So we had a pretty good Christmas. We spent the night at the Conner's house on Christmas Eve so Santa could come that night. We spent the next day cooking all day and had a good dinner. I was exhausted by the end of the day and we all were in bed by 9 that night. Brandon fell asleep at 6:15.
We have yet to go to the beach since we have been here. I wanted to go yesterday but Curt didn't. I am hoping we can go on Friday when Curt is off work. I'm ready to go to the beach!! We really haven't done much either yet as far as the sights go around the island. I feel like we are wasting time even though we just got here. I want to see and do so much I feel like 3 years won't be long enough or something. haha
Plus, some of the stuff we want to do is not kid friendly for Brandon such as snorkeling, hiking, swimming with dolphins, etc. I need to get the kids registered for daycare on post and I am hoping to find a great FCC provider so we can take advantage of all there is to do and not be held back by a toddler.
Other than that not much is going on. We are still waiting on our house. We move in in about 18 days. I'm hoping for sooner though! Guess we will find out in about another week or so what is going on with that. I'm also ready to have my car here so I'm not stranded all day while Curt is at work. I have to get Kaylie registered for school. She will start on the 9th since I should have my car by then (scheduled to get here on the 4th) and she has her school physical on the 6th. We shall see how that all works out I guess. I'm just ready to have a house again!
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Hotels, houses, and exploring, oh my!
So here we are! Two weeks here and I am still in love! Today we drove around the whole island. It was so beautiful. At some points it literally took my breath away! I have not seen crystal clear blue water like that since we went to Miami back in 2004. Crazy beautiful. We stopped at some lookout points along the way and just would gaze out at the water. Hawaii is so gorgeous. To have the views of the mountains on one side of the road and the ocean on the other is just amazing. We couldn't get over the beauty surrounding us. When we finally got back to the North Shore the waves were still huge. (During the winter the North Shore has huge waves and that is when surfing competitions go on.) I have never seen waves that big in my life. I mean I grew up on Lake Michigan, literally 5 minutes from the beach, but the lake is completely different from the ocean. We never saw waves like that on the lake. haha
Anyway, so we gave up the house on Wheeler. Well...actually Curt did. I am upset about it for a few reasons. The main one being the school. Wheeler Elementary is supposedly the best out of the three on Schofield/Wheeler. The house on Wheeler was a pretty color and it was on a dead end street which I liked. Our new house is not pretty. It's such a plain color. As soon as we drove by it my heart sank. It's in the middle of a bunch of houses, so we will have neighbors in the front, back, and on both sides of us. I am a private, quiet person, so this doesn't bode well with me. There is a playground literally in the front yard of our house. I just see it being noisy and kids everywhere all the time. I cried myself to sleep that night about losing the house on Wheeler. And to make it worse, Curt will be working closer to the house on Wheeler than the house we have now. But...I don't want to dwell on it, because we no longer have the beautiful pretty house. I have to accept the house we have now. Hopefully it won't be as bad as I think it will be. Kaylie's school is also not as pretty. It looks really, really run down and gross. But, we shall see I guess. I still get upset just thinking about the loss of the house on Wheeler. So I don't want to talk about it anymore. I have cried enough over it.
I also cried because I told Curt I did NOT want a later move in date than what we had. But, alas, now we don't move in to this new house until January 16th. I was so upset. That is 10 freaking more days in a hotel. Ughhhhh. I am so ready to have a house again, and get settled. Cook an actual MEAL to eat.
Curt had a bit of a fiasco signing in. They tried to put him (and did put him) in a cav unit. Not where he was supposed to be, obviously. They even told him "we don't have you on our roster"...well duh, its because he's in the wrong place!! Morons. It took a few phone calls and a memo from the COAD branch manager to get him where he is supposed to be. No one has heard of the MAR2 program yet, since it is still a pilot program. It won't be implemented army wide until April 2012. But he's now at the right location and will be working at the divison headquarters.
So we are still in a hotel for four more weeks We actually switched rooms this week to a bigger room since we will be here longer than we were supposed to be. I just pray we can move in sooner than expected. It tends to happen a lot so we shall see. Keeping my fingers crossed! Our HHG are already here. So it will be good we can get them delivered the same day we move into our house. I guess that is the good news out of this whole deal. Now if only my car will get here soon!! It totally sucks being a one car family!!
Besides all of that, we are LOVING Hawaii. This totally will be a fantastic three years. We look forward to getting out and experiencing it in full. Stay tuned. :)
Anyway, so we gave up the house on Wheeler. Well...actually Curt did. I am upset about it for a few reasons. The main one being the school. Wheeler Elementary is supposedly the best out of the three on Schofield/Wheeler. The house on Wheeler was a pretty color and it was on a dead end street which I liked. Our new house is not pretty. It's such a plain color. As soon as we drove by it my heart sank. It's in the middle of a bunch of houses, so we will have neighbors in the front, back, and on both sides of us. I am a private, quiet person, so this doesn't bode well with me. There is a playground literally in the front yard of our house. I just see it being noisy and kids everywhere all the time. I cried myself to sleep that night about losing the house on Wheeler. And to make it worse, Curt will be working closer to the house on Wheeler than the house we have now. But...I don't want to dwell on it, because we no longer have the beautiful pretty house. I have to accept the house we have now. Hopefully it won't be as bad as I think it will be. Kaylie's school is also not as pretty. It looks really, really run down and gross. But, we shall see I guess. I still get upset just thinking about the loss of the house on Wheeler. So I don't want to talk about it anymore. I have cried enough over it.
I also cried because I told Curt I did NOT want a later move in date than what we had. But, alas, now we don't move in to this new house until January 16th. I was so upset. That is 10 freaking more days in a hotel. Ughhhhh. I am so ready to have a house again, and get settled. Cook an actual MEAL to eat.
Curt had a bit of a fiasco signing in. They tried to put him (and did put him) in a cav unit. Not where he was supposed to be, obviously. They even told him "we don't have you on our roster"...well duh, its because he's in the wrong place!! Morons. It took a few phone calls and a memo from the COAD branch manager to get him where he is supposed to be. No one has heard of the MAR2 program yet, since it is still a pilot program. It won't be implemented army wide until April 2012. But he's now at the right location and will be working at the divison headquarters.
So we are still in a hotel for four more weeks We actually switched rooms this week to a bigger room since we will be here longer than we were supposed to be. I just pray we can move in sooner than expected. It tends to happen a lot so we shall see. Keeping my fingers crossed! Our HHG are already here. So it will be good we can get them delivered the same day we move into our house. I guess that is the good news out of this whole deal. Now if only my car will get here soon!! It totally sucks being a one car family!!
Besides all of that, we are LOVING Hawaii. This totally will be a fantastic three years. We look forward to getting out and experiencing it in full. Stay tuned. :)
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Made it to Hawaii!!
So our move went well! Smooth sailing so far. It's kind of scary how perfect everything went. I was so worried about Brandon on the long flight but he never cried a single time the whole trip. I was so proud of him! It was an exhausting day and I don't like a direct flight from Chicago to Honolulu. Next time I want it broken up with a layover somewhere. Nine hours on one plane is exhausting. I had been up since 3:30 that morning we flew out and went to bed at 7 pm Hawaii time which to me was midnight. So I was up for almost 24 hours. We are slowly adjusting to the time change though.
My first impression of Hawaii was that it is absolutely stunning. It's so beautiful here. I know I am just going to love it. I can feel it already! The weather is damn near perfect. I am so glad and feel so blessed to be given the opportunity to live here. It's just breathtaking every time I walk outside and see the views of the mountains. I will love to wake up to that every day. This is "home" for the next three years.
I must say , as we drove around the day after we arrived that the Waikiki area is very nice. Lots of homeless people around though, which freak me out. They stink, and just scary the bejeezus out of me. I'm not comfortable around people like that. So that took some of the beauty away. Also, if you drive away from the touristy area Hawii IS kind of run down looking. Curt said it was probaby beautiful in 1970, but nothing has been updated since. That stuff aside though, it is stunning here and I am looking forward to enjoying the next few years living here and ejoying the "Aloha" culture. I can't wait to explore Oahu and the other islands and try some authentic Hawaiian cuisine!
ETA: Now that we have been here for a week, I have to change my opinion on the run down look of Hawaii. The houses look like huts and I think that is part of the beautiful culture here. They live so simple here and enjoy what Hawaii has to offer. I now find the huts to be charming.
So now that we have been here a week, I can say I am falling even more in love with Oahu every day! I can't wait to explore more and I can't wait to make it to visit the other islands!
Hawaii is such an awesome place and it almost feels like "home" to me. We are happy!
We got a house in two days that we were on the wait list too. We will be living on Wheeler Army Airfield, which is adjacent to Schofield Barracks. It's kind of out of the way and secluded from the hustle and bustle of Schofield. I don't know if I like that yet. I would have liked to be close to the school and the commissary and PX. And we are not. Our housing division is all by itself tucked in the back. But we will see how it is once we move in. We are scheduled to move in the beginning of January. So not too terribly long. :)
I must say , as we drove around the day after we arrived that the Waikiki area is very nice. Lots of homeless people around though, which freak me out. They stink, and just scary the bejeezus out of me. I'm not comfortable around people like that. So that took some of the beauty away. Also, if you drive away from the touristy area Hawii IS kind of run down looking. Curt said it was probaby beautiful in 1970, but nothing has been updated since. That stuff aside though, it is stunning here and I am looking forward to enjoying the next few years living here and ejoying the "Aloha" culture. I can't wait to explore Oahu and the other islands and try some authentic Hawaiian cuisine!
ETA: Now that we have been here for a week, I have to change my opinion on the run down look of Hawaii. The houses look like huts and I think that is part of the beautiful culture here. They live so simple here and enjoy what Hawaii has to offer. I now find the huts to be charming.
So now that we have been here a week, I can say I am falling even more in love with Oahu every day! I can't wait to explore more and I can't wait to make it to visit the other islands!
Hawaii is such an awesome place and it almost feels like "home" to me. We are happy!
We got a house in two days that we were on the wait list too. We will be living on Wheeler Army Airfield, which is adjacent to Schofield Barracks. It's kind of out of the way and secluded from the hustle and bustle of Schofield. I don't know if I like that yet. I would have liked to be close to the school and the commissary and PX. And we are not. Our housing division is all by itself tucked in the back. But we will see how it is once we move in. We are scheduled to move in the beginning of January. So not too terribly long. :)
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