Ever have one of those DOH moments as a parent?

Ever have one of those DOH moments as a parent? That was me tonight. Our 11 1/2 month old daughter has been teething and trying her best to sleep in her crib in her room and mommy (me) has been trying to help. I had been leaving her bedroom door cracked. WRONG!!! (Thank you mom for the heads up!) I may have to install a webcam with night vision though not being able to go and physically see her was driving me nuts. Then since I closed her door I wanted to provide her some comfort in the form of a little light.... Wrong again! DOH! I realized in my sleepless delirium that she was waking up and fuss crying every 30 minutes or so. Recalling when she slept in our room she slept better sooner and longer when I would have all the lights off and the tv off, I figured I'd go turn off the "comfort" light I provided. NO wait if I enter and my presence is observed or detected that is another scream and yell at mommy and then a crying fit for then next hour. hmmm... Then it hit me, turn off the power to just her room. WOW !!! talk about instant gratification, she stopped mid fuss and was back to snoring in less than a minute. Off to bed for me now.

Test Deployment (Seperation)

First a little back ground. This will be the first extended deployment Chaos and I have been through. This short 2 month trial run was nice. Chaos has been at training for his latest deployment for the past 2 months, but got a small 1 week reprieve where he could come home before he's gone for 10 months. It's been nice having him here. I mean don't get me wrong I missed him before, I just realized how much more I already missed him over the past 2months and how much stronger I'll have to be for our little family.

Things were bumpy the first 24 hours. Let's see the day he arrived lawnmower broke, I cut open the bottom of my foot and the dog ran away (the dog was found with in 30minutes). I swore a long time ago I should right country songs. But I digress, besides I like country music along with everything else. Other than that we've been having fun just spending time together.

This coming up weekend is the Korean Thanksgiving holiday (which Chaos' side of our family still follow), so we'll be visiting relatives the last few hours before Chaos has to leave back for base. "Que sera sera - whatever will be will be "


or "Hakuna matata" (Did you know that is a Swahili phrase? I didn't it literally translated as "There are no worries"


or "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"


or as Bobby Mcferrin said best "Don't Worry Be Happy"

Introductions

To say the least life has been total Chaos! I need to think of nicknames for my husband and son. So from now on I'll call my husband, ChaosRacer or Chaos for short (ok so I'll try and think of something better, but for now it fits.) Our son will be nicknamed "The Imp" (I doubt I'll change that).

Welcome & Overview

This blog is to bring some order to my day to day wandering mind.
Such as informative links, ideas, wishes, to do's and things I've done.

There will be Links galore on all subjects and:

• Pictures of - my son, gardens, crafts, patterns in the world, & different states
• Military information for - Navy, duty stations, Army, benefits, spouses, families, children, IA's (Individual Augmentees) & deployments
• Crafts - sewing, shrinky dinks, scrap booking, children friendly arts and craft projects, knitting, crocheting, wood working, & whatever else floats my boat
  
• Computers - free software downloads, Linux, hacks, XP, and Vista
• Hacks & Recycling - life, digital photography, crafts, gardening, energy, repurposing, free stuff (where to find) & household
  
• Gardening - kitchen gardens (vegetables, herbs & edible flowers) and gardening (sprouts, aeroponic, aquaponics, and hydroponics)
• Health - my fitness regiment, alternative and natural cures, eating habits, migraines, baby & children tried remedies, & female issues (monthly, pregnancy & edited to keep it family oriented)
  
• Cooking for - health, weight loss, with children, sneaky healthy recipes & foods
• Consumer Services & Products Review - video service providers, tv providers (cable, satellite, & internet), cellular, home phone, oil companies, satellite radio,internet, credit cards, banks, libraries, parks, favorite stores (internet & actual), internet music, baby - toddler - children - general products, diapers, etc etc etc
  
• Educational -anything educational else that doesn't fit else where
• Korean - Korean language (Hangul), music, movies, dramas, K-Pop, recipes, foods, clothing, customs, art, children's song's, stories and what ever else I can learn or find
  
• Entertainment - internet & real life games, music, movies, books, & etc