Its Been A While

WOW! I looged in today to find some old pictures and I can't believe its been 18 months since I last blogged. So much has happened in that time. I think its time I get back into this blogging thing again.

Here We Go Again!

Syracuse Football is getting so bad that I am getting to the point I won't even I admit I am from Syracuse during football season. It is just down right embarrassing. So it is no surprised that Penn State wiped the field with us yesterday, I mean seriously who didn't see that one coming.

It's not all gloom though. These guys have one HYSTERICAL blog on Syracuse!
http://www.idiotsonsports.com/

I particularly found a lot of humor in this one posting on their blog:

Things to look forward to in 2008:


Don't throw away that "GRob Must Go" banner just yet

Lots of legroom at the Dome

Witnessing Penn State fans turn the Dome into a home field advantage for Joe Pa. Hey, it's not often you get to see Syracuse play on the road in the Carrier Dome

Short concession lines

My odds of winning during the T-Shirt Toss will significantly increase

Another season of Dave Simms and ESPN Plus!!!!!

Return of GRob = Return of the GRob Press Conference

MAC revenge, bring on Akron

Betting on the Subway sub-race to pass the time

Anxiously awaiting the jersey retirement of Chad Elliot

My own personal beer vendor

Thank God I married a GA boy who introduced to me to real footbal! GO DAWGS!

I haven't forgotten!!!

I know I keep promising to post pictures from our trip to Greece and Croatia. I haven't forgotten, I PROMISE! My internet has been slow lately and frankly I don't have the patience nor time to wait for pictures to upload.

I hope to one day post the pictures of our trip because it was amazing. We have booked a cruise for next summer :)

Abandoned Blogged?

I promise I haven't given up on blogging. Things just have been extremely busy here in our household so rest and relaxation is a precious thing these days.

What's keeping us so busy?

The football season has offically kicked off for the "Z" man and soccer for Syd starts Monday. Paul has taken on assistant coaching duties this year for the "Z" man's team and Paul and I are both extremely busy at work right now. My office finally made the move to their new location but now we are extremely short staffed. We have a TON of new medical providers getting ready to come on board so I have been working long hours to keep my head above water. School kicked off this week for the kids and for me as well. I am taking a full course load of four classes this semester but on the bright side it is my last semester and I will graduate in December. I don't think there is a night during the week we don't get home before 7:30pm so trying to make a well balanced meal has been an accomplishment to say the least if it even does happen.

In addition to everything going on we have grown from a family of four to a family of five for the next several weeks. We have a little boy who is staying with us while his Mom is TDY in the states. Needless to say it has kept life interesting. Him and Syd do NOT get along at all so constant refereeing has been a part of my evening life after work.

So NO, I have not given up on blogging I'm just extremely busy these days.

Does Anyone Still Live here?

Barely!!

I have spent the past 7 weeks living out of a suitcase and I am SICK of it!! The good news is it looks like it may come to an end at least until October. Our office is suppose to finally move but it's looking more and more like instead of next week it is going to be the week after next.

This weekend is the first weekend I have been home since June. Usually I am home long enough to grab Paul and a few clean clothes and then we are off to some fun place for the weekend. Here I am home but no Paul :( He is enjoying the sun in Florida right now. Banjo is even gone for the weekend! He got another extended stay at the puppy motel because of traveling with my job. What's the point of picking him up on Friday only to drop him off again Sunday?

What do I plan to do? The kids will be home soon so I need to make their beds, grocery shop so there is some food in the house and maybe even trying cleaning the house.

I can NOT wait to be living back at home again!!!

The Marsh-Mellow Has Arrived!!!

Our dear friend Marsh-Mellow has arrived to spend his R&R leave with us. Marsh-Mellow is a very dear friend of ours from when we were on recruiting duty. We have stayed in touch with him over the years since leaving Knoxville and at one point Paul was even the best man in his wedding. So when he contacted us to see if he could spend his R&R leave with us we were really excited.

The downside is I am stuck back up in Wurzburg again this week for my job so I haven't gotten to see him yet. There seems to be no end in sight for this traveling. The up side is the boys are having a great time bonding. They must be having fun because I was reminded tonight I need to get home to do the dishes (it's an inside joke between us its not meant to be mean).

The Marsh-Mellow will be coming along with us on our weekend down to Garmisch. I will make sure to post pics when we get back.

As for the other pictures. They are coming I promise!!!!

We're Back and....

it was AMAZING!!!

I can not stress the amazing part. I can never remember a vacation where I have had so much fun and felt so relaxed afterwards in my life. The cruise was worth every penny.

I am downloading pics as we speak. I took over 800 pictures so it will take me a few days to weed through them all. Keep checking back maybe I will throw a few teaser pics up tonight :)

Venice is the most amazing port to leave out of. As you pull out of port you basically go right through Venice on your way out to sea. It was really amazing. This is the ship that left out just a few minutes before us:


We had so much fun that we are already planning our next cruise. We are hoping on our next cruise to go on one that goes through Egypt.

Keep checking back for pictures!!!