Army Life

This guest post from Mickey Garza

This is definitely a new phase of life for us. Having lived in Georgia our whole lives, my Army husband, our two kids, and THREE (yes, I’m crazy) dogs are headed to Ft. Hood Texas for the next two years. As terrified as I was at first, we could not be more excited! Such is the life of an Army wife, so I better get used to it. We have been so blessed with the support of family and friends and cannot wait for you guys to come visit! Patrick has already started planning, of course, which makes me feel much better about the things I’m scared about. We already have a security system (ya know, since Baker isn’t such a guard dog), he went to SHOPelectricityRatesTexas.com to look up the best rates in the area for power, and we’ve found a few churches we want to try out. So, now all that is left to do is pack it all up and head west! I’m getting sentimental looking through old photographs and trinkets – making the packing process a bit annoying for Pat. The solution? I’ll just watch!

Christmas

I swear I never know what to get my stepdad for Christmas. Every year I go through the same stuff on trying to find something he'd actually use, but he hardly uses anything as it is. One year I got him a practice net for golf and he ended up not liking it and got a different one that ended up breaking. Sometimes I don't think I can win lol. I think I might get him one of those golf gps maps that he can take with him, that would be pretty neat.

Where to Hide?!

One thing I haven't been able to get used to living in Kansas yet is the fear of tornadoes. One would think that having come from earthquake country I would be okay, but I'm really not. Every time the wind picks up I'm not sure what's going to happen. I think one of the biggest reasons I don't feel secure is that we don't have a basement. We can still run back to the building next door as one of our storm shelters but I'm not very comfortable there because of someone who lives there. As far as I know, there hasn't been a tornado through here in forever, if ever, but it still worries me.

Outdoor Fun

One of the things we did before I left was go on a family bike ride. I've really missed doing things like that. Luckily DD's trike can fit inside the car, we threw all the bikes up on the thule bike racks and took off for the day. It was so much fun riding on the trail like we used to. Of course this one was paved since tricycles don't do every well on gravel and dirt lol. I wish we could do things like that here but it's not incredibly safe considering there aren't sidewalks on many of the streets in our neighborhood. At least we have something fun to do back home that we can look forward to during visits.

It's Been a While...

I haven't been around much lately but I'm finally settling back into the swing of things. I'm still amazed at how much has changed this year already.

I've moved to Kansas! I've been back and forth a few times and the coming and going just got old after a while. I'm really excited about this move and really hope things work out for all of us. I think the best thing is that I don't have to worry about leaving and finding a new job because I just take it with me everywhere I go. I love that I have that kind of flexibility!