Cleaning House and Scoring Deals

So since we have moved here I have been trying to keep the "extra stuff" from taking over the house. Whether it's the clothing and toys the boys have grown out of, decor that just isn't quite fitting in anymore, or just stuff that doesn't have a home and is rarely touched. Back at Travis I used Bookoo.com to unload a lot of the clutter that we didn't want to move, but found out once here that not that many people use bookoo, but instead use a specific yard sale site on FaceBook. It is a closed group and part of the "rules" is that you have to have base access...which is kind of nice, I got burned more then once in CA when people couldn't pick up at my house. Meeting off base also ate up a lot of time when we were trying to pack, load and get signed out of the house. It was a great resource, but it really wasn't  always a pleasant experience. I ended up waiting more then once for 20 minutes at the visitor center with a $5 item only to finally getting a text that they can't meet or they changed their mind.

Welcome to Our Newest Member

For Christmas J and I decided to go low key for each other due to plans of traveling next summer. A big grown up trip is in the works, no details to share yet. I opened an envelop thinking it was just a letter from my sweetie about the plans for said trip, but instead was starring at pictures of kitties. I grew up loving cats, we always had a bunch of farm cats running around. But also occasionally had a few that wiggled their way into the house. When we were first married we also adopted a cat from my brother, but with moving and being pregnant Simba ended up out at the farm with my parents. Recently I got to cat sit for a friend and loved getting to spend some time playing with them, I guess all that talk about them got J thinking.

Meet Bella, a Russian Siberian Forest Cat. She is about 18 weeks old, and really loving her new home. Diesel and her are starting to bond...as long as she doesn't run like a squirrel.

She is full of energy during her play times and is very athletic. She will be a large cat, Siberians are thought to be the second largest domesticated cat. The breed is also considered hypoallergenic...ya she is a giant fur ball and won't cause you to sneeze. I hope to post some better pictures soon, and maybe even figure out to post a video of her play sessions.

2013 Already?!

Seriously where did 2012 go? We are already days into 2013 and I am still wondering where 2012 went? So much changed this year. I thought I would share with you the holiday letter we sent out this year, the Mr wrote it and I made some additions and revisions...and for those that had difficulty reading the letter due to the small print, sorry it really was only 11 point font! As usual the names have been edited since this is a public blog.