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[ste_noni]

Joe is at Ft. Lewis right now, which is south of Seattle.  He's been telling me how beautiful it is - pine trees, Mt. Ranier, cool weather, crisp air, and it's making me really long for the Northwest.  I keep trying to remind myself that a) one year I lived there it rained 93 days in a row and b) one summer I lived there I could not wear shorts once on a weekend.  But I miss the cool weather so much and I actually even miss the rain.  I'm so ready to leave PR and would absolutely love to go to Ft. Lewis.  Of course, if we go there now, it means almost immediate deployment to Iraq for 15 months due to his skills, experience, current time away from the war, and general lack of personnel.  So, we stay for now, but I sure do miss that area.

ION, I spent $101 at Hanna Andersson yesterday.  In my defense, they had a sale!  Everything I got was 50% off, except some training pants for Ellie.  I figured I worked overtime a few weeks ago and got extra money for that, plus it's her birthday.  And I wanted to try the training pants.  Yesterday, Ellie used the little potty we have for her 5 times.  She's definitely interested in it.  They are going to move her to the 2+ room at daycare on June 18th.  Since they support potty training there, I'm doing what I can to support her current interest.  (Of course, if she loses interest, so will I.  I definitely don't want to push her.)

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[casperflea.livejournal.com]

I spent $60. Light blue beach overalls for the Dillo for now, navy and white stripe knit beachcomber pants for next summer for him, and bright multi stripe beach pants for ME! I was very restrained, which was made easier by the fact that Casper has a lot of clothes, especially dresses, at the moment. What did you get?

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

Training pants, a cute blue short sleeve top, a orange sleeveless top with a pink flower, and a yellow (they call it crema) top with some flowers and plaid and matching capris.

I got them all in 80. I'm guessing the 80s will fit Ellie for at least the next 6 months if not a year. She still fits into anything 70 just fine, although by height, she should be 80 by now.

I bought a ton of stuff at this time last year also. I really wanted to get her some dresses but they just aren't very practical for daycare and she has plenty already.

I love the striped overalls.

[vwbug.livejournal.com]

I've never actually been to the Northwest. I think a part of me is afraid that if I go, I'll never leave.

And kiddie shopping! It's the most fun shopping of all! (Please try to explain that to my checkbook; it currently disagrees.)

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

I love buying stuff for Ellie - all of the fun of shopping with non of the body issues.

If you have the chance, you really should go see the PNW. I love that area so much. You just have to think of thegray winters as cozy instead of depressing.

[minim_calibre]

Summer here is almost always dry and hot. It's a landscaping challenge.

Ft. Lewis is beautiful.

Yay, Hanna shopping!