No I'm not living under a rock...

Though it feels like it sometimes! Life just seems to go so much faster when you go from not working to 40 hours per week!

But, I had to take a break from the daily grind to tell you about Make and Take's fabulous giveaway! I've been reading Marie's blog for a while now and it's great! She has tons of good ideas of family projects (or good for doing at preschool or with babysitting kids... or with your husband - lol). Anyway, check out her blog - Make and Take as it turns 2! Happy Birthday!

The currency results...

At the time of the original posting, these are the exchanges...

57 Reais = 24.61 USD
220 Mexican = 15.96 USD
5 Pounds = 7.41 USD
25 Canadian = 20.55 USD
100 Costa Rican = .18 USD
10 Turkish New Lira = 6.25 USD
5 New Zealand Dollars = 2.81 USD
50 Euros = 66.78 USD

For a total of $144.55 USD
*note, I rounded to my own discretion. Deal with it.

So here's the tough part - Swiss Miss guessed $140. Ricardo guessed $146.70. I never specified if it was closest or closest without going over. Beth, good try with $120.

And being the "nearly everybody wins" as associated with my maternal heritage, Swiss Miss and Ricardo get a prize. I just have to figure out what it is, and how to get it to Swiss Miss. Swiss, anything you miss from the great US of A?

We're rich! Plus a contest

In our seemingly unending moving, I have found the following in foreign currency:

- 57 Brazilian Reais
- 5 British Pounds
- 220 Mexican Pesos
- 25 Canadian Dollars
- 100 Costa Rican Colones
- 10 Turkish Lira
- 5 New Zealand Dollars
- 50 Euros

... and that's not even counting the coins or the Australian money we have.

Any one want to guess (not using a currency converter) truly guess how much it's worth in US Dollars?? I'll send a prize to the closest person who I don't think cheated.

DH chooses a name!

Ok, so dh (dear/dumb husband, designated hitter, whatever you call him) has a new name, thanks to you!. He chose CO. And, as you cleverly pointed out - it can stand for Captain Obvious or Commanding Officer (which my delightful husband has been quite often).

Thanks Amy and dutchgirl - I'll have CO help me find a prize!

I'll just have to remember to use it now :)

Let me just say

That I LOVE Melbourne. Love it. I really enjoy living here. It's fabulous. Everyone should come visit us, it's just that wonderful. Please come visit us! I love riding the tram through the city on my way to and from work - it's a gorgeous city with fun architecture, cool parks, lots of stuff to do.

Oh, and I need some more help. Dh still hasn't chosen a name yet, so I'll nag him about that ;) But we are going to go to a Halloween party this year I think, and so I want to come up with a funny costume. I'm thinking maybe something annoyingly American? Who could dh and I be?

And you have less than 60 days until my birthday. Just a heads up ;)

Who you callin wife?

First of all, I'd like to offer another contest. Dh just started reading my blog - Hi honey! - and decided he doesn't like the name dh. I don't want to use anything that will give away his identity, to honor his request. Anyone have any ideas? Winner gets a fabulous prize, and that just might include Vegemite. Or not. I can't bring myself to try the stuff. It just smells awful.

Dh and I got our insurance cards from his school the other day. We still have our Tricare, but were required by our visa to get insurance through the school, which might prove easier should we actually need to use it. So we get our cards. This is what it says on them

1. Dh firstname, dh lastname
2. WIFE, dh lastname

WHAT? I've been relegated to no name wife. Not only am I "dependent" (thanks US military) but these people took it one step further and took away my name... Grr. So much for womens rights.

Ooops!

Congrats to Beth who won my cheese contest. I'll get your prize to you in the mail soon...

You'd think I was from the midwest or something...

... with all this cheese

1. Tasty cheese (one type of cheddar) - to use with tortilla soup
2. Mozzarella - to use on pizza
3. Parmesan - to use in spaghetti
4. Brie - to eat with crackers
5. Goat - um... I dunno yet... maybe on a salad? or melted on a tomato?
6. Babybel - to munch on
7. Bleu - to eat with crackers
8. Aged cheddar - to eat with crackers
9. Pizza blend - to use on pizza

Cheese!

Anyone who correctly guesses how many different kinds of cheese we have in our fridge gets a prize.

Who wants a quilt?

Well, over at Old Red Barn Co, they're giving away a quilt!!! It's easy enough - you just have to comment on her post, and you're entered in the drawing! Woohoo! Doesn't it look lovely? Someday I'll make a quilt that pretty.