The past 9 days...

Ok so I haven't been doing a whole lot but cleaning my house and watching television and that is why I haven't been blogging as much as I would like to... Hopefully when I start going places and doing things I will have a story to tell y'all everyday! But until then I will just post every few days... If that's ok. 

So here is a recap of this past week.

I finally got out of the house and hung out with some friends!! We didn't really do anything but go to post BUT that to me is way better than sitting on my tush at home. I hate just doing nothing. Then we had a cookout to attend and that was a awesome because I got to meet a bunch of other Army wives. Finally. Then Richard and I went out to eat with another couple to this Mexican Pizza place. I thought it was pretty funny because everything is still in Italian... haha. But Richard and I had actually already eaten so we just got two desserts and OH MY they were delicious! He got a half of a pineapple that was carved out and it had pineapple ice cream in the middle. It was good but now as yummy as mine! I got a lemon flute. It was the best lemon-y dessert I have ever eaten!! :)  After we ate and talked for a while we decided to go downtown. We went to a place called Orange Bar. All we did was sit outside at talk and take in the pretty buildings around all lit up. (This was about 11p.m. at night) We had fun just chilling with friends. I def. wanna go back downtown when its daylight and take a bunch of pictures! :)

Well today all I did was clean but our apartment needed it so I am not complaining. 

So I had a pretty good week and weekend!

XO Meg 

..a day in the life of meg..

Ciao! So this week has been a really slow and boring week... But here is kind of what goes on in my days... When he leaves in the early mornings I try my hardest to go back to sleep. (He leaves around 5:30 a.m.) Sometimes I do get to sleep another hour or so, but that doesn't happen too often. After I get out of bed I take Ellie outside for her to go potty. By 7 a.m. its pretty warm here.  Then we both eat our breakfast and catch up on some t.v. After breakfast I start the cleaning process. This is what I do to pass the most time in my day. I usually start with my kitchen because it is the room that needs the most attention. Dishes get washed by hand and put away. Then my counters and stove top get a good clorox cleaning.  After the kitchen is spotless I tackle the living room, dining room, and our bedroom and bathroom. These rooms don't need much... All I usually have to do in these is pick up a few things. After all the rooms are cleaned up I sweep and mop the whole apartment. This doesn't take me but like 2 hours to do... so by lunch time I have nothing to do but either watch t.v. or get online. One of my recent confessions I made on my Facebook was this.. I play Call of Duty: Black Ops while Richard is at work and I have nothing else to do. And with saying that, I just beat the whole game...... Haha It's true. I beat it. Sad to say really. But what else is a girl to do?! So after hours of trying to pre-occupy myself my hubby finally goes home around 6 p.m. That makes me whole day a lot better!!! About this time is when we figure out what to have for dinner and I begin the cooking process. Tonight we had a lovely ribeye steak with green beans and potatoes. I must say I love to cook! After dinner we just relax. We watch television or Skype with our family, or what Richard usually does.. Plays WOW. Then around 10:30 we are ready for bed! So there is a little tid-bit of what a day in the life of ME is like. Boring huh? YES! I still haven't been anywhere yet... Although this week a friend of mine came and picked me up and we hung out for a good while. We had a good time getting to know each other. I can't wait till I get my car or my household goods so I can have my bike. I am stuck here in this apt until I get my things. I hate not being able to just hop in my car and go like I did in the States. Soon but real soon my things will come! I have faith!  Oh this week I got to experience my first night alone. It was jump week and Richard had to leave to go jump out of an airplane. Ellie and I had the place to ourselves and in all honestly I didn't like it one bit. I don't like being here alone, but having Ellie makes it a lot better. I was so excited to see Richard when he came home! 

Even though it was only one night it still felt like forever... I dread the two weeks he has to do in Germany coming up next month. Stinks!! Well it is getting late here in Italy, so I am about to go to bed... but I hope you all have a wonderful evening! 

We actually took this one today. Can you say LOVE? <3

XO Meg

In a nut shell...

So I finally got internet yesterday afternoon and what a happy girl I am to finally be back in the real world! Is that sad?    Nah... HA! Anyway I wanted to keep up with what all I have done so while I didnt have internet I just used Word and made entries that way that I will now post. They start on August 1st to the 9th I think...

Monday, August 1, 2011

Yesterday morning we left the Smokey Mountains around 9 a.m. to find a church to go to. We drove for a little over an hour before we found Nantahala Missionary Baptist Church. We got there just in time for the service. It was… interesting id have to say. It was a very traditional little country church. After the service we headed to the Fields of the Woods. It was in Murphy, North Carolina. We got there and ate a quick picnic lunch and then we explored the park. It had a huge display of the Ten Commandments. 

Then it had a whole lot of other Biblical things. A really neat thing was the display of flags from every nation and they were in the shape of a cross. It was pretty cool. We had fun on our last family vacation! After we left there we were headed home. I got home and visited with my family and we had a very yummy veggie meal, courtesy of Granny. It was delish! After dinner and some of the family left I went up to my room to pack the rest of my things. Let me just say I was starting to stress out big time! I had 4 suitcases that I could take and a backpack and my stuff was NOT fitting at all! I was getting a little depressed because I knew there was no way I was gonna be able to take all of my things that I wanted to bring with me. Then I hear the front door open and there is my Mom! I was so surprised to see her! She had went home and told my dad that this was the last night with me and that she wanted to spend it with me. And thank goodness she did come because she helped me pack almost all of my things! And made it fit!! We did have to pack a 5^th bag but I was sure that it was worth whatever amount of money… So after staying up till after 1:30 a.m. we got all my stuff fit into 5^th big suitcases, a backpack, and another good size bag. (Thanks Mom) Then we decided it was time to go to bed… As I went to sleep last night I just thought to myself that this was the last time I would sleep on my comfy bed. Last time of this pillow. It was very sad… But then I thought but the next night I would be spending on a plane to Italy! Then I fell asleep. So this morning I woke up and spent some time (not enough) with my Granny & PaPa. It was hard telling them goodbye. They have been by my side from day one and for them not to be able to be a drive away from me is going to be a challenge. But I am hoping that with Skype and facebook I can keep in touch. After they left the house to take Granny to physical therapy Mom and I got ready and then we finished packing up the last few things I had. After I was all packed I had to go get Ellie’s papers at the vet’s office, which took way too long. But after that we were on our way to Atlanta to ship my car off and then to the airport! After an hour at the car-shipping place we (mom, Josh, Jon, and I) went to the airport. We got there and got to talk to this really nice lady that helped me check all my bags in and to my surprise I didn’t have to pay a penny for Ellie or my extra baggage! I was so happy! Oh and the lady also gave mom josh and Jon a gate pass so that they could come with me and sit at the gate! So after about 2 hours of waiting they called to board the plane! I had tell my brothers and my Moma goodbye… Mom started to cry and so did I. I don’t know what I will do without them. It’s going to be hard but I will have my other half there with me to help me cope and to comfort me.

Oh by the way I am on my flight right now… We boarded the plane at 6 p.m. and didn’t actually take off till about 7 p.m. It was really backed up because of the weather in the northeast and so some planes were late and that messed everything up. So it is now 10 p.m. so I am only 3 hours in… 6 more to go! Ellie has been a trooper so far. She has pretty much slept the whole time. It’s about my bed time as well… 

I think I’m gonna try to go to sleep for a while… Maybe we will almost be there by the time I wake up! More later!!

Ciao!

XO Meg

Continued…  Well I slept for a good 4 hours… but I still had two and now only one. I’d be there by now if we hadn’t had been so delayed… but I can’t tell you how excited and ready I am to FINALLY see my hubby!! Four months without him was living… crap! Well maybe it wasn’t that bad but it was very difficult for me to be alone. We married in December and he was still in training then so we weren’t able to be together then… and after training was all over he left for Italy in March. So I have pretty much felt like a single married woman. I’m married but always alone. I hated that feeling and within an hour or so I won’t have to feel that pain for a long time! I’m very excited to see what God has planned for us and to see how much we both grow spiritually. We need all the prayers we can get however. This is going to be a huge difference for me. This is my very first time away from my family. Nervous? Um yeah you could say that. But I think I’m more anxious than nervous. Who knows? So I am pretty thrilled about being able to have this blog to tell you all about my crazy Italian adventures! I can’t wait to actually have some pretty awesome stories! I’m just so ready to land. I think Ellie is getting pretty irritated. She probably needed another one of her pills to calm her nerves but I can’t really get to it very easily. Nor can I get to most of my things… I couldn’t get to my wallet so I couldn’t get online like I had planned. I couldn’t get to my nook or my ipod or my journal so I have pretty much done nothing but sit on here and type and sleep. They played Water for Elephants earlier. I love that movie. It’s pretty sad at parts though. Then they played so other weird movie, which I went to sleep watching. Then Wall Street was playing when I woke up. And now the dreaded TV drama show Glee is on. I have never (and don’t plan to) watched it. It just looks ridiculous. Anyways… So yeah only one more hour till I land and boy when I do I will be the happiest girl in this world!!! I can’t wait to be HOME with Richard! I can’t wait to see what our apartment looks like…  I’ll find out soon!!  More to come later!

XO Meg

August 5^th, 2011

I live in Italy with my hubs!!! I still can’t stop smiling!! 

I love my hunny! 

I finally landed around 10:45a.m. (Italy time) on Tuesday. It took forever for me to get all 6 checked bags. But after I loaded them all on a cart I headed toward the exit sign. I just had to go thru double doors and I would be with Richard. The doors opened and there he was. My heart was beating so fast. And then there I was standing right beside him! It was a sweet moment. Josh and Sarah Clemons brought him to the airport because Richard wasn’t sure that his car would hold all of my bags and it’s a really good thing they did because we barely fit my bags in their Jeep. So from the airport we went to our apartment. I was so excited to see my new home! And let me just say Richard did a very good job at picking it out! I love everything about it! My kitchen is awesome, my bathroom is small but really nice, our bedroom is roomy, and I love our windows!! We have a balcony that wraps around the whole place; we have a nice fenced in yard for Ellie to play in (which we share with our neighbors), and we have a garage. My hubs did me proud! So it is now Friday morning and I hate that I don’t have Internet so I can really post this… Richard called yesterday about it and they told him next Thursday they would hook it up. So until then I will just write every few days and keep you up to date with what all I do and when I do get Internet then I will post the longest blog post ever. So I really haven’t done much since I have been here but unpack and getting settled in. Richard is at work right now and Ellie is still asleep and I am catching up on some blogging… Sort of. Being here is a lot different that the US. It makes me miss my family a lot and my friends. I have met a few of Richard’s friends but that is all. I am ready for this weekend though! We plan on going to Ikea! I am pretty excited about that! I wanna take my camera and take a bunch of pictures! I haven’t taken a single pic. Since I have been here and that makes me sad, because I need to be making memories!! I am gonna start today taking pictures that way when we do get Internet I can post pictures along with my posts. Ok well I am about to go get a cup of coffee in my system and then get in the shower. Ciao! XO Meg

August 9, 2011

It was a week today that I flew into Venice. It seems like it was about a month ago…  I still haven’t seen much of Italy. Yesterday Richard took me to Monte Berico. It’s a beautiful church here in Vicenza. What I loved most though was the overlook. 

You could see for miles and miles. The mountains were so majestic looking. I will post pictures when I get internet. That’s right… I still am without internet but hopefully I will be getting it in 2 days. I sure hope so. So until I can really post this I will just write every few days. I have been doing a lot of cleaning the past couple of days… Ellie is having a rough time adjusting I think because she isn’t using her pad at all, instead she uses our bed or the couch. I haven’t really been taking her outside like I should either so I guess its partly my fault. Then this morning she came up to me and had her leash in her mouth. So that was my wake up call I guess. So I got my shoes on and we went outside. She was a bit scared at first because she had never been out before. She sniffed around for forever. Then she finally went to the bathroom and we went inside. I mopped all the rooms and then watched Soul Surfer, which by the way was a really, really good movie. Now I am just sitting at my table… I need to start getting ready for my first FRG meeting. I’m excited. What shall I wear??? Ciao!!

XO Meg

The End.

So yesterday as I said before I got Internet!! I got to Skype with Ms. Shelly, then with my mom, and then my brother! I was thrilled when I saw them! I miss them very much but being able to see them and hear their voices makes it all seem better. I dont know what I would do without technology... Yeah I do.. I would write all day everyday. Millions of letters! haha. Well not much has happened here... I have pretty much stayed at home by myself everyday. It's been pretty lonely... I wish my car would hurry up and get here so I could actually leave the house and have a social life. There are so many ladies over here that I wanna hang out with but I have no way of getting to them... Stinks. 

Well that is all for now... 

XO Meg