Count Down to Kansas.....

Yep. It's January 2011, the year the Army sends our family to Kansas. I can't pack, I can't prepare, I can only wait. I took my husband to the airport on Sunday for a flight to his new duty station and here it is Wednesday and we have a house waiting for us later this month. The "Hurry Up & Wait" hasn't happened with this somewhat fast paced PCS and I'm unsure of how I feel about that. Normally I have time to prepare myself for things, but this is happening whether I like it or not. We have a time frame for moving and everything, even an address for the new house, I know which school my son will be attending and things to do within a 4 mile radius of our new home. (A bowling alley & a rollerskating rink-enough said.) <- check out that link! Oh & I about forgot to update you all on my 12 weeks of Wal-Mart cold turkey. Well....I made it 5 weeks before my youngest son had a vomit-fest in the back of our Jeep while visiting my husband in Va. I did get a really great deal on a long sleeve shirt & pair of pants for him. Anyway...I tried to stay away, but vomit overrides any "goal" that I've set for myself. So, I'll be mobile blogging in the next 2 weeks while traveling & settling into our new home. The next time you hear from me, I might be on my way to Kansas in our Wagon Queen Family Truckster.

(It's not metallic pea green, but it'll do.)

I Miss Texas......

Like a Rhinestone Cowboy....

Riding out on a horse in a

star-spangled rodeo!

This song always puts a smile on my face, it's like the un-official theme song to Texas. I want to watch Lonesome Dove, old episodes of Dallas and Gunsmoke after I listen to this song. It's about like "Holiday Road" makes you want to travel cross country with your family, call your husband Sparky and pray that a dog didn't wet on your sandwiches. I have no desire to call Clay "Sparky", just Big Tex!

I just want you to ask yourself one thing.

If you were... if you were me,

wouldn't you do the same thing for your children?

I'm making preparations to fly to Texas with the boys to see their Daddy for the first time since Christmas. We're set out to leave in less than 30 days. Since things can change at any moment with the Army, we're booking everything last minute. The whole "Hurry Up & Wait" can quickly turn into "We're Doing this Now", so Thank God! I'm very flexible and not dead set in my ways. I think that being flexible and being able to go with the flow is valuable ArmyWife trait. Maybe some wives' would beg to differ, but I think I would have gone stir crazy before now, if I hadn't been the way I am.
I'm beginning to slowly see the big picture, the grand scheme of it all, the way are lives will be together in the future and this is just one of the many separations our family will face. You've got to just relax and give it to God. If not, I'd already be driving the Wagon Queen Family Truckster in metallic pea to Texas! Oh and in case you missed it....Clark and Ellen have been spotted in the Truckster!



In the wise words of ELO you got to....

Accroches-toi à ton rêve

Accroches-toi à ton rêve

Quand tu vois ton bateau partir

Quand tu sens ton coeur se briser

Accroches-toi à ton rêve.

Hold on tight to your dream

Hold on tight to your dream

When you see the shadows falling

When you hear that cold wind calling

Hold on tight to your dream.

Oh, yeah

Hold on tight to your dream

Yeah, hold on tight...

To your dream.