About Me

(If you've clicked here looking to reach me, you can do that here)

I'm a proud Army wife, lucky enough to be married to the man of my dreams. (I know, sickening, but so very true.) I'm a happy, 'attached' mom to SIX children. (I made "SIX" big so that you didn't misread it. Yes, six.)

Unfortunately, the irony of finding the man of my dreams, is that he is part of the military; the chance is always there that the Army will take my beautiful husband away from me and our family, and put him in harm’s way, letting the “bad guys” use him as target practice for a while. He is a proud soldier, and I am very proud to be his wife, but that doesn't make separations easier. So, with that fear always looming, I spend each day being blissfully in love since we'll never know if the next one will arrive. We live for each day as though it's our last. It hasn't failed us yet.

I’m originally from New York, born and raised. It was the aforementioned dream man who caused me to leave for the south. First North Carolina, where we were stationed and will be stationed again, now Louisiana, where we've been since July '08 and will be for 3 years. Such is the military life, craziness and all.

I work out, having lost 30 lbs; we live naturally, using natural cleaners, eating organic 95% of the time (with the exception of ranch dressing, mayo and some other cruxes we can’t seem to get rid of.. yet) and love being outdoors, to include gardening and playing sports. If it weren’t for the spiders and bugs, I’d probably live outdoors. Well, maybe.

I'm a huge 'foodie' as they say. I love to bake, create, make the house smell like a bakery. I love to make things from scratch, craft, knit, sew, crochet. I'm old-fashioned but technology fascinates me.

I'm a blogging addict. A writer by nature all my life, I've begun writing and editing for a living. Sweet! The internet enhances our lives so much, and combining my love of writing with the internet seems like a match made in heaven. That is, when I'm not fighting with one of my kids for it, or changing diapers, or cooking... you get the idea.

Let me introduce you to our cast of characters, my brood, the "Crazy Eight":

There's me, of course (as if you didn't see enough pregnant belly pictures of me on this blog already!) and hubby aka "Captain Awesome" We have a 14-year-old, two 9-year-olds (one boy, one girl), a 5-year-old, 2-year-old and a soon-to-be 1-year old, born September 27th 2008. 3 boys, 3 girls.

Remember, it takes a special kind of crazy to raise six children in the military. And a lot of coffee.