you're lucy. lucky?? YESSS lucky.

up until my move to delaware i have been lucky enough to go through three simple steps when i have needed a job:

1. decide on job i would like to have
2. apply/interview
3. get job offer

i'm lucky. i know. delaware, however, has proven to change things up.

as a military wife, i don't have a lot of control over where i live and when i move. actually, i have no control. when you are in the education field, it is not the best timing to move to a new state in the middle of the school year. it also does not bode you well when applying for new teaching jobs to try to obtain one in january, knowing you will probably be moving within a year...in the middle of the following school year. so i thought, i will just get a "fun job" for the year we are in delaware....

attempt #1: williams -sonoma. apparently january is also not the best time to apply to retail stores, as they tend to keep on many of the "extra holiday" workers they took on. boo
attempt #3: pottery barn. they are renovating the building from january through april. fantastic. i'll just sit around for 4 months.
attempt #3: a perfect position at the local YMCA overseeing the childcare program. or so i thought. the "local" YMCA i thought i was looking into turned out to be over an hour commute. not quite worth it.
attempt #4: subbing. still working on it.

more perks of being a military wife...small towns with ample job opportunities. i'm lucky!

"day" one as a military wife

fly boy left this morning. for oklahoma. for a month.

good news is he is in the states, so i can actually talk to/text/skype him.
bad news is i am still in delaware.
welcome to the air force!

today begins my first real day as a military wife. aka my husband is gone.

he left at 6:30am to catch his flight out of philly. i cried.
we had a friend visiting from syracuse for the weekend, so after i had the house to myself later that morning, i cried again. (note: in general, i cry a lot anyway.) i spent the afternoon eating chocolate, taking a nap on the couch with our new puppy, eating more chocolate, then giving in to retail therapy. totally normal.

i did however get the ball rolling for one of my new years resolutions: make one photo album per year with my favorite pictures of the year. michael's did not have the selection of photo albums that i was hoping for, and pottery barn discontinued my favorite photo albums....so i did it. i gave in and become one of those people. i bought my first scrapbook.

with you (my two readers) as my witness(es), i hereby promise not to become one of those ridiculous scrapbookers. i promise not to spend 30-40 hours a week perfecting every last detail of the scrapbook. i promise not to incorporate "cutesy" phrases and logos on each page. i promise not to make this a blog devoted to scrapbooking & the like. and i promise not to make this and/or any future scrapbooks "matchy matchy."

i'll update you once it is complete. for now, here is phase "one"



[lucy helped]




stay tuned for phase two (aka complete.)

new year. new town. new house. new last name. new post.

updating my life in pictures:

the last 40 days of 2010 proved to be exciting....


got married...check.


moved into our new house...check.


thanksgiving in the new house...check.


honeymoon...check.


navy beat army...check (9 years running!)


got our puppy (lucy)...check.


christmas...check.


my little brother got engaged...check.


here's to 2011 being even better.