Posted by That Hooah Wife on Nov 7, 2009 in
OEF 2009,
Photography It’s been a week since I stated working on some of my goals regularly. So far it’s going pretty well. I spent alot of time this week beating the house into shape. Doing the deeper cleaning required to bring it to regular maintenance level. I’m happy to say, I am now able to dust and vacuum only and keep it looking good.
I also started regularly using my Clinique 3 step program regularly. At least twice per day. Sometimes I miss one, but I’m seeing results. Those silly bumps (not pimples, just bumps) are diminishing noticeably, my skin tone is evened out alot.
Yesterday, I got some baking supplies, and started baking goodies to send to Hubby and his squad. For the first time using less mixes and more fresh baked. I made almost three dozen chocolate chip with walnut cookies last night. Really liking having a stand mixer. It makes the dough so much easier to mix. Also in the plan are brownies, Peanut Butter Blossoms, and sugar cookies cut in Turkey shapes since I can’t send him a turkey on Thanksgiving. I also found a recipe for no bakes that doesn’t use oatmeal, so I’m going to mix up some of those too.
Every day I stay busy is another day that doesn’t drag on endlessly, and another day closer to him coming home. I’m not watching the news, just checking my “official” email. A Day with no emails is another day I know he’s ok. Taking the good where I can find it, and pushing through the rest. I’m not gonna wallow, I’m not going to sit here feeling sorry for myself, I’m going to do what I do best. Support the man I Love.
Posted by That Hooah Wife on Aug 15, 2009 in
OEF 2009,
Photography I took my girls out to spend their Gramma money today. Brenna bought a Twilight book, Alyssa chose a tshirt and potato chips. I decided to spend a little Hunny Money on some stuff myself. I love when the px gets in “retro” tshirts. I just can’t seem to resist them. Especially since the majority of the tshirts I had have magically disappeared. Damned teenage daughters wearing my size…sigh.
1. My Dell Mini from yesterday
To the left in the little holder is my cell phone, that should give you a decent idea of how small this laptop is. Also…I adore that cell holder. My oldest got it for me for Christmas in 06.
2. The first Tshirt…cracks me up!
for those NOT old enough to remember this movie, it is “Gizmo” from the movie Gremlins.
3. 
Pink Panther!!
4. Miss piggy on a Harley!
To this day I remember torturing my Mom and Grandparents with watching the muppets EVERY week…lol
5. We’re off to see the Wizard…
Also, I shopped for some cards to send Hubby. And i knew I found the perfect one when my oldest daughter picked it off the rack (they were helping) and said “ewww this one is gross!”. Needless to say it’s the first one I’m sending!…lol
It said something about knowing how much I miss him when feeling produce at the grocery store has NOTHING to do with freshness. I am a little traumatized that my 15 year old got the joke…
Posted by That Hooah Wife on Jul 25, 2009 in
OEF 2009,
Photography Today, I’m going to share one of my silly survival tactics for deployments. The Tshirt trick. This first thing you do is find your husband’s favorite tshirt. This ensures it will be really soft and cuddly from the amount of wear. When you’re about 3-4 days from the deployment, have him wear it after a fresh shower, with cologne/body spray whatever. He’ll need to wear it for about 3 days. Don’t ewwww at me, yes it will be a little (very little) ripe but it needs to be.
Then, you find something cuddly. I used one of his pillows the first time, this time I chose a floppy teddy bear. You spray the item with his body spray, or cologne, whatever he uses regularly. And then you put the tshirt over it. If you’re like me, the body spray doesn’t do anything for you straight out of the bottle. It only works for me, when combined with HIS scent. Hence the semi-ripe, but not horribly smelly tshirt. Place the shirt on your cuddly object of choice and Poof! you can cuddle with it at night, and have the comforting smell of your man with you all night. Without the snoring, and morning breath!
Disclaimer: Author claims no responsibility for wild dreams, fuzz up your nose, or random drooling.
Posted by That Hooah Wife on Jun 17, 2009 in
Photography You’ve heard of people accidently sitting on anthills? Well if you do that in Washington, you’d have to be blind. Seriously. This, is an anthill here.
Mind you this is a smaller one. I’ve seen them up to 2-3 feet high. Absolutely amazing. What you can’t see is that this hill is glistening with all the moving ants. So I took a crop from it to show how many ants are in just one small section.
That’s…alot of friggin ants. All I can say…is thank God the spiders aren’t as populated.
Posted by That Hooah Wife on May 28, 2009 in
Army Events,
Photography I don’t have any rambling to do today, but I did promise pictures from the Ball. So…here they are, along with a shot I grabbed at the firing range as hubby and I drove around the back roads last weekend.
Posted by That Hooah Wife on Apr 11, 2009 in
Photography 
Finally, the perfect coffee mug for me…hehe! Thanks to my Mom in Law:)
Posted by That Hooah Wife on Feb 16, 2009 in
Photography Oh yeah, I guess we had Valentine’s Day. Well, hubby wasn’t here so, it wasn’t much of a big deal for me. But it was for my kiddo. She has a boyfriend. And this time, she CALLS him that, and counts the time they’ve been together. Awwww!! He’s a cute one too. A fellow Army brat even, so that makes it easier. She pined by the phone all weekend, and he finally called her yesterday apologizing profusely for not calling. Smart guy. She went to hang out with him and ended up with a Rose, candy, and a stuffed doggy. It’s just so cute.
Meanwhile I got to torture her with the camera. I have FINALLY figured out how to get good pics of her. Bee is my camera hating child. Her sister is a ham, but this one oh lord. I usually get a look like the following.
Sometimes worse. But I’ve found these pictures turn out better than trying to pose her. She just can’t fake a smile, and I have to accept that. So going with that idea, I got this next one while she was waiting for the boyfriend to get online.
What do you know, I can shoot people!
Posted by That Hooah Wife on Feb 11, 2009 in
Bad Wife No Bon Bon,
C'est La Vie,
Photography 
I totally fucked up. That’s right, I used the F word, that should tell you something. Yes, I know I use it alot but not usually in my blog. Anyhow, enough of the review of my bad manners. I cannot be trusted with technology. See up there?? That’s my new cell phone. It is awesome. It flips open o reveal a keyboard. [Random: on local news, the headline spoken was "Get ready to pay more for your porn". /boggle] Anyhooooo. Hubby’s cell was the last number I had dialed from said phone before he left for his training. Sunday night he calls, and says “did you call me this morning?”. Hmm…no, no I’m sure I didn’t. His phone started ringing, at a time when cell phones are strictly forbidden to be used. Yes we discussed the fact that his should have been turned off. So after we hang up. I check my call history. There it was. 8:43am, I somehow called my husband. I assume I slid the phone into my hoodie pocket, and bumped the send button when I leaned across a counter or something.
Did I stop there? Noooooo. Yesterday it snowed here. So I used my in phone camera to take a picture. I wrote a message with it, and intended to save it as a draft to send later. Did I? Nope, I jumped right onboard the failboat, and it sent. Now, I haven’t heard from him since Monday night. With my luck, I probably got his damned phone confiscated.
/sigh.
In other news, American Idol is slow starting this season. I’m actually happy that Nick/Norman got through to the top 36. BUT dear God WHY is Tatiana omg I am so annoying still in it?? And her male counterpart the drama king that cries over frigging Every. Little. Thing.
/boggle
Posted by That Hooah Wife on Jan 29, 2009 in
Pets,
Photography 
Posted by That Hooah Wife on Jan 23, 2009 in
Photography Project 365 day 7.
I’m having problems with my camera. It just figures, I finally start getting “it” back. That urge to create something. I start a project, to freshen my skill up, and get back to it. And the autofocus starts playing possum. I did see on ebay that I COULD get the same camera (Canon 20D) that I had before for VERY reasonable prices, I’m considering it. I know, there’s a 50D now, but I’m not likely to start shooting for poster companies, and it’s far more than I need. Anyhow…back on track, today was macro practice.
