New Years Eve

Silas and I have hats, noise makers and beads to ring in the new year with. I am not sure how late we will be up, but I can say with certainty that it will not be midnight! Taylor is going to her friends house, I guess Silas and I aren't cool enough to "party" with!

We have the movers coming on Monday to pack us up. They will be back on Tuesday to load our stuff and head towards El Paso! YAY!!!! I already had a "walk through" with the main mover guy, Patrick. And I still have a hard time believing him that we won't have to do anything! I am STILL trying to find out all the details about this move (to make it the most beneficial for us) and am having a hard time with it. But hopefully, like everything else, all this will fall into place as well!

We hope that everyone has a SAFE and HAPPY NEW YEAR, full of many blessings!!

Much Love,
Wayne, Michele, Taylor, Silas and Trooper!!! xoxoxo

P.S. I will post pictures of our little "celebration" later!

Merry Christmas!!!!!!

I got the best Christmas present in the world the other day. My in-laws pulled a big surprise and flew my wonderful husband in for the Christmas weekend! And boy, was it needed. We had just gotten some very devastating news earlier on that day, and we were in a very low place, so this was awesome!

Thank You Jesse and Sheria! I could not have asked for a better present! Our Christmas went from being mediocre to excellent! Running the risk of sounding cliche, it was nothing short of a Christmas miracle!

So Much Better

I feel so much better, getting that off my chest! Whew, must have been just what I needed. Kinda like a pressure cooker, if the steam doesn't get released it will explode. Who knew that expressing my thoughts on here would make me feel better! I'm sorry if you don't want to hear about my little pitty party, you can stop reading it, but I feel SO much better! :)

Poor, poor me...

I don't have much more information than before, but some. There was an apartment that we were "looking into", but it fell apart (good thing it did I guess). We are now looking into another one, one that sounds better. We (me) may actually get some positive news sometime tomorrow. The plans that we had last night have gone ka-put, but maybe this new place will lead to better results...

There is only so much a person can take, right? Well I guess I am supposed to take alot. I am finding out that this is an issue with me, with my mind and everything I am as a person. I love my husband with everything I am, but I am beginning to despise the United States Military. Maybe its because we are "new" to this, maybe its because I'm lonely, maybe its just because I know he will be getting deployed sometime this summer...maybe, just maybe..

I always try to be positive about this with my children, but I do believe I have hit the bottom. I wonder how and when it is my turn to just break down and cry? My kids have done it...when do I get to express my feelings? I have the best husband in the world, to join a group of "protection"...to protect EVERYONE, I am so proud...I just didn't know I would feel so left out and alone right now.

Santa Knows My Number?!

Silas woke up this morning to a wonderful surprise. He had a voicemail from Santa Claus! Santa had taken time out of his busy schedule and left Silas a message! Silas was amazed that Santa knew he was a "big boy" AND he knew that Silas wants some new Lego's for Christmas. He was blown away by this message. I wish I could have captured the expression on his face when he was listening to his special message...it was PURE joy, excitement, disbelief.... He wanted me to save the message (I did) so he could listen to it again later. It's a good thing momma checks her emails every day or we might have missed out on this opportunity! And it was free...not too bad if I do say so myself!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

#46....

I found out last night that we are #46 on the housing waiting list, about a 4 month wait. We were also told that after the first of the year it may go faster due to people PCSing or getting chaptered out. In the meantime, Wayne is trying to find us an apartment to rent. We are hoping that we will be able to find one that is month-to-month so that when our number is "called" we will be able to take it. If we are unable to take it we will move to the bottom of the list and have to start over again (that WILL NOT happen). I have heard MANY people complain that there is not a lot of housing on post and that some people have been on the wait list for over a year. So hopefully something will be happening soon.

Wayne has an appointment with transportation on Monday. If all goes well (with scheduling on their part), they may be packing us up on the following Monday and shipping our household goods on Tuesday.

Taylor is taking her finals at school early (today and tomorrow) so she can be done with it (she doesn't want to go to school next week on Monday and Tuesday--so I said ok). Her last official day of school at the Cameron School District will be tomorrow.

I got myself a GPS for Christmas (YAY! Broke down and FINALLY got one--figured it will be a good thing in El Paso!) and was playing around with it the other day. We decided to test it out and see if it "knew" the way to McDonalds. She did! She told us to go across the street, but still the right area! Anyways, the reason I brought the GPS up was because Silas was asking "where all she knew" (how to get there) and I said anywhere. He said "even Texas"?! I said "yes"! He said "so lets go"! I said "we can't yet, Daddy has to find us a house still". He said "maybe the girl on the thing (GPS) can find us one"! HAHAHA This still makes me giggle--Isn't he the cutest!!!

By the way.....there is 9 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Yippee! We don't have plans other than staying home (maybe moving?!) but I am going to make a small ham, some mac and cheese (Silas's fav!) and rolls for sure...just not sure what else! Maybe Taylor will come up with something special. Wayne will more than likely not be with us for Christmas, unless we will be moving at that time. So that stinks, not around for Thanksgiving and now Christmas. But we will once again make the best of things!

Baby, It's COLD Outside!

WOW, have we forgotten what it feels like when temperatures reach the frigid single digits! While starting the van the other day, to let it warm up a bit, I swear I heard it go: are...you...crazy...! One day of temperatures in the 50's to the next day in the teens is just insane! Poor Silas was so cold the other day he was in tears. He has NEVER been this cold before. Taylor even conned me into buying her some gloves. Her reason being that her stearing wheel was so cold. I know what you must be thinking, "Well yes, the kids DO need gloves (as well as hats)". I have about 4 or 5 pairs of gloves that she could have worn, but I guess they are not as cool as ones that are brand new. Not to mention, this is the child who wears flip-flops when there is snow on the ground! And yes, both kids have heavy coats, gloves, hats and scarves. Maybe we won't be needing them too much longer...

Wayne got back from the field on Friday, and it sounds like there is a fire lit under him to get this whole "housing mess" figured out. Maybe something WILL get figured out...keep praying...

News, What News?

So here I sit, wondering what to write about. The whole purpose of a blog is to keep people updated about what is going on in our lives...well that is pretty hard when you're not sure what is happening in your life. This whole thing of not knowing is taking its toll on my children and not to mention myself. Their personalities have changed (not for the better) and are acting out (Silas more-so than Taylor). On top of all the uncertainty, it is now Christmas time. The decorating is almost non-existent. We only have the tree up with lights on it and the two ornaments they chose for this year. We didn't even put the skirt on. I am not even sure where we will be for Christmas--here, there, or somewhere in-between. I keep telling Silas that Santa will definitely find us...no matter where we are.

As for the whole moving thing, I know nothing more than any one of you (and that is sad). We ALL were under the impression that we would have been moved by now, Wayne has been there almost a month now. I honestly think that someone has gotten a little too much of the taste of "freedom". It is like we may take one step forward, but then get shoved three steps back. I get told that something is in the works, only to have it nixed the next day. Hearing this time and time again can really get rather depressing. Kinda makes one wonder if anything will ever happen. Then not hearing anything for a couple of days just makes you realize that plans have changed yet once again, and we are starting over from scratch.

On a bit of a brighter note, we are going to do some Christmas shopping this weekend. Maybe some retail therapy will help to raise our spirits, well one can dream right? It will be rather difficult shopping for a little boy this year (without him finding out) but Taylor and I have a plan and hopefully it will work. Taylor already knows what she is getting (and probably going to get it done this weekend).

I would ask everyone to keep their fingers crossed that we get some sort of news, but I am not going to. I haven't heard anything that remotely sounds promising, so just pray, and pray hard.