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This is my catch up post...
-Our first niece, Olivia turned 13 on the 13th! Her golden birthday! I was there for her birth, I am her godmother, and spent alot of time with her until moving from ND. We love you, Livi! I hope you had a fabulous day!
-Our nephew and Godson, Jackson, celebrated his 1st birthday on the 13th. HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JACKSON!
-Chris spent the weekend in Munich for a beer festival. He survived, though suffered a bit. We are glad he is back. I missed the spaciousness of having only him in my bed. The girls slept with me and while I say "with me," I basically mean "ON me."
-One downside to living overseas is vehicle maintenance. In Korea this was a MAJOR problem as the auto crew on base could hardly speak Korlish (a Korean version of English--word coined by ME), so there was little to no hope of dealing with recalls, etc. We dealt with a headlight being out for 6 months, finally getting it replaced just so we could ship it. Anyway, same problem happened this fall. Headlight went out. We paid $80 to replace it (supposedly the tire needs to be removed to access the bulb), it went out again and a friend came to our rescue saving us the $80 and showing Chris how to do it himself. AWESOME! The bulb went out once again, this time I knew it wasn't the stupid bulb, but a wiring issue. Chris brought it in and the guy quoted about $300 when all was done. He also said he's fixed this same wiring repeatedly. It will likely work for 5 months, then melt again. We talked about selling the car simply because the idea of investing $300 every 6 months is insane. I called my parents who called some people. There was a recall on the part!! Yippee! I jumped on the GM website and emailed their "contact us" people to hook us up. They did. The next day I was emailing with a nice lady in Germany who set us up with an appointment. We are bringing the car in today. I couldn't be more excited!
-My Mom is coming in less than TWO weeks! We are thrilled.The kids have no idea of how long 2 weeks actually is, so I am going to put together a countdown system.
-With her impending arrival in 2 weeks, that also means we are less than 3 weeks away from GREEK adventures! I am SOOOO excited!
-I filed our taxes by myself for the first time since being married. When we lived in MA, we had an accountant do them. In Korea, base legal actually prepped and filed them for FREE. That service is not available here. Apparently, the legal office is there for assistance and will watch you prepare them, so I decided I could do it myself. We do have H&R Block on base, but spending $150 on tax preparation is $150 I could use shopping!
-I have been taking classes like a crazy woman so I can move to the MA + 30 pay lane. I just moved up to MA+15 this year, but I have already taken 5 credits. I am pleased to say I have 1 credit left for my Autism Certificate. Yahoo! I just finished my SPED law class. Growing up I had visions/thoughts of becoming a lawyer. Thank goodness that didn't pan out. I think I'd be sticking needles in  my eyeballs everyday. Torture! Seriously. I am all for upholding what is right, but really....BORING.
-Most of you know about my little etsy shop. It is my creative outlet. I love to make invitations or create something special for customers. February was my ALL TIME best month! I had at least 1 sale everyday, which isn't a ton of money, but it is a nice extra. Well, I don't want to curse myself, but I am on that same path for March! AWESOME! It is such a thrill to see orders waiting for me when I wake up each morning. This morning, I had 3 in addition to the 2 that I completed before I went to sleep last night! Totally makes me happy. Now if only I didn't have to wake up at 5am to squeeze it all in....

Okay, enough rambling. Pictures will come later...Adios!

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Anonymous said…
Olivia will love the shout out! On her birthday, Phil and I were talking about labor etc...I was so glad you were there on that special day! Phil was sick, remember? It would have been so boring without you! What an awesome and special time! So glad you were there! Love you
L

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