And here we go....
The movers came today to do the estimates... I forgot and the house was trashed! At least the dishes were done. So now starts the fun part- organizing and trash... UGH We have never lived in one place long enough to get this much crap.
So, here i go with a trash bag to the attic to start junking. BAHHHHHHHH
If you don't hear from me before nap time is up ... come find me.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Autumn's Easter Dress
As you know I have been miss crafty lately. My first big sewing project was my daughters easter dress.
I have fallen in love with my sewing machine lately. I will be posting pics of her 2nd pillow case dress and instructions as to how I made it. Because the first one was a bust!
xoxo Tam
Sunday, April 17, 2011
knitting
I have pushed it off and refused to do it and convinced myself to hate it. But, I may have convinced myself to learn to knit. It will be a in between moving project. But it is worth a shot.
Friday, April 15, 2011
recently
Life has been fun lately. Autumn is becoming mobile. She is keeping me on my toes. I am making progress on her dress... Not to sure if I will do this again. Making this dress has been time consuming to say the least.
Life here in the Netherlands has been fun and is interesting. But I am looking forward to being home again. (to the military home is anywhere stateside!)We are going to go to Delft, Den Haag and the beach one weekend and we are also going to spend the night in Brugge. I am looking forward to it.
Our biggest delimas at the moment are Autumns birthday and shipping our rotty mix Brama. Dates and heat restrictions are not helping us out. We are just waiting for the papers before we can do anything....
I cannot wait to get to GA and have a REAL fish fry! The dutch eat fried fish but it is not at all like ours! And coleslaw and real american bbq! I cant wait to get bbq from the chruch where my momma lives. I am ready to come home... 116 days and counting!
Life here in the Netherlands has been fun and is interesting. But I am looking forward to being home again. (to the military home is anywhere stateside!)We are going to go to Delft, Den Haag and the beach one weekend and we are also going to spend the night in Brugge. I am looking forward to it.
Our biggest delimas at the moment are Autumns birthday and shipping our rotty mix Brama. Dates and heat restrictions are not helping us out. We are just waiting for the papers before we can do anything....
I cannot wait to get to GA and have a REAL fish fry! The dutch eat fried fish but it is not at all like ours! And coleslaw and real american bbq! I cant wait to get bbq from the chruch where my momma lives. I am ready to come home... 116 days and counting!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
This month in review
Weight loss
I HATE DIETING! WIth that being said... i hate being chunky even worse. No one ever told me that with a c-section comes a year of hell with weight loss. oh and my scale is broken... er dead batteries. But if you live here you know how slim the chances are the px will have the batteries you need!
My goal- packing my size 6 pants before the movers get here! With out a muffin top!
My strategy- SLim fast 3-2-1 plan and Cha-lean Extreme. I started Chalean yesterday and let me tell you I'm SORE! In a very good way! I think that she is more fun than Insanity by a long shot! I have started Slimfast 3-2-1 today and it sucks but I already feel that this will be the best effective method for my lifestyle. And it helps with the dishes! ;)
I must be shorts ready for Georgia!
Biz
I have found that starting a biz is hard. There is not a lot of realiable sources out there. Especially for online boutiques. So far I have found that I need an EIN to file taxes and order supplies in bulk. Register the name in the state in which i reside... thats a problem with mil spouses considering I move every 3 years! AND I am not in the states right now! Get an LLC or a DBA... I think that I am going to go the LLC route. And some of the things that I have read says that I need a biz lawyer... lordy lordy! After I get Tittle-Tatle up running and moving I am starting a "Start your own online boutique blog" linked to my website! This is just insane!
The Move oconus to conus
It is a headache... more so than moving in. Now we have a dog. A BIG dog. yea.... 4.5 months left... Honestly, i am a little nervous about moving back. Just piles and piles of paper work, meetings and so on. We will survive! The worst part is that Autumn's first birthday is 6 days before we fly out... If you know me then you know that I am still trying to work out a plan for her first party... If you are in the area and have ideas let me know! Thanks!
Now... I am hungry.. i think ill go have some cake.. I mean fruit! :P
Whateva
Tam - your local unorgainized mom
ps.. thanks to all of the wives around here for the invites to baby showers and events you guys are awesome! The first thing im doing when I get back is sifting through my friends list. I hope i have better luck with the wives at our next post... something tells me other wise. At least ill have more time for college and finally get my degree done!
Toodleloo
I HATE DIETING! WIth that being said... i hate being chunky even worse. No one ever told me that with a c-section comes a year of hell with weight loss. oh and my scale is broken... er dead batteries. But if you live here you know how slim the chances are the px will have the batteries you need!
My goal- packing my size 6 pants before the movers get here! With out a muffin top!
My strategy- SLim fast 3-2-1 plan and Cha-lean Extreme. I started Chalean yesterday and let me tell you I'm SORE! In a very good way! I think that she is more fun than Insanity by a long shot! I have started Slimfast 3-2-1 today and it sucks but I already feel that this will be the best effective method for my lifestyle. And it helps with the dishes! ;)
I must be shorts ready for Georgia!
Biz
I have found that starting a biz is hard. There is not a lot of realiable sources out there. Especially for online boutiques. So far I have found that I need an EIN to file taxes and order supplies in bulk. Register the name in the state in which i reside... thats a problem with mil spouses considering I move every 3 years! AND I am not in the states right now! Get an LLC or a DBA... I think that I am going to go the LLC route. And some of the things that I have read says that I need a biz lawyer... lordy lordy! After I get Tittle-Tatle up running and moving I am starting a "Start your own online boutique blog" linked to my website! This is just insane!
The Move oconus to conus
It is a headache... more so than moving in. Now we have a dog. A BIG dog. yea.... 4.5 months left... Honestly, i am a little nervous about moving back. Just piles and piles of paper work, meetings and so on. We will survive! The worst part is that Autumn's first birthday is 6 days before we fly out... If you know me then you know that I am still trying to work out a plan for her first party... If you are in the area and have ideas let me know! Thanks!
Now... I am hungry.. i think ill go have some cake.. I mean fruit! :P
Whateva
Tam - your local unorgainized mom
ps.. thanks to all of the wives around here for the invites to baby showers and events you guys are awesome! The first thing im doing when I get back is sifting through my friends list. I hope i have better luck with the wives at our next post... something tells me other wise. At least ill have more time for college and finally get my degree done!
Toodleloo
Italia Roma 2011 march
The hotel- we stayed at the royal palace hotel. It is a 5-10 minute walk to the Vatican. The hotel has 10 rooms and a really bad view! The floors were texturized wo we had to wear shoes all the time and Autumn couldn't crawl on the floor. The room was nice and cozy other than the floors. The hotel provided wireless Internet. They also brought breakfast tom the room. Lots of bread, cereal, eggs, meat, cheese, juice and coffee. A suitable breakfast for a family backpacking Rome.
The food - AMAZING! While there we had- gelato in vanilla, cookie, cappuccino and lemon. Proschuto de prima sandwhiches, spahgetti, tortallini, tiramisu, lemon cake, lemon chelo, wild berry crepe, all kinds of pizza, cappuccino, water form the fountains of Rome, Italian coke, olives, mozzarella,wine and bread. I really think that Italy is God's kitchen!
The flight- we flew from Brussels to champigono via Ryan air. While it was cheap I am not a fan. Tho we will probably fly through them again. If you leave ur ticket at home you will pay for another. Bad customer service! But u get what you pay for. No assigned sitting. Was weird for me but neat. The stroller survived to and from and so did Autumn. It wasnt bad at all but we had to pay from autumns return ticket twice. The parking cost 55 euro for 5 days. It as fine.
The tour - we paid for a tour of the vaticAc, basilica, an Sistine chapel. The lady that gave us the tour was very I formative and nice. We really enjoyed it. Michell Angelo is kind of An ass. The story has it the pope Of that time hired M.A. to paint and his paintings were not very"catholic" so one of the cardinals kept running to the pope about every tiny thing that M.A. painted. He pissed off M.A. so much that the wall of the last judgment he painted this cardinal in hell with donkey ears and a snake wrapped around him I hell. This cardinal went to the pope and he asked him to get him out of hell. The pope said that his jurisdiction is heaven, he had no jurisdiction over hell. He told the cardinal that he would have to stay I hell. There was nothing that he could do! I thought that was interesting.
Places we saw- Castel St. Angelico at night. It was pretty. Piazza Navona, had very pretty fountains. I thin, we went to the Spanish steps... Idk. We saw the great mouth. Where parliament goes. Collessium, and the ruins, where the Christians were persecuted, the chariot park.. And the list goes on!
It was amazing and if you can go to Italy do! Take an extra suitcase for souvenirs and stay for at least 2 weeks! Oh, and Italians loooooooooooove babies!
Side note-the hotel did not have a p lace for autumn to sleep so she slept in a drawer that pulled out from under the bed. I lined i t with a thick quilt provided by the hotel and she slept safe and sound!
The food - AMAZING! While there we had- gelato in vanilla, cookie, cappuccino and lemon. Proschuto de prima sandwhiches, spahgetti, tortallini, tiramisu, lemon cake, lemon chelo, wild berry crepe, all kinds of pizza, cappuccino, water form the fountains of Rome, Italian coke, olives, mozzarella,wine and bread. I really think that Italy is God's kitchen!
The flight- we flew from Brussels to champigono via Ryan air. While it was cheap I am not a fan. Tho we will probably fly through them again. If you leave ur ticket at home you will pay for another. Bad customer service! But u get what you pay for. No assigned sitting. Was weird for me but neat. The stroller survived to and from and so did Autumn. It wasnt bad at all but we had to pay from autumns return ticket twice. The parking cost 55 euro for 5 days. It as fine.
The tour - we paid for a tour of the vaticAc, basilica, an Sistine chapel. The lady that gave us the tour was very I formative and nice. We really enjoyed it. Michell Angelo is kind of An ass. The story has it the pope Of that time hired M.A. to paint and his paintings were not very"catholic" so one of the cardinals kept running to the pope about every tiny thing that M.A. painted. He pissed off M.A. so much that the wall of the last judgment he painted this cardinal in hell with donkey ears and a snake wrapped around him I hell. This cardinal went to the pope and he asked him to get him out of hell. The pope said that his jurisdiction is heaven, he had no jurisdiction over hell. He told the cardinal that he would have to stay I hell. There was nothing that he could do! I thought that was interesting.
Places we saw- Castel St. Angelico at night. It was pretty. Piazza Navona, had very pretty fountains. I thin, we went to the Spanish steps... Idk. We saw the great mouth. Where parliament goes. Collessium, and the ruins, where the Christians were persecuted, the chariot park.. And the list goes on!
It was amazing and if you can go to Italy do! Take an extra suitcase for souvenirs and stay for at least 2 weeks! Oh, and Italians loooooooooooove babies!
Side note-the hotel did not have a p lace for autumn to sleep so she slept in a drawer that pulled out from under the bed. I lined i t with a thick quilt provided by the hotel and she slept safe and sound!
Friday, February 25, 2011
30 before 35
1- learn to make pasta homemade
2-learn to loom weave
3- leanr how to stamp metal and make jewelery
4- learn how to sew
5- learn how to spin yarn
6- get orgainized
7- have 4 chidren (3 will do)(Autumn, Winter, Summer and August)
8- make pasteries
9-learn to decorate cake
10-foster children
11- finish history degree
12- volunteer
13-learn about sports
14-go to italy
15- go to greece
16- poland
17 madrid
18- go to a bunch of countries
19-go antique shopping
20 make a coffee mug set
21-work at a bakery
22-work at a coffee shop
23-quilt
24- learn some fighting skill so i can beat joe at something
25-build a memory trunk for all of my children
26- learn wood working
27- make a bottle cap coffee table
28- get a dog a train it well- shiba inu
more later
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2-learn to loom weave
3- leanr how to stamp metal and make jewelery
4- learn how to sew
5- learn how to spin yarn
6- get orgainized
7- have 4 chidren (3 will do)(Autumn, Winter, Summer and August)
8- make pasteries
9-learn to decorate cake
10-foster children
11- finish history degree
12- volunteer
13-learn about sports
14-go to italy
15- go to greece
16- poland
17 madrid
18- go to a bunch of countries
19-go antique shopping
20 make a coffee mug set
21-work at a bakery
22-work at a coffee shop
23-quilt
24- learn some fighting skill so i can beat joe at something
25-build a memory trunk for all of my children
26- learn wood working
27- make a bottle cap coffee table
28- get a dog a train it well- shiba inu
more later
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
What a day....
To start-
Taxes... yes we love this time of year -you become a king a a pouper. We landed somewhere in between. Gotta love that child tax credit.
We got mail!
I got my boxes from amazon today! Autumn loves her vulli's Sophie the Giraffe Teether. But not as a teether she rolled over on it and slammed her feet on it. She thought it was Hillarious! I also purchased a Fisher Price Healthy Care Forest booster for her. AND she did love that one. I now know why she doesn't eat very well.... she gets bord. We got her a few more things but the one that i was kind of excited about was the dish. It holds 3 differnt sections of food, come with a lid that wont spill and keeps the food seperate and an spoon that attaches. AWESOME.
Autumn-
She has been so fussy today! I wanted to literally pull my hair out. I cant wait for these teeth to come through....
Taxes... yes we love this time of year -you become a king a a pouper. We landed somewhere in between. Gotta love that child tax credit.
We got mail!
I got my boxes from amazon today! Autumn loves her vulli's Sophie the Giraffe Teether. But not as a teether she rolled over on it and slammed her feet on it. She thought it was Hillarious! I also purchased a Fisher Price Healthy Care Forest booster for her. AND she did love that one. I now know why she doesn't eat very well.... she gets bord. We got her a few more things but the one that i was kind of excited about was the dish. It holds 3 differnt sections of food, come with a lid that wont spill and keeps the food seperate and an spoon that attaches. AWESOME.
Autumn-
She has been so fussy today! I wanted to literally pull my hair out. I cant wait for these teeth to come through....
Monday, February 21, 2011
Learning
I made my first tutu last night!!!!! The supplies finally came in! It is soooooooooo cute. I will post pics soon.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Return to Sender
He's home again! Oh yes mam he is back! Can we say double-whammy!?! "wink, wink"
aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
yea that's pretty much it.
aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
yea that's pretty much it.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
reminiscing
Joe and I have been together a VERRRRY long time. He was my first everything. Joe has had my heart since I was 15 years old. I have had his since he was 17.
I remember our first "kiss" like it was yesterday. He tried twice but I froze! The third time he asked and I had to give in! I was so nervous my heart raced and I became light headed from the excitement. I remember the moment I realized I loved him and the moment that I knew he was mine.
We have been together for 10 years now. There has been hell and heaven in our relationship. Every time we were apart we found our way back. This man has been in my every passing thought for 10 years. 10 years... Wow. that is a long time to be with someone. I am glad that I told him to marry me.
I love where this relationship has brought us... But sometimes I wish I could be 16 again making out with him against his old Monte Carlo. With a blanket wrapped around us both. Begging him to stay just a minute longer.... To be 19 again seeing him for the first time in 2 years, getting that amazing kiss on my bed.
umm... the memories.
Love in it's bloom is so exciting....
I remember our first "kiss" like it was yesterday. He tried twice but I froze! The third time he asked and I had to give in! I was so nervous my heart raced and I became light headed from the excitement. I remember the moment I realized I loved him and the moment that I knew he was mine.
We have been together for 10 years now. There has been hell and heaven in our relationship. Every time we were apart we found our way back. This man has been in my every passing thought for 10 years. 10 years... Wow. that is a long time to be with someone. I am glad that I told him to marry me.
I love where this relationship has brought us... But sometimes I wish I could be 16 again making out with him against his old Monte Carlo. With a blanket wrapped around us both. Begging him to stay just a minute longer.... To be 19 again seeing him for the first time in 2 years, getting that amazing kiss on my bed.
umm... the memories.
Love in it's bloom is so exciting....
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
plans 2
Sara helped me decide on a name for my new biz!
Tittle-Tatle
I am so excited! My pal Jen said she would teach me to sew! Just another step closer to my dreams!
Hello to the wonderful world of own your own biz!
Heart
Tam
Tittle-Tatle
I am so excited! My pal Jen said she would teach me to sew! Just another step closer to my dreams!
Hello to the wonderful world of own your own biz!
Heart
Tam
Monday, January 31, 2011
plans
I am trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up! STILL! I enjoy crafts and art and am going to college to major in history. But I am looking at all of these moms who are making a living making things out of their living room... I need to learn to sew. Sew... I think that I am going to give this craft sell thing a shot...
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Dreams
Last night I had a dream that I went to Grandmoma's house. I got there-Johnny and his caregiver were sitting at the kitchen table and I started dinner for them. It wasn't just any dinner, it was a "grandmoma's dinner." She cooked soooo good. Then I looked in her freezer and there was still some frozen cake that she put in there. Johnny had just run out of sweet tea so I started making him some, and then I woke up. I wish I could have finished that dream.
I missed her funeral by a few hours. My plane didn't land until that evening and they had the funeral that morning. I am still hurt and pissed off about it. I know the truth. I just wish she could have met Autumn.
I remember coming over to her house to help her clean and stuff. She would cook us lunch and asked me to help make the cole slaw. Apparently I wasn't working fast enough. So, she took it from me and continued on... I miss her and I have for along time. I really feel that if I would have been there she wouldn't have passed away so soon.
I love you grandmoma.
RIP Grandmoma Helen Dec. 2010
I missed her funeral by a few hours. My plane didn't land until that evening and they had the funeral that morning. I am still hurt and pissed off about it. I know the truth. I just wish she could have met Autumn.
I remember coming over to her house to help her clean and stuff. She would cook us lunch and asked me to help make the cole slaw. Apparently I wasn't working fast enough. So, she took it from me and continued on... I miss her and I have for along time. I really feel that if I would have been there she wouldn't have passed away so soon.
I love you grandmoma.
RIP Grandmoma Helen Dec. 2010
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
weh- warning lots of whining-
ARG is sick... great. I have so much to get done but I just can't find the time. Today, I need some "mojo."
On another note: Something I hate about breast-feeding... It's not the fact that the world sees my goodies it that I am ALWAYS wet. My poor bed. I need some coffee but all I have is that damn tea bag folders crap.
Did I mention that.. well lets not start that now..
My goal this week is to find some time to crochet, I need it! Gotta love a happy hooker!
Now I am going to attempt to get a short nap in with ARG.
Here's to sweat pants and wet t-shirts!
On another note: Something I hate about breast-feeding... It's not the fact that the world sees my goodies it that I am ALWAYS wet. My poor bed. I need some coffee but all I have is that damn tea bag folders crap.
Did I mention that.. well lets not start that now..
My goal this week is to find some time to crochet, I need it! Gotta love a happy hooker!
Now I am going to attempt to get a short nap in with ARG.
Here's to sweat pants and wet t-shirts!
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