Whining

Whining . . . just the word is annoying. Peter and I have been trying to teach the kids (mainly Ben) to just use his words to ask for what he wants instead of whining about everything and every little thing requiring tears. Tonight was a small success followed by a reverting back to whining. I guess I am just being paid back for all of my whining as a kid and as a teen. In fact, when I was talking to Ben tonight I was reminded of working at Winn Dixie as a teenager. Why you might ask . . . well that is were I met my lovely husband of ten years. I was a cashier, he was the front end manager (however, he was not my manager, he was the manager over the baggers really, although I am sure he would disagree, this is the truth.) Peter used to say that I was a whiner with a poor work ethic (very suave right??) and one day presented me with a new name badge that instead of saying my name said "Whiner." What about my whining was so attractive, I don't know but it must have worked, because here we are.
Nonethless, we are tackling the whining. If you here of a woman who chose to go voluntarily deaf, it may be me. Am I whining right now about whining????

Road Trip

So we have been on a road trip to check out our future digs here in Oklahoma. I don't think I ever thought that I would say that I will be or live in Oklahoma, but exciting none the less. We have spent the last two days in the car with our two little ones. It is 20 hours from Riverview to Lawton. It is quite a haul. The first day seemed to fly by, but the second . . . not so much. I think the last 3 hours from the middle of nowhere Texas to Lawton was like an entire day all in itself.

During the trip I drove for a while, and of course I prefer to drive when there is no exits to get off of and I can just set the cruise and not worry about getting everyone lost. I am the only person on the face of the planet that has the uncanny ability to get lost while having a GPS tell me exactly where to go. And of course I take over and I end of driving through Dallas, Texas, I think I only stayed on each road 5 miles each and to make matters worse it was like 5:30-6:00 drive time traffic. I think possibly my worst driving nightmare. My wonderful husband, who needed a break, stayed awake and helped me navigate all the road changes, exits and traffic.

Our kiddies were really angels on the trip, with the exception of the necessary to every road trip bantor like, he's touching me, she has more pillow than me, I can't see the dvd, She's pressing the buttons, and the mother of all questions: Are we in Oklahoma yet? Tehy weathered all the sitting well, and I am really proud of them. Which will be rewarded with some hotel pool time tomorrow.

We have (obviously) made it here safely and we are getting settled into our Best Western hotel room (the lap of luxury) and are excited to check out the area tomorrow.

We are having dinner with another military family tomorrow night as well and looking forward to making a connection here in our new home to be. It will be nice to see a friendly face when we return to stay for good!