So, I started this blog, wrote a few posts and then dropped off the radar. Not intentionally but life went a little crazy and I kept waiting for something profound to blog about. Well, after a few months, I've determined my life is a little short on profound and very long on weird. If I wait until something profound or really important happens, I might never write again. (OK, maybe never was a strong word but you get the point.)
I'm still not sure exactly how this will go but I'm working on it.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Pitmans on the move!
Moving. Ugh. For the third summer in a row, the Army has called upon our family to pick up our tent stakes and move. 2009 took us from Fayetteville, NC (where we had been living for 8 years!) to Fort Leavenworth, KS. 2010 sent us on a rather short trip from there to Fort Riley, KS where we lived in Manhattan, KS (also known as the Little Apple... no, I'm not kidding.) This summer sent us out from Kansas and back to the south. Ah, the south. Land of SEC football, sweet tea and warmer weather. Where an outdoor shopping area makes a whole lot more sense! (Never understood Kansas outdoor shopping areas... nice in the summer but EEK! in the winter). We were hoping to end our journey in Florida but we are settling in Columbia, South Carolina.
Columbia, SC. Land of SC Gamecocks (or as I like to call them, Fighting Chickens) and the Clemson Tigers. Chris is actually stationed at Shaw AFB near Sumter, SC but we decided to hang our hat here and he is going to commute. (Thanks Sweetie!) Less than 2 miles from our house here is a large outdoor shopping center with (drum roll please) 2 Starbucks, a Panera, Red Robin (yum!), Target, World Market and more. Not to mention there are 2 Publix's near my house. Unless you have lived in the south, you might not understand but as far as grocery stores go, Publix is the best. LOVE it!
So we are setting in here but have hit a few hiccups. Instead of our plan to have our new furniture (yeah!) delivered today and our household goods on Monday....well, I need to back up a bit to explain how we got to this point. Flashback to August 26. No, back up a bit further. Dinosaurs roamed the earth... OK, maybe not that far back.
This move was under the Army's new and more efficient system. No, stop laughing...it really was supposed to be more efficient. First they came to pack our stuff on Monday and Tuesday. Then, we got to sit and look at boxes until Friday when they came to load the truck. Long story short (too late!), our stuff was put into two different trucks. The load that was already on our first truck was 5000 pounds more than they thought it would be. We won't even go into how you could possibly be 5000 pounds off. SO, they put as much as they could on the first truck and loaded the rest (4 hours later) into another truck. They assured us it would come together before we got to SC.
Two thoughts here... once they realized the first load was 5000 pounds over, don't you think they should have come with a different truck to my house? One that had room for all our stuff? Second, if they knew when they showed up that morning that it wasn't all going to fit, don't you think they should have made some logical division to our stuff. Nope! We have a shipment with half of Jake's bed, chairs but no table, half of an entertainment center.... the list could go on. That shipment is coming on Monday. The second shipment finally left Kansas the other day and is now scheduled to arrive "hopefully between Wednesday and Friday". How's that for a scheduling window? You thought the cable company had a broad range of when they might arrive!
I'll keep you posted on what happens next... I'm trying to embrace the attitude of "Semper Gumby- Always Flexible".
Columbia, SC. Land of SC Gamecocks (or as I like to call them, Fighting Chickens) and the Clemson Tigers. Chris is actually stationed at Shaw AFB near Sumter, SC but we decided to hang our hat here and he is going to commute. (Thanks Sweetie!) Less than 2 miles from our house here is a large outdoor shopping center with (drum roll please) 2 Starbucks, a Panera, Red Robin (yum!), Target, World Market and more. Not to mention there are 2 Publix's near my house. Unless you have lived in the south, you might not understand but as far as grocery stores go, Publix is the best. LOVE it!
So we are setting in here but have hit a few hiccups. Instead of our plan to have our new furniture (yeah!) delivered today and our household goods on Monday....well, I need to back up a bit to explain how we got to this point. Flashback to August 26. No, back up a bit further. Dinosaurs roamed the earth... OK, maybe not that far back.
This move was under the Army's new and more efficient system. No, stop laughing...it really was supposed to be more efficient. First they came to pack our stuff on Monday and Tuesday. Then, we got to sit and look at boxes until Friday when they came to load the truck. Long story short (too late!), our stuff was put into two different trucks. The load that was already on our first truck was 5000 pounds more than they thought it would be. We won't even go into how you could possibly be 5000 pounds off. SO, they put as much as they could on the first truck and loaded the rest (4 hours later) into another truck. They assured us it would come together before we got to SC.
Two thoughts here... once they realized the first load was 5000 pounds over, don't you think they should have come with a different truck to my house? One that had room for all our stuff? Second, if they knew when they showed up that morning that it wasn't all going to fit, don't you think they should have made some logical division to our stuff. Nope! We have a shipment with half of Jake's bed, chairs but no table, half of an entertainment center.... the list could go on. That shipment is coming on Monday. The second shipment finally left Kansas the other day and is now scheduled to arrive "hopefully between Wednesday and Friday". How's that for a scheduling window? You thought the cable company had a broad range of when they might arrive!
I'll keep you posted on what happens next... I'm trying to embrace the attitude of "Semper Gumby- Always Flexible".
Friday, July 1, 2011
Irritating Commercials
Sometimes, as I watch TV, I see commercials that irritate me. Some are just irritating overall but some hit on a deeper level of irritation. The Travelocity commercial where the man calls his wife a beach angel is just surface level irritating. Mostly it's their voices that drive me crazy but that what the mute button is for.
For some reason, other commercials just camp out and roast smores on my last nerve. So, if you don't have these commercials where you are, just skip this post and write it off to "crazy old Christina".
1. Angel Soft toilet paper- The man is standing in the doorway to the bathroom and asks his wife to throw him a roll of toilet paper. The first is too hard, the second is too soft and the third is just right. Well, after the first, I'm thinking "Just go down the hall and get it your dang self!"
2. Tide Detergent- Dad doesn't like short white skirt that belongs to his daughter so he gets it really dirty. Mom cleans it and daughter wears it much to Dad's chagrin. Dad, if you don't want her to wear a short skirt than tell her no. She will live. Promise.
3. Can't remember if it's a hot dog commercial or a commercial for the grill- Scene sets with a man coming home to find his whole family electronically occupied (computers, TV, video games) so he cuts the power to the house so everyone will come outside to the grill and share a family meal. Seriously? How about you go around and tell people to get off the computer/TV?
Now, do I think that these commercials are worth spending a lot of time worrying about? No. Do I spend long periods of time worrying about these people? No. Do I realize that these people are acting? Yes. Does any of this "alter the path of salvation"? No. It just irritates me when I see them and I wondered if I was alone. Also, my sweet husband is hoping that by blogging about this I will stop commenting every time the commercials come on.
For some reason, other commercials just camp out and roast smores on my last nerve. So, if you don't have these commercials where you are, just skip this post and write it off to "crazy old Christina".
1. Angel Soft toilet paper- The man is standing in the doorway to the bathroom and asks his wife to throw him a roll of toilet paper. The first is too hard, the second is too soft and the third is just right. Well, after the first, I'm thinking "Just go down the hall and get it your dang self!"
2. Tide Detergent- Dad doesn't like short white skirt that belongs to his daughter so he gets it really dirty. Mom cleans it and daughter wears it much to Dad's chagrin. Dad, if you don't want her to wear a short skirt than tell her no. She will live. Promise.
3. Can't remember if it's a hot dog commercial or a commercial for the grill- Scene sets with a man coming home to find his whole family electronically occupied (computers, TV, video games) so he cuts the power to the house so everyone will come outside to the grill and share a family meal. Seriously? How about you go around and tell people to get off the computer/TV?
Now, do I think that these commercials are worth spending a lot of time worrying about? No. Do I spend long periods of time worrying about these people? No. Do I realize that these people are acting? Yes. Does any of this "alter the path of salvation"? No. It just irritates me when I see them and I wondered if I was alone. Also, my sweet husband is hoping that by blogging about this I will stop commenting every time the commercials come on.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Oh the pressure
As I travel into the "blogosphere" (look at me with the blog lingo), there is an odd sense of pressure. Probably all in my head but real to me. What to write about? Can I say that and have it be out there connected to me? How often to post? Too much posting and people will start to detest what they once found pleasant. Like that song on your favorite radio station. You like it a lot in the beginning but they put into the rotation so much that you start to like it a little bit less each time. Soon, you find yourself almost wrecking your car trying to change the station the minute you hear it. Christian radio stations seem to do this a lot. When I first heard Casting Crowns, I liked their music but the station where we were seemed to adopt the "3 other songs then a CC song" theory of radio play. AAAHHHH!
OK, apparently rabbit trails are going to be a theme here. My brain has so many rabbit trails it looks like a scene from Watership Down in there. It also seeps out of my brain into other aspects of my life. Especially house cleaning. When I take something into another room to put it away, I end up cleaning in there until I have to take something into another room to put it away. It's a vicious cycle that has an end result of a bunch a half clean rooms. You throw in a shiny object in there and it's all over.
I have no clue what I originally intended to blog about today. I sat down with an idea in my head. Not sure where it went. I'm sure it is still in there somewhere. It will reappear at some point. It's like my brain is permanently on shuffle and I just have to wait for the idea to start playing again. I'm sure if I got up and starting cleaning something, it will come back. Ooh, shiny idea...
OK, apparently rabbit trails are going to be a theme here. My brain has so many rabbit trails it looks like a scene from Watership Down in there. It also seeps out of my brain into other aspects of my life. Especially house cleaning. When I take something into another room to put it away, I end up cleaning in there until I have to take something into another room to put it away. It's a vicious cycle that has an end result of a bunch a half clean rooms. You throw in a shiny object in there and it's all over.
I have no clue what I originally intended to blog about today. I sat down with an idea in my head. Not sure where it went. I'm sure it is still in there somewhere. It will reappear at some point. It's like my brain is permanently on shuffle and I just have to wait for the idea to start playing again. I'm sure if I got up and starting cleaning something, it will come back. Ooh, shiny idea...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
It's a blog!
I have entered the world of the blog. I've read so many of my friend's blogs. Some made me laugh, some made me cry, some made me think and some challenged me. I have thought for a long time that I should write a blog but always stopped short. Why? Who would want to read my strange thoughts on life? Would they make anyone laugh, cry or think? Or would they just be another piece of evidence that I am truly odd and absolutely "half a bubble off center"?
Half a bubble off center. Not quite the same as "not the sharpest tool in the shed" or "a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic". No, I wouldn't say I lack intelligence. We won't go into whether I use said intelligence to the best of my abilities. That's a whole 'nother post. (Did I mention that I have never received a report card that didn't say "Christina does not work up to her full potential".) No, the title of my blog is just the most accurate description I could come up with for the way my brain works.
No, "Normal" is not a word that pops in people's minds when they think of me. Some find my special way of looking at things funny. Some just wonder why my brain works this way. Some probably wait until I'm gone and then organize a prayer group for me and my poor children. Perhaps there is hope for them to be "normal". (Nope, that ship has sailed. My kids are growing up to be wonderful weirdos too!)
So, for those who decide to take a peek inside my strange thoughts, welcome! I hope it makes you laugh or think. Not sure I want anyone to cry but it could happen. Maybe it will challenge some to see things with a different perspective. One that is half a bubble off center.
Half a bubble off center. Not quite the same as "not the sharpest tool in the shed" or "a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic". No, I wouldn't say I lack intelligence. We won't go into whether I use said intelligence to the best of my abilities. That's a whole 'nother post. (Did I mention that I have never received a report card that didn't say "Christina does not work up to her full potential".) No, the title of my blog is just the most accurate description I could come up with for the way my brain works.
No, "Normal" is not a word that pops in people's minds when they think of me. Some find my special way of looking at things funny. Some just wonder why my brain works this way. Some probably wait until I'm gone and then organize a prayer group for me and my poor children. Perhaps there is hope for them to be "normal". (Nope, that ship has sailed. My kids are growing up to be wonderful weirdos too!)
So, for those who decide to take a peek inside my strange thoughts, welcome! I hope it makes you laugh or think. Not sure I want anyone to cry but it could happen. Maybe it will challenge some to see things with a different perspective. One that is half a bubble off center.
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