I Love My Hubby

awwww...

yep i said it. i love my hubby. as you all know he came home on r&r last month. during that time my computer died. really it did. it wouldn't even turn on. it's pathetic really. so he lovingly hooked up his laptop for my use. and low and behold it is powerful enough to run the new blogger beta so i can get back to updating my demanding public!

so what's new in the house of wahab? well let's see.

this week neilson moved to his new unit 6-9 cav. his address has changed. email me if you want his new address as i won't post it due to security. and i have a new email address as well. all my old accounts are active but when we move i will stick to the new one. email me at one of my old accounts for my new one. how's that for confusing??

anyway, his move was successful and uneventful thank God! he had to convoy from FOB to FOB but he was good and emailed me the second he could. i'm excited to report that his new roommate has internet access in the room so he can email me from the almost privacy of his room. he has also set me up with an official army email address so now we can use instant messager to "talk" in the evenings. it's almost like a phone call everynight so that is awesome!

and DUH!! i totally didn't mention neilson's huge news--- as i'm sure you all heard the department of defense has extended all active duty army deployments to 15 months. that will put neil stateside in january of 08. *pout* i found out this wonderful news online and thinking neilson allready knew, emailed him about my displeasure -- but guess what?? i was the lucky person who told our favorite soldier!! the news was not well received here as you can imagine but we are getting used to the idea.

we have some wonderful news from kansas. gabriel evan mckinley was born april 11, 2007. 8 pounds 4 ounces and 21 inches long. mandi and wade are doing well. little gabriel is partial to his auntie heather and can you blame him?? (ok so maybe i made that up but who's going to argue with me??)

we got gracie's enrollment packet mailed to killeen this week. we chose st. christopher's episcopalian preschool in killeen. it is right next to neilson's old apartments which is a good thing because that means i can find where it is! she will go tuesday, wednesday and thursdays from 900 to 230. and i'm talking to them about possibly working for them in some capacity. prayers are welcome in that area!

and that's about all i know this week.

oh i forgot i wanted to make my political plug for the day:

please!! if you don't like this extension news or the war in the middle east, write your congressmen/women! the burden of the many cannot continue to be carried by the few!!

blessings

heather

Oh Blogger!

Why blogger why?? Why did you make me switch to blogger beta? My poor old dial up at home can't support it and it is blocked at school. Why?? *sob* My demanding public wants to know what is happening with our crazy family. I have a responsibility to my people.

Hee Hee! Can you feel my frustration?

Anyway, I have a couple of amusing Gracie stories to tell and a new picture of our favorite soldier.
Story #1
Gracie got some Valentines in the mail with some spending money for her. She was very excited to spend it so I put to singles into her purse and we went to the Dollar Tree. When she got there she was very upset to find the two ones and started wailing, "No mommy! Not the one one! I wanted the one zero!" Yes, she has figured out that a 10 dollar bill is better than two ones. (little stinker)

Story #2
Just this morning I was checking email and darling daughter was in the great room watching cartoons when I heard her chanting, "I want that! I want that! I want that!" So I ventured into the room to see what she wanted and a cake decorating commercial was on t.v. I asked her what she wanted. Her reply, "All the cakes mommy!"

So the princess is getting wiser to the ways of the world. I better watch out!

Photo
As you can see Neilson is well. The photo is for Gracie's Flat Daddy. It is a company that will blow up a picture of you service member and put it on foam core and cut it out. Then daddy can do whatever you are doing. Look for pictures soon of Flat Neilson on the go!

ONE HUNDRED

Today marks Neilson's 100th day of deployment. Now in most elementary classrooms the 100th day is a big deal. So when I looked at my donut of misery and realized it was day 100 I really felt like I dropped the ball. :P

And now I realize I have some 'splainin' to do. The donut of misery is an excel document that tracks the amont of time done and the amount left. It also has a circle graph as a visual. The graph has a hole in the middle and is thus called the donut. In addition to the visual figured in % (btw we are23% done!) it calculates how many days, months and weeks have passed as well as how many days, weeks, months, minutes, hours and seconds left.

And today is also Karen's birthday. Happy Birthday Karen!! Hope your day was fun and your evening relaxing. :)