Ms. MO’s Mad Mad World

A funny little thing, last night we were playing SingStar Country and I wanted to sing Blake Shelton’s “Home”. Well 2nd Daughter G has voiced a few times, while listening in the car, she didn’t like that song. However I like the song and am a fan of Blake Sheltons so that’s what I chose. I put it on and she says “Mommy I don’t like this song. I don’t want to hear some civilian whining about wanting to go home”. Oh my little Army Brat, I love her!

This morning I’m watching “Band of Brothers”. My usual “Days of Our Lives” isn’t on so that’s it for now. I need to get dressed and mail out this carepackage for my honey. Lots of coffee, creamer, donut sticks, to go coffee cups w/ lids and other various items. Maverick’s birthday is in a couple of weeks. I want to send him a fun b-day package. I need to look up ideas. Last year we had our friends over to BBQ, the girls and I got him an Ipod with a docking station. I would send him an Itunes card but the internet sucks over there and he really doesn’t have much access to a computer that can go on Itunes anyway.

I’m feeling really down today and I don’t even know if I have any readers any more, I have lost my blogging muse. I have actually lost all of my creative muses. All I can think of is the day Maverick comes home and is laying next to me in our bed. Somedays it’s hard to do the simple things. For a change of mood I leave you with Desdemona…

I’ve been watching “Major Dad” on Hulu everynight for the past four days. I watched it when it was first on but I was younger, not married to a fine soldier or realizing just how true a lot of the silliness on the show is. I think “The Major” is a tad over the top but I see how a 42 year old single Major in the Marie Corps might be a little too Hoorah. I have met my share of married Army guys that are too Hooah, so why not. I think it is kind of too much that his wife and the girls call him Major and refer to him as “The Major”. I have heard a lot of military make their children say Sir. Is that mainly a military thing? I don’t know I’ve been around it for twelve years and don’t have much to compare it too.

So two night ago the smallest G and I were layin’ up in my bed watching it together and it was the episode where The Major goes off to Central America on a combat mission. Little G and I didn’t say much while watching that episode until it continued and we watched the next episode. The girls were talking about how much they hate it, how worried Polly was etc. Then they finally said how long he was gone, ten days. Little G snorted and said “Ten Days! That’s It!” and looked me like pffft whatever.

I have to laugh at the show though because one day that will be my house. Three little girls, a wife that doesn’t exactly see his point of view or the Army’s, and one day he will be a Major. A Major pain… ha ha, bad joke. He’s not a pain, he’s my honey. I miss him.

The next day she told her sisters about it. Big Daughter G said “Ten days, we get excited when daddy will be home in two weeks! It probably took him four days to get there.” I shared the story with Maverick and he said ” I want to come home on the next episode. That’s a vacation, not a deployment.” I always wanted to live a prime time sitcom life. Speaking of my non-sitcom life, I have cleaning to do before I take off to Hobby Lobby. I hope ya’ll have a fun productive day. I’ll be sweating out at the barn tonight.

Last night I watched “We Were Soldiers”. I had a headache and was quite tired and I didn’t get emotionally involved in it. Of course the scenes with the wives and families left behind got to me. I have spent the morning looking up the people who played a major part. Even Mrs. Julia Compton Moore. Military Spouses and Families have a lot to thank her for. Mrs. Julia C. Moore changed the way the Army did causality notifications to the families among other things. They did actually use taxi cab drivers for delivery of the telegrams. They would just hand over the telegram and leave the widow to grieve on her own. I couldn’t even imagine. Phone calls were few and far between with letters being the same. Being the wife of a deployed soldier is not easy however I am quite grateful for women like Mrs. Moore who set up so many programs for military families still in use today. The same ones many of us complain about. Myself included.

The book and the movie are not about her but luckily she does have a part, other wives are mentioned and the way housing and families really were during that time are given a small spotlight. I still haven’t read the book but I look forward to skimming it… The movie was worth watching. Interesting that Maverick was in 1/7 before this current deployment and got to meet Mr. Joseph Galloway.

Author, journalist visits Garryowen

Well that’s it for now. Send a prayer for each soldier and family that loves them as I will do for all of you.

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 . 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.

ARMY OF ONE
Author unknown

I’ve noticed in my present job, there is a tiny quirk.

There’s no respect at all and it’s not considered work.

Well, I am here to show you another point of view, and give you an idea of what I really do!

Here’s my job description and to better understand,
it’s written in the language of the Army Man.

I’m the IG, complaints come to me.

I am the Medic, I bandage skinned knees.

I’m the Legal Office and the courts-martial, too.

I decide the punishment, how much and on who,
I’m Health: Welfare, inspecting for junk, and the 1SG checking the bunk.

I’m also Supply, in charge of food, clothes, house wares, diapers, toys, heaven only knows.

I’m the MP, who secures the door, I’m also the PVT who GI’s the floor, I’m the Mess SGT who cooks all the meals.

I’m TMP in charge of the wheels.

I’m MWR planning all the fun and I am the Bugler, announcing the “day is done”.

I’m the KP, who does all the dishes, I am the DA who hears all your wishes.

I’m the CQ and the Fireguard, too, there isn’t that much that I don’t do.

I’m the instructor too, you see,
because what is learned is taught by me.

I’m the Squad Leader, who knows his troops well,
sometimes the Drill SGT who really can yell.

I’m the S4, S1, 2, 3, just about everything must come through me!
Appropriations, taskings, commitments too, I’m responsible for all we do.

I never go to battle, and AR of some sort,
but you can count on me to bravely guard the fort.

I’m ALWAYS on duty, I never take leave, no Holidays off, it’s hard to believe!
I can never ETS, I signed for life, my primary MOS is Mother, my secondary is Army Wife.

For all my devotion to duty, my LES says “NO PAY DUE” because I’m not paid in money, but in the words of ‘I LOVE YOU’.

There is no reason for this list. I personally found it interesting. I do not promote Hollywood getting into politics, they are for the most part morons. However for historical documentation and my own curiousity here is the list of Celeb’s at the GOP Convention 2008 . . . .

Jon Voight
Pat Boone
Ben Stein
John Ondrasik – from Five for Fighting
Aimee Allen
Sara Evans
LeAnn Rimes
Fred Thompson
Trace Adkins
Cowboy Troy
John Rich – of Big & Rich
Gretchen Wilson
Daughtry – the entire band
Abraham Lincoln – ha ha, somebody came as him
Alice Peacock
Joe Nichols
Arnold Schwarzenegger

I’m sure there were more but I honestly didn’t look that hard. But speaking of celebrities… I watch CMT in the morning while the girls are getting ready for school and I saw in a matter of ten minutes, three videos all with a “Soldier Theme”. I have nothing against that, as long as it’s not showing our guys and gals in a bad light. There was one, and I can’t remember it, that I was like huh? What does the song have to do with the images they are showing. It seriously did not connect and I’m not normally that picky about stuff like that. Weird. Anyway the ones I can remember are:

“Just a Dream” by: Carrie Underwood – even the song makes me tear up
“Home” by: Blake Shelton – Michael Buble’s first original song, he also has it out as a single with a video
Then of course the one I can’t remember darn it…

I just want to let the world know how wonderful Champagne is. Even if it is just an American Sparkling Wine that mimics Champagne. Go have yourself a mimosa and tell me if it isn’t true X’s and O’s Dolls, X’s and O’s…

“The night they invented champagne
It’s plain as it can be
They thought of you and me
The night they invented champagne
They absolutely knew
that all we’d want to do
Is fly to the sky on champagne
And shout to everyone in sight
That since the world began
no woman or a man
has ever been as happy as we are tonight!”

I wrote an entire post a few weeks ago and WordPress or Yahoo ate it, I don’t know what happened. Anyway I think I will touch on it again ’cause I’m in that kind of mood.

Like many people I can flip a coin of love and hate on any given day and that will tell me how I feel about the military. Lately I have had a constant flip of hate. I don’t want to go on post, hear anything about Army, or they ( you know them, they, their, the invisible folk in green) and of course I do not want to hear the word deployment, that’s a big no no. I feel like many, that we give and give and lately I am just tired.

Sometimes however I flip the coin and there I am at an AFTB Class, or I am heading an FRG and I am looking at a new wife like “poor thing, you will learn some day”. Heck I will even defend the military and their strange kooky ways. It gets harder and harder for that 50/50 chance of which way that coin will land. I am beginning to think it’s a one sided coin. At least lately. However like everything else this too will pass and I may find myself at a bake sell wearing the unit pin and laughing with others. Until then I leave quoting Jack Sparrow “Gentlemen, I wash my hands of this weirdness.”

he Real Life Roxy (Army Wives)

http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article763763.ece

Army WivesEpisode 10, Season 2 – “Duplicity”

Frank & Denise: Ok Frank, she’s just gonna keep thinking about that other guy when you question why she wasn’t there to see you right when you came out of the car. She was like 45 seconds behind you and had to work. Doesn’t matter what she was actually doing, she was at work, end of story if the shoe was on the other foot he would be all “I had to work late, the Army needed…” and all that other B.S. that comes out during these discussions. Blech. As Maverick said “They all got what they deserved” when Frank saw her kissing Getty’s hand.

Jeremy: when is he just going to off himself LOL

Michael & C.J.: Even their drama is boring. I don’t think Michael was hard on their daughter at all. The daughter was overreacting as teen girls are apt to do. I am over these people. Dead daughter, C.J. killed somebody, daughter dating drug addict… blah blah blah. Nobody cares about teen drama, seriously, I have preteen drama in this house I don’t want to see it on t.v.

Pam & Chase: Lifetime needs to seriously stop showing all the good parts in the previews. We will watch, we don’t need all the good stuff to hook us in. So the kiss was coming up and it wasn’t a shock, once again, we knew it was coming… yawn there too. I want to see more Chase!

Roxy & Trevor: Poor Trevor, being around pregnant Joan would make me pop pills too. As far as working out with a sore shoulder, ummm yeah, that’s a Maverickthing too. Roxy, ohhhh man do I know how she feels right now about the tests. I had a similar thing with a college math placement test that well, kind of had me in tears all the way home. I felt like the biggest dumb ass on the planet. I could relate.

Roland & Joan: Evan is a crap for crap and I’m glad Michael has picked up on it. I for one wish the military was in the school’s business. Ash’s Jr. High has a lot of disrespectful little craps. I’m tellin’ ya we needed to keep them DOD. The staff at schools nation wide have nothing to back them up, kids know it too and don’t care. It’s also parents who will stand by there little crap kids too. If my child is doing something bad we are on them to change the behavior. Ok anyway, good to see Joan was ok.

I did not intend to only do Army Wives recaps here. My life just isn’t that interesting at the moment. I have my nephew here visiting from Nevada. The girls are on summer break as nearly every other child in the U.S. My house will be completed in three weeks and I am about 5% packed up, yikes. It is quite hard to live in a house and get ready to move it at the same time. You still have to live. I wish I could just leave it all and start over .

The 4th of July is approaching and Central Texas has very little to choose from as far as entertainment goes. We are not a family that reflects on how happy we are to be American, or honoring soldiers, I do that on a daily basis anyway. How much more can you do when you are married to one, you cook for his friends and help out another spouse here and there. Sure I could do more, hang a flag, slap yellow ribbons on my car yadda yadda, for now I just want a hot dog, some sparklers and some affordable gas to get me to a beach.

On an entirely different subject Maverick has a friend *T* who would like a nickname on my blog. I have never mentioned him here before because I don’t like to get personal on such a public venue, it’s usually just on LiveJournal do I mention friends and family, it’s friends only and has excellent filters. So anyway *T* would like a name. And in keeping with the spirit of Maverick, the T.V. show not Tom Cruise’s character on Top Gun, I will post part of the theme song to the old T.V. show featuring James Garner:

Who is the tall dark stranger there?
Maverick is the name.
Riding the trail to who knows where
Luck is his companion
Gamblin’ is his game.

Smooth as a handle on a gun
Maverick is the name.
Wild as a wind in Oregon
Blowin’ up a canyon
Easier to tame.

Now to continue talking about friends… I am very choosy about who I let into my life and my home. I used to try to be friends with everybody and try to ignore their oddities. However when we, Maverick and I, were younger and new to the Army Life, the oddities were a tad extreme and I have noticed as we have matured, we are less tolerable. We believe our friends should have strong stable marriages, their children should not destroy our home when they come to visit, drinking should not be the only reason we get together and drama should be at a minimum. I am happy to say that as we become older these qualities become easier to find in others, usually you do not have to look very hard. When you have to take a lot of time to see it in others, it’s probably not there and it is time to move on.

“As my old pappy used to say, it would be a pitiful thing if you had to work for a living. Son, use your wits; the Good Lord didn’t give you brains. ” – Brett Maverick