Forward: I tried to post this at about 5 am but Joeueser was not cooperating, so imagine yourself with your morning coffee or whatever, bleary-eyed and just starting your day.... Sometime before 4:30 this morning, (I don't know when because I refused to open my eyes), I was awakened by the sounds of my daughter Maddy and her friend Sophia laughing. I pretended I couldn't hear the 2 year olds and tried to sleep for a few more minutes. But eventually, the laughter turned to tears and I ha...

So I woke up and realized that with HWs recent departure that I forgot that payday was on Friday...I was supposed to pay bills! EEEKKK! I logged on, hoping that I could get everything paid before there was a late charge. Sometimes my bank can take a buisness day or two to get an online payment completed...or maybe it's the creditors? Anyway, I logged on to my bank account and ..... Panicked! There was nowhere near enough money in the account to cover our bills. What happened? How co...

Larger Pic so you can see detail Link HyperboreanWanderer and Boy were playing with The Car. The Car (yes, it needs capital letters) just got new "shoes" and they were putting on the finishing touches (center caps). And here is HW himself, to tell you the fancy car numbers and stuff.... American Racing Wheels Torqthrust II mags, 15x8 in front, 15x10 deep-dish inset in back, with BF Goodrich 235/60s up front and 275/60s in back. They're the same size as I had before, but ...

So yeah, I'm barely halfway through the day and this is my life. I'm queen of short term memory, Princess of forgetfulness and mother of all that is insanity. I'm already frustrated this morning. I had a dr. apt and he completely ignored what I had to say, prescribing me sleeping pills even though I TOLD him that I didn't want them. He said, "You are just overly concerned about your husband's deployment and that can effect your health..." GRRRR. I left the exam room and immediately sp...

I was..... 23 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America 21 years old on the first day of Y2K 19 years old when I got married 17 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing 16 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder 15 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center 13 years old when Operation Desert Storm began 11 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall 8 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 6 years old when Apple in...

Let's be clear here. I'm such a dork. I KNEW this would make me cry. But I couldn't stop. Link Link Link Link Link you get the idea... But I might as well face it...I'll cry when I pick him up at the airport....very very soon!

I pulled this out of one of my scrapbooks....Happy B-Day Angela! Have a wonderful day!

So, HW called me today. He spent $175 on a pair of boots. Knowing the rigures of Army life, I understand the need for good footwear. A little pricey but we can deal with it.... But OHhhhhh no. We were not charged once for the boots. We were charged 3 freaking times! I am so sick of calling the bank. First my purse was stolen. Then our banking account was comprimised. Now, HW's card is comprimised as well. The bank insists that because the card was swiped three times, that they...

So less than a month after my purse was swiped....a charge appeared on my bank account for almost $300. The bank assured me that it was not related to the recent theft of my purse. I had changed all my cards and put a fraud alert on my credit cards. I shred all my bank information as well. According to them, I did everything that I needed to to protect myself. Knowing that this was a completely unrelated incident, did not make me feel any better about a second, possibly random, cas...

WOOO HOOOO! I am finally done with this semester! Finally, the nightmare is over. Actually, it wasn't that bad, but my fluff class was hard and the other was a lot of essay work and HORRIBLE exams. I can't express the level of irritation I felt with my Philosophy instructor. I think he made his exams impossible just to see if anyone would quit. You were timed and had one question pop up on a screen. Once you answered, you could not go back. Oh, and he never posted how many questio...

“A woman is often measured by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or does not curve, by where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-36 and inches and ages and numbers. By all the outside things that don’t ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control. By who she is and who she is trying to become. Because as every woman knows, measurements are only s...

So I'm sitting here, reading my email with a bowl of plain ol' Cheerios. There is a generous handful of fresh blueberries floating in them. As I try to get a bite of cereal with only one or two blueberries (so they last through the whole bowl) I am struck with a flashback. As a child, I grew up on KI Sawyer AFB in the UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan) and there were so many blueberries in the woods around post. The best berries were around the base lake, where you had to fight hoards o...

So tonight was the last day that Trapeze-experience was going to be in Austin. I was signed up for the very last class at 7 pm. A friend of mine was bringing a friend from out of town with us to fly as well. We all loaded into her little bitty car. The kids and I crammed into the back seat. For those who don't know or don't' remember, I was in a fairly serious car wreck about a year ago. My back still spasms and aches if I am in a car too long. A tiny back seat is NOT the best w...

Have you ever completed an amazingly hard physical challenge and had the scars to show at the end? Even though your feet are blistered from running a marathon or your body just aches, it's okay...the pain is a badge of pride and just shows how hard you worked.... Today wasn't one of those days. After a little more than a week off, I had the chance to jump back in and fly some more. Everything was off....my takeoff was lousy: I kept jumping out instead of up, my sweepback was short i...

This is just a bunch of random stuff that makes me happy to be a mom.... Connor was playing a friend's house last week. He decided to teach his friend to to trapeze tricks....in the bedroom closet, on the clothes rod. They were frustrated by the shelf that "made us not go upside down" but still had a blast doing tricks. *big grin* I love my kid! Maddy said prayer before breakfast this morning. Her personality is definetely making an appearance in her prayer style. "Dear Heav'nly ...