Oh. My. God. It is here, the move is here, and I am FREAKING OUT. As you can tell, our timeline got shifted...just a little. The earliest we could be moved is this week. The movers come to pack us Wednesday and Thursday and load up the truck on Friday. While we were originally intending on going to visit family after being packed up, we ended up doing that last week instead, and have so much left to do that we cut the visit shot just a little. It's a lot harder leaving when I'm not going back in just a couple months like I normally have done since my niece was born. It was good though... we saw my family, and his family which is just a little harder since he refuses to talk to his parents and not all his siblings get along and blah blah drama so unlike with my family we can't see everyone all at once. But we managed to see some on the way up to visit my family, including some of his/our friends, and some on the way back down.
I only made it to one night of the dance event I wanted to go to, but that's OK cause in the end I didn't much feel like going (and I had the worst headache ever on Friday anyways.) I had fun once I got there, though.
There is still so much- SO MUCH- left to do. He waited until the last minute to figure out shipping his car so he hasn't even scheduled dropping it off yet, cause he needs a letter from the lien holder saying he can ship the car. We need to get me every power of attorney necessary that is PCS and/or deployment related. We need to arrange our accommodations for when we get there. I need to send in all the appropriate documentation for the cats to enter the state, and set up for them to be boarded while we are on our cruise. And for them to be boarded once we get to Hawaii. We need to arrange for their flight, which is looking like it will be on a different airline. I need to arrange to drop off my car to be shipped.
I am so looking forward to everything being arranged and done and for us to be on the road for this crazy journey!
~Katy
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
The "Kate Effect"
This is a weather phenomenon where all the exciting weather fails to occur over me, because I really like crazy weather.
To be fair, this time we did get a darn good downpour... but it's already looking lighter out. It didn't even downpour for long enough for me to take the screenshot, crop it, and finish this post.
The last time I wrote about the Kate Effect... it never, if fact, rained a drop... http://chickcasa.blogspot.com/2012/08/it-does-not-rain-here.html
~Katy
To be fair, this time we did get a darn good downpour... but it's already looking lighter out. It didn't even downpour for long enough for me to take the screenshot, crop it, and finish this post.
The last time I wrote about the Kate Effect... it never, if fact, rained a drop... http://chickcasa.blogspot.com/2012/08/it-does-not-rain-here.html
~Katy
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
It's Been a Week
Shall I update again? Things haven't gotten very far from last week, mainly because we spent the weekend visiting my family for a bittersweet weekend.
My replacement at work falling through means I have discharge reports out the wa-zoo which all have to be done ASAP so my supervisor can look over them before I go over them with the families next week. This is my last week working with the kiddos, I have 2 days left. Tomorrow is my last day with one of them, and that is such a sad thing.
Since my medical screening took more time than we anticipated it looks as though the entire move is being pushed back about a week. Not really a big deal at all, though. What IS a big deal is that my husband is telling me they may not book our flight out to Hawaii until after he has separated from his current command, which means we can't adequately plan for things like possibly going on a cruise from the west coast, or making sure we can get the cats on the flight with us (pet spaces are limited, and it's first come first served. This is a BIG DEAL.) It also effects our ability to find lodging once we get there, and I already checked and the Navy Lodge is booked for the theoretical dates we would need to stay, meaning we may have a hard time finding somewhere else to stay with our cats.
On the plus side we have gone through the majority of the stuff we never unpacked from the last move and have tossed quite a bit of stuff. Wish we had tossed more, but at this point, I don't so much care. At this point I want the plans made and the hard part behind us! I just want to have the move started and it feels like it will never get here... even though I only have 2 days left with my kiddos at work.
Now, to try and get some sleep so I can wake up early and get a report out of the way first thing.
So.Much.Left.To.Do.
~Katy
My replacement at work falling through means I have discharge reports out the wa-zoo which all have to be done ASAP so my supervisor can look over them before I go over them with the families next week. This is my last week working with the kiddos, I have 2 days left. Tomorrow is my last day with one of them, and that is such a sad thing.
Since my medical screening took more time than we anticipated it looks as though the entire move is being pushed back about a week. Not really a big deal at all, though. What IS a big deal is that my husband is telling me they may not book our flight out to Hawaii until after he has separated from his current command, which means we can't adequately plan for things like possibly going on a cruise from the west coast, or making sure we can get the cats on the flight with us (pet spaces are limited, and it's first come first served. This is a BIG DEAL.) It also effects our ability to find lodging once we get there, and I already checked and the Navy Lodge is booked for the theoretical dates we would need to stay, meaning we may have a hard time finding somewhere else to stay with our cats.
On the plus side we have gone through the majority of the stuff we never unpacked from the last move and have tossed quite a bit of stuff. Wish we had tossed more, but at this point, I don't so much care. At this point I want the plans made and the hard part behind us! I just want to have the move started and it feels like it will never get here... even though I only have 2 days left with my kiddos at work.
Now, to try and get some sleep so I can wake up early and get a report out of the way first thing.
So.Much.Left.To.Do.
~Katy
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
How About An Update?
I see I have gotten out of the habit of updating this thing! Some of you may be wondering what is going on with me. I know some may be interested in the move. And at least once of you (you know who you are!) is interested in that blanket. So, here we have updates... I will start with the blanket. It's the shortest update:
I have made virtually no progress on the blanket since the last blanket update. My size on the squares has varied a TON and I had to go through and sort the ones out that were just FAR too big and set them aside to redo them. In November I spend almost an entire day just redoing squares while at a dance competition that I refused to compete in. I wanted to go to the event, because those will be few and far between after the move, but I was stressed out that weekend and really just wanted to relax. So that is what I did! I partied and danced with friends at night, and spent Saturday in bed in the hotel room with the competitions on the TV while I crocheted. I might have made a square since then, but I don't remember, I got started on Christmas presents, and then I got focused on knitting socks from a book I got for Christmas. But have no fear! I have NOT given up on the blanket! NO! I will be bringing every single square and every hank of yarn for the blanket with me as we travel across country and then hop a plane over to the island. I intend to have an entire suitcase dedicated to yarn. While leads me to an update on the move...
It is almost upon us. Yikes! And yet, none of it is scheduled yet. I have one last appointment for my medical screening so I can be put on the orders, so we can schedule our move and have our plane tickets booked. Good times. That will happen this Friday and once that is all set we can get that all scheduled. What we are HOPING is to get out things packed and taken away the last week of February. My last day with my kiddos at work will be the 21st... that's right, a week and a half left with my kiddos :( Then I will have that last week to tie up loose ends with work, and clean the house. Eric's last day at his command is Feb 28... then hopefully, March 1, we will be out of here.
From here we go to NJ to say goodbye to his family for probably overnight (I am HOPING to make it at east a full 24 hours.) then up to Syracuse to spend the rest of the week with my family. After that... dance competition!! I have to get one last one in. From there it will be off to Ohio to stay with some of my relatives. Then to Nebraska with some of my other relatives. After that we don't yet know, Oklahoma? Montana? We have relatives in both. Or we could go through Colorado. After that- Las Vegas! Maybe for a couple of days. We will see. Then, there is again the chance that we MIGHT... maybe... take a cruise outta LA. It's a good price. I don't see how we can turn it down, it will be our 4 days to celebrate both of our birthdays which he will be deployed for, plus an early anniversary celebration.
Then we fly to Hawaii... and get started with our new life.
Did I mention our cats are coming across country with us? Four cats. One back seat. We got them a tube thing for the backseat so they can move around and have a litter box... Well... could get interesting... We will see!
~Katy
I have made virtually no progress on the blanket since the last blanket update. My size on the squares has varied a TON and I had to go through and sort the ones out that were just FAR too big and set them aside to redo them. In November I spend almost an entire day just redoing squares while at a dance competition that I refused to compete in. I wanted to go to the event, because those will be few and far between after the move, but I was stressed out that weekend and really just wanted to relax. So that is what I did! I partied and danced with friends at night, and spent Saturday in bed in the hotel room with the competitions on the TV while I crocheted. I might have made a square since then, but I don't remember, I got started on Christmas presents, and then I got focused on knitting socks from a book I got for Christmas. But have no fear! I have NOT given up on the blanket! NO! I will be bringing every single square and every hank of yarn for the blanket with me as we travel across country and then hop a plane over to the island. I intend to have an entire suitcase dedicated to yarn. While leads me to an update on the move...
It is almost upon us. Yikes! And yet, none of it is scheduled yet. I have one last appointment for my medical screening so I can be put on the orders, so we can schedule our move and have our plane tickets booked. Good times. That will happen this Friday and once that is all set we can get that all scheduled. What we are HOPING is to get out things packed and taken away the last week of February. My last day with my kiddos at work will be the 21st... that's right, a week and a half left with my kiddos :( Then I will have that last week to tie up loose ends with work, and clean the house. Eric's last day at his command is Feb 28... then hopefully, March 1, we will be out of here.
From here we go to NJ to say goodbye to his family for probably overnight (I am HOPING to make it at east a full 24 hours.) then up to Syracuse to spend the rest of the week with my family. After that... dance competition!! I have to get one last one in. From there it will be off to Ohio to stay with some of my relatives. Then to Nebraska with some of my other relatives. After that we don't yet know, Oklahoma? Montana? We have relatives in both. Or we could go through Colorado. After that- Las Vegas! Maybe for a couple of days. We will see. Then, there is again the chance that we MIGHT... maybe... take a cruise outta LA. It's a good price. I don't see how we can turn it down, it will be our 4 days to celebrate both of our birthdays which he will be deployed for, plus an early anniversary celebration.
Then we fly to Hawaii... and get started with our new life.
Did I mention our cats are coming across country with us? Four cats. One back seat. We got them a tube thing for the backseat so they can move around and have a litter box... Well... could get interesting... We will see!
~Katy
Monday, November 11, 2013
Scheduling a Tweet from TweetCaster App
Hey there! I'm organizing a twitter bomb to try to get Zibbet trending on twitter! Since not everyone who would like to be involved lives in the US (aka,they will be asleep when we do this) and others will be at work or otherwise disposed, I wanted to shre ONE of the ways to schedule a tweet to happen at a specific time.
I use TweetCaster onmy android when I am away from my computer to manage the TeamZibbet account. I also use it for another twitter account of mine and have for a year or two now. Here are the steps to schedule a tweet to happen at a designated time in the future.
First, you need to set up the app, and select your twitter account.
To write a tweet, you lick on the button that looks like a paper with a pen. This is the same if you are scheduling a tweet for later or sending it in that moment.
Type in what you want yours to say. Pardon the typo, it's past my bedtime and I didn't want to bother retaking... anyways, you type in your tweet and once it is written you touch the top right where there are three dots.
This will open up a menu with the option to Post Later. Dooooo ittttttttt!!
That will open up a calendar to use to schedule your tweet. Just choose the date and time (I of course selected the date and time of the twitter bomb!) and hit OK! Done. After this it will still have your tweet in where you entered it. I just hit back until I get back to my feed.
Pretty simple! Hope it helped.
~Katy
I use TweetCaster onmy android when I am away from my computer to manage the TeamZibbet account. I also use it for another twitter account of mine and have for a year or two now. Here are the steps to schedule a tweet to happen at a designated time in the future.
To write a tweet, you lick on the button that looks like a paper with a pen. This is the same if you are scheduling a tweet for later or sending it in that moment.
Type in what you want yours to say. Pardon the typo, it's past my bedtime and I didn't want to bother retaking... anyways, you type in your tweet and once it is written you touch the top right where there are three dots.
This will open up a menu with the option to Post Later. Dooooo ittttttttt!!
That will open up a calendar to use to schedule your tweet. Just choose the date and time (I of course selected the date and time of the twitter bomb!) and hit OK! Done. After this it will still have your tweet in where you entered it. I just hit back until I get back to my feed.
Pretty simple! Hope it helped.
~Katy
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