tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62816998857100534602024-03-13T10:20:02.153-04:00Babyshit&GigglesRustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-17832975505300361382011-06-23T09:17:00.000-04:002011-06-23T09:17:19.088-04:00update - I've Moved!just a head's up in case you hadn't missed me yet (or already visited at my new home) ;) but I've moved! you can now find me over at my new site http://mylifeasanofficerswife.com - I'm still remembering where I put things and starting to decorate, but the furniture is arranged and my name is on the door :) I'm loving the new place and how easy it is to converse with the neighbors ;) Stop in to Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-61094366270281437162011-05-16T10:45:00.000-04:002011-05-16T10:45:22.903-04:00making the move to WordPresshey folks, I've gotten a bit tired of blogging on two separate blogs, so I'm currently in transition of moving from blogger to wordpress - I bought my own domain "mylifeasanofficerswife.com" and got an amazing deal through a twitter/blog friend (Kate @ MommyMonologues) for a year of hosting through dreamhosters - so while the url currently still points you right back to MLAAOW on Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-80514699855705399932011-05-05T23:59:00.002-04:002011-05-06T10:29:19.815-04:00Where the Blog Magic Happens...I'm linking up to MamaKat's pretty much world famous Writer's Workshop and I chose to do the Bonus Vlog Option! (Last week we talked about how your blog got it's name...this week show us where the magic happens! Where do you do your blogging? When does it get done? How long does it take to write a post? How much time do you spend on the computer? etc. Tell us about the process!)
Once Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-71963835654301344002011-05-02T09:18:00.000-04:002011-05-02T09:18:21.091-04:00Dora DVD Giveaway!!Okay, so Tammi over at My Organized Chaos is having a giveaway - and while I sometimes enter giveaways, and I sometimes don't - based on my level of interest, this one I'm DEFINITELY entering!! Tammi is giving away (to two lucky readers!) a Dora the Explorer: It's Haircut Day DVD!! and in case anyone doesn't already know - Goose is a HUGE Dora fan... I mean HUGE!! When she wakes up in the morningRustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-4864587664185317772011-04-28T21:37:00.000-04:002011-04-28T21:37:37.715-04:00Inspiration Behind the Blog Title...I'm linking up to MamaKat's pretty much world famous Writer's Workshop and I chose to do the Bonus Vlog Option! (Tell us the story behind the title of your blog. What is it? What inspired it? What other options did you consider? Are you happy with it?)
Pretty much a rambling mess, with special appearances by a singing toddler and lazy dog... please excuse the interruptions, as well as the Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-13247088053926389292011-04-26T17:03:00.003-04:002011-04-28T21:21:57.549-04:00the things she says & does...I can't believe how fast Goose is growing... it seems like it was only yesterday that she was gurgling, blowing bubbles, jabbering-in-non-English in my arms... and now she's closing in on two and a half and speaking more words, more clearly... mimicking Hubs & I... coming up with her own sentences... turning into Little Miss Independent... it's so hard to believe, and while I'm at times Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-13693457203876603232011-04-08T17:37:00.000-04:002011-04-08T17:37:29.069-04:00helpless...disclaimer: this post may not be for anyone with a weak stomach... it's not graphic, but still.
for the second week in a row I had to call in to work (on a FRIDAY!!) because Goose was/is sick... last week she started with a low fever, which turned into a higher fever (lingered between 102-103 degrees) refusal to eat anything, and two episodes of vomiting on Thursday night. Friday we went to theRustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-83835744232296648682011-03-13T20:10:00.000-04:002011-03-15T14:16:18.744-04:00It's Sunday Funday!Didn't get in enough partying blog reading this weekend? Not quite ready to hang up your party pants? Then check out my friend Carri's first ever Sunday Funday over at Adventures in Mommyhood! Carri is crazy hilarious and one of my all time favorite people to read and tweet with.
We're all linking up our favorite posts of the week, so grab the button from her site and Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-57561601724430457262011-03-13T19:22:00.001-04:002011-03-13T19:22:46.963-04:00SOC Sunday: I count to three...This is my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post hosted by all.things.fadra. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only.
Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog ifRustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-28430822380542763952011-03-11T17:10:00.001-05:002011-03-13T19:32:22.498-04:00like it was yesterday...I sit here today, on March 11th, 2011 and think back to what I was doing 10 years right now... at this exact time I was either at work, or headed there shortly... having just finished my sister's birthday party, as she would be leaving to go back to college almost an hour and a half away in a few short hours... the whole family was over just hanging out... I remember hanging out in her room, my Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-81983213157192559012011-02-27T23:29:00.000-05:002011-02-27T23:29:08.743-05:00SOC Sunday: one or three??This is my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post hosted by all.things.fadra. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…
Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only.
Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-68240269146615762862011-02-14T00:58:00.001-05:002011-02-14T00:59:56.801-05:00Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Who Do You Choose?This is my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post hosted by all.things.fadra. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only.Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-57170255601218015802011-02-06T13:12:00.002-05:002011-02-06T13:20:01.853-05:00Stream of Consciousness Sunday: GuiltyThis is my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post hosted by all.things.fadra. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only.Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-12973827788461219962011-01-30T20:54:00.001-05:002011-02-06T13:17:56.991-05:00a mother's worst fear...This is my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post hosted by all.things.fadra. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only.Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-9061003379227674322011-01-27T15:52:00.001-05:002011-01-27T15:52:29.183-05:00sometimes I can't stop them...the fears... and the tears... yesterday I blogged about how the fear gets me from the perspective of the "cop's wife" part of me... this post was brought on by the recent fatalities of Law Enforcement Officers - LEO's - all over the country... 11 (or was it 13?) in just 24 hours? 15 fatalities of LEO's already this year? You can read that post if you'd like HERE. and then last night? I had a Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-1911444188272664922011-01-24T11:59:00.001-05:002011-01-24T12:04:15.866-05:00Momma FAILbig.time.FAIL. but let me set-the scene before I tell you how I earned a Worst Mother of The Year Award on Friday night/Saturday morning...Friday night was Girls Night Out with some friends (the first since Goose was born I think!!) I went to dinner & a movie with several friends (and talked my sister into coming as well) - I think there were about a dozen of us. My friend L & I rode Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-57836741173456585122011-01-06T02:05:00.005-05:002011-01-14T15:43:57.122-05:00731 days ago...731 days ago I wasn't yet a mom… I was hours away from the moment that my life would forever be altered… 731 days ago I didn't know exactly how much love I could have for one tiny being… I hadn't been pooped on, puked on, cried on, pulled on… I hadn't nursed, cried, comforted and been comforted by one tiny being… 731 days ago I hadn't yet known just how much things would change… how some Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-75985988182703484822010-11-05T14:00:00.001-04:002010-11-05T15:03:14.365-04:00knowledge is power...or so the saying goes... and I'm hoping in this case it's true...y'all know how we've been having biting issues, I mean, it's no secret that my previous few posts weren't exactly happy little joyful posts... they were the ramblings of a disheartened, frustrated, concerned momma... yet today, I have information. more information than I previously had, and the information is good news, and it's Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-46954221707266000022010-10-20T16:47:00.000-04:002010-10-20T16:47:39.866-04:00my heart aches...I sit here and complain about issues we're having, sleep we're losing, things that are bothersome, but easy to deal with, and they're a normal part of life... what this family is going through, is not bothersome. it's not a normal part of life. well, death is, but no parent should have to deal with the death of their child/ren... and to read the posts, and see that their faith is still so strong Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-62743612481634708142010-10-05T10:24:00.001-04:002010-10-05T10:50:28.186-04:00it gets worse before it gets better?I think I've heard that before? I'm really hoping that it's true, and that the worst is here & gone quickly... in 21 months of parenting (tomorrow) I think this is definitely my most trying time... Saturday while at my parents' house Goose was playing with my niece CJ unsupervised and bit her, hard. Hard enough that she still had marks, missing skin & little scabs yesterday, 2 days after Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-10313177292220114562010-09-28T12:52:00.000-04:002010-09-28T12:52:13.134-04:00if it's not one thing, it's another... this bites.literally.
we finally seemed to be done with the nightmare thing, Goose is sleeping again, fairly regularly and well (not straight through the night or anything, but a LOT better than several weeks ago) and things were getting back to normal-ish...
until yesterday morning... when I got a call from G's teacher letting me know that she'd bitten someone else... and made a second attempt... *sigh* Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-40611864591308787892010-09-21T10:48:00.000-04:002010-09-21T10:48:38.313-04:00nightmares?so, what I originally chalked up to toddler-regression type sleep issues, I'm now thinking could instead be nightmares... I have no idea what in the world E would have been exposed to at this age that would cause her to have nightmares, but - it's the most likely explanation I can come up with... for example:
usually when she's hitting developmental milestones or teething & such - her sleep Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-18303685657542066262010-09-09T00:44:00.002-04:002010-09-09T01:49:46.109-04:00and I want another one?yikes. I had thought after the sheer madness of no sleep & clingy cranky toddler we went through the weekend before last that we were due for a break.. yet apparently that isn't the case (and seriously - WHY is it that Goose's WORST nights are always when Hubs is working?? he's pulling OT tonight - and the longest period of time she's slept for is an hour. over the last 3.5 hours. the Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-90227622443881703922010-08-30T11:22:00.000-04:002010-08-30T11:22:03.243-04:00free publicity? you remember how I guest blogged over at Mrs. G.I. Joe's blog a couple weeks ago? well today I got a message from her about how HER blog was mentioned on a military website - BECAUSE of my post - crazy (and kinda awesome too! for both of us!) maybe we'll get some new readership out of it (or not, either way is fine - I love the readers I have now!! if I never get anymore I'll live) ;) Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281699885710053460.post-69871984930191768502010-08-28T19:44:00.000-04:002010-08-28T19:44:59.697-04:00oh sh!tabout 10 minutes ago Goose tells me "poh eee" urgently - so we go into the bathroom, I pull down her pants, she rips off her diaper and sits on her potty chair for, oh... about 20 seconds. then she's up and about playing with the toilet paper, climbing in the empty tub, back out to sit on the potty, and so on. she's got a little rash around her diaper area & belly, so I figure a few minutes Rustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17912613768193549878noreply@blogger.com3