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Meredith made it here safe we moved into our house andthings are good we don't have any furniture yet. We don't have internet yet or a phone and have to use the free internet offered on base but base is 3 miles away so we have to take a bus until we have a car

Cool Video

the Higgins sent me this i thought it was awesome so i want to pass it on

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

my new email address is
brian.r.covert@googlemail.com
i'm gonna try to start using this one more often now since it looks a little more professional

Possibly Maybe

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET MEREDITH OVER HERE TUESDAY YAYE
Visas are in and the AF can schedule a flight as soon as Monday and arrive on Tuesday. I am waiting on a few things to go through though I need to figure out if i will have to pay out of pocket or if the Govn't will pay up front that is all i'm waiting on. so we will see hopefully the Gov't pays for it up front

Visa

Visa's will be here tomorrow - no idea when I will be in England but this portion of waiting is over - now we must wait for the AirForce to get my tickets taken care of.

RIDICULOUS law change

I was reading online today that a new law will be taking effect Feb. 9th, making EVERY homecrafter a criminal! No longer will people be able to sell their homemade goods if they are suitable for children's use, UNLESS these products have been tested - a price tag of $4,000 per test! As if our country wasn't in enough of a financial crisis this will put thousands of moms out of business, even quilts will no longer be able to be sold. This is INSANE, also RESELLING will be illegal, no more thrift sales, no more finding great deals at the second hand store, no more ebay or craigslist, it will also be illegal. The current law is meant to protect children but it is doing so with a HEAVY pricetag. I've included a link to an article about this law change as well as information on how to petition against this law.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263549

Push Chairs and Car Seats

Well I had bought a lovely carseat for Zaylee Ann - but unfortunatley it did not meet European standards. I left it at my parents house - and they gave it away. Which is fine, they are neighbors expecting their first and she just lost her mom, so hopefully they will get good use out of it. That leaves Brian and I to find yet another carseat that meets european standards and the hunt is on. I think I may have found one on Ebay - I just want to get it soon because I want to get to England and not be stuck at the airport because we don't have the proper seat for Zay. Oh babies and the stuff they need!

In any case - european car seats are much nicer then american ones and cost a little less - although the push chairs cost the same to A WHOLE LOT MORE. I fell in love with a push chair that I hopefully will find on Ebay or used baby store over there - it's amazing. Stokke Xplory is the coolest little stroller ever - it also is like a mortgage payment....so HOORAY for people with money buying things, never using them, and donating them (or reselling) so the smart shoppers (that's me - yes I am tooting my one thrifty horn) can get them at a fraction of the cost.

Gangs of Durand

So the riff raff of Durand has found something new to do - clubbing. I don't mean like dance, drugs, and booze, but human clubbing, and the Durand police are doing nothing about it. It's one thing when some punk kids bash a car window in - it's completely different when they beat the crap out of a human being. My grandparents have a scanner and as the second call for a bloody beat up - yet breathing body a cop replies "ya I saw a kid with a club walking around after the first call in" UM HELLO? PICK HIS PUNK HINNIE UP! Now if I didn't have a baby that I needed to carry around I really wouldn't be worried - but having to carry Zaylee Ann inhibits me a bit, so I won't be going out. I think it's ridiculous, a town of BARELY 2,000 people and they can't stop some punk kids from clubbing people.

applied for a house

today i went to town and met with a "Letting Agent" and we went to look at some houses i found a house that i really like so i put in an application to begin the process so i can lease the property :)
take a look here

new box

my new address probably for the remainder of my time here at mildenhall will be
A1C Covert
PSC 37 Box 229
APO AE 09459

My Christmas Wish List

I ache to be close to my husband again - but I've let myself go numb towards him. He misses me, and of course I miss him but I'm almost emotionless beyond that. A combination of spending more time apart then together, along with the "I'm sure you miss Brian" "Yes I do" "Well it's all in God's plans" or "It's God's will" it makes me wonder why they even say anything - it's like I'm being told that I shouldn't miss him. And yes I realize that they are trying to help, but it just doesn't seem to. Perhaps I'm scared that Brian and I will drift further apart until there just isn't anything left and I've gaurded myself to that, and it is probably further compounded by the "you get to be with him the next three years", add to that the fact that I must be a "strong wife" and I simply have shut down all emotion towards my husband. I need prayer that God will repair my marriage.

Then to make matters a bit tougher we found out that we may have to pay for my plane ticket to England, of course we will get reimbursed but still coming up with money up front for everything has become near impossible.

On the upside Zaylee Ann has gotten back to her normal self - talking again and everything - and she has discovered squealing and while it is a happy squeal it still kills my ears.

SO my Christmas Wish List
-Visas
-Plane Ticket
-To survive teething lol
-To repair my marriage
-And perhaps a pair of ear plugs - GOODNESS she is loud!

crazy little fact

coming up here in a few weeks namely on the 21st of dec we will have the longest night of the year which will be from 3:39 pm till 8:07 am thats 16.5 hours of night time and then on the longest day of the year we have 16.5 hours of daylight from 5:30 till 10:30 (adjusted for DST)

christmas wish list

-visas for my family
-hair clippers: so i just blew up my hair clippers because evidently twice the voltage means hair clippers blow up in about 2 seconds. i guess i knew that it was a bad idea i just thought there was a slight chance it might work. i was wrong so anyway thats on my list of christmas gifts. until then i have to go completely bald because i was in the middle of a hair cut when i decided to try it in the 220 outlet which is closer to the mirror in the bathroom and now i just realized there is a mirror on the door next to the 110 outlet so i'm double the idiot so maybe i should get coal for christmas.

NO no no no NO!

I just recieved an e-mail - well four - from the Visa Processing Center, the first one said hey we got your application and will give you an answer in 24 hours...the second said hey we aren't sure if we are going to issue you a visa and we have to give your application some consideration and we may or may not be issuing you a visa. URG!!!!

Diaper Sewing Party

Yesterday Ashley and I met up at her parents house to sew diapers...what an adventure. First their driveway is 1/4 a mile long and all uphill and their snow drifts were horrible - neither of us could make it up the driveway so out came her parents to shovel the drifts so we could get up. Ashely made it - but I didn't and we left the car about 3/4 of the way up the hill. A neighbor came and plowed and so Allen (Ashley's dad) got my car up to the house. We pulled out the diaper making supplies and my sewing machine and Betty's (Ashley's mom) sewing machine - I thought a few hours would get us a few diapers - we got two made - Ashley didn't know how to use a sewing machine! I thought she did so I was glad in the end that we had lots of time. We went along sewing as Betty cut out fabric for a few hours - having a grand old time - we had venison stir fry and homemade cornbread for lunch (Betty gets corn from her parents farm and then grinds it herself - BEST cornbread EVER). I gave Zaylee a small taste of the cornbread and she liked it so much that when I took a drink she grabbed my whole peice and tried to put it in her mouth! After lunch Betty, Ashley, Zaylee, and I sat down to watch the bilingual baby video I had just recieved - I have German and Greek, so we decided to watch the Greek - what a beautiful language, after the movie we all wanted to learn it! Ashley has decided to teach German and Spanish to her upcoming baby, and I think I may get a few more of the bilingual baby videos, but I still plan on teaching German and Greek.

I've been trying to finish grad school - I have ONE class left and I will be done - unfortunatley when I called to start my class I was told I no longer qualify for financial aid..because I have one class left and Brian is in the military I can't get a student loan :( and the last seminar is 5 grand - I cried on the phone poor financial aid woman. Hopefully I can still start later I would hate to get this far and not finish. Stupid student loan hoopla - it makes NO sense what-so-ever!

Eventually I made it back to my grandparents had some dinner and went to sleep - all in all a decent day. Hopefully I will get some more sewing done today and find a craft fair soon so I can unload some of my crafty items :)

Diapers and other such nonsense

Oy-vay! I bought some diaper making supplies to make a few more for Zaylee and teach my friend Ashley how to make them - I thought I had bought enough to make maybe 20 diapers...I finally got finished cutting out the outter layers....77 diapers!!!! Whoops! I suppose I will sell some....but wow...that's alot of diapers to make and I still have all the inner stuff to cut!

As many readers know Brian is safely in Mildenhall and has some pretty bad jetlag - he did take some unisom though and when I called him at 10 pm his time he was mumbling quite a bit which means he was pretty much asleep. The magicjack is working but it has a horrible lag, and cuts out frequently - while I am glad to have it I doubt I will use it often once I get there - for $20 a year I can't complain....but it isn't my favorite.

I'm slighlty depressed - as I can't be with Brian - have no idea when I can be with him again - and kind of will be homeless soon. Although many friends have offered a couch for a day or two. Brian and I seemed to be getting on the right track but we need a lot of time and time is the one thing we never seem to have. It was nice to just be alone for a few days even though some were upset, and it caused some stress, in the end it may be the only reason we made any progress on our marriage. Op Zaylee just woke up bye bye!

JET LAG

OI i'm am so jet lagged right now i just woke up and its 1:30 local time i didn't get to sleep till 3:00 am local time which falls right in with my sleep schedule in Texas. i thionk i might have to buy som unisom or benedryl or something to help myself fall asleep

PLEASE PRAY

please pray for Meredith and i we are going through the most difficult time we have ever faced yet in our marriage. but please refrain from calling Meredith as it only stresses her out more and she is already stressed to her max but please pray for her because she is travelling alone with Zaylee and Zaylee is having a difficult time being consoled and being calm and when she is not calm it makes travel hard and stressful. family members are also being very difficult and Meredith may end up not having a place to stay and because it is coming up on Christmas most of the people that Meredith might have stayed with will be having family coming in. we are also in need of finding a place to store our stuff until it can be shipped to England because her grandparents don't want us storing it at their house. and please pray that the visas will come back very soon because we are both have an extremely difficult time be so far apart i have broken down crying multiple times because i miss my wife so much already and i wish i could be there to help her and to keep her calm. but i would stress again please do not call Meredith as this would only make things that much more stressful for her if you have any questions or concerns or comments please email me and i will try to answer them

I've arrived

The flight went well we even landed ahead of schedule. customs did not take much time and my sponsor picked me up and drove me back to base and showed me around a bit. i am now 7 hours ahead of people in AZ but depending on what shift i recieve will determine when i am contactable for now email is the best route anyway i will keep you informed of more information but for today i'm tired because i got no sleep on the plane

On His Way

I dropped Brian off at the airport nearly 2.5 hours ago - I haven't heard from him so I'm assuming his flight is on his way without any hitches. Tomorrow I will be on my way to Wisconsin - and as soon as I can I will head to England to be with Brian. :)