Update

Still have the eye twitch, lol. I am trying a few things. A friend suggested taking my vitamins more regularly, that helped her when she had the same issue. Another said she had same thing and after about two weeks it was gone. So I'll do both, wait two weeks and remember my daily multivitamin.

What I learned today

I was reading my sister's blog and at the end of today's post she asked "what did you learn today" Oh boy. Do you rreeeallllly wanna know??

1. Husbands can be dunderheads at times. At least he freely admits this and apologized. I fixed the problems his dunderheadedness (is that a word?) caused with much cursing and general pissy-ness. It didn't help I was minorly annoyed with him to begin with when the issues arose. He'll be home on R&R soon and I will make him grovel. (smooch babe)

2. Sisters living down the street can be rather cool. I was stressed out earlier due to number one on my list and my sis Lisa called and asked if my kids could come down and keep hers occupied outside so they could finish unpacking. Hell Yeah. We both were able to get some things accomplished around our houses and the kids stayed out of our way. This could be a good thing!

3. Did you know that having an eye twitch for 48 hours is annoying? It's intermittent and I read that it's a sign of stress. Haha. Cure is either time or a botox shot. I'll pass for now.

4. And I learned that I'm very stressed out. Imagine that. I tend to hide it but after a while if I don't get stress relief, I get short with people and pissy. I've felt rather invisible lately and it just got to me. I hope to be back to myself asap now that I know I'm stressed. No hitting trees or walls or anything like that. Maybe I'll go hit a few thousand wiffle balls to the kids in the backyard tomorrow then spend an hour "testing" my new portable hammock I bought myself. I can lay there watching the kids play and imagine all the fun things I can make my husband do when he gets home. You know, so he can get back on my good side. Hehe.

Neighbor, Part Two

Lisa, Patrick, and I went to look at the house today. Yeah I hope they get it. It's wonderful. Perfect. Fabulous. I'm jealous. Never had a rental look that nice and be so perfect for me, lol.

Eerie

It's amazing the difference it makes when you have one child less. It's rather quiet here. My 7 yo is having a tea party/slumber party at my friend Laura's house. It's something she wants to do with all 3 of the girls on weekends when she doesn't have her son. 7yo got to go first. My son gets to go when her son is home.
It's just so eerily calm here and Maddie isn't the loudest child. It must just throw the others for a complete loop when one of them is gone. Bethy's been reading. On the porch swing til she gets too hot (it's 90 still and it's 8pm already)then on the couch til she cools off. Andy's off counting his transformers or maybe playing air guitar to Bethy's radio. Sarah's just been following the two of them around, being the ever so annoying baby sister, lol.

I do know this is the calm before the storm, haha. Sis Lisa and her children are invading tonight.

Nerf Rocks

I bought a Nerf dart gun for my husband for Father's Day (SURPRISE!) I got it out to see if it worked and all that. Wow this thing is cool. I spent the afternoon shooting the TV and the front window of my house.
I think I need to go get another one for him now, lol.

Coffee Rant

Okay, I know it's not Starbucks, but I happen to really like McDonalds iced coffee. I always get the large Hazelnut through the drive thru. I have an issue with the McD's in our town (both of them) never making it the same way twice. The one by my old work up north does it best. I was at Walmart today and got one as I was headed back home. They didn't even put any sugar syrup or flavoring in it. So I got Coffee and cream over ice.
My coffee MUST be sweet! That's why I buy the iced coffee there. I had popsicles in my car and it was very hot out so I didn't want to go in and complain(plus I was already halfway home). Thankfully when I got home I remembered I had some caramel coffee syrup in the fridge. Now I have a caramel iced coffee that isn't bad at all.
I've worked in the food business too long. I hate when people make stuff wrong. I get pissy. I would think people would be trained on how to make things correctly. My friends know of my aversion to the local KFC. Their customer service is non-existent and they don't know how to be prepared for a dinner rush or place a food order so they dont' run out of things. The manager is a rude person and I've called the corporate number to complain about her store. I don't eat there anymore, btw. Thankfully I can live without fried chicken. I'm not so sure I can live without my iced coffee, lol.

Happy Birthday!!

Just wishing my husband a very happy birthday. Not his birthday yet here stateside, but he's already turned a year older "over there".
See you soon hon.

Sigh

We just had our first ER visit of the deployment last night. My 7 yo cut her forehead on the porch swing. She now knows not to bend over in front of it when her 9 yo sis is still swinging. I took her to the ER because it looked pretty deep. They ended up using dermabond on it. So she has a shiney glue spot in between her eyes.

I know it's not my last visit, lol. When the dr office called this morning after they got their ER report fax, I reassured them she was okay since the hospital paperwork said "head injury". They were happy it was just a minor thing and didn't need stitches.

Now taking bets on how many more trips we will have this summer. My youngest two have been learning to ride two wheelers the past few weeks and so far just scraped knees and elbows.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

My sis and her husband are moving back to town. Into my basement to be exact. Or so we thought??
A few weeks ago when they were finalizing moving down here and starting to look for jobs and such, my brother in law supposedly told my sister that the only way he'd move in town was if they could move to my street.
This morning I discover a "for rent" sign on a house 4 doors down. The price is right and they don't mind Wendy, the cat. Sis and her husband are looking at it next week and putting in an application. I hope they get it! Sis already has a job not far away. That's why they were going to move in with me for a short time as her current apartment is 3 hours away and new job is only 20 minutes.
What is really funny is yesterday there were people there doing some work and I was going to jokingly ask if they had thought maybe to rent it out and that I had someone that would be interested.