Vegas, part 1

We went to Vegas back in May, it was a lot of fun! We went to several shows and ate at many different places!

The first day we at breakfast at Mr. Lucky’s 24/7 in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, where we stayed. We got in SO early that we had to wait for our room, it took several hours, and we were both SO tired we didn’t want to roam around, plus we weren’t as close to the Strip as we thought we were going to be. So we sat around the hotel. When they still hadn’t called us, hours after we checked in, we decided to go see if we could get a room. Luckily they changed our room and got us in earlier! For lunch that day we got burgers from room service. And went to Cravings at The Mirage for dinner, it’s a buffet, and since it was Mother’s Day I can’t remember if I ate for free, or got a good discount! After dinner, we had some time, so we walked around before we saw Cirque Du Soleil The Beatles Love!

Day 2 – We slept in, we were exhausted. We ventured out to Heart Attack Grill on Freemont Street, then we walked over to the Pawn Stars Pawn Shop. For dinner we headed over to the Venetian and ate at Postrio which is a Wolfgang Puck restaurant. We had some time before the show, so we walked around the Venetian and took a fun Gondola Ride. We saw Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular (unfortunately it is no longer running, it closed last month, which is a major bummer, it was AMAZING!)

The LT in his hospital gown at Heart Attack GrillMy Chocolate Butter Fat Shake and his Coke                      Gondola RidePhantom

Day 3 – We slept in again this morning. We went to Maggiano’s Little Italy for lunch. It’s at the Fashion Show Mall, so after lunch we walked around the mall. For dinner we went to Shibuya, which is a Japanese Teppanyaki Restaurant(Hibachi style) at the MGM Grand and then Cirque Du Soleil: KA!

                      

 

More to come tomorrow……

The LT & The Mrs At Fort Jackson

We are moving to Fort Jackson, South Carolina in a few months. We were suppose to go to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I guess I should go back a month…

The LT was up for promotion in April, the board came back with the list in August, unfortunately the LT wasn’t on it. We knew his name wasn’t going to be on the list, but it didn’t make it any better. We were very disappointed, but knew that this was just God’s way of telling us that the Army just might not be the place for us. We were set to leave Hawaii in Dec and go to Fort Sill for Captain’s Career Course, but since he wasn’t being promoted, he was now going to be an XO at AIT at Fort Sill. Last week he met with his Branch Manager, and he told the LT that he couldn’t get orders for Fort Sill right then, but that there were openings at Fort Jackson. The LT called me and we talked about it, and we both felt that Jackson would be the best place for us at this time. We aren’t going to be able to take much leave, and we wanted to go home for Christmas, but just didn’t think it would work with driving from Oklahoma to Georgia/Tennessee. And Jackson is quite closer to our families. So, now the LT will be an XO for a Basic Training unit. We aren’t sure how long we will be at Jackson, and the LT will be up for promotion again in April, which means we will know by August where we will go. If he gets promoted it’s off to Fort Sill, if he’s not, then we will stay at Jackson until his time is up.

We are so very excited for the next chapter. We are going to miss Hawaii so much, but this is a good thing. And we are so excited for a change!

MilSpouse (first) Friday Fill-In

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1. What’s one thing in the past month you would have changed?

Block leave is over, so it’s back to the real world.

2. What was your favorite thing that happened in June?

Seeing friends and family on the mainland…

3. What did you do to celebrate Independence Day?

We went to the Schofield Barracks 4th celebration, saw Hoobastank and Jack's Mannequin, and the fireworks, spent some time with our old neighbors and their kids, and got soaked to the bone during the fireworks, we didn’t bring an umbrella, so we were both soaked, but it was a lot of fun!!!

4. When you PCS, what items do you take with you and not let the movers pack (and if you do a DITY, what do you take with you and not box up) (thanks to Sespi at And You Never Did Think for inspiring this question)?

When I moved to Hawaii I packed things that the movers wouldn’t pack, like all my body sprays, candles, and room scents. Then clothes, and whatever else I acquired while waiting to get to Hawaii. My laptop and of course my teddy bear, Artie. I had 3 suitcases when I moved to Hawaii, and since I wasn’t yet on his orders I had to pay for them, so expensive. This time we’ll probably just keep clothes and our laptops, and some bedding and towels. Since it’s just us, we won’t have to worry about things for kids or pets, so it shouldn’t be too much.

5. What are you looking forward to in July?

My birthday in 4 days, going to one of my favorite places (Buca di Beppo)tomorrow for my birthday dinner, since my birthday is a Tuesday and we’re doing a cookout for it the next Saturday. That’s about it…nothing much going on this month.

Wordless Wednesday

The rest of the pictures will follow later…

Thanks again to Taylor at Nine3Oh Creative (or her blog)