Horrible!

Celebrating Rob's first marathon has turned into thanking God that he's alive and worrying for others... http://live.boston.com/Event/Live_blog_Explosion_in_Copley_Square

Wounded Warrior

My husband will be walking in the Boston Marathon in a few weeks with some of his army buddies to benefit Wounded Warrior.  I say walking, but they will be in their ACU's and carrying a ruck sack weighing between 40-60 lbs. 
This got me thinking what do people think of when they hear wounded warrior?  I think of this



and this   but not this

I know there is help out there for our soldiers, I just wish there was more for the families, wives, girlfriends mothers fathers and anyone else who loves a soldier.  Who can we talk to?

I remember hearing some wives and mothers talking about how their soldier came home and couldn't drive by an overpass without tensing up. I didn't think it would happen he seemed fine. Then we went to Disney. We were on the Safari ride and as they are chasing poachers away you hear what sounds like gun fire and that was it I saw the look tense, sweating and I couldn't figure it out. That was all it took.
I wonder what is going on I don't know the extent of what he's seen and I don't want to know. I just wish I knew what to say or do or even what to look for.
They come back and don't look wounded but you don't know what goes on behind those eyes.

Anyone else had to deal with this? Any advise?

Have you been on vacation?

Before the ball I start experimenting with self tanners.  Make sure you don't do this the day of, the day before or even the week before.  I have had NIGHTMARISH experiences and then I found it!  I walked into Ulta the other day noticed the bareMinerals sunless tanner.


I asked for a sample because I have the most sensitive skin and everything makes me breakout.  I am in love. This stuff makes you look tan not orange like the cast of Jersey Shore.  It doesn't bother my skin and it doesn't smell.  I will be heading in to buy this ASAP.
BTW I have tried everything from the cheapstuff to St Tropez which is great for legs and arms but stung my face.  I may have to stockpile this stuff you know just in case...

Make sure you lightly exfoliate before using, moisturize your face don't skip that part. Then apply with a stiff brush like:


Hurry up and grab yours it's already sold out on their site this stuff is amazing, and the price isn't too bad $24.00 but it should last anywhere between 4-6 months.

It's all about the BALL

I consider the Military Ball one of the best things about my husband being in the military.  It's a girly, girls dream.  Being escorted by a man in uniform, getting all prettied up and getting your hair did.  I LOVE it.

Ball 2012

Getting ready for the ball starts months before.  As soon as I find out the date I get my booty to the gym and start hoping it will shrink.  Next is dress shopping.  This is the part where I wish I was Hollywood royalty and would have someone deliver dresses to me.   This year I found my dress at JCPenney for get this $26.00-with a $10.00 off coupon. Because it's not a long dress no hemming YAY.  Can't wait to wear it!

Tomorrow after I hit the gym, I will tell you what I do next. 

Don't you love being a girl?


A Year

I can't believe it's been a year since the deployment ended.  It went by to quickly, of course much quicker than the deployment.
It was a year ago that I was telling everyone that today is the day my husband comes home, after being in Afghanistan. 


On our way!

I could not contain all of my excitement ( you could even say I was giddy, just a bit) I was up early cleaning throwing a pot roast in the crock pot and shaving every inch of my body. Which is one thing I did not miss doing. I wanted everything to be perfect!  I am a bit of a control freak, so I have been told.

 

We headed down to the the Warwick Armory which is an old building with nothing but four walls and cement floors.  I was excited and nervous.  I was going to be leaving today with my husband and it wasn't for a visit this was it!  The deployment was over.  Our family would be back together.  The guys would be landing across the street at the airport and walking over. 


Waiting...

Our family would be back together, soon!  As soon as the guys landed you could hear a roar; they were greeted by the Freedom Riders, News reporters, and a cheering crowd.  The excitement was contagious.

That journey was over but a new one is beginning.  It's hard to have your family torn apart for a year.  I didn't mind the sacrifice and it was lonely at times. No one understands that the soldiers come back but they don't come back to what they left.  The kids are older, roles have changed.  They come back to a community that has forgotten about the war.  They have also changed some matured some are processing all they have seen.
It is great having them home but it doesn't all fall into place immediately.

I may have to change the title of this blog, what do you think?

First let me start by saying I am the worst morning person! I was not made to function before 10. It’s too bad that the kid’s school and work does not take this into account. On top of not being a morning person I feel like every one and everything is out to make me later than I already am. Anyone else feel like this?

Let me tell you about this morning. I wake up with this lovely buzzing sound that infiltrates my dreams and knocks me into reality. I get up rub the sleep from my eyes and look for my sweatshirt and slippers because BRRR it’s freezing. I walk past the kids rooms and find their sheets kicked back and their beds empty. They are downstairs playing WII.



I always yell down the stairs “Good Morning”, and they come running up. This morning Ethan tells me that he doesn’t feel good and then Ryan tells me he feels like he might throw up, oh wait it’s just a sneeze. I have never confused a sneeze for that but whatever.



The boys are now staring out the window and looking at the DPW trucks that are now outside out my house. I should have known then that something was up. I pack Ethan’s lunch and we head out the door for my first drop off did I mention its 7:30 AM.    




Ryan and I come back to the house and now my road is completely blocked off. I settle Ryan in with his breakfast and tell him I am going to shower. At least that is what I thought. I get to the bathroom and quickly realize there in no water. NONE!!! How can this be? No one warned me. Shouldn’t I have had some sort of notice? This just doesn’t seem right. I need a shower, it’s that time of the month and I just don’t feel so fresh. Hope no one at work stands to close to me today.

Did anyone else morning go this smoothly???



Ready, Set, GO!!!

A day in the "Glamourous" life of an Army wife. 




It’s Wednesday and my day starts with a phone call at 6:45. I love being woken up by my husband. We talk for 15-20 minutes. I fill him in on anything new with the kids or anything interesting. He fills me in, on what he’s been up to and he has been working hard lately! The phone call ends with a bunch of sappy I love you’s and I miss you, which doesn’t even come close to convey how I badly I miss him right now.


I Love you, I love you too!

By the time our phone call is over I have Ethan up, (if you call curled under a blanket, lying on the sofa up). I have my coffee and make sure his lunch is ready to go and, throw an eggo in the toaster (really gourmet stuff). Did I mention I am not a morning person?!

Once I am back from dropping Ethan off now I have to get Ryan his breakfast and get him dressed. He needs to be watched last year he went to school with his pj’s under his clothes, and he is notorious for putting everything on backwards.



By 8:30 we are out the door to drop Ryan off. Before we leave I nearly trip over Ethan’s gym bag which he has left right in front of the stairs, and yes he has gym today. I feel bad but I am not bringing it to him. I have made so many trips to his school, and he was fooling around last night so I am standing firm and not doing, but I feel so bad he is going to be upset.

At 9:00 I am pulling into the parking lot at work. I can run in and make it just in time. But nothing is ever easy, my lunch bag is some how caught under the passenger seat. I climb out of my car run around to the other side my shiny green apple goes flying onto the pavement. I finally free my bag and go chase my apple down which somehow has rolled three cars away.

Is it 3 o’clock yet? I can’t wait to see what the rest of the day will bring. Is anyone else ready for a nap before your “real” day begins?