Today is exactly one month down.
To think that there are 6 more to go is so daunting. I feel like we’re doing really good and time is flowing and then I look at the calendar and realize that barely any time has moved at all. I try to keep busy, get the kids out and about a lot, focus on my health (even taking prenatal vitamins – they are good for more than just the preggos!) and watching my diet as much as I can. But still … blah.
I’m a whine baby. I know. There are people out there dealing with so much more. I know. But I still feel like stomping my feet and throwing a big ass fit. It’s what I do best. I can’t help it.
I’ll be over this and onto other things in a few minutes. But for now? *wahhhhhhhh*
I’ll admit that I used to have a very bad issue with shopping. So much so that I think you could actually label me as a “shopaholic”. I would buy just about anything. It didn’t matter. From trinkets to log furniture, everything caught my eye. I think a lot of it had to do with emotional issues. A marriage that was lacking at the time and feeling lonely, insecure about myself. I felt SO much better when I went on a spree. Even if that spree was only for groceries or household items. I have gotten so much better over the years but I still feel that urge sometimes. Especially now when I’m lonely again and just .. blah sometimes. 
I’ve tried to filter it into things I do need to buy like summer clothes for the kids. I’m hoping that helps me out. Also, coupon shopping helps. There’s something about that high that I get from getting things nearly free that trumps mindlessly spending money on things. Now if I could only get better at that, the saving part, then I would be good to go.
I love how little boys are born BOYS. They come out of the womb feeling manly I think. No testosterone booster needed. My son is one of those that just jumped out of my uterus and went on about his manly business. He’s loved cars from the start and sports. Now that his Daddy is away he’s the “man of the house” he says and he’s trying to help me with anything man related. Like taking out trash and trying to walk to the dog. He cracks me up! But I love him to pieces for being the little man that he is. He’s hyper, doesn’t listen to me a whole lot and I spend much of my time frustrated .. but I can’t help myself. I just want to squeeze him to death some days .. with love, not frustration. LOL
I’ve lived for the last probably 18 months dealing with neighbors that I cant’ stand. It was never a great ride. They moved in one day and brought cookies to the door, I guess being nosy to see who they would like and who they would not. Apparently we were listed on the NO list because after that the woman (they are an unmarried couple) was a total bitch to me. Very snotty, would not say hello for anything and just very holier than thou. I use “woman” loosely because honestly she had to have been fresh out of college and barely drinking age. Not a lot of life experience. I remember being 21 and thinking I knew it all. Now that I’m hitting 30 I realize that I was so wrong. Anyway, I didn’t really care about the coldness much but then her bitch-ness moved onto making my kids out to be brats. While I do think they suck a little bit at times they are not neighborhood gangsters or anything. I tried to win her over by doing nice things. I even made my husband carry a huge package in for her one day when I saw her struggling. She totally let him do it .. no thank you, though. After that I just got over it and prayed that they would move soon. And I prayed. Hard. Aside from winning the lottery it was my biggest dream. I would actually DREAM of it at night. That’s not even a joke. So when I walked out of my apartment yesterday to see them filling up a moving truck you can imagine my excitement. I do think there was an audible “YES!” with a very obvious fit pump as I skipped down the stairs as I passed her coming up the stairs. They seem to have moved everything in one day too. Even the doormat is gone.
Thank you sweet baby, Jesus!
The relief I feel is enormous. I’m telling you … I would avoid coming and going around the times of day I knew they would be coming and going. Just because I did not want to run into them. One because I have a mouth and I couldn’t trust myself to not go off on them. And also because the cold shoulder thing really hurt my feelings. Yes, this cold hearted bitch has FEELINGS sometimes. I don’t like feeling like I’m not liked. Especially when the person really has no valid reason.
Now to pray that someone even crappier doesn’t move into that unit. But I am sure that’s almost impossible. I’ll still be keeping my fingers crossed though.
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Last year or the year before (my memory fails) I was able to score a small can of Glidden paint for free. At that time I chose a lovely olive color and I had planned on using it to paint a wall in my kitchen. You know, an “accent wall”. Or the “I’m far too lazy to paint the entire room” wall? That idea was fine and dandy until the paint came and my husband saw it. No, no, no. He didn’t like the olive and asked me not to go through with it. So I didn’t. But I did put that paint to use this year when the kids built bird houses at a workshop at the home improvement store. I let them use it to paint those and they turned out really nice. It only took a coat and though the one resides outdoors constantly, it’s still looking very good. Through the rain, cold, ridiculous heat .. it’s all good. I was so impressed by this that I decided to definitely go with Glidden when I do finally paint that wall. I am also going to paint the breakfast bar wall as it’s stained from dirty little children. I’m thinking RED. A muted red but still, RED. I am also going to make sure I keep a small can or even one of those awesome testers that they offer around in case of touch ups. That is one thing when living in an apartment. You can’t really get the paint for touch ups easily. So this would be a lifesaver. I know I will need it.
I have a couple of red shades coming that I signed up for on June 1st. At least I think I do. I hope I signed up properly as Glidden was giving them away. Get one, give one to a friend. I can’t wait for them to show up because once I have decided which color I like best .. it’s ON! I am going to get it all done before the deployment ends. See, not having a hubby around to argue with you or protest the color choices can be an awesome thing.
I’m loving it. I managed to get the kids in bed just a bit earlier than usual. Still not early enough though. We’re working on that. My schedule has been thrown out of whack because without the hubby here, I get lonely. Sometimes I’ll use the kids as company even against my better judgement. This isn’t working. Kids who are up late, sleep late and then throw the entire day off. Oh and they are super ornery too! So here I am, alone and lonely. But at least the kids are in bed and I have some quiet. Maybe I just need to appreciate that more. Maybe I’ll also be able to start reading again. It would be awesome if I could finish A book. ONE book. At some point.
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If anyone needs a vacation right now, it’s me.
I won’t go too much into my whining and moaning but I am tired today. I’m tired and I feel really down. I feel like the kids are being super annoying and everyone else in the world is deliberately trying to tick me off but deep down I know it’s just me. I am sure it will go away after a nice long night of sleep but until then … it’s Debbie Downer time!
I am seriously hoping that once the man gets back and we can can settle back into our routine that we’ll also be able to take a little trip. I don’t know how. Traveling is hard when you have cats and a dog and really not a ton of extra money lying around. But we have family in Florida so that could work for us. I have thought more than once that we could visit them and then take a quick trip down towards Orlando, possibly Kissimmee. Kissimmee is basically right near Orlando and allows you to be very close to all of the action without totally being on top of it. You know what I mean? So it can be a little cheaper and less crowded but you still have access to all of the fun, family attractions. I am all about that. You could choose to go to Universal, Disney World or over to the Gulf for the day and enjoy the beach. You could also make a trip to the Kennedy Space Center or even Silver Springs. If you have never heard of Silver Springs, you will once you get into Florida. They have glass bottom boats! The billboards littered all along I-75 will tell you so. Over and over again! lol At least that was my experience the last time I was in Florida.
I have been looking over the Kissimmee travel site and honestly I think it would be fun to just take a day trip from my grandparents home. Maybe do a little sight seeing but not get sucked into all of the big name, big money amusement parks. Since being broke is not my idea of a fun time. 
You should check the site out as well if you are planning a Florida vacation or even thinking about it. It has tons of great info.
I’ll say it again .. I am sick of the heat!
We had an end of year party for Aubree Girl Scout troop today and I seriously felt like I was in the rain forest. Lordy! I’m pretty sure my pants fit a little more loose now than this morning. Sauna! But we survived and she got the rest of her patches for this year. Surprisingly she wasn’t at all bothered by the fact that the majority of her troop is moving on to Brownies. There will be a handful of Daisies left, thankfully, so maybe that helps her not feel left out? I am super glad she was able to stick with this troop though. I was always with the same girls from the time I was in elementary up through high school when I decided Girl Scouts were no longer cool. I know Aubree won’t have the same experience with us being military but it will be nice to stick it out with the same girls for at least a couple of years. If not longer .. if I can help it. We’ll see though. While I know it would probably be easy for my husband to get orders in this area again, I don’t think he wants to. Hopefully he’ll have no choice in the matter. Virginia has grown on me.
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Soon enough I will be sending out the first of hopefully many care packages to my husband. The first one will have to contain mostly things he forgot instead of the fun stuff, unfortunately. One of those items being his watch! Of all things to forget. I am sure he’s been going a little nutty without it for the last 3+ weeks. Any other day he would use his cell phone but that isn’t exactly something you use when you’re in the middle of the ocean with no service. So he’s basically out of luck when it comes to telling the time.
I wish that I could surprise him with a nice new watch when I do send his package. I would love to get him something a little more classy than the pocket watch he got from Walmart. lol He insists on pocket watches because wrist watches pull his arm hair. He’s a little bit of a baby. I can’t help but wonder if something like this would help though?
It’s a Swiss Army watch and the band isn’t the usual metal, stretchy type. Looking at the Victorinox Swiss Army website makes me want to save up for a really nice watch for him. Father’s Day is almost here so that’s out. But maybe Christmas? After all, we won’t see him until then anyway! I am going to check out the Facebook IWAW sweepstakes page to see if maybe I could score a free watch. I honestly never win anything but you never know. They are giving away one a day for 30 days. That’s decent enough odds.
I have always been pretty laid back when it comes to my kids’ medical issues. Meaning that I do not run to the doctor every time they have an illness or an injury. Because in my experience most of the time the docs are of no help anyway. Time always works along with some Tylenol and love. I can do all of that here at home! But tonight I was ALMOST tempted to haul ass to the doc’s office when my son decided to launch himself off the end of my bed. He’s 4.5 so it’s not like he doesn’t know better. He does. He just doesn’t want to listen. Once he landed he realized that he bit his tongue. We’re not talking just a little bit either. His teeth clamped down on each side of his tongue. He opened his mouth and all I could see was blood pouring out of it. *gags* Bright, red blood. I freaked out for just a bit and then held it together long enough to give it a closer look. Once I got it cleaned up I could see that he almost bit an entire piece off of the one side. Thankfully it’s starting to seal back up already. Otherwise .. yeah, I may have ended up at the ER today. Boys are nuts!
