Sorry I’m a little late with my blog post today! I spent my morning running errands and visited one of my favorite shopping destinations… a fabric store! About 10 minutes or so from the Ramstein mall, this little shop has always had what I needed for my sewing projects. From thread, to notions, to a [...]
January 26, 2012
The land of Tir na Nog
Today I’m am officially declaring war on the laundry… no really… it IS going to happen… I mean it… and I’m going to finish all of the dishes… every. single. last one… hey – who’s snickering way in the back? Then I will make sure I have enough time to decorate my house with lovely [...]
January 25, 2012
Tea time with Miss Muffet and Mr Wayne
One of the wonderful things about having another adult in the house to share responsibilities is the slow and steady reappearance of more ‘free time’. While Seth is deployed, much of my day is spent caring for our young children as well as the cooking, cleaning, and planning needed for running the household. Free time [...]
January 24, 2012
Addicted to Nutella, Pie, and Instagram
So the other day a friend of mine left me a lovely link on facebook to a Nutella Recipe. YAY! Which led me to a website stating that yesterday, January 23rd, was National Pie Day. WAIT. just. a second. Did someone forget to send me the Memo?!?! (or is it under the stack of papers [...]
January 23, 2012
Reintegration and Redeployment: One week later
Slowly but surely things are starting to feel normal in our home. I would say the first 2 or 3 days (Day 0, 1, and 2) were the typical “honeymoon phase” where it’s almost too good to be true. Seth likens it to being in a television show – you are aware you are there, [...]
January 21, 2012
Reintegration: Why am I not sleeping?
The first few days that Seth was home, were blissfully wonderful. He would roll over or shift in his sleep and I would be INSTANTLY AWAKE. Then a happy wide sleepy smile would spread over my face when I realized why. This ‘happy wide sleepy smile’ phenomena lasted all of… 3 nights. Part of the challenge is [...]
January 20, 2012
Coping with Stress: Reintegration and Redeployment
My husband has never been a man to sit still. He has to be constantly doing something. This personality trait also makes him a fantastic husband. If I cook and set everything out for dinner, he takes the lead afterwards by doing the dishes. Because we have small children, there is always a short period [...]
January 19, 2012
How do I subscribe or follow a blog?
Today I wanted to take a side step from sharing our “Deployment Reintegration Adventure” for a moment. (Golly! That phrase makes it sound like yet another movie in the Griswold Family series!) As a blogger, I love interacting and connecting with each of you through comments, facebook, and twitter. Household6Diva.com has grown into an amazing online community [...]
January 18, 2012
Precious moments to remember
Today I am accompanying my husband to work for Reintegration Communication Training – So I thought I’d share a few pictures from the day we brought Daddy home… One of the few I have from the gym… Walking up our stairwell… Opening Daddy’s Welcome Home presents… Girl Scout Cookies! Maggie insisted she wanted to give [...]
January 17, 2012
Welcome Home ‘Honeymoon’ and the first fight of Reintegration
When my husband returns from a long separation, there is a predictable season called “The Honeymoon”. During these first few days, the time spent together is almost completely euphoric. And then. The first bump in the road comes along. When Seth redeployed (came home) from his second 12 month deployment, Jacob was 10 months old. [...]
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January 27, 2012
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