I will cry so hard if we get Alaska

We went and talked to the recruiter today to find out how long Steve's tech school will be. 6 weeks! 6 short weeks. That makes me so happy!

So he leaves March 22nd, goes to basic for 8.5 weeks, then straight to tech school (on the same base) for 6 weeks! So he should be done in the beginning of July, and then we'll know where we are moving to! Hooray! I'll only be all by lonesome for 3.5 months! And Stephanie has agreed to have the occasional sleepover! :)

We got a list of all the bases where his job exists, and Langley is on it! I'm going to hope and pray my very hardest that he gets Langley. I hope you too will pray that we get Langley. I'll have all my fingers and toes crossed.

You know what else is on the list? Alaska. Freaking Alaska. I will cry so hard if we get Alaska. I'm tired of the cold.

North Dakota is thankfully not on the list.

His dream list is going to consist of warm places.

1. Virginia (my parents live here)
2. California (my aunt lives here)
3. South Carolina (close to my parents)
4. Hawaii (paradise!)
5. Nevada (it's warm. and there's vegas!)
6. Utah (I'd be okay with staying here)

There really aren't too many on the list that I'd hate. My country might be screwed up, but I really don't want to go overseas. I don't want Alaska, Oklahoma, Nebraska or Arkansas either though. 

He's signed up for 6 years. Assuming the world doesn't end next year, we'll reassess in 2018 if he's staying in or not. 2018 hahahaha that number sounds so futuristic. (Or is that just me?)

March 22nd

For those of you that haven't heard... Steve is leaving March 22nd for basic.

Boo.

That's 104 days left of a normal life where my husband is home every single night.

I'll give you more information next week.

My Christmas Tradition

I didn't even realize I had a Christmas tradition until this week. Every year though, I buy a new stuffed animal. 

2005

 2006

I skipped 2007 because we were in the middle of packing during the Christmas season.

 

2008 

He and the next one are both from the bookstore I worked at in South Dakota. I loved that they are a matching pair. She originally had a light blue, snow flake scarf, but I wanted to make her prettier so I put a pink ribbon on her.

 2009

I again skipped 2010 because we had just moved to Utah, and we were broke.

 But this is 2011! Isn't he cute?!

He's the odd one out just because he's not a bear. But he was just too adorable, I had to have him.

I enjoy picking out my new bear (or reindeer) every year. :)

Monday Love

I love you because you made me breakfast in bed on Saturday

Today is clean the house day

Steve was throwing up all day yesterday, and so now today I am deep cleaning the whole house. I do not want to get that. It's been a very long, long time since I have and I want to keep it that way! I don't even like saying any of the words that describes that horrendous act haha.

Bathroom? Check!
Kitchen? Check!
Living Room? In progress
Bedroom? It's not really dirty, but I'll be washing the bedding tonight.

Thankfully, he's better today. :)