My Big Girl Present

You know you have grown up when you get excited over a vacuum. Our house in Columbus had hardwood floors so we had very little need for a vacuum. I got by just fine with a swiffer vac and wet jet. We did however buy a small (pink) Eureka vacuum because it was on sale for 49.99 at Wal-Mart and I thought it would be a lot easier then beating out the area rugs we had. After opening the box I knew it was a mistake because I had to put the majority of it together. Apparently I didn't do something right because just about a month after we got it it stopped working. It would suck up dog hair, dirt, and other stuff and shoot it right back out the back. Basically just blowing the stuff all over the floor causing me to have to go back over it with a broom and dust pan. So as I was going though the house before the move I found it locked away in the hall closet where it had been for about 8 months. Definitely was not wasting the time to get that to Colorado, so I chucked on the curb and the next day it was gone. I don't know weather the trash man took or some poor soul garbed it thinking they could fix it.

When we moved into our house here I found that the entire upstairs is carpeted....umm that's gonna be a problem. Guess it's time to get a real vacuum. Tonight Steve came home and asked if I wanted to go look at them just to see what kind of price range we were talking. When we found the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser I knew I was in LOVE! Steve told me to just go ahead and get it since we have already been in the house two weeks and let's face it Louie sheds like mad! I just took it out of the box and did a tiny corner of the house and as I said I am in love! Who saids you need to spend $400 on a good vacuum for pet hair. This thing was under $200 and it works AMAZING!!! Steve just laughed as he watched me basically dance around as I vacuumed the rest of the living room. Then it hit me....I am going GAGA over a VACUUM! When did life get like this?? When did I start to get excited over things like vacuums or the BX having Method cleaning products! When did I grow up?

Moving Sucks

I know I have been terrible about updating you all on the Bostwick's journey to Colorful Colorado! The reason being is that so many things have gone wrong I just haven't been in the mood to explain the whole thing. That being said....We have FINALLY made it! Colorado is beautiful! So far I love everything about this state, even the afternoon rain showers. We have the most amazing view from the front of our house of Pikes Peak and just waking up to that every morning makes me happy. Steve is still in the process of inprocessing. Gracie and I have our first doctors appointment here on Thursday. Turns out that our little Air Force Brat will be born on an Army Base just like her mommy. So be looking out for an update sometime on friday about how she is doing. As far as getting settle goes...that's been well crazy. The movers came with "our stuff" on Tuesday. Not only where they missing a good chunk of it, but most of the furniture they did bring is broken. Apparently they took it upon themselves to dissemble some of our furniture when they put it in storage and lost a bunch of screws, nails, and wooden pegs to put it all back together. What pisses me off is that every item was assembled when it left our house in Columbus. So now we get to deal with the moving company about what they owe us because the stuff is pretty much useless at this point. Fun Times Right?? I guess that's pretty much it for now. I am sure I will be writing blog later about our Casa Bonita adventure last night but for now it's Grace and mine nap time! :-)

Patriotic Women Bake Cookies

So I read this today and it made me laugh. I am sure any of you Columbus AFB ladies know why.

Patriotic Women Bake Cookies

By Denise J. Hunnell

"You want me to do WHAT?!?!? Stay home and bake cookies???" That could have been me twenty years ago. I was a thoroughly modern woman. Newly married to an air force pilot, I was not going to be shackled by outdated images of the proper officer's wife. I was not going to be one of those squadron wives who scurried around making wonderful home-baked goodies for the "cookie bus" during combat exerises. I scoffed at the squadron commander's wife who exhorted us to keep cookie dough in the freezer so we would be ready to go whenever the exercise kicked off. How silly!! Our husbands are training to go to war. They don't care about chocolate chips and snicker-doodles!!

Now look at me: Twenty years later, I am the commander's wife and I have my apron on. I am rolling out sugar cookies for the airmen who will be in the dorms for the holidays. Other wives are churning out chocolate-chip cookies to send with deploying troops. I've got cookie dough in my freezer! Why do military wives bake cookies? After twenty years I understand.

When I married my husband, I accepted his choice to be an air force pilot, but that was his job, not mine. Over the years, I have learned that his choice is more than a job. It is a mission. I have watched as military careers ended when a spouse could not accept the demands of he mission. I have watched as marriages ended when a soldier could not give up the mission. Therefore, I have embraced the mission in my own way.

I cannot fly or fix planes. I don't carry a weapon. But I can volunteer my hands and heart to those who do. And I can bake cookies. They are baked with flour, sugar, butter, and a lot of prayers. I can only hope that each soldier finds some comfort in my culinary creation. I pray they feel the respect and support of my heart added to the recipe. Their sacrifice for America has inspired in me a reverence for America. Their willingness to defend this nation has taught me that this is a nation worth defending.

Yes, I am still a modern woman. Bust, now I am a patriotic woman. And I bake cookies!

Amen Sister!!!!

Busy Bee Bostwicks.....

So it's been about two and half months since Steve left for training. Lucky for us he will (hopefully) be back next Wednesday which is 4 days sooner then we thought! This separation has been so crazy it's not even funny. My dad told me at the beginning of June when I called him all flustered about the way things were happening that I am in the worse case scenario. It is our first PCS as a married couple. My husband has been on back to back TDYs and hasn't been on Columbus (during a duty day) since May 30th. Everything that could possibly go wrong with his orders for those TDYs has gone wrong and his training schedule has prevented him from being able to handle it. Leaving me to learn (rather quickly) the ins and outs of certain military affairs and offices. Steve will not be back in time for our stuff to be picked up so I am now having to though/pack the house by myself. Oh yea, and to top it all off I am pregnant with our first child. Which has been another roller coaster all on it's own, but such a great ride. I know that NO other PCS will come close to what this one has been. That's what I keep telling myself that if we can make it though this all of our other moves will seem like a piece of cake. I think the hardest part though is what Steve has missed out on. He wasn't here when I found out Gracie was a Gracie, or when I first felt her move. I am however holding out on anyone else feeling her before he does. That is one thing I can keep for him and I plan on it. Even though NO she's not exactly kicking yet, but I know it's coming any day now. :-)

Pregnancy Breakdown.

I have come to find out that when people say that pregnant women have zero control of their emotions this is so true. As excited as I am about tomorrow today has been a really down day for me. I think it finally hit that Steve will being missing one of the biggest moments of our first child's pregnancy. I know it may not seem like a big deal to some people but to me it is. He's my best friend and although I have two amazing ladies who I have grown to love coming with me for support tomorrow. It's just not the same. I don't think I would be taking it so hard if he hadn't already been away for so long. Steve has pretty much been gone since May 30th and he won't be back until Aug 7. Now before any of you make a comment about how this won't be the last time or the longest time.... I KNOW ALREADY THANKS! I am ALSO well aware that some spouses are going though a much harder time then we are right now, but this post isn't a poor pity us blog. It's just away to help me feel better tonight. I am sure any of you who have ever had to be away from your husband even for a couple of days can understand what I am feeling. In three words....IT JUST SUCKS!

BUT...it could be worse.....I would rather him be away now then in December when our little one is being born. I know how lucky we are for that! So here's to having emotional breakdowns and sobbing for 2 hours about things you can not change. Then sucking it up the next day and move on, because tomorrow will be a good day. NO MATTER WHAT WE FIND OUT! LOL

My Dog Louie

Two blog post in one day!! I know but this story is just too funny not to share!

So I am at my parents house on vacation for the week and I have our dogs with me. My parents also have a Yorkie named Luke and a cat name Miss. Kitty. Louie hasn't been around many cats before so he is extremely interested in Miss. Kitty. Tonight she took refuge on top of dad's dresser in his room. Louie was trying to jump up and get her to play, but was actually scratching the front of the dresser in the process. So I called him to get out of the room twice before having to actually get up and go in the room. When I got to him I started fussing at him come out of the room after a couple times of him ignoring me I've had enough. I gently grab his extra skin on his neck and turn him around to face the door and tell him "Get in THE crate." Now normally when I tell him to go to the crate I use the phrase "Get in YOUR crate." Apparently this makes a BIG difference. Louie takes off running to my parents dog Luke's crate,because Luke is a Yorkie and Louie is a German Shepard Doberman Mix this did not quite work out. Louie sticks his whole head in the crate and stands there just like that. I wish I had time to snap a picture before I dropped to the ground laughing. Trust me as if My 60 lbs dog standing with his head in a toy dog crate was not a funny enough sight the 4 month pregnant woman laughing on the floor in tears just made it that much better. Needless to say after the family stopped laughing none of us could get it together enough to fuss at Louie anymore. He went right back to his post under the dresser whining up at Miss. Kitty.

I don't know weather that makes him a dummy or the smartest dog in the world. He knew he was in big trouble because they never get sent to their crate, so he decided that an attempt at making me laugh could help him out. Ok Louie....You win this round.

Reasonable Doubt

Do I believe a woman guilty of having some part (if not solely responsible) of killing her child got away with murder today? YES, hello your child goes missing for 31 days and you don't report it? Then when you get caught in the web of lies you told you try and claim she was kidnapped?? Are you kidding me woman? If she was Innocent she would not have lied to the police and hinder the search for her daughter in the first place. Common Sense!

Do I believe that she should have been charged with AT LEAST child neglect if not man slaughter? YES, Not reporting your child missing for 31 days is NEGLECT!!! SORRY just my opinion. As for the charge of man slaughter. You don't lie to the police unless you have a reason to lie.

Do I believe that the justice system failed today? NO. OK OK CALM DOWN AND LET ME EXPLAIN.

In this case it was the state's job to PROVE that Casey Anthony killed her daughter. I believe that they FAILED at their job. All their evidence was circumstantial and left too many unanswered questions. They made it far to easy for the defense (which by the way sucked!) to poke holes in their case and they fell short in trying to fill them again.

So do I blame the jurors for what happen today? NO I don't I blame the State. They left us without answers and too much doubt to really know what happened to that little girl. They are the ones who failed little Caylee today.