72-hour kit

72-hour kit for couples

So I just re-looked through our 72-kit and boy do we have a lot of stuff that was outdated. So after 2 hours and one full trash bag we have a hygiene backpack/food backpack and a gadget bag...just have to get a few more edible things but we are set if a hurricane/flooding happens in our new area of SC

So I encourage everyone to look at your stuff. I try and look every conference but since our move I wasn't able too. So now we are ready till October of this year. Then I will check it again in April. Hopefully I can keep this up now. lol!

I looked at https://pinterest.com...it's a really great site for things and ideas that others may have.

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SUMMER!!

Hey-

So we have been in South Carolina for about a month now...hard to believe that we decided to take the leap and move all of our stuff here while waiting the paperwork to go through for his transfer with the Coast Guard. FUN STUFF!
We are excited to be here. Jeff had to go back to D.C. for a couple of weeks for work to wrap things up we hope. And is heading is way home today :) I have been organizing and organizing and yes downsizing some more. It is very interesting how much stuff a person not alone two persons collect in 40-49 years of life are doing good. And very proud of ourselves :)
Of course I have been to the beach with my dad and my parents today which was a lot of FUN! We saw a dolphin almost close to shore this morning mom thinks it was young male cause he was by himself. Pretty neat.Well, off to see if my nephew needs for me to get him some tennis balls. Love having family so close. IT'S AWESOME!!

new places,new faces

So Jeff and I sold our home in November within 5 days and closed a few weeks later. So we settled down temporarily in a place called Fairfax,VA in December. I am a total stranger to this place I know no one just a few people from my new ward. I have found the stores I need to shop at for our things and shopping more online then in the stores just to avoid the crazy traffic and having to carry stuff up two flights of stairs (3rd floor).
I pray everyday that my husband will be able to find a job that will take us out of this "congested and expensive"area so we can finally get some roots planted. I am hoping for a warm environment but any place with Jeff will be "home" to me.

my new do

I decided to make a hair change once again...my hair was all the way down my back and I decided in order to really pound the ground with working out the hair has got to go short so it's a little more manageable now and I since the "change of life" is coming early for me it keeps me cool lol!!
Jeff and I have started going to the gym in our apartment complex every night except weekends and I have been faithfully working out with our Wii fit and have lost 10 lbs :) Just in the month of January...here is to a healthy 2013!

Goodbye Kat

We decided that's best for Kat to find a new foster couple due to Jeff's allergies. It has been a fun 18 months teaching her some tricks and playing with her :) I hope she will be happy in her new home in Lorton, VA. Thanks Kat for letting us take care and love you.

Working out

Okay, I (April) have been a slacker in the "exercise" department. I started my cardio workout with the biggest loser DVD and it's working quite well. I did workout today and I feel great! Now to keep it up for the rest of the week. Wish me luck!

Day 3- I did a workout on Friday of last week so that makes 3 days with this video. I hesitated to do this video today
Cause I am getting a little bored with it. So one more day and then I will introduce the next exercise DVD ( I have lots).
Today is Supposed to be day 4...but since I got really sick yesterday afternoon with a fever and headache. I decided to take it easy today.
Tomorrow I will be painting my mom-in-law apartment with my husband so that should make up for not exercising today...Right?? lol!

So, I survived painting the mom-in-law's house...It took us from Thursday afternoon 3:30 pm till 12 am then 8:00 am-12:00 am stopping for supplies and lunch on Friday then 3:30-9:30 pm on Saturday after setting the room back the way it was and putting all our stuff in the car we left about 10:30 pm Saturday night. Whew!! It was a lot of work but worth it! It looks great! Mom-in-law doesn't return home until the 22nd of next week so we will see if she likes it. I wish I had taken pictures but,as you can see there was no time all work and no play (which I really wanted to prance around Charlottesville and Carter's mountain) Does this count as a workout for three days?? I think so...I stepped on the scale and have lost 1 pound!! Wahoo! So, this week I am doing the unconventional way of exercise or some may say typical? It is.....HOUSEWORK and GROCERY SHOPPING!! that we so needed to get done and some projects wish me luck with staying busy as I try this week's Housewife way of exercise and hope to see some progress done in our home as well as with my physical strength and endeavor.

Okay- here are the results from last week....3 lbs!!!! that is right housework does help you lose weight :)
So for this week I have been walking and yes more housework....I will let you know what the results were I know something is working cause my clothes are fitting better.
p.s. mom-in-law called when she got home from UTAH and said that she LOVES the new colors in the apartment. So all that hard work paid off...literally.
October 3rd,2012
Okay I have been a slacker on blogger. It has been really busy here in our household. I have started exercising with the wii fit. It's great! I workout 30 minutes a day 5 days a week. I can see my clothes are becoming looser. . So I will keep you posted on sizes and hopefully weight-loss. Wish me luck:)

It's raining,it's storming, it's hailing???

We are finally getting some rain in our area hopefully enough to get us out of a drought.... So for all of those who wish they ran out in hail so they could see it up front and personal here you are a couple of them. Enjoy!!

The Butlers new play set

Jeff and I are in Gaithersburg,MD for the weekend watching our nieces (4) and nephews (2) for Jeff's sister Terrilynne while she is away attending the Glen Beck event in Dallas,Texas. We have had a good time starting last night with having an all you can eat taco salad and all you can eat ice cream sundaes :)

Jeff outside helping the assembly guy put the kids swing-set together.

the nieces and nephews enjoying their new swing-set

swing-set is a sucess

Today we awoke to the excitement of getting a brand new play set put into the backyard. The contractor arrived (just one mind you) to put this play set in and Jeff and I looked at each other and thought this will not get done today with just the one guy! So, Jeff volunteered his time today (7 hours) to helping this contractor assemble this huge play set and guess what we are finished!! Well somewhat a couple parts were missing that will be arriving tomorrow....so here are some pictures from the whole day....the rest of the swingset is a set of monkey bars....it is like to two playsets put together with a sand box and a picnic table area underneath...pretty cool!