Just a slice of Air Force life...

I promised to make 2 coffee cakes for Class 11-11's Red Carpet breakfast tomorrow. They are simply scrumptious coffee cakes and I can't wait to share them with my friends but.... I didn't have bundt pans!

I enjoy baking and have a plethora of pans but still haven't purchased a bundt pan, but I knew I could still make the promised cakes "with a little help from my friends." I know lots of wonderful ladies on base and many of them are better bakers than I! So I contacted 2 of my friends and within about 10 minutes, I had walked to their homes, picked up their pans and caught up with them.

While I know that this kind of thing happens in neighborhoods, apartment buildings, etc all over the world, I want to point out that I've known these great friends for less than 6 months (one of them I just met in May!). Despite this short time frame, I have connected with and come to love these women. It makes me so sad that I can't count on living within walking distance of these friends that I've made but they say "It's a small Air Force" and I sure hope it's true!

And while the "see you later"s are inevitable, I'm going to soak up the warm fuzzies that I get when I text someone about helping me with a "baking emergency" and have them respond with "of course!"

Think Pink! (Blog Giveaway!)

Since my break from blogging, a lot of things have changed and one of the most significant change has been my new business! I became a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant in November and love it! There are a lot of reasons but I'll just name a few:
1. I get to stay at home with Anna and still use my brain for work!

2. I get all my personal use products at wholesale cost!

(Pictured: Timewise Miracle Set- MY FAVORITE!)

3. I get to spend time with my amazing girlfriends, making them feel pampered and earn income at the same time.

We are closing out our Seminar Year 2011 and are slotted to be the #1 unit in all of Mary Kay! We have just a few more days left and if you want to help us secure the top spot, visit my website! When you check out with a purchase of $20 or more, make sure to write "blog giveaway" in the comments section for a free lipgloss! If you know which shade you want, be sure to put that in too! If you're unsure about which shade would look best, I'll give you a call and we can figure out the perfect one for you. I always ship for free, our products are backed with a 100% money back satisfaction guarantee and I just know you'll love them if you give them a try!

And I'm back!

Greetings everyone! It's been a very long time and I thought I'd take this post to explain my hiatus and catch you up on our life.

Back in September, things got a little crazy with Daniel's Air Force career and pilot training sort of stopped for us. He was dizzy all the time and we were freaking out about possible reasons. The medical personnel were less than helpful and suggested everything from dehydration to a brain tumor but after 2 and 1/2 months, someone diagnosed Daniel in 45 minutes with a slight problem with his ocular-vestibular connection (between his eyes and his brain) and gave him exercises to fix it. And he's been 100% since January- Alleluia!

After that, it was on to figuring out what was going to happen to pilot training and after a very long process, it was decided that Daniel would be removed from UPT with the understanding that the door was still open for reapplying in the future- once he was asymptomatic for 12 months.

In the mean time, the USAF would reclassify him so that he'd have an official job which would be beneficial to his overall military career. While we had to play the waiting game (the military's FAVORITE) for a few more months, we finally have some information on where we're headed and what Dan will be doing!

He found out on Thursday that he'll be a cyberspace operations officer and it looks like we'll be PCSing (moving all of our stuff there) to Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi! We're really excited about the next step in our great big adventure!

I think I've rattled on long enough- I'll post more soon, promise!