We finally found some furniture that we really like. It is a mint green...sounds ugly but it is cute. The chair is big and poofy and comes with an ottomen thing for the feet. It will work good for Cody. Chloe and I went on our walk today. After going to the doc I figure I really do need to start exercising more. I cleaned a lot and got the living room looking nice again. On the weekends it just goes to pot. I cooked chili for supper and tried to spice it up with rotel and onions but that just made is taste yuck. So we had hot ham and cheese sandwich. My hip and foot and shoulder hurts on my right side now and my left elbow still hurts. I don't know what is going on but I don't like it.

Close up shot!

Looking very sexy!

Cody got his new stetson hat! It looks better than I thought it would! :) He says that "he" makes the hat...

Well Cody made it through the 24 hour duty. Today though wow I'm glad he doesn't have to do it again for awhile. He looked like he was high and acted grumpy.. which is understandable.. no sleep for ever 30 hours. He slept most of the day but he was kind enough to take me to the doctor's office. I had to have the lovely "well women" exam... ya know the one that all women just love to get GRRR. :) The doc said that everything was fine so I guess that is a good thing about it. My blood pressure was sky high though and my pulse was 111.. he thought something was wrong with me but I was just really nervous! One bad thing about today was that we got a phone call from the PX. They had a problem with ordering the furniture, the company no longer ships here. Therefore we have to pick out new furniture from a different company. We were bummed but we found some that we like just as well so it's not to bad. Chloe is being a poo head lately, she tore off the hose that is attached to Cody's camel pack(water thing for work). It was issued to him so he was not happy at her. We are just going to have to buy a kennel for her and she will have to stay in that while we are gone. We just can't trust her anymore!!

Ok so I tried to put our sd card in the laptop to put these pics on my blog and we got it stuck. Cody and I worked on getting that darn thing out. I think it was an hour b4 we got it out. It was jamed down in the slot and we had to use tweezers and scissors to get it out!!!! GRRRRRRR!!!

This is one of the towns that we drove through on the way to the PX today.

Cody thought it would be funny if I put on his
IBA(Body Armor).

Last night we went to another Hail and Farewell. We didn't get to stay for the whole thing because Cody had to go out on Courtesy Patrol. He had to check all the bars and clubs for drunk people and then take them home(only the soldiers not Germans). I think he had fun. He was gone all night so it was just me and Chloe here at home. Cody has another thing tomorrow that is a 24 hour thing. He will be gone all day and all night. We won't get to go to church because he leaves at 9 in the morning.
Today we went to McDonald's for lunch and then to the garden center. I got some flowers for the garden out in front. I'm excited about getting them planted, it's rainy today though so hopefully tomorrow. We are wanting to get some outdoor furniture for the back porch but the PX just doesn't have much. I think we will go back to Ikea. Paula you are right about it being confusing but once you get it figured out it's not to bad. We got lost when we went there and couldn't find the exit. We went up and down the stairs I think like 6 times before we figured it out. It was really funny but I felt so stupid. I'm sure people were looking at us saying stupid Americans. We get that A LOT! :)

Cody is out at the range today so it has been a really slow day here at the house. Chloe has seemed to forget that she is potty trained. I'm about to lose my mind with her! I've been trying to get things organized but it is almost pointless. It just ends up into another mess. O well I guess it's a good thing :) We got our furniture ordered on Monday...I'm soooo excited about it but it will take 2-4 months. That is crazy. We are hoping for it to arrive earlier. Cody is stressed with work... that's never good :( It seems like everything hits all at once and he isn't used to that. I am hoping that things will clear and go back to normal for him. The weather has been so weird lately. It has been snowing for the past 3 days but it isn't cold enough to stick. Last night there was a thin layer of snow but didn't last long. The sun shines but it snows at the same time. Chloe hasn't been able to go on her walks because of the weather. We miss everyone and love you guys! We are ready to come home but that is a ways off for now.

Well I haven't blogged in a while. I have been pretty busy but now that the house is painted I have more time. Chloe is much happier now because she gets more Mommy time. Her ear mites are much better now. I think the medicine worked and I'm glad. Today it is pretty rainy and gloomy outside but it is kinda nice. The sun was out yesterday and we are not used to it. The only bad thing about the weather here is that when the sun is out it is still about 30 degrees. Cody should be home anytime now for lunch. Well Chloe needs to go potty so I better wrap this one up.

Sorry I haven't blogged in a few days. It's been pretty busy around here. I have been painting the house and I just have one room left to do before I'm finished. It is looking pretty good but new furniture will really bring everything together and make it look homey. Cody has been very busy with work and has not been home much lately. Chloe and I are handleing it ok. Poor Chloe has ear mites and has been scratching up a storm. I feel so bad for her. We got her some medicine and I'm hoping that it works for her. I think she is milking it though because she is getting to sleep in our bed.

Today was a good day. Cody and I went to Regensburg and had a interesting trip. We went to Ikea(furniture store) and looked around for about an hour. We had fun and bought a few things. We saw a KFC but didn't stop, we should have though. We almost got hit by a bus also, it was stopped on the side of the road to let passengers off. We proceeded in our lane and I guess the bus just thought it was going to run us over... thankfully it didn't though. That was scary though. We made it home and then I got in the mood to paint so I started painting our entrance. It looks pretty good, I'm excited about it. We have church in the morning and we are going to BK for breakfast YA!! :)

Today has been a good day. Something is wrong with our laptop because everytime I hit the Y button it is a Z and it is really throwing me off. Yesterday I painted our bedroom light blue and got it done in one day. Cody was in the field all day for work so I was by myself all day. Chloe got a haircut and was not happy about it. Today has not been very productive just working on getting laundry done.

Cody and his birthday banner!

Cody got a Wii for his birthday and Chloe did not react to it very well. We think that she thought Cody was throwing a ball everytime she went for it there was nothing there. It was pretty entertaining for us though.

I think that I made Cody feel like a little kid on his birthday. I made him blow out candles and open cards and with the banner I think that is really what topped it off.

O wow. Today was great! It was Cody's birthday and we just tried to make it as good as possible. I cooked him Fajitas today for lunch and then we had birthday cake that I baked for him. He got a Wii and he has played it for about 3 hours today. I'm glad that he liked it. We also got to skype with Tara, the web cam wasn't working very well though. It was nice while it lasted though. We met up with Katie and Scott for dinner and a few games of bowling. We had a blast. After our bowling games we went back to their house and played Wii. Cody really enjoyed that. We finally made it home at 10:30pm and I felt like a Grandma because I was yawning at like 8:00. I made it though. Cody is pestering Chloe and she is really focused on him.. It's cute. We are supposed to go to the bakery for breakfast in the morning with Katie and Scott so we are looking forward to that. Then we are going to church.

Today has been a non-productive day. Chloe and I just hung out together and didn't do much. I took Cody to work after lunch and tried to get some things at the PX but of course they were out of what I wanted to get. I made BBQ chicken for dinner and it didn't turn out to great but it was edibale, I don't know if that is spelt right :) Cody came home from work and spent most of the time upstairs ordering things for work. We are going to try to get out taxes filed tomorrow as long as it works out for Cody and his work. I have to get things ready for Cody's birthday. I'm really excited about it, I hope he has a great day!

Today has been a great day. Much better than yesterday. I slept in way to late but it's okay I guess. I mopped the floors today and that made the house smell nice. I did some more laundry also. That kept me pretty busy for today. Cody came home from work early today and we went to the PX in Graf. We got some mini-blinds for our windows finally so people can't see in our house. Chloe has found this little metal car that we have no idea where we got it, but she loves it and carries it everywhere! It is so cute. I finally got plans with our new friends that we met at church. We played phone tag for a while but we finally got a hold of each other. We are going to go out and celebrate Cody's birthday on Saturday. I'm really excited about it. They seem really nice and non crazy like some ppl we have met.

Today was a busy/stressed day. Today was the "Coffee" day. Well what do I have to say about that..........I felt like I was alone. Everyone was really very nice and introduced themselves...BUT I basically sat alone and watched all the women talk with there friends. I didn't feel as welcome as I thought it would be and then the girl that conviced me to go with her didn't go and didn't call to tell me she wasn't going. Therefore I sat alone in the corner and looked like an idiot. I have a hard enough time being alone and then I go into a room filled with women that are supposed to be supportive and I felt more alone than when I'm actually alone.That is enough about that. I did get almost all my laundry done and the upstairs of the house cleaned so that was good. The entire house is cleaned now so it is ready for Cody to mess it up again :) I cooked chilli tonight for supper and it turned out really good. Cody ate nearly the whole pot. We still haven't got to file our taxes. Every day we think we can something comes up and Cody has to go in early for work! One day maybe(preferably b4 April 15)

Today has been a very busy day. I finally got to use the car today and had to get grocries. The commisary wasn't to busy thankfully. Chloe destroyed my coaster holder but that was it today. Cody worked all day and didn't get off till about 5:30. I went to pick him up and then we got some dinner at BK and had to wait about 30 minutes just to find out that the burger boiler was broken. We had to order chicken sandwichs' and they were not good. Then one of Cody's friends came over so Cody could help him with his car. Missing the family still but doing okay.