I'm leaving on a jet plane....

Theres the next hint :0)

Oh How They Have Grown

Surprise.....Surprise?

Well my husband is getting me back for making you all wait for my surprise. He told me that he got me a surprise...ooooooooh I love it......What is it? I ask. He replies with you will have to wait a couple of weeks until it comes in.......huh......what.......how dare he do that to me......make me wait......ugggg I can't stand it!!! I DONT LIKE TO WAIT!!! Now I know that I am making all of you wait....but that’s different. My friends are all very calm and collected....I AM NOT!!!! Ugggg I want to know. I must have asked him a million times what it was but he won’t tell me. He is not budging one inch. It's driving me completely nuts.

On to my surprise......you will all know in roughly a week. I'm busting at the seams and haven't really talked to anyone about it so it's driving me completely nuts too.

As for this weekend man it's been a crazy one. Friday night the boys had two friends spend the night. I got to bed pretty late and the boys were all up at the crack of dawn. The boys had a Soccer game and directly after that we had to go and get fitted for football helmets, pads, and all that good stuff. They start early here. We had to register early, and when I say early I mean early they don’t start practice until July. We ran and got something to eat after and then went directly to Jacobs birthday party. That was a blast the kids had a really good time and then it was off to L’s Pampered Chef party. I left the boys with Brian and the boys and Jenn went with me. After that it was a quick stop by Target and Starbucks….YUMMY YUMMY Raspberry Mocha with an extra shot of raspberry and extra whipped cream. Then it was back to Jenns. The boys and I got home around 9:30 – 10:00. Needless to say that it was a very long day and I really wanted to sleep in this morning but Mr. Murphy woke me up bright and early.
The weather man had said that we were in for 10 inched of snow today but it actually warmed up to 40 today. Almost all the snow is melted and there are floods all over the place. Our pond is overflowing and we have one loud duck that made his way back. The boys and I ran all of our errands today and are planning on a very lazy day tomorrow……..well I have to do the laundry but other than that a very lazy relaxing day.

Happy Heart Day

I hope you all have a great Valentines day!!!!! As for me and my two Valentines it's going to be a blast even though we are missing Donte.....we know that time is flying. So from our family to yours share the time with each other and enjoy every moment!

78 Days to go

Wow we are in the 70's and counting down. Not much has been going on here. Just the everyday happenings. I did have a girls night out last Friday. I saw 27 dresses....I loved it. It was such a chic flick but hey I was so happy to see something that wasn't animated and didnt have super heros. The snow is still coming down hard and the days are pretty dreary. I miss the sunshine so much......I cant wait for spring time to come around!!!

The Sun and The Wind

Do you remember that story? The one where the wind blows and blows trying to make the poor man take his coat off. The sun and the wind have a competition to see who can make the man take his coat off first. The wind starts to blow, getting stronger and stronger and this makes the man hold on to his coat and snuggle deeper into it. The sun smiles and starts to beam and the temp gets warmer and warmer and the man with a smile on his face takes his coat off......well here the sun and wind are having the same competition but with it being -4 the darn wind is winning. I for one am ready for the sun to be the winner. UUGGGGGGGG

For Yvonne........

.......who is so much like me when it comes to surprises. 16 days lady you will know in 16 days. I'm busting at the seems myself.

Survivor

OMG I didn't realize that it was starting tonight. WOOOOOOHOOOOOO with the writers’ strike and TV pretty much disappointing me lately I am beside myself. I certainly hope it's all it looks like it will be. It is the little things in life. On to another note I have a huge secret....NO I AM NOT PREGGO, NOT POSSIBLE.......but you will have to wait a couple of weeks. I don't know how I'm I am going to keep this secret but I gotta. I'm zipping my lips for now. OK I will give you a hint.....I had to take a day off of work. How’s that for a hint.

85 Days

Boy oh boy what a day. For some reason today has just been busy. Work was great and we had some good laughs today but with the gym being a polling place it seemed really busy. Even though we were busy it was eerily calm. We are bracing for another storm tonight.....9 inches of snow was the last that I heard....sigh.... The boys are hoping for a snow day, I would be OK either way. I just really dont want to make up the days at the end of the year. Besides if we get a snow day I'd rather have a Friday or a Monday. Nothing like getting a nice long weekend. The boys are completely knocked out, since it is raining right now it's like they were lulled to sleep. They look so utterly content. I guess I better get to bed too....something tells me I am going to be waking up early tomorrow to do some shoveling...but I wonder with the rain first it's going to be a sheet of ice in the morning. Whats a girl to do?

What can I say but the weather here SUCKS. I have shoveled more snow since Donte left than I ever have in my whole entire life.....and what do I get for this.....the stupid street sweeper man that sends all the slush, dirt, and snow in a huge plume right back onto my driveway. To add salt to my wound the road is still a mess of caked on frozen ice and compacted snow!!! I basically iceskated to work in my car this morning. JR called the street people this morning from school and they told her well there was a lot of snow....ummmmmmm NO SHIT!!!! I am really fuming. Do you know how hard it is to shovel snow that has been rained on and refrozen into a lovely slushy mess? UUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGG We are under a severe thunderstorm watch for tonight and are due to get 6 inches tomorrow night......how I miss the south. Donte is wearing shorts and complaing that his room is warm because he has the windows open. If I click my heals together 3 times do you think it will get me there?

87 Days

Well the boys and I are hanging out watching the Gameplan. I have to admit that it's a cute movie. I am getting ready to warm up the B-dubs and get ready for kick off. Daniel is busting at the seems. Both boys got plain T-Shirts and made their own Patriots shirts. Oh to be the lone women in a house full of men. I just hope that the commercials are well worth the hours of watching sweaty men run up and down the field. Here are some recent pictures.

Our house the morning of the snow day


Donnie playing outside in the snow


Dannie playing outside in the snow

3 post in one day

I know it's a lot but had to post this. The boys and I are sitting in the livingroom and I'm tired so I say "lets go up" Daniel responds with "I'm not tired" and Donnie replies with "thats because your young" OMG HAHAHAHAHAHA I could have passed out from laughing so hard.

Google

So this is some of what people google that gets linked to my blog.

slade playing at the rocks
recruiter's wife
mean tornado
pictures of pebbles or rocks
wife of an army recruiter

That brings me to the fact that I haven't been blogging about recruiting in a bit. I suppose that when Donte comes back from school I will get back to that. He is enjoying school and all the fun info that he is learning. USAREC is a million miles away. However it is very different living in a non military town with him being gone. For the most part it's the same.....just no one that really understands that I see on a day to day basis. Famous Daves dropped in to check on us and my co workers are great. My neighbors America and Reed are the greatest. They truly are the best neighbors ever. Some people try to kick you when you’re down, I can say that they are the type that bring you up and are always honest, gracious, and caring. I love them to pieces and am dreading this fall when they plan on leaving to head back to California.

Tooth Fairy

My kids are loosing teeth like there is no tomorrow. Daniel started off the streak a couple of weeks ago and Donte was soon to follow. I think he lost it either the day after or the 2nd day after Daniel lost his. Then he lost another one a few days later and today at their Soccer game I see Donnie on the field blood pouring out of his mouth. My first instinct was to run out there but I stayed put.....hardest thing I have had to do in a while. Finally he makes his way to me and proudly hands me his tooth. A baby one....THANK GOD!!! Unfortunatly his Jersey is white and there was blood on the front of it. Of course today was the day that I didn't take my camera. Thank God for the Clorox Bleach Pen that got everything out. If you dont have one run out and get one they come in handy for EVERYTHING. Clothing, grout, you name it. Well with all that tooth fairy money the boys were more than ready to go shopping. They pooled their money and bought another Wii game. They have been content for hours playing it. I am so glad that God blessed me with such great boys. They listen and love each other and their parents. Of course they act up every once in awhile but for the most part they really are great. They always get complimented on their manners and I have one straight A and one A, B student. They do their sports, afterschool clubs, keep great grades, help me around the house with everything, and of course get into everything and anything that they can. I may be biased but they are also the most handsome kids out there. They have big hearts too......they still give me a kiss in front of all of their friends!!! I love those little farts and thank God for them everyday!! So heres to the tooth fairy.....I'm off to play the Wii with my little darlings.

90 Days

Well time seems to be flying now. I swear it was just Monday morning and now here we are Thursday afternoon. We are in the midst of yet another lovely winter storm....check out the map above. It started snowing here at around 6 AM and is due to keep snowing until 7 pm tomorow. I have heard that we may get anywhere fom 4 inches to a foot!!!! Wow I should be in swimsuit shape by the end of the weekend because of all the shoveling that I am going to have in front of me. Wishfull thinking I know but hey I have to motivate mself somehow. When I talked to Donte he said it was nice weather in GA......Gee thanks hon thats just what I want to hear......you enjoy the lovely weather and I will start shoveling the million mile driveway....OK well it's not a million miles long but I need sympathy darn it. It's cold and yucky out there!!!! :0) Well Daniel is hoping for a snow day and Donnie wants to go to school so he wont have to make it up in the summer....I have to say that I can go either way. If it's a snow day I will snuggle deeper into my big fluffy bed for a few more hours......if we have to go in at least it's Friday!!

95 Days To Go

Well We have almost made it through the first week. The first week is always the hardest so I was glad to put it behind us because the first week is always the hardest. Donnie was gloomy for the first few days but has settled into his new role as the "Man of the House". This is a job that he takes very seriously. He even tried to mop the kitchen floor yesterday when I was upstairs putting the clothes away. He knows how much I hate doing the floors and even though I had to redo them after he was out of sight it was the sweetest bit of help that I have ever had. Dannie isn't gloomy but he sure is sensitive. I suppose it effects us all differently when 1/4 of the family is gone.
I let them have a buddy spend the night last night and they took full advantage. I made a huge pot of Chicken and Dumplings and some sweet tea. The boys tore into it and spent the night drawing and playing Wii. They even camped out in the game room. At 2 AM I had to tell them to go to sleep. I fell asleep on the couch and woke up at 7. They were up 20 min later.......READY TO GO. Man I wish that I had their energy. They filled up with waffles and jumped straight into round 2 of playing the Wii. Their buddy went home and now they are vegging out in the living room, watching "We are Marshall".
I on the other hand have 1001 things that I should be doing but am blogging instead. I'm dreading 6 AM.....it comes so fast!!! This week should fly by. I swear I have full days just about everyday this week. I think I'll join the boys with the whole vegging out program!

BRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr

With the windchill we hit -30. Now I like the Midwest and all but the cold is awful. I have shoveled snow everyday this week. Long johns and my big fuzzy boots are my new favorite things.....yes even more than Twix......and my dogs look at me like I have 1001 heads when I open the door for them to go out. I literally just let them out for them to do their business and let them back in. Murphy dives into his big blue pillow like he is parachuting from a million feet above. Then the topper, this morning Donnie, Dannie, and I walk into school......I give Donnie a kiss and go to give Dannie loving and he looks a bit weird......luckily I was carrying my big green cup......and all of a sudden I see him lurch......I automatically put the cup to his mouth as he hurls. I get him to the nurse and he washes his mouth out and she takes his temp. Perfectly normal......????? We agree that he can lay down for a couple of minutes to see what happens. He swears that he is fine and is practically begging me to go to class. I tell him that I can take him home and that he can rest. Nope he says he haaaaaas to go to class. So 15 min later with the nurses blessing he gets his backpack and trudges off to class. I settle into a day of work. Around 1100 L tells me to go down to Dannies class. I just about took off in a sprint......no easy task in heels on a slick floor. When I get there Dannies buddy says "SHHHHHHHH he's sleeping" There was my baby fast asleep at his desk. His teacher says that they were in the middle of reading and she looked back and Daniel was knocked out. I gathered all his things and got his report card. Woke him up to take him home and he says....very groggily.....I have to stay in school. Then puts his head back down. I finally got him home and found out why he was so adamant on going to school today. Report Cards. The little button wanted his report card....well I would too if I got straight A's. My neighbor America took Dannie in and he slept the rest of the afternoon. He never got sick again but he slept the rest of the day until 30 min before I got home. He ate and apple and was content in front of the TV. He ate pizza and chicken soup and drank a ton of water and went to bed. Thank goodness he feels better!!! Donnie did great on his report card too all A's and a couple of B's. I am so very proud of my to young men.

Counting Down

Well Donte left yesterday for ANOC and made it to GA last night. It was harder this time to see him go. It's funny how you get used to them being home. I think that the last two years we were at Bragg he was only home for maybe 6 months. Between Iraq and all the schools he was always gone. Now it was nice that he came home on the weekends when he was at school and the boys and I only had to count down the weekdays.......this time he's roughly 888 miles away so there will be no driving home for the weekends. Donnie always takes it really hard when Donte leaves. He is truly such a loving child and his Daddy is his world. I was just the incubater that child eats, sleeps, and walks like his Dad. Dannie looks at it as Dad will be home soon and as long as he's not in Iraq and can talk to him everyday then it's OK. I am so used to Donte being home now.....heck for the past eight months he has been home. Sure the days are long sometimes but he comes home every night and we have had so much fun as a family. It's nice not to have to rush everything into one weekend because he is leaving again. I am grateful that he is not overseas and that we will be going to visit during spring break.....it's something that has to be done and at least we are counting down now...1 day down......100 to go! It's nice that we will go down to two digits. I will take 101 days over 365 anyday!! Oh and by the way my Old Man turned 34 the day before he left :0) We were all so glad that we were able to spend it together.

ANOC

Well with becoming an Sergeant First Class comes ANOC. ANOC = Advanced Noncommissioned Officers Course. So for the first time Donte is leaving for almost four months and the boys and I will be here......in a non military surrounding. Now dont get me wrong Donte has gone many places in the past where we are home without him but we always had a huge military surrounding. The Hospital on post, an FRG (Family Readiness Group)that was always at hand, plenty of other wives and kids that were going through the exact same thing. I am sure that everything will be fine and that we will cope I'm just a little nervous I guess. It should be interesting to say the least. The boys have made great friends here and so have I. The boys are also playing indoor Soccer so we will be extremly busy with that. In fact they had their first game today. They tied 2 / 2 and had a blast. The coach is nice and the kids are great. I also met some really nice parents. The Soccer facility is nice. It sure beats having to play in the freezing rain on a fied outside. It's nice and comfy and........no stains. Thank God for astroturf!!!

Happy New Year

I still can't believe that it's 2008. Time is already flying by. We are back to school on Monday and boy is it going to be hard. The boys and I have been staying up late and sleeping in. I am going to set my alarm for tomorrow morning so we can get used to getting up and back on a normal schedule again. I am excited to go back and see everyone and knowing that the sooner we go back the sooner summer comes helps. We had a really good snow storm come through a few days back and it was so pretty outside. There s just something about everything glistening that makes it magical even when you are in your 30's. The dogs of course have another perspective on it.....they like to eat the snow......that equals letting them out every 5 seconds. Whats a girl to do?

The boys had a sleepover night before last and they requested hot wings and pizza. The pizza was store bought but I decided to make the hot wings at home. I figured while I was at it I might as well make plenty and few some for later nights. I was making hot wings for three hours......but on the plus side I have three huge baggies of hot wings in the freezer. Anyway the kids tore into the 4th bag and needless to say those are all history. In fact I did a lot of cooking over the holidays and was able to make extra of just about everything to freeze for a later date. Thank goodness because I have those lazy days that I just don't want to cook so I can just defrost and serve it up. I am supposed to make some Tilapia tonight but I am having trouble getting motivated.....speaking of fish......We are watching Happy Feet for the 50 millionth time. That movie just doesn't get old. It has to be one of the cutest movies ever. Even though the boys are getting older they still love to watch it.

Well I better get off my hiney and get to cooking......oh the joys :0)