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The daily adventures of a military wife & stay at home mom with two kids. Originally started to keep in touch with family & friends after moving out of state. And now also being used to find new friends in our new home.

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  • Look What I Can Do!

    Posted on Sunday September 21st, 2008 at 16:02 in , My Kids, my military, MY PHOTOS, myself

    Haha, made ya look! ;) Well, after 10 days of not posting I suppose I should. I'm sure ya'll are just waiting on baited breath for what I've got to talk about huh? No? Good! I'd hate for you to get yo...

  • 7 Years

    Posted on Thursday September 11th, 2008 at 08:02 in , myself

    This morning I did an odd thing. I made a cup of coffee, sat on the couch & turned on the news while the kids played in their rooms. I haven't watched the news in nearly a year, because my husband...

  • Twice a Month {or so} Cooking Part 2

    Posted on Monday August 18th, 2008 at 09:59 in , MY PHOTOS, myself

    When I left off yesterday I was going to the commissary to get the missing ingredients {TRIPLE check your lists!} and came back home to continue with the massive meal making. Unfortunately the afterno...

  • Twice a Month {or so} Cooking Part 1

    Posted on Sunday August 17th, 2008 at 11:28 in , MY PHOTOS, myself

    I have finally done it ya'll. After months of knowing I at least needed to have a shopping list when I went to the store that ventured beyond milk, cereal, ice-cream, bananas, apples & bread - the...

  • I Need a Vacation from my Vacation

    Posted on Wednesday August 6th, 2008 at 11:09 in

    va·ca·tion–noun 1.a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now. 2.a part of the...

  • Rockin A New Do

    Posted on Friday July 18th, 2008 at 10:21 in , myself

    I haven't been blogging much while on vacation. First I was in California for 3 weeks - met my new niece, visited family & friends, scrapped and went to the beach {will share photos later}. Now I'...

  • Stir Crazy

    Posted on Monday May 12th, 2008 at 12:47 in , my randomness, myself

    Well I hope everyone had a much more relaxing day yesterday than I did. I'm not complaining, just wishing better for you all. I was in my sweats all day but by no means lazy. I cleaned almost every ar...

  • Hellooooo, Anybody Out There??

    Posted on Tuesday May 6th, 2008 at 07:13 in , my family, my mary kay, my randomness, myself

    Wow, so almost another month has past without me blogging. I don't purposely avoid my blog, I just don't think about it nearly so often - stating the obvious I know. I'm not super busy that I don't ha...

  • So I Had Some Thoughts

    Posted on Thursday April 10th, 2008 at 08:06 in , my randomness, myself

    "Had" being the key word. I haven't been posting as regularly as I used to or reading blogs so often either. I'm okay with that though. We've been working on getting back into a routine, I've had more...

  • What A Week

    Posted on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 at 12:25 in , MY PHOTOS, myself

    I didn't realize it's been so long since I've posted. It's been a busy week between the house, kids, my growing Mary Kay business and just life in general. I did get a new password for my yahoo accoun...

  • Violated

    Posted on Wednesday March 26th, 2008 at 22:07 in

    So I had planned on having some kind of normal post by now, Easter weekend recap maybe. And then yesterday happened. My yahoo & myspace were hacked into. Long story short I learned a VERY importan...

  • I'm Still Here

    Posted on Monday March 17th, 2008 at 22:02 in , myself

    I'm still around just been busy with things around the house, working my business and being introspective. Thank you for your previous comments and I apologize if anyone was worried I went off the dee...

  • One of Those Days

    Posted on Wednesday March 12th, 2008 at 20:03 in , my military, my parenting, myself

    Several of you have left me sweet comments saying that you have thought about me at various times, usually after hearing news about the goings on in Iraq and several have also given me encouraging com...

  • and why am i STILL up???

    Posted on Friday March 7th, 2008 at 23:54 in , MY PHOTOS, my randomness, myself

  • Summary of Events

    Posted on Thursday February 28th, 2008 at 16:22 in , My Kids, my military, MY PHOTOS, my randomness, myself

    I haven't posted much this month outside of weekly memes and I'm not really sure why. Not much outside of the normal run of the mill day stuff going on. Here's a general run down:Got my first recruit!...

  • SMARTish

    Posted on Saturday February 16th, 2008 at 00:00 in , my randomness, myself

    I haven't been able to stay focused this week or I've focused too much - I can't decide. I'm feeling very unfocused right now so my apologies in advance. Anyways, I've either been very focused but onl...

  • We're Okay

    Posted on Wednesday February 6th, 2008 at 18:46 in

    I didn't realize until I got a comment from this sweet gal that I hadn't posted a follow up or update on the tornado fiasco. So we made it through. We were only in the laundry room for 15-20 minutes a...

  • Something I'll Have to Get Used To

    Posted on Tuesday February 5th, 2008 at 20:22 in

    Last time I talked to my husband we talked about him reenlisting in a few months. I asked if he was going to request a new duty station {post} in that contract. The answer was no. I'm okay with that. ...

  • Snow Day!

    Posted on Thursday January 31st, 2008 at 16:15 in , MY PHOTOS, myself

    This is what we woke up to this morning. Pretty? Yes. Annoying? Yes, that too. Needless to say my plans of grocery shopping & errands at the post office were interrupted. The roads were icy & ...

  • Inquiring Minds

    Posted on Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 at 08:22 in , my randomness, myself

    You all are a curious bunch. And I like that but I'm not very good at answering questions in the comments so I thought I' do that today. Plus I haven't posted since Sunday. I've been busy around the h...

  • We Made It

    Posted on Tuesday January 8th, 2008 at 09:24 in , myself

    Update: The house didn't blow over but the inside still looks like a twister came through. Think people would buy it if I told them that it really happened? A little twister just blew through making m...

  • Do You Have a New Calendar?

    Posted on Tuesday January 1st, 2008 at 01:20 in , myself

    If you don't you aren't alone. I still haven't got a new planner for this year - which is going to drive me nuts when I get home and start having things on my schedule again. I leave to go back home i...

  • My New Do

    Posted on Sunday December 9th, 2007 at 08:27 in , myself

    For some time now I've been unhappy with my hair. It was in that awkward growing out stage and had NO style cut into it. My hair doesn't hold a curl when it's long so I stopped trying that a while ago...

  • What's One More Thing On Your List?

    Posted on Tuesday November 13th, 2007 at 23:12 in , myself

    Last week when I still had a full to-do list taunting me from the refrigerator I decided it would be a good idea to throw a baby shower. One of my new friends out here is expecting her second baby in...

  • Six Years Later

    Posted on Tuesday September 11th, 2007 at 07:38 in , my walk, myself

    And I still cry. This morning as I watched the news & they replayed the events of that day my eyes welled up. There were so many lost that day, so many people in fear and confusion. I was fearful that...

  • Faithful Friday {week 7}

    Posted on Friday August 24th, 2007 at 13:55 in , myself

    Today is one of those days that I am not happy about being a woman. So all that I can muster up is thank you God that when I receive my glorious body in heaven I will not cramp, ache, bloat, feel naut...

  • Smart Habit Saturday {week 2 August}

    Posted on Saturday August 11th, 2007 at 06:38 in , my household, myself

    It's Saturday? Already? Where did the week go? Where did the summer go? I can't believe fall is just around the corner. I love the fall season; cool days, brisk breeze, leaves changing color & falling...

  • Faithful Friday {week 5}

    Posted on Friday August 10th, 2007 at 06:52 in , my walk, myself

    Wow, two weeks in a row I remembered. And this time without any reminders. So last week I started talking about my dry season I'm in, spiritually speaking. I thought I would elaborate more on that but...

  • Countdown to Christmas {Part 1}

    Posted on Thursday August 9th, 2007 at 07:01 in , myself

    Yes, we are in the middle of a hot record breaking summer {in Kennesee anyway} but it's already starting, at least for me. I love giving gifts and can really get carried away if I let myself. I love t...

  • Back to Cali {part 2}

    Posted on Saturday June 30th, 2007 at 17:44 in , MY PHOTOS, myself

    This is my third post today {w00t!} and progress is being made on the house as well. I even gave both kids a bath, cleaned their ears & clipped their nails - that alone felt like a huge accomplishment...