So an all in all pretty uneverntful couple days. Its taken so long because my stupid internet signal is in and out. Mostly because its not really mine. Just, we'll say, using other peoples. That all changes Wednesday when we scould have cable, high speed internet and a good ol land line.
Friday Ben slept till almost 2pm. So I was forced to clean up and do my womanly chores I guess. We sat around and were going to go to the Thrice concert at the Pipeline Cafe but weren't able to get tickets which is really gay because I LOVE them. So Ben came up with the marvelous idea of going to Dixie's. This place has an awesome bar type atmosphere, good ol texas BBQ place. Dixie's excited us for 2 reasons, 1) southern type BBQ and 2) they have crab legs, which both of us have taken a fancy to. They also have the BEST sweet tea. Even better than Ben's aunt Carol's which is really hard to beat. So off we went. This place is convenently placed very close to the navy gate we go in and out of all the time. This time I was feelin adventerous and got the Screamin Mai Tai. 32 oz of acholholic goodness. At first I was thinking it was really weak but soon changed my mind as soon as I stood up. This time I had the 1/2 rack of ribs. Still too much food. It comes with 2 sides of your choice so I got a salad
and mashers. The salad its self filled me up. Ben got the Beer Battered Fish N Chips. He says they were the best he's ever had. See, last time we went there we both were cravin some crab big time so we each got the 1lb crab meal. I didn't think 1 lb. was that much. No we wont do that again, maybe split it.
Later that night we were walking the dogs around the block like we always do and saw some people out who we always see and have shown interest in the dogs. This time they had a bunch of people over and were cookin out and drinkin. Alright sounds like our kind of people. We ended up stopping and talking to them for about an hour. We exchanged numbers and hopefully will be doing something with them by next weekend. They seemed really cool. I need people to socialize with. We also met a couple friends of theirs who I hit it off with right away. I just hope they call and don't just leave us hanging. The guy, Scott, has a beautiful dark brindle boxer that didn't take a liking to Charlie and Lexi too much. Scott says he doesn't like any dogs for that matter. Hmm...aggressive Boxer? Ben came home and played Fable, uggh, all night while I feel asleep.
Yesterday we both got up late and sat around until we got the idea to go check out the swap meet at the stadium. Pretty cool place. Reminds me alot of Denios back home. Alot of the vendors had the same thing though. We are looking for a bench seat almost like a hope chest to throw shoes in by the front door. The places I haven't checked yet are the navy thrift store and and Goodwill. I cooked my specialty for lunch, sauteed mushrooms, chicken breasts and a small amount of rice. Mmmm. Ben laughs because I never liked mushrooms until I sauteed them. We finally wet out to Lowes to get our good ol replacement curtain rod. Yes, I did find one I liked. We also picked another one up for our bedroom. See, Ben has to sleep during the day on his new schedule and our bedroom gets alot of light and heat because it is up stairs. We attempted to find some curtains that would block out the light and heat but they were way too expensive. So it looks like we will be heading back to K Mart. I am so done with curtain shopping. On the way home we found Sam's Club and looked around. We didn't find too much. We have noticed tons of places putting out Christmas stuff already though. Crazy! On the way home our hunger got the best of us and we stopped at this place we've been wanting to try called Anna Miller's. Almost an exact replica of Marie Callenders. Their macadamia nut pie is pretty good. I felt old though, we sat and had our cups of coffee and pie.
Today the plan was to go to the beach but that yet again didn't happen. I managed on putting our addresses and phone numbers in a new phone book and started my new address post cards project. We both had the wonderful idea for lunch to go pick up some odds and ends from the Commissary. We wanted to try sauteed mushrooms with stir fry yokisoba noodles and chicken. Mmm sounds good thinking about it. So off we went...bad idea. Commissary, on a Sunday, after church is out, never a good idea. It was packed, but at least its not like Travis where it was all retirees that didn't know what they needed. No offense to anyone but its just annoying when your in a hurry. So today it was just a bunch of people who would block the middle of the isle and not let you through. One lady even gave me attitude when I said excuse me. Lunch was good once we got out of the mad house. Since then we have been tiddying up and hanging our new curtain rod. It looks good. Thank goodness that fiasco is over. Ben says I should write to Chicken Noodle Soup for the Military Wife with an addition to a story I was telling him about. It was about all the differences between when a civilian wife moves and a military wife moves. He said I should add my whole idea of buying bigger curtains and cutting them in half to make them fit a smaller window, then I took velcro squares and made them a big curtain again, that a way we have a small set and large if needed. You never know what size window you'll have at your new base house. Now im off to bed so we can get up early to go to the beach, maybe the sun will be more bearable then.
Until tomorrow,
The Morgan's
Friday Ben slept till almost 2pm. So I was forced to clean up and do my womanly chores I guess. We sat around and were going to go to the Thrice concert at the Pipeline Cafe but weren't able to get tickets which is really gay because I LOVE them. So Ben came up with the marvelous idea of going to Dixie's. This place has an awesome bar type atmosphere, good ol texas BBQ place. Dixie's excited us for 2 reasons, 1) southern type BBQ and 2) they have crab legs, which both of us have taken a fancy to. They also have the BEST sweet tea. Even better than Ben's aunt Carol's which is really hard to beat. So off we went. This place is convenently placed very close to the navy gate we go in and out of all the time. This time I was feelin adventerous and got the Screamin Mai Tai. 32 oz of acholholic goodness. At first I was thinking it was really weak but soon changed my mind as soon as I stood up. This time I had the 1/2 rack of ribs. Still too much food. It comes with 2 sides of your choice so I got a salad
and mashers. The salad its self filled me up. Ben got the Beer Battered Fish N Chips. He says they were the best he's ever had. See, last time we went there we both were cravin some crab big time so we each got the 1lb crab meal. I didn't think 1 lb. was that much. No we wont do that again, maybe split it.Later that night we were walking the dogs around the block like we always do and saw some people out who we always see and have shown interest in the dogs. This time they had a bunch of people over and were cookin out and drinkin. Alright sounds like our kind of people. We ended up stopping and talking to them for about an hour. We exchanged numbers and hopefully will be doing something with them by next weekend. They seemed really cool. I need people to socialize with. We also met a couple friends of theirs who I hit it off with right away. I just hope they call and don't just leave us hanging. The guy, Scott, has a beautiful dark brindle boxer that didn't take a liking to Charlie and Lexi too much. Scott says he doesn't like any dogs for that matter. Hmm...aggressive Boxer? Ben came home and played Fable, uggh, all night while I feel asleep.
Yesterday we both got up late and sat around until we got the idea to go check out the swap meet at the stadium. Pretty cool place. Reminds me alot of Denios back home. Alot of the vendors had the same thing though. We are looking for a bench seat almost like a hope chest to throw shoes in by the front door. The places I haven't checked yet are the navy thrift store and and Goodwill. I cooked my specialty for lunch, sauteed mushrooms, chicken breasts and a small amount of rice. Mmmm. Ben laughs because I never liked mushrooms until I sauteed them. We finally wet out to Lowes to get our good ol replacement curtain rod. Yes, I did find one I liked. We also picked another one up for our bedroom. See, Ben has to sleep during the day on his new schedule and our bedroom gets alot of light and heat because it is up stairs. We attempted to find some curtains that would block out the light and heat but they were way too expensive. So it looks like we will be heading back to K Mart. I am so done with curtain shopping. On the way home we found Sam's Club and looked around. We didn't find too much. We have noticed tons of places putting out Christmas stuff already though. Crazy! On the way home our hunger got the best of us and we stopped at this place we've been wanting to try called Anna Miller's. Almost an exact replica of Marie Callenders. Their macadamia nut pie is pretty good. I felt old though, we sat and had our cups of coffee and pie.
Today the plan was to go to the beach but that yet again didn't happen. I managed on putting our addresses and phone numbers in a new phone book and started my new address post cards project. We both had the wonderful idea for lunch to go pick up some odds and ends from the Commissary. We wanted to try sauteed mushrooms with stir fry yokisoba noodles and chicken. Mmm sounds good thinking about it. So off we went...bad idea. Commissary, on a Sunday, after church is out, never a good idea. It was packed, but at least its not like Travis where it was all retirees that didn't know what they needed. No offense to anyone but its just annoying when your in a hurry. So today it was just a bunch of people who would block the middle of the isle and not let you through. One lady even gave me attitude when I said excuse me. Lunch was good once we got out of the mad house. Since then we have been tiddying up and hanging our new curtain rod. It looks good. Thank goodness that fiasco is over. Ben says I should write to Chicken Noodle Soup for the Military Wife with an addition to a story I was telling him about. It was about all the differences between when a civilian wife moves and a military wife moves. He said I should add my whole idea of buying bigger curtains and cutting them in half to make them fit a smaller window, then I took velcro squares and made them a big curtain again, that a way we have a small set and large if needed. You never know what size window you'll have at your new base house. Now im off to bed so we can get up early to go to the beach, maybe the sun will be more bearable then.
Until tomorrow,
The Morgan's
