I Love These Clothes

I found this website by accident and love their clothes. What do you think?

http://www.shabbyapple.com/

If You Blink You Might Miss Chris

Well Chris is finally home and we are having a perfect weekend. Whlie I was watching the clips of the homecoming on Fox News ther Chris was coming in the hanger off the plane. Its pretty quick so don't blink or you may miss him.

http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-utah-soldiers-return-home,0,2706828.story

He is in clip 2 & 4

20 Hours Till I Stop Counting

Today is the day I thought would never come, the day I stop counting till Chris comes home. He will be home in about 20 hours!!! I have never been happier to spend all day cleaning then at 7:00pm take a sleeping pill, so I can get up at 3:30am to start primping & be out of the house by 4:30am.

Now that I'm at the end of this year I can look back and appreciate the time that has passed.

Here are the things I have learned from this deployment

Chris' absence has made me an completely appreciative wife
Being a single parent has made me a fiercely devoted mom
Seeking & finding true & supportive women has made me truly grateful friend

Thank You everyone for your encouraging words, late nights and help making this year one of the greatest of my life.

I Love You All

I Started To Cry..

Yesterday was one of the worst days I have had in a long time. I got a call from Leia's school early in the morning and I though here we go again. Many of you know that she was diagnosed with Aspergers a type of autism this fall. She has struggled all her life and yesterday she completly broke down and was unable to function at all. After leaving the school yesterday I felt like Leia has such a long hard road ahead of her. All I want is for her to be happy and successful in her life, but sometimes I don't know how we will ever do it. Will she ever be accepted and included by her peers? Will she(we)always have to work four time as hard as everyone else just to pass her classes. Will she ever be able to wear anything but sweats and "soft," clothes. Will she always be afraid of loud sounds, bright lights and all the other things children love. Will she ever stop wanting to take a stuffed animal everywhere she goes.

Well this morning I was checking my facebook page and two of my friends had posted this video. As I was watching I was so grateful that this school and team had encouraged and accepted this young man. Then by the end of the video I was crying. This is what I want for Leia. Not the crowds cheering or the public adoration, but success in what ever she chooses. In otherwords I want her to feel accomplished by her hard work and accepted by her peers.

Today is a new day and I'm grateful and proud of Leia and can't wait to tell her that when she comes home.




http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=life_aspergers

I Love Short, "Tags"

I have been "tagged" many many times in the past few weeks and I always ignore them because I'm to lazy to put forth mental energy to list 25 things about myself. I was just tagged by Camille and I think this should only take a few minutes to get together, so here goes. Plus I'm a little curious to see which picture surfaces.

Here is what you do
1. Go to the 4th picture folder in your computer.
2. Explain what is going on in the 4th picture.



Oh so sweet this is a picture taken one minute after Sam's adoption was finalized. My friend said she wanted a picture with just me and Sam and I typically hate being in pictures, but I thought I would be a horrible mother if I didn't take a picture on Sam's special day.

I now tag

Yvonne
Roseanna
Marissa
Katie

My New Kitchen

Before







After

What do you think?

The Day I Thought Would Never Come

No its not the day for Chris to come home, but it is Feb 1st which means hopefully I will see him this month.

HOORAY!!