First, I must WELCOME you to our new blog...well, newly improved blog is more like it. I have envisioned updating our blog for quite sometime now, and I wanted something catchy...something that described us! Something unique! So here you have it...a catchy new title and web address!! I've also decided to take our blog off of private, for several reasons; and the main being that alot of our not so tech savy friends and family can't seem to find our blog! Now with that being said, I will continue to be picky as to what I post on our blog and will in Army land be following a little acronym by the name of OPSEC!
Now, on to the title of this blog, is the weekend SERIOUSLY almost over already??? WOW! Time just seems to be rolling by at lightening speed for us recently! Now don't get me wrong, I am quite satisfied with our fast paced lifestyle right now and am more than looking foward to the revolving door in our apartment being taken out of operation for a few months!! :) I hope that B and I will really be able to soak in the fall weather and local festivities this year, now that we are very aquainted with the lay of the land per say! I'm even hoping that we can work on producing yet again a lovely Christmas card picture...so stay posted for updates on those events!
In the mean time, I will continue working at the cottage, while B continues his soldier duties that he does oh so very well...if I do say so myself!
Well, I've blabbered enough for now! Enjoy the new design! Feedback?!?! And stay posted...hopefully I'll be able to produce so much more exciting post than this in the near future!!
Till then...
XOXO from Korea!
Mrs. GC
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Under Construction!
YES! My blog is STILL under construction... I know, I know! (You can thank this Gosh darned field exercise, and the fact that my apt. has once again turned into a revolving door for the month of August!) Although, if you haven't noticed- I've got what I think is a jazzy new title and web address. I will be taking the blog off private settings as well! Now, I will not be advertising my blog on facebook, but I will send private reminder messages the first few times to let everyone know we are still around and blogging! ha! :)
A few blog improvements to look foward too:
1) I'm working on creating my own picture header and editing it with Picasa for the first time.
2) I've also changed the background and am considering doing a 3 column blog and hopefully adding more pictures!
Thus far I've had alot of fun browsing other blogs and getting ideas for ours! (hints why it's also taken me so long to update!)
Stay tuned!!
XOXO from Korea!
Mrs. GC
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Blog Make-Over
I've come to realize that my blog is quite boring...ha! Therefore to solve this issue, in T-2 days...blog make-over will begin! In the meantime, any tips on how I can get a super cute customized blog page???
XOXO from Korea!
Mrs. GC
XOXO from Korea!
Mrs. GC
Monday, July 19, 2010
A Groseclose Top 10...to hold you over!! :)
10) We have been suuuuper busy! Between working (B of course with his soldiers, me with their families! ha!)! It seems like some days that we just come home to sleep, get back up and do it all over again!
9) We recently went to dinner with some good couple friends we've met here. The place was called O'Kim's Browhouse! ha! :) I love the name...it's a little Irish and ALOT Korean! (I have pictures...will post soon!) Speaking of dinner, we also tried out this cute little Italian restaurant downtown this past weekend! It felt like we were stepping into a little Italy (Korean style of course)...pictures from both of these nights coming soon!
8) We recently hit our 1 year mark in Korea- 11 July!! So it's all down hill from here!! I'll install a daisypath ticker soon so that we can all count down the months, weeks and days! (The other day B had it down to the hour how long we had left...it had been a rough day! ha!)
7) So the BIG question everyone has been asking us...are you coming home soon?? Well the answer to this is most likely No. Here's a brief explaination...by the time we are able to work our schedules out (with B's training and me building up enough leave to actually make a trip worth while), we wouldn't be able to come home until Christmas. Now as much as we would LOVE to spend the holidays with our dearest family and friends...we will be coming home 6 months after Christmas!! We've also debated the idea of taking a Christmas trip- and yes, the trip is winning. We're hoping to go to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam during the holidays! We feel as though it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit these beautiful lands-heck, it's only a 4 hr plane ride!! Now be honest...would'nt you go too?!?!?
6) My sister is engaged!! (Now, I know that is not a Groseclose announcement...but she is my sister!!) We are very excited for Keri and Tommy!! I have promised her that we can do LOTS of wedding planning via the internet!! I'll keep you posted on all the details (Jodi!) :)
5) We are SO ready for the FALL!! I bet ya'll are too!! We've been hearing about the blazzing temps. back home! It's not quite that hot here on the thermostat...but add the smoggy pollution into the mix and the dreary skies...urgh! Just ugly! Theres only been a handful of days that I have seen puffy blue clouds in the sky...it makes me so excited to just see the carolina blue sky that I would practically do back flips if it would help keep the smoggy polluted days away!!
4) We're thinking of making plans for the Labor Day weekend. We really haven't traveled very far this summer. So we're thinking of going down to Busan-which is the southern most part of the peninsula for the weekend! I've been pricing hotels and we can get a 4 to 5 star hotel for about $200.00 for the entire weekend!! I can't wait to put my feet in the sand again before the summer is over!!
3) Last week I planned a shopping trip with the ladies from my cottage. It was alot of fun. We went to a part of Seoul named Myong-Dong! It's pretty much the brand name shopping capital of Seoul. They had a HUGE 4 story Forever 21 store. Now, I have never stepped foot in this store...I would have not even imagined shopping there-I just never found it to be my style! ha! But this store had some really cute stuff (maybe it was just Korea!), but I found a cute turquoise and cream casual summer dress, cuff bracelett, peacock print wallet and charm necklace all for about 63,000 won (about 55.00 USD)!! Not bad! We also found an H and M, never shopped there before either...but I will defintely be going back! Last but of course not least, we found the Krispy Kreme donut shop!! Lahhhh!!! It was wonderful! They made the right there in the store and everything! It was so wonderful to have a taste of home!
2) Speaking of food! Have you ever craved a Chic Fil A #1 with a Lemonade for FIVE months!!! Well...I'm still praying that a Chic Fil A sandwich is going to fall out of the sky and onto my plate! (And NO I am not pregnant!! ha!)
1) Last but not least of my wondering thoughts tonight...I must share that I am already thinking about the reunion with all my besties when we come home!!! I'm now officially taking ideas for plans...so sound off!! :) I'm ready to start planning our return!! We will definately be home next July for at least a couple of weeks! As we find out more about where the Army is sending us next...*cough Europe cough*!! We're hoping! We'll be taking names for who wants to visit us!! Cause I KNOW that some of ya'll are going to want to come visit Europe!! Another once in a lifetime trip...for sure!!
Well thats a wrap for now!
XOXO from Korea!
Mrs. GC
9) We recently went to dinner with some good couple friends we've met here. The place was called O'Kim's Browhouse! ha! :) I love the name...it's a little Irish and ALOT Korean! (I have pictures...will post soon!) Speaking of dinner, we also tried out this cute little Italian restaurant downtown this past weekend! It felt like we were stepping into a little Italy (Korean style of course)...pictures from both of these nights coming soon!
8) We recently hit our 1 year mark in Korea- 11 July!! So it's all down hill from here!! I'll install a daisypath ticker soon so that we can all count down the months, weeks and days! (The other day B had it down to the hour how long we had left...it had been a rough day! ha!)
7) So the BIG question everyone has been asking us...are you coming home soon?? Well the answer to this is most likely No. Here's a brief explaination...by the time we are able to work our schedules out (with B's training and me building up enough leave to actually make a trip worth while), we wouldn't be able to come home until Christmas. Now as much as we would LOVE to spend the holidays with our dearest family and friends...we will be coming home 6 months after Christmas!! We've also debated the idea of taking a Christmas trip- and yes, the trip is winning. We're hoping to go to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam during the holidays! We feel as though it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit these beautiful lands-heck, it's only a 4 hr plane ride!! Now be honest...would'nt you go too?!?!?
6) My sister is engaged!! (Now, I know that is not a Groseclose announcement...but she is my sister!!) We are very excited for Keri and Tommy!! I have promised her that we can do LOTS of wedding planning via the internet!! I'll keep you posted on all the details (Jodi!) :)
5) We are SO ready for the FALL!! I bet ya'll are too!! We've been hearing about the blazzing temps. back home! It's not quite that hot here on the thermostat...but add the smoggy pollution into the mix and the dreary skies...urgh! Just ugly! Theres only been a handful of days that I have seen puffy blue clouds in the sky...it makes me so excited to just see the carolina blue sky that I would practically do back flips if it would help keep the smoggy polluted days away!!
4) We're thinking of making plans for the Labor Day weekend. We really haven't traveled very far this summer. So we're thinking of going down to Busan-which is the southern most part of the peninsula for the weekend! I've been pricing hotels and we can get a 4 to 5 star hotel for about $200.00 for the entire weekend!! I can't wait to put my feet in the sand again before the summer is over!!
3) Last week I planned a shopping trip with the ladies from my cottage. It was alot of fun. We went to a part of Seoul named Myong-Dong! It's pretty much the brand name shopping capital of Seoul. They had a HUGE 4 story Forever 21 store. Now, I have never stepped foot in this store...I would have not even imagined shopping there-I just never found it to be my style! ha! But this store had some really cute stuff (maybe it was just Korea!), but I found a cute turquoise and cream casual summer dress, cuff bracelett, peacock print wallet and charm necklace all for about 63,000 won (about 55.00 USD)!! Not bad! We also found an H and M, never shopped there before either...but I will defintely be going back! Last but of course not least, we found the Krispy Kreme donut shop!! Lahhhh!!! It was wonderful! They made the right there in the store and everything! It was so wonderful to have a taste of home!
2) Speaking of food! Have you ever craved a Chic Fil A #1 with a Lemonade for FIVE months!!! Well...I'm still praying that a Chic Fil A sandwich is going to fall out of the sky and onto my plate! (And NO I am not pregnant!! ha!)
1) Last but not least of my wondering thoughts tonight...I must share that I am already thinking about the reunion with all my besties when we come home!!! I'm now officially taking ideas for plans...so sound off!! :) I'm ready to start planning our return!! We will definately be home next July for at least a couple of weeks! As we find out more about where the Army is sending us next...*cough Europe cough*!! We're hoping! We'll be taking names for who wants to visit us!! Cause I KNOW that some of ya'll are going to want to come visit Europe!! Another once in a lifetime trip...for sure!!
Well thats a wrap for now!
XOXO from Korea!
Mrs. GC
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Wordless Wednesday Editor's Note!
I realize that it may be difficult to read the comic strip below...please click on the comic strip and it will open in another window and be easier to read!
Enjoy! *This definately brought a little smile to my heart...oh how very true it can be on most days!! *D.O. - yup, that's me! :)*
XOXO (again!, can never have to many!) from Korea!
Enjoy! *This definately brought a little smile to my heart...oh how very true it can be on most days!! *D.O. - yup, that's me! :)*
XOXO (again!, can never have to many!) from Korea!
Almost Wordless Wednesday!!
Hey ya'll!! Well as most of you know several of my best girlfriends (that's all of you who follow my blog! ha!) have done this fun little post title in the past...so here goes mine!!
Please see above and Enjoy!!
XOXO from Korea!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
she works...he plays!
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
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
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