it's been decided ...

On a day that happened to be a tuesday, i do believe. tony and i made our way to the norfolk public library in order to print some things off for our records and what not. in order to use the computers at the library you have to have a library card ... duh. so we signed up and are now proud owners of this little beauty:

On our way home from the library i came up with an idea ... something we can do to document our stays in different states. DRUM ROLL .... we are going to start collecting library cards! Alright this may sound dorky and childish but I need something to look forward to with all these moves in our future.

valentines .... better late than never

although valentines just happened to land on a sunday, we did most of celebrating saturday. we braved "the cold" and headed to olive garden for some soup, salad, and breadsticks, my favorite. after that we did some light shopping .... nothing too exciting but I loved every minute of it.

on sunday i really wanted to make some egg mcmuffins ....

... so i did!

tony was very nice to buy a a single yellow rose .... cause we're best friends!! plus i LOVE yellow. I really loved being surprised like that.

also, the very nice ladies in the office (of our complex) sent flowers to all ... well i think everyone, at least i got one.

and last but not least .... we recieved delicious valentines cookies from grandma o .... LOVERLY!!

IT TURNED OUT TO BE AN ALRIGHT WEEKEND

welcome little one

today we received great news that a little man came into this world, DECLAN BEVAN BRAFORD. we are glad that he has arrived. congratulations to curtiss and maggie. i hope you don't get mad at me for posting before you but ... i just couldn't help and announce it!! hopefully he will continue to be strong and safe. we love you!!

adventures with popcorn

The other night tony and i were watching a movie ... i believe it was up. cause i'm totally addicited to that film right now, so good. anways, and of course you have to have snacks and popcorn while watching just a great movie. so i pulled out some snacks and went to pop that corn in the microwave and remembered ... we don't have one. i mean how can you function in life with no microwave. so tony being the brillant man he is offered his services in cooking the popcorn over the stove. he he i have never laughed to hard trying to "cook" popcorn. i hope you enjoy.

first attmept ... trying to get steam to help pop the kernals:

somewhat popped but we're not quite sure how much it made:

The end result:

i promise

.... i will be posting more in the next couple of days, i just need to load the pictures first.

As many of you know we have ventured away from Florida to join tony's brother here in Virginia. we ... well i think mainly just me .... have been missing everyone we met in Florida. but we have to move on. we arrived in Virginia a few days shy of two weeks, although it feels like it's been a lifetime and I think it will continue to feel that way seeing that we will be moving into a new apartment mid February so i decided i would only "unpack" the things we really will be needing for that time. the reason we are moving "again" is so we will be able to have washer and dryer connections ... oh how nice it will be to be able to do laundry in the comfort of my home again. that is a day I will be looking forward to.

Also, tony is now in school but a night school. so he is home now in the mornings, he usually leaves for school around one and is supposed to be there until ten but hasn't had that happen yet thankfully and has been home around eight or so. because i like to see him when he gets home means that i have to think of things to do to keep me busy that late at night. hopefully i will be able to continue to do this even though right after he walks in the door i'm ready for sleep. he he. I promise to try and update all of you on our lives and whereabouts as often as i remember. sorry for the long absence.

Deck The Halls ...

Well ... It is my favortie time of year!! I couldn't even wait until after Thanksgiving to put up the tree so I decided I would post it after Thanksgiving instead. I love Christmas, everything about it makes me happy. Not only do we get to spend time with our loved ones but we get to feel happiness all month long, although for me I start as soon as I can.

Unfortunately Tony and I weren't able to go home for Thanksgiving. It was still a great day, which we didn't spend alone. We went on base and had an amazing feast with the branch and whoever else showed up. We ended up with about 70 people there which was very nice. Since we weren't able to make it home ... we are going home for Christmas. We are both very excited with this and grateful that we are able to make the trip.

We weren't sure if we would get a tree, knowing that we would just have to pack it up with all our stuff, but we found a cute little (3 ft) tree which is in a pot! Next we had to decide how to decorate. Thinking of color schemes we could do that we would both agree on. We went out looking for ornaments and found some great black and silver ones! I love the way our tree turned out! Man I love Christmas!