peek-a-boo
Here are some pictures that I took at the Lowcountry Invitational which was a band competition that included our marching Patriots.We just have a few hours (13.5)before we close and I am totally antsy....So I am posting these in an effort to burn some energy until I go to bed with a small bit of chemical assistance...(because I would be sitting straight up in bed all night without it)... I love that Coop is a BIG poser.

And I'll cry....
More than likely ...when this project...no wait..this final chapter in the military part of our lives..the nomadic part of our lives gets closed when the keys to this house gets dropped in our hands (God willing and the creek don't rise..Amen?)...we will have a "home"...Yes it's true...home is where the heart is..and that I have been blessed with some lifelong, dear, and very important people in my life due to the nomadic lifestyle..but for now..I have longed for a "place"...a piece of this planet to call my own...the raise my young'uns...to defend, protect and nurture...to be creative...ya know..to be me..to call ours..And frankly I am so sick o

Steeeeeee-rike
So we have started T ball a few weeks ago...I haven't been good about shooting pictures to Facebook for my mom who mournfully reminds me every chance she gets of how I NEVER give her any pictures..and how she bought a thumb drive just for pictures...and the reason is that my phone has been filled up with my new crush...this 2700 square foot mammoth of a hunk ...that has filled up my camera memory...But...there's my mom....and Grandma Nancy and Big Grandmudder..and others (Unka Gregg) that remind me to go back to my first love..this blog and put the pictures here...too..besides you guys get all the good storiesSo we went to our game that was preceded by ball pictur

First
at having a birthday in Kindergarten. First born. First to walk. First to talk. First to do quite a few things.He is comfortable at being first. I ...am not. Coop you have never...ok rarely... ever backed away from a new situation. Even if it wasn't "your bag" you always give it a whirl. Perhaps it's from being first...and only for two years...Perhaps it's your nature...willing to try new things..meet new pe

Overflow
OKOKOK...so I am almost Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon about this...THEY have the vinyl nearly all on...the house...it has vinyl...looks like it might be livable...Now the butterflies start...the tensing getting ready for the last haul of my life...I don't think folks have any conception of how many times I have moved...most of them alone...all over hell's half acre. ...then marrying the military..I was more stable there than I had been since 17...but still I moved five times in ten years...This house represents roots....Permanence..Home that's more than just a state of mind...A piece of the planet Earth that I don't have t