This past weekend was a 4 day.  Cody didn't have to be so stressed this week which was great.  Friday Cody was showing a guy the car.  Saturday we mowed and cleaned and got ready for the BBQ we were having at our house on Sunday.  Sunday we went to church came home ate a quick bite for lunch and then prepared things for the BBQ.  Everyone started coming over around 4:30.  We had a great time.  We bought the meat in the big box and didn't put it out until after church to thaw, so we were have to put it in water and try to get it ready and because of that once Cody put them on the grill the smoke was CRAZY.  We always have our windows open in the house and there was so much smoke it went in the upstairs windows and set off our fire alarm...LOL  That was crazy.  So I had to go upstairs and fluff the alarm with a pillow and it eventually stopped...hahaha.  The food was great though and everyone brought something to contribute so it was even better.  Our close close friends stayed a bit longer than everyone else and we got some really cute/funny videos of their daughter.  It was WAY passed her bedtime and she was getting goofy.  Then on Monday we went to Amberg and ate lunch with friends and looked around at the shopping.  I got a scarf and some earring that were both on clearance and then the scarf was even more on sale one I checked out so I got a great deal ;).  The scarf and earrings ended up being 2 Euro which is like 5 bucks, woohoo.  Back to work for Cody yesterday and we finally were able to get with the guy who bought the car and get all that finalized with the registration office.  So the car is officially sold and we just have the Jeep now.  Cody drove that to work yesterday so Chloe and I took a walk to check the mail.  It's a bit of a walk but not to bad, but it was really hot yesterday so we ended up taking quite a few breaks ;)  I took water for both of us and it was all gone by the time we got back home.  It was good for both of us though :)  So far it's been a good week.  We miss you all and are ready to get back!  Cody has a job fair he is going to tomorrow.  They are coming to our Post and there could be up to maybe 50 companies there looking to hire so we are looking forward to that for him.  It would be nice if he could get hired on so we would have some sort of a plan.

It seems like we stay so busy but we are enjoying it for the most part.  Cody is still having issues at work but we are praying that this changes soon.  He's heard word on something and praying that happens.  I got "locked" out of the house yesterday.  I had my keys but the key wouldn't go in the key hole.  So I'm stuck outside the house with the Jeep full with groceries and no cell phone (I left it in the house).  So thankfully my neighbor's husband works with Cody (I don't know his number).  So she called her husband and he told Cody and so Cody was able to come home and let me in the house.  The business that fixes things was closed (they close at 4pm) so I called them this morning and they are going to come today to fix the door, thank goodness.  I can tell that I'm overwhelmed after all that happened because I started crying for the mire fact that I was sitting outside locked out...lol.  Now my task is to find a place for Chloe while we go on our Spain trip.  I called the "normal" kennel (she's been there one time) and they are closed until September 1 and we leave on the 2.  So I e-mailed the kennel and hopefully they will get back with me before then.  Otherwise I don't know, I looked up other kennels close by and they are closed like the 2 of Sep -  whatever so that is no help.  That is the only thing that is hard about having a dog here.  If it was up to me I would just take her everywhere with us but Cody doesn't want to do that.  So hoping and praying that this next month that some things end up working out for us and that we become more content in the situations that we are in.  :)  We miss you all and are ready to be back.

Well I haven't seen sun but maybe one time since we have been back in Germany.  We have August left and summer is basically over, I don't think I'm going to get much of a summer this year.  Thankfully all we have to do is make through this winter and then next summer we will be back in lovely Oklahoma, and of course there is summer there :)  This is Cody's first full week back to work so hopefully it goes well for him.  I've been non stop busy and it's been nice.  I like the fast pace much better than deployment life.  Cody is still working on getting his papers in, so that he can "officially" be getting out of the Army.  Hopefully he will get that done today.  Just waiting on Cody to get home from work now.  :)

Today is our first "normal" day since Cody has been back from deployment.  He is back to full work days and I'm back to a normal routine.  Although right at the moment I'm pretty hungry and Cody is still at work...  We really really really enjoyed our time at home!  We did NOT want to leave at all but of course we had to.  For some reason our hot water heater wasn't working, starting Saturday.  We have to call a company that works for the Army Post and they come and fix everything.  They weren't open over the weekend so cold showers...haha.  They came right away this morning when I called and everything is fixed now.  Cody got all of the "pre" cuts done on the shelf he is building me.  So I stained all that today and now excited for Cody to put it together!  He is so crafty!  I love it! SOOO HUNGRY! I have been working on laundry today to.. it's like a never ending pile.  I thought I was done and then went upstairs and picked up, the basket was re filled that fast.  I had all of the laundry from the trip and then our regular laundry so it is just a lot.  Chloe misses everyone and especially going and seeing the cows :).  She is getting back to schedule to.  We have all had jet lag and it's not getting any better yet.  It's mostly going good tho, it's nice we don't have much longer left tho :)

We have had another good few days.  It seems like nothing can make a day bad anymore, it's so great!  Today it is cloudy so it will be a mostly inside day.  Chloe is getting upset with us because I'm on the computer and Cody is playing XBOX.  She is so funny.  We've been renting movies lately and everyone that we have rented has just stunk.  We don't have a very good selection here but we love to watch movies, so we just pick some that we have never heard of and they aren't good, haha.  Cody has been working on some wood projects for me.  He is so creative and good!  He made me a little thing for our laundry room.  He created a little design from wood and then put dowel rods in it so I can hang up my brooms/mops.  It's PERFECT! He got wood yesterday at the store so that he can start his next project, which is a really nice shelf for the bathroom.  I'm super excited to see that done! YAY.  Next week I will start the "vacation" process.  Making a list and making sure that we have everything we need and slowly start packing!  Can't wait!!!!!!!!

Today was a good day. I got housework and laundry done so that was a plus for me. We needed a few things so once Cody got home at lunch time we went over to Graf. It was fun and we got to eat lunch together, which I LOVE! We were headed out and got stuck having to run out to the car in POURING down rain, but it was fun to, haha. Everything with Cody is just so much fun!

Over the weekend we made a trip to Austria! It was really neat. We went to Salzburg. Our friends said they would watch Chloe, they have a small dog to so it's perfect. So we got a hotel and drove. We got there and it was just so beautiful. Germany is about the same but the people in Austria are MUCH MUCH MUCH nicer. We enjoyed our stay at the hotel, we also got to walk around the old city. That was really neat. We took a Mountains and lakes tour which was a lot of fun, we were on a little bus for the most part but we also got to take a 45 minute boat ride across one of the biggest lakes in Austria. There was a little pool in the hotel and we went there one night. It was fun to. We really just enjoyed it. The bad thing was that on the drive there it took 5 hours and on the drive back it took 2 1/2 hours.... we kept getting turned around by the GPS because of traffic so on the drive back we removed that setting and just flew... literally Cody was driving over 200 Kilometers/hr and that is 120 mph!!!!!!!! UGH.... but it's okay I just prayed and held on tight ;) We are now looking forward to our next trip, coming to OKLAHOMA!!! :)