I'm Ready!!!!!!!

Happy Happy New Year Friends!

I'm popular in Ireland, Romania, South Korea, Japan, Norway and let me not forget my native friends! LOL. I love the readers of the world!

Resolutions anyone? Some people don't do resolutions, but I ...am going with the old standard. I'm not above putting something out there in hopes of accomplishing something great! LOL...failure shouldn't be an option, but if I do...better luck to me next year.

First, I'm going to Breathe Deeply a little more. That means a little meditating and yoga for me. I need some serious ZEN.

Second, realizing I can't change other's hard line views and not being so emotional about it would really be helpful, as well.

Finally, the gluten is killing me. So, after my Chinese tonight, and the suffering that I'm sure I'll partake in later on tonight, I will figure out a more gluten free menu for living. Celiac can hit a person during times of high stress...hmmm... no wonder it hit me like a ton of bricks in my gut at the ripe old age of 39!

Finally Finally...I wish you all Happiness, Health, and good Will toward fellow HUMANKIND! I mean that! Let's be kind to one another.

Ok 2010 I'm ready for you!
Love and Kisses until next year!
xoxoxo
Christie

Little Latkes

I think the Holiday and Christmas Blahs are over. It was a great Day, but you know there was still the part missing family and friends...the lonely part. I wasn't lonely...don't get me wrong. I was just missing a part of my world.

Well, tonight I made the most amazing Latkes. I might not be the sister taking the kids to Tot Shabot, but I do make the best Latkes. The key is the Sierra Nevada in the batter and getting all the moisture out of the potatos. So so so very good.

xoxo

The Day After...

Happy Day after.

Recovering Recovering Recovering....

There's absolutely nothing planned today and the Mommy needs a break!

xoxoxo

Merry Christmas!

Did you wake up to happy anxious kids waking you to get out of bed and fast! Well, I did and it was fabulous. We open one person at a time and in order. LOL. Who made up that tradition...ummmm me. I like pictures of faces as they open the gifts. Plus, the anticipitation of waiting for each and every gift. And let's just be clear...it makes opening up the gifts take longer than 10 minutes! LOL. After all the hard work and months of planning I refuse to let the Tsunami of wrapping happen in 10 minutes or less..LOL! :)

Everyone enjoyed the day. I took a much needed little nap and woke up just in time to get the Prime Rib into the oven. Dinner was great and appreciated by everyone. Happy times for all.

I hope you had a great day. xoxo.

Mr. Postman

Thank you Mr. Postman for helping me out and getting my package out even though you were getting ready to close! You saved me today.

Just a simple act for him, but for me..HUGE! Thank you. Just simple acts of kindness friends. Simple Acts. Peace starts with kindess.

I want PEACE on Earth and Good Will to one another....

xoxo

Safe

Have you ever been the exception? Did you choose the scary unsafe choice and let yourself just take a risk. Safe choices can lead to safe. Safe can equal empty.

Picking up pieces can lead to saving oneself and risking happiness.

xoxo
I love...Continue to love

Bring On The Cards..and anything else!

There's one gingerbread house is in the house, so bring on the Holiday Cards! They are here and I'm filling them out right now. Ok, well I'm blogging really fast, then I'm addressing. Don't you love Costco? I needed it this week. It only took a day to get my sweet holiday cards made. This, alone, has made my Saturday!

Patient Update:
She's feeling better. She can't talk, but she's a good good patient. The pain medicine doesn't seem to knock her out, like I thought it would. Thankfully it does help her pain. Before she knows it she'll be feeling so much better. She needs to, because the holiday is around the corner!

My Boy:
My Boy is so excited. He's wrapped presents on his own and how cute they are! He still needs to "get you a present mommy." :) He's been busy making Ben 10 accessories for his Omnitrex Watch. These accessories..lol..are completely hand made. He's drawn all 10 characters...found wood chips to use for the little slots in the watch to open the "special characters." He's one busy guy!


The Miss...
Well she's been in her little world today. She has homework over the vacation so she's getting it done. Homework? Who assigns homework? Ugh. Speaking of homework, though. Here is the best and greatest 3D Human Cell I've ever seen. :) How creative is she?! She simply is amazing. :)


Ok Until tomorrow...xoxoxo
I guess I have so much more to share and need my blogging again!

Tonsil Day

Friday's been a busy one so far. Sweet Ava had her tonsils out and she's been a totally brave! She's not able to eat anything and drinking is a challange, but she's going to feel sooo much better when she's healed. She's had so many strep infections and throat problems with her gastro reflus, that this is going to
this will be just what she needed.



There's still a list of so much to do...Cards, Shopping, A Few Choice Gifts, and SHIPPING...OH MY!

FREEZING

I am beyond cold tonight.

Friday Night

Examining life.

I love my kids. I love my kids more than life.

Children make the Season what it is.

We do have those moments, though....when it's time for a super calming moment. It's impossible to escape to yoga. The bathroom hideout is out of the question, because as all mom's know the kids would knock on the door, "Mommy. Mommy. Mommy."

Last night was one of my moments. What was a perfect moment last night? I chose a beautiful glass, lol..some cheap wine, and my favorite section of one of my favorite books! :)

Hugh In The Afternoon....!

Today it's only slight cloudy. Nothing dark looms overhead, but the day is young. :) I am looking to the positive, though. It's cold and gloomy outside. I'm inside with my little ladies and we're snuggled under blankets and watching a chick flick. It's perfect. The boys are shopping. We're soaking it up while we can, because as anyone in the realm of my world knows...tomorrow is FOOTBALL SUNDAY! LOL. We'll soak up our time while we can.

To be precise we're soaking up Hugh Grant. LOL. He just has a way of brightening up any gloomy cold Saturday. :)

My sweet neighbor, who is in her 80s, 4'8", and is the sweetest little lady lady you'd ever meet brought us a little flan and flowers this morning. She brought it thanking us for our cookies and crafts from Thanksgiving. She's so sweet.

Ok, off to soak up our Hugh.

XOXO
Christie

Dark Cloud....

When is enough, enough in life?

I mean, do you invite guests to stay way beyond a tolerable amount of time? Do you throw chaos into your life and wake up at 3AM to make it a 4AM sale so you can spend spend spend? Do you love yourself or let yourself just go to pushish the parts you despise?

It was so much fun cooking Turkey and all the dishes that went along with our fabulous dinner, with the kids. They couldn't wait to eat what they made. I know my girls and even boy will be making some of our recipes when they are older. :)

When dinner was finished I just thought the night would be quiet and we'd be recovering from the eating. Well, of course there was the dark cloud. I can handle rainy, white puffy cold clouds, the occassional storm, and even the a lightening strike. The darkness of that cloud...it's just too much these days.

I'm on a new path. I will discover the why and when. It may not be tomorrow..but I want answers. It took years to feeling this good and in control of me. No more knots in the stomach.

I DARE YOU!

I Dare You! I dare any of you to just leave a comment. I have so many reads every single day. Actually you're from all over the world. I really want to know who reads me from Ireland. Just a hi! I know I'm HUGE in South Korea! LOL. Huge! I have a great following for people searching for my "Karma will bite you in the ass" comment. I don't know who visits I just get a few stats. Love to hear from you. I'll type more fluff if you do. Wait...maybe I shouldn't do the fluff stuff then you might not come back so often to check on me. :)

XOXO
Christie

Friday's Thought

Who knew that a few words could rattle a brain for so many years.

It could be our time.

Life goes on....Smiles are to be had...Memories are to be made...And memories are to be remembered.

xoxoxo
Christie

Weekend Recap!

Do you want to know how good I am? I made pancakes for the kids this morning..and they weren't the toaster kind! :) Yep..that good. Oh and I even flat ironed Ava's hair, made three different lunches...and dropped them all off. :)

"Because cereal is boring Mommy!"



Halloween was delightfully exciting. There were so many kids in the neighborhood. We came from a neighborhood in Virginia with so few kids out on Halloween (it's a little different in the south.) This was a nice change. The pumpkins were carved and a little gooshy for wear, but carved and with lights bekoning the gremlins and goblins.

Before going out, though, they spent the day swimming in the 100 degree weather!


My little Darth and Devil were out among the others. We went street after street until dripping with sweat they asked to finally go home! It was them..not me...who ended it! That's always a super plus. I hope you had fun and if there weren't kids I hope you dressed and got in touch with that crazy side you sometimes hide inside!
:) :) :)

Busy Busy Busy

Busy Busy Week.

There was excitement, anxiety, and coocoo for cocoa puff kids! Oh, and let me not forget the "Cold Front" that came down from the north this weekend. :) We started the week with a Hot Hot Hot 96 and ended it with 68! Loved it! The kids had a busy school week, which in turn meant I had a busy school week. By the end of the week I was fried. I quickly perked up when my boy had his big huge 9th birthday. I can't believe it's been 9 years. He's hit a little bit of a rough patch with the move, but you know...he's going to be just fine. There must have been something in the air today because the house was a little bit of a nut house! LOL. When it's just the mommy, they just bring it up a few notches and push me to the limit. Yep...I was pushed to the limit and here back down relaxing in the quiet.

Here's my new motto. It takes one day at a time to be a good mommy. It's tough. Everything weighs heavy on our shoulders and hearts. Ok, well it weighs on mine. Going through another deployment, though not a super long one, is really hitting hard this time. So instead of worry about how the math tests will go next Friday or if my chapter of my book will come together by Tuesday, I'm going to just get through today. I know it's a twelve step motto, but heck I'll need it for the next 12years for sure. :)

Here are a few quick things:
*I'm blogging for me. Comment or Lurk if you want to, but know that I'm fully aware of the fluff factor.

*Skype is incredible.

*Dressing up is good for the soul.

*Grown up time is necessary.

*I've written quite a bit this week while listening to John Mayer and David Gray.

*My iPod is a necessity.

Have a good night friends...
XOXO
Christie

It's Facebook's Fault!

Of course it's not my own fault that I've been an absent blogger for so long. I'm here to publicly state that it's Fabcebook's Fault that I've been so lazy with my writing.

Whether it's looking at every one's status, playing Bejeweled Blitz, or looking up long lost friends and sneaking peaks at their profile pics...it's made me,the writer, lazy! I've promised myself I am going to write once a day, again. I put some different tunes on my playlist.com to get me in flow mood. Why? It helps me to get thoughts together to write my stories, that are not part of my blogs. I'm still working on the book. I might have a stories and chapters of many different types. I haven't gotten the "One" published, yet. It's ok...the block is gone. I'm back in the groove. I'm journaling more and have notes all over the place, yet in an orderly all over the place kind of way. It feels good, especially since they're not on the crazy yellow sticky notes. :) I've been there and soooo done that.

Well the boy just called me to go outside so I must go. I just took a picture of the boy in his afternoon outfit of choice!

Back To Writing....

I haven't blogged in forever. I realize I've started a few of my blogs like that lately, but I've missed writing. We're in Florida and getting used to it. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss Virginia! Florida schools are nothing like the district we lived in while we were in Virginia. I'm sure by the next time we move I'll be missing Florida. :)

The very soon to be Lt. Colonel is deployed with his Marines. It just seems every single time he is off in the middle east the kids seem to melt down a little. This time, though, it's just a strep/chronic tonsillitis with A. I'm hoping that K's kidney keeps nice and healthy. Since we've been here, I've yet to find a urologist or a nephrologist for her. As she gets older she has different needs. She's a teenager now and it's more difficult than just choosing a "good" doctor. . You'd be amazed at how many doctor's we've gone to with a God Complex. From Preemie to a Teen she's had many doctors, surgeries, and appointments. I have to search for a better fit than the first referral. Life is good these days for K. She's been so healthy and happy. Who knew time would fly so fast. She's already gone to her first Homecoming Dance this past weekend.


So, after Homecoming for K, a deployment, and strep with A... we get a birthday party this week , too! Sammy is ready for his party! He wants a pool party and I'm ready for it! LOL..It is Florida and it was 94 today. It should be beautiful this weekend.


I may have something more profound to say tomorrow. :) Then again it could be total fluff.

Off to enjoy the night.
XOXO

We're Off!

It's Moving Day!

We're off to Tampa and who knows what adventures that will hold for us! Exciting!

I need to get off my a** right now and fold the last little load of laundry for the packing!

By Yorktown VA! It's been nice, but we're so ready to leave!

xoxoxo
Christie

MJ and Our Move

Ok, I'm over all of the Michael Jackson news. It's just completely on overload right about now. How many more times can we watch the same foootage...over and over. In all the news the last few days I don't remember hearing that Iran is going to have the English Embassy staff stand trial over the protests. Sad.

I've been organizing the house for the move next week. The packers will be here next Wednesday and Thursday...then the movers will be here Friday. After all of that we're off to Tampa. Another adventure. We have a wonderful house (with no Chinese drywall)and the schools for the kids are fabulous. What more could I want. Oh, and let's not forget the cruise ships leave from there,too. Disneyworld is an hour away. The kids are happy with that. I'm happy with the cruise ships.

Ok, off to see what's next on my list.
xoxo
Christie