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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Send a holiday message to the troops
Send a holiday message to the troops on Moment of Thanks. Let's give our family serving abroad some cheer and send them a message or a photo to put a smile on their faces…and let them know we're thinking about them this holiday season. Go to Moment of Thanks and share.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
I've been keeping busy here
Michelle is sick this week and has somehow taken over my schedule. I think I might be feeling some guilt for not spending as much time with the kids as I should and I've gone too far in the wrong direction. Or maybe I just needed some extreme kid cuddle time. Anyway, she's feeling better and now I have to get back on track.
We are probably moving in about 2 months, and I have to get my butt up to the other house to get it in livable condition before I have to start moving furniture there. This is going to be a very interesting adventure. Due to crappy economy here, we are moving from 2400 sq ft. to 900 sq. ft. It's a temporary move until we can get things stable and then I'm finding a farm and planting my butt. I need some nature. This whole beach thing ain't all it's cracked up to be. Maybe if I had about 100 acres on the Gulf of Mexico that could sustain horses and a boat dock to go do some educational dives every day....THEN I'd be thrilled to live so close to water. But this is concrete and a man made beach, it's just not the same.
I'm writing to Mike tonight and sending pics of the new dog. I had to go get batteries today and now...I can't find my camera. I'll have to write my letter and wait til morning to get the pics. The girls had the camera, so I'll just wait til they are awake and ask them. The chaos of an impending move has the girls area of the house upside down (I'm slowing weeding out unused items and taking them to be donated.) It's not worth searching for it now.
I can't tell you how relieved I am to have heard from Mike. I felt so incredibly disconnected before we got letters from him. Like the bond that he and I have had since his birth was snipped and I was feeling a bit panicky. I'm not sure that makes sense to anyone, but it's the best description I could come up with.
Ok, got to get some work done. Thanks for listening to me spew my thoughts.
:)
We are probably moving in about 2 months, and I have to get my butt up to the other house to get it in livable condition before I have to start moving furniture there. This is going to be a very interesting adventure. Due to crappy economy here, we are moving from 2400 sq ft. to 900 sq. ft. It's a temporary move until we can get things stable and then I'm finding a farm and planting my butt. I need some nature. This whole beach thing ain't all it's cracked up to be. Maybe if I had about 100 acres on the Gulf of Mexico that could sustain horses and a boat dock to go do some educational dives every day....THEN I'd be thrilled to live so close to water. But this is concrete and a man made beach, it's just not the same.
I'm writing to Mike tonight and sending pics of the new dog. I had to go get batteries today and now...I can't find my camera. I'll have to write my letter and wait til morning to get the pics. The girls had the camera, so I'll just wait til they are awake and ask them. The chaos of an impending move has the girls area of the house upside down (I'm slowing weeding out unused items and taking them to be donated.) It's not worth searching for it now.
I can't tell you how relieved I am to have heard from Mike. I felt so incredibly disconnected before we got letters from him. Like the bond that he and I have had since his birth was snipped and I was feeling a bit panicky. I'm not sure that makes sense to anyone, but it's the best description I could come up with.
Ok, got to get some work done. Thanks for listening to me spew my thoughts.
:)
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Another letter came today!
Mike wrote to his sisters, and they are thrilled! They are both writing back right now.
He did send an address for us to send mail to him now. So now we can write to him!!! Woohoo!!
I also just looked up how to get there, it's only 13 hours by car. And our route goes past Stone Mountain, Nashville, and then he's close to Churchill Downs so we can go check that out. (I'm a big horse junkie).
He says graduation is in November. No date yet, but I'm ecstatic with any information at this point so we'll just go with that...
:)
He did send an address for us to send mail to him now. So now we can write to him!!! Woohoo!!
I also just looked up how to get there, it's only 13 hours by car. And our route goes past Stone Mountain, Nashville, and then he's close to Churchill Downs so we can go check that out. (I'm a big horse junkie).
He says graduation is in November. No date yet, but I'm ecstatic with any information at this point so we'll just go with that...
:)
Monday, July 28, 2008
OMG! I GOT MY FIRST LETTER TODAY!!
I was sorting out some bills that came today, and found his letter stuck to the back of an electric bill!!! It's been here for hours and I didn't even know it!!!
I'm so happy I can't even think right now.
He didn't date it so I can't figure out how long it took, but he said in it that he won't have an address until the 21st and it was postmarked July 24th.
He sounds like he actually enjoys it!! He said how much he's learned, and how it's great when they work together. He's made some friends with the same MOS as him. The highlight of his letter was when he thanked my husband, Tom, (his step dad) for teaching him good work ethics and discipline. I thought Tom was going to cry. It made my heart fill up and get all warm seeing that written there. I'm sure Tom was just about to burst. He really has always made Mike push himself to do his absolute best, and when we pulled Mike from public school and started homeschooling him, Tom took him to our restaurant and put him to work on a regular schedule (he was 15 at the time). This is where a lot of his serious "training" came from. That kid was one of the best employees we ever had, and not just because he's my son. He worked hard, did what needed to be done, and never once complained because he got burned or because the kitchen was an average of 130 degrees every day. He was respectful to everyone, the customers LOVED him because he's just so nice and good looking. And yes, the waitresses also spent far too much time in the kitchen when Mike was working, but he'd most likely be embarrassed about all that.
I'm so overwhelmed with emotions right now...I cried because I didn't get a letter or a phone call...now I'm crying because I got a letter. Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy.
I need to work but now I might have to take 5 and have a cup of coffee and just enjoy this feeling. :D
I'm so happy I can't even think right now.
He didn't date it so I can't figure out how long it took, but he said in it that he won't have an address until the 21st and it was postmarked July 24th.
He sounds like he actually enjoys it!! He said how much he's learned, and how it's great when they work together. He's made some friends with the same MOS as him. The highlight of his letter was when he thanked my husband, Tom, (his step dad) for teaching him good work ethics and discipline. I thought Tom was going to cry. It made my heart fill up and get all warm seeing that written there. I'm sure Tom was just about to burst. He really has always made Mike push himself to do his absolute best, and when we pulled Mike from public school and started homeschooling him, Tom took him to our restaurant and put him to work on a regular schedule (he was 15 at the time). This is where a lot of his serious "training" came from. That kid was one of the best employees we ever had, and not just because he's my son. He worked hard, did what needed to be done, and never once complained because he got burned or because the kitchen was an average of 130 degrees every day. He was respectful to everyone, the customers LOVED him because he's just so nice and good looking. And yes, the waitresses also spent far too much time in the kitchen when Mike was working, but he'd most likely be embarrassed about all that.
I'm so overwhelmed with emotions right now...I cried because I didn't get a letter or a phone call...now I'm crying because I got a letter. Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy.
I need to work but now I might have to take 5 and have a cup of coffee and just enjoy this feeling. :D
Driving myself nuts while I wait
I need to make more shirts and maybe some coffee cups. bumper stickers. Anything to keep my too preoccupied to get depressed.
You'd think I'd never been able to deal with him being far away before. THAT I can handle. It's being out of touch that totally is no fun.
His sisters are really missing him a lot now too. I keep dreaming that I missed his call and he thinks I don't want to talk to him after that so he never calls me back.
For some reason I just think he's going to think this is all no big deal. He seemed surprised that I wanted to know when graduation was going to be and planned on being there. Maybe he just didn't realize before he left...IT'S A BIG DEAL!!!
Every other mom I see blogging seems so damned together! I wish I could just stop obsessing about him calling me or keeping me informed.
I'll go drive myself nuts while I make some more art...
See you all later!!
:)
You'd think I'd never been able to deal with him being far away before. THAT I can handle. It's being out of touch that totally is no fun.
His sisters are really missing him a lot now too. I keep dreaming that I missed his call and he thinks I don't want to talk to him after that so he never calls me back.
For some reason I just think he's going to think this is all no big deal. He seemed surprised that I wanted to know when graduation was going to be and planned on being there. Maybe he just didn't realize before he left...IT'S A BIG DEAL!!!
Every other mom I see blogging seems so damned together! I wish I could just stop obsessing about him calling me or keeping me informed.
I'll go drive myself nuts while I make some more art...
See you all later!!
:)
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