWAAA! Big kisses to you honey! Cant wait to see your face on the Skype!!!