New home headaches and adventures...

So there I was...

With Trey, in my new house only two days when I go to the basement to find it full of water..."OH NO!!!!" Yes that's right, I've already had my basement flooded...well, kind of. I thought it was the air conditioner leaking since the large puddle just happened to be under and around my air conditioning unit. Come to find out though, it was all Trey's fault.

When the warranty guy came out, I remembered that before I had found the puddle in my basement, I had found a wet spot on the carpet in my pantry. Well I thought I had spilled some water from the trash that was sitting in there, but I hadn't. I put two and two together and realized that the main bath tub was directly above the pantry and the pantry was directly above the air conditioner.

So now the plumbers came out and figured out that there was a faulty O-ring (good thing it wasn't a space shuttle) in the faucet and it was allowing water to leak into the wall and down two stories into the basement, stopping off to ruin the pantry carpet on the way. So, long story short, the faucet is fixed and the water in the basement is almost gone, but now I have to wait and see if there is any damage to the walls or floors. BLAH!!!

Other than that, thanks to Trey and some other buddies up here and no thanks to the movers (who broke or scratch about 95% of my furniture and about 15% of my appliances and dishes) the house is coming together nicely. Jelaine even gets to come see it all for the first time next weekend. How would you like for someone to have your whole house set up for you a week before you got there...lucky!

Oh, and Trey got to cook the first meal on our stove and in our oven, and guess what J? He was the first one to set off our fire alarms. That's right, we didn't even make it one meal before they went off. I say they, because in these new fangled houses when one goes off, they all go off...and I have 6! :-)

Well, that's all for now, just saying hello from Cornhuskertonfieldville. God Bless.

Kilroy was here!

Only 22661234 seconds until New Years...

So there I was...trying once again to make New Years plans for the boyz. Ok, I know that there are still 262 days until New Years, but it is never too early to start. I've talked to a few of you, but now it is time to reveal the plan to all.

What spurred this desire to reveal my plan, you ask? Well it is J10's new job. I am hoping that with working for an airline company, he gets certain discounts and benefits from said company. So that gives him no excuse not to want to travel! :-)

So here it is: We should all meet in Omaha, NE, at Jelaine and my house! Now I know what you are all saying...that I am being selfish and that I don't want to have to travel...but that my friends is not the case. I have done my research, and it is the best option, hands down.

I began by looking at the map of the US. If you do so, you will quickly notice that Omaha is somewhat centralized between all of the new homes of the Boyz. Next I thought about travel arrangements. Before J10 got the new job I thought, he and his bride and E could all ride together, T3 and V would obviously come together, AB has cheap fare because of his father and ScTR has to travel regardless. But I didn't stop there...

I did the math: (driving times)

Dallas - Omaha: 11 hrs
Ft. Worth - Omaha: 11 hrs
Rancho Cucamonga - Omaha: 21 hrs
Chicago - Omaha: 7 hrs 30 min
Dayton - Omaha: 12 hrs
Seattle - Omaha: 21 hrs

Rancho Cucamonga - Dallas: 20 hrs
Chicago - Dallas: 14 hrs
Dayton - Dallas: 12 hrs
Seattle - Dallas: forget about it...

So there it is, even if everyone drove, the only person that would save on drive time would be ScTR and it would be by less than an hour.

So, I think I've made my point. And I've put it out there early enough that we should all be able to make the necessary arrangements.

So I guess all that is left is a vote. All in favor, say Aye...

Kilroy was here!

Nothing to do...

So there I was...0'930 on a Wednesday, done with my in-processing checklist and asking the orderly room guys what was next. He said "nothing." I don't have my base in-processing stuff till next Thursday, so that is like 8 days with nothing to do. I know I shouldn't complain about this, so I won't, but I have been doing a whole lot of nothing for a while now and believe it or not you eventually get tired of it.

The good news is I have discovered a few things here to keep me somewhat occupied. I get to work out on base every day...and now that "E" and T3 are doing the president's challenge with J and I, I am more motivated than ever. That and J has like twice as many points as me so I have a lot of work to do. :-) Next, there is the place right next to where I am staying right now that has these cool massage beds, and the best thing is their absolutely free! They are sweet! And I am going to go every day after I work out. Then there's the Sarpy Serenaders on Mondays and minor league baseball every chance I get! So, I should be good until I get the house and the to do list has already begun for that. First on the list is sealing the tile grout and taking care of the lawn. So if you know how to do either one of those pretty well, share your insight.

Until then, I have to stop procrastinating on the workout so I can get to the massage.

Kilroy was here!

Harmony, harmony, oh how I love barbershop harmony...

So there I was...sitting amongst a rather crusty group of men with various styles of comb-overs and facial hair. We were making music together. I mean real music! The barbershop kind. It was awesome! The group is called the Sarpy Serenaders. Sarpy is the county we are going to be living in up here. The group is pretty good. It's small as far as barbershop choruses go I think. There were about 7 bases (including me), 5 leads, 3-4 tenors and 2 baritones. The average age of the group I think would be around 75 if it weren't for the three younger guys to bring it down drastically. I think one of the leads is in college, one of the tenors is maybe in high school, maybe college and then there's me. Really though, it surprised me that they sounded some good when I began to notice that nearly half of them wore hearing aids! NOT KIDDING!

But needless to say, the men are all great! Several of them are retired Air Force guys, which is cool and they were all sharing their stories with me during the break. Speaking of the break, when we went out to the foyer (where Jelaine was sitting reading our new home warranty manual) they all got in a little huddle and then turned around and started serenading my her with "Let me call you Sweetheart." It was great!

Tonight, I might even go to a baseball game where they are going to sing the National Anthem. And if there's one way to make a baseball game better it is to start it with a barbershop quartet singing the national anthem.

Finally, I would like to explain, for most of you other than E and T3 that what J was trying to remember on her blog was SPEBSQSA. This stands for the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of BarberShop Quartet Singing in America.

Anyway, we'll get some pics of the house out soon. Today we go to the official orientation/walk through. Should be fun! Unfortunately, Jelaine has to head back to OKC as soon as we are done there. Pray for a safe trip for her.

Kilroy was here!

A real quick one...

So there I was...computerless, homeless, and in Omaha. At least J is here with me! :-) But I have been trying desperately to catch up on everyone else's blogs since being unable to get to the internet since last Sunday. Now that I have, it has taken me an hour to get through everyone else's and J is getting bored. So this one has to be quick.

The big news is that we have see our beautiful new house and we are totally excited! We took pictures last night after sneaking in the basement window to look through it all again. We'll get those out to you guys soon!

Anyway, hope all of you are well. We'll be seeing T3 and hopefully V soon, as they may be coming this way to help me get our stuff settled in. Pray for J and I while we are apart. But while we are together I should stop wasting so much time on the computer and spend it with her!

Kilroy was here!