Yes! I got one of those wonderful e-mails that I hope to get every few months that I work extremely hard for on top of everything else I do. I got picked to get another Influenster VoxBox!
~Does a little happy dance~
Okay, whew! That also means, you as my readers, get to see the items I get to try and review, just like my previous posts. I am so very excited to see what this VoxBox holds for me and well you too!
Stay tuned! I should be getting this box in the next week or so, and I will try the products accordingly.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Foreign Lands, New Places, New Faces
I know I haven't wrote for a bit after my last blog. Still a lot going on. Once you think you have most of your "to-do" list done, you're not.
Whats up with my title of this blog?
My husband has a new duty station, but due to some OPSEC rules I wont name it for now, especially since I'm not sure if I'm staying or going.
I've been torturing myself over and over with what decision to make. Should I go with him? Should I stay in Augusta (Which is where I've grown up), near my dad and brother, or should I move to ATL with my best friend and her better half?
If I don't go he will only be gone for a year. If I do then its a chance that my daughter and I and him will be there for 2-3 years. I don't want to miss such a great opportunity but there are other little snags that may stop my daughter and I from going. (Baby Daddy stuff, if you've got one, or Hey even a baby momma, I am sure you can sympathize with me)
If I stay here, I will work my butt of to get a job outside the home to keep myself busy and get my daughter in daycare for her socializing self, and get a easy step in to get on the Pre-K list. (Which here in GA is lottery funded and only a set amount of spots are open in each place offering Pre-K).
However, even though my brother and dad are here, I and mainly my husband feel that I will not be getting the support the I need while hes gone (Emotionally, financial support is not an issue).
If I go to ATL, then I have my bestie who is the best support ever, but I dont know Atlanta very well at all, and I'd have to pack up everything and move up there and find a place a job etc..
Did I mention that we have until January to do this? Not even ALL of January because projected leave date for him is the 10th. So, packing while trying to do the holidays too is not the best idea.
I am sure you see my dilemma now, keep in mind I spared everyone with the nitty gritty details. ~Sigh~...Life, what a wonderful, crazy, roller coaster ride of unpredictability.
Whats up with my title of this blog?
My husband has a new duty station, but due to some OPSEC rules I wont name it for now, especially since I'm not sure if I'm staying or going.
I've been torturing myself over and over with what decision to make. Should I go with him? Should I stay in Augusta (Which is where I've grown up), near my dad and brother, or should I move to ATL with my best friend and her better half?
If I don't go he will only be gone for a year. If I do then its a chance that my daughter and I and him will be there for 2-3 years. I don't want to miss such a great opportunity but there are other little snags that may stop my daughter and I from going. (Baby Daddy stuff, if you've got one, or Hey even a baby momma, I am sure you can sympathize with me)
If I stay here, I will work my butt of to get a job outside the home to keep myself busy and get my daughter in daycare for her socializing self, and get a easy step in to get on the Pre-K list. (Which here in GA is lottery funded and only a set amount of spots are open in each place offering Pre-K).
However, even though my brother and dad are here, I and mainly my husband feel that I will not be getting the support the I need while hes gone (Emotionally, financial support is not an issue).
If I go to ATL, then I have my bestie who is the best support ever, but I dont know Atlanta very well at all, and I'd have to pack up everything and move up there and find a place a job etc..
Did I mention that we have until January to do this? Not even ALL of January because projected leave date for him is the 10th. So, packing while trying to do the holidays too is not the best idea.
I am sure you see my dilemma now, keep in mind I spared everyone with the nitty gritty details. ~Sigh~...Life, what a wonderful, crazy, roller coaster ride of unpredictability.
Monday, October 7, 2013
This past week....seriously?
I know everyone knows whats going on with the whole "Government Shutdown" thing right? Yeah, because it isn't plastered all over the news and internet enough. Well, just in case I never mentioned it because I don't think I did, we are a military family, and also my dad works for the government himself.
The only thing that really affected us, and not by much, was the commissary closing for a few days to a week. I only go there mostly for a few pick up items or if I know it has a better price on an item or more coupons to use than other stores I go to.
Other than that I am trying to get readjusted to ANOTHER schedule change of my husband's. He has finished another 3 months of school since he is on the school option, which if it works right 3 months on 3 months off. He is back at work now working days where as when we first met back in 2011 he started working nights. On top of that he is also an NCO and does get extra duties to do at the last minute, say, like the other day, Staff Duty 6:30 am on one day to 6:30 am to the next. Yup, you read that right. Then, he'll come home and sleep.
This causes a readjustment for our daughter as well with trying to understand where he goes ALL day instead of half a day and so on. It also causes issues with trying to get a job outside the home. We are also planning and rearranging a new budget for our family so maybe in between paydays it won't be so tough.
This is the life we chose, and while its difficult, it wonderful too. A typical life of roller-coasters of good and bad, awesome and awful.
The only thing that really affected us, and not by much, was the commissary closing for a few days to a week. I only go there mostly for a few pick up items or if I know it has a better price on an item or more coupons to use than other stores I go to.
Other than that I am trying to get readjusted to ANOTHER schedule change of my husband's. He has finished another 3 months of school since he is on the school option, which if it works right 3 months on 3 months off. He is back at work now working days where as when we first met back in 2011 he started working nights. On top of that he is also an NCO and does get extra duties to do at the last minute, say, like the other day, Staff Duty 6:30 am on one day to 6:30 am to the next. Yup, you read that right. Then, he'll come home and sleep.
This causes a readjustment for our daughter as well with trying to understand where he goes ALL day instead of half a day and so on. It also causes issues with trying to get a job outside the home. We are also planning and rearranging a new budget for our family so maybe in between paydays it won't be so tough.
This is the life we chose, and while its difficult, it wonderful too. A typical life of roller-coasters of good and bad, awesome and awful.
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