Rockin' Mama Blogger Award!

My sweet mommy friend Amanda thinks I am worthy of this >>>>>

I'm not sure I actually am but I feel honored anyway. Amanda is a wonderful woman and a great mother to her three gorgeous kiddos, Josh, Gillian, and Reagan. She has a very inspiring faith in God and I love her extra because our political views are almost just alike! Thanks Amanda for picking me and for keeping Cliff in your prayers!


It's gonna be tough picking ladies who haven't already been picked because while I have a small circle of blog friends like Andrea all the ladies in that small circle rock and have mostly been chosen for the award already. So forgive me if I pick someone for a second time!

• First on my list is Devon! Devon is one of the funniest women I know, this girl can find humor in anything and can always make people laugh! She is a terrific mother and awesome sister to her brother that is fighting cancer.

• Second is Kulia. Kulia has become a very dear and helpful friend to me during Cliff's deployment. She always has words of wisdom to offer as she is a navy wife. I respect many things about her including the love she has for sweet Maya, her healthy lifestyle, and her passion about politics, as well as the way she writes!

• Third is Mary Ann. She is a wonderful mommy to one year old Sam and is pregnant with her second son! That in itself is very admirable! She is also an extremely sweet person and you can tell with every word she writes that she loves her family and her life!

• Fourth is Helen, yes even though she's taking the rest of the summer off from blogging. Helen is a busy mom of three beautiful girls. She always has awesome recipes and seems to keep her household organized and in tip top shape!

• Fifth is Laura. Like Amanda Laura has an awesome and inspiring faith in God. She teaches that to her sweet daughter Maya. She is also pregnant with a baby boy. She is an all around sweetheart and a wonderful person!

Where have I been?

My lack of posting, comes not from having nothing to say, but from having so much to say that I don't know where to begin. My last month has been a roller coaster of emotional highs and lows. There was that pre-Cliff coming home period where I was stressed and bitchy beyond belief and then there was that nearly two weeks of heaven when he came home and I realized my husband didn't love me any less and didn't act any different....unless you count the fact that I know we fell more in love while he was home! Then there was his leaving which was much worse than I thought and then the re-healing.

Now my dear sweet mother whom I could talk forever about had a major surgery this past Wednesday and it has been harder than I could ever put into words to watch her in her current state. My 6 year old brother is practically living with me now which adds a wee bit more stress to my plate, but my main focus for now is my family and trying to take the role of my mother and keep us all happy and sane.

I haven't blogged mostly because when I do find the time I think where do I start? I should post in order...I can't post about my mom's surgery and then about Cliff's leave and things in between here and there because that's not chronololgically correct....BUT if you know me you know I RARELY do things in an organized manner! So, I'm saying to hell with that, I'll post whatever I want whenever I want, it is afterall MY blog ;) Who knows what I'll post next!?