Blocker Boys On the Go!

     Now don't get me wrong I love the cable guys.  Obviously I have an addiction to cable internet.  I however do not like seeing them at my neighbors house.  They were there all day fixing something.  No matter how bad I felt for my neighbor having some kind of technical difficulty in their home. I was totally irked when fixing it involved turning off the internet to my house.

     Yesterday I spent numerous hours resetting my router, and unplugging the cable modem.  I even took the time to ask the toddler if he had touched anything in the area of the modem and router.  Lets just say I thought I was loosing my mind, and would need to call the cable company.  Yet another thing I dislike sitting on hold for people to answer my question. Calling when the kids are awake is pointless so I waited.

     There is one point in the day where I get both kids napping at the same time for a few hours. In this short window I prefer to take a little me time I shoot for 30-45 minutes of what I want to do.  My time is usually used to play on the internet or read a book.  Yesterday I spent the entire time working on the internet.

     Then nap time was over, and I realized I did nothing else.  Now I have to begin dinner preps while the kids are both awake.  I was working at the sink when I hear "Mommy look a big truck."  So I meander on over to the window which my toddler is now occupying.  Sure enough there sits the cable truck.  Why did I not look outside all day?  I was certain we were having an equipment malfunction, and I was determined to fix it.  I watched for a while, and they made several trips up and down the poles.  Every time they went up I check my cable modem sure enough it went dead.  Now why did I not notice a dead modem all day?  They only flick it off for about a minute and then they turn it back on.  So all day by the time I would reach the modem after noticing a loss of connection to the computer, and it would be back on.

     To ensure my sanity I wandered down to ask the cable guy how long they had been working here.  The guy told me they had been there most of the day. Conclusion I am not crazy, and the modem and router work just fine.

     Here is to hoping for a cable guy free day.  So in those brief times where both kids are sleeping or occupied I can sneak on the internet.  I know all my mom readers out there appreciate their mom time during nap time.  So here is to nap time!!! The only quiet part of my day.

     I hope everyone's quiet down time goes smoothly today!

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     Hooray!! Yippee!! I got a blog award. I was very excited last night when I went to check my blog, and found an award.  Who knew little old me would get an award.

     Thank you so much Lacey for choosing to pass the award on to me.  Everyone please go by, and check out Lacey's blog. Little Miss Nerd Girl   Yeah!!! Still excited!!!


By accepting this award I agree to do the following:

•  Thank the blogger who awarded me with a link back to him/her.
•  Share seven things about myself.
•  Pass the award on to fifteen other newly discovered blogs.

Seven things about me:

1. I was in the United States Navy for six years working in nuclear power.  I met my husband there.
2. I was born and raised in Texas. I love to go back, and visit all my family.
3. I have lived in Texas, Illinois, South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina. Now we are back in Virginia at least for a little while.
4. I have visited a handful of foreign countries: Crete, Spain (3 times), Italy (2 times), Greece, Turkey, Slovenia, and Dubai UAE.  I think that is all of them.
5. I have 2 little boys with unusual names, Korvin and Kenaniah.
6. I love to: read, garden, play with my kids, cook anything, surf on the internet, and spend time with family and friends.
7. I am currently on a self improvement kick. I am working on taking time for me, eating better, and hope to start a fitness routine soon.

The Nominees Are:

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1.  A Day in the Life           
2.   Mama Fusion         
3. A Mommy's Lifestyle        
4. Back Porchervations 
5. Memoirs of a Mama              
6. Busy Julie            
7. Average Moms Wear Capes 
8. A Little Simplicity            
9.   Glo Sews                 
10. Julie Everyday          
11. Mindfully Frugal Mom 
12. Sassy Saving Moms         
13. This is no Ordinary Kid         
14. Margs for Mommy      
15. Emily at Home

Wow picking out people was tough.  I hope everyone shares the joy around.  I really was excited to see an award just for me.  Share a bright spot in someone's day.

Well in the midst of culling stuff out to move.  I have been trying to get all the forms needed to move filled out.  The military is trying to go with all online forms.  The only problem with this is the website they are using has some major issues.  I got logged in once, but had to get off because both the boys needed something.  Then I could not log in for a day and half.  Evidently every time you log out you need to go delete all your cookies/ internet history to log back in.  So I filled out most of the forms only to get to a question neither B nor I could answer.  So hopefully he can get the question answered at work in the morning so the forms can get submitted.  I would really like to have the dates we are moving available for a little planning.  My dear husband lives in a world where planning is not a necessity.  I however need to plan for sanity.

Also we are trying to prep things at this house for when we move.  Like getting the things B will need to fix up the house.  We plan on returning it to our friend in better shape than when we got it.  This means doing some painting, and general touch up work.  Also putting a little work into the lawn and flower beds.  I need to have the flower beds done before the boys and I move because B does not really have a background in yard work type stuff.  Now mowing and general care he has down.  Picking out plants for different light areas of the yard no.

I also have the pile of things I am cleaning up to put on craigslist.  Hoping to get that pile to decrease over the coming week.  Then there is the growing list of things we will need to buy for the new house.  Some stuff we have given away along our way while moving, or the things our room mates had when we lived there before.  I am however excited to see what all the money we put into the house over the years we have been gone has done for it.  When we did our taxes turns out there was a $12,000 plus loss on the house just this year.

To sum it up I am excited and nervous about the coming move.