Mackenzie is almost 18 months old and I was thinking how I owe her an 18mo post. But not today. Not until things cool off a bit. Because for the last two days she’s been too good for naps. Too cool for school and too good for naps. The last two days I feel like [...]

Filed under: someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday

The playhouse is on the back burner for right now. Remember that playtable I ordered for Nathan? Yeah, well it never showed up. I had to wait 3 months for them to determine it was ‘lost’ and then they refunded my shipping and sent a replacement. Except they didn’t. When I got my credit card [...]

Filed under: Military Life, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday

*This post contains graphic images*
This afternoon was not one of our better days. The straw that broke the camel’s back was catching Nathan stand on my laptop (it survived). That was followed by an entire batch of burnt pancakes for dinner (“mom whats for dinner?” me: “burnt pancakes” Nathan: “but I don’t want burnt ones.” [...]

Filed under: The Captain, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday

For the love. What has it been- a whole six weeks since the last infection? On the upside, I don’t feel entirely like shit like I did the last time. Last time my ability to function was hovering somewhere around 0.25. That is to say my only concern was that my kids were breathing. This [...]

Filed under: Is it strep? Yep., This Is My Life, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday

PC asked me tonight if I was going to write about today, and I told him I really didn’t have the energy. Today was one of those days where you see your child at their worst. You question every parenting decision you’ve ever made and it was the kind of day that if Nathan grows [...]

Filed under: Nate the Great, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday

Wheeew….where do I start? Holy shit. (Katie- you’re going to love this one). We all remember my thirtieth birthday right? And then it was determined that the whole pinworm thing was a false alarm- I had gotten the Rx filled but never gave it to Nathan and never really thought twice about it again.
So, can you [...]

Filed under: Lloyd: "Thats what we're gonna call it: I Got Worms!", its not just good-its just good enough, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday

When PC walked in the door tonight and asked how I was I told him, you know, same old same old, except with more spiders and rodents. Because in the 30 minutes prior to him getting home Mackenzie was fussy because she was tired, Nathan was having trouble listening, I was trying to get dinner [...]

Filed under: Life Under The Big Top (cue the music), This Is My Life, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday

Since you asked- our house is in Colorado. We kept it when we joined the Marine Corps in the event that things didn’t pan out and we wanted to move back. Now that we are staying in Japan, it no longer made sense to keep it. That is the story of why we have a [...]

Filed under: Life Under The Big Top (cue the music), This Is My Life, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday

**Update: False alarm. No worms. Made for a good story though.**
(Alternative Title: Katie, help.)
Well, I’m not real sure where I should start….should I start with a little background on my germophobia or should I start with how my birthday has gone? Because the end result is still the same: PC is on his way to [...]

Filed under: Nate the Great, its not just good-its just good enough, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday