Five

I woke up this morning wondering how to plan out the last of the preparations before my soldier is here. I'm going to break it down and take it day by day.

Today's tasks:

• Find the blue Christmas ornaments to complete the red, white and blue theme on the tree
  
• Find Thanksgiving decor

He will be back in Iraq over the holidays so I've decided to decorate early. I am also decorating for Halloween and Thanksgiving too. We'll call it a Happy Hallow-Turkey-Christma-giving-ween or something like that.

• Plan the menu
• Make a grocery list

The boy doesn't want to leave the house much over the weekend (yay me!) so I will have to make sure the fridge and cupboards are stocked!

• Make sure the sexy little nothings are freshly laundered

Yep, I bought a few fun items. I am still amazed at the amount of cash I will dole out for something that is certainly not going to stay on my body very long. The most fun (and least expensive) item I've purchased?




I watched a bit of the Ironman over the Internet yesterday. Holy moly! The man in first during the cycling portion was going 40 miles per hour! Sheesh! And this after swimming 2.5 miles in open ocean and trying to save legs for a full marathon to complete the race. Amazing!

I know my soldier is busily and happily enjoying himself. It looked like quite an event and very much like the Olympics all week long. Still he took the time to drop me an email Friday night.

*sigh*

Its so nice to know that he's still thinking of me while in one of his favorite places in the world working at an event that means so much to him....

Off topic:

Mom and I really enjoyed the major league soccer game last night. Oh my... there was eye candy and then there was GOD'S BEAUTIFUL HANDIWORK!

The kids had a blast too. It was less expensive than going to a major league baseball game, we had great seats 4 rows up from the field and parking was readily available steps from the entrance. We'll definitely be doing more of that!

Oh and Rose is on the A Honor Roll!! Woohoo!

I have a great week ahead of me. I feel happy, excited and calm. Stay with me, my friends.