Well hell, I had an entire update and now it’s gone. Oh well it was me complaining and saying what a bad mood I’ve been in lately and the big “D” coming up. Also it was about a huge lack of family support, which is making me more upset by the day.

I finally get my password all straight and then it eats my post. *sigh*, such as life.

I hope you all are doing better than I am.

~MO Out

I really liked this article at Knee Deep in the Hooah!

I’m still here. Today is a very blah day. It seems ever since Maverick’s “D” day got moved up three weeks every day is a blah day. I gave in this day. I let the blah take over and I feel icky because of it but I feel like I kinda needed to give in too. So tonights dinner is a type of comfort food. Hotdogs and shells and cheese. Not gourmet comfort, but simple, easy comfort. My girls wont complain that’s for sure. The parents, well, that’s another matter and not one I am overly concerned about. They understand anyway. I hope

Have a wonderful day. I hope I still have a reader or two.

Five days?! I will think I just updated and then, five days has gone by. Where does the time go? I have no idea. I do have a bit of an excuse, my parents came in to town this past Sunday and you military folk know how that goes. You don’t sit in front of your blog when you haven’t seen your mom in two years. Sheesh!

Being military usually means you haven’t seen your parents in a while and we wont even mention the last time we’ve seen an aunt or a cousin. I have been asked many times “doesn’t that bother you” and yes at first it did. Then when there are important events like new babies, weddings and the worst was when we lost my grandma in the spring that was extremely hard to not be there. But it does make visits sweeter and there is more to talk about and show off. With the internet people don’t seem as far. Digital cameras and webcams make it nice to get images instantly. So no, anymore it doesn’t bother me. I know I’ll see everybody again.

I am here, even if I’m not updating as often as some would like. With my parents being here, Halloween this weekend, a party to plan for next week and Holiday kick off starting I expect to be busy. How ever I will not abandon my blog. Thank you for understanding and Happy Fall!

“You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.” – Davy Crockett

There’s no better place than Texas to start over. – John Connelly

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. –John Steinbeck

Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas -Senator William Blakley

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big. – Phil Gramm

“Give me an army of West Point graduates and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I’ll win the war.” General George S. Patton

“Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called “walking.”” President George W. Bush

To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World:

Fellow citizens & compatriots;

I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch. The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH.

William Barret Travis

Lt. Col. comdt

P.S. The Lord is on our side. When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn. We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.

Travis

I was visiting Knee Deep in the Hooah! They asked: “If you have a blog of your own please post and link to it. ” to this article and well I am happy to do so.

The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama

Thank you, that is all.

I drive my girls to go to school on post every morning, and I pick them up every afternoon. You know what, it doesn’t matter where I take them because I’m sure this is an everyday problem. When I get into that line to drop them off in the drop-off/pick-up zone I expect just that to happen. So to all the parents out there getting out of your car to open the car door for your little mutant, or chatting it up with your friend, teacher etc. I want to tell you that you’re an ass! f your child needs assistance out of the car, then use the parking lot, it’s like ten feet away from the front of the building. Don’t sit and chat you have a line of cars behind you and the universe doesn’t circle around you. Tell them to call you and move your damned minivan out of my way, I have places to be!

Also to those who drive through there like a bat out of hell, slow down! There are children walking around. I understand you just dropped off your spawn and want to cherish every minute they are not around you whining. I feel ya! I want to get home to a nice cup of coffee and see what old Matt and Al are up to too. Just slow down, you’ll get there, it tastes just as good two minutes from now. This goes for the parking lots at gymnastics too. Get away from the front of the door, park and walk your lazy ass up to the door and gather your child. People do need to drive through that area you are not special! Believe me I was there when they handed out the title for Center of the Universe, and you didn’t get it. You weren’t even a runner up!

Wow I’m an angry “soccer mom”.

It may look like I haven’t updated here in a few weeks but I have been adding to the Mommy Help Lunches. I have been making the girls bentos and they are a hit. Children at school are very interested in what the girls will be bringing and let me tell you, it’s no different than what their mothers are packing. It is just arranged differently making it more fun to eat. Even things I didn’t think they would actually want in their lunches like the dreaded left overs, they are eating. Yay!

I have been reading a few books off my normal Historical Time Traveling Romances. “The Boleyn Inheritance” has grown on me since I finished it a few weeks ago. It was boring to read and took me longer to get through because of it but looking back on it I can say I truly enjoyed it. I have also been reading the “Dexter” books, yes the ones that the series on Showtime is based on. If you are as addicted to the show as Maverick and I you will enjoy the books, they are about 85% different, good stuff. Right now I am currently reading: The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs. Interesting concept, and for those like me, the not at all religious but not an atheist either types, this is a light hearted read, it is not persuasive it is just as it it says, one guy living by the bible and not any one religion and at times it’s pretty funny :P. His poor wife… LOL.

So I hope all is well in Military Blogger world. I haven’t visited anybody for a week and though I don’t comment I do visit you and enjoy your musings.

This is A2’s Hello Kitty snack size bento. I’m guessing it’s snack size ’cause not much fits.

Turkey deli meat rolled up with cheddar butterflies and flowers. Grapes and craisins w/ a cheddar flower on top. Cheddar mini ricecakes. Gummy Bears. Toffee peanuts and in the middle is a rolled papertowel. I didn’t get a pic’ of the lunchbox and lid. That will be next.

Here is K’s Hello Kitty Bento set minus one large bento not in use. The large one not shown actually came with the bag and I didn’t know it was in there until we got home with it.

Same stuff as A2’s only she has crackers (Townhouse Toppers) instead of the little rice cakes.

I think I may make another page for just bento. For now enjoy my ideas until I am “organized” and you can’t find a thing around here any more… LOL

I added “Mommy Help” to the left there. I just compiled some main dishes and shopping list for the girls lunches. I hope it can help some looking for ideas outside the square sandwiches. I know I need help in this area. I have only a few ideas but now I have a small list to refer to when I really need the help. I also want to get into packing a Bento style lunch for my girls. Bento looks like so much fun for the accessory lover in us all :). Check out Bento on Ebay, Lunch in a Box, Just Bento and Bento pictures at Flickr. As you can see so many things can be packed in these cute boxes, it’s really the limit of your imagination. I hope I can post pictures here when I start. I want to start tomorrow but Walmart didn’t and the local Asian Market had only one really ugly green set (really odd). I have read to check and see if Dollar Tree has any boxes. I hear they generally have a few. We’ll see. I may just start with Gladware and purchase some cute accessories.

Also check out this cute video that this little did: The Learning Bento. Too cute

Another thing under “Mommy Help” is a chore chart section. I don’t have anything up there yet. I would really love to get ideas, pictures, etc. of what other mothers do in their homes. I don’t care if it is shared or posted on your own blogs. Why not have all the sources available. I have older children and if I could just find somebody who has ideas after toddler hood that would be wonderful. Soon I will be working mommy outside the home and I would like to know how they accomplish getting house tasks done. How do you get your husband to take his Boots upstairs and hang his ACU top somewhere other than the kitchen chair… LOL. That needs to be addressed under “Wife Help”… LOL

I don’t normally post a lot of mom stuff, I like to think I have other things going in my life but let’s face it, I have three children, the subject is bound to come up. Along with my pets, husband, parents, Army life, politics, fashion, etc. etc. I hope you all have a productive day.

How do we keep our children on track and our homes? We do chore charts and routine is a huge part of this crazy house. There are so many families doing this yet when looking up charts and ideas there are not many who are sharing. I would have thought there were many families sharing their systems. Even if it’s just a list, a picture (clear picture), allowing others to download their digital charts etc. etc. but no, there is not much out there being shared. I think we should all share these things and help each other. I am tired of paying for plans and charts that just do not work in a real family. It’s a good idea then reality sets in. So do you have a system? Share it, leave a comment and I will make a master list, then we can all link to each other so other families (even those with out children) can get some resources. It’s amazing that this hasn’t been done. Or has it and I am missing out?

I have found blank charts but I want to see it in use. How the set up is at home etc. etc. So to make sure I’m putting my money where my mouth is, here is our Sunday Routine. I also have my chore charts saved as an image. They are the “wallpaper” on the family PC. I change the wallpaper at night to show the morning chart and again after I drop them off at school to show the evening chart. So I don’t hear “I lost my chart” or the crumble it up temper tantrum that has occurred around here.

I made chore cards too the other day. I’ll get those put up too if anybody is interested.