Saturday, February 4, 2012

TDY Curse and a Failed Pinterest Craft

As some of you may know, Arron has been TDY (temporary duty--aka gone) for two weeks. As any military spouse knows, as soon as the husband leaves, everything goes wrong.

5 hours before I was supposed to drop him off at the airport, I went to take a bath and flooded our entire top floor. I now know that there are cracks in the bottom of the bathtub, and we can't use it until our landlord replaces it. The problem is, I've been calling for a week now and can't ever get in touch with the translator (through housing) since I have no clue who our landlord is. Bah humbug.

The day that he left, I made pasta salad to take to a friend's BBQ. After I made it, I put it in the fridge to cool while I got ready. I opened the fridge to leave and...


Gone is my pasta salad, and even more heartbreaking, my Pyrex bowl.


......


On a completely different note, Pinterest has gotten me so addicted to crafts and thinking I can make anything.

The Pinterest gods decided to bring my ego down a notch.

I saw the cutest headband and decided that it didn't look too terribly hard to make:


So I grabbed an old t-shirt, my sewing stuff, scissors, and began...



After an hour of braiding, re-braiding, and trying to make it look as cool as the author intended for it to look, I had this:

So I promptly threw it in the trash and went on my merry way. Thanks, Pinterest, for reminding me that I'm not crafty at ALL. 
However, I have a good idea for what I'm going to try to make for Valentine's Day for Arron, so I'll take pictures and let everyone know how it works out. Ha!


Friday, February 3, 2012

February 3

Today is Friday, February 3, 2012. Momma was born on this day in 1958.

 Her 22nd birthday.

Since her birthday was at the beginning of February, that also coincided with crawfish season in Texas. One of her favorite things to do was to host a crawfish boil at the house and invite all of our friends over...

 Mother's Day 2009. I know it's not her birthday, 
but you can tell she's lovin' the crawfish.


 I would put this birthday around 2007 or 2008, so she was either
turning 50 or 51. We went to Pappasito's with her side of the family. 


 We bought her a balloon flower. :)

 Jacki, Paul, Momma and me.

Momma and her sisters and one brother.

Last year, I felt the need to take a day off work on her birthday, since it was the first one since she had passed away. This year I'm stronger, and able to think of her without bursting into tears. One of my kids at work the other day asked me, "Do you miss your Mommy?" It broke my heart, but I told her "Yes, I do." 

Here's to you, Momma. I'm thinking of you today, and I hope I make you proud.

 Cheers to the most beautiful woman I will ever know.