I was on the Army Wives Network FaceBook site yesterday and the topic was "Favorite sayings for t-shirts." I'm sharing some of my favorites! I'll also be using some of them for my FaceBook posts over the next weeks. (Feel free to add any military branch for Army!)
"If you don't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them!"
"Love the soldier, hate the war"
"My husband fought for your freedom today. What did yours do?"
"True love survives any amount of distance and time: I'm a Soldier's Girl"
"Army Wives are angels with cammo wings"
"Be safe, sleep with a soldier: Just not MINE"
"I ditched Ken and found me a GI Joe"
"Army Wife: Don't confuse your rank with my authority"
"I legally mess with government property"
"Not everyone gets to sleep with a hero. I do, I'm an Army Wife"
"Some heroes wear capes, mine wears combat boots"
"The Army is my husband's mistress and sometimes that BITCH gets all the attention!"
"The Army isn't the only one that makes my soldier say HOOAH"
"Army Wives are made of: courage, commitment, toughness, sacrifice, talent, heart, determination and guts ... To Heck with sugar and spice"
"Don't give me your sob story about your husband being gone on a business trip... try a deployment"
"My husband serves so yours won't get drafted"
"Keep your shining armor, I love my soldier in dirty ACU's"
"Keep your prince in shining armor, my soldier comes in body armor"
"I'll take my dirty GI Joe over your pretty Ken any day"
"You dream of a hero... I married mine"
"My husband and my sons serve in the US Army... do you really want to mess with me now?"
"Sexually deprived for your freedom"
The one that fits me the best right now is:
"Surviving my first deployment...bitching and erratic behavior possible"
If you have others, please share them.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Just saying...
What a week! Christopher is moving somewhere new in Iraq. Troy is still flying in Chinooks somewhere in Iraq. Both very busy with the national elections this weekend over there. Jeremy is still training on Apaches at Fort Knox and doing pretty well also.
My week?? Well, I went back to the doctor a third time in three weeks for my ears. The lingering cough from the pneumonia will be around for a couple more weeks according to the doctor, but I'm now working on unplugging my ears so I can hear like a normal person again. My kids at school (7th graders) took their 1st of two state assessments (in Writing this week and Reading will be late April) and the district "Axe Lady" with pink slips made a visit to our campus. I am not on the chopping block, but it is still stressful when several friends lose their jobs. Despite all of that, I'm feeling much better and FRIDAY has arrived. Yeah Weekend!!
Missing my boys terribly about now. It has been too long since any of them have been home. The sons were home in January and Troy November. I probably sound like a bipolar person right about now, but that is how it goes for me if I have too much time to think. I'm very proud of what my men have chosen to do with their lives, but as a wife and mother it is nearly impossible to ignore the pain and anxiety of separation that comes with the choice of military service. I have friends who understand that point deeply. Thank you April for teaching me so much about sacrifice and separation long before I knew I was going to be learning any lessons on the issue! Your friendship has been a godsend as well as your blog!! I deeply miss you and am planning to come sometime in late June or late July. Still looking at some dates, so please pencil me in at Johnson Inn!!
I always thought it would be so wonderful to be able to have control of the remote whenever I wanted to have it, but now I don't care so much. At first it was a power rush just to know that I could watch what I wanted when ever I wanted. Not so much any more. Sometimes I just sit in his chair because it is his and it is all I have right now besides an empty space in the bed we have shared for so many years. I knew it would be a difficult sacrifice, but my heart is aching so much more than I ever anticipated. The boys' room is empty, too. No one to randomly come in and say, "Hey, Mom, how was your day?" or "Hey, Mom, I love you." The silence is often deafening around here.
I am incredibly grateful for my friends! I appreciate the calls, texts and FaceBook posts with words of encouragement. Thanks to those of you who let me hang out with your families and have adopted me as part of your own. I am deeply grateful for company and occasional shoulders for support. My friends at work have been incredible, too. I don't know how I would have made it this far without so much encouragement.
I'm not sure too many people want to read the rantings of an Army Wife/Mom, but I'm posting for my sanity whether anyone else cares to read it or not!
My week?? Well, I went back to the doctor a third time in three weeks for my ears. The lingering cough from the pneumonia will be around for a couple more weeks according to the doctor, but I'm now working on unplugging my ears so I can hear like a normal person again. My kids at school (7th graders) took their 1st of two state assessments (in Writing this week and Reading will be late April) and the district "Axe Lady" with pink slips made a visit to our campus. I am not on the chopping block, but it is still stressful when several friends lose their jobs. Despite all of that, I'm feeling much better and FRIDAY has arrived. Yeah Weekend!!
Missing my boys terribly about now. It has been too long since any of them have been home. The sons were home in January and Troy November. I probably sound like a bipolar person right about now, but that is how it goes for me if I have too much time to think. I'm very proud of what my men have chosen to do with their lives, but as a wife and mother it is nearly impossible to ignore the pain and anxiety of separation that comes with the choice of military service. I have friends who understand that point deeply. Thank you April for teaching me so much about sacrifice and separation long before I knew I was going to be learning any lessons on the issue! Your friendship has been a godsend as well as your blog!! I deeply miss you and am planning to come sometime in late June or late July. Still looking at some dates, so please pencil me in at Johnson Inn!!
I always thought it would be so wonderful to be able to have control of the remote whenever I wanted to have it, but now I don't care so much. At first it was a power rush just to know that I could watch what I wanted when ever I wanted. Not so much any more. Sometimes I just sit in his chair because it is his and it is all I have right now besides an empty space in the bed we have shared for so many years. I knew it would be a difficult sacrifice, but my heart is aching so much more than I ever anticipated. The boys' room is empty, too. No one to randomly come in and say, "Hey, Mom, how was your day?" or "Hey, Mom, I love you." The silence is often deafening around here.
I am incredibly grateful for my friends! I appreciate the calls, texts and FaceBook posts with words of encouragement. Thanks to those of you who let me hang out with your families and have adopted me as part of your own. I am deeply grateful for company and occasional shoulders for support. My friends at work have been incredible, too. I don't know how I would have made it this far without so much encouragement.
I'm not sure too many people want to read the rantings of an Army Wife/Mom, but I'm posting for my sanity whether anyone else cares to read it or not!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Beginnings
Welcome to our crazy life! Our family consists currently of two soldiers in Iraq, one at Fort Knox, Kentucky, a son who lives here locally and ME! I'm the crazy mom who is holding down the homefront, my blood pressure and a job as a middle school teacher!
My life is not easy, but I love it and my guys! I would not trade it for the world!
Welcome to my foray into the world of blogging. We'll see how it goes for now. I'm just beginning, so bear with me please.
My life is not easy, but I love it and my guys! I would not trade it for the world!
Welcome to my foray into the world of blogging. We'll see how it goes for now. I'm just beginning, so bear with me please.
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