A while back, I told everyone that we were not getting to settled up here in New York, and to stay tuned for an update. Well, I haven't meant to leave everyone hanging for months and months, but things change so quickly!
Before we left Savannah, Tyrone called me one day out of the blue and asked "How do you feel about Texas?" Texas?! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! Well, Tyrone had received orders that would have taken us to Ft. Hood, TX sometime between Feb. and April. I immediately started trying to see the good in it....we were going to be warm.....we'd be 3 hours away from Suzanne and my father-in-law.....only a couple more hours from Kristy (who I desperately want to meet in person!).....8 hours from my grandparents.
Tyrone, however, asked me to hold off on a post announcing the fact that only 4 months after moving from GA to NY, that we would be moving to TX. We did alot of soul searching and careful thinking, and Tyrone decided to re-enlist and add another 19 months on to his contract with the army.
Let me explain. When you "re-up", you get to choose where you are going to be stationed. We tossed around some pretty exotic places, even places on different continents. In the end, however, Tyrone decided he would ask to stay right where we are. There are several factors behind this decision, but some of the biggies are (1)the current state of the economy (2) we KNOW when his current unit will deploy again, so we don't run the risk of going somewhere else, only to be told that he has to deploy in a month (3) we have moved ALOT in the past few years, and the kids could really use the stability.
So, here we are, and here we will stay. I have to give Tyrone kudos on this...the army, while being something he's awesome at, is not his be-all, end-all goal. We have big plans for the future, and for becoming strictly civilian. However, he looked closely and carefully at our situation as a family and decided this was best for us. Not him, but us. I love this man.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
This morning when I sat down with my coffee and checked the weather, it was NEGATIVE SIX degrees! That's COLD! Our high today was a whole thirteen degrees. This isn't winter....it's the ice age!
This Georgia girl is officially FREEZING!!!
This Georgia girl is officially FREEZING!!!
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Sunday, January 4, 2009
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? Well, as far as my adult life, I spent the vast majority of the year w/o my husband.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I honestly did not make one
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No, but I am looking forward to several 2009 babies!
4. Did anyone close to you die? no
5. What countries did you visit? no out of country visits
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? Tyrone home!! yay us!
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Oct. 22, seeing my husband at home, safe, and in my arms. That is a feeling I will never forget!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting through deployment, taking care of 3 kids sans husband, moving us from ga to ny
9. What was your biggest failure? that i am still human :)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? well, i had my appendix removed, and the whole jaw thing...
11. What was the best thing you bought? ummm...the boys bunk beds?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My wonderful husband surviving and thriving in the army while deployed!
13. Where did most of your money go? mostly taking care of the kids and fixing the tahoe
14. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Tyrone coming home!
15. What song will always remind you of 2008? Far away by Nickleback, When You're Gone by Avril Lavigne, Ever the Same by Rob Thomas, Love Song by 311
16. Compared to this time last year, are you: SO MUCH HAPPIER!!!
17. What do you wish you'd done more of? spent more time w/ my husband, but I had no choice in the matter
18. What do you wish you'd done less of? feeling bad for myself
19. How did you spend Christmas? cozy in our house, just the 5 of us
20. What was your favorite TV program? Heroes (excellent taste, suz), NCIS, Grey's Anatomy
21. What was the best book you read? The Book of The Dead by Patricia Cornwell
22. What was your greatest musical discovery? Saving Able
23. What did you want and ended up getting? My husband home!!
24. What was your favorite film of this year? You have to forgive me here, I REALLY haven't seen any new movies since 8/07
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? On my b-day I turned 24 and it was an incredible day of highs and lows. Shiloh was declared healthy by the cardiologist, I had the most awesome pedicure, Kaleb performed at church, I got a phone call from the hubby in Iraq, and Gabe ended up in the hospital on oxygen
26. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Tyrone being home, getting the witness his daughter's first year, his youngest son's first day of pre-k, his oldest son's first lost tooth
27. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? comfy and casual
28. What kept you sane? my small but very close circle of family and friends
29. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? eh. I'm not that into being crazy about people I don't even know.
30. What political issue stirred you the most? I have to go with Suzanne and say the election. But I was incredibly frustrated by the whole race issue. There are more important things to consider in an election, people! grrrr...
31. Who was the best new person you met? Salina & Sheena :)
32. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: Just b/c it's horrible right now does not mean it will always be.
33. Who would you like to see respond to this (and would most likely do it)? Ummm....Salina, Dawn, Kristy! Yes, Dawn, this does mean you have to finally post something on your blog again! I mean it!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I honestly did not make one
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No, but I am looking forward to several 2009 babies!
4. Did anyone close to you die? no
5. What countries did you visit? no out of country visits
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? Tyrone home!! yay us!
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Oct. 22, seeing my husband at home, safe, and in my arms. That is a feeling I will never forget!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting through deployment, taking care of 3 kids sans husband, moving us from ga to ny
9. What was your biggest failure? that i am still human :)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? well, i had my appendix removed, and the whole jaw thing...
11. What was the best thing you bought? ummm...the boys bunk beds?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My wonderful husband surviving and thriving in the army while deployed!
13. Where did most of your money go? mostly taking care of the kids and fixing the tahoe
14. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Tyrone coming home!
15. What song will always remind you of 2008? Far away by Nickleback, When You're Gone by Avril Lavigne, Ever the Same by Rob Thomas, Love Song by 311
16. Compared to this time last year, are you: SO MUCH HAPPIER!!!
17. What do you wish you'd done more of? spent more time w/ my husband, but I had no choice in the matter
18. What do you wish you'd done less of? feeling bad for myself
19. How did you spend Christmas? cozy in our house, just the 5 of us
20. What was your favorite TV program? Heroes (excellent taste, suz), NCIS, Grey's Anatomy
21. What was the best book you read? The Book of The Dead by Patricia Cornwell
22. What was your greatest musical discovery? Saving Able
23. What did you want and ended up getting? My husband home!!
24. What was your favorite film of this year? You have to forgive me here, I REALLY haven't seen any new movies since 8/07
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? On my b-day I turned 24 and it was an incredible day of highs and lows. Shiloh was declared healthy by the cardiologist, I had the most awesome pedicure, Kaleb performed at church, I got a phone call from the hubby in Iraq, and Gabe ended up in the hospital on oxygen
26. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Tyrone being home, getting the witness his daughter's first year, his youngest son's first day of pre-k, his oldest son's first lost tooth
27. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? comfy and casual
28. What kept you sane? my small but very close circle of family and friends
29. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? eh. I'm not that into being crazy about people I don't even know.
30. What political issue stirred you the most? I have to go with Suzanne and say the election. But I was incredibly frustrated by the whole race issue. There are more important things to consider in an election, people! grrrr...
31. Who was the best new person you met? Salina & Sheena :)
32. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: Just b/c it's horrible right now does not mean it will always be.
33. Who would you like to see respond to this (and would most likely do it)? Ummm....Salina, Dawn, Kristy! Yes, Dawn, this does mean you have to finally post something on your blog again! I mean it!
update on my oh-so-exciting jaw
I finished the steroids I was taking yesterday, and am S-L-O-W-L-Y shedding the horrible awful side effects they brought on. My family is thankful, as my mood swings were spectacular. I called my mother in tears, telling her I felt like I should put myself in the corner, b/c I felt so mean!
I can still not open my mouth, in fact I think that my range of motion for my jaw is a little worse then it was yesterday. I am in horrible pain, and have only managed to down coffee so far today. At night as soon as the kids are asleep, I take muscle relaxers, and that is the end of me until the next day. The constant pain is draining, and I hate that we are spending Tyrone's leave this way, nursing my poor jaw.
I don't go back to the oral surgeon until the 26th, when they will do impressions for a night guard for my mouth (apparently, I clench my teeth?). We will also schedule the MRI then. Tyrone is encouraging me to call my doctor tomorrow to see if there is something immediate we can do to treat my pain.
So, there you go, that's how I'm doing. Exciting, huh? :)
I can still not open my mouth, in fact I think that my range of motion for my jaw is a little worse then it was yesterday. I am in horrible pain, and have only managed to down coffee so far today. At night as soon as the kids are asleep, I take muscle relaxers, and that is the end of me until the next day. The constant pain is draining, and I hate that we are spending Tyrone's leave this way, nursing my poor jaw.
I don't go back to the oral surgeon until the 26th, when they will do impressions for a night guard for my mouth (apparently, I clench my teeth?). We will also schedule the MRI then. Tyrone is encouraging me to call my doctor tomorrow to see if there is something immediate we can do to treat my pain.
So, there you go, that's how I'm doing. Exciting, huh? :)
my most wonderful husband
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Tonight, I made my world famous Spaghetti and Meatballs. (ok, maybe not WORLD famous...maybe more like just here in my house. details) Anyway, I made the spaghetti (or spag-noodles, as my husband likes to call them....) We all ate, and then I realized that before I could clean the kitchen, I had to give the small girl child a bath. Because, otherwise, she would go around and touch things, and she looked like this....
A little FYI about me, I like to get the kitchen clean IMMEDIATELY after eating. I don't like knowing it's in there waiting on me....the mess drives me NUTS! But, what was I going to do? I certainly didn't want miniature fingerprints decorating the lower half of my walls in the lovely shade of tomato!
So, up to the bathtub with little miss. Her bath is a little time-intensive, b/c, well, that 'fro takes some work! By the time she was clean, shiny, and had nicely combed hair, I was really dreading coming back down stairs to clean.
BUT....when I went in there, what did I find?! My kitchen was sparkling! The counters and stove were clean, the dishwasher was running....even the floors had recovered from 3 children eating "spag-noodles". Ok...well, Tyrone may have admitted letting the dog take care of the floors, but, hey, they're clean! A little dog drool never hurt anyone ;)
Thank you, wonderful husband!
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Friday, January 2, 2009
Kaleb, playing the Wii-like game that my mother gave the boys for Christmas
Poor allergic Gabe sleepy from Benadryl (we've had 2 more reactions since my last post)
One of Shiloh's cabinets in my kitchen.
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