Quiet Gardens, Raging Seas Part Deux
A String of Nevil Family MomentsArchive for Holidays
October is Moving Right Along!
Not a whole lot is going on around here lately. In fact, I have been almost bored all week. I say almost because I quickly did some yucky projects like cleaned out my closet and the kids’ closets, etc. We are all still trying to get back to 100% after getting hit with sicknesses over the weekend. Being sick is no fun!
On a good note, I’ve been able to talk to Jeremy DAILY all week long. It has been so fun! The phones and internet are working so communication is excellent. It has helped sooooo much! I realized I had all kinds of stories I hadn’t shared with Jeremy yet, so the last few nights on the phone I’ve just tried to catch him up with the happenings here on the home front. It’s a wonderful feeling being connected to your husband!
My poor family back in STL is soooo sick! My Dad has swine flu (sorry dad!) and so I’m sure my mom will be following suite soon. I just hope we don’t get it while we are in town. (And I feel bad for my poor parents!) That would be so,…so..SO bad! Pray for our health and theirs!
We will be headed to St. Louis for the Thanksgiving holiday and I am pretty excited. My SIL Jen is actually flying out to help me when I fly there! Isn’t that so great? Now all I’ve gotta do is talk my mom into flying back here to WA with me (wink, wink) to help me get the house in order for Jeremy’s arrival-YAY!
Halloween is coming and I’m vaguely aware of it. It is not my favorite holiday though. If anything, it just serves as my marker that Thanksgiving is almost here-and I like Thanksgiving. I think it is an unappreciated holiday!
Speaking of Thanksgiving…that reminds me of food, which reminds me of cooking, which reminds me of my cooking blog, She Cooks!. I have a few new recipes up there; one for a super fast and low cal Mexcian Soup, one for a sneaky Macaroni and Cheese (there are veggies in it-SHHHH!) and one for a fun graham cracker snack which can also makes for a fun lunch time element if you are looking to change things up. I think we’ll have to start discussing Thanksgiving cooking traditions on She Cooks! starting Nov. 1-so be thinking about your family’s recipes!
Everyone, you guys and gals have been so amazing about sending Jeremy packages! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! It is so encouraging to the both of us how you are loving on him. His birthday is on Veteran’s Day and if you would like to wish him a happy one, you can still send him a box. In fact, I would bet that you could send him a box as late as Nov. 1 or Nov. 2 and it should get to him in time. If you want to play it a little safer than shoot for earlier. Jeremy can check email now too, so if you want to drop him a line I’m sure he’d love to hear from you!
I’m Thinking, I’m Thinking…
…that I should really update my blog. I want to update my blog, really I do. And I want to say something interesting with video and pictures…but I just can’t think of one thing. It all seems kind of meaningless right now! So this is what will happen instead.
I know that sounds awful…but we are counting down days over here and Jeremy and I are fighting back our sadness. So we are eating anything and everything that sounds good to Jeremy. I told him at Costco the other day that since that was probably the last trip there, he could have whatever he wanted. He got Darigold Chocolate Milk; the stuff has 270 calories for an 8 oz serving. It looks like melted. chocolate. ice cream in the glass…gross, but whatever.
After church today, we went out to lunch. Usually I’m quite the penny pincher, but today I just didn’t want to go home. I figure you can eat at home any old day. Jeremy is convinced he’ll be eating MRE’s (meals ready to eat) for 3 months straight, so I don’t blame him. I encouraged him by getting Ben and Jerry’s for dessert tonight. 
We had a really fun and special fourth of July. We ran all around town with the kids all weekend long. On Saturday, we enjoyed a nice morning at home then headed to the big party the Johnson’s have every year. It was a blast! I got to take Cooper out on the Seado on the lake. I was a little scared because I was worried about the both of us falling in the water. I’m cool with me falling off, but not so much with him falling off! We had a good time after about 5 times around the lake though. Cooper loved the fireworks and Chase went to bed like normal. Jeremy and I got to catch up with friends and just enjoy a great night. Thanks Johnson family!
Tomorrow, Jeremy has the day off and we have more little administrative things to do. Then Tuesday night we have an FRG meeting. I’m hoping the meeting has good information as it’ll be the last one before the guys leave. I’m sure they’ll be explaining what to expect. So maybe Tuesday night or Wednesday morning I’ll throw something up about that kind of stuff.
Oh! We made a big purchase this weekend too. We bought a camcorder! We didn’t have one and I was really wanting to get some video of Jeremy reading books so that the kids can watch them and read along while he’s gone. I’m excited to have it and buying has given me some other fun ideas. I’m thinking of having a couple of videos for the kids so that when they are having a bad day, a sad day, an “I really miss Daddy” day, or if they’ve accomplished something then I have a video message of Jeremy saying something to them.
Well, my ice cream is calling. I’m going to go cuddle on the couch with my hubbs and watch some useless television! Catch ya later!
