Puzzled

I apologize for not posted for such a long time. When we came here, I thought I would be so blown away by the beauty to worry about the little things. unfortunately...I am a CONTROL freak!!! I need MY space. My orderly space. Being in this hotel room is driving me crazy. I am cranky, moody and impossible to live with.

We have been challenged with a very difficult choice. After signing a lease last Thursday, we received a call Monday from the housing office. They have a house available in Feb. Now we have to decide what to do.

Pros and cons:

House we already have:
pros: Love the floor plan, wonderful neighborhood, bike trails galore, new park being built within walking distance, nice yard, and away from Honolulu.
cons: distance for Ben and work, and we have to ask owner for priviledges for the pool.

military house:
pros: military community, pool, skate/bike park, playgrounds, and really close for Ben and work
cons: no idea about the floor plan, from heresay the yard is almost non-existent, only one car garage

I would love to have the military community but there are just so many unknowns. I don't know what to do. I know we would be very happy in the house we already have. But what if we would be happier in the military community? I hate this.

The boys have had a great holiday in spite of the hotel circumstances. We went to the North Shore for New Years Eve and had a blast. Then we went to our "house" and camped out to ring in the new year. There were insane firework displays everywhere. We just sat in our driveway and say at least 5 shows!!! GOOD shows!!!

Here are some pictures from the North shore trip.

Parker LOVED the fireworks!!! They didn't bother him at all!!!

I will let you know about the house as soon as we know :/