New Beginnings part 2

So over the last couple weeks I have made a few major changes in our lives. First one was home schooling the biggest boy. I could not be happier with that choice. He is doing AMAZING. The next one was to trade in my car and get a new one. I was so tired of waiting for something else to go wrong with the van. SO last Saturday I drove the kids out to Lake Elsinore to look at a car, all this after 2 soccer games and a day at the housing carnival, we were there till almost 11pm. We ended up buying a 2007 GMC Yukon. I LOVE IT!!! Plus as I was looking at the car the man called so it was like it was a sign. I feel like I am making all sorts of changes while he is gone and I am worried what he will think when he comes home. I know he is good with all the decisions that I have made but, with my new camera, the new car, home schooling, Disneyland passes, AND trying to build up my credit seems like a lot to take on while he is gone.

So while I was in the process of purchasing the car I had my credit checked and it is a pretty good score but it could be better. SO I have made it my goal to bring it up. I am almost 35 years old and just found out what my score was. 650, not bad but it could be better. I was afraid to find out what it was because.... I don't know why I was scared I just was.

This is the start of the fun phase of the deployment. We have gotten past the beginning phase, the acting out everything going wrong phase to the everyone getting along, no big surprises, got into a good routine phase. Now just as we get into a good groove the next phase will start. The acting out cuz the deployment is almost over phase.

SO MY ADVISE FOR TODAY IS TO ENJOY THE SECOND PHASE OF DEPLOYMENTS WHILE IT LASTS. IT MAY BE LONELY BUT YOU ARE INTO YOUR RHYTHM AND IT WON'T BE MUCH LONGER TILL YOUR LOVE COMES HOME.

A weight off of my mind

I know that with everyone concerned over the potential Government Shutdown everyone was starting to panic about how it would affect the Military personnel. It would have had a HUGE affect on us. Not just financially. Yes we like alot of people would have struggled but it would have had an affect on our kids. They would have had to have given up their soccer until things got resolved. Now I know that this seems trivial with people wondering how they were going to feed their families if we did not get paid, but when you are trying to keep a sense of normalcy in a child's life this could have been a HUGE change in their routine.

I was worried about the no paycheck thing but not so much for me (I have a little money saved) but I was more worried for the lower ranking families that are barely scraping by as it is. This had been weighing on my mind alot this week. So here is my advise for today:

EVEN IF IT IS HARD (and trust me I know it is) TRY TO PUT SOME MONEY ASIDE FOR A RAINY DAY. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU WILL NEED IT AND IF YOU CAN NOT PUT MONEY ASIDE GET A LIST OF ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS ON BASE OR IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN HELP IN AN EMERGENCY.


Be kind t one another an cherish the time you do get to spend with one another.

The little things

During the day to day mundane activities is when you think about how much easier life would be if the man was at home. For example; I am sitting here staring out the back window (yes in the dark) realizing that I have not mowed the grass since he left and my backyard looks like a jungle. The grass is so tall that the dogs won't go into it. They have made a diagonal line though the yard to get around it. But as I look at it I keep thinking man I hate mowing the lawn this is a guy job. But I know that I HAVE to do it so tomorrow I will suck it up and mow the lawn and brave the jungle.

I was watching "Coming Home" and a husband said this about his wife: people come up to him and tell him Thank you all the time for serving his country. He said that he appreciates them for telling him that but that his wife was the true hero. She stayed home and kept everything in order back home for him. This was his definition of a hero and his wife was his hero.

ADVISE FOR TODAY Military Wives are very special strong women. We are heroes even if we don't see that we are. We help one another and that is important. Be kind to one another. We need to support each other.