Go Team Cleric

Hello family and friends!

First, I'm sure you're all wondering about the strange title of this blog. If you know Mike and I at all well, then you know we're crazy about video games! You also know that we both have a ridiculous sense of humor. I think we'll leave it at that.

We started this blog as a way to keep the ones we love (and the ones we annoy by our lack of communication) informed of our doings while we live so far away. For some reason I just can't seem to convince everyone how uneventful life in Florida is! However, a certain sister-in-law has assured me that there are many people who would like to hear about our everyday stuff we do. So Emily, this is for you!

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For everyone not in the loop right now, Mike is in the Navy and currently stationed at NAS Jacksonville in Florida. We live together in an apartment in Fleming Island with our roommate, Katie, who is also in the Navy (and so is her boyfriend). I'm currently working at McDonald's, but don't laugh! I know for a fact that Sifrig women who work at McDonald's when they're young will eventually move on to greatness :). Mike and I are both doing very well in our respective jobs; he was promoted to Petty Officer Third Class in November and I just got a raise last month. As far as our home goes, we won't be living here long. Our lease comes up in April and we have decided to look for an apartment closer to the base. As of this posting I'm pretty sure we've decided on a (cheaper) 2bed/2bath in Orange Park that we're going to be very happy with. Unless things change it looks like we'll be moving in April 10th. Katie won't be coming with us because she's going to be moving in with her boyfriend into a VERY cool condo.

Right now I'm mostly looking forward to the move in, and Katie's big going-away party for a lot of our Navy friends later this month. I think Mike's just looking forward to some new games that are coming out :P. Haha actually he could be more excited about the new place than me! I know a few people have been asking about something a little more near to the future: Valentine's Day. We don't have any big plans I think, except maybe to go to this sushi restaurant that's right down the road. I can't believe this is going to be our third Valentine's Day together! Well, I'm not sure if you can count last year since we just mailed our presents across the country and didn't get to see each other. That's what happens when you date a sailor. I'm not complaining though, we're both VERY happy right now. The main complaint we share is that we have to live in Florida where no one knows how to drive, and there isn't anywhere conveniently close to snowboard.

Ok, I think I've left you all with a nice big post to chew on for a while. I hope this blog works out to be something easy for us to use to mass communicate to everyone we love at once.

Signing off from my kitchen counter,

Kathleen