Well unfortunatly the weekend is over and I can NOT believe that we are embarking on once again another work week! It's incredible how time flys as we get older!
So for a quick recap before my lovely hubby and I head to bed...
Last week- B was lucky enough to work only 2 and a half days the entire week!! You ask what did he do the other days, well one day he helped clean the apartment and the rest of the time he hung out with his fellow NCO friends (non-commissioned officers) aka co workers. I would like to think that this was some sort of either male bonding time or time to build friendships! Either way, he had a great time and I'm glad he enjoyed his days off!
This weekend- I took a CPR and First Aid course on Saturday...it lasted all day long! urgh! Not the most exciting way to spend a Saturday...but at least now I can save a life. On a serious note, I am glad that I took the course especially since I am the manager of the cottage and working around all of the young children and adults...lord forbid something was to happen...but at least I am prepared. On Sunday (today), B and I just chilled around the house and then we had Pizza Hut (Korean Style) pizza for dinner! We don't normally eat such unhealthly foods and do quite well with watching our calories throughout the week, but tonight we just wanted to splurge! So thank you Mr. Pizza man at Pizza Hut for your assistance with our ordering...you can only imagine how much fun it is to order out on the economy...trust me there's lots of pointing, thumbs up or thumbs down, crossing of the pointer fingers to indicate "no" and pen and paper involved! :) We also ventured to HomePlus (aka Target...but not half as good) to try and find some 4th of July decorations. Now granted I know they are not actually going to stock banners, streamers and table cloths in red, white and blue...but I was able to find items in our patriotic colors and will be getting awful crafty this week to compile some cute decorations for our cottage cook out on Friday!! I'll let you know how it goes! Today I also worked on my grad school program application. Im hoping to wrap it up soon and get the program started in August...Lord willing! I'm very ready to go back to school, yet have no clue when Ill find the time! But I will make it happen!!
We've got a very exciting week at the cottage this week and it goes something like this...
-Monday- is Cultural Diversity Day (did you know that the month of June is Cultural Diversity Month)...so to celebrate I've asked the spouses to make a dish from their specific cultural background (and boy are we diverse!!) and bring it to the cottage for a potluck lunch! Through sharing food and our own culture hopefully as spouses we can learn more about where we each come from!!
-Tuesday- we will be having our monthly cottage meeting, where we review the upcoming event calendar for the month of July, review the operations of the cottage and I take feedback from the spouses about what they would like to see on the calendar and what isn't of interest to them!! Then following our meeting...we are going to go to the softball field and have an old fashion elementary school style field day- with 2 and 3 year olds! ha! My dear friend Megan here in Korea has agreed to help me coordinate this time! It should def. be fun for all!!
-Wednesday- I will go shopping with the chaplain (because they sponsor our program) to purchase the cookout materials and food for later in the week. I will also catch up on some admin. stuff that I am sure won't get done on Monday or Tuesday.
-Thursday- We will be taking the families to tour a local Korean hospital. The Army says that in the event of a severe emergency we are to go to the St. Mary's Hospital in Uijongbu. So it is our hope that by providing a guided tour for the families there during a time that is not of an emergency will better educate them and take away some of the nerves that would add extra stress in the event of an emergency. I myself have never stepped foot in this hospital...so stay tuned for a report...
-Friday- Last but not least, we will kick off the 4th of July weekend...PBC style!! B has agreed to come and cook hotdogs and hamburgers for the families during his lunch hour, and the cottage will also provide an ice cream bar! I've asked the families to provide their own special dish...and that can be a bag of chips! ha! :) So hopefully I will have some good pictures from this special event!!
Well there's our quick but long blurb about us!!
Now it's time for bed...I've got to get some ZZZZ before this busy week ahead!
Till next time!
XOXO from Korea!
(and yes, I am a little sad S. Korea is now out of the world cup! it would have been awesome to watch them play USA- and too bad they are out now too!!) :(
Mrs. GC
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Mid-Week Check-In!!
It's finally Wednesday here in the oo-ji-bu (aka- Uijongbu, Korea!). It seemed like Tuesday, yesterday took forever to end! It was'nt necessarily a long day or any dramatic events...just seemed to never end! But here we are at hump day and still a fun filled week to go...I'll fill you in-
So Monday- B and I worked...no correction- ha! I WORKED! B had the day off...as a matter of fact he also has Friday off as well...and who says the Army isn't a sweet gig! :) Seriously though, I'm glad the battalion does give so many days off because they certainly deserve it...when they work...they work HARD and LONG hours! But we did wrap up Monday evening with some quality time watching Monday night Korean TV, which included the World Cup soccer games announced by the lovely Korean Broadcasters!! :) I don't know what we will do when we get back to the states and can understand what is being said on TV! For now we just watch the picture and make up what they are saying! ha! :)
Tuesday- Well we both worked and B had a company softball game that evening...it was alot of fun...a close game - but fun! Luckily the games are right after work and that gives me just a enough time to hit the gym while they are warming up before the games start at 1830. Last night for the first time I wasn't the only wife there screaming and yelling my head off "Go Charlie Co." "Go Charlie Rock"...I had some other wives accompany me...which was great!
As for today...we're both working! I'll be conducting a cooking class today for the ladies at the cottage...were making Apple porkchops and Creamy Broccoli and Carrot salad! I'll let you know how it turns out! I'm also putting the final touches on our event calendar for the month of July and then later helping one of the spouses find a dress for the social we have Thursday evening. I hope that one of the cocktail dresses I brought her to borrow will work...
I'll be sure to post pictures from our Thursday night Battalion social! It should be lots of fun! I'm sure I will be exhausted on Friday when I am back at work-but it will be worth it to have a great evening out with my B and with our 304th Signal BN. friends!!
till next time-
XOXO from Mrs. GC
So Monday- B and I worked...no correction- ha! I WORKED! B had the day off...as a matter of fact he also has Friday off as well...and who says the Army isn't a sweet gig! :) Seriously though, I'm glad the battalion does give so many days off because they certainly deserve it...when they work...they work HARD and LONG hours! But we did wrap up Monday evening with some quality time watching Monday night Korean TV, which included the World Cup soccer games announced by the lovely Korean Broadcasters!! :) I don't know what we will do when we get back to the states and can understand what is being said on TV! For now we just watch the picture and make up what they are saying! ha! :)
Tuesday- Well we both worked and B had a company softball game that evening...it was alot of fun...a close game - but fun! Luckily the games are right after work and that gives me just a enough time to hit the gym while they are warming up before the games start at 1830. Last night for the first time I wasn't the only wife there screaming and yelling my head off "Go Charlie Co." "Go Charlie Rock"...I had some other wives accompany me...which was great!
As for today...we're both working! I'll be conducting a cooking class today for the ladies at the cottage...were making Apple porkchops and Creamy Broccoli and Carrot salad! I'll let you know how it turns out! I'm also putting the final touches on our event calendar for the month of July and then later helping one of the spouses find a dress for the social we have Thursday evening. I hope that one of the cocktail dresses I brought her to borrow will work...
I'll be sure to post pictures from our Thursday night Battalion social! It should be lots of fun! I'm sure I will be exhausted on Friday when I am back at work-but it will be worth it to have a great evening out with my B and with our 304th Signal BN. friends!!
till next time-
XOXO from Mrs. GC
Friday, June 18, 2010
18 June
As promised...I'm doing my best to keep this blog updated as much as possible! B and I are doing well here in Korea- honestly nothing exciting has been going on for us over the past few weeks...which has been great for a change-conidering how busy our life can get at times. But of course no blog is interesting without at least a few blabbers of updates...so here goes!
1) It's offically monsoon season here in Korea. Whoo Hoo! ha! All this basically means is for the remainder of the summer our weather will be full of thunderstorms, lightning and tons of rain. So to prepare I've ordered these rainboots to add to my rain gear collection... check them out here (well, on a side note after many tries I can't seem to add the link...so if a blogger wiz could lend me some guidance...I will love you even more forever!!) In the meantime, they are on the target.com website and are the Women's Plaid Rainboots in Purple...ha! of course!
2) Today we took a trip to the Caribbean Bay Water Park. It was myself and the other 2 PBC's (Pear Blossom Cottages) managers and their family members...the trip was a great time and absolutly the cleanest water park I've even been to in my life! After planning this trip...I definatly know how all of my teacher friends feel when planning field trips- with the exception that students can't cancel...adults can! ha! :) I'd love for you to check out that link too...but please reference above!
3) It's finally the weekend here...and thank goodness! Although we hear that it is supposed to rain and storm all weekend-we are determined to make the best of it. B is busting to grill out, so I am hopeful that the rain will clear for us to grill this weekend-he's only been marinating meat for about 48hrs! ha! It's needless to say it's in the fridge and ready for nice hot fire of coals! Although we do have an indoor grill...trust me there is nothing like a good ole' backyard BBQ...even though we don't have a backyard, we do have a grill and will be going to post and setting it up ourselves near a gazebo on post and then set out our lawnchairs! ha! :)
4) In the coming weeks we will mark our ONE YEAR anniversary in Korea! Can you believe it? I will be the first to say this year has flown by! I cant believe that this time next year we will be packing up and moving on to where ever the Army tells us we are going to call home! With one year left B and I have decided that we are going to start a picture diary. We will be taking a picture each and every day from July 11th 2010...till July 11th 2011!! We think it will be a cool documentary of our last year in Korea! So hopefully they will be post worthy! We should definatly be able to get some great pictures of our time here in Korea and what living abroad is really all about! :) So stay tuned...
Well believe it or not...thats about all the blabbing I've got for you know! I know I know...hard to believe...but hopefully I can learn how to post links and have much more exciting posts in the future!!!
XOXO from KOREA!
-Mrs. GC
1) It's offically monsoon season here in Korea. Whoo Hoo! ha! All this basically means is for the remainder of the summer our weather will be full of thunderstorms, lightning and tons of rain. So to prepare I've ordered these rainboots to add to my rain gear collection... check them out here (well, on a side note after many tries I can't seem to add the link...so if a blogger wiz could lend me some guidance...I will love you even more forever!!) In the meantime, they are on the target.com website and are the Women's Plaid Rainboots in Purple...ha! of course!
2) Today we took a trip to the Caribbean Bay Water Park. It was myself and the other 2 PBC's (Pear Blossom Cottages) managers and their family members...the trip was a great time and absolutly the cleanest water park I've even been to in my life! After planning this trip...I definatly know how all of my teacher friends feel when planning field trips- with the exception that students can't cancel...adults can! ha! :) I'd love for you to check out that link too...but please reference above!
3) It's finally the weekend here...and thank goodness! Although we hear that it is supposed to rain and storm all weekend-we are determined to make the best of it. B is busting to grill out, so I am hopeful that the rain will clear for us to grill this weekend-he's only been marinating meat for about 48hrs! ha! It's needless to say it's in the fridge and ready for nice hot fire of coals! Although we do have an indoor grill...trust me there is nothing like a good ole' backyard BBQ...even though we don't have a backyard, we do have a grill and will be going to post and setting it up ourselves near a gazebo on post and then set out our lawnchairs! ha! :)
4) In the coming weeks we will mark our ONE YEAR anniversary in Korea! Can you believe it? I will be the first to say this year has flown by! I cant believe that this time next year we will be packing up and moving on to where ever the Army tells us we are going to call home! With one year left B and I have decided that we are going to start a picture diary. We will be taking a picture each and every day from July 11th 2010...till July 11th 2011!! We think it will be a cool documentary of our last year in Korea! So hopefully they will be post worthy! We should definatly be able to get some great pictures of our time here in Korea and what living abroad is really all about! :) So stay tuned...
Well believe it or not...thats about all the blabbing I've got for you know! I know I know...hard to believe...but hopefully I can learn how to post links and have much more exciting posts in the future!!!
XOXO from KOREA!
-Mrs. GC
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