It's New Year's Eve!
Do you have big party plans or are you just hanging out?
Us.....we're just hanging out. I have a headache that just won't go away and it's 18*F outside, so I think we're staying in and doing nothing.
What is your traditional New Year's Day meal?
We always have beans and black-eyed peas with cornbread and fried potatoes. I don't normally soak my beans overnight but i'm thinking I might try it this time. My beans never turn out good enough to me, probably because i'm not using the right ham or something, I don't know.
We had snow for a quick minute and now it's done. I see flakes whiz by the window now and then but I think it's just blowing from wherever it landed before. I was really hoping for some good snow, hopefully before winter is out we'll get a good storm. There were tornadoes in Missouri this morning. Craziness!
Happy New Year Everyone!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
New Year is Almost Here
Are you ready for 2011?
I think I am.....
I've been preparing my plans for 2011 to make it a year of growth and self-discovery. I want to improve myself and my life. I want to take better care of myself and those around me. I want to learn how to better communicate with my kids and my husband. I want to improve the state of my home and make it a less stressful, more calm and serene place to be.
I have chosen my Word for 2011 and it is Journey. Each month will be a different Journey into an area of my life I want or need to work on. By focusing on one aspect each month I will be better able to incorporate new strategies to keep me from falling back into old patterns. This will also tie in nicely with my Happiness Project.
After reading Gretchen Rubin's book about her year long project, it inspired me to do something similar. I have started an outline for my project, but it still needs lots of work and filling in.
One of my resolutions is to blog at least 3 times a week about this entire Journey i'm on for the year of 2011. We'll see if that actually happens.
More to come........
I think I am.....
I've been preparing my plans for 2011 to make it a year of growth and self-discovery. I want to improve myself and my life. I want to take better care of myself and those around me. I want to learn how to better communicate with my kids and my husband. I want to improve the state of my home and make it a less stressful, more calm and serene place to be.
I have chosen my Word for 2011 and it is Journey. Each month will be a different Journey into an area of my life I want or need to work on. By focusing on one aspect each month I will be better able to incorporate new strategies to keep me from falling back into old patterns. This will also tie in nicely with my Happiness Project.
After reading Gretchen Rubin's book about her year long project, it inspired me to do something similar. I have started an outline for my project, but it still needs lots of work and filling in.
One of my resolutions is to blog at least 3 times a week about this entire Journey i'm on for the year of 2011. We'll see if that actually happens.
More to come........
Monday, December 20, 2010
Hello
It's been a while......
As expected, things here have been busy as usual. With Chad gone things just take more effort and energy and by the time the day is done, there's not much energy left to blog. As of late, the kids and I have all been sick. Minus Samuel. I had to pick him up from school today even though he had no fever and had not thrown up. They called and said he just didn't feel good. Do you think he acted sick when he got home? Nope. I told him next time he better have a fever or be puking or else he could stay at school.
Addison had a day reprieve and then started all over again this morning puking. Eli has had a small fever all day i'm pretty sure but other than that he's fine, besides waking up covered in diarrhea this morning. I got the bug yesterday evening and was feeling somewhat better by this morning. It's been a fun few days.
We managed to make it to Walmart this evening to pick up medicine stuff and some other things. We didn't get the dogs today, luckily the vet said they could keep them one more day. Tomorrow for sure though.
The kids are all in bed and i'm watching Santa Buddies on ABC Family. I'm headed to bed shortly though. I still have a few things left to wrap but not tonight. I didn't get much sleep last night so i'm trying to catch up tonight, at least a little.
5 more days until Christmas.........
As expected, things here have been busy as usual. With Chad gone things just take more effort and energy and by the time the day is done, there's not much energy left to blog. As of late, the kids and I have all been sick. Minus Samuel. I had to pick him up from school today even though he had no fever and had not thrown up. They called and said he just didn't feel good. Do you think he acted sick when he got home? Nope. I told him next time he better have a fever or be puking or else he could stay at school.
Addison had a day reprieve and then started all over again this morning puking. Eli has had a small fever all day i'm pretty sure but other than that he's fine, besides waking up covered in diarrhea this morning. I got the bug yesterday evening and was feeling somewhat better by this morning. It's been a fun few days.
We managed to make it to Walmart this evening to pick up medicine stuff and some other things. We didn't get the dogs today, luckily the vet said they could keep them one more day. Tomorrow for sure though.
The kids are all in bed and i'm watching Santa Buddies on ABC Family. I'm headed to bed shortly though. I still have a few things left to wrap but not tonight. I didn't get much sleep last night so i'm trying to catch up tonight, at least a little.
5 more days until Christmas.........
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
3 days.....
Today makes at least 3 days since we've been able to talk to Chad. I know that is a relatively small amount of time and i'm not complaining because I know there are others that barely get to talk to their soldier. I'm very thankful that we have laptops and webcams and internet capability for him to see and talk to us when he can. I'm just in this needy weird phase at the moment and I hate it.
This deployment is so different emotionally from our last separation and i'm still trying to figure it all out and we still have so much more to go.
Then I have Addison sitting here saying, "I want to talk to daddy right now" and it just makes it hard. Kids don't understand that daddy can only get on every once in a while and sometimes that is few and far between, while at other times it's everyday. She has sent him several letters already. She started sending them the day we knew he was where he could get mail.
Anyway, we miss you honey!
This deployment is so different emotionally from our last separation and i'm still trying to figure it all out and we still have so much more to go.
Then I have Addison sitting here saying, "I want to talk to daddy right now" and it just makes it hard. Kids don't understand that daddy can only get on every once in a while and sometimes that is few and far between, while at other times it's everyday. She has sent him several letters already. She started sending them the day we knew he was where he could get mail.
Anyway, we miss you honey!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Ugh.......
You would think that being almost 2 months in, I would be done with break downs and crying....but apparently i'm not. Or maybe it's because i've held it in so long and so many times that the dam is finally breaking and it needs somewhere to go. Last night I just bawled and bawled like a little baby. I have no idea what brought on this mess but it came. Now my eyes are swollen and puffy this morning and I have to go out in public. Figures.
I'm starting to realize that one can only be strong for so long until they also need a release for all their emotions. I'm hitting that point and we still have a long way to go. However, I have to be strong for more than just my kids. I'm also the FRG (family readiness group) Leader and I need to be able to put on a strong front for all of that and face whatever challenges other families may have and help them through, while organizing meetings and activities and parties and packages and all that while doing all the day to day stuff in MY life. I'm not feeling sorry for myself in any way, just trying to explain the extra stressors that I have. It helps to write things down to better understand them. I look at all that and think it's not enough, that I could do more, whereas some would look at just that and think wow, you do alot. I never feel like i'm doing enough. What is enough?
I just need a quiet, dark, warm cave (with lots of good chocolate) to crawl into for a while until I can get control of my emotions again.......i'm having an off time right now. I miss my wonderful husband horribly at this moment, which yet again brings tears to my eyes. It's a viscious cycle, this thing called deployment.
I'm starting to realize that one can only be strong for so long until they also need a release for all their emotions. I'm hitting that point and we still have a long way to go. However, I have to be strong for more than just my kids. I'm also the FRG (family readiness group) Leader and I need to be able to put on a strong front for all of that and face whatever challenges other families may have and help them through, while organizing meetings and activities and parties and packages and all that while doing all the day to day stuff in MY life. I'm not feeling sorry for myself in any way, just trying to explain the extra stressors that I have. It helps to write things down to better understand them. I look at all that and think it's not enough, that I could do more, whereas some would look at just that and think wow, you do alot. I never feel like i'm doing enough. What is enough?
I just need a quiet, dark, warm cave (with lots of good chocolate) to crawl into for a while until I can get control of my emotions again.......i'm having an off time right now. I miss my wonderful husband horribly at this moment, which yet again brings tears to my eyes. It's a viscious cycle, this thing called deployment.
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