OTS Dining Out

I just wanted to share a few pictures from my husbands Officer Training Dining Out on December 15, 2010. It was a formal military dinner to celebrate the graduation of all the Officer Trainees. I have been to a few Dining Outs and this by far was the nicest. The food was surprisingly yummy. We had steak and chicken with sides of potatoes and veggies. We sat with two other guys from Brian's flight and their wives. We had a fun table. Lots of laughing. The wine was in and the wit was out. Hahaha. I'm not much for formal events but I loved being apart of Brian's big day. I was so proud!!!

Ready to go to dinner

At the dining out

Some of the OTS "Tigers"

Hokans, My Hubby Brian, Johnson, Garcia, & Rendini

 I will post pictures from his graduation day soon. We've been busy moving to Georgia and trying to get things ready for the military to deliver our household goods tomorrow. We love love love our new house. We are so excited to get our stuff and to decorate for Christmas. It's time to turn our house into a home. Hope everyone is ready for Christmas and enjoying the season.
XoXo
Tiffany

It's all about {Prospective}



Pack, pack, pack. Here we go again. Ready to move to our next base. Over the years I have learned that military life is what you make of it. There are pros and cons to everything. I am still working on focusing only on the good.

In all the moving, packing and unpacking we go through, the one thing we always carry with us is faith. Faith that our household goods won't be stolen or broken, faith that Granny's quilt won't be lost in the move, faith that our friends will keep in touch, and that we'll make at least one at our next base. Faith that we can adapt, improvise and overcome. Faith in each other, the Air Force, and our ability to suck it up and press on, no matter what. We look at our life like an adventure story. Our outlook will determine a good or bad ending. Sure, it's a pain to pack up and move so often but how many people get to live in as many different places as we do? I love that I get to experience different cultures. One of my favorite quotes is " The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."

The next few days will be very hectic but I am super excited for my baby love to graduate on Thursday and officially become an Air Force Officer. Friday we hit the road to Georgia to start the next chapter of our adventure story.

"Home is wherever I'm with you"

XoXo

Tiffany

Where are all the Griswold's??

Last night I took a drive through the neighborhood next to my apartments and I noticed something. Actually it was the lack of something that I noticed. No one had any Christmas lights up. No one! What happened to the Christmas spirit? There doesn't seem to be as much around now a days. I remember when I was young, my parents would pile us into the car and we would drive around all the neighborhoods looking at all the Christmas lights. I loved the razzle dazzle of the lights and the twinkle in our eyes. It was magical. I want to see homes that are decked out, over the top, and have enough lights that you could see it from space. Where are the Griswold's of the world? ? You might say that's tacky. I say the more lights the better. So everyone, go out and buy those new LED lights and get to it! What better way to blast your holiday spirit than with the sheer wattage of lights that leave your neighbors in awe.

Aunt Bethany:  Is your house on fire, Clark?
Clark:  No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights.

I have already watched Christmas Vacation 3 times this month. I never get tired of it. It is my favorite Christmas movie, followed by Home Alone, then A Christmas Story.

In the movie there is this beautiful advent house and I have always wanted one like it. I did some online looking and found that they are pretty pricey, but maybe one day I will save up and get one and it can be our family heirloom.

I hope everyone is having "the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny f-ing Kaye." -Clark Griswold

XoXo
Tiffany

My Little Family

Meet my hubby. My hero. My Brian. He has been rocking my world since 1999, when we meet in high school. He is charming, funny, loving, caring, and confident. He always knows what I'm thinking and can finish my sentences. Some people spend their whole lives looking for love like this and I am so blessed to have found it so early in mine. My hero has been serving our country for the past 10 years. And next week he will be graduating from Officer Training School and will become a Second Lieutenant of the United States Air Force. I am beyond proud of him. I can't wait to see where our life takes us.

Meet Madison Aubergine. We call her Madi. She was our first "furry kid". She is sassy, snippy and vain. She is the feisty one in the family. Also known as Miss Priss. We live in her world. Her favorite past time is napping. And eating, as you might be able to tell from the picture. She hates to cuddle. Which is a shame since I think she looks like a cuddly bear cub.

Meet Beauna Vista. Also known as Boobie Head. She is sweet, loving, and easy going. Her number 1 skill is begging. She has the sad puppy face down pat. She makes it pretty impossible to say no. Every time I take her picture, I swear she smiles. She is very spoiled and has to have the best seat in the house. She is known as the certified seat stealer and squirrel chaser.

Meet Sadie Belle. Also known as Baby Sadie, Silly Sadie and Stinky Head. She is nutty, curious, and defiant, but sweet, lovey-dovey and cuddly. She is my snuggle bug. My sidekick. She acts tough but is really just a big scaredy-cat. Sadie is very playful and  loves to play fetch. She gets a little psycho over her big tennis ball. And lately has been throwing fits every time she sees a dog on the tv.

XoXo
Tiffany

Is it Christmas?

It's beginng to look a lot like Christmas....everywhere except my apartment that is. Since I am living in a furnished apartment and all of our home furnishings are somewhere in Georgia, I only have, let me count.... 3 Christmas decorations. Sad, I know. We move from here in 11 days and I can't wait. I already have ants in my pants. I keep looking at pictures of our soon to be home and day dreaming of where I want to put the Christmas tree and other decorations.  I am determined to get our new house decked for the holidays before Christmas. So once we move and the military delivers our stuff, we will have olnly 4 days to unpack and decorate.  Yikes, that's gonna be crazy! I will be hooked up to IVs of red bull (and probably vodka). Some people ask me "why even bother decorating, you will have your hands full with just moving and unpacking?" And my answer is that we make a big deal about every occasion, even the small ones. I don't ever want to just skip decorating because it's easier, knowing that next Christmas my husband could be deployed. Having traditions that we celebrate each year, making memories, those moments will stay with me forever.
XoXo
Tiffany
  




Hoping this won't be what our Christmas looks like

Peace, Love, & Hokies

My beloved HOKIES are playing in the ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME tonight!! IT'S GOING TO BE A RUTHLESS GAME! I'M SO EXCITED THAT I THOUGHT MY POST NEEDED TO BE ALL CAPS!! GO HOKIES BEAT THE NOLES!

Also wanted to give a shout out to Tyrod Taylor for winning ACC Player of the year! I heart Tyrod! And I think I can speak for every Hokie fan when saying  " We will MISS you next year!"

Since I have a while 'till game time, I have some other Saturday plans. My husband should be leaving the base shortly, to come stay with me for the weekend :) We are going to the local Christmas parade then home just in time to make some yummy snacks and grab an ice cold beer. LET'S GO..... HOKIESSSSSS!! (insert Gobble Gobble Gobble noise here)
XoXo
Tiffany

Let me introduce myself

I am a newbie to the blog world. I created this blog to share my life with family, friends, and yes, perfect strangers. Although Strangers, I must warn you I may not be all that interesting....my own husband probably will not read my blog.

                                   Me, Madison, Brian, Sadie, & Beauna

A bit about me: I am a silly, 20-something, air force wife. I married my high school sweetheart and next June we will celebrate 10 years of marriage. Home is where the military sends us, so we are curently living in Alabama while my husband attends Officer Training School. In 2 short weeks, he will graduate and become a 2LT of the USAF. Then, we begin the next chapter of our lives and head to Georgia to our next duty station. The military life hasn't always been easy, but this is my life and I wouldn't trade it for any other. We do not have any children (yet) unless you count the four legged kind. We have 2 dogs, Beauna and Sadie and a cat, Madison. They sure keep things interesting around here. It's great to have their love and company while my husband is away. I look forward to sharing our adventures, trials, joys and whatever else comes to my crazy mind. 

XoXo

Tiffany