Happy Hour

Tonight was another girls' night out in which we went out for sushi.

Oh.My.Gosh. It was heavenly! I had edamame, 12 pieces of assorted sushi and for dessert had this awesome nutella with rice sushi roll. So good!

The best part? The complimentary sake they gave us at the beginning of the meal. I'v never had sake before, but ladies, I am hooked! It was awesome!



(This is actually where we ate)

Which brings me to this question, what do you like to drink? Do you have a signature drink that you make, a wine that you can't live without?

Chicken Salad Convert

First things first. I was shocked by the amount of comments I got on the last post. I guess we all struggle at times with how we look. Thanks for all the suggestions, feedback and support, you ladies are the best!

I am sorry to say that Sean and I didn't get to go out and eat at the restaurant the other night, as it was closed, but we tentatively have it scheduled for tonight. I say tentatively because Sean has a lot of packing to do for his upcoming trip, so that might have to take precedence over dinner. If it does I won't be too sad though, as I have an amazing chicken salad recipe that I am eager to prepare. A friend of mine made it for me once and as a person who didn't like chicken salad, I was immediately converted. I'll try to get some pictures of it so I can share it and the recipe with you ladies.

Last night I attended my first FRG meeting here in Vicenza and it was a doozy. Mainly because it was a battalion wide FRG meeting followed by our company FRG meetings. With that many people you can bet it didn't start on time and the info was slow going, but we made it out of there in about an hour and ten minutes. I'm kind of sad though because our FRG leader is quite the sassy lady and she and her husband will be leaving soon.

I did receive an email from her today regarding our company FRG t-shirts and they are awesome! Probably the coolest FRG shirt I've ever seen.



At the FRG meeting last night I seriously felt like I was at some kind of maternity convention. There were pregnant ladies as far as the eye can see. It's just weird to see so many pregnant women, when you yourself aren't pregnant. Speaking of...I had a woman (who I don't' know that well) ask me when I was having kids. I told her Sean and I would probably wait until we got back to the States. She says, "Really?!" in a shocked tone. As if she could see my eggs dying right in front of her eyes. I'm usually not one to be rude, but if I have one more person ask me that and have that reaction I'm going to tell them it's none of their business. Even my own mother doesn't ask me when Sean and I are going to have children!

The nerve of people!

In exciting news, I found a sushi restaurant in Vicenza! It's called Zushi and it's near the train station. I have not had sushi since December, so I'm unbelievably excited to try it out.

Forgetful Wife, Handbags Galore and a question.

I officially feel as if I'm a bad wife. Sean asked me this morning if I would mind ironing his OG's for work this morning. No problem I said, I do this nearly every morning. Somehow though between eating my peanut butter toast and primping I completely forgot to iron them for him.

I didn't even remember until he sent me a text while I was at work.

Him: "Forget something this morning?"

Me: "What?"

I'm sitting there racking my brain. Did I not turn off the curling iron? Forget to feed the dog? Then it came to me. I forgot to iron his OG's!

I felt bad and apologized, but there wasn't a lot I could do about it since I was already at work.

I'm really craving sushi today. I actually have been for the past week or so, but I keep putting off the craving. I think today is the day I'm going to go get some. I'm thinking about an Alaska roll and maybe some soup. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I'm pregnant and can't eat sushi!

Speaking of pregnancy, I've been having the most vivid pregnancy dreams the last few months. When I'm dreaming I can actually feel myself pregnant and look down and see my expanding abdomen. It's really freaky honestly.

When I looked up what pregnancy dreams mean it said you are growing personally, towards some goal, ambition, etc. Personally? I think it means I think about having a baby a lot. Even though I'm not ready to yet, I still think about it everyday.

Ok, so Sean and I have been having a disagreement about the dishwasher. Please tell me your opinions on this. See, Sean believes everything should be pretty much sparkling clean before it is put in the dishwasher. I think things should be rinsed off or caked on stuff should come off, but I don't agree with everything being spotless before it goes in the dishwasher. Besides sanitizing what do I really need the dishwasher for then? So what do you do? Are the dishes sparkling clean before you put them in? Or are you like me and just mostly rinse them?

Yesterday I was commenting on a friend's MySpace page about us going to Italy (she's already there) and how I couldn't wait to see her, etc. Then I read her blog and find out she and her husband are separating and she's going back to California. This is the second time in a month I've stuck my foot in my mouth commenting on some one's page! I quickly deleted the comment and prayed she hadn't read it yet. So much for knowing anyone in Italy though! I was excited to get to hang out with her and I feel bad that she and her husband are having these problems.

I first saw this on Megan's blog, but I wanted to share it with y'all. Go to Handbag Planet! They are having a grand opening on Oct. 15th and are giving away 24 purses in 24 hours. Some of the purses are beyond cute! I myself, want the Burberryesque bag.



(As seen on Handbag Planet)

Seeing all the cute purses on there has me jazzed about going shopping tonight. One of my co-workers asked me yesterday if I was going by myself and why wasn't I taking anyone? Honestly? There are only a few people I like going shopping with and none of them happen to live here. Plus, when I want to do some marathon shopping, as I plan on doing tonight, then I don't really want anyone with me. Make sense? Am I the only woman out there like that?

Have a fab Wednesday everyone!

Shoes!

These are two pairs of shoes that I bought at Payless the other day. The red ones are my favorite and they look super cute with jeans or a skirt.





I also found some good stuff at Goodwill. I bought about six shirts from there that will do well for either work or outside of work, two books and the Muppets Christmas Carol. One might ask why I bought a Christmas movie in the summer, but I love Christmas movies and I don't have that one so there's no way I could pass it up.

Unfortunately I didn't find any skirts, which is what I really wanted to buy on this trip. I even went to the mall to look and still didn't find anything I wanted. However, I did order 2 dresses off of the Forever 21 website last week so I'm hoping they come in soon.

I even had sushi for lunch on Saturday. A rainbow roll to be exact and it was just heavenly. I had dearly missed eating sushi.

As I said, Sean came back yesterday and so it was nice having a bed partner again even if I don't sleep as well in a crowded bed.

I'm getting excited about seeing my friends at the baby shower this weekend. I'm also very excited to see my best friend Jess, who the shower is for. I haven't seen her since she was only about a month along so I'm excited to see what a pretty, pregnant lady she is.

It looks like I will be taking Boomer home with me this weekend, as Sean has to work again. So that should be quite interesting. He's never been on a car ride that long and one occuring during the late evening hours should be even more interesting. I hope he does well. There was one incident of him being carsick. Let's just hope he doesn't repeat that!

Home Sweet Home

I think I might be going "home" this weekend. Technically I know home is wherever the Army sends us, but I will never stop thinking of Oklahoma as my home. I lived there for 24 years, so it's kind of hard to think of it as anything less than that.

Sean has a four day weekend, but since he is currently on standby status, it's not really a good idea for him to be 10 hours away in Oklahoma, so he's staying here. I never look forward to the long drive, but audio books make the drive seem so much shorter! I learned that on my last drive down here and I swear I'll never take a long trip without them again!

I'm excited to see my friends and family back home. I'm trying to see them as much as possible and as much as our pocketbook can afford before we PCS to Italy next January. I plan on seeing all my grandparents and of course my immediate family as well as some close friends. I also think I'll be eating at my favorite sushi place. Oh how I have missed the sushi at In the Raw! What a treat it will be. :)



Today was my first Army Family Team Building class. I have to say for the most part I really enjoyed it. I learned some things that I didn't already know and met some new people as well. I really enjoyed learning about the various volunteer opportunites that are available. Some of them sound like something I'd like to involve myself with.

Sean cooked hamburgers tonight and they were just delicious. Man, he can cook! He just goes by instinct and he always seems to know what works and what doesn't. He put Swiss cheese, onions and mushrooms on my burger. Sans bun of course, since I'm limiting my bread intake.

My little dog Boomer is something else. I think he was mad at us today because he was crated for quite awhile since I was taking classes and Sean was too. I would put him in the yard, but he's such a little escape artist and always manages to get outside the fence. So until we get some of large cage for the backyard he has to be crated inside. He's such a smart, little puppy! Sometimes he really aggravates me and I have to admit my desire to have children soon has gone down a bit since getting a dog. Being responsible for him right now is enough for me!



Well, tomorrow is going to be a bit busy for me, I have a couple of hours of class, then my yearly exam (oh joy!) and a job interview. Should be an interesting day!