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

Sigh...

Sigh...

Just in a funky mood. We're getting ready to move again and it's feeling pretty daunting. I need some serious yoga or something to relax. Maybe just a good cry. I don't know. I'm sure it's not interesting for anyone to read. So on that note i'm going to bed.
xoxo
Christie

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Friends...

How's this for my mother.

The phone rings at 9:50 East Coast time. My mom is in Cali.

ring ring...

-Hi mom.

-Christie hang up and call your Dad. Wish him a Happy Father's Day!

-Ok..I was just waiting until he might be up...

That's right friends...my mom still thought she needed to call me at 6:50AM and tell me to call my dad! She is absolutely classic. OMG!

A Few Of My Favorite Things!

Just a few of my favorite things! With school coming to an end I will need more of some and then missing others until school starts again. The Bus..I love when it picks up my precious ones and Mr. W brings them to school for the entire day.

After the kids are off I walk up to my house on the water and just relax for a while.

The coffee maker of choice is the Cuisinart and then the espresso pot that my sister got me for Christmas. Love them and my favorite mug.

After buying a few camcorders this Sony is what I always have with me. It's tiny and pops right into my purse. Love it.

Last but not least...my favorite stylish paper plates. These little babies help in doing dishes..a la..in the trash. I figure I save in water..so I don't feel badly about the recycling. LOL..That's what I tell myself.

Happy Birthday To Me!

I've had a great weekend.

Turning 39 was much easier than 38. I guess I've let go and now I'm just going with the flow. Life is good and fun. My kids are great. Between kisses, love, a movie, cards, gifts, homemade gifts, and even laundry sheets from my boy (who saw how I thought they were interesting and threw them in my grocery cart for part of his present,) my Bday was great! All of that being, I'll take the year before 40 nice and slow! :)

A Happy Birthday never felt soooo good!

Jenny McCarthy!

Edit 12:36: I did a little editing. UGH! I didn't realize how horribly my post was missing words.

Another few interesting things happened in the life of me. I'm convinced, my friends, that my children have my sense of humor and my mother's temper. Yep, my mother's, not mine. I'm so relaxed..cool..unhealthy with holding my feelings inside, but they are not like me. Sweet, loving, um in love with me, and still tiny little tempers.They just crack me up on a daily basis, even when I feel like I'm losing it. That being said, let's move on to what my husband and my children are planning while he is deployed.

"Hey hunny I've been thinking about your hair. So I think you should splurge and get a makeover! So, I emailed you a picture of a nice "blunt" cut and color!"



Ummmmm Jenny McCarthy! She's one hot Mama! Ummm does he know who I am? I'm not
Jenny McCarthy, ok I'm funny, but not Jenny hot! LOL. Kasey and I are convinced it's quite the gay husbandly thing to do, thinking about my hair and finding a "look" for me. LOL. He insists that a "sleek blunt cut" is the way to go. No more flipping of ends! Well, ok then...I'll see what I can do. This girl isn't going to say no to a spa day! Ever! :) So jenny, let's see how blond this mama can get and still look good. I'm fighting that next birthday with alll my might

Speeding Through..

As my birthday quickly approaches I'm reminded of the younger version of me. I haven't always been married with three kids, a dog, and a minivan. There so much of me better in my thirties and yet the carefree easy me of my 20's is still so wanted from time to time. I'm not living in the past, just coming to terms with the me of now and the possible melding of the two.

When did the 4 o'clock coffee time become a necessary ritual in my day? When did I daydream about the boob lift that could magically make the boobies smaller higher and show me the skin on my ribcage that has been covered for years. LOL. Have you ever weighed your boobs on a food scale to see how much your weight you could blame on the boobies? I have.

I do love the the more technical savvy me, the fact that I don't have crows feet around my eyes is pretty cool, the patience is pretty easy for me, and how I see myself in my children is worth it all. So, there has to be give an take in my mind. Ok..I won't overthink it today. No over thinking necessary. Maybe I am getting better with age, but could it just come on a little slower..:)?

Wordless Wednesday

Sentimental Moments

Feeling a little sentimental tonight and sipping a little wine. Kids are quiet and enjoying a movie. Headphones are in and I'm just enjoying a little Van Morrison. :)Have I told you lately that I love you....

All Over The Place!

Here's my little buddy. This picture was taken last week with him on the table after I got home from running some errands. It happened again this week. My poor little buy just nudged his way up looking for something yummy on the table. :) Little did he know the mommy was going to a field trip with the boy! LOL!

I wonder if he got up as soon as I left or if he waited an hour? He just has the cutest little whine when I walk in the door.

Ok...so Happy Saturday. I'm having a yummy diet coke right now and the girls are getting ready for "Jonas." Does anyone else think it's very Monkeys(esque?) Crazy!

It's been a pretty low key Saturday. A haircut for the boy, little errands, and cleaning is what's been making up the day. LOL..fun...I know. Hope yours is great!

Dreams Dreams Dreams....they've been taking me to places I could only have imagined! Another...Crazy!

Pissy Pissy Pissy

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if people could let go of hate and just treat one another with kindness. Just a few people...I'm just wondering about a few people. Those people could affect, maybe one person.

I sit here with a knot in my stomach and sad that my husband is still away.

Torture, regardless of who it's on, is wrong!

Torture is wrong!

Justice yes. Interrogation yes. Intelligence yes. Torture no!

I don't want my husband tortured. What would we say if that happened?

I'm ill watching the news and listening to men defend torture.

The news has just put me in a pissy mood!

Burps and Turtles!

There were about 10 lunch tables two classes of kids eating in the beatiful weather outside the museum. In one of those quiet moments it errupts like a volcano out of this little mouth. What you ask? The loudest grossest deepest belch of a burp you've ever heard from an 8 year old boy! My boy! Everybody turned around with gross looks on their faces..."Who was that?!" My boy...yep. So so very proud. LOL!

So, I'm getting ready to go on another field trip. Today it's with Ava's class. I'm sure it's going to be much easier than the group of boys I was with yesterday! LOL. Oh My! I always say boys are so much easier than girls. LOL...Well, let's just say they are easier when it's compared to the drama from the girls. When you're talking about a group of boys together with room to run and you're supposed to get them to focus and answer questions...another story all together! Fun was had by all, though. It was gorgeous.

Then came the turtles. The turtles were feeling quite frisky! "Hey Mommy it looks like the turtles want to make out!" Those turtles wanted a little more than to make out in the spring water in the aquarium!.
THE CHASE!

Stimulating The Economy!

HAPPY TUESDAY!

My daughter is STIMULATING THE ECONOMY...One Webkinz at a time.

She removed her things from her wall, except the center watercolor. She then hung up all her Webkinz birth certificates that she printed...which used massive amounts of ink, I might add! She has more to print, but I told her to give it a rest for a while. I need to save a little ink! She called me up to show off her wall, "Mommy, come look at my room!" The famous words which beckon me up to a different scene every single time.


Oh..and did you know that our kids really have no idea what records are? "Hey Mommy, look one of those things from the 'Olden Days.'"

My Boy

Fruit Loops and Love!

I had the greatest Mother's Day! I woke up to a splash of Fruit Loops and milk on my face! Then a nice cup of orange juice was facing my mouth. I was tasting it before I knew I knew it was at my mouth. Fruit Loops and OJ..the best breakfast in bed I could have had. All of it was made by my sweet little guy. As I walked downstairs my girls had flowers and gifts all set up for me.

Love, smiles, and of course competition between the three of them...rounded out a fabulous and fully child planned Mother's Day!

My Boy

"Hey Mommy, I can fart with my armpit! Wanna hear?!" My lovely lovely boy announced after his shower. :)

Shame...really?

What do you do when your child finds out you take anti-depressants and other medicines, from reading the warning sheets in a walgreens bag. Well, I lied like hell and told her that the warning pamphlets in were only if you used the medicine for depression. Yep...that was me. I lied like hell. There's just something that a young girl doesn't need to know. I grabbed the bag so she didn't read anything else and just didn't make a big deal.

We do what we have to do to survive. Sometimes I feel like a a weak woman for needing help to be happy and survive. Moments like now I realize I'm pretty damn smart for knowing that there is no shame in needing help.

I've come a long way baby. :)

Glitches

Soooooo....after my computer crashed it's running much faster. There are some glitches, though. My twitters are off by 12 hours. Hmmmm. Maybe it's an AM PM thing. I will check it out when I'm done.

I started taking more pictures to replenish the pictures I lost form the computer. I'm still crushed over it, but I will get over it. If I could just figure out how to get my camcorder to sync up with my comuter. It just seems so complicated. My camera is so easy..but the camcorder is like an alien creature that doesn't want to cooperate.

What else? ...Hmmm... Oh I'm having a great diet coke on ice right now and it tastes wonderful. I have one outside playing, one in the living room with me, and the other upstairs working on French Homework! Homework...remember those days?

Just wanted to make a quick weekend flyby. Happy Saturday!
xoxo
Christie

Sore Sore Sore..

I don't think I've ever had my throat hurt like this before...ever. Even after anti biotics, I still feel horrible.

Our neighborhood has been warned about a 10-4 Power Outage. How fun. I think I'll just be sleeping, so I'm not too worried. I just need to sleep this thing off and feel better.

So happy Friday friends.
xoxo
Christie

Kris Allen!

This is why he will be at the end with Adam!

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Thanks Idol!

How come our kids can become so amazingly obnoxious one minute and sweet and flowers the next?

Why couldn't Idol be on at 8PM tonight. I promised them they could stay up until 9 to watch Idol and then boom it's not on until 9! God help me. I just heard my other's voice.

"One more peep out of you and you're in bed," Yes I did! Ugh!

Now on to the issues at hand. Who's going tobe inthe bottom 2. Hmmmm. Lil Rounds and Matt or Anoop. It's time for Lil to go home. It's time. She's amazing, but not an American Idol. Maybe it will be Anoop, but I think it should be Matt. He is good, too, but he also doesn't have "it."

Of course I love Adam or Kris. LOL. Of course.

Cringe Worthy Miss California 2009

This is the cringeworthy post of the day. Didn't she know who her audience was? How many straight men, besides dads and boyfriends, do you think go to beauty pagents? I mean come on! So you are for or not for "opposite marriage" LOL..real piece of work. It's about "knowing your audience and speaking to them." If she can't speak and make sense, the opposite marriage answer for example, then she shouldn't have won. That is just my humble opinion. LOL. What do I know?

Very Different

Two photos with completely opposite meanings. Can you imagine that sticker in 2012..Ugh! Never!

One brings smiles and boasts of innovation and service to our country. With little ones dripping ice cream on him pot of a belly.

The other...is a scary thought.

My Sweet Toshi...I'm Sorry!

Friends Friends Friends....and even those that are not Friends, I have advice! Always Always Always back up your files on your computer! That's right. I have lost everything on my Toshi. I could care less about all the written stuff. I do have CDs with that info. Important spread sheets are "backed up," of course, on another computer! It's just my computer.

My sweet sweet Toshi crashed. She froze and wouldn't do anything but rotate between the safe mode screen and the welcome screen. Poor Toshi. She's been my sweet companion for a few years.

Toshi is the keeper of my secrets. She's able to take the abuse of my fevered fingers in anger. She loves the excitement and keeps up beautifully. My pictures have sat in there sweet files and ready when I needed them. I was the one not taking care of her. I should have given her some better "vaccines" or antivirus stuff that prevented her crashing. Poor Toshi.

I promise I will do a better job my sweet keeper of my thoughts, secrets, stories, and pictures of everything. :)

Surprises...

The surprises in life keep me on my toes, ok well my size 7.5 feet. My toes would be numb with all the surprises flying my way.

I am getting ready for a move in the next 4 months. It feel like we just got here, but it's been three years. Life in California seems a lifetime ago. My life in California seems like two lifetimes ago...and I still miss it.

Aaaaahhhh how life goes on....
xoxo

Passwords and Keeping Up

We have so many passwords for everything. It started with our locker "combos." The next thing was my ATM card way back in the day. Hmmm. More ATM cards. then it was on to Voice Mail. Oh yeah that was way before the "cell" phone voice mail password. LOL. I'm aging myself. That's all before computers.

I'll list the rest I can think of in order of remembering.

• Voice Mail home
• E-mail
• The work E-mail
• Cell phone
• Cell phone
• More emails
• All the websites
• My kids websites
• and on
• and on
• and on

Do you have everything the same password? CRAZY! Thank God for the "I Forgot My Password" button. LOL Sometimes I amaze myself at passwords I choose.

Anyway, I had to post. I've been neglecting. I love Facebook and Twitter.

so It's hard to keep up. I have come to miss my little blog, though. So, I'll keep up for me.

I haven't been sleeping well, so why not. I can do it when I'm working through those nighttime hours.

Causing me to drink?

What do you do when you're frazzled?

Shower
Wine
Yoga
Breathe Deeply
Xanax
Walk
Sex
Shop
Eat Chocolate...Yummy chocolate.


Hmmmm...I'm sure there are many other good ones to choose from out there. I had a diet coke, put the kids to bed, and took a nice hot shower. I contemplated a Klonopin..lol...but chose not to. Now that I pulled my shoulders down from my ears I feel much better. Tension is leaving. Follow up that with a Tivo'd Lost and the night is calm.

Cringe Worthy!

I think he can just kiss off any chance of a Presidential Bid....! He made me cringe! Of all the people to run for president those sharp thinking GOP guys picked this guy. That's some forward thinking for you!

These Days.

Some orange juice sounds yummy right about now. How come I don't have any in the fridge right now? The last few days have been a whirlwind. I'm really glad my mother in law is here. The loneliness would be unbearable without her. We've done the school concert, a 10 year old birthday, and movie night with company. Tomorrow it's going to be 60 here, so we're going to have a picnic in Jamestown. My MIL is all about seeing every single sight and in order of importance. It's quite cute.

The book whore in me has really come out in a major way. I've been reading everything I can get my hands onto at night. I've been ready at night lonely in bed. First I read, then I put the iPod in , and about midnight I'm about asleep. Exciting, huh? :) Ok..TTFN.
xoxo
Christie

Another Long Deployment

So what do you do when you're alone and the kids are asleep. Do you sit and catch up on tivo'd shows? Do you read everything and anything? Do you stay up way to late and exhausted in the morning? Do you just stay up late because you don't know what to do with yourself?

Ummmmm I do all the above. I'm feeling lost . I have done so many deployments, but the children are older now and it's so hard on them. So hard. Ok I admit, it's harder on me too. I've just become so into our night together time now that the kids are older. I miss him.

Until tomorrow friends and special lurkers...:) Say hi sometime. I'd like to know you.

xoxo
Christie

The workup to a deployment is so hard on the wife and kids. It's so hard.

Not only do we get to anticipate the leaving. We get to deal with the anxiety of the member leaving.

It's been a rough few weeks. It's been an even tougher few days and night. My brain is fried and hurting. Things will get better. I know it will. I just wonder what the damage will be when this is all over. Hopefully this will be the easiest one yet.

Long Sigh....

XOXO
Christie

Denial and Strength

Ok...I just deleted my entire post...On purpose!

It was boring. Who, except for me, would care if I went bra shopping or to Walgreens. My thought, exactly.

Today is just a day to do busy stuff. The hubby is getting ready to leave soon and I'm working on not being in denial about it, but it's hard getting to that place. I know it's not for that long, but it's long enough!

It's scary. It's hard. It's what we as Marine wives do. Deep sigh.

So I pray. I have some faith. I am on knees praying that we get through this, once again.

I'm praying for all those people in a war today, fighting for their lives, and anyone fighting just to survive and live today...right this minute. I pray for your strength to get through this second, a minute...today....tomorrow....
Love,
Christie