Everyday View

This is where we live.....everyday its a new adventure to see what kind of progress has been made and what has changed. I honestly do not think the people out here know what they are doing. They started digging a retaining pond ....then they filled it....then they dug it again....and now its filled and it looks like they are putting in a road??? So far there are only 3 of us living on this side of the road.
This week the printer died ......it could probably be fixed but I have tried all I can and the other printer we have for photos, the ink cost as much as a new printer. So I ordered a new one....hoping I can make do without one until it arrives from Amazon. Kids did get School supplies, back packs, school uniforms and new shoes this week. Sage got her CYS Physical done and the Dr found she had a ear infection, but she is good for hopefully some fun classes??? Maddie gets her's Monday, Kael is Tuesday, Weds is open house at the school and Thursday is their 1st day.
So hopefully we will get to some sort of schedule this week..........Hopefully !!!!

The one where Mommy gets back to basics

Sorry about the same pics.....I have taken some just not on the puter yet. So today was Mow day, 100+ but that seems to be the norm this summer. So I started on the front when Sage went down for a nap, and it took probably hour but must take breaks to check on kids and get water before I DIE, so more like hour and 3o mins. By the time I finished and weed eat the front Sage is up. She pretty much rides the jeep around the back yard while I mow but with the playground she gets distracted. So while she was trying to slide down her big brother pushed her.....even though he was warned yesterday and the day before. So for the second time this week he sat at the dining room table and wrote......3 sheets of college rule...
So that is the reason for no new pics...I am physically and mentally burnt tonight. So I will be relaxing soon.....I did pull up some stuff today on Homeless/hungry kids in America to talk about with them( the greed is crazy in this house) Kael got it but Maddie not so much....I asked them last night to help me find Sage's night night binky and both wanted money to help me....UGH !! Was not a good night.....I Know they are young but this is just too much.
So Monday we go to the school and do registration.....Maddie has to take a placement test. Afterwards probably gonna hit the big city for school supplies.....Staples is doing free back packs after rebate and office depot has theirs B1G1 .....no characters this year....just basics ...Have a great Sunday.

plain crazy .......

Today was the kids school physical day, which they tell you only takes a few mins so the kids are scheduled back to back.....well of course the nurse can not find Sage's first year of shots. Sage was born in a civilian hospital and was seen by a private practice since Brian was finishing up his time at Xavier ROTC. So low and behold the records were never put in the computer, just a folder so now the poor nurse has to make us a shot record, along with trying to figure out what shots Kael and Maddie got while we were in Ohio......If you are in the military never...ever go ROTC or recruiter unless you are very close to a base.....it is a nightmare for records. See when we move from base to base it all follows nice and neat but if you have to take it off base oh my lordy. I am joking (somewhat) but since the Army was going to a computer system when we left Bragg for Ohio none of our stuff was entered like it should have but hopefully it will work itself out the years the kids are here.
So between Ohio and Kansas the kids missed some shots.....which thrilled them and me to death. The Nurse today....LOVE HER.....she copied everything for me so I would have a copy at home and was so kind to do all this. We took off to the other side of the hospital to get shots except for paperwork it was fast....Sage was pissed before we even got there, Kael had worked himself into a frenzy and was chanting over and over it's gonna hurt and Maddie who had to have the most just sat there quietly. So again I got a great nurse....she was quick, distracting and gave me personal copies of what she did.....LOVE HER, too. Finally got home for Sage to nap and she had crackers all in her seat, so I took it out to dump it....looked kinda dingy so I must wash it ....take off the cover....ewwww now I must clean whole seat...in the tub .....ewwww .....OMG U don't wanna know......now I must clean tub......all this took 2 hours....so we were late to get some dinner. And get this on the way to get something I came up with the brilliant idea to just "run" into Wal Mart for a bird feeder....hour later we finally got food. And of course the kids are hot,grumpy, and hungry all because I can not focus on (1) thing.......and then I wonder where they get it from.
Tomorrow nothing is "planned" or scheduled so I hope to get paperwork done and bills paid during the silence.......hoping to purge some rooms this week ......wish me luck

Pics from the park on post.....it was 100+ that day so we had it all to ourselves .....all the sane people were at the pool.

Sibling Wars

That is what it feels like here.....plus the trip to NC was no better.....they fight all the time. I am hoping it is just that they have spent too much time together and will get better since school starts soon and I can hopefully get them into some kind of rec program. Today it got so brutal Kael bit Maddie...lovely....at 10:06pm he is still sitting at the dining room table writing 100 times I will not bite Maddie.
As you can see today was the big day for our installation of the play system, see above as to why you see no pics of Kael out there...ahem. Of course Sage straddled a metal pole ( oh my I can not even imagine the pain, but I'm sure quite a few men can....LOL) but 30 mins later she was ready to go back out. We had a nice visit to NC, too short but that is our life now.
Hoping to get some grocery shopping done, post office visits, and recycle.....lots to do with us being gone 3 days. Weds is Dr appt's day for school physical's plus I'm trying to get the kids some extra stuff to do just to keep them busy for the next 2 weeks ( pray they go fast )
Time to go see if he's past 80 yet.....Night y'all

About friggin time.....

there is now a maple syrup without High Fructose Corn Syrup.....Log Cabin has FINALLY come out with one. My Household can go through a bottle like its water but all commercial ones contain HFCS so we have paid almost $6 for a tiny bottle of the "real" stuff. Not anymore, Thank You Log Cabin. On other news Kael lost 2 teeth this weekend, praying that's it for awhile. He woke up this morning with a rash on his face.....same spot and rash that we spent months going to derm's in Ohio about and no one ever figured out what it was or what was causing it.
Maddie and Sage have good day/bad days....we are ALL still adjusting to this deployment. Kael and Maddie Skype with him everyday so it makes it easier.
You will have to forgive me, my brain is fried ......I mowed the front yard today at 1330 ( have to do it when Sage naps ) and I am exhausted. Afterwards we had to go to the commissary and the kids actually behaved??????????????
The pics are from the 4th of July Carnival on Post.


PS....I vacuumed again with my new Vacuum tonight....still LOVE it !!! Good Night

And He's gone

Today was our official first day of deployment and he is very missed by all. Sage looks around but I don't think it fully hit her yet.....but OMG is she being a BRAT. Some of today's highlights were her whipping the other 2 with a glow necklace and refusing to eat her dinner....that one was fun she took her Handy Mandy cup threw it at the wall where it broke....nice huh? Now this can be due to deployment, terrible 2's or just Sage???
Today I got the Mortgage finally on automatic draft, why it had to be so difficult I will never understand??? Got all Kids their Dr's appt's and get this I have to get 6 different appt's .....One day for only School Physical's ....back to back and for CYS ( Army YMCA or Rec department ) I have to go 3 different days. But at least the School Physicals will be done before school and hopefully I can get the kids in some kind of Fall activity??
Maddie had to go to the dentist today for a cleaning and I don't think we will stick with them. 1) They only take kids 3 and older which means I would have to find Sage a different dentist( not a biggie ) 2) The place is not kid friendly....not one bit....no toys, no mags, no books, no TV, and no color......I honestly was so uncomfortable it was very cold feeling. Very Strange place. The Dr was nice but she does not know about GERD ( why Maddie has Caps on 8 teeth) and would have to refer us out to deal with crowding of the teeth. So I need to check with a wife who's hubby went with Brian because they all went to a different dentist Weds.
Speaking of teeth.....Kael lost another one tonight.....that's 2 this week ......pray for me, I hate being the tooth fairy. Well I am off to bed......so the kids will go to sleep so I can sneak in there. These are just 4 of the 12 I took trying to get a decent one.......do you see what I have to deal with??????? Night All

Today was spent trying to figure out how the medical is run here. The kids have to get school physicals done before school. Registration starts on the 19th so I need to get on the ball. I need to get all our medical records turned back in so I must locate that tomorrow. I need to figure out how to get the kids Prescriptions filled/changed over. It drives me bonkers trying to figure out each base's different system. So I have figured out what new vacuum I am gonna get. We went to Lowes tonight and got a rug for the family room floor, a Gardenia bush to hopefully conceal our A/C from the street in the future and a oven lock ( Sage can pull this one open, door is not heavy at all ). It is slowly starting to feel like a home : )
Hopefully I can get some "army" stuff handled tomorrow.....Lots more to come I'm Sure.