July 2009

Finishing The Race

July 31, 2009

It is 11:35pm. The boys are asleep and I am stretched out in my big, blue, bloggy chair swiping tears. I feel like a marathon runner who has just made the last turn. The finish line is in sight. Some days, I have sprinted. Some days, I have walked. Some days, I felt like quitting. It’s been a [...]

Tagged as: Alex, Christ, Cleaning, Deployment, Jeep, McDaddy, Stevie

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Doing The Math

July 31, 2009

It’s been exactly 180 days since McDaddy left for the incredibly long 6-month deployment. Remember the M&M bowls? The bowls that Stevie and Alex made for themeselves and McDaddy that were filled with 182 M&Ms. One M&M for every day that they would be apart? So much has happened since that day. Y’all know that numbers are [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, inlaws, Math, McDaddy, McResidence, The Saturn Sky

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Thursday Thirteen – The Letter Y

July 30, 2009

Can you believe that we have made our way through the alphabet all the way to Y? When I first started through the alphabet 25 weeks ago, I knew that eventually we’d make it to the end and that EVENTUALLY the six-month deployment would be over. I did the math and figured that if the [...]

Tagged as: Alex, Christ, Church, Deployment, eating, Jeep, McDaddy, Stevie, The Saturn Sky, Thirteen Things

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You Capture – Friends

July 30, 2009

This week’s YOU CAPTURE challenge is Friends. Friends. This should be easy! Okay, I need to make a disclaimer before I post this one. Obviously, I didn’t take picture, but seriously we are friends. Meet McDaddy’s four siblings and their spouses. We are family and FRIENDS. (McDaddy and me, sister Bridget and hubby Billy, sister Angie and [...]

Tagged as: Alex, Deployment, inlaws, McDaddy, Stevie

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Actually, it’s Ryan

July 29, 2009

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY From the archives….  Visit Wordless Wednesday for more Wordless Wednesday participants.

Tagged as: Alex

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My New Friend

July 28, 2009

I had a little trouble deciding whether to write about the great sales at Kohls this week, the fabulosity of the Snickers Ice Cream Bar or my new friend and mop, the Swiffer Wet Jet. I’ve spent the last hour mopping my kitchen, my foyer and my bathroom. I have been a cleaning machine trying to [...]

Tagged as: Cleaning

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What I’ve Done This Week

July 28, 2009

I am sitting in my big, blue, bloggy chair listening to the ladies of The View talk over top of each other. It is frustrating, but its a full day of hot topics and for the sake of the blog, I tune in so I can be up-to-date on the drama surrounding the Jackson family, [...]

Tagged as: Alex, Cooking, Reality TV, Stevie

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Just So You Know

July 27, 2009

To: Stevie and Alex From: Your Mama Date: July 26, 2009 RE: Just So You Know Dear Stevie and Alex: I don’t have any idea how old you will be when you come to realize that I’ve been “writing some stuff” here at From Inmates To Playdates – some of it about you. It is my hope [...]

Tagged as: Alex, Christ, Church, Jeep, Motherhood, Shoes, Stevie

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He Must Get The Drama From His Mama

July 23, 2009

I feel blessed that we have made it through 24 weeks of deployment without a major sickness or injury. I thought our streak had ended on Tuesday. The boys and I were outside. I had just finished cleaning the windows in the van and had started clearing debris from McDaddy’s workbench when Stevie screamed at [...]

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The Crazy Is Free…Take All You Want!

July 23, 2009

Welcome to From Inmates To Playdates. I’m so glad you are here. If you are one of my eight loyal blog fans, I appreciate you and thank you for stopping by to pick up your daily dose of crazy each day. If this is your first visit to Inmates, I would like to welcome you. Thanks so much to Robin over [...]

Tagged as: Blogging

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