The countdown begins....

We have less than 10 wks left!!! Obviously, I can't say exactly how many less, but still. We are in single digits. We have been doing this for over 13 months now, and I am tired of it. So close! I can't wait to be married for real again. And for the kids to have daddy back. And to hang out with someone other than my tivo at night. Real adult conversation every day. Talking to my hubby for more than 15 minutes at a time; every day instead of a few times a week. Having another parent at home to help make decisions and change diapers and run errands and and and....

I walked 4 miles today pushing a stoller (the 2 little ones combined weigh 45 lbs), and I feel great. Must do this every day. Must lose 20 lbs before hubby returns. Must stick to diet.

So excited.

YAY ME!

I had a really good day. It started out good when I got on the scale and *drumroll* I AM BACK TO MY PRE-PREGNANCY WEIGHT!!!! Now, granted, bear-bear was 8 mo old when I got preggo w/ little man, and I was still 10 lbs above my pre-preggo weight w/ her, and I was 10 lbs over my lightest when I got preggo w/ her, so I still have 20 lbs to go for that goal, 30 total to hit my end goal, but still. Moms everywhere will understand why it is still a huge deal.

THEN, I took the kids to the halloween party at Old Navy (yes, I know it is a shameless promotion to get people to come in because they inevitably buy something, but I went because 1. It was something to do - and 3-small-child friendly things are in short supply here, and 2. They were giving free t-shirts to kids who dressed up, and mine had been begging to wear their costumes), and they gave me a pull-off-the-sticker-to-see-what-you-win card, and I got $50 off my purchase, *with no minimum purchase*. So I got a t-shirt for each kid, 2 pairs of pants for me, a pair of capri-cargos for me, and 2 shirts for me for $8.50. My total before discounts was $88. I AM THE UBER-JEW. : ).

Why?!?!?!?

would you work for the military if you don't like the military and are going to be rude to soldiers and spouses???

Stupid civilians....

Seriously, there are too many websites...

And too many people with too much time on their hands...

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So, it's been a while....

But things finally seem to have settled down, so hopefully I can get back to updating regularly.

So, I had a mommy moment earlier. I cleaned out my freezer (and fridge, and pantry... methinks I might be nesting a bit - in preparation for the hubby to come home, not because I am preggers again. Because I am not. Don't even think that way.) and laid out some tomato sauce to use for spaghetti for dinner. Or what I thought was tomato sauce. When I went to start dinner at 4:30, I discovered that one of the 3 bowls I pulled out of the freezer was not tomato sauce, but chili. (I have a habit of freezing my leftover tomato sauce to use next time, then inevitably forget to use it, which is why I had multiple containers in the first place.) Well, it is 4:30, the little people are starting to riot out of hunger, and I have nothing else thawed or quickly available. So guess what I did? I put the chili, tomato sauces, and some random spaghetti-type seasonings in a pot and served it with angel hair (and told the kids it was spaghetti). The kids loved it. I had some too. It was actually really good. I don't know that I will be adding beans and chili seasoning and fajita seasoning (that is the secret to good chili) to my spaghetti sauce always, but it was actually damn tasty. And you know what I did with the leftover sauce? Right back into the freezer. Hopefully I will remember it is there lol.

So it was my anniversary 2 days ago. 6 yrs. Tonight, when I had both girls bent over in front of me awaiting their "butt-cream" (You have to be a mother to understand why I had them bent over lol), I realized that if someone had told me that I would be were I am 6 yrs ago on my wedding day, I would have run screaming. I love my life (except the whole single parent-trying to keep a marriage together from 8000 mi-being alone all the time part), but 6 yrs ago, I would NEVER have thought that is would be were I would end up. I didn't want kids when we got married (had 3 in 4 yrs), didn't want to be a military wife (4 yrs of that now, with 25 months apart during that time when all is said and done), didn't want to be an overwieght housewife (yes, I realize it is baby-weight. Doesn't make me feel better when I look in the mirror and know this is what my hubby is coming home to in a few months), etc. But, I am very happy with my life. My kids are awesome, I can't wait for the hubby to get home, and I am really looking forward to our plans for what we want to do after we leave this God-forsaken town. It is just strange looking back at the person I was 6 yrs ago. It is like looking at a stranger.