What To Expect At The Bataan Memorial Death March

I am working on a new article today about the Bataan Death March. I hope this one does as well as my first one. I am really putting my heart into it. I can not wait to participate in this amazing event again. It should be interesting with three small children.

My mom is a little nervous about doing the march but I know she can do it. We just need to train really hard starting in October. It is a little difficult to train right now because I am still nursing the baby. He eats every two hours but I do what I can.

The Good Life

My article about the Bataan Death March is article of the day today on Squidoo! I am so excited! I can not believe I have earned two purple stars this month. I really want to work on my articles about my children. I am a little disappointed that I have not been able to write as passionately about them as I have my military career. I know in my  heart that it is because I still have my guard up. My heart hasn't completely healed from Sofia being in the hospital. My son has be such a huge blessing.
In a way I almost feel like I am waiting for the other shoe to drop. Our lives have never been so good.

Here It Is My Old Bio

I am currently a 30 year old stay at home mom. I have two beautiful 11 month old daughters. I am preparing to return to work as a Department of Defense firefighter instructor and I'm dreading every minute that brings me closer to going back to work. I served in the Army for nearly 11 years then got out and settled down in West Texas. It still doesn't quite feel like home here. I am originally from Grand Island, NE. I have always enjoyed the simple things in life a good sunset, a good meal, a lazy day on the couch but I have been blessed to see and do amazing things, go into a burning building, dangle from a helicopter and of course now raising twins. I think 30 is a milestone in my life but a very small one. I look forward to what the next 30 has to offer

I'm Back

I can not believe it has been so long since  I blogged. I just read my blogs and WOW! my life has changed so much. I will probably start off my adding my bio as a blog than create a new one. It is definitely not who I am anymore. I am a new writer on Squidoo so check it out!

Trip

We are preparing to take our daughters to visit family 3 hours away. My cousin is dedicating his baby and we haven't seen the family since my grandmother died a year ago. It will be interesting to see how the girls do in the car and around so many people. Right now the plan is to leave at nap time so hopefully they will sleep the whole way. God help us if they don't take a nap!

A milestone

My daughters just got over their first cold. I take a deep breath and try to swallow the lump in my throat. They will never know how big of a milestone this was for us. This time last year my daughters were still on apnea monitors. My Sofia spent 64 days in the hospital with severe apnea. She was perfectly healthy except for the fact that she would forget to breath while she was sleeping or sometimes while she was eating. Her heart rate would drop as mine nearly beat out of my chest. Our doctor warned us that if either child caught the slightest cold she would immediately admit them to the hospital. We couldn't survive another stay in the hospital. It had taken us so long to get both girls home. I missed my Sofia so much when we had to kiss her good night and leave her there in such a strange place. It was not the way a child should start out in life. Instead of the warmth of my arms and the reasurance of her sisters touch she had become accustomed to the beeps, alarms and hospital lights. My life quickly became one of solitary confinement. Day in and day out I cared for my beutiful daughters with out leaving our home for fear that I would catch something and give it to them. My husband constantly washed his hands and worried that he would expose us to something he had been in contact with at work. It was hard and lonely but we survived. Fast forward to today. My husband was on shift while my two little girls ran around with runny noses with out a care in the world. I'm so thankful for Gods everlasting presence in our life.

Living off our stockpile

I have a new goal this month. I am going to attempt to only cook from our stockpile with the exception of buying fresh fruits, vegtables, milk and cheese. This SHOULD be fairly easy. I have been couponing and stockpiling for the better part of a year now. I hate to say it but I have gradually been increasing our grocery budget instead of decreasing it. Saving money, like spending money can become addicting. I have to keep reminding myself that thier are always going to be sales, and no deal is too good to pass up. 4 weeks that is the goal. I'm hoping this will get us back on track. It has actually been somewhat relaxing not having to clip or file any coupons. I have been reading my regular saving blogs just for fun and of course to snatch up free samples. Wish me luck! I really hope we don't end up eating the same thing over and over because I have stock piled too much off one thing and not enough of another.