Updates

Howdy y'all!  (That's what one of the gate guards tells me every morning and I find it hilarious.)  This weekend was quite a low key one.  No exciting chocolate festivals or harvesting parties going on.  I babysat two little girls and watched lots of princess movies.  So, instead of an exciting blog post, I figured it would be a nice time to just do a little update on what's been going on around these parts.

-We have reached the 5th month of the deployment.  The half way point is just a few days away.  I'm ready to get on "the other side" of this thing.

-The Hubs will be changing locations yet again, so hold off sending any mail until we get a new address.

-In 17 days I'll be on my way to see Big Ben.  I'm almost as excited about London as I was about Paris.

-All of the stockings for the guys downrange have been stuffed and are almost ready to ship off.  I just need to safety pin the stockings closed and get some big boxes to make shipping as easy as possible.

-We had enough leftover stocking stuffer items to make extra stockings to send downrange.  J.R. is going to give them out to people at his new location.

-I noticed that they are starting to string some Christmas lights downtown.  During the holidays, the downtown area is covered in twinkling lights, so it's quite a process to hang them all.  I love Christmas here a lot more than in the states.  There is a lot less Santa getting shoved in your face, and a lot more beautiful sights, sounds, and smells that go along with the real "reason for the season".

I know it's not much, but that's about all that's going on over here.  Next weekend is a long weekend (Thanks Veterans!!!) so I'll be looking for something fun to get up to.  Have a happy Sunday.  Ciao for now!