Getting ready to say goodbye...

In a few short weeks, I'll be saying goodbye to my husband while he takes off on another deployment.  I have been a Navy wife for over 12 years, and let me tell you this goodbye thing never has gotten easier.  He will be gone for 8 months this time, to a place hes never been and I am not happy about it.  I am fortunate to have my family where we live, we live in the town I was born and raised so I am blessed to be surrounded by both our families, but sometimes when I am feeling like I just don't want to talk about being alone for such a long time, or answer any more questions about how we are coping, family can work my nerves.  I am not a social butterfly, I have a best friend, my husband and my sister, my closest comrades who have seen my sides to which I show no one else.  I like my alone time, I like knowing that I can handle things while my husband leaves and don't need a whole fleet of support to get me though every minute.  On the downside of being so independent, I tend to just shut out people without realizing I may hurt feelings.  But I am so used to being alone, and doing what I gotta do to get my husband kids and I through a deployment that I just do and don't ask or accept help.  My lesson for anyone in my boat, pardon the pun, accept help, accept a visit, or an offer to have your kids babysat for a bit, go out and do something for you, don't be afraid to ask for help if you know and trust the person, you will go nuts if you try and handle the stress of deployments alone.  And don't forget to smile while doing it all, even on your worst day, smile because its all you can do to get through a day !

Another week off ?!?!

SO... my kids are off for Christmas/New Years break until the 3rd of January...Now I love love love when my kids are home with me, I am glad to have the time with them because they are growing SO fast !  But...they are driving me kind of loopy and I mean that in the nicest way.  There is so much playing, fighting and yelling one mom can do in a day ! and we are on week two of this.  My solution...when they say they are bored I shall give them a chore to un-bore them, when they fight, I shall take away what they are fighting over/about and make them color, they are hungry after just eating 5 seconds ago, I shall remind them I am not a restaurant and do not serve what they order when they want it, eat a sandwich or crackers or that stuff called fruit that God invented.  Wish me luck.

Here I go...

Well, this is my first Blog post.  Let me start off by saying I really am sane, and try to be a humble nice sweet as pie woman...but sometimes I fail at all of those and more.  I am a Military wife, mom of two kiddos (11 & 6) an older sister, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law a best friend and the mother hen of all my younger cousins.  I have A LOT on my plate at times...OK all the time. I am the go to gal in a crisis, I try to be superwoman with class, ease and a smile, and have a hard time saying NO.  I often put others before myself, but you know, I wouldn't be happy any other way !. I am 31...feeling older than that lately but its cool, the older the wiser right ? You will quickly find out that my life, my crazy upside down completely bonkers comical beautiful life is like a sitcom, and I am truly blessed to be living every single moment of it !
I hope more than anything that my blog gets read, and can hopefully help other woman in my position who need a good laugh, advice, and tips on how the heck to keep it all together...with a smile.
xo
Tiffany