The Christmas Tree

Attempting to put a Christmas tree away after being sick for two days sucks. And why did I think it would be a great idea to organize the ornaments too? Geez I am a gluten for punishment.
I love our Christmas tree. I love the ornaments. The old ones from Grandma's tree and Mamaw and Papaws tree, the ones the kids have made, the beautiful delicate eclectic ornaments we have picked up, but I HATE taking them all down. I don't even mind putting them all up. Because it is fun finding ones that you forget about for a year. But putting it away is not only depressing but so time-consuming. Oh well time to get back to it.

Just another day

                    Another day another day. I wish it were like the saying goes "another day another dollar". Working for yourself that is never the case, though. We have hit our slow down. Now we have almost three months with very little work, which means very little pay. It is hard to complain, though. This gives us time that so many people do not have. I guess you take the good with the bad. So many people wish they had time to spend with their families and that is never really been a problem for us. Our boys could never say that we did not spend enough time with them. However, it does add to our stress level.
                    Stress. Sigh. It is always there. Oh well
                    Our Airman got word he will be deployed this Summer. Not good news for us but he is excited. He has always been the adventurous one. He has never been afraid of anything. He was the first one to jump off cliffs into the lake. All we can do is pray. God will watch over him and keep him safe.

A New Begining

And so it begins. It's the day after Christmas. Our Airman is getting ready to leave for his base after his surprise Christmas visit. The grandbaby is napping and our world will soon be back to "normal". 
This Christmas was such a blessing. Sitting at church looking down the row and seeing all of our family together. As new military parents, I knew the chances of him being home were slim to none. And so many parents did not get to spend their Holiday with their child.
I am truly blessed and grateful. But saying "see you soon" is never easy. 

I am not really sure what my intention is with this blog. I think it is more just a way for me to speak out loud what I am thinking and feeling. Of course, hubby is a great sounding board and he gets most of my thoughts. But sometimes it helps for me to be able to write them down as well. So while this may not be a blog that gets any attention at all except for my random postings it will serve its purpose.