Just Another Army Wife

Shopping

2007-11-07T21:41:00.001-05:00

I've been fabric shopping and I picked up some new patterns! I've been itching to make something new. I'd share pics but Blogger isn't working right.

Anyone wanna share some great sewing goodies for Christmas presents besides the usual??

Time Change

2007-11-05T20:42:00.000-05:00

So we are a couple of days into daylight savings time and I am still adjusting lol. The good thing is that I am getting up early without hitting the snooze button but I am so tired by 8:30. I did stay up way past my bedtime all weekend so maybe that could be a reason. I'll be adjusted by the weekend.

My Donut of Misery is at 33% done & 67% to go!! I can't wait for the number to be flipped around.

I'd like the small things...

2007-10-29T21:59:00.000-04:00

a tub of ice cream
cold night, warm fire
hot chocolate
moon & the stars
a chick flick
some more chocolate
a bubble bath by candle light

I miss my hubby!!

Ever think??

2007-10-07T13:11:00.000-04:00

Your life could be made into a movie or book??? For some reason thats all I can think about lately. I guess I should not be complaining. The drama I had in September which seems to be continuing into October, am I gonna have a boring month soon?? Between our life and friends lives I think we could make a pretty good movie, anyone wanna watch? jking!

I feel like I've been on the go for ever now and I once I felt the sickies coming I decided I'd take the weekend off. Well, not off...because how are the kids gonna eat or how are diapers gotta get changed. As hard as it may be I did it. I turned down the phone calls to go out with my friends on Saturday and Sunday because I needed time for me just to be lazy, well not really lazy I should say be a home body.

I am ready for cooler weather so I can turn on the fire place and pour me a cup of cocoa. Even getting the urge to sew again. I need to de-stash the closet seriously!! I am looking forward to these last few months of 2007 flying by. I am almost at my 11 month mark, I seriously wish it was over already until then I'll keep dreaming for Sept 08!

Free Dyson

2007-09-23T23:28:00.000-04:00

to be given away!! Are u a blogger?? Enter today hurry it ends soon!!

5 Minutes for Mom

Understanding the 4 Loves!

2007-09-23T21:25:00.000-04:00

I just wanted to pass this along to anyone that might want to listen to the podcasts from our church. They are doing a 4 part series on Love. Today was the third week so the podcast will be up soon for this week to get caught up u can listen to the previous two.

http://www.mannachurch.org/

Click Listen On-Line

Chooses these dates, u should listen in order
9/9
9/16
9/23 will be online soon
9/30 will be online after next weekend

PVT PH part 3

2007-08-31T20:52:00.000-04:00

Shelby,

How have you been? I hope that you are being a good girl. Is school still fun, have you made any new friends? I have been taking a few more pictures and will send them to you. We have a room here that has a lot of books, we call it a library, but it is not really one. I have been thinking alot about you and Hailey lately. I can't wait till I can give you a big hug and kiss. I miss you all very much.

Please keep being a good girl for your mommy, and a good big sister for Hailey. I love you. Give mommy and Hailey a kiss and hug from daddy.

Love Daddy

Pvt. PH salutes a blimp

Pvt. PH, talking on the radio

PVT PH at the Combat Stress center

and at the make shift library.

Potato Head Part 2

2007-08-28T21:04:00.000-04:00

Shelby,
I hear that you have started school and I am so happy for you. How do you like it? Do you have naps, color and learn about numbers & letters? I know that you are making friends there and are going to have lots of fun playing outside at recess. How do you like your teacher?

I have taken a few more pictures with Mr. Potato Head. I will send them in this email so you can see them. You can show them to mommy and Hailey too. I will keep taking them and sending you more and more pictures. If there is a place you want to see let me know and Mr. Potato Head and I will go there and send a picture.

Be a good girl and be nice to mommy and Hailey. I love you. Give mommy and your sister a kiss from daddy and tell them that daddy loves them too.

Love Daddy

This breakfast looks yummy!!
U can click on the pics to enlarge lol!!

Boots are on the Ground

2007-08-24T22:56:00.000-04:00

Mr. Potato Head that is. Here is the first lil letter to S. I haven't read or shared the pics to S, I will at breakfast in the am.

These are the first pics I have see of hubby since he's been gone. He looks a lil chunkier in the face but I guess thats what the heat will do to ya.

Shelby,
I have been taking a few pictures of Mr. Potato Head and will go ahead an send a few now. He kept falling apart so I took some super glue and glues his feet and hat to his body. I have been taking him around with me getting his orientation out of the way. I showed him where the Chow Hall is and where to find the office. He has been sleeping in my locker. I have named the pictures so you know what he is doing in each photo.
Mom told me you had your first half day of school. I hope you liked it. did you have fun? Do you want to go back? When Daddy was a little boy I liked going to school. We had nap time, snack time, recess where we played outside. We ate lunch in the lunch room. and we colored and learned to write. I know that you will have lots of fun when you go back to school soon.
I love you and will take more pictures of Mr. Potato Head doing silly things.
Love Daddy

PVT PH emails Shelby

Battle buddies bonding, lol

and of course a lil PS2 training.

I think Pvt. PH needs to get to work don't u??

Private Potato Head

2007-08-02T20:40:00.001-04:00

We have a new recruit!! Let congratulate Pvt. Potato Head. He is receiving his orders to duty effective tomorrow. It's going to take him about 2 weeks to arrive in Iraq. Please pray for safe travels.

Seriously, I am hoping when J gets him he will bond and become battle buddies and send the stories back home. I think the girls will get a kick outta seeing Pvt. Potato Head and daddy together in the gym, eating, working, spending time with the other guys. enjoying holidays together, so hopefully this story will be continued....

***Update-Sorry I should have mentioned this u can find these Mr. Potato Head military figures at Checker's in the kids meals. They have all branches of service!

My Life

2007-07-31T22:02:00.001-04:00

I have been BUSY!! After our trip to GA & SC , we were home for a couple of days then got bad news that my aunt who lives in NY passed away from cancer. My parents drove up and pick us up and headed to NY. We stayed for a couple of days then started our journey back home. We stopped at my grandparents house in New Bern, NC. We were gone for a week.

So we have been home now for a couple of weeks and since then I have kept us busy. Play-dates, children's museum, kids summer movies this week is vacation bible school at our church. I volunteered to be a crew leader for preschoolers. I have eight kids total but I only had 5 today and yesterday. We have had lots of fun this week its like being a lil kid again dancing around and being silly singing songs with the kids. Our theme is Avalanche Ranch, S asks me to sing the songs to her so she can do the hand motions, its cute.

S starts Pre-K in a couple of weeks I am so excited. We have been hanging out with two other parents/kids that are going to be in her class so it will help them make the adjustment together.

J is doing good too. I hope he is able to find the time to send pics soon for the kids.

Anyway thats life here. I hope I get the urge to sew again once S goes to school and H naps I'll be able too.

Where have I been

2007-07-06T18:10:00.001-04:00

I went on a mini trip for about two weeks. It was a nice get away and I was happy to get back home but now deployment has finally set in. I have had people and things to keep me occupied. So now I am trying to fill up an schedule to make time fly. I thought the second go around would be easier but it never gets easier, lesson learned.

So where did I go?

Well, my mom came into town and we planned a trip down to Georgia to see all the family. Along the way we stopped in Columbia, SC to visit the children's museum, Edventure. This place is HUGE and AWESOME!! I highly recommend u take your kids they will love it. It's filled with all kinds of educational stuff and hands on learning, which is a great way to learn. We had lots of fun and we are definitely going back again and again. I got the phone call from J that he was safely in Iraq while we were at the museum.

From Columbia we drove do my parents house an hour away from Columbia and we stayed the night visited with my dad. S wanted to go bowling my dad manages a bowling center so she aways wants to go bowling when we go visit. She had the whole place to herself she loved it.

We got up the next morning and headed for south Georgia our hometown. We got in late in the evening. J had gotten a mailing address and he already had a lil list of things he needed us to send so that was my first objective for the beginning of our visit. We slept lots of time with all the family and friends. I shopped ALOT probably too much. I got a new hair cut from my hairdresser which I LOVE. We celebrated S's 4th birthday early with family she really enjoyed herself.

We left south Georgia and headed back to my moms house then I made my way home the next morning.

That's when the reality of deployment set in. My yard needed mowing so that was the first thing on my list the second was getting all the mail sorted thru, most of it was junk of course. Speaking of mowing the yard this was the second time I have mowed our yard since he's been gone, J usually does it. I love mowing tho I did it a lot when I was younger at my parents house. I love that feeling of clean and freshness that u get once u get all the dirt off in the shower.

Camera

2007-06-19T09:44:00.000-04:00

I got a new camera!! J took the good one with him so I was left with an old digital that I can't even find. Here are a few of my favorites!!

Update

2007-06-16T12:26:00.000-04:00

Our last set of visitors where here for S's recital and we went back to the Children's Museum for my niece to explore. We cooked out and had a great time the kids ran around the yard played on the swings, sandbox and bounce house, it was lots of fun. It was bitter-sweet tho. J left which is ever an easy thing even when they are away for a short time. Then the family left except my mom she is here for a bit.

So it's been almost a week...gosh time really needs to start flying by!

Recital

2007-06-11T12:18:00.000-04:00

Isn't she cute this was after her recital Saturday! Josh was able to see it which I was very happy about. If u wish to see the video is on my profile on MySpace. Oh the date was wrong on my MIL's camera haha I wish it was 2008 already!

Family Time

2007-06-05T13:10:00.001-04:00

I have been busy which is good. J's family came into town this weekend. We took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese & then the Children's Museum. The rest of the time we spent enjoying each others company.

This weekend my folks are coming. It sure is nice having family coming and going. S's recital is this weekend also. I hope everything goes well. Please pray that J is able to go.

The army fails to tell anyone anything until the last minute so who knows when they are leaving. I am SURE they know but why the soldiers & families haven't been told pisses me off. I really dislike this unit!

Swimming lessons

2007-05-30T10:11:00.000-04:00

One day at the park S stopped playing for an immediate potty break. S's favorite park has a recreation center right next to it (Yay for clean potties haha) so I stopped and picked up a booklet that has all kinds of activities going on this summer. On the first page swimming lessons by the Red Cross I read further $20 for hour long lessons for 8 days. I thought lessons would have been more expensive so I jumped on this offer. Thankfully they still had slots open!

Memorial Day

2007-05-27T10:51:00.002-04:00

Draughon & Quartered

Take a minute and read Heidi's blog Memorial Day 2007, she is such an amazing woman!

Strawberry pickin'

2007-05-26T17:45:00.000-04:00

We took the kids to Gross Farms to pick some strawberries. They had a great time here are a couple of pictures from our Saturday afternoon. The weather has been awesome lately!

New Look

2007-05-25T13:26:00.001-04:00

I started getting bored with the previous layout so I decided to change it up a lil bit.

My Ballerina

2007-05-23T22:46:00.001-04:00

The tights are bought even picked up a new pair of ballet shoes for her. Comparing the Payless brand to the dance store brand that was only $2 more. I should of just gotten these new ones the first go around the quality is definitely worth a lil extra money. The tights fit to a T...no more gathered up material at the elastic strap on her shoe, yippee!!

While I was at the dance store I asked about the tap shoes oh my gosh they are so stinkin' cute!! Her eyes light up when she saw them.

So we are all ready for photos tomorrow lets hope all goes well. I really want great pictures. I snapped this picture of her while she was trying the complete costume on to make sure all is well for tomorrow.

Great week?

2007-05-22T15:33:00.000-04:00

Can u really say that u are have a great week when its only Tuesday?

Yesterday I turned 28 ekkk...I can't believe I am almost 30.

Shelby was accepted into a Pre-K program which I am super excited about. She is gonna love having other lil kids her age around her on a regular basis. I was skeptical at first but once we went and checked out the place I felt like everything was gonna workout. J was able to go with us so that helped. Follow your heart is what they say huh, well I did. She starts until August.

Yesterday was also ballet make up day. I can't wait for the recital she has her costume. I need to go buy her new tights. They are doing a photoshoot this week, I hope they turn out cute. Family is coming into town for the recital..its gonna be exciting!! She is enjoying ballet so much that we are gonna continue this summer and she will move up to ballet/tap. We watched an older class a couple of weeks ago that were doing tap and S said she wanted a pair of those shoes they make noise...so funny.

Today I did my first set of alterations two dresses for the military ball. I was SCARED at first but I felt confident and guess what, they turned out perfect.

Hopefully the rest of the week will go wonderfully!!

Dolly Parton Imagination Library Book #2

2007-05-17T13:07:00.000-04:00

Dolly Parton Imagination Library

S got her second book from the Imagination Library. I am as anxious as she is to see what the next book will be. This book is a fun read, since its easy to remember she sits and recites it to her sister.

It's over

2007-05-15T21:27:00.000-04:00

J's leave time is offically over. It's sad and just makes reality of this deployment set in a little more. I am trying to enjoy the remaining time we have together. While he was on leave he was notified that the date was moved up. I am hoping and praying that he will at least be here for S's ballet recital. Even if he leaves that night I would be happy as long as he could see her on that stage for the first time. We had a great time while he was on leave going out of town and doing some work on the house, spending time outside in the yard chasing the kids around, his dad came in town to upgrade our alarm system so I have one less thing to worry about. Sleeping is hard for me to do alone, at least I am not the only one in this world.

One day during lunch he was picked up H and just held her tight, it was a different kinda hug that usual. So I asked whats wrong, he replied that when he gets home she will be so much older and won't be a baby anymore. It made me tear up and I had to get back to washing dishes before I started to break down. It really makes me sad to know he is gonna miss so much of the little things. I try to tell myself we have done this one time before but sometimes it seems this go around isn't gonna be any easier. Thank goodness for the internet, web cameras and phones right.

Off to soak in some more precious time....

Family pictures

2007-05-06T12:14:00.000-04:00

I got our family pics that we had taken while we were in Augusta. I think this is my first time sharing a pic of my family so enjoy! I cherish these pictures when we are all in them. I am usually the one behind the camera haha. Here are two of my favorites.