Feeling Beachie

This week’s statements: 1. I always___ wear_sunglasses, even if it is not sunny. __ 2. I have had a lot of _things that I want to learn to cook and bake. I just need someone to try it out on. __ 3. Public speaking makes me_realize how bad my grammar skills are. I did speak several years ago and it went better than I thought but not something I would want to do normally._________. 4. My car always has_smells like a skunk with roto virus______because__I have 7 kids in it almost daily and I let them eat in it and I am not good about cleaning it out daily, okay I am horrible about cleaning it out. _____. Pamela

5 Question Friday

1. Is love at 1st sight possible? I cannot imagine it being that way. Maybe because I am hyper critical. I think you need to take time to get to know them, know what they believe in, know what they want in life. I think falling in love takes time but staying in love takes alot of work. I do not think anyone warned me that I would have to work to stay in love. 2. How did you choose your pet's name? The kids chose the dog and the cat looks just like my husband’s uniform. We always said we would never name our kids or animals after anything in the Army but she changed us. Our cat’s name is A.C.U.. When we took Abby to the vet the first day they insisted it end with a E (I know how weird mama m)that is makes it easier to hear for her. So that helped break the tie and she was Abby. 3. What are you considering giving up (cable, home phone)? I would love to give up cable and our home phone. Although, I like our cable more than I admit. I think I could get use to not having it. I think the one thing I could not give up was internet. That scares me. I think I could give it up for a couple of days but not for long. How would I know what to cook. And it has been forever since I walked into a bank to deposit a check. I can deposit checks using my phone now. 4. How much do you pay your babysitter? My sitter charges $6 an hour. OUCH! She earns every penny of it so I cannot complain. I remember when I started babysitting at 12 I made $1.25 and many years later I got paid $2.50. Oh those were the days. WAIT, I babysit for a friend right now and if you calculate it out I make $2.70 a hour. I would not change it because she is precious. I never know what to charge. I want to pay enough that they want to come back but I also do not want to pay so much that I can not go and do anything. Then there is the issue that sometimes they will keep 3 kids and sometimes 6. So then what do I charge. Oh paying for sitters is so crazy. 5. How "young" is old enough to babysit? Oh man I was 12 but that seems so young. I think it totally depends upon the child. I think my 12 year old could care for her siblings while I ran to the store but I would not leave her for very long with the baby. Pamela

Military Spouse Fill in Friday

1. What’s one thing in the past month you would have changed? Maybe I would have taken more naps, read more books to the kids. Maybe spent more time to get mail sent to my hero. I am horrible about going to the post office. 2. What was your favorite thing that happened in June? My mom visited and we spent the whole week running around. The kids loved it and I loved time not focusing on school and chores. 3. What did you do to celebrate Independence Day? For the first time I went on post to watch the fireworks. It was nice because the weather was perfect. Not too hot and I was with friends who had similar age kids. 4. When you PCS, what items do you take with you and not let the movers pack (and if you do a DITY, what do you take with you and not box up) (thanks to Sespi at And You Never Did Think for inspiring this question)? We carry our safe and hard drive with pictures and our children and pets. I do not understand why they will not pack up the animals and kids. 5. What are you looking forward to in July? That it is one month closer to my hero being home. That my girls are going to spend time with there grandmother. I cannot wait to hear the stories they come home with. This is a big deal to let them be gone this long. Would you like to join in and answer these same questions with us. I would love to read your answers. Head on over to Wife of a Sailor to join in. Pamela

Cushy Office Job

Some days I imagine my hero is at some far off luxury vacation spot. You know one of those TDY training events. It makes it easier when I do not think about the heat he is in, or the yucky office he works in. But reality is reality. He will not be here with me to celebrate 4th of July with me. Praying he does not see any fireworks for on the fourth. Sometimes I imagine this is our last deployment or our last move and then I get a reality check. Rob does not share many pictures with me when he is deployed so everyone is special even if it is of a yucky looking office. I think they should at least let me come and paint and decorate for a couple of days. What do you think? Pamela