Kelly's First Blog

Erin wanted me to contribute to this, so I guess I'll start today.

It was a hell of a Monday. I had to train people on the parade for POW/MIA day, that was fun and I'll miss it. I wish I was marching in it since it'll be my last, but someone has to show the others how to do it. I also learned today that a new list of reenlistment bonuses was released. My career field is on the list... but... I already extended last month so I'm 99.9% sure I missed out on over $17K. That sucks, but you have to take the good with the bad. I extended to take the orders to Scott AFB, and we'll be WAY closer to family so it's a blessing. I just wish I could have the blessing AND the money. I'll find out more tomorrow, but I don't hold much hope.

Erin's kicking butt on packing... look, hummingbirds... anyway, she's got a lot of boxes packed. We're going to move ourselves. We got a good deal on a truck and trailer so we should make some money and have more control. We'll probably never do this again because it's nice to have someone else do all the work, but it's worth a shot at least once.

Ian's getting smarter by the day. I cant believe he's potty training. He gets so proud of himself when he goes. He's progressing WAY faster than we expected. I know it's a long process but we were putting it off out of fear, but it worked to our advantage. I took him out for about 3 hours on Saturday and he didn't have an accident.

Ok, I'm starting to think about losing that money again, so I need to go practice with my bow or something to take my mind off of it. At least bow season is only two weeks away!

Ian vs. Baby Powder

Today Ian was alone for maybe 5 minutes and he decided to sprinkle baby powder all over his room. It was on his cars, guitar, sit-n-spin and all over the window sill! At the end of the day when it was all cleaned up...his room smelled of sweet baby powder!

Day 3 of Rain!

This will be Day 3 of rain and no end in sight. Hurricane Ike could be bringing more rain next week too. Ian and I are really starting to get cabin fever and it's really taking a toll on us. Have you ever been stuck inside for 3 days with a 2 year old boy?? If you have, you haven't spent those 3 days with 'MY' 2 year old boy! Today we are going to Mc Donald's to play with some friends in the Playplace. Should be fun! Can you hear the sarcasm??
I'll post some pictures of Ian and his friends later.

We're moving!!

So we're moving at the end of October! We've been here (Sheppard AFB, TX) for 4 years and we are so ready to check out our new base, which is Scott AFB, IL. I'm excited to be going back to the real Air Force....the one where you can go anywhere and not worry that the airmen will ruin it for you. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of nice airmen, BUT the bad ones ruin it for the rest of them. We aren't the only ones who have a bad taste in our mouths from them. Just think if you were stuck in a town of 100,000 and 10,000 were 18-19 year old airmen!!
Anyway, our new base is a lot closer to all of our family. Kelly's aunt and uncle (Chris & Rich) live 4 hours from Scott and my parents live 8 hours from Scott. Even my sister, Emily and Kelly's mom, Cindy will be a little bit closer. I'm looking forward to meeting new people and experiencing a new town. Plus, St. Louis is 20 minutes from the base....so there's plenty to do there and most of it's free (thanks Anheiser Busch!)
I'm going to leave it at that for now. Sooo....
Have a great day!