Bulletpoints...

Well bloggie world...Yes, it's been quite sometime,  okay an eternity!! But, I'm here, and I'm back in action!! Whoo hoo! In this post, I intend to update you on the past few months through a few bullet points, hopefully you'll follow along. Yet, before we get started lets cover some ground. We are still stationed here in Korea (about 5 months more to go till we return to the states), I am still working at the Outreach Center on post and B (my husband patient, fantastic man in my life) is still working away with the Army...and best of all- We are LOVIN' life! :) Isn't it just great to love life, love your mate and just to love the simple things! So here goes the update...

September-
*B and I experienced our first Typhoon ever, and of course it was here in Korea.
*My co workers and I hosted a military VIP visit from Washington DC
*We celebrated the Korean holiday of Chusok (basically, the equivalent to American's Thanksgiving)

October-
*B and I booked our trip home for the holidays to NC
*B re-enlisted to the Army for another 6 year contract
*I assisted my co workers with hosting a Domestic Violence Awareness month 5K
*The community association I am a board member on (Kka Chi Community Association), and I hosted a Golf Tournament at Camp Casey Golf Course
*I assisted with my first AFAP (Army Family Action Plan) conference, basically a conference that reviews what is working, what isn't and how the Army can go about fixing issues.
*The spouses from the Outreach Center and I took 2 trips to Seoul, one on a Seoul City Bus Tour, and the second to a fabulous market by the name of Insadong; more about these wonderful places in a later post.

November-
*B and I had a night out on the town to celebrate a good friend of ours 40th Birthday. His wife hosted a group of us at a local italian (yes, I said italian) restaurant (Erus) here in Korea. It was FaNtAbUlOuS I tell you!
*B and I participated in a college fair hosted by the sisters of Delta Sigma Theta, Alumnae chapter here in Korea. I was the representative for my alma mater Barton College. B came along with me to assist with the fair, and he met another fellow college rep/alum who is also stationed here in Korea and is a Naval Criminal Investigator. So yes, my friends NCIS DOES exist! Of course B asked if this fella knew Gibbs! ha!
*B and I did some Christmas shopping for friends and family at a market in Osan
*Our friends Alicia and Rob hosted a delicious Thanksgiving dinner and invited us over. After stuffing our bellys we drank,  indulged in some fabulous Korean wine and played a nice competitive game of Wii!

December-
*B and I celebrated our 3rd Anniversary in the great city of Tokyo! 4 days and 3 nights, it was beautiful!
*We then flew for 16 hours home to Atlanta and then on to RDU for a couple of weeks home for the holidays with our super fantastic friends and family. While home, we attended a thoughtfully hosted holiday party with some of my sorority sisters and their significant others. I also spent a weekend shopping trip with two of my besties Megan and Caroline. My sister and I did some wedding planning in anticipation of her big day, coming up in July!!
*We also met up for lunch with B's besties wife (Simonie), who her husband is currently deployed, but we are praying for a safe return in just a few short weeks!

January-
*B and I spent New Year's 2011 eve at home, and jet lagged! ha! (romantic, I know!) ha!
*I co-hosted a Baby Shower for 6 new mama's at the Outreach Center, and can you believe that they are all having boys!!?!?
*I also co-hosted an FRG meeting for the new year...anyone looking to pick up a new committment in July?? I'm hoping to be able to start training someone for my current FRG (Family Readiness Group) position soon!

Well, there you have it! Our update! Thank goodness for my agenda book, I would have never been able to remember all of this information with out it!

**Be on the lookout for some new posts, and some pictures! I've got a few plans up my sleeve that will hopefully keep me blogging all year long!!**

XOXO! from Korea!

Mrs. GC

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Another weekend over...ALREADY???

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

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

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

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

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!

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!