Ok....I'm back.
Sorry about that everyone! I didn't mean to be absent for the past week, but I was stuck at home and didn't get to post until today. When I checked my email this morning I actually had several emails from my parents asking if I was ok, because they hadn't heard from me in so long. I'm ok...just technologically deprived.
Now for the Updates:
Our car is in Europe! Sean got an email saying our car was in Germany and we needed to register it before they would send it down here, so we are taking care of that business today.
However, our household stuff/unaccompanied baggage is still MIA. Sean is convinced they lost it.
Last weekend, Sean and I ventured down to the butcher shop in our town. I was extremely nervous since I was going to be the one talking in a language I'm still learning, but it went surprisingly well! I managed to get us a kilo of bacon and two whole quail without confusing the crap out of the man behind the counter AND I did it completely in Italian. Now...I'm not saying it was complete sentences, but it was painless! You have no idea how excited I was.
This week I've been stuck at home because Sean hasn't had to work that much since the rest of the battalion and well most of everyone on post is elsewhere training. He's been going to PT, a few hours of work and then been dropped off. However, today we rented a car until we get our car and so we actually have transportation without relying on someone else. To say we are excited is an understatement.
Sean and I were mainly on post today to take our SETAF driver's test to get our license. We both passed, but we did have a little bet going on. I missed one question, but Sean missed two, so he owes me a 20 minute backrub. Victory is mine!
This weekend we are planning on going to Verona for a day. I'm excited about it! They have the third largest Roman colissum there (only behind Rome and one around Naples) and the "fake" Juliet house is there too. I'm not really that excited about that, mainly just excited about actually going to explore.
I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend! I missed all of you!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
How Many Keys?
So in case you didn't notice, I now have an awesome background to match my even more awesome header.
Becca over at Lovely Yellow Ribbons was a dear and gave me a background to match. Have I mentioned how talented she is lately?
One other blogger I'd like to mention is one of my best friends, Kebi. She's been commenting for awhile on blogs, but has now started blogging herself. You should check her out over at Hanging By a Thread and welcome her.
This morning I went to inspect our apartment and pick up our keys. Only a few things need to be done to the apartment. Mainly it needs to be swept and our landlord needs to install another outlet for our dryer. Other than that we are golden. I'm loving our balconies the most. I love that we have a front one and back one. Of course the back balcony, off our two bedrooms is my fave. It has a view of a garden and a few fields, it was foggy today so I couldn't check for a view of the mountains, but I'm hoping that is included.
You should see the amount of keys that I have for our apartment. I'm not kidding when I tell you we have about 20. They are labeled A-M and then we have two other for the door to our apartment, a set for our storage room aka cellar, a set for the door to our garage in the back, a set for the garage in the front and an automatic key for the door in and out of the whole garage. I have NO idea how I'm going to remember which key is for what. I'm sure with time and many trying of keys I'll figure it out.
Today from 2 to 4 I'm doing the driver's course. I mentioned I was supposed to go a few weeks ago, when Sean went, but he was in such a large in-processing class that there was no room for spouses to attend. So...that's what I'm doing today.
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions about the Rosetta Stone. I will be using that...eventually. I need to get my laptop hooked up to a wireless network first. That's actually a question that I'm going to save for another blog. I'm kind of clueless when it comes to laptops, so I'll be asking you ladies a few questions about it. Probably tomorrow.
Ciao!
Becca over at Lovely Yellow Ribbons was a dear and gave me a background to match. Have I mentioned how talented she is lately?
One other blogger I'd like to mention is one of my best friends, Kebi. She's been commenting for awhile on blogs, but has now started blogging herself. You should check her out over at Hanging By a Thread and welcome her.
This morning I went to inspect our apartment and pick up our keys. Only a few things need to be done to the apartment. Mainly it needs to be swept and our landlord needs to install another outlet for our dryer. Other than that we are golden. I'm loving our balconies the most. I love that we have a front one and back one. Of course the back balcony, off our two bedrooms is my fave. It has a view of a garden and a few fields, it was foggy today so I couldn't check for a view of the mountains, but I'm hoping that is included.
You should see the amount of keys that I have for our apartment. I'm not kidding when I tell you we have about 20. They are labeled A-M and then we have two other for the door to our apartment, a set for our storage room aka cellar, a set for the door to our garage in the back, a set for the garage in the front and an automatic key for the door in and out of the whole garage. I have NO idea how I'm going to remember which key is for what. I'm sure with time and many trying of keys I'll figure it out.
Today from 2 to 4 I'm doing the driver's course. I mentioned I was supposed to go a few weeks ago, when Sean went, but he was in such a large in-processing class that there was no room for spouses to attend. So...that's what I'm doing today.
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions about the Rosetta Stone. I will be using that...eventually. I need to get my laptop hooked up to a wireless network first. That's actually a question that I'm going to save for another blog. I'm kind of clueless when it comes to laptops, so I'll be asking you ladies a few questions about it. Probably tomorrow.
Ciao!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A New Love Interest
First of all I want to start by telling all of you about a couple of giveaways. Unfortunately..I am unable to post the pretty pics of all the super-nifty things you can win, but I'll provide the links.
Up first: My friend and former travel buddy Sara is giving away Pink Sugar perfume. It sounds heavenly! Head on over and enter.
Next up is Life of the Wife and you have choices of what you want on her giveaway. One option is a year subscription to the Crossfit Journal and your other option is a sweet Dior makeup giveaway.
On to my favorite newlywed...Misadventures of a Newlywed. She's giving away the cutest Lily Pulitzer stationary and you even have your choice between two.
Last but certainly not least is Make Mine a Mojito, she's giving away some fab looking brownies for Valentine's Day.
Whew...now that's a ton of giveaways!
In other news, I went to the electric company to get that switched over into Sean and I's name.
I've never been so nervous in my life.
See, our translator, who Sean and I have ridden with two times before, is a nice lady. Today though since she has me and another guy turning off his electricity, she had to run to the bank with him while I was in the electric office with the guy who works there.
Alone.
And I don't speak the language.
She told me as she was leaving, "Oh he knows a few words of English, you'll be in very capable hands."
Thank god he and I were able to communicate.
It was scary folks! My mission here is obvious. I MUST learn Italian and quickly!
Oh and by the way while I was waiting I saw a ton of people wearing denim. That made me feel better about jeans I was sporting.
Ok..so I still look like an American. It was quite obvious by the way everyone was looking at me in the electric office that I wasn't fooling them. I was hoping they were just looking at my super-cute red coat from Forever 21, but I doubt that was it. I plan on getting some pieces to blend in, but I haven't made it to the mall yet and there's only so much I can pull off with the limited clothing options in my suitcase.
Speaking of that, I'm tired of being reduced to a small number of options. Living out of a suitcase for almost two months really blows.
In other news, I think I'm in love.
With the Smart Cars. I mean how cute is this?
Everytime I see one of them I tell Sean that I want one. I do! I just don't want to spend the money to get one. I can just picture myself on a Tuscan road in my sporty little yellow Smart Car.
A girl can dream right?
Ciao!
Up first: My friend and former travel buddy Sara is giving away Pink Sugar perfume. It sounds heavenly! Head on over and enter.
Next up is Life of the Wife and you have choices of what you want on her giveaway. One option is a year subscription to the Crossfit Journal and your other option is a sweet Dior makeup giveaway.
On to my favorite newlywed...Misadventures of a Newlywed. She's giving away the cutest Lily Pulitzer stationary and you even have your choice between two.
Last but certainly not least is Make Mine a Mojito, she's giving away some fab looking brownies for Valentine's Day.
Whew...now that's a ton of giveaways!
In other news, I went to the electric company to get that switched over into Sean and I's name.
I've never been so nervous in my life.
See, our translator, who Sean and I have ridden with two times before, is a nice lady. Today though since she has me and another guy turning off his electricity, she had to run to the bank with him while I was in the electric office with the guy who works there.
Alone.
And I don't speak the language.
She told me as she was leaving, "Oh he knows a few words of English, you'll be in very capable hands."
Thank god he and I were able to communicate.
It was scary folks! My mission here is obvious. I MUST learn Italian and quickly!
Oh and by the way while I was waiting I saw a ton of people wearing denim. That made me feel better about jeans I was sporting.
Ok..so I still look like an American. It was quite obvious by the way everyone was looking at me in the electric office that I wasn't fooling them. I was hoping they were just looking at my super-cute red coat from Forever 21, but I doubt that was it. I plan on getting some pieces to blend in, but I haven't made it to the mall yet and there's only so much I can pull off with the limited clothing options in my suitcase.
Speaking of that, I'm tired of being reduced to a small number of options. Living out of a suitcase for almost two months really blows.
In other news, I think I'm in love.
With the Smart Cars. I mean how cute is this?
Everytime I see one of them I tell Sean that I want one. I do! I just don't want to spend the money to get one. I can just picture myself on a Tuscan road in my sporty little yellow Smart Car.
A girl can dream right?
Ciao!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Something New
Well, I'm sorry to say that my craptastic hair has returned. However, this time it's due to the crummy weather and not any appliances that I shorted out.
It has rained or snowed here all weekend long. I actually welcome the snow over rain, because the rain is steady, cold and completely bone soaking. Not pleasant I assure you.
This morning Sean and I had our lease signing over at housing bright and early. It took nearly two hours to complete all of it. The housing lady said mainly because the apartment we picked is brand-new, which requires a little bit more of paperwork.
It was quite a scene in the office. Picture Sean and I, who don't speak much Italian, unless you count my mastery of the Italian numerals from 1-10, the alphabet and the all important, "I'd like a table for two" among other things. Not exactly a mastery of the Italian language. Then picture our landlord, who as far as I know doesn't speak a lick of English. It was quite interesting.
Our government furniture and appliances are being delievered Friday and hopefully our household goods and unaccompanied baggage will be along soon. I actually went to Transportation the other day to inquire about them, but all the lady could tell me was that they were delayed. It was hard not to be sarcastic, I mean really? They're late? I never would have guessed. I guess they were scheduled to arrive the 26 of January. I'm hoping they aren't too late. I kind of want to get my stuff.
I'm busy all this week trying to get the utilities set up for our apartment. Tomorrow is the electric company, Wednesday is the house inspection, Thursday is the gas company. Don't worry about the language barrier though, they are kind enough to send a translator with you to help out with the process. Thank God!
I have some big news! Sean and I got a laptop. I must confess I am very behind in technology. This is our first laptop, but I'm so excited. It's a Toshiba and quite honestly it's just awesome. I can't get a good wireless signal in our hotel though,so I'm still having to visit the library to check the Internet, but it's nice to finally have a laptop!
Oh...and I'm happy to say that Sean has stopped with the muffin-top nickname. I guess telling him that the blogging world thought he was a jackass for calling me that helped immensely. He even cooked me dinner Friday night and took me bowling. Don't even ask about bowling. I honestly don't have that many gutterballs, maybe 3 and yet I still can't break 100.
Hope your Monday is great!
It has rained or snowed here all weekend long. I actually welcome the snow over rain, because the rain is steady, cold and completely bone soaking. Not pleasant I assure you.
This morning Sean and I had our lease signing over at housing bright and early. It took nearly two hours to complete all of it. The housing lady said mainly because the apartment we picked is brand-new, which requires a little bit more of paperwork.
It was quite a scene in the office. Picture Sean and I, who don't speak much Italian, unless you count my mastery of the Italian numerals from 1-10, the alphabet and the all important, "I'd like a table for two" among other things. Not exactly a mastery of the Italian language. Then picture our landlord, who as far as I know doesn't speak a lick of English. It was quite interesting.
Our government furniture and appliances are being delievered Friday and hopefully our household goods and unaccompanied baggage will be along soon. I actually went to Transportation the other day to inquire about them, but all the lady could tell me was that they were delayed. It was hard not to be sarcastic, I mean really? They're late? I never would have guessed. I guess they were scheduled to arrive the 26 of January. I'm hoping they aren't too late. I kind of want to get my stuff.
I'm busy all this week trying to get the utilities set up for our apartment. Tomorrow is the electric company, Wednesday is the house inspection, Thursday is the gas company. Don't worry about the language barrier though, they are kind enough to send a translator with you to help out with the process. Thank God!
I have some big news! Sean and I got a laptop. I must confess I am very behind in technology. This is our first laptop, but I'm so excited. It's a Toshiba and quite honestly it's just awesome. I can't get a good wireless signal in our hotel though,so I'm still having to visit the library to check the Internet, but it's nice to finally have a laptop!
Oh...and I'm happy to say that Sean has stopped with the muffin-top nickname. I guess telling him that the blogging world thought he was a jackass for calling me that helped immensely. He even cooked me dinner Friday night and took me bowling. Don't even ask about bowling. I honestly don't have that many gutterballs, maybe 3 and yet I still can't break 100.
Hope your Monday is great!