Life and Other Stuff

Sobriety, parenting, life….and other stuff

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Category: Family

  • Toy Story

    Daily Prompt: What was your favorite plaything as a child? Do you see any connection between your life now, and your favorite childhood toy? My favorite plaything(s) as a child were my cabbage patch dolls, and a whiteboard with dry erase markers. I would play teacher and school and mommy for hours. I can remember…

  • I Don’t Wanna…

    Today’s daily prompt: The internet is full of rants. Help tip the balance: today, simply be thankful for something (or someone). Waking up this morning, after too little sleep and a rotten mood, I come down to find the daily prompt above waiting for me. Ugh. I try to be a Positive Polly most of…

  • Driving

    As a little girl, around 4 or 5, I remember how a 20 minute drive to see my best friend felt like an eternity. I remember sitting in the back of her parents’ station wagon or the back of my own folks’ car making up all kinds of pretend. Things like driving the car backwards,…

  • Daily Prompt: Excitement

    We military spouses have a distinct advantage when it comes to the excitement department: homecoming. There is no word that stirs such excitement, anticipation, and impatience like knowing your spouse is coming home from a long deployment. My spouse recently came home after a 1 year deployment cycle, and as each one comes and goes,…

  • The REAL Mother’s Day

    Upon returning from my workout this morning, I opened the door to find my husband and the minions diligently laboring over the mixer. I smiled as the kids exclaimed they are making chocolate chip cookies and later they are all going on “an adventure”! Looking to my husband for the plan of the day (he’s…

  • Am I Ready For Some Football?!

    Ah, football season is here again. Or, as I like to call it, the season of non-deployment-alone-time-with-minions. Despite the hard time I give my husband about his “habit”, I secretly (shhh! don’t tell him!) love how passionate he is about football and sports in general. Not only did he take the time years ago to…

  • Birthday. Or as I like to call it, Birthmonth.

    Why not have the whole month instead of just a day to celebrate how awesome you are?! Birthdays are just fun. I love birthdays, and have since I was a kid. As an adult, it’s usually not as acceptable to run around telling everyone, “Hey! It’s my birthday!!!!” as you would when you are 5.…

  • Hannah’s Celebration Festivities and a Weekend Away

    On Hannah’s birthday, we attended Eric’s work picnic. There was a cool rock wall to climb. Hannah loved it, but liked the swinging back down more than the climbing up. Eric got into it too, and made it to the top to ring the bell! Of course he made it look effortless. And Jake climbed…

  • Tomorrow You Are Three!

    Hannah is three?! Wowee! How in the world can that be!? Weren’t you just added to our family? My the time it really does go so quickly! Growing up so fast into such a ‘lil lady No longer my squishy little baby. You crawled, walked, played and more, Living in our paradise out by the…

  • Should I Marry Military?

    I get asked this question from time to time. It’s also phrased by non-military friends as statements: “I just don’t know how you do it. How do you go for months and months (and years!) without being together? Isn’t it hard?” Well, yes. (Duh.) It’s extremely hard. Could you do it? Sure. You can do…