Home Alone (not The Movie)

And of course that's not even true, all my beautiful kids are right here, but it sounded good and even more it felt good to write (read say) it.

I'm home alone, as so many women and quite a few men around the country, alone while their spouses are fighting enemies or sometimes just boredom and home sickness, in a far away world, we are the only ones still at war while the rest of the country has moved on.

Why is it, that the country can move on to more pleasant and trivial things, while there are over 100,000 Americans over in Iraq and Afghanistan, are we so easily distracted as a people or are our attention span just too short?

I watch The Biggest Looser, I know I'm a nerd, but I like the show, but you know what's make me upset?
It's when they start to talk about home and how homesick they are and how much they miss their loved ones. Cameras are up in their faces when they "finally" after 2 (two) weeks away from their family get a chance to call home GIVE ME A BREAK!!!

Military spouses and their families get to talk to their loved ones maybe once a week if they're lucky, and they are gone for months, sometimes years at the time, where are the cameras then, where's the media coverage, where's the cry stories, fundraisers, and community outcries?

I'm not saying I'd like to have a camera lens up my grill when ever I talk to my husband or a camera any time, anywhere, for that matter, but You know what I'm saying?!

Today I heard on the news, John McCain, one of our country's true heroes, that I truly love and admire, but don't agree with one single bit, say three times with in 10 seconds, that there will be more wars. 3 times did he say it, with more weight put on each word for every time he said it, "There Will Be More Wars".

Again, the only ones that will pay for whatever war the maniacs decide us to fight, are the military community. Who quietly, without complains and mostly without the media spotlights step up to the plate and serve...again
My husband, that I'm so incredible proud of, has served his country for more than 22 years now.

I just hope for my family's sake, and the whole military community's sake, that they will take a little breathing moment in between the wars so we have the chance to get out of the service before they launch the next one.

Shopping Exhaustion

Just came back from a weekend of serious shopping at a big outlet mall.

It's amazing how shopping can fill your whole body with a sense of euphoria.

Stepping in to a store with unbelievable bargains lit the light in the eyes of my husband even, and he's normally not a big fan of shopping sprees.

We quickly filled the trunk of our small rental car with bags and sacks from our favorite stores,and despite wind shills on down to single digits we kept going and going like the little bunny off the commercial for batteries, until the the little car cried for mercy and our stomachs screamed for food.

Took a break from shopping and went to a bar, ordered some hot coffee with spirits and some warm soup to thaw out our frozen bodies and discussed our day , kicked back, and called it the day.

All The Wonderful Children

I have had the opportunity to sub at the world's best pre-school that also happens to be the school where my two youngest have been enrolled for the last 3 years.

The very first time I walked in there to meet with the director I was totally absorbed by the atmosphere and love that flows in the hallways and shine through all teachers and children.

I'm not a Baptist, and will probably never be one, but if there's a place where God's love shine through the floors of heaven it will be at this First Baptist Pre-School.

So, with that said, it was with a great deal of nervousness I entered the classroom for the first time, what if I mess up those young hearts and they'll have to go through therapy for the rest of their lives because of me, well that would really suck.

The first day came and went without any bigger drama and yesterday I went back for a second time in an other class. What a reward!!! Oh, not the money, I'm talking about the kids!

Their love, hugs, offering of secrets and funny comments worked like a conditioner on my mind that has been absorbed with pitiful thoughts way to long and my soul got untangled while wrestling with 9 wonderful 3 year olds.

The best thing, I'm going back tomorrow !!!

Gloomy Weather, Gloomy Thoughts

It's rainy, cold, foggy, and the kind of weather that usually would make me feel cosy and homey.

But not so today.

There are a lot of things on my mind that makes the weather fit in as a miserable decor in my pathetic play of life.

-My very best friend are moving away, not just to the town next door or even the state next door, but across the country.

-My Dear Hubby is leaving for a tour to defend his country across the globe at the same time my friend moves.

-Hillary and McCain won NH

-I had to give away two of our pretty roosters

-My thighs hurt from exercising, and I'm freezing my fingers off