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Title:	Lean Cuisine review...
Posted On:	August 16, 2010, 19:38 PM
Listing Detail	The other day when I was at the store, I saw this package from lean cuisine...now I love lean cuisines, and so I figured I would try this new one that they have on the shelves. I I bought the Chicken Margherita as pictured. First of all, it was really simple to make. You throw in the in microwave for about 5 minutes and voila, its done. I emptied it into a bowl, put a little Parmesan on top, and let it cool so I could enjoy my lunch. The first bite was delicious. The pasta is cooked just right, not crunchy and not too soft, which in my opinion is al dente! The spinach added a nice touch, the tomatoes were delicious, and then we get to the chicken. The first bite of chicken was only okay, I thought maybe the chicken didn't go along too well with the whole meal over all. Of course, maybe it just had more seasoning than the others. It also had cartilage and or fat with it. I can't stand eating meat that isn't primarily meat. I don't like cartilage or fat in my meats. So it wasn't the greatest experience for me. I've noticed that a lot of frozen foods do this though. Overall, this meal was delicious, and a great filling meal when you are trying to watch what you eat. It was easy, fast and convenient. It could be cheaper, but what out there couldn't be? Overall it was great, and I would eat it again, I'd even recommend it. Just be careful of the chicken...so lean cuisine, if you are listening, check your chicken a little better please!! =) But please, try this for yourself, I can't wait to try a few more flavors! Stay tuned for my next review...the pluot!

Title:	Its been a while, I apologize
Posted On:	August 2, 2010, 18:06 PM
Listing Detail	Its been quite a while since I updated the website. Things have been a little crazy. Moving into a new house, getting things situated. I deleted my msn account, so I lost all of my favorites, and I keep forgetting to come on here and update. So instead of giving you the re-hash of my entire two months that we've been here, I'm just going to start fresh and call it a day. The house is coming along nicely. We have everything we want in the places that they need to be, pretty much. There are a few things here and there, that still need to be gone through, but overall, the house is pretty much set up. We've been enjoying our time in our new home. I just can't wait to start decorating a little more, right now, our walls are bare. Still, its a comfortable house, and its nice to have that. We did manage to pick up the other car finally. We ran down to Houston, picked it up and headed back. So far, the car is doing okay, it hasn't had any major issues as of yet. I do need to take the van in later though. I think the brakes are acting up again. We have also been visiting with family a lot more, well, my family that is. Its been nice to visit, the girls got to stay with Memaw for an entire week, they had so much fun. I will get on here more frequently now, I have to start working out again more regularly, cooking a lot more, and start taking pictures again. The girls start school soon, and I will need to find more hobbies to keep me occupied!

Title:	So, its been a while...
Posted On:	June 29, 2010, 21:11 PM
Listing Detail	and I'm very sorry for that. But things have been crazy. I mean we left Germany, got to Texas, immediately started our house hunt, found a house, didn't have internet, had internet, have no furniture...its just been nuts, this way. So I'm going to be probably doing this in sections. I'll tell you about coming back to the states, and what we have been up to since we got here, but like I said, sections will be done. So we finally left Germany on the 4th of June. We took the train early in the morning from Idar Oberstein to Frankfurt. It was actually a really nice train ride, the girls enjoyed it, and all four of us slept a little bit on the way. We got to the airport, and besides lugging around all of our baggage and animals, it was okay to get through the airport. Then we were able to check in our bags, and animals, and it was a nice transaction, no suprises, and no extra fees, other than the 150 euro per pet, but we knew that was coming. I will have to say that Lufthansa was more than accomidating. At first, it was a little hectic, the flight was slightly delayed, we had to take a bus to get onto the plane, which was a little weird, and then we didn't get on through a covered aisle, but we actually had to go outside, climb the stairs and get on the plane that way. Still, not a big deal. It was a little bothersome though because we had the first people to get on, which included us because of the kids, and then everyone else. We were all let off the bus at the same time, so there really was no first come first serve type of thing. But they more than made up for that little weirdness. We got settled in, put bags away, and were off. They brought the girls some little crafts and coloring books, and they had a special meal for them, which was more kid friendly than our meals, and they almost always included a little kiddie suprise. We were able to watch movies, tv, listen to radio, watch the screen, sleep, whatever we wanted. The flight also had more than enough bathrooms, and I don't recall having to wait a single time to use the restroom which was beyond nice. Overall, the flight was uneventful, and while long, it was a good flight. We arrived, about 10 hours later in Dallas. Then the real fun got to start. Getting our bags, was not fun. We had two bags per person, plus both animals. And after almost being the last people to get our bags, (we got the animals before all of our bags), we had to wait in line to go through customs. Luckily the guy was a pretty nice guy and basically let us go through and we didn't have to jump through hoops to get out of there. Now, this was almost two hours after we arrived in Dallas, we finally got outside, and waited for my Mom to pick us up. We loaded up the car and headed to her house. Exhausted, but we made it. We were going to try to pick up the van as soon as we got here, but we actually didn't have time, the place was set to close soon after we were all settled, so instead, we had to rent a car. That was actually a little hectic as well. We had to call a few places, before we found somewhere that we could rent a car, then when we did find a place, it was the last car and we had to get there by a certain time. We managed to make it though, and got this little Kia, that was falling apart like no other car I've seen, but hey, we had a vehicle. (It was a good thing too, because our van, wasn't even here yet). Finally we relaxed and settled down. We all went out to eat, and kind of relaxed for the rest of the evening. We hashed out what was to be done the next day and so on. We also reserved our hotel for in Killeen. Phew! The next morning, Paul and I woke up early, and headed down to Killeen. As I was driving down here, I was noticing my speed going up and up, darn autobahn does that to a person, lol. I was watching it though. I did manage to get pulled over, aparently, the officer said I wasn't wearing my seat belt. I actually was, but it was under my arm, because it was bothering me. I explained to him that we just got back, and I had no idea that there was this new law or something that required you to have your seatbelt on the right way at all times. I mean I still had it on. Needless to say that jerk gave me a ticket. Talk about an ass! I realize he's just doing his job, but HELLO, I just got off of a plane from GERMANY, give me a BREAK! Or how about a WARNING?? Okay, off my soapbox. So I felt that the day started off a little badly. We made it to our realtors office, and looked at probably 15 houses that day. We saw ONE that we were interested in. The rest weren't great, in a bad area, or too expensive. We finished up around dinner time, Paul and I went out to eat at Texas Land and Cattle company. Let me just say that from what I remember of our dinner, it was great, but I was so jet lagged at this point, that I could barely keep my eyes open. We made it to our hotel, we stayed at The Days Inn near the mall, and we were out. It was probably the best sleep we'd gotten since getting rid of our furniture though, so that was a plus. We also got free breakfast, and it was a hot breakfast, not just the cereal and all, so that was great. I enjoyed our time in that hotel. Then we started to look at more houses. We probably saw another 10-15 again. We didn't see another one that really matched up to the first house we were interested in, until the last two. One that was on a busy street, not a highway, just a main street in a housing area, and the other that was out of the way, and didn't have a complete fence. We talked it over, and decided to go with the latter of the two. I've learned that when looking at houses, you can't find something perfect most of the time. If you do, well then you better snatch it up. But we found three houses that would have been fine for us. Let me tell you about the three houses that we saw. The first house was a really nice house, but not in a great location, the neighborhood seemed fine, but the school was surrounded by houses that were falling apart, and I wasn't sure I wanted my kids to go to that school. Plus the house didn't have a seperate shower, or double vanity. It also had a sloped backyard that sloped down quite drastically. Otherwise, it was a great house, and it was also at a great price. House number two, the people were in the process of moving, so boxes were everywhere. I loved the paint, and the crown molding, and was a little blinded by the things that I really liked. The house was out of the way, on a culdesac, had a large yard, and four bedrooms with paint that was perfect for our family. One major issue was the fence, the fence isn't completed, there are three surrounding fences, but it just needs to be closed off, which really isn't a huge major issue. But its still an added expense. The third house that I fell in love with, was beautiful, very clean inside and out, but it had a small yard, it also had this weird pantry/laundry room. I don't know how I'd feel about that later on. It had a gorgeous kitchen, high ceilings, fenced in yard. The house didn't have double vanities, or a seperate shower though, so that was another drawback. And this house was on a main street in a housing area. Basically everyone goes down this one street to get home. Being that we lived basically on a culdesac in Germany where people didn't go down our street very often, it made me a little more than nervous, and with the yard being smaller, the kids couldn't really play in the front, or the back very well. We decided to go with house number two. Of all the houses, I really believe that we made the best choice. We decided to put in an offer on the house. The house was on the market for 139,900, we offered 136,000, they pay closing costs, leave the fridge in the kitchen, and leave the big shed in the back yard. We waited and waited, and voila, they took our offer. I was completely expecting them to re-negotiate and counter, but they didn't. We had our inspector come out, and look at the house. Everything looks to be the norm. The only issues were that some of the tiles in the kitchen are cracked, which to me is an issue. So we hashed that detail out and they are going to pay for those to be fixed at closing. Overall, a great deal, and a great house. It did take a few days after that until we could move in, and so we stayed with my Mom and I scoped out craigslist to find some furniture that we could use until ours got here. Then 11 days after we arrived in Texas, we were able to move into our new house. We are renting it for a month, while we wait for our loan to go through. I was lucky enough to get some things from my Dad and my stepmom. So we have a two recliner chairs, a tv, a bar height bistro type table with two bar stools, and some patio furniture. We also bought a few little things along the way. Both girls now have dressers, one we bought for 50, the other for 20. We got Autumn a book case for her room for 20 from Target, we found some bar stools for our little bar area for 80, we found two end tables that we are using as a tv holder, and a table for random things for 20 from goodwill, and we got a futon for 80. The futon mattress is in two so the girls are sleeping on that little section of the mattress with a sleeping bag for now. Oh and my Mom let us borrow the air mattress for us to sleep on. So we have made it pretty well. I'm proud of us, and our deals, lol. We also found a few other little things, I found a kitchenaid stand mixer that we got for 160.00, its a beautiful color blue, and I can't wait to use it. We also got two lamps for 15 for our bedroom, perfect size for our room, we got a steam cleaner for pretty cheap, a swiffer duster basically for free, and a swiffer sweeper vac for 10. I also found a vacuum, but it smelled like cat pee or something, so its an outside vacuum now. The rest of the things that we've needed we bought at Walmart. Those were some major expenses too. Just the little things that you need to survive, not even talking about food necessarily. But we needed towels, kitchen supplies, and a few other minor things that just really added up. Its been crazy to say the least. We also managed to buy Paul a new grill with smoker. He LOVES it, so thats a good thing. We got the girls a little blow up pool to play in, and all kinds of other little things to do here and there. Luckily we set up the tv so the girls are able to at least watch tv, they get tired of their toys since they only have a few right now. There is the update for now, I will update more later!!

Title:	Happy Birthday Dylan....
Posted On:	May 24, 2010, 07:47 AM
Listing Detail	I <3 this kid. Paul at one point had to remind me that he wasn't my child, but I still love him like one of my own! Isn't he just adorable? I guess I could throw in one or two of my own kids, this is Sierra stuffing her face full o' cake. Autumn loves balloons. Of course, I had to remind Paul that he wasn't his son either...but we will always love that little boy!!

Title:	The time is coming near....
Posted On:	May 24, 2010, 07:36 AM
Listing Detail	Its getting closer and closer to moving day. We've been getting the house ready for final inspection, cleaning almost daily because of the cat and the dog are shedding everywhere, I think I may take the vacuum to the cat here soon. We've been spending as much time with friends as we can, and preparing ourselves for what is to come. This weekend was a great one. Friday night we had a party at the house. It was a lot of fun, we also ended up going to Shooters for some karaoke, which was a blast. Had Dylans birthday party on Saturday, then a huge bbq at the Hiers house. It was also a lot of fun, and I'm so glad we went. I didn't know if we'd stay too long because Paul and I were both a little hungover from the night before, but of course, it ended up being a blast. Lexi even had fun, running around, and checking out the people. The girls were spoiled with banana splits and popsicles, and it was just all around a good time. Germany can be gorgeous when the sun is shining, and Saturday was no different. Sunday we started the arduous task of cleaning the house, preparing for unaccompanied baggage to come through, and getting the house ready for that final inspection. First we cleaned the basement, and the attic, we also cleaned our storage rooms while were there. So those are both one more less thing that we have to do. I also took down all of our curtains and rods, going to wash the curtains today sometime. Then I started washing the windows. The living room and kitchen windows are starting to look really great. Now onto the other windows. Windows are pretty easy, because I won't have to do them again before the week is through. Then we'll be cleaning light fixtures, and appliances. It was another beautiful, but warm day yesterday. I love Germany when its warm though, so I'm definitely not complaining at all. It has been making for some sweaty nights though, I'll take the good with the bad. Last night I also watched Things we Lost in the Fire. I'm unsure of the point to that movie, but it was okay I guess. I just didn't think it came to a good conculsion in the end. Lame! Today we are running around finishing up a few more things that need to be done, and finishing up more on the house. Oh we also took all of the nails out of the walls, that part, was not that fun...especially when you have chalk walls. I am realizing that there are some things I'm going to greatly miss from here though. Its not all bad, I may complain, but sometimes it can be really nice, and really great here. I still can't wait to get to the states, but I will certainly miss some things. On a final note, I have a bajillion houses that I'm looking through right now. Wish me luck that we find a nice one for cheap!! ; )

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