Hidden Talent

My room is empty...well, all except for my bed, my duffel, and the teeny, tiny TV that we kept.  The other day (right after the movers took all our stuff away) my dad came in and expressed how he wanted my room to stay nice and neat at all times.  Of course my response was,  "Psh, that'll be easy!  There's nothing in my room!"

I am extremely talented.  I have the ability to make a mess out of nothing...

Living out of a duffel is not for me.  In no way shape or form was I meant to live with all of my clothes stuffed into one bag.  There is no good way to get anything out of it!  Especially when my jeans are at the bottom.  I like my jeans, a lot.  And, on top of the difficulty of retrieving clothes out of the evil bag that causes much frustration, all of my clothes are wrinkled when I finally find them!  That pushes my buttons.  Ironing every single piece of clothing I own before I wear it is not my idea of good time management.  Of course, spending an hour on the computer is considered good time management....

~RM

And Now For a Traffic Update...

Due to major construction, hallway 85 is down to one lane....

~RM

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Update on Baby....

...Sister!  We learned that the baby is a girl on Wednesday.  I am very excited to have another baby to coo over, to cuddle, to kiss, and make funny faces at that probably scare the child to death, again.  I have missed those things since Bear was a baby (though I have been able to get my 'baby kick' through babysitting the sweet children in our small group).  Her name is Cristabel, we have already started to shorten it to 'Belle'.  I was praying that she would be a girl ever since I saw the cutest pattern for a little girl's dress at 'Fabric Mart'.  Funny reason, I know :)  She is due February 10th, a month after we arrive in Germany.  Please pray for a healthy baby and healthy mom.  I'd really appreciate it!

~RM

It's Funny the Changes that Take Place Within the Human Brain at 4 o'clock in the Morning

A word from the not-so-wise-who-had-to-figure-this-out-the-hard-way:  "Staying up till some ridiculous hour in the morning at a sleep-over, while it may seem a good idea at first, is most definitely, undeniably, without a doubt, absolutely, not a good idea."  Last Friday night was spent with two of my very good friends for our last slumber-party madness before I move.  We had pizza, soda, the Keira Knightly version of Pride and Prejudice, chocolate, an air mattress and lots of stuff to talk about.  The evening was bound to be great.  Note: When using a slightly deflated air mattress, do not sit on the edge as this may result in falling backwards in a very ungraceful manner.  At around 5:30 pm we promised each other that we would stay up till at least 4 am, and we did.  At least two of us did...one of us fell asleep for a little bit until our giggling woke her up, I'm not naming names....   Common sense and brain-cells tend to turn off at around mid-night.  Quite a few times someone would crack a joke that was not all that amusing, but in our befuddled state anything was sidesplitting.  And, even more often were those times when someone was trying to say one thing but was not able to perfectly form the words so her statement resulted in gales of laughter.  Of course the next day no one can remember the conversation surrounding the comment.  The outcome is a quote like this, "That's how you shave a camel."  Don't ask, I don't even remember who said it.

Despite the fact that Saturday afternoon was spent unconscious on the steadily deflating air mattress and that my sleeping habits have been out of wack all week, I would not have missed that slumber party for anything.

~RM

A Walk on the Beach/ Aloha to Hawaii

My parents have been putting together a 'yearbook' that covers most of our stay here in Hawaii.  Having experimented with a photo album for my dad while he was in Iraq, Shutterfly has been used to construct this book of memoirs before our move.  My father came up with the idea to take this picture for the very last page of our yearbook as an 'aloha' to our home here in Hawaii. 
~RM

And With the Rain Comes the....Wildlife

I named him Stanley....
~RM