It has been months since I blogged about life here in my neck of the woods.
My husband finally made it home from deployment and after a short stay in Virginia, he is home in Arkansas with us. All the children were filled with delight to have daddy home, including those spoiled rotten babies of mine. (lillian 9 1/2 months now, Hailey 22 months) They had both taken to their daddy in no time, thanks so much to the wonderful world of Skype, the children were always able to keep in touch.
Since my last post alot has happened. Of course for those who don't know us yet, my husband has been in the Navy for 10 years and during this last deployment, we had to accept a change we never seen coming. They no longer have a job in the Navy for my husband so we are civilian life bound. He is on terminal leave and will be honerably discharged at the first of June.
This has forced me to become ever so frugal. Well, only have the purchase of a new pontoon. New to us that is, we still sunk a pretty penny into it. Now I spend my days searching for freebies, ad matches, online money making opportunities, clipping coupons, and ocassionally cleaning the house, tehe!
At the moment we don't have the luxery of wic or any of those nice little programs to help push us along and I am hoping assetts don't keep us from qualifying in the future. I have cut back on every corner I can imagine, probably the biggest blow is to my clothing shopping addiction for my kids! Oh, how I miss the days I dressed each of my kids for success daily. Now days I cringe at half the outfits they put on, but I suppose they are fortunate enough to have nice clean clothing, even if those labels are not the ones I prefer!
It has been so wonderful having my husband home. Oh yes, to have him here to help do manly things is such a joy! Of course also those nightime bottles and diaper changings. I missed him for those dearly! He is one awesome man to share those responsibilites with me :P
I am dissapointed in myself a bit because as I have sank down into this funk and become the not so good housekeeper I once was. Laundry is piled up,a mountain of it on our loveseat (estimate 10 loads) waiting to be put up and another mountain (estimate 4 large loads)in front of the washer waiting to be washed. I will finish today, however, tonight there will be three more loads awaiting me :I Next mission, learn how to make my own detergent! Bleh...
The kitchen does not get cleaned right after dinner anymore, and I am trying to figure out why not. Oh, well of course because I dont do it and have become ever so slack on the childrens chores. This time of year the events just pile up. We are busy with our own kids Birthdays as well as attending others, spring cleaning (of the garage and outside), school activities and field trips, spring festivals, the list just goes on and on. I am not sure slowing down will occur...in the next 20 years...
I absolutely love my life and would not change it for the world. My husband and I are trying to decide if we want to build the house of our dreams or perhaps get a "modular" home. Although ages ago we both swore off ever living in one, I find ourselves looking deeper and deeper into a cash discount (payinig out of pocket cash and not having a monthly mortgage)for the extra cash in our pocket. Saying this, we already own one house which we carry a full mortgage on and, two mortgages sounds very scary when noone has a job!
That is the huge stresser in life right now. Aside from the messy house and honery kids. I have hardly worked out of the home and I am not prepared to leave my beautiful little blessings in the care of someone else. My husband is learning "finding a job", veteran or not in this economy, ha...is not quiet as easy as he had imagined.
Well, that is all the updates I have for now. Life is good, looking foward to spending the summer on the lake, if we can afford gas prices. Perhaps my blog will bring a little income my way :D
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