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My husband is in the Navy and we've been struggling to find orders to our next duty station...
Well, today we finally found out that we're moving to Oahu Hawaii!!!! We'll be stationed at Pearl Harbor. I'm so beyond excited I just had to share. We've vacationed in Maui before, but we've never been to oahu.

Have any of you bees ever lived in Hawaii?

p.s.- I wasn't sure if I should post this in military or hawaii or nesting or WHAT. So feel free to move it if you'd like :)

Congrats, Miss Newlywed! I've never been to Hawaii so I'm jealous!! How long will you guys be stationed there? I lived in Puerto Rico for a year...totally different culture, but it was pretty great having the beach at your fingertips, and I loved my perma-tan =) Good luck with the move and adjusting to island life!

Thanks bees! I seriously feel like the luckiest girl on earth right now.

We had orders to Virginia beach, VA but they got screwed up and I was bummed... but, now were going to LIVE in HAWAII and I can't stop smiling I'm so excited!!!!!! The mess up ended up being a HUGE blessing!

His job will start in June so we'll start moving in May and we'll be there for 3 YEARS!

Navy life is tough at times, but MAN this definitely makes up for all the times the Navy has let me down :)

That's great! I've been to Oahu and it's beautiful.

Yeah, I've heard it's expensive too! Hopefully we can do most of our shopping on base (and hopefully base prices are reasonable)

egb- LOL- one of my best friends is being a bum about it she said "don't get your hopes up, they'll probably just screw up your orders again" UM thanks? LOL I totally understand she's probably a little jealous.. I would be, but I wasn't trying to rub it in I'm just SO excited :)

thanks to whoever moved this to newlyweds (prob Miss AsB) :) idk why I didn't think of that one!

That is awesome!  Have fun in the sun!!!

@MissAsB- haha, I don't mind! I was actually hoping that you'd come along and put it in the right place :)

OMG, I am so jealous!!! Oahu is so beautiful, I only got to visit for 4 days two winters ago, but I was seriously in love. I looked into nursing positions there (how awesome would that be!) but lots of people want to live there, so nursing jobs aren't as plentiful. I am still keeping it on my radar though!

Holy sh*t! That's amazing. Congratulations!! We'll be living in the Caribbean - I can already feel the sand between my toes. :-)

@valhalla- I was supposed to start nursing school in va, I hope I can get into one in oahu! I may want to choose another career path haha!

LOL @jackie-o- no one can burst MY bubble :)

@sweetadeline- the caribbean?!?!! Amazing :) how did you swing that??

OMG Bella!!! Thats so awesome!!! I am super happy for you, how exciting! 

O and I love the new avatar! =)

Thanks shannon!!! :) my aunt is a good photographer

dns567- haha. yes, I'd like to know everything please :) JK! Mainly the only thing we're worried about right now is moving our dog there. They put them in quarantine before they can get in to make sure they don't have rabies and I heard it can be a long application process. I'll miss my pug if she has to stay behind for a while :(

@ Bella - if you went to nursing school in Hawaii, you might have a better chance! I think it is harder for those from the mainland to get positions there, as they would like to consider locals first (understandably). Hawaiians have a culture in their own right, and those who have lived there are likely to understand it better than someone who just shows up for a nursing job. PLus, being as I am Canadian, I would have to deal with immigration, etc. A girl can dream though ;)

Fantastic!  So I guess that means when FFI and I plan our honeymoon, we can just crash at your place then Bella!  LOL...jk

I hope you guys have a really safe trip there.  Hopefully you guys don't own a lot of things, I can't imagine how costly that would be to ship all there

@wendy- LOL sure thing girl :) I'm not sure you want to spend your honeymoon in someones spare bedroom though... haha!
Thank god we're in the navy, they move everything for us! They're even going to ship our cars! :)

I lived in on Oahu for 6 months when I spent a semester at the University of Hawaii.  Best 6 months ever.  The weather is PERFECT every.single.day.  I lived on campus, but one of the nicer areas that isn't where all the tourist are is Kaneohe, but that's across the island from Pearl Harbor.  I thought there was a military base in Kaneohe though (not really sure).

Everything is really expensive there, but it's worth it, I think. :)  I'm sure you'll love it!

@Boston Bee- that's awesome you got a chance to spend a semester ther! I would've had a hard time studying :) I have friends stationed at Kaneohe, they love it! I'm pretty sure she said we'd be at pearl harbor, but we haven't seen all the info yet so I'm not 100% sure

@ccrabetobe- I'm a complete wb nerd. When my husband called me and told me we would be moving to hawaii one of the first things I thought about was that you had told me I should move there! So funny. We both would LOVE to go to australia for a vacation!