Settling Into Life

As the dust begins to besmirch our newly placed furniture, and crumbs can be found on the table at any moment, it is clear that the newness of the house is beginning to wane, and it is becoming more of a home rather than a strange/new place to live that houses our belongings.

My husband has stained/painted our fence a pretty “Redwood” color, and our trampoline has been assembled. (And by “our” trampoline, I mean, the new one we had to buy to replace the old after it was slashed before we moved. Another expense we weren’t expecting.)

The kids have begun taking on their chores once again, with random marks on our white carpet coming up with little-to-no effort, and the pile ‘o laundry still mounts, although is done much faster and more effortlessly with our newly purchased Whirlpool Duet front-loading washer and dryer from Sears.

I’m finding time to work out everyday, too, which is such a huge sanity-saver for me. I’ve dug out the ol’ Wii Fit and EA Sports Active More Workouts and am hitting ‘em hard, trying to work off the weight I’ve gained from stress and moving and restaurant eating and traveling and everything else. Especially with the heat so oppressive here, it’s hard to find a decent time to run, I have to find alternatives to get my sweat on, yo.

My husband can’t seem to get real estate and DIY off his brain, he’s gone and found tons of shows to DVR/watch and ideas are floating in every which direction. He’s also discovered a love of Whole Foods (our first duty station with one closeby). Lots of excitement about owning our first home, though.

And delicious, delirious naps from all the excitement.

Her awfully mis-matched outfit caused insta-sleep. I call this one the “Helmet Nap”

I can’t say it enough – we love it here. So very, very much.

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Post-Packing Wii Fun with Just Dance 2

We’re pretty much gigantic dorks. But we sure have a ton of fun…

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Nintendo Wii and Netflix Party (and Giveaway!)

 I’ve grown up worshipping Nintendo all my life, owning every game system they ever created. I mean, who doesn’t have fond memories of playing Tetris all hours of the night and saving the princess in Zelda as a kid? Working with them as a Brand Ambassador is pretty much the awesomest “job” ever, if you can even call it a job, because I love them that much.

As part of my “job,” Nintendo sponsored a Wii-shindig in my home, for my friends to come over and kick-it while we celebrate the partnership between Nintendo and Netflix. I had the extreme pleasure of experiencing actual adult conversation (stop the presses!!) over some great eats with friends, and teaching a few guests how to set up their Netflix to their Wii (pretty much adding unlimited awesome to something already awesome).

Oh, the food, friends, and the games! Gosh, did I mention how great it was to have actual adult conversation and laughter OHTHELAUGHTER! All while the kids had an absolute blast rocketing into space with Super Mario Galaxy 2, then dancing their little behinds off with Just Dance (as you will see in the video, there was lots and lots of dancing), as well as Mario Kart Wii and Nerf and gosh, my poor Wii was on for HOURS!

We downloaded Tetris Party from the Wii Shop, in which I schooled my kids (ahem, and hubby) as well as old-school Zelda. For real. I can’t believe you can get those games using Wii Points (which I was able to hand out like candy to my party guests. Woo hoo!)

All in all, a wonderful time. And? Video proof a great time was had by all.

(By the way, the sound is a little off, not sure why Windows Live Movie Maker did that.)

I don’t think I can love Nintendo anymore than I do right now.

Wait, yes I can. The day they come out with the Wii with full HD capabilities. Mario + Netflix + HD = awesomesauce. I eagerly await that day, my friends.

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