The O'Neal Family

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Lily and rice cakes!

Lily could eat a WHOLE BOX of rice cakes if I'd let her! She LOVES them! Today I decided to take some pictures of her devouring them!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

I am a girl who HATES to shave with a passion! I hate it because I work all day long and a shower/ bath should be enjoyed not another daily task. Well Chris really doesn’t care if I shave or not. I don’t think any guy really does deep inside. But I also believe that even if they don’t care you should NEVER stop trying to impress your man. Because I think that’s when trouble starts. People get selfish, they stop caring as much, and it’s just no good! So I think that even if you’re married and it’s a done deal, you should always be trying to impress them. Even if they don’t even notice. It’s a state of mind I would like to stay in. Well I decided that I was going to keep my legs shaved for the first month I was here… day and night, 24/7. Well I’m almost there! My legs have been so smooth! I actually love it! And I found out that if you just shave real quick everyday it’s not hard at all. Also I realized that after you shave you should put alcohol on your legs and it will keep them smooth and pretty! Because in all reality you are cutting yourself, and even though alcohol hurts, afterwards it feels much better! I never gets those bumps and I never get cuts! Anyway My legs feel beautiful and I love rubbing them against each other! I think I might just keep them this way! I know some of my posts are lame… but atleast I post :)

Monday, March 10, 2008

a little bit of nothing...

I swear Shelbey would LOVE this country. Everything and I mean EVERYTHING is environmental and crap out here. It’s LAW to recycle. When I first got here I didn’t know that so I filled the trash with EVERYTHING and not in bags either. When they didn’t take the trash the following Thursday and THEN gave me a brochure of how it works, I had to go through the NASTIEST trash can in the world and separate it in to plastic, glass, paper, and wastes. WHAT A NIGHTMARE! Anyway the other thing was I was reading the driver’s Manuel so I can get my Belgian drivers license, and the first 20 pages are mainly about how you should ride a bicycle so you won’t pollute the air and all the ways to save the environment. It’s cool and stuff but the trash thing did not make me happy! Anyway, this is a good place if you want to safe the environment.

Speaking of cleaning, Chris got off work early today so we decided to catch up on some cleaning! Not just my everyday cleaning I do, but CLEAN cleaning! It was a good feeling once all finished. We made a fabulous dinner Green Chili & Jack Chicken. It was VERY spicy and yummy! We added rice for fun. Then I made an oreo ice cream pie. Yeah we eat a lot in our house! I try so many new recipes and they are all so good! So today was a very domestic day in our home. Thank goodness for Chris helping me with the laundry because I HATE doing laundry!! I don’t know why. I guess it’s because I hate cleaning in general until I start doing it and then I get on a role and don’t think it’s all bad, but when it comes to laundry you do a little and then stop and then you have to get your mind prepared to switch it, and then to fold it. It’s just a mental pain… that’s all. I know I’m lame. Anyway there’s your post about nothing and still something Olivia… doesn’t take much :)

Sunday, March 09, 2008

bowling, dancing, and having fun!

This weekend was perfect!

Friday night I had the Hill’s over and I made dinner for them. It was delicious! Then we went bowling. It was Lily’s first time and it was really fun, because we played it like horse in basketball. Tana would make up a way to roll the ball up there and we all had to copy. Then it was my turn, Chris’s turn, so on. It was a lot of fun! Then Lily decided it was time to go, so we went back to my place and watched a movie.

Saturday Tana and I went to the tanning bed (which did me no good), and to the PX. We ate at burger king, which I LOVED! Then that night Lily had a babysitter and the Hill’s, the Brauns, and we went to a little country bar in Leuven, Belgium. It was SO MUCH FUN! It was called Footloose and it was all decorated with American flags. We all gave them a dollar with our names and the state we’re from and they hung it up in the bar. We lined danced and just had a ton of fun! The girls invited me to join the Pokeno group, which is a group of wives (mostly officer wives) that get together and play bingo with cards pretty much. All the woman are going out to eat Monday for lunch so that should be fun! I love everyone I’ve met here so far!

Sunday nothing really has happened yet except I woke up to Chris making pancakes for Lily and me. It was cute because he made really little ones for Lily! He is such a good dad! Lily wouldn’t drink her milk from her sippy cup the doctor told us we need to give her more whole milk so Chris put it in a real cup and put a straw in it for her. She really liked it! He turned her cartoons on for her while making breakfast! He’s just so great!

Oh and I got to talking to Tricia Braun at the bar and she is 28 with two kids. She had her first kid at 18 too! Her husband and her are so happy and I think that’s how Chris and I will be! They are also retiring. Not many people choose to retire from the army for some reason. I sure want to! Anyway we will probably chill out at home today, watch 24 (I got at the library), eat the BEST ICECREAM EVER, Belgian chocolate from Häagen-Dazs. And relax before another week of work starting tomorrow.

Friday, March 07, 2008

Morning sunshine!

Yesterday we got our smaller baggage sent to us! So we got pots and pans, lily's crib, toys, and big girl carseat, my bedding, etc. Well Chris's friend Kim (they go by last names in the mil) came over and helped Chris assemble the crib.
Oh side note: We also got Lily's little tv and I went to plug it in without a converter and blew the fuse in the tv... but that's an easy fix! I'm glad i didn't make that mistake to our newer tv!
Anyway back to the crib. Well last night she went to bed in it. Well I woke up at 8 this morning and I hate waking her up that early because if she gets used to it and I want to sleep in one day then I’m stuck waking up that early EVERY MORNING! So usually she gets up at 9 or 10. So I just chilled on the internet till I heard her wake up. It was almost 11 when I finally went in there to wake her up and take some pictures! That bed must be Comfortable! She was sleeping so good! Anyway here are the pics I took of my lovely darling Lily!