I interrupt your regularly scheduled blog....

....to bring you the latest news on the US Navy front.

Selection results for FY09 E7 were released today.....

HMC - CHIEF HOSPITAL CORPSMAN AJEL FERDINAN ALLIE TYRONE ALVIA JAMES A BACA DARRYL D BAISDEN TRAVI BALLESTEROS A BANKUS JILL B BARKSDALE IVO BEARD JASON B BEASON DAVID BEATTY TARA C BECKFORD JASO BEDIA JESSE R BELK BRIAN RA BELL CORY DUS BELL MARIA RA BIA SHANNON BIBERA MICHAE BLAESING GIOV BLAKE ERIC MI BLIEFERNICH K BLOSSER NATHA BOITER AMANDA BONNETT MATTH BORDERS RHOND BORJON REYMUN BOW DONALD AL BRANNAN EDWIN BRESKE MATTHE BRINKMEIER JA BROOMES DAVID BUSH KENNETH BUSSCHER GEOF CABANLIT WARR CABRAL DEXTER CABRERA CELSO CADANG JAIMER CANTORNA JERR CARBONELL ARN CARDENAS ANDR CHATMAN KELVI CHILDRESS TOM CLAIRMONT JOS COATES MIKEL COLEMANNORTHE COLLIER RAYMO COMERFORD DYL CONLEY CHRIST CONROY GEORGE COOLEY DANTE COOPER BLAKE COOPER JAMAAL CORRAO BRENDA CORTADO GERAR CORTESMORALES COUSAR MICHAE CRANDALL STEV CRAWFORD WILL CUNNINGHAM DA DALTON ANDRE DAVIS BYRON L DAVIS CHRISTO DAVIS KEITH R DEGUZMAN MICH DEGUZMAN OLIV DELACRUZ BRAN DELARESMA WIN DELAROSA AUGU DELEON BREENA DELROSARIO EN DELSANTO CARL DENMAN JOHN K DIEDERICH JER DILBECK JONAT DONATO EMETER DUFF MICHAEL DUNCAN APRIL DUNLAP MICHEL DURAN CHARISS EASON VAUGHN EBIYA JEFFREY ECK EDWARD RO EDMOND ESTREL EISON C J ELLIOTT CHRIS ENDERTON JOSE FAMILIAR ELWI FELDER DEVRON FERGUSON KARI FIGUEROA ADRI FINCH CORY SC FISHER LOGAN FLINT VIRGIL FLORES ROGER FOSTER GREGOR FRANCOM JOSEP GAMBOA FRANCI GARCIA GILBER GARDNER LUKAS GEISER JEFFRE GEORGE JEFFRE GERFY THOMAS GEUY TARA YVO GIBBS NATHAN GLASS ROBERT GOFF KRISTINA GOMEZ MARK A GOMEZ MELISSA GOODSON RONAL GRAETTINGER K GRAY KATHLEEN GREEN ROSHUN HAGMAN NATHAN HANCOCK SEAN HARBISON HEAT HARDING JEROM HARGROVE MERC HARNISHFEGER HARRIS DAVID HARTANTO GUNA HAUPTMANN TRE HEINTSCHEL SC HENDERSON JOS HERNANDEZ KOR HERNANDEZ TOB HILDEBRAND RY HILL CHARLES HILL JAMES RO HILL TOMMY LA HITT JULIE AN HODGES BENJAM HOVDE LISA AN HUFF LINDA JACOBSON BRIA JACOBSON DANI JOHNSON CHRIS JOHNSON SHANN JOHNSON VENIT JOHNSON WARRE JONES DAVID L JORDAN JEREMY JORGENSEN JUL JUDEH ASHRUF KAEBISCH RICK KEPLINGER CHR KFOURY ELIAS KRIEGER BRAND LAMBETH COREY LAXA RICHARD LEE GERALD WA LEMAS KEREN M LEWIS ONEIL O LIGHTNER JOLA LITCHFIELD SY LIZARRAGAPLAS LLOYD GENTRY LOESCH MICHAE LONG SEAN CRE LUGO MIGUEL A LUJAN MONICO MANRIQUE PHIL MARCHANT CHAR MARTIN JOSEPH MARTIN TROY B MARTINEZ CARL MASHBURN RONN MAWANAY FREDD MCBRIDE MAURI MCCARTER DAVI MENCHACA DANI MESZAROS STEV MINIX STEPHAN MISTICA PETER MITSCH JESSE MONROE MICHAE MONTGOMERY RA MOORER CASEY MORENO BENJAM MORGAN RICHAR MOROSINI RODD MURPHY JAMISO MURPHY SANDRA MURPHY STACY NAGY THOMAS D NEAL ROBERT D NESS JEFFERY NEVILLE KENNE NEWKIRK TRAVI NEWSOME JOHN NUDELMAN JOSH OH JEREMIAH T ORTMEYER KIMB PACHECO LAWRE PADILLA CHARL PAGCALIWAGAN PALACIOS HUMB PALKIN RUBEN PANGCO GLENN PARRA FREDDY PARROTT CHRIS PATRICK CARLE PATRICK CHI M PEAU FEALOFAN PELLEGRIN CHA PENAMENJIVAR PEREZ RENE PIERCE KATHLE PLETTNER ELIZ POLLOCK JASON POPP RANDY WI PORTER SHAWN PRITCHETT JEF PUCKETT JOSEP PUROG EDINITO REID JOSHUA G REYES ELMER M REYES ROMARRA RICHARDSON TA RINSCHLER HOL RIOS FELIPE ROBERTSON ARO ROBERTSON TIM RODRIGUES RYA RODRIGUEZ MIC ROGERS AMYLYN ROGERS TORRIE ROSCA RICHARD ROUSH MICHAEL RUDY LISA MAR RUSSELL ASHLE SALAPANTAN AR SALAZAR VALEN SALES ARVIN F SAMBE MAMADOU SANDY BRIDGET SAPPENFIELD W SAUNDERS ERIK SCHEINERT EDW SCHULTER JOSE SHAW JON SHERRILL MONI SHOCKEY RENA SISON TIRSO R SITTON TERRY SKIBSTED ROBE SMALLS KENDA SMITH AMY MAR SMITH BRIAN C SMITH ERIC SMITH JAMES C SOTO VINCENT STALLINGS STA STANISZ MARTY STEVENS DANIE STILLFORD MIC STRASSBURG CH SUTTON JUSTIN SWANSON RANDY TERUKINA KAWI THAO BLONG THIBODEAUX JA THOMPSON RICK THOMPSON YAHA TILO ITIELU N TORRISI JEREM TOSSETTI JESS TREVINO RICAR TURNER CHRIST TURNER RUSSEL UNTALAN RICHA VALINE ERNEST VARNADO SHANN VAUGHT THOMAS VOLKART CLAUD WAGNER EARL J WALDORF JAMES WALKER JOHN P WALKER LEILEI WALKER MATTHE WALKER THOMAS WALLACE HEATH WALLEN KELLY WALLS MICHAEL WARD DANIELLE WARDLEIGH AMA WARREN NATHAN WASHINGTON TA WATFORD KEITH WATTS TANNIES WEBB DUSTY AL WEBER ROBERT WHITE DARWIN WIDOW ORLANDO WILLIAMS SHAW WILSON KEVEN WORTHINGTON W

Sorry it's so ugly...but guess which one is my DevilDoc?! Congrats to all the CPO selectees and their families; hang on tight I believe we are in for a bumpy ride?!

Allbluezoo vs. Hollywood Studios

Monday July 20, 2009

Remember how I said I wanted to be up and at the park at 8am? Yeah, so much for that. We did arrive at our new Disney Resort (Caribbean Beach Resort) at 0745, but by the time we got checked in and put all of our stuff in the room it was 9am when we walked through the gates at Hollywood Studios. Not too bad if I do say so myself!

When we checked in I picked up a stroller that we are using this week from a www.disboards.com stroller swap. It totally rocks, if you need a stroller for a vacay but don’t own one (we got rid of strollers awhile ago, but Disney would be HELL without it!) look into a stroller swap. Lots of them are free or have a nominal charge ($5-$10). Our main goal at DHS was getting Pookins into the Jedi Academy for Jedi training. If you have met Pookins you know that this is a MUST DO, no ifs ands or buts about it. Well, we went for the first training and they chose every single kid around him BUT NOT HIM! My poor baby was crushed, I was crushed and DevilDoc was crushed. It totally broke my heart to see him so upset. We assured him we would come back and try again. Yeah, well….it started raining. No Jedi Training in the rain. CRAP!

I was ready to do a sunshine dance so that he could do the training! Lucky for us we had lunch reservations to divert our thoughts and we headed for Sci-Fi Dine In Theater. It’s a really neat concept; all the seating is in convertible Cadillacs. Some seat 6 some 4 and there was even a stretch one that seated 10! Our server was AMAZING (Ask for Tony if you ever go!) and the kids really enjoyed it. We are using the Disney Dining plan during our visit so our meals are paid for up front. The kids got to choose an appetizer, entrée, drink AND dessert ALL INCLUDED! We adults get an entrée, drink and dessert. OMG, so much food it was unreal! I took some not so great pics, it is REALLY dark in there and the plate was white so I got a horrible glare with the flash. Just pretend you don’t see that part.

Earlier in the day we had gotten a FASTPASS for Toy Story Mania so we went to enjoy a ride while we waited for the next round of Jedi Training Academy…it stopped raining! Lemme just tell you that the next two attempts at Jedi Training were unsuccessful. Pookins was seriously devastated. I was trying so hard to cheer him up and keep him motivated to keep trying.
We decided to split up because Magoo wanted to go to Playhouse Disney Live! But there was another Jedi Training session starting at the same time. We decided to meet at 50s Prime Time Cafe where we had dinner reservations. I guess I was some kind of bad luck charm because on this trip to training he was selected!! I am so sad I didn’t get to see it in person, but my wonderful DevilDoc got it all on video for me.

***I tried to upload the video but it was taking forever and a day...I'll try to put it on YouTube if I can figure that out-then I'll throw the link in here later.***

They joined us for dinner as soon as they were done and we had a raucous good time! Prime Time Cafe is like a cross between Ed Debevik’s and I Love Lucy. You are seated in kitchenettes decorated from the 50s and the servers get on you for “having your elbows on the table”, “getting up from the table without asking to be excused” and for “not eating your vegetables”! It was a hoot. Our server Debbie was awesome and she got the boys to eat more by holding their ice cream sundaes hostage. She also kept giving DevilDoc a hard time about having his elbows on the table (I get on him all the time too)!

We had FASTPASSES for Tower of Terror that were open during the time right after dinner. I thought it would be better to do something low key to let our food settle first. We went over to Prince Caspian’s Adventure…don’t waste your time. I won’t.

Off to Tower of Terror, which Pookins has ridden before at Disneyland. Magoo passed the height requirement so we all trudged along with our passes. Pookins kicking and screaming the whole way that he was scared and Magoo not even flinching. We all made it out alive and although Cameron wasn’t scared on the ride at all he did declare afterward “I do not want to stay in that hotel tonight mommy, there were cobwebs on their lights”. Good to know.

By the time that was all over with the clock was striking 8pm and it was time to get our tired rears back to our Pirate Room so we could be rested for the next day’s adventures! I threw in some laundry, the boys hit the pool and now I am gonna hit the sack and hope they remember to get the laundry out before they come back.

I leave you with a picture of us under the hat...it's rare that I'm in a picture so now you know I really went on this vacation!

Disneyworld...installment ONE!

Oh goodness, we aren't even CLOSE to being at Disneyworld yet but I've already got enough material for a blog entry!

Day ONE by the numbers-
4-McDonald's 96 gallon sweet teas consumed..okay, they aren't 96 gallons, but darn close!

7-number of times Magoo asked me when we were going to be at the airport, even after we'd been in the car for 8 hours! Poor kid thinks when you go on vacation you HAVE to go on a plane (island baby!)

4-number of times Pookins asked me if we were "at" Florida yet. He asked for the first time at 6:32; we left the house at 6:11 :)

1-entry into the "unintentional porn" portion of MAXIM; we passed by Cox Smoker's Outlet...say it out loud..but not around kids!

1-phone call from friend's 3yo son while she and daddy were "taking a nap". Learned all about his new Storm Trooper gun :)

2-random thoughts from DevilDoc that cracked me up (1) Me-"honey, I think the speed limit is 45, that is why we are FLYING by everyone" Him-"chickens!" and (2) In downtown Atlanta while stopped under an overpass bridge "ahhhh, we're in a 'shady' part of town" hardy har har!

2-viewings of Xmen on the DVD player

3-potty stops

Lastly, not by the numbers but quite a coinky dink if I do say so myself...while driving through Louisville I had my iPod on shuffle and it played Ministry, Depeche Mode and Bjork in a row...10 points if you can tell me WHY that would be a coinky dink?!

I did take some pics but I'm way to lazy to find my camera and do all the work involved, so I'll share them later...k? K!

Oh me Oh my...it's been too long

Ugh, again with the not keeping up the blog! I apologize profusely for my lack of updating, but if you were wearing my shoes over the past few weeks you would be much more understanding!

Once we were back in Hawaii with DevilDoc we lounged around for about 47minutes before we had to start preparing out house for pack out. For those not military lingo inclined that means putting everything in its correct room so when the packers come you don't end up with laundry in your dishes! We dealt with pack out for 2 days and opted to pay off the man, aka Forest City, so we didn't have to clean our house!

We headed on down to Waikiki for 5 days at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. It was SO nice to just relax and enjoy each other's company. No rushing off to work, taking kids to practices or school...heck, I didn't even have to do laundry OR cook! It truly was a VACATION!



I also had a chance to enjoy an "Aloha Farewell" with some of the MOST WONDERFUL people that God could have put in my path...I tell ya, military spouses are a whole different world of friend. They are babysitters, housecleaners, cooks, girlfriends, best friends, substitute husbands, party animals...I could go on and on but I'm sure you get the picture! They are everything and I feel blessed to have such great people around me.

My bunco girls!


My NHKS 'Ohana


That's all I can give ya for now. We are in the throws of going to see THE MOUSE so I need to get a move on with the packing. Next installment, my baby brother gets married :(