we need a new house

We have been living in our current townhouse for over two years now and it's time for a change. I tell people that we have outgrown it which is ridiculous since there are only two of us plus Louie and our townhouse is two floors with three bedrooms, but last night sealed the deal. We went to bed with the windows open since the weather is so nice to be awoken at 12:27 am to gunshots outside!!! In the past year things have started going downhill in our neighborhood to include: armed robberies, spray painting doors and cars, etc. There were 12 rounds fired and needless to say it woke us up, so Chris called the non-emergency number to inform them they might want to send some police to check out the surrounding area. We have decided that we are going to try and move onto Fort Belvoir. They have new housing which include two car garages, maple cabinets, energy efficient appliances, and safety. They don't have any openings in the new neighborhoods (as of today) but we are going to continue checking in.

For all my non-military family members and friends to visit me you will have to get a pass to come on base and have your car searched, sorry for the inconvenience, but I feel my safety is worth it! See picture below for future home (hopefully!)

boil, boil, toil and trouble

Sorry that's the only catchy quote I could think of to describe the Crawfish Boil!

So we have started planning the crawfish boil again this year and I'm hoping that there's no rudeness like last year. Again it's on my turf, so I will have no problem letting this particular female know if she's out of line, but I have seen her a few times since and she steers clear of me. Other than this one female, I'm thinking everything will be great as long as the weather cooperates! It's at a new location which will provide more room for the guest, but there should be great food, good beer, and fun times to be had.

I had another trip to Walter Reed on Monday. The procedure was very uncomfortable, imagine the worst cramps you've ever had and then some and you might come close to how I felt. Chris' visit on Tuesday went well, everything checked out normal for the both of us, so one more blood draw on the 14th and back to Walter Reed on the 24th to see how to proceed - keep your fingers crossed.

Work has been the same this week, nothing exciting, but I'm getting very annoyed with people not doing their job and it being tasked to me. I don't want to find these guys long-term apartments, I'm not a leasing agent, why can't someone else do it?! I have made some headway, but accounting is taking way to long to fill out the proper paperwork.

The hubby and I are trying to plan another trip back to New Orleans. We are hoping to go down there around May 10 so we can celebrate Nan's birthday and I can meet the few family members that I haven't gotten a chance to meet. Speaking of in-laws, can I get some new ones? I'll keep my husband, but others just drive me crazy and I don't know how much longer I will be civil to them.

P.S. I have been enjoying the wine and warm weather! Sorry I have tried to add my favorite things to the side or at least other blogs, but apparently I'm blog retarded.