tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29927298371179924062024-02-07T22:10:39.403-05:00Inside Tara's Mind ...Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-59247210437578953032015-11-16T16:32:00.001-05:002015-11-16T16:36:22.512-05:00A Whatsup Willmans Wednesday on a Monday!Whats up with those Willmans?! I've been writing this post for two weeks hoping to get some pictures in here so it isn't so jam packed with just all those words down there ... yikes.<br />
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Work is good. I've been bouncing around so much that I've really gotten to know a LOT of the kids at our center. It seems that I'm usually in a handful of the same rooms so that's kind of nice. I have been in an infant room every few days for a lot of last week and I've gotten to know their schedule and how things work ... it's not my favorite but I don't feel so overwhelmed or lost by any means. 8 infants under age 1 is no joke. They'll kick your butt even if they're sweet! It's an assembly line in those rooms! Phew!<br />
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We have gotten out our fall decor and I love it. I love the shelves Jeff made me ... they make our whole first floor feel more like a home. I've also officially been obsessed with Yankee Candle products for more than a year now. They just had a $10 off no minimum purchase coupon and I went nuts with that thing. I got a wax warmer for dirt cheap, and a TON of easy melt cups for free at the PX and Bed Bath and Beyond of course. We don't have a Yankee Candle here but they'll take the coupons, score! I love having the house smell great .. especially the fall smells. (Obsessed with the apple one right now!!)<br />
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I've started volunteering with the USO and I'm loving it. They always have a reason to bake something and I love baking. I've made birthday cakes for Marines in the barracks at school here and Halloween cookies for a Halloween party they were hosting for the kiddos. I've also been working the USO at our airport and I am really loving that too. Giving back is such a great feeling and I feel like what I'm doing makes a difference to someone. If I wasn't at the airport, those Marines would be sitting on the benches at the airport and without snacks. I know how nice it has been for us while we were traveling to stop at a USO.<br />
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A few weekends ago, my friend Nicole gave me some free tickets to the NASCAR race in Charlotte ... it was a BEAUTIFUL day. We had a blast. It was my first NASCAR race and Jeff Gordon's last race in Charlotte. It was such a fun time, but I always say ... Jeff and I could have the best time in the most boring of places, anyways!<br />
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Recently I put myself out there and met some girls in our neighborhood. I'm so happy I did because I met my friend Mae. Shes so sweet, would do anything for you and is super fun. She also has a pup a little younger than Duke so we meet up at the dog park and hang out while we let the dogs wear themselves out. It's perfect really :) Sadie is a little smaller than Duke, but now that they know each other she really holds her own!<br />
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Jeff and I spent the week before Halloween making our costumes. This year we were Wyldstyle and Emmet from The Lego Movie ... It was a long week, but we had SUCH a fun time handing out candy at our house in those costumes, I can't even explain! The kids were SO excited and they knew exactly who we were, so we must have done a good job! :) After we finished handing out candy (Approx 150 kids!!!) we headed to a Halloween party with all the guys Jeff works with, which was a blast too.<br />
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Last Wednesday, I started back on Weight Watchers. It's what I know. It makes sense to me .. and it's been what I've been successful with in the past ... so I'm back. I've also started "C25K" which is the couch to 5k program. It's eight weeks and it is interval training that helps you end up running! Yesterday I finished day three of week one. I've been really focusing on my breathing and I think that's helping me. Jeff running with me is helping me too. Just knowing hes running next to me is so much more motivating than just running by myself. I like that it's something productive we can do together too. I've got to do SOMETHING .. I'm glad I've finally snapped back into reality. So, I'll hopefully update on this. Today is my first day of week two, so I'll be running and walking longer intervals. HOPEFULLY in 8 or so weeks I'll be able to run a 5k (haha that just sounds ridiculous to me ... hopefully I can stick with it!) <br />
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This past weekend we attended our second Marine Corps ball ... we had a great time. We traveled just under two hours away and got a hotel room for the night. When we got into town we got all dolled up and headed over for a delicious chicken and steak dinner, along with a nigh of tradition ... and of course drinking :) You know how Marine's get down.<br />
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Now begins our countdown to the happiest place on Earth! Jeff hasn't seen his family in eleven months, so it will be awesome to see him reunited with his momma :) We can't wait. We LOVE Disney and we haven't been back since we got engaged there in 2012!<br />
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I was just thinking about this yesterday, check it out:<br />
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November 2012 - Engaged - Disney World, Florida<br />
November 2013 - Jeff was at USMC Bootcamp - Parris Island, SC - I was working 4 part time jobs.<br />
November 2014 - We lived in Twentynine Palms, CA - I had just gotten one part time job.<br />
November 2015 - We live at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - I have an almost full time job.<br />
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Funny what can happen all in just a few years, huh?Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-8678081756799414332015-09-22T18:35:00.001-04:002015-11-11T13:26:57.240-05:00I want to write.I want to write but I don't have a lot to write about, so we will see where this leads us.<br />
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Lately I've been getting into a better cleaning routine and I'm much happier with the way that our house is being kept up. I actually chose a cluttered place in our house every day last week and organized and went through it (closets, under sinks, in junk drawers ... ) Who wants to read about that? No one. It's not fun or exciting.<br />
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I have been at my job now since August 31st and I really like it. It's not what I was expecting and honestly I'm a bit disappointed that I don't have the same class room every day, but I'm trying to look on the bright side of things. I am meeting lots of new people that work there. I'm meeting a lot of kids and seeing a lot of classrooms. I'm working in all age groups .. so hopefully someone see's that I'm good at all ages and thinks I'm valuable eventually. Mostly good news?<br />
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Jeff and I are on a weird schedule. Usually I get home just after 5:30 from work (Because I work like 6 mins away!! woo hoo!) and he heads to the gym. Sometimes I like it. I like coming home and having a little time before he gets home. I can just hang out on the couch or start dinner ... but other days I hate coming home to an empty house (even if Duke is here). There seems to be no rhyme or reason to how I'm going to feel each day, so I try not to make him feel bad he has to work out.<br />
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Something kind of fun we've been doing is watching all sorts of super hero movies together. I've officially seen all three Batman movies, all three Iron Man, and one Captain America movie. We are making our way to The Avengers. I know these aren't super hero movies but we also watched all eight Harry Potter movies too. (Don't worry, I'm talking over quite a few weeks ... although, not as many as you'd think) We've been digging the series movies lately... and I've liked seeing them all in a row, and all movies I've wanted to see.<br />
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Duke is done with his doggy classes. I don't think we will be signing up for another one - but he did really well in this one, since I had pretty much already taught him everything. We went to the dog park yesterday in the evening for like an hour and a half and he was so good. He played and wasn't too rough with anyone's smaller dogs ... He isn't aggressive at all but he just wants the other dogs to play with him so bad, and they don't always have the same idea. He still think's he weighs 20 lbs too ... He has no idea how big he is. Anyways, he had a blast. Not exciting .. but this is my life.<br />
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Here's something a little interesting, but more sad than anything. The other night we had a terrible accident outside our housing area. A man crashed his car into a tree and the firemen who work at the firehouse down the street from my house responded. They got him safely out of the car and into the ambulance ... Jeff and I were so taken back watching them work that I wanted to bake them cookies, just so that they knew someone appreciated them and all they do. This past Sunday I baked them chocolate chip cookies while Jeff and his buddy watched the Lions game. I think the guy in the accident is going to be okay. The news always reports the tragedy and doesn't tend to post a follow up story on how they're doing.<br />
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I applied and interviewed with our local Jacksonville USO last week. I want to volunteer with them in some of my spare time. I always said that I would have wanted to volunteer with them at the airport in Palm Springs if we had been closer. Now, we have one in our town and they host a lot of local events. I'm not sure where I'll start with them, but I do know ... I'll be baking a lot of Christmas cookies this year, and I won't have to eat them all ;)<br />
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Well, that's where I'm at these days. Maybe something new and exciting will happen soon!Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-17433246121168474872015-09-13T13:56:00.001-04:002015-09-13T13:56:25.426-04:00Mom's Visit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My mom came to visit us the last week in August - her last week of summer and my week in between summer camp and starting my new job! It was so great to have that week off to spend with her. </div>
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We did so many fun things, I hope I don't forget any. We went and did so many things that have been on my wish list to do around here too! Thanks for giving me the push to do them, Mom! </div>
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The first AWESOME thing we did was drive to Beaufort, NC (about an hour or so) and took a 15 minute ferry ride to Shackelford Banks. It was a beautiful island where you can find wild horses, seashells and a whole lot of beautiful beach. </div>
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After walking around and being kind of disappointed, we found them!!! Check them out! </div>
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We went to visit the sick and recovering turtles at The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue Center and learned a lot about them ... it was such a cool and different place to see:<br />
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We spent a day at the beach in Topsail:<br />
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We drove to Willmington, NC to see their historical downtown area:<br />
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We tried Kettle Diner, Marina Cafe and The Spouter Inn .. all restaurants that I hadn't been to yet! YUM.<br />
Mom went to her first change of command ceremony, had her first Krispy Kreme donut ... as well as her first Cheerwine! Welcome to North Carolina, Ma!<br />
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It was hard to let her leave .... and for me to go back to work! :)Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-30028005020830206512015-08-12T20:00:00.001-04:002015-08-12T20:09:32.880-04:00Lists of LateI like reading back on my blog, to see things that were going on, things that I liked or didn't like so <a href="http://www.lovefunandfootball.com/2015/08/the-safety-of-list.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FromMissBToMrsM+%28From+Miss+B+to+Mrs+M%29" target="_blank">Erin's list</a> looked perfect for me to modify for myself to look back on in the future:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Reading</u></b> </span>- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Haven-Francine-Rivers-ebook/dp/B00E1O63B6" target="_blank">Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers</a>. Honestly, I haven't been reading lately and I JUST started this one. My cousin recommended it to my mom + mom and I share a Kindle account = now I've started it + happy me because it's free!<br />
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<li>To pick my momma up at the airport to visit us in a few short weeks! </li>
<li>To be working with Duke since his second doggy session has started</li>
<li>To work at 6 am, which I'm loving. This means I'm off work earlier and don't have to close! </li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Thinking</b></u> </span>- Of getting a better "balance" in my life. Our marriage, Duke, cooking, cleaning, laundry, relaxing, getting enough sleep, doing things for ME, things for JEFF, errands, budgeting, keeping in touch with our friends and family, going to the commissary with a big ole list ... I need to and have been working on being better about getting my priorities straight and my life a little more balanced.<br />
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<li>That Jeff doesn't have duty for a MONTH! What the what???</li>
<li>That Duke is asleep at my feet.</li>
<li>That my mom is coming to visit!</li>
<li>... Cool whip + mini chocolate chips (we pretend it's ice cream)</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Enjoying</u></b> - </span>The last few weeks of summer camp. I don't want to speak too soon, but things have settled down a bit and I'm enjoying my time with the kids. I'm trying to be more intentional about having one on one conversations with them .. You never know how much kids are actually listened to these days with everyone's <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">crazy schedules ... And they're really responding to the attention. </span></div>
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Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-8003685663740830072015-08-06T19:33:00.003-04:002015-08-06T19:33:41.897-04:00May, June and July 2015Hey there! So this year is literally FLYING by. I cant believe it.<br />
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In May we headed to Raleigh for the first time, for the Brad Paisley concert. I found CHEAP tickets on Groupon that we just couldn't pass up. We had WAY WAY too much fun, and I do mean that. Brad was incredible. My husband is awesome. The wine was flowing. It was SO great. A trip we'll never forget.<br />
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At the end of May we celebrated Memorial Day aboard the USS North Carolina checking out the ship and then fireworks later that night on Atlantic Beach.</div>
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I mentioned in my last post that I went on a job interview for a job I really wanted ... Well, the good news is: I got it! It's one more reason why I haven't posted much. I've been getting anywhere between thirty and forty hours per week - so things have been very different around here! I'll say that it has been VERY nice to contribute to my family. It's so hard as a military wife to get a new job, whenever and wherever you are next ... while every other military spouse in the same town is going through the same thing.<br />
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Right before I started by job in June, Jeff and I went on a Carnival Cruise to the Bahamas! On the way we stayed one night in Parris Island and saw our friend Gilissen and his (now) wife for dinner. It was so nice to see them and finally meet her!</div>
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Our cruise was incredible .. and aside from two weekends in San Diego, our first real vacation alone together. We enjoyed every minute of it. We soaked up the sunshine, snorkled (Jeff's first time! Thank God the rain held off!), had a few tropical cocktails, made some new friends, saw every show, ate lots of new foods and gambled a little bit.</div>
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On our way home from our cruise, we stopped off in Jacksonville, Florida to see the Melanges! Amanda, Kurt and the kiddos met us for breakfast as we got off the ship and headed home. It's so much fun having friends everywhere!</div>
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Duke has made a new friend: Georgio, the pup next door. They had been working together to dig a hole under the fence so Georgio could come play and go as he pleased, it was hilarious.</div>
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I started my new job ... I didn't mention what it was: It is a "program technician" AKA teacher AKA summer camp counselor on base! It's going well. I wouldn't want to stay there forever ... but it's been a great stepping stone in with MCCS on base.<br />
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In July we celebrated the 4th of July, obviously! We had a BBQ and saw a free concert on base (and fire works of course!!)<br />
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Pretty much all of July Jeff had duty once a week. His unit got back and then he had it every three days. I won't miss those days. He was gone for twenty four hours and then he would spend the whole next day recovering. The next day he had a normal day and the day after that it would all start over again.<br />
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Mid July we cashed in my birthday present from March - TIM MCGRAW TICKETS ... Lord. We had SO much fun, my husband is incredible. A weekend one night trip into Raleigh to see Tim - check out how close these seats were:</div>
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I've done some landscaping and tending to our garden - I love it, but the dang gutters over flow and flood our entire flower bed (killing everything)</div>
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Duke's first birthday was July 27th! The poor guy also got his first ear infection on the same day.</div>
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They happened to be visiting family less than an hour from us, so she came and had a birthday lunch with me ... toured our house and Lejune .. it was so amazing to have some familiar faces! On their way back out of town I made breakfast for all of us, it was so much fun!! </div>
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The night before my birthday, Jeff baked me a cake. Chocolate chocolate and it was awesome!!</div>
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Also for my birthday, my two favorite guys woke up super early to go tour to breakfast with me ... </div>
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My parents came to visit and to see our new place in April! They were actually here for my Mom's birthday, Easter and Opening Day! </div>
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Jeff and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary together. We had a beautiful dinner out and enjoyed the day together. The night before .. I couldn't wait to give him his gift ... So at about one o'clock in the morning I popped my trunk and he found a table saw. He was so excited, he was in disbelief. He kept saying "Who helped you with this!!!" And I kept saying "umm? The guy at the store?" HAHA!</div>
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The poor guy was out in the garage, working on it every minute he could .. It just took forever. He got it though! He fixed it, with the help of a buddy and saved us a ton of money!</div>
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"Where's the water, momma??" Too funny!!!</div>
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We went to the Jacksonville Jamboree (a festival)</div>
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Jeff and I went for a drive. I showed him the pier that my parents and I found while they were visiting ... And we kept driving to find a small town called Beaufort ... ADORABLE .. I can't wait for a date night out there. It reminds me a little of Downtown Plymouth back home. </div>
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Tropical Storm Ana hit and it rained for about 4 days straight, if I remember right. Duke was losing his mind being stuck at the house. He was in our back yard unsupervised and got VERY muddy.. So we took him outside on the leash to hose him down. Jeff had the good idea to let him run back and forth in our giant puddle in between our driveways. I don't think I've ever seen this dog so happy. He ran to me through the puddle and then back to Jeff at the other end. It was hysterical. He loved being in the water, it cleaned him off and burnt off some of his energy!</div>
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<br />Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-84280122131236232502015-03-09T13:33:00.001-04:002015-03-09T13:33:38.750-04:00Firsts: Snow, Beach & PoolTwo weeks ago...<br><div><div>It snowed here! The whole town shut down. The base mostly shut down and they sent everyone home early! When I woke up in the morning and had this on my car... A tiny bit of North Carolina snow!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQmVMkoeBt1e6ceq917NvHBbKxq3nEMJ9tvWA1LKhddLjmVHp4KKPIuVMqbR6M-8f-CrVF5izh4cWpQIfDdiq7Z03xaLnNWuUS-Ovagp68D7E0wR8CeHPXypUKjFqTIO4sVC-UZP0PD4/s640/blogger-image-719731595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQmVMkoeBt1e6ceq917NvHBbKxq3nEMJ9tvWA1LKhddLjmVHp4KKPIuVMqbR6M-8f-CrVF5izh4cWpQIfDdiq7Z03xaLnNWuUS-Ovagp68D7E0wR8CeHPXypUKjFqTIO4sVC-UZP0PD4/s640/blogger-image-719731595.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Then I went to the gym and came out to my car looking like this ...</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibyuwp5tB_-yEyjhbUpSco0iNzkD7EVVIYdQyxKFNg6ullptOonNn6PSOFXhJjNYmwfGQYgYnLVXSTIbmUCQz4vQEgV5HkjMIIN9DwEhpTYrOZO4I9GZ5bHLadCTlC5S1enhH7bjnsTU/s640/blogger-image--1540582079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibyuwp5tB_-yEyjhbUpSco0iNzkD7EVVIYdQyxKFNg6ullptOonNn6PSOFXhJjNYmwfGQYgYnLVXSTIbmUCQz4vQEgV5HkjMIIN9DwEhpTYrOZO4I9GZ5bHLadCTlC5S1enhH7bjnsTU/s640/blogger-image--1540582079.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Now, we totally had flurries ... The pictures I took didn't show it very well. It was funny though, because everyone in the gym was saying "oh my God, we have to get home ... It's really coming down now!"</div><div>Down here, they don't see snow often. </div><div><br></div><div>But I couldn't wait to get home to Duke! I couldn't wait to see what he thought of the snow. He's seven months old now ... And still having firsts :) haha! </div><div><br></div><div>So... Here's his first time in the snow!!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He was trying to bite the snow falling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLV5n3QDjVaIc_fDvlERuIA0Ts_nynrlXFuXjx_JMRUrJkKZzJN2wkvBwjqHmcsCUApRXk4NOrQXYjRGpeun0QyZX5Bb-_diih5vvY7Afdt_CokCDkvjZjMtqQigpqWRsWTpaOOGX9K8o/s640/blogger-image--397144020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLV5n3QDjVaIc_fDvlERuIA0Ts_nynrlXFuXjx_JMRUrJkKZzJN2wkvBwjqHmcsCUApRXk4NOrQXYjRGpeun0QyZX5Bb-_diih5vvY7Afdt_CokCDkvjZjMtqQigpqWRsWTpaOOGX9K8o/s640/blogger-image--397144020.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The video is funnier ... But I can't get it on here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Last week we had two REALLY nice days, so we took Duke to the beach! Snow and then 80 degree weather ... I feel like we're in Michigan!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJaNAVcnpZsSFNAISZv8TiM3RkPfHhBPQFDK36njRe5yXfxBtu7FzLvn8Tk1ZcyBTFsXOK2CUbwbVYOo_DSvo_w3bqH3s82DPxG2BCzGsHXxIYqQYm3O10B-HBAJ5aRIYUPbA18V8t7g/s640/blogger-image--619174183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJaNAVcnpZsSFNAISZv8TiM3RkPfHhBPQFDK36njRe5yXfxBtu7FzLvn8Tk1ZcyBTFsXOK2CUbwbVYOo_DSvo_w3bqH3s82DPxG2BCzGsHXxIYqQYm3O10B-HBAJ5aRIYUPbA18V8t7g/s640/blogger-image--619174183.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFZkt2MoCD0TQEmaUWSyf17P7DBlWboZR0aj-BxP3FtEN0kh3aeb93-wQ89eCEyYhJQqgTDfvs9dY9QBY3RuhsylZQsrYu3L2Seovm3L0TygvjrJAFUdD5YbnWVsVIrdMgnxAv1HFWZk/s640/blogger-image--764788617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFZkt2MoCD0TQEmaUWSyf17P7DBlWboZR0aj-BxP3FtEN0kh3aeb93-wQ89eCEyYhJQqgTDfvs9dY9QBY3RuhsylZQsrYu3L2Seovm3L0TygvjrJAFUdD5YbnWVsVIrdMgnxAv1HFWZk/s640/blogger-image--764788617.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div>And then he passed out immediately in the car :)</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGgGkP4gxVSpRuCYBhugZ7OFu00IaOICtiH_E8KOqu-di_F3c-J29QsUv3WS0zF8o-MO9w-CgjI_o4oImxPZ1mTPpoOSHqIAI543lFZi8pGXuDEGNObCga909XyT-GfMJpvq8wlqYBb8/s640/blogger-image-255942428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGgGkP4gxVSpRuCYBhugZ7OFu00IaOICtiH_E8KOqu-di_F3c-J29QsUv3WS0zF8o-MO9w-CgjI_o4oImxPZ1mTPpoOSHqIAI543lFZi8pGXuDEGNObCga909XyT-GfMJpvq8wlqYBb8/s640/blogger-image-255942428.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This weekend, it was nice again! Jeff and I went garage saling and found a baby pool for $4! #awesomescore ... And since we know he loves the water, we filled her up!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3t7il-ya7nlriD9LE5mrrnyAL1PdUKCpRxhWdBKfM873BOOHH0NLq3Q1jKjxN1N-86XZICRwzVGUvrtT3VOSMxz4zWq5OTju5Pb6EwSPNuIR-JZTX3LMiJcvVLVg_ZEeb6hOyoh-d4nk/s640/blogger-image--1529345175.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3t7il-ya7nlriD9LE5mrrnyAL1PdUKCpRxhWdBKfM873BOOHH0NLq3Q1jKjxN1N-86XZICRwzVGUvrtT3VOSMxz4zWq5OTju5Pb6EwSPNuIR-JZTX3LMiJcvVLVg_ZEeb6hOyoh-d4nk/s640/blogger-image--1529345175.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEViKYX5EYWzPIP1v0SQGWIrYkkNHfEXNwP5N943LiH5g3MtiGACHteaegttjqWwFvM1xOXDP4yJgenxFf2_lqaB91PqmcRxn1rL5qOWqIWXcdcrBf7smGeQtq2gA766-Lgq85947rKk/s640/blogger-image-1998249213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEViKYX5EYWzPIP1v0SQGWIrYkkNHfEXNwP5N943LiH5g3MtiGACHteaegttjqWwFvM1xOXDP4yJgenxFf2_lqaB91PqmcRxn1rL5qOWqIWXcdcrBf7smGeQtq2gA766-Lgq85947rKk/s640/blogger-image-1998249213.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>This dog loves the water ... In any form :) </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-84802000648638533052015-02-20T19:38:00.005-05:002015-02-20T19:38:46.323-05:00Cauliflower Pizza DoughI've been meaning to try a recipe for cauliflower pizza dough and I just hadn't gotten around to it, with the move and all. Just a few days ago I made the one from The Lucky Penny's blog <a href="http://www.theluckypennyblog.com/2013/02/the-best-cauliflower-crust-pizza.html" target="_blank">{recipe found here}</a> It was good! I still have to work on the consistency .. and I didn't use parchment paper like she said (because I didn't have any) .. so maybe that will help with the baking too ? We will see. I'll definitely give it another go! Check it out:<br />
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She said to preheat the oven to 450 with the pizza stone in there ...<br />
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I used a giant head of cauliflower which she said not to do. This might be another one of my problems, but it all measured properly ... so maybe not? I'm unsure. Just use the florets.<br />
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Put the florets in the food processor (I used the smaller grater)<br />
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Place in the oven for 4 minutes to cook.<br />
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While it was in the microwave, I added the other ingredients together.<br />
1/4 c. mozzarella<br />
1/4 c. parmesan<br />
1/2 tsp. garlic powder<br />
1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning<br />
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Looked like this ...<br />
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When the cauliflower was done in the microwave, I had the tea towel laid out on the cutting board and spread it evenly over the towel to cool. Once it was cool I strained (weird pic = left hand)<br />
I got a ton of water out, and strained until my hands couldn't strain anymore.<br />
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Mixed with the dry ingredients ...<br />
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Added an egg and mixed ...<br />
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This is where I was bad and didn't use the parchment paper .. If I had, I would have been able to form the dough exactly how I wanted and then slide the paper onto the stone. Instead ... I had to work with what I had .. and ended up with this:<br />
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I baked it for about 12 minutes ... added the toppings and baked for another 5-7 minutes. I forgot to take a picture of the pizza dough cooked, but before toppings. Sorryyyyyyy....<br />
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It really did taste delicious ... but we had to eat it with forks rather than hold the pieces with our hands like a normal pizza. I'll absolutely be trying to perfect this!<br />
(Toppings: turkey bacon, cheese, chicken, tomato, peppers, onions)Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-16153697535746405592015-02-11T19:26:00.000-05:002015-02-26T18:28:37.584-05:00My Guide to PCSing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A PCS is different for everyone, every time... But, here's MY guide to packing, prepping and PCSing a wife, husband and puppy. Note: PCS stands for "permanent change of station"<br>
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First ... I started cleaning my house about a week beforehand. I didn't want one giant deep clean to be happening the day we had to move out. Ain't nobody got time fo dat ;) I pretty much cleaned our bathrooms and kitchen really well. I scrubbed our toilets, tub, microwave, counters, oven and did a once over wiping of our freezer and fridge.<br>
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Second, I wrote sticky notes for under the kitchen sink, our front hall closet and a corner of our guest bedroom that said "PLEASE DO NOT PACK". The movers pack everything and if you're not watching, <i><b>everything</b></i> goes and you can't be a million places at once while they're doing the actual packing. I've heard of movers packing the garbage can with a garbage bag full inside it! Now, remember that your packers and movers come to get everything ready... so the things you are taking with you have to be set aside for them not to pack ahead of time. THESE sticky note places, are the places I put all the "do not pack" things.<br><br>
<u>Under the sink</u> had all our cleaning supplies I would need for cleaning the Twentynine house before moving out, but after all our stuff was gone. (stuff we had to take with us anyways - movers won't take liquids or cleaners or anything OPEN in the pantry ... And I'm too cheap to re-buy it all)<br>
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<u>Front hall closet</u> had some of Jeff's uniforms that he had needed to wear in the last few days (think graduation and the last few days of school), shoes we were taking with us .. and the sweatshirts/jackets we were taking with us.. And any random crap we found that wasn't being packed on packing day.<br>
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<u>Guest room</u> had everything else. See lists below.<br>
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A complete side note, but worthy of mentioning is that a month before you know you are moving: stop replacing much food. We ran out of ketchup about a week before we left, normally I would have one ready on hand when it was getting low ... I didn't buy a new one. Ran out of lemon juice, didn't replace it. Things like that, if that makes sense?<br>
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The day and night before the movers came, I washed as much stuff as I possibly could to make sure I would have mostly clean stuff. Remember: they were taking my washer and dryer the next day .. and I wouldn't see them again for two weeks at LEAST.<br>
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For us, we drove from Twentynine Palms to Camp Lejeune. We were also driving my husbands truck and towing my car = more room to pack stuff. I packed in three stages and this was key for me. Breaking everything down like this made more sense to me.<br>
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<i><b>1. Things that we needed packed WITH US but not for the roadtrip:</b></i></div>
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This means things we would need right away in our new house. If you use Pinterest, search "First day box" for a list of things to take with you. You won't be sorry! </div>
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To make my list for this I went through our existing house room by room and made a list for each.<br></div>
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<li>Clothes</li>
<li>ALL Jeff's uniforms and gear</li>
<li>Air mattress (invest in a nice one off the floor, ours even has a headboard so your pillows don't fly off the bed in the middle of the night!)</li>
<li>Bedding & pillows</li>
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<i>Bathroom:</i><br>
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<li>Bath towels + 2 hand towels</li>
<li>Bathing necessities</li>
<li>Razor</li>
<li>Blow dryer (can't live without mine)</li>
<li>Curling iron (incase I got a job interview the second we got here .. HA,what a joke)</li>
<li>Tooth brushes + toothpaste</li>
<li>Shower curtain + liner</li>
<li>Meds</li>
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<i>Kitchen: (don't think I'm crazy, but we eat in A LOT. Its healthier and MUCH more affordable .. buckle up for this list)</i></div>
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<li>Knife block</li>
<li>Cutting board</li>
<li>Frying pan</li>
<li>Pot*</li>
<li>Cookie sheet</li>
<li>Casserole dish</li>
<li>Large mixing bowl</li>
<li>One SET of measuring cups + spoons</li>
<li>Two place settings (2 bowls, 2 plates, 2 salad plates, 2 mugs)</li>
<li>Silverware (2 knives, 2 forks, 4 spoons)</li>
<li>Four water glasses</li>
<li>One mixing spoon</li>
<li>One spatula </li>
<li>One flipper</li>
<li>Wine opener</li>
<li>A few Rubbermaid with lids</li>
<li>To go coffee cups</li>
<li>Keurig</li>
<li>Sponges</li>
<li>Cleaning Supplies mentioned above</li>
<li>Broom + mop*</li>
<li>Dish soap + dish detergent</li>
<li>Garbage can + bags</li>
<li>Paper towel</li>
<li>Ice bin + trays</li>
<li>Dish towels</li>
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Go ahead and ask me if I needed all that. The answer is ..well I'll star all the things that we HADN'<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">T used ... only two after being without our things for two weeks.</span></div>
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<br>Things I wish I had brought: veggie peeler and seasonings. My truck driver actually said at the last minute he would take my Rubbermaid full of our pantry items because of the way I packed it :) So I didnt actually have my seasonings and I'm too cheap to buy more when mine would be here in a few days.</div>
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<li>TV + remove</li>
<li>Hand held vacuum and charger</li>
<li>ALL IMPORTANT PAPERWORK</li>
<li>Playing cards</li>
<li>Gift cards</li>
<li>Cash monayyyyy</li>
<li>Dog towel ... he's always into something.</li>
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It sounds like a lot, and it is .. I know that. Some people won't need all this and some people will go to the loan locker to borrow most of these things. I want my own things and I could do it, so I made it happen.<br>
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(**The Loan Locker is an amazing resource and I highly recommend that you check it out at your new duty station. They have whole kits of things to borrow with dishes and all sorts of kitchen things you'll need while you wait for your shipment as well as things you'll need for a baby)<br>
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The second "STAGE" of packing was ....<br>
<i><b>2. Things we needed for the road trip itself:</b></i><br>
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<li>Medication</li>
<li>Changes of clothes</li>
<li>Slippers for the car</li>
<li>Chargers for our phones and iPad</li>
<li>Dog bowls, food, treats, leash crate and blanket</li>
<li>Human snacks :) haha... from the commissary before we left (Let me tell you that a $3 case of water, $2 box of Ritz Bits, some apples and $3 beef jerky was all MUCH cheaper at the commissary than on the road. Beef jerky was over $7 some gas stations. Same package!!)</li>
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<div>Pro Tip: We had one bag for Jeff, one bag for me and one bag for the pup (plus a dog crate) for when we stopped at the hotels at night. It was much easier this way. These things also need to be packed into the vehicle you are taking with you LAST so they are accessible. </div>
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This was easiest because it was alllllllll the left overs. Easy, peasy. </div>
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After the movers and boxes left I finished packing and (Jeff) loaded the car and truck.</div>
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Then I finished cleaning the house. Things like sweeping and mopping the floor, vacuuming the carpets, packing the cooler with the little bit of food we had left, cleaning the fridge and freezer, double checking the microwave, picking up the last of the dog poop in our outdoor area .. things like that. They packed my kitchen first and I cleaned that as they were packing in the other rooms and I felt weird not doing anything. So that was done too! </div>
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Then sit on the floor with your dog, because it's the last time you'll be in this house ... he needs some love ... and you just plain ole need to SIT... and then your roadtrip begins ;) </div>
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Another trick to save on the road trip ... save all your gift cards! We made it from California to North Carolina and I think we used cash for one meal and some snacks. Our Christmas Subway and Denny's gift cards got us all the way through! Gotta love those gift cards!</div>
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Let me first start off by saying, we loved our place in Twentynine Palms.</div>
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It will always be "our first place" together, and there was something very sad about leaving it.</div>
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It was just the right amount of room ... </div>
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two bedrooms, one and a half bath, living and dining rooms, small kitchen and a small patio. Bigger would have been nice, but it was just enough.</div>
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Since moving to Jacksonville we have upgraded! We now have a three bedroom, two and a half bath with a fenced in grass yard! </div>
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We even have a laundry room, which we didn't have before! It's so exciting to be in a new place. Jacksonville actually has one busy road that has everything else we might need. (AKA: Target, Home Depot, Walmart, Pier 1, Home Goods, Hobby Lobby, Michaels ... and tons of places to eat! AKA: Outback, Applebees, Chilis, Panera, Noodles & Co, Chipoltle, Red Robin, Red Lobster, Ruby Tuesdays .. TONS of choices!)<br />
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We're having fun picking out paint colors and just praying our stuff gets here Friday, as promised! It sure would be nice to sit on a couch ;)Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-34121684088997515982015-02-09T16:33:00.001-05:002015-02-09T16:33:37.735-05:00Coast to Coast PCS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The last thing we did after emptying our house, but before getting in the truck to hit the road ... was running around the dog park. We wanted to get some exercise in for Duke. He had been so so good through everything (AKA a ton of people through my house) and we knew he would be in the truck for the next 4+ days.</div>
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Exhausted and muddy ...<br />
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We drove through all different types of our country. Mountains, desert, fields .. you name it.<br />
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Duke got a new bone, which made HIM very happy.<br />
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We ate a ton of Subway (Yay for Christmas giftcards .. thanks Ma!)<br />
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We saw many a state line ... <br />
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Took a few selfies ...<br />
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Had a nap or two ;)<br />
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Drove through Texas for what felt like weeks ...<br />
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Took a few pics ...<br />
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Saw a pick up truck - semi in Texas ...<br />
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Stayed in 4 hotels ...<br />
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Saw the beautiful Mississippi River ..<br />
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Visited Sweet Home Alabama (sorry bad pic)<br />
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Hit about a million "Love's Travel Stops"<br />
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And finally arrived at our new home .... Welcome To Camp Lejeune</div>
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<br />Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-57733557246754300112015-02-09T16:20:00.003-05:002015-02-09T16:20:41.201-05:00Getting ReadyGetting ready for the move there was lots to do.<br />
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Packing ... getting things we would need with us in the new house right away ... things we could send with the movers ... I'll write a separate blog post about the way I PCS ... I've only done it twice, but I'd like to say I have a system :)<br />
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Saying goodbye to friends both dog and human ...<br />
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Prepping the truck for the road trip...</div>
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Celebrating graduation ...<br />
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The movers packing our things ...<br />
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Loading our things onto the truck ...<br />
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Sitting on the floor in our now empty house, in Twentynine Palms<br />
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Next post : The road trip!Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-4801892676075398922015-02-06T15:15:00.001-05:002015-02-06T15:15:28.105-05:00MCCESS BBQ & Graduation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The boys had a BBQ to celebrate the end of their classes in Twentynine Palms, just a few days before they graduated! </div>
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January 27, 2015 - Graduation Day!<br />
Jeff graduated with two awards .. one of which being 100% through all of school here. My husbands kind of awesome.<br />
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<br />Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-89982862346188342712015-02-06T14:39:00.000-05:002015-02-06T14:39:21.727-05:00Las Vegas (in January)In between my last post and now, a lot has happened but I don't want to do one big catch up post because I'll miss so much .... So, I'll start with our AMAZING Vegas trip with Missy and Roy!<br />
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We hit the road and drove our 3 ish hours to Vegas, checked into our AMAZING hotel <a href="http://www.aria.com/?kbid=2584521&gclid=COX4m8aHzsMCFQaRaQodXT4AZA" target="_blank">(ARIA)</a> with an INCREDIBLE view. Our room was as big as our house in Twentynine. I'm not joking. Then headed to Paris for dinner ... right across the street from the Bellagio fountains.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The most incredible show ever ... HIGHLY recommend "LeReve" at the Wynn!</td></tr>
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<br />Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-3798965257586169952015-01-13T18:09:00.000-05:002015-01-13T18:28:11.609-05:00Urge To Purge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok so last time I wrote about how much I had to do. I wanted to go through all of our clothes. I wanted to make sure that we weren't packing clothes that we didn't want, clothes that didn't fit etc. with us across the country. Here are the fruits of that labor!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Meanwhile ... I have been working with Duke on leash training. Because he is five months old and hasn't had much leash expirence, it's taking some time and muscle. He hasn't been on the leash much because he wasn't aloud to go anywhere until he had all his shots. So wish me luck. He's doing well I'm the house walking on a leash but the minute we get outside its like he's on drugs. The smells of the world take him over and he's helpless haha :/ <div><br></div><div>He has been working hard both mentally and physically, it zonks him right out! </div>Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-67694932980984731062015-01-09T17:02:00.001-05:002015-01-09T17:09:59.701-05:00Home Sweet TwentynineWe had such a great trip in Michigan ... So many visits, so many people, so many holidays and celebrations ... But can I tell you something? It's so good to be home sweet home again too... It's a surprising feeling, because no where else has ever been "home" except Michigan. I have to say, boarding a plane at 5 degrees and stepping off into 77 degree weather was pretty amazing. Being home with our pup, getting back to our own house ... It really has been nice. <div><br></div><div>So ... What have I been up to, since I got home?</div><div><br></div><div>- commissary - </div><div>The morning after I got home I ate a piece of toast and two chicken nuggets for breakfast. We did such a good job using up all our food / trashing what was left, before our trip to MI that when we got home it was pretty bare. So ... We went shopping. Moving in a month poses a challenge because we have to eat but I also don't want to fill the fridge <b>TOO</b> much. </div><div><br></div><div>- took our christmas tree down -</div><div>While Jeff was at work, I packed away all our ornaments and lights and when he got home he took it out. I still have to clean out the tree stand and figure out how to pack that away. It's kind of huge, but works great....?</div><div><br></div><div>- laundry -</div><div>Unpacking totally stinks so I had to jump right in. I did our laundry and sorted through my clothes that aren't boxed up. (yes I never unpacked all my clothes from our move out to CA) I have set aside a bunch of clothes that won't be making the cross country journey with us ... So I'll donate them. I still have a little more to go through. I need more room and more hangers... I got lots of awesome clothes for Christmas and no where to put them! Ps, if anyone actually reads this blog and can tell me where to find affordable hangers I'd appreciate it. I hate the fuzzy kind Costco sells and even the dollar stores and Walmart have CRAZY prices for their stupid hangers... Rant over..</div><div><br></div><div>- kitchen cleaning -</div><div>I cleaned the heck out of our kitchen yesterday. I mean, deep cleaned. And yet, somehow before I went to bed it was a disaster again. Funny how that works, huh? Not funny-haha.</div><div><br></div><div>- designed and ordered our 2014 photo book from shutterfly - </div><div>Ok. I am so thrilled with this. I really really enjoy making photobooks. I have one for Jeff's USMC graduation and one for our wedding... I love them, but they tend to take forever for me to make. Can I just tell you that I did all of 2014 in one evening? I did. I used my iPad mini and their Photo Story app .... It connects with my Facebook and Instagram accounts so I don't even have to upload pics!!! It was so easy to use and I combined like 3 or 4 coupon codes to get a good deal. I'm sooo happy to have this done and on its way to us!!!! It was also really fun to create. Win win.</div><div>This is our cover!</div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzbpHfGYwXkl1otGHDuLH0gj-2tON7nuPJ76k9KROpArz66EL-45gHkOIVanJT-G_th4iu88tUE09OZDipMEzglgcuCgsZKgLh7U3xyN7HQKWSnLZeg4rY03eiRutSuT_CBs16ruc3Y4/s640/blogger-image--1313341955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzbpHfGYwXkl1otGHDuLH0gj-2tON7nuPJ76k9KROpArz66EL-45gHkOIVanJT-G_th4iu88tUE09OZDipMEzglgcuCgsZKgLh7U3xyN7HQKWSnLZeg4rY03eiRutSuT_CBs16ruc3Y4/s640/blogger-image--1313341955.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">- watched two movies -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've needed to catch up on my snuggles with my puppy! We watched The Rescuers and Annie (the old one) last night and it was so nice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-had breakfast with JJ, Nathan and Kathleen -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It was so good to see my friends! Big and little! We hung out and played with the boys and caught up. I missed them while I was away! <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We are going to play in the snow tomorrow for the Winter Wonderland event here in our complex! </span></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><u><b>Things I need to do:</b></u></div><div>- Try to stop stressing about Jeff's orders. We need a copy of his orders to apply for housing .. We kind of need a place to live when we get to NC ...in less than a month ... And his orders aren't available to us yet ..... It will work out, right? ::puke::</div><div><br></div><div>- Dig out everything we own in all the boxes and closets upstairs and see if IT is going to be moving with us to NC ... I don't want to bring junk we don't want or need. We've already accumulated so much stuff. How does this happen? Haha. </div><div><br></div><div>- Clean off our kitchen table. Does anyone else have this problem? Our kitchen table is a catch all for junk and I totally hate it. I think the sink and the kitchen table are two ways to make your house feel cleaner .... If they're clean that is. </div><div><br></div><div>....and about a thousand other things .... But ask me what I'm doing right now. The answer is laying on the couch with a headache, from thinking about all the things I need to do! Ha! </div>Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-78951288214136126292015-01-08T11:41:00.001-05:002015-01-08T11:45:16.420-05:00All The Rest!<div>The rest of our trip was spent hanging with friends and family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wjo7ooR57OdDGTSuDS8V5yo5Oks7k1gRfvKDyScjM5pMQ5I4rPurxS9vc1nO9O6Wp8m4vzHmRXrTUdobYUmnstfRCtEKZTW9eTO7ZNYtQtCa2ZDXvPKBs9Bd4WNW0ZEyXyOU5bN5F8E/s640/blogger-image-1143562714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wjo7ooR57OdDGTSuDS8V5yo5Oks7k1gRfvKDyScjM5pMQ5I4rPurxS9vc1nO9O6Wp8m4vzHmRXrTUdobYUmnstfRCtEKZTW9eTO7ZNYtQtCa2ZDXvPKBs9Bd4WNW0ZEyXyOU5bN5F8E/s640/blogger-image-1143562714.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We got to visit with one of my best friends, Deanna and her hubby Kenny!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cCO9S5wkA9cGSwvPu3koJvkDNCu6ts9pmOGbtdC6QnDKgshXuKi0sHq6ho-dJ_6XtIqtQeuAFFDHdpYX9jPvbwKVVZWEvVj8LHvpNaL5gbqflXopZHOymqlMeCeLeZHOrtY0AFuHrz4/s640/blogger-image--1184512299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Which are donuts his brothers and sisters had at school growing up from this very bakery! </div><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxGneu8CY0uvdagtuyf0ebsK7uXTgNYu3n78D-UcGwxzRihloTCrMRmyq9LyTfcbbT0gb1BPSpbBBbbKLm5FCjgIeMsxCgWNr1qWLKHVWzF-8G4yh0HcFMEBVL8j3fzfuWOb6ZpT2xQY/s640/blogger-image--507297742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxGneu8CY0uvdagtuyf0ebsK7uXTgNYu3n78D-UcGwxzRihloTCrMRmyq9LyTfcbbT0gb1BPSpbBBbbKLm5FCjgIeMsxCgWNr1qWLKHVWzF-8G4yh0HcFMEBVL8j3fzfuWOb6ZpT2xQY/s640/blogger-image--507297742.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dad took me on a tour of the neighborhood of where he grew up...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrFI5JH1gh6598vcpVucHtkS1hWh4K5Xgq3H3LTXYA1Wlr3UNPIs6I9SDMPJEbUh6XZLKoVws8LOffjflK6aVRcXMFn5jPsTF2K8468rzaUKClkLMlcYRhJ4_9bvZgpXOUuizeaLiXus/s640/blogger-image--859311206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrFI5JH1gh6598vcpVucHtkS1hWh4K5Xgq3H3LTXYA1Wlr3UNPIs6I9SDMPJEbUh6XZLKoVws8LOffjflK6aVRcXMFn5jPsTF2K8468rzaUKClkLMlcYRhJ4_9bvZgpXOUuizeaLiXus/s640/blogger-image--859311206.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mmmmm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPREJbLpsrai-t-5OW7hhTANQTipUV4njvGOTVY40swoexsAMPd89ujnxFWUfgkef2LQICMHziA5Gx9J3O9aUXFNR0sg4NqvQppCCHuCEhn9qv4XX3TAtA93Jgf2Xuc2RFV0c8Kfhg7gE/s640/blogger-image-1451051296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPREJbLpsrai-t-5OW7hhTANQTipUV4njvGOTVY40swoexsAMPd89ujnxFWUfgkef2LQICMHziA5Gx9J3O9aUXFNR0sg4NqvQppCCHuCEhn9qv4XX3TAtA93Jgf2Xuc2RFV0c8Kfhg7gE/s640/blogger-image-1451051296.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We ate "a" lunch stick .... God!!!! Mmmmm !! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjvmqAHCJwONDbf5D8cRAP0ZyV_znnHVnDzB266601xerA3lYtJPPgAnXuIE_oyxYyQ-3XFSmi4E-LgHT-9J5kHr5oy7V-lSNMRSri-rZhQH2xbfQf-3LAnRh7yKkAX2rHfBGFtbKT2k/s640/blogger-image--726048004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjvmqAHCJwONDbf5D8cRAP0ZyV_znnHVnDzB266601xerA3lYtJPPgAnXuIE_oyxYyQ-3XFSmi4E-LgHT-9J5kHr5oy7V-lSNMRSri-rZhQH2xbfQf-3LAnRh7yKkAX2rHfBGFtbKT2k/s640/blogger-image--726048004.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We taught some family about our friend Alex's breakfast shot ... Bacon, maple flavored Crown and OJ... 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And hello to a little bit of snow..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPNBBWDZHirrhIagz3n8iWeHX9Uo9lvOlyaTSOaKS2oKVinDMsuZahwg2V6zl5t5TJW3O6LmZMhZcUV_CQDAR0jrPIck6Ib58VTg8Z4cCvFWiZDiY8V2rUqYxb-IfKtOQHs-x-46gjjA/s640/blogger-image-295694452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPNBBWDZHirrhIagz3n8iWeHX9Uo9lvOlyaTSOaKS2oKVinDMsuZahwg2V6zl5t5TJW3O6LmZMhZcUV_CQDAR0jrPIck6Ib58VTg8Z4cCvFWiZDiY8V2rUqYxb-IfKtOQHs-x-46gjjA/s640/blogger-image-295694452.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The day before I flew out I attended Jeff's Uncle Dave's funeral. I'm glad I went but it, of course was a very sad day. It was hard, because I didn't get to know him. He has had Alzheimer's the whole time I have been with Jeff so he hasn't been himself. His son shared a beautiful eulogy talking about all aspects of his dad's life and I was so grateful. 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Awesome on my new iPad mini!!! 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I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas celebrations .. I know we did! <br />
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Our Christmas morning always starts with my dad turning on all the lights, making sure everything looks nice and videoing all of it :) <br />
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We are spoiled rotten ... the tree and the presents are absolutley beautiful!<br />
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Among other things, Emma got a notepad and started doodling right away. I forgot how good she is. <br />
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Jimmy liked to make faces at me, while I was taking his picture. <br />
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We relaxed and Uncle Frank and Aunt Sue came over to visit. <br />
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Dad got a BB gun and the boys all had a blast with it out in the backyard ...<br />
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Our house was trashed, we stayed in our PJs most of the day and enjoyed it.<br />
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Over the holidays we have done a lot of driving back and forth between my parents and Jeff's parents house across town. I thought this pic would be appropriate since we drove by it at least twice a day. I love all the beautiful Christmas decorations Downtown! <br />
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Merry FIRST Christmas from the Willmans! </div>
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All the cousins with Grandpa at Ormsbus (Christmas celebration) <br />
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Spending some quality time with Liam, digging for gold deblumes <br />
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He was so excited to play outside. <br />
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This guy loves his Uncle Jeff! </div>
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We enjoyed some time visiting at Jeff's Grandma's house ... they got out the Lego's and a good time was had by all! <br />
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We love seeing and spending time with our nephew Liam and all of our out of town family! <br />
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Just a little Christmas-magic-playing-with-my-camera shot for ya ;) <br />
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Jeff and Liam played with this castle, that he used to play with as a little boy. It was the cutest thing to watch. <br />
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Here's a quick pic of the cousins / siblings with Grandma before we took off. <br />
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A big part of this trip for us has been good ole' hockey! Jeff has been having a blast getting his PT in while on the ice. Ahh, the luxury of something they just don't seem to have in the desert! </div>
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I picked him up from the airport and we saw his family for a while.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlg-YYISCL6dCfdhIuQcA-uCIshWR_tVDulSlN-BdRtZgLzqZYhfsF4x8VhsY1J7UdbdUXDzBK_fc-NCBWmCXezme1UdHMhZgM6dp_6HBmSPtHX4bownE5rmddMANm4CQn0Asqn8tm9Xg/s640/blogger-image-1272204548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlg-YYISCL6dCfdhIuQcA-uCIshWR_tVDulSlN-BdRtZgLzqZYhfsF4x8VhsY1J7UdbdUXDzBK_fc-NCBWmCXezme1UdHMhZgM6dp_6HBmSPtHX4bownE5rmddMANm4CQn0Asqn8tm9Xg/s640/blogger-image-1272204548.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But it was not until he had me stop at the closest Tim Hortons, haha. He is OBSESSED with their coffee.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Both of our families were to go to a friends Christmas party so we all headed over there. A beautiful meal was had and it was so nice to see so many friendly faces. Especially when you live somewhere different and you don't expect to recognize many people.<div><br></div><div>The next day was our FAVORITE THINGS PARTY :)</div><div>This year was our third annual and it went off without a hitch! What does that even mean anyways?? We'll... It was a blast! We had so many fun favorite things and it went so smoothly. We have it all down to a science.</div><div><br></div><div>Here are my favorite ladies:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpHUuyof8ctk8mhn-ADkws0rxG1fCQWpMIjozt8AT1__z_7TMGUVrh4VlO0Ay0oeTVtsvoaHGxEXhoKL_G02OJ-oRqU4CDGbuy4NyhwB4eNV8p0hvZzoMlp7bTH31ZMU9MU-5nXzIOu4/s640/blogger-image-1876586022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpHUuyof8ctk8mhn-ADkws0rxG1fCQWpMIjozt8AT1__z_7TMGUVrh4VlO0Ay0oeTVtsvoaHGxEXhoKL_G02OJ-oRqU4CDGbuy4NyhwB4eNV8p0hvZzoMlp7bTH31ZMU9MU-5nXzIOu4/s640/blogger-image-1876586022.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I love the holidays and partied and celebrating ... Butt his party in particular. We started it instead of a cookie exchange because it is so hard to say no to 6 dozen cookies staring at you in the face... But it's turned into such a fun tradition. Now that I live out if town, it's such a great way to see all my girls while I'm visiting too!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here are our favorite things:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIsJEiI34IsYqpYePwdcDdFqu9E8S7jxv0ACC1HqR3Br7rIUnwEoG-8zOEaPFWzqTibVefd2HEX-CJM0-EkqdVL9_VjjgRKRCIQaAwSqjccBQFW8tZ0T2sWiejEie9PVncBgS3aX0dEI/s640/blogger-image--2001090271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIsJEiI34IsYqpYePwdcDdFqu9E8S7jxv0ACC1HqR3Br7rIUnwEoG-8zOEaPFWzqTibVefd2HEX-CJM0-EkqdVL9_VjjgRKRCIQaAwSqjccBQFW8tZ0T2sWiejEie9PVncBgS3aX0dEI/s640/blogger-image--2001090271.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We had a blast. Lots of snacking, drinking and laughing going on at this party!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">These are the goodies I got to take away:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A garlic peel from Pampered Chref, Pine scented Yankee candle with cute matches and a MI necklace with a heart <3 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnFzXuMlC1XmMsedwsuBEBhyphenhyphendlQkwrupMJ8qUlvG8-mNj-G44CVHYpJMOBBMFgULx4sGd03S3c_zDsBJO97wGbN6rl59tXr4eyHIzPKft3rWxWN8w2XufLhxSSiBd0C3joJS-nvpCCQk/s640/blogger-image-1296924576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnFzXuMlC1XmMsedwsuBEBhyphenhyphendlQkwrupMJ8qUlvG8-mNj-G44CVHYpJMOBBMFgULx4sGd03S3c_zDsBJO97wGbN6rl59tXr4eyHIzPKft3rWxWN8w2XufLhxSSiBd0C3joJS-nvpCCQk/s640/blogger-image-1296924576.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>So now I have to start thinking of what I will bring to the party next year ... That's right, were doing it again next year!! Can't wait!! </div><div><br></div></div>Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-43461589646103468382014-12-21T00:55:00.001-05:002014-12-26T11:00:53.642-05:00Christmas Tree Traditions<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I'm so glad my mom waited for me to get here to decorate the tree. It would have been really strange to have come into her house with all the ornaments on the tree. I didn't really think about that until we were decorating it together. I'm big on traditions. </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ESPECIALLY </i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">at Christmas. </span></div><div><br></div><div>We talked about our family ornaments, some older ones .. Even ones that my parents got before I was around! I love doing this. "Ohh remember ....!" It's so much fun. I love fun memories and stories. We listened to Christmas music and my a Dad fell asleep in his chair. Emma doesn't have the patience for it, so it's usually something just my mom and I do together. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiewewt9T95yjXksGgXv_GkfrGKzCe4cWGoutSXW2XwZarpsdLmzlGFesG9MVYrXlDiIVsV55gKLZIsBv-Mk-DCDbbZS8ikCvg7TEefn1mSUN-nrwbz9jHlfhog5dnWfYoZ36L6cf8hnE/s640/blogger-image-2066860862.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiewewt9T95yjXksGgXv_GkfrGKzCe4cWGoutSXW2XwZarpsdLmzlGFesG9MVYrXlDiIVsV55gKLZIsBv-Mk-DCDbbZS8ikCvg7TEefn1mSUN-nrwbz9jHlfhog5dnWfYoZ36L6cf8hnE/s640/blogger-image-2066860862.jpg"></a></div></div><div>I wish my phones camera didn't stink so bad. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFW-6xiipC7idzxSwbymwkmchhjdfLJQzbh4I57h8TtNWSQdzQfiFbbsTavqDeVU94yI6pDKSjeRecgsFWqjyTVh49K-52S5W2Oz-rKy57rZ3IMPBF817I_Gt3EvPi12cXJUpLxAVawmc/s640/blogger-image-1354605017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFW-6xiipC7idzxSwbymwkmchhjdfLJQzbh4I57h8TtNWSQdzQfiFbbsTavqDeVU94yI6pDKSjeRecgsFWqjyTVh49K-52S5W2Oz-rKy57rZ3IMPBF817I_Gt3EvPi12cXJUpLxAVawmc/s640/blogger-image-1354605017.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>A few days later my dad got out the ladder and put our star atop our tree. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt8c2x0IwZqNvpzD8Ux3m2w-w_FBg5Wh628E4-JXee18twUIWO4fYSgr0NXCcmxUmcXuNFf8kTdE2w9GQVYCAr48HdmvMJ7nkr30fyII7J5jQM5FYxEo7xsbKZPhZM6ww6aW9CsSdNAc/s640/blogger-image--1614779644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt8c2x0IwZqNvpzD8Ux3m2w-w_FBg5Wh628E4-JXee18twUIWO4fYSgr0NXCcmxUmcXuNFf8kTdE2w9GQVYCAr48HdmvMJ7nkr30fyII7J5jQM5FYxEo7xsbKZPhZM6ww6aW9CsSdNAc/s640/blogger-image--1614779644.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>A family <i style="font-weight: bold;">tradition </i>is to use the starfish from my parents honeymoon. To me it means family and love and just that ... Tradition. It's so special to me. Jeff actually suggested that we get our own starfish and I teared up. I absolutely love that idea. And I think I fell a little more in love with him when he said it. I can't wait to make that happen. </div>Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-81113710833171938512014-12-21T00:41:00.001-05:002014-12-21T00:41:29.515-05:00I Made It!<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I made it safe and sound to Michigan! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Started off at:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPUCZr9gp8QzMG0ovU_-0TZ1Sq8bvLfu_mWx-wWcaorrghbHSXnn2GVNAjc7F7mAsmXMJeyUa-Eoxc1cvH1HwHIiUgpK_VQK3AJQ79qoqjsCiEVQ7vZ4yjyZ2nifLzYPqiT5V8vYvUX4/s640/blogger-image-53923944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPUCZr9gp8QzMG0ovU_-0TZ1Sq8bvLfu_mWx-wWcaorrghbHSXnn2GVNAjc7F7mAsmXMJeyUa-Eoxc1cvH1HwHIiUgpK_VQK3AJQ79qoqjsCiEVQ7vZ4yjyZ2nifLzYPqiT5V8vYvUX4/s640/blogger-image-53923944.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QO2jvHKtJcX41SMXYulKRounCfnDGBjNzpw0ch00rv1aYR-HjZYlgd-4FSGmraOUFGkGNYkuvhcS-ZqgNEUtrJnT6gt2JsQq1R3EXlkdmCgB33rcp4luTGXnV0x4PcThhbAAGRVc0vo/s640/blogger-image-981750484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QO2jvHKtJcX41SMXYulKRounCfnDGBjNzpw0ch00rv1aYR-HjZYlgd-4FSGmraOUFGkGNYkuvhcS-ZqgNEUtrJnT6gt2JsQq1R3EXlkdmCgB33rcp4luTGXnV0x4PcThhbAAGRVc0vo/s640/blogger-image-981750484.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>One long day of traveling .. to Chicago and then to Detroit .. I made it!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-ixMq3e1bGOYNBbvxmrvX7HiYPHGg9NGqERydPVIZBf0Bf7lb_nJZTN61D92u9B6_aq6AiNV_ip35AgY0DLGlvQ85GWn4nE5rUAkWLFe4PI_LCRqRuaEB_yYQjSmEKudOk37OTNuwpo/s640/blogger-image-1697356438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-ixMq3e1bGOYNBbvxmrvX7HiYPHGg9NGqERydPVIZBf0Bf7lb_nJZTN61D92u9B6_aq6AiNV_ip35AgY0DLGlvQ85GWn4nE5rUAkWLFe4PI_LCRqRuaEB_yYQjSmEKudOk37OTNuwpo/s640/blogger-image-1697356438.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Finally with my parents!!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnh5E0lKsQtHMb14iof8mFtc_BPkF0RgXyDUIgWn4iLdnv0KmGAaUfNkNIthUCDlVnDdVTalnhClmohgrHwWoqH0W8tirnK8Ze0VJbQ8-S-dQZb9zhJ2E-zH43qLSo7f-pkLMFN71yM4/s640/blogger-image--1052538635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnh5E0lKsQtHMb14iof8mFtc_BPkF0RgXyDUIgWn4iLdnv0KmGAaUfNkNIthUCDlVnDdVTalnhClmohgrHwWoqH0W8tirnK8Ze0VJbQ8-S-dQZb9zhJ2E-zH43qLSo7f-pkLMFN71yM4/s640/blogger-image--1052538635.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIkTdWSCgdbA9q5eueLwAVZOxd2_eoB6OcXXPX7c9MoiWJb-ltGG6gv050ofJ_Za9k22fg4LAO46Hm8-0ieYLuziO3LaidCKWBgb22OkPbCOOr1sopIVyi4XYTltVBvrfaei9NMPIGnU/s640/blogger-image--1428444951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIkTdWSCgdbA9q5eueLwAVZOxd2_eoB6OcXXPX7c9MoiWJb-ltGG6gv050ofJ_Za9k22fg4LAO46Hm8-0ieYLuziO3LaidCKWBgb22OkPbCOOr1sopIVyi4XYTltVBvrfaei9NMPIGnU/s640/blogger-image--1428444951.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Visited with our daycare babies </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYbtv8GsHHmDcDlZE9llGYeVv2EmbzQ9UFr2qZHZtIpaT8q-bcjRM8WUHdPm0TN3wynNn6kmSA1xZLzx2Ec-dCNAn5UbjTCDOSGodmu-cyZ-f-bMK4_pnyoQ2UrxkSfEEMJVHZCqVMoI/s640/blogger-image-548625430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYbtv8GsHHmDcDlZE9llGYeVv2EmbzQ9UFr2qZHZtIpaT8q-bcjRM8WUHdPm0TN3wynNn6kmSA1xZLzx2Ec-dCNAn5UbjTCDOSGodmu-cyZ-f-bMK4_pnyoQ2UrxkSfEEMJVHZCqVMoI/s640/blogger-image-548625430.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Decorated the tree </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2nknZ3O9jST2hDE-3wYIFHRXbCHg6ZUuVEKa_WJ_qCXqyXp5npLS4W0AYsYu2twLObIR2AgASebK4eKuj-ODE7NSt6rA0U_aMUrR1uX9HAf-8aZBWeL8haehANyXhGk9KOIVnMAyceA/s640/blogger-image-345886175.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2nknZ3O9jST2hDE-3wYIFHRXbCHg6ZUuVEKa_WJ_qCXqyXp5npLS4W0AYsYu2twLObIR2AgASebK4eKuj-ODE7NSt6rA0U_aMUrR1uX9HAf-8aZBWeL8haehANyXhGk9KOIVnMAyceA/s640/blogger-image-345886175.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7lh83d_n9fPt5LPrIBzwiqEwS-X1gr9XPqUXbgrhfgr5DfXS2IS7tkrbZOVcamPMd_W7MKtQ29Ssoy-aY7jrRIOQOV_QZa27oHN_Fjmd1yEQbqZDhliTkJwteryqOVCMoGiEE1RlFGo/s640/blogger-image-1800639349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7lh83d_n9fPt5LPrIBzwiqEwS-X1gr9XPqUXbgrhfgr5DfXS2IS7tkrbZOVcamPMd_W7MKtQ29Ssoy-aY7jrRIOQOV_QZa27oHN_Fjmd1yEQbqZDhliTkJwteryqOVCMoGiEE1RlFGo/s640/blogger-image-1800639349.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolBkA0dCyXxy4ImFAotcWFwovV_iGkeQ8sBerYPjFgT1yHiRLGxr-GRwwSbdFwD1EwFgV8_lHLJ-MNpDePKnljjMuy7GRnx28XT_0UkuAG4snaPya8ei3HpPhfd0caadn3ttRztzCEIA/s640/blogger-image--2085671315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolBkA0dCyXxy4ImFAotcWFwovV_iGkeQ8sBerYPjFgT1yHiRLGxr-GRwwSbdFwD1EwFgV8_lHLJ-MNpDePKnljjMuy7GRnx28XT_0UkuAG4snaPya8ei3HpPhfd0caadn3ttRztzCEIA/s640/blogger-image--2085671315.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>But I still miss my hubby and pup! Thank God for FaceTime! :)</div><div><br></div><div>Two more days until Jeff is here with us ... Being away from him and Duke is hard. I already miss the puppy like crazy. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7SroxjHJNfaG-kinJUnDFHGEg0P-lEYoB0ShYW5XmRK6f9DOCWjhsvtHix5rTOD11z6JWu6Yp_2UTZjJ-Uuqxivdl92e8Bh-IDxMfsXkhwgp2iBTd89BoIEzF8052W8kEAmQ_nt6h3I/s640/blogger-image-1642870134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7SroxjHJNfaG-kinJUnDFHGEg0P-lEYoB0ShYW5XmRK6f9DOCWjhsvtHix5rTOD11z6JWu6Yp_2UTZjJ-Uuqxivdl92e8Bh-IDxMfsXkhwgp2iBTd89BoIEzF8052W8kEAmQ_nt6h3I/s640/blogger-image-1642870134.jpg"></a></div>His daddy is taking good care of him :) </div><div><br></div><div>Until next time! :) </div>Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-36605768949591017282014-12-17T00:44:00.001-05:002014-12-18T00:24:14.844-05:00I'm On My Way..I dunno where I'm going .. I'm on my way ... <div>Ok ok, enough singing!! Yes I do know where I'm going! Michigan! </div><div><br></div><div>Jeff just dropped me off (and got me settled of course) at the USO st LAX.</div><div>I seriously, <i style="font-weight: bold;">seriously</i> hate saying goodbye to my husband. We've spent so much time apart over the last year and a half that I hate being without him. I haven't slept alone since BEFORE July. This time is for only 5 sleeps, but it already feels like forever. </div><div><br></div><div>So I'm staying at the USO currently. My flight is super early in the morning, so I had to come down tonight. What do you know about the USO? I've stopped by them over the past year or so ... Dropping guys off, picking guys up ... But I myself haven't stayed. I have to tell you how great it is. The USO is a place for any branch of the military and their families. You can stay the night, eat, drink, watch tv, use computers and some you can even shower in. Currently, I have staked out a recliner for myself in the nap room. Every part of it is free and they run on donations. They even have internet and wifi. I keep telling Jeff that if we had one closer to our home, I would volunteer. Our closest airport is an hour and a half away.. But, I think it's incredible. They even have me set up for the person at the front desk to wake me up when I need to get up for my flight. It's just so nice because I could currently be sleeping on a hard airport bench under the fluorescent lights ... No. Fun. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm so thankful for the USO and everything they offer our military. </div><div>Ps, sorry for the lack of pics .... Taking pictures in there would have been just downright creepy with people trying to sleep :) haha</div>Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-54926221151405907592014-12-15T13:32:00.001-05:002014-12-15T13:36:37.813-05:00A Very Willman Christmas<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">A while back, Jeff and I talked about Christmas. We talked about how we were going to celebrate and we decided that we wanted to have our own Christmas before we started traveling. This year is our first Christmas as husband and wife and we wanted to make sure we celebrated that...Celebrated US and started making our own family traditions. So we picked the Saturday before I leave town! </span></div><div><br></div><div>Friday night was Christmas Eve ... We had dinner and hot chocolate with Christmas movies and we snuggled on the couch and made sure everything was ready for the next day ... Christmas Day! Jeff and I have been making a point to watch our Christmas movies ... We have a pretty good collection, and then throw in Netflix and the 24 days of Christmss on ABC Family and we were totally ready! </div><div><br></div><div>We have watched A Christmas Story (twice), White Christmas, Elf, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Muppetts Christmas Carol, Home Alone ... And I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but you catch my drift. All the awesome movies! </div><div>*all of these were not watched in one day...I feel that I should mention that.</div><div><br></div><div>So anyways ... We watched A Christmas a Story for the second time for our Christmas Eve ... We went to bed and waited for Santa to come!</div><div><br></div><div>We woke up in the morning, raced downstairs and exchanged gifts, played with Duke, took pictures, listened to Christmas music and I made breakfast. I wish I had a picture of our breakfast, it turned out pretty great if I say so! :) Cream cheese french toast! Mmmmm... </div><div><br></div><div>So here is my sweet little family on our first Christmas:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqz2E_QjbMthm3bNEOk5qruX5_pWsrD2BmxWr1LxeL2BrEdWoA18qkOkFFNEzTNZ1nggQgcypO1lOw79BRA6EhyT3AVcB7sxc_nQ0nmKo9qgl9lCYSbYaNfCinxtcM2JgiAUZUgV-E1As/s640/blogger-image--896082024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqz2E_QjbMthm3bNEOk5qruX5_pWsrD2BmxWr1LxeL2BrEdWoA18qkOkFFNEzTNZ1nggQgcypO1lOw79BRA6EhyT3AVcB7sxc_nQ0nmKo9qgl9lCYSbYaNfCinxtcM2JgiAUZUgV-E1As/s640/blogger-image--896082024.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKcd4pvPSp41q4CPqFJkNhqL6GKgnO6wXGHqNVhR_xtjDfFVvZKgEH7V2uBQkMK1zHARtpx1kKFRbQEl-tayOT-eRzxSkdaFDrr-m0xVBaquB2ei9wVpggkHYLuH8Z-hQu_9JTcsOH_8/s640/blogger-image-29895011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKcd4pvPSp41q4CPqFJkNhqL6GKgnO6wXGHqNVhR_xtjDfFVvZKgEH7V2uBQkMK1zHARtpx1kKFRbQEl-tayOT-eRzxSkdaFDrr-m0xVBaquB2ei9wVpggkHYLuH8Z-hQu_9JTcsOH_8/s640/blogger-image-29895011.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQko_VU_B9nSktZlbpLuIN6byoOQFUv7SeGKhMK6PLZti4BPjr4u6OLJYx0Dlij1FVJ85mwcanvAqw9EoLAfV6nBmAtREeuqUG0VK5Kw4FxKV8L7jZWIeIp_9yry3q6I-GXsDldrn2ibg/s640/blogger-image-1066479396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQko_VU_B9nSktZlbpLuIN6byoOQFUv7SeGKhMK6PLZti4BPjr4u6OLJYx0Dlij1FVJ85mwcanvAqw9EoLAfV6nBmAtREeuqUG0VK5Kw4FxKV8L7jZWIeIp_9yry3q6I-GXsDldrn2ibg/s640/blogger-image-1066479396.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Merry Christmas Everyone!</div>Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-15949919756908760512014-12-13T20:22:00.001-05:002014-12-15T13:33:00.100-05:00Moving NewsWe've been up.<div>We've been down.</div><div>The last few weeks have been crazy for us.</div><div><br></div><div>The day before my mom came to visit, Jeff got his orders. Jeff is used to the Marine Corps telling him where to go already. Me on the other hand ... I'm along for the ride. Please understand that I knew this is how it would be. Please know that it <b><i>bein</i></b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><i>g</i></b> that way ... Is a whole other thing. It's very emotional. Jeff's orders were taking us to Okinawa Japan. I felt so many things about this news. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I was so nervous. I think I was </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">BORN</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> nervous. I'm scared if new things and I always have been. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I was excited, because honestly moving to japan ... Ok let's be honest, even visiting japan is not something that you would find me doing if it weren't for Jeff's job. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I was thankful for an opportunity and the push to do something that I wouldn't do ... Making me expire nice something new. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I was also feeling sad about being so far away from my family. Weeks have passed. We have gotten our heads around the idea a bit more and started accepting it. We were really moving to the other side of the world. The paperwork finally came through and it read "unaccompanied" which was a mistake. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Jeff is a married Marine so I go with him, unless he is deployed. So ... His Master Sergeant, who has been saying all along that he's never seen them send a married first term (first contract... First 4-5 years in the Corps) over seas... Said he was changing the orders. He didn't like it all along that we were going. They didn't even know how to send us properly (LOTS of paperwork and requirements). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFYq352juH3Whhw1lyOilhUL0mUIcil-EwXOLdYtA7U7iWEtO9Br5vdhux0DOrCcHLxJztA6bzrpPM8DNwDC41KyY_yxrqRYqYcQH35R28jBV1WlkGrzH2pjhwfcCXlYjoelURn9kRZM/s640/blogger-image-1416125614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFYq352juH3Whhw1lyOilhUL0mUIcil-EwXOLdYtA7U7iWEtO9Br5vdhux0DOrCcHLxJztA6bzrpPM8DNwDC41KyY_yxrqRYqYcQH35R28jBV1WlkGrzH2pjhwfcCXlYjoelURn9kRZM/s640/blogger-image-1416125614.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So ... Just a few days ago we found out that we aren't in fact going to Japan for the next three years. We are being stationed in North Carolina. This is good and bad news. It's great because we get to stay in the country. In the same </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">TIME ZONE</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> as our families even .. Which is amazing. Now, it's bad news (for me) because he is now statio</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ned with an infantry unit. Which means he's attached to their unit and gets deployed with them if they are deployed. The way I understand it is that he will be in the background of whatever they are doing, fixing their radios. His new unit actually deployed today so they will be overseas when we get to NC. As I said, I knew this is how it would be. Things to worry about. But it's all </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">very</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> real these days. Jeff graduates at the end of January and we will hit the road for North Carolina at the beginning of February.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As I said, up, down. Life is crazy. When we were going to Okinawa, I just said to myself that God has a plan for our family. It must be meant to be ... So maybe Camp Lejeune, NC is meant to be!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15QPx-jyVc3ETUCnkcpFzWYeaZQLXV7T0rdVrb9jHE8jhanurf9j1K3eR4TWPP8W6RG96aQZ6Jpw9dFiL1S40JyilygniqxR7a1PIiEDR0dy2m7sJfdafKSvQknhaPLOP7Y5RwjHUEnU/s640/blogger-image--1481011696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15QPx-jyVc3ETUCnkcpFzWYeaZQLXV7T0rdVrb9jHE8jhanurf9j1K3eR4TWPP8W6RG96aQZ6Jpw9dFiL1S40JyilygniqxR7a1PIiEDR0dy2m7sJfdafKSvQknhaPLOP7Y5RwjHUEnU/s640/blogger-image--1481011696.jpg"></a></div> </span></div>Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992729837117992406.post-73132290608488284832014-12-11T23:45:00.000-05:002014-12-11T23:45:47.395-05:00A Bakersfield ThanksgivingHey Guys! Did you have a great Thanksgiving? Jeff and I spent our first Thanksgiving married together at a friends house. As you know we are stationed in Twentynine Palms, CA so we are a million (2,100) miles away from family. We decided our money would be better spent on buying plane tickets home for Christmas and to stay in CA for Thanksgiving. Our friend Nate and his family were kind enough to ask us to join them to celebrate, just 4 hours away from home.<br />
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So I baked some desserts and we hit the road<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">My husband got me a </span><i style="text-align: start;">crazy</i><span style="text-align: start;"> nice gift ... a Nikon D3200 camera package!! Ahhh it was such a surprise ... I'm so so so excited about it. I hope to get a little less rusty in the next few months.</span></div>
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So, like I said - we hit the road ... on our way to Duke's Uncle Holloway's house to celebrate!<br />
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Duke is <b>really good </b>in the car. Four hours + and he was great. He loves to sleep in the car!<br />
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So, once we got there and settled ... I played with our new camera!<br />
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Look at my boys!</div>
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The table was set beautifully ... check out this super cute turkey pumpkin! </div>
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There might have been <i>a few</i> beverages served ...<br />
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The turkey was fried ... with love ...<br />
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My boys ...<br />
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My husband and I on our first married Thanksgiving ...<br />
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Nate and his momma<br />
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Duke was spoiled all weekend ...<br />
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And spoiled some more ...<br />
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The boys played football in the backyard ...<br />
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Hoffman and Duke went for a swim...<br />
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And Duke was spoiled some more... <br />
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It as much fun as we could have had ... being away from our own families.Tara Willmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962903618281553907noreply@blogger.com0