Obscure Facts

For the Scrap Addict Blog Challenge, here are three obscure facts about me. I'm not sure just how obscure they are, though!

1. I have two artificial joints and have since I was 27. I don't care what doctors tell you, either, you most certainly can feel weather changes in your joints, especially in ones that have been replaced!

2. I detest coconut to the point that it is banned from my house. I hate the flavor, the smell, the texture and even the look of it.

3. I had a case of poison sumac so bad when I was a pre-teen that it was even on my scalp, under my fingernails and in my nostrils. They put me on a high dosage of medication to combat my severe allergic reaction, and the medicine caused me to have hallucinations. That was one summer I would rather forget and to this day I tend to freak out when any part of me itches.

About Me

Thanks for the blog challenge, Annette! :)

favorite color: RED
word I most liked to be described as: genuine
best meal I cook: spaghetti
favorite dessert: cheesecake
favorite book: Illusions by Richard Bach
favorite outfit: jeans and a T shirt
usually in bed by: 11:30 on a work night (crazy since I get up at 5:30)
favorite sounds: the ocean
I wish: I didn't have to work
What I crave: more time and more sleep
Surround me with: a starry sky, a pair of rocking chairs, a good conversationalist and endless time to chat

For Sale

Our house is officially on the market as of today. I'm a little sad, but looking forward to something new and exciting, too. If nothing else, this next year will be an adventure. I can only hope it sells. Cross your fingers for us!
We've made a lot of progress in getting things situated in the sheds. Now the real packing and storing will begin. I'm trying to use Murphy's Law to my advantage...if we plan to use the sheds for storage, the house will sell, right? ;)

Happy Mother's Day

I had a good Mother's Day. We took my mother in law to Olive Garden and met up with my sister, my mother and two other family members for a nice lunch. We got there right as they opened, and good thing since it was jam packed with people waiting for long stretches right after we were seated. I got a beautiful card and a necklace for a gift and I enjoyed my time with family. Now I need to scrap!

Stress

Ahhhhhhhhhhh sweet stress. I've missed you so. Oh, wait. You never went away. Work still sucks. We are in the midst of a cold war with the office boss because he knows we turned his butt in on a lot of the crap he's been pulling. I don't think anything will ever come of the complaints we all formally lodged, but here's hoping human resources does more than slap wrists.

Now for the fun news. The house is going on the market, I am quitting my lovely job (YEEEEESSSSSSS!) sometime next month and we are moving in July. John starts work on his Master's Degree this summer and will be gone evenings. We are going to finish building the room we started in hopes of getting a decent price for the house, plus a new roof is going on in a week or two. We are cleaning and reorganizing and beginning to pack, but that's going to be a slow process. Oh, and somewhere in the middle of this summer's madness, we get to travel all the way to D.C. so John can have his third and final checkup with the Navy to prove he is still unfit to return to active duty. Yeah, D.C. Yikes. That is one long trip ahead and I am not looking forward to it. I am trying to find the good here somewhere with this much happening at once. I guess if I survive the summer at least it'll all be overwith, huh?

Must scrap. Must destress. ;)

Feels Like Old Times

After much stress, worry and consideration, my husband found a job in the state. He graduates college next weekend (with honors, I might add) and will be starting his post-military career this fall as a newly minted high school science teacher. There were only two schools he was very excited about. The local school chose a teacher with 12 years of experience, so we can't fault them for that. This particular school was very excited about John getting his job. As excited as *he* was, I figured we would make it work somehow. And by make it work, I mean we are having a life-changing, total upheaval of a summer. The job is almost two hours to the south, which means pulling the kids out of school, selling the house and moving to a new town. This makes me feel like we are back in the military way of life, changing our living quarters every year, but this time I am feeling too old for this gypsy way of life.
This weekend, we took an overnight trip to our future hometown and gave it a look-through. It's pretty much the town we live in now except it has better restaurants. The first night we were there, the weather was horrible, we were late for the play we had driven in to see, and we were pretty much miserable. The experience didn't leave us with a great impression of the place, but it did improve the next day. A realtor came to his office special just to see us on Saturday to give us information on area houses for rent that might be available when we are ready to move. If our house doesn't sell quickly, we will be renting for the first year. We are seriously considering renting anyway, just to get to know the town better and to figure out where we might want to buy someday, IF we decide to buy at all.
Shona seems to think we are moving to Africa and wants a pet zebra and my family is in a tizzy over the fact that we are moving and selling out, but it's not like they ever come to see us as it is, so I don't give their comments much regard anyway. Unfortunately, with the military and with teaching, you have to go where the jobs are. They don't bring them to you.
The great news is I finally will get to quit my job. Yaaaay! I will be looking for something when we get there, I just don't know what yet. Here's hoping for a secretarial position in one of the schools. More later when I know more!

Scrappin'!

Yep, I'm scrapping today. I guess I found my groove or else I am just feeling pressured to get a few things done. I think this is my favorite one I finished today, just a Sketch Challenge but I love the colors of this kit. Wonderful. And it even goes well with a picture of dirty, smelly sneakers. How can you ask for more?