Still around

I’m still around.  I haven’t had anything really noteworthy to blog about lately.  No Navy angst, no crazy life events.  We’ve just been rolling along for the last month or so.  Obi-Wan is busy with man projects right now.  He is building us an outdoor kitchen area off of our deck in the backyard.  It [...]

Epiphanies

Another blogger wrote a great post today about things she has learned about herself while her husband was deployed, and how she is still learning things now that he is back home.  I wanted to write a bit myself on this because these deployments do make us learn what we are made of as well [...]

Friendship

Happy Birthday to my friend “K.”  She is one of my milspouse friends and one of my closest.  We met almost 4 years ago when Obi-Wan and I moved to Virginia.  Our husbands had known each other for years but we had never met before.  I remember meeting her for the first time at her [...]

Favorite chair

Before Obi-Wan left for the sandbox, he always sat in his favorite chair, a brown leather recliner.  He almost never sat anywhere else in that room.  Since he’s been back, he’s been sitting in a different chair.  While we were watching tv last night, it hit him that he hasn’t sat in that chair since [...]

Turning 35

Yup, I’m confessing.  I’m 34 years old … for one more day.  Tomorrow I turn 35 (AAAAAGGGGGHHH*&^*&(&*).  It hit me this week that I’ll no longer be in that 18-34 marketing demographic, that I’ll no longer be in my “early 30’s”.  Tomorrow I’ll be in my mid 30’s and I’ll be equal to a speed [...]

Is blogging therapeutic?

Just came across an interesting article on CNN about blogging.  Here’s a quote from the article which does ring true, in my opinion.
“Blogging can create an instant support system, especially at a time when you might not have the energy or resources to seek out people who’ve shared your experiences,” says Mason
Here’s another quote which I [...]

What a difference

I’ve been frustrated walking Chocolate Dog for months now, as you may have read in previous posts.  We’ve made good progress but he’s still a wild beast, no matter what.  So, last night at Target, I broke down, after another frustrating walk, and bought a gentle leader.
I tried it out this evening on him and [...]

Why I love my husband

This is only one of many many reasons why I love Obi-Wan.  He left to go out of town for a few days and when I came home, I found little notes to me around the house.  Just little sweet nothings that mean a ton b/c he took the time to write these notes so [...]

No more bed for the Paws

We’ve been training the paws on different things since Obi-Wan returned.  One of the biggest items we’ve tackled is kicking the paws out of the bed and getting them to learn to sleep on the floor on their dog beds.  They are giant beasts (190 pounds combined of pure puppy goodness) and although we have [...]

What will I do?

My beloved is going to be out of town for a few days next week for work.  It’s the first time he’s been gone since he came home from Iraq.  Don’t worry, I’m not getting all maudlin or anything.  But it will be strange to have the house to myself with just the paws again, even [...]