So sorry I haven't posted recently, as I don't know if I have a steady audience or an audience at all really, this blog is becoming low priority when life seems full!
The hubs graduated basic end of July, and me and the girls went up for his graduation. He is now onto step 2 of his training, well technically he's waiting for step 2, so he is posted to a new location (3 hours -ish away). So we have made the family decision to join him!
Our first FAMILY step in the military! Yay!
We have no idea of dates right now, but we are looking forward to joining the hubs at his new location, and decorating our first military home, and figuring out all the tips and tricks that come with moving to a new location. (I was born and raised where we are currently located, so this will be ALL new for me!)
Friday, 15 August 2014
Monday, 7 July 2014
Feeling like he's gone, a sad weekend.
The hubs left April 26th for Basic, we just entered July and I literally JUST moved our 4-seater squishy table against the wall (making one chair unusable) since we are only using 3 while he's away anyhow. It was sad, but I gained a lot of foot room.
We also celebrated our first wedding anniversary yesterday. It was a lonely day, without him here, but my family tried to make up for it (I think) by inviting me out for supper, having a day outside and in the pool.
I made him/us an addition to our wedding guestbook wall décor. For our wedding we had a fish theme, and had a guestbook oar, that we then hung up in our home. Well I added a secondary oar above the first one, with a wedding picture, our married names, and our wedding date. Along the bottom of the oar(s) I added a fishing spoon to mark 1 year, and will add an additional fishing spoon for each year of marriage.
We also celebrated our first wedding anniversary yesterday. It was a lonely day, without him here, but my family tried to make up for it (I think) by inviting me out for supper, having a day outside and in the pool.
I made him/us an addition to our wedding guestbook wall décor. For our wedding we had a fish theme, and had a guestbook oar, that we then hung up in our home. Well I added a secondary oar above the first one, with a wedding picture, our married names, and our wedding date. Along the bottom of the oar(s) I added a fishing spoon to mark 1 year, and will add an additional fishing spoon for each year of marriage.
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
7 Weeks In... What Home Feels Like Now
Home sometimes feels empty, like part of it is missing, and let's be honest it is.
My Husband's away at Basic and on his week 7 right now. On June 6th, a family friend lost both of her parents, it was my first weekend with Hubby home and it was monopolized by phone calls, crying, and a whole bubble of sadness all around.
I've been struggling with sleeping after hearing about the deaths, and attended the funeral/wakes last week.
I'm working on purging through everything to get rid of as much as I possibly can, in preparation for when we move, and just to be more appreciative of our home. I'll be getting rid of little one's toddler bed hopefully tonight, as I should be receiving a free twin bed that is in mint condition tonight! I am very excited for this, and the possibility of her room looking more big girl, after tidying up her room ... again!
It should be a busy week with getting stuff done around the house, I am on top of laundry, and have been doing fairly well with dishes. I have some banana bread to make this week, and we ordered a pizza last night.
My girls (and me) have both scorn our carpet to an unusable gross-ness state, and the time has come for me to replace it. Over this week or next I will be looking at purchasing a new one.
Until next time; home for me is a disorganized, cluttered, anxiety ridden location.
PS its been almost a week since I heard from Hubby :(
My Husband's away at Basic and on his week 7 right now. On June 6th, a family friend lost both of her parents, it was my first weekend with Hubby home and it was monopolized by phone calls, crying, and a whole bubble of sadness all around.
I've been struggling with sleeping after hearing about the deaths, and attended the funeral/wakes last week.
I'm working on purging through everything to get rid of as much as I possibly can, in preparation for when we move, and just to be more appreciative of our home. I'll be getting rid of little one's toddler bed hopefully tonight, as I should be receiving a free twin bed that is in mint condition tonight! I am very excited for this, and the possibility of her room looking more big girl, after tidying up her room ... again!
It should be a busy week with getting stuff done around the house, I am on top of laundry, and have been doing fairly well with dishes. I have some banana bread to make this week, and we ordered a pizza last night.
My girls (and me) have both scorn our carpet to an unusable gross-ness state, and the time has come for me to replace it. Over this week or next I will be looking at purchasing a new one.
Until next time; home for me is a disorganized, cluttered, anxiety ridden location.
PS its been almost a week since I heard from Hubby :(
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Almost 5 weeks into the Military Life
Just over five weeks ago, we started packing my Husbands suitcase. It was like a last minute effort, as the day came faster than we wanted to, and we really didn't want to separate because, well we knew the timeline we'd be looking at.
It was about five weeks ago, that he hugged and kissed our girls goodbye and that he was heading to work, it was about five weeks ago that he hugged me and kissed me goodbye... and today.. writing this, I still get teary eyed.
I never figured myself as an emotional one, nor has anyone ever seen me that way. But looking to our future time apart I couldn't have imagined my day-to-day tasks without him.
But here we are. Five weeks in, and next weekend (hopefully) he will be allowed off base for a visit. I haven't told the kids, because I'm afraid of disappointing them, should he not get the time away. Remarkably and partially to my surprise, me and the kids have been doing well, we get on with our day each day, the kids don't seem distraught or upset on a daily basis (only when they are in trouble haha!)
And to think, with every step we make here we are building towards a better life.
OK now back to the real life stuff!!
Groceries I find are harder, we used to do it all together, and I would go in with girls and put groceries away as he brought them in from our vehicle (which you can't see from the house), so now we have to take groceries in, lock door, head to van, grab more groceries to take in, and repeat until all groceries are done.
If anything my little muscles are getting bigger ;)
I've implemented some good behaviour tactics for our littlest one, who likes to empty drawers/make rooms look like hurricanes were nearby. Still working on tactics for unwanted visitors - for some reason they seem to come more often, perhaps they think I'm lonely.
In all honesty though, I talk to my hubby twice daily (most days), and I'm not all that lonely, I've been working on cleaning/organizing/purging in the evenings after kiddos go to bed, and then I watch my shows and head to bed myself. And I've also signed myself up for a few projects.
First project was a gift that was purchased to match style of existing home, but it needed stained, so I've stained it now and it's sitting in my storage room. Unfortunately that's a CHRISTMAS gift.. so you won't see it till then!
My second project is for me and my Husband. Seeing as we won't have a real celebratory evening for our first wedded anniversary (as he will be away at training) I plan to repaint all our bedroom furniture, to make it appear like its a set (as it all came from different directions). Once our room is done, I will post a picture of that (should be a month or two at the rate I move).
Not much else is new. More visitors this weekend, same as last weekend. My biggest issue with all these visitors is I can't accomplish anything when I have people in my home :(
It was about five weeks ago, that he hugged and kissed our girls goodbye and that he was heading to work, it was about five weeks ago that he hugged me and kissed me goodbye... and today.. writing this, I still get teary eyed.
I never figured myself as an emotional one, nor has anyone ever seen me that way. But looking to our future time apart I couldn't have imagined my day-to-day tasks without him.
But here we are. Five weeks in, and next weekend (hopefully) he will be allowed off base for a visit. I haven't told the kids, because I'm afraid of disappointing them, should he not get the time away. Remarkably and partially to my surprise, me and the kids have been doing well, we get on with our day each day, the kids don't seem distraught or upset on a daily basis (only when they are in trouble haha!)
And to think, with every step we make here we are building towards a better life.
OK now back to the real life stuff!!
Groceries I find are harder, we used to do it all together, and I would go in with girls and put groceries away as he brought them in from our vehicle (which you can't see from the house), so now we have to take groceries in, lock door, head to van, grab more groceries to take in, and repeat until all groceries are done.
If anything my little muscles are getting bigger ;)
I've implemented some good behaviour tactics for our littlest one, who likes to empty drawers/make rooms look like hurricanes were nearby. Still working on tactics for unwanted visitors - for some reason they seem to come more often, perhaps they think I'm lonely.
In all honesty though, I talk to my hubby twice daily (most days), and I'm not all that lonely, I've been working on cleaning/organizing/purging in the evenings after kiddos go to bed, and then I watch my shows and head to bed myself. And I've also signed myself up for a few projects.
First project was a gift that was purchased to match style of existing home, but it needed stained, so I've stained it now and it's sitting in my storage room. Unfortunately that's a CHRISTMAS gift.. so you won't see it till then!
My second project is for me and my Husband. Seeing as we won't have a real celebratory evening for our first wedded anniversary (as he will be away at training) I plan to repaint all our bedroom furniture, to make it appear like its a set (as it all came from different directions). Once our room is done, I will post a picture of that (should be a month or two at the rate I move).
Not much else is new. More visitors this weekend, same as last weekend. My biggest issue with all these visitors is I can't accomplish anything when I have people in my home :(
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