Moving IN and Settling IN

Hello All,

Lots of things have been happening since our last post.

First of all, let me say that moving here by no means has been a smooth ride. It is very hard getting settled in here and we've had some bumps on the road. Todd said I made things sound too easy in my last post, so I thought I would start with that.

We moved in to our house a couple of days ago but we don't have any of our stuff yet. We have a temporary bed on loan from the military and it's as hard as a rock. SERIOUSLY!! It doesn't even move when you sit on it.

Anyway, it's about 10am here and I am at the computer lab since I don't have Internet in the house yet. We also don't have hot water yet! Hahaha! We have this big tank outside that is suppose to have gas or "Gasolio" in it for hot water and stuff and we didn't realize when we moved in that it was empty! We though it worked since I could turn on the stove. However, the stove has a separate little tank for Gasolio. The tank is called a bombola.

Today Todd took a shower at work and I went to the base gym and took a shower. I couldn't dry my hair though because my blow dryer doesn't fit in the plugs and it's 110v and they use 220v here. Poo! Thank goodness my hair is shorter now or else it would take a year to dry naturally.

They only fill up that big tank on Mondays so we have to wait until then to take a hot shower in our casa. And then on Tuesday we get our first shipment of our household goods. Luckily it's the big one with our nice BIG SOFT Bed. Yay US!

Once all our furniture gets here I think it will start feeling like home. It doesn't even feel like we are really here just yet. The road to our house is beautiful and you can definitely tell we aren't in Cali anymore but we still aren't all here. Todd has a four day weekend coming soon so I think we may go exploring.

Our landlords are awesome. They are a couple in their 40's or so with some kids. They don't speak any English but the husband speaks a little Spanish so we communicate okay.

I can't wait to learn Italian though so I can really communicate with them...and Todd can't wait to learn Spanish...tee hee.

We won't be getting Internet in our house for a couple weeks so excuse me now if we don't reply right away to emails as we usually do.

Oh guess what! I got a job!!! YAY!!! Nothing major but it's still cool. I'm going to be the Recreation Aid at the Golf Course on base. I'll be working in the Pro Shop and selling drinks on a cart to the golfers. I've been wanting to learn to play golf too so I'm totally stoked.

It's hard for spouses to get jobs here since 80% of the employment here goes to local Italians. It's part of the "deal" for having a base here. I also think many spouses set their standards too high as well. It's true I was making a lot more money in the states than I will be at the golf course but it's all part of being a military spouse. And I'm one happy spouse in ITALY!

Well, I will write more soon!

Miss you all!!

Karina (& Todd)

Our First Blog EVER...and in ITALY!!

Hello Blogging World!

Todd and I (Karina) are so excited to finally be bloggers! We are newlyweds and in the military...well...I am no longer in the military but Todd is. Now, I'm part of another elite group known as an Air Force WIFE. Yay Me!

The Air Force has sent us to beautiful Aviano AB, Italy to start our lives together and we couldn't be happier about it.

We've been here for about 11 days now and mostly we've been doing a lot of paperwork and "In Processing." We found a totally rockin' cool house but can't move in until the 18th. I can't wait! We will have temporary furniture on loan from the Air Force until our household goods arrive, but it just gives me more time to plan where everything should go.

Oh guess what! I totally cut my hair today! Okay, well, I didn't...an Italian woman at the BX (Base Exchange) did. My hair was half way down my back and now it's shoulder length...just barely touching my shoulders. I LOVE IT! Todd didn't want me to cut my hair but he loves it too.

Well, our blogs will get more exciting later on as we post pictures and travel through Europe. Hope everyone enjoys reading and we will try to blog as much as possible.

Love to All,

Karina & Todd