Friday 5's

I've been feeling rather uninspired regarding the blog lately. To the contrary, my life has actually been full of fun! You'd think I'd be bursting to write. Here are a few updates I managed to scrape together to celebrate this beautiful, sunny Friday: 

1. Home Sweet Home? I spent the past two weeks in Michigan visiting friends and family (Brad was gone for a field training exercise). It was a blast to introduce everyone to Ruby, she was a big hit as always.

 I love the smiles she puts on all faces (and how good she looks in green and white)

I have to admit, though, I quickly found myself itching to get back to Missouri. I used to think it was cute but kind of cliche when people would say "home is where the military sends us." Lately I actually believe and feel it to be true. Each return to Michigan feels a little less like home, and wherever our current home may be pulls at my heartstrings more and more. It is very bittersweet.

2. 25. November is here, and a big birthday is approaching for me. A quarter of a century...wow! As I look around at my happy little married home full of spoiled fur babies with two framed, hard-to-earn degrees hanging on our wall I can't help but feel pretty darn proud.

3. Eat Worms. Feeling disappointed about our measly showing of trick-or-treaters, Brad and I whipped up a treat of our own and loaded Ruby into the car on All Hallows' Eve for what may become a Witt family tradition.

 

Graveyard dirt seemed to be just the thing to surprise our friends with at their front doors to show them how much we love and appreciate them! Simple acts of unexpected giving just feel so good sometimes.

4. House Hunters. We finally unpacked the last box from this move (or so it seems) just in time to begin the search for our home near Fort Campbell. To rent or to buy, that seems to be the big debate lately. Advice and your own experiences, especially from our military friends, would be greatly appreciated. Either way, I simply cannot wait to be in a real home with a backyard and space for our family to grow.

5. Weekly Favorite Photo. The two goons in the front drove me and Ruby back to Missouri and toured Fort Leonard Wood. The goon in the back is very happy to have his girls back home.

Happy Friday! Happy November!

Friday 5's

So I have been seriously slacking in the world of blogging. What in the world, one may ask, have I been doing instead with my mass quantity of free time out here in the woods?

1. Breaking Bad. I'm completely addicted. Not to the blue (obviously), but to Heisenberg and the whole dang crew. So much so that I am now proud but also a little ashamed to say I am officially up to date and ready to watch the last two episodes in real time with the rest of the BB addicts out there. I'm feeling a tad nervous though that I'm getting overly attached. My heart breaks a little and I tend to mourn like I've lost loved ones when I finish a great series of books or shows. 
   
   
   
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2. Pup Adventures. I have a new walking pal! His name is Scout, and he is a four-month-old bundle of cute...and perhaps a little bit of naughty every now and then. My friend Kristin recently landed an unexpected new job, thus filling my afternoons with endless adventure with her fur baby. Scout and I pride ourselves on mastering the sit, stay, and come this week with a Cheerio treat at the end. It has been so miserably hot here still, our walks usually involve me sweating to near death and daydreaming about a cool, fall afternoon walk together in our hopefully very near future.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Better buy stock in JoAnn's. I've been doing some serious crafting lately. Here is my latest favorite - old house keys turned into sparkly Christmas ornaments! I'm really looking forward to taking the time each holiday season to think of the memories we made in each home.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Viva Las Vegas. We are officially booked for a trip to Vegas to celebrate the 21st birthday of Miss Meredith Witt on New Year's Eve. Not too shabby of a way to end an incredible year for us. 2013, you've been a pretty good one so far.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Pizza Stone Cookies? Yep. You heard me right. I believe Brad's quote was, "You have officially mastered the chocolate chip cookie." A friend suggested I bake my next batch on our new Pampered Chef pizza stone. Why have we been missing out on the perfect cookies all these years?! Try it. I dare you.                                                                                                   
   
   
   
   
   
   

That is all.

Oh, except for one more thing.

Wedding thank you notes are consuming/ruining my life.

Happy weekend everyone!

5 on Friday

The past month has been all about new friends and many new things to learn, mostly about Army world, but even about the blog world too. My new friend Kristin of Kristin's kNook has been coaching me in the realm of blogging. She got into blogging as one of many means of surviving life in Alaska during her hubby's two deployments. Army wives really are super women! Anyways, Kristin's "blog of food and thought" is just as fabulous as she is, and it has given me some inspiration for my own blog. So here we go, my very first (drum roll please)...

5 on Friday! 

{five things I am currently loving, five things I'm currently hating, or five things that are just on my mind}

1. Oh so Pinterest-y. So these mythical new Missouri friends I keep bragging about do exist! We got together this week for a lunch and craft date. It seems as though we all arrived to town expecting the worst and are finding happiness in the comfort of knowing we are all in it together...and have an extensive list of Pinterest crafts and recipes to tackle together as well. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. I knew he was good for something. In our first month of full-time cohabitation, I've discovered some thing new I absolutely love about Brad. Don't get me wrong, I've also discovered some things I definitely could have done without. Hence the reason our guest bathroom has transitioned into my bathroom. Sharing a bathroom with a messy man will be a Fort Campbell thing for me (or in my ideal world, a never thing). Anyways, every morning I find my Kindle and glasses not on my own night stand, but on my husband's. The stubborn book worm in me insists every night I can stay awake for just one more chapter. It gives me such warm fuzzies to know I will always have him there to take such good care of me, even if it is just simple things. After all, it's the little things in life that make it a happy one, right?
3. Seats for eats. As it turns out, dining room chairs are expensive. Welcome to adulthood! But after one too many of our new friends fell through the tops of moving boxes during dinner, we caved (pun completely intended) and invested in solid seating for our company. I'm also considering Oliver and Lola's career in furniture modeling. 
   
   
   
   
   
4. "Oh my gosh, sir!" What a beautiful ring. One year ago Brad received his West Point class ring, kicking off a very fun firstie year. In all honesty, it has been an interesting adjustment here, one that has given the ring we all 'oooh-ed' and 'aww-ed' over a bit of a hiatus in it's snazzy box. We had many conversations even before moving here that the arrogance of a select few West Pointers ruins things a bit for everyone else. My friends have even confirmed that their husbands are not too fond of many (but not all!) West Point graduates they work with. Just as I knew he would, Brad has been doing a killer job of finding the right balance of being rightfully proud of his education but also humble and respectful. We are crazy happy for our friends in the class of 2014 as they receive their rings today!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Rumor has it. Sunday night. NSYNC reunion. Enough said. 

Happy Friday everyone!