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Another installment in my life on facebook....I know the suspense is killing you, lol.

ABW is thankful for the patient old man at Home Depot that helped Abbie come up with ideas to make a car out of non-car parts. When it was all said and done, the two had discussed all the finer points of car building, and he whispered to me "you must be tired every night by the time she goes to bed, but she's worth a million bucks". That she is.


ABW I registered today for the Colfax half marathon. BTW, Gunner , I signed you up too! Think of it as me investing in your health.

ABW is really over deployments.

ABW just caught Abbie "flossing" her toes with a dog treat. Ewwww. If anyone can figure out what goes through her mind I would appreciate it. Her excuse was that she did not have a big ball of twine


ABW has the collards and black eyed peas on. Yum. Let the good luck start!

ABW hopes that they are serving black-eyed peas and collard greens in Afghanistan, as she would hate for Gunner to miss out on traditions

Abs: I get tired of being told what to do.
Me: Become President and you can tell people what to do.

Abs: Or I could be a mommy, they do the same thing.

ABW Just saw the funniest thing. Andrew was fussing so I finally went to check on him. He was sitting in a giant silver mixing bowl (hey, it was his hat yesterday) and was asleep. He would fuss every time he would fall over. I asked him what he was doing and he said "waiting for Santa".

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ABW is missing Gunner.

ABW went to pickup Em.  She got in the car and burst into tears.  My heart broke for her. Two girls were really mean to her.  Anyone want to take over parenting for a while, I think I am in over my head.

ABW just talked to Gunner.  Junior got on the phone and told him "I'm not missing you".  Gunner:  "Well I'm missing you buddy."  Junior:  "Well I miss you...but I try to forget that I miss you."  Sigh...

ABW is thinking of getting a garmin for her birthday.  The beauty of deployments is I can buy my own presents.  What's your favorite model?

ABW has an ENTIRE house that smells like lavender.  I thought Abs wanting to take a bath in the middle of the days was odd, but I trusted her.  She is now soaking in half a bottle of lavender essential oil and a few inches of water.  Heck, it's supposed to be calming, so maybe this is a good thing?

ABW dropped Junior off at preschool in dry superman underwear.  All the other kids had backpacks, and with all his extra clothes, Junior looked like he was moving in.  Better to be safe than sorry!

ABW wonders what time you put your kids to bed on a school night.

ABW spent the morning cleaning red jello out of the carpet.  Thanks Abs.

and so begins another day in the life of ABW and the three little hearts.  Oh, and I totally think The Mrs. should get facebook.

A status worth sharing

I saw this on someone's fb and had to post it as my own and here.

ABW can't believe the news coverage being given to a spoiled 20-somethingyr old. Here are a few 20 somethings worth knowing about: Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29, Justus Bartett 27, Dave Santos 21, Chase Stanley 21, Jesse Reed 26, Matthew Johnson 21, Zachary Fisher 24, Brandon King 23, Christopher Goeke 23, Sheldon Tate 27~These 20 somethings gave their lives for you this week. LINDSEY WHO?


It reminds me of a few years ago when some idiot in Hollywood died, and at the same time there were about 14 Soldiers that were killed...guess who received the most coverage, and I believe it was from a drug overdose.  What's wrong with this country?  

A few of my favorite (facebook) things

Status Updates you know you are dying to read, right?

ABW ...

is off on leg 1 of the Griswold, I mean Hardt, family vacation. I'm already getting a migraine.

 checked all of the pullups through to Orlando, and JR decides to have an accident. The USO had size three diapers and we stuffed him into one of those.

Does not think anyone on the plane was sad to part ways with Junior.

Bets you can guess which kiddo "fell" in the fountain.

feels like she could write a Bernstein Bears book titled "The Bernstein Bears and Too Much Disney" starring Abs.

Thinks that it is wine/alcohol that gets you through extended time with family?

Just had her film debut as a deckhand, my mom as the captain and Gunner as a mechanic. Pictures to come, it was fun!

Is sad that Em's leg is swollen and painful, but the lack of wait times is pretty nice.

Just wanted you to know that Minnie Mouse's house has an alarm system installed. It was packed. Guess whose kid tried to scale the wall and set it off?

Is about to board the plane after the ordeal of going through security with three sets of mickey ears, a stuffed Mickey, a stuffed Minnie, a purse, four carry-ons, a carseat, a stroller, a wheelchair, a pair of crutches, and the rest of the family.

While Gunner was loading the car, he put Junior inside of the car. Junior discovered the horn and honked once for every car he saw "to warn Daddy". They were in a packed parking lot.

My status...

Sometimes I wish I could just put my FB status in a blog.

Why can't I?

ABW  told Junior he had a tree in his ear and I needed to clean it. I cleaned them out and he started sobbing "My tree is dead, you killed my tree, how could you?" over and over again.


ABW  gets to play Army tomorrow and Gunner gets to watch. I can't wait! Unfortunately shooting a tank didn't make the list of things to do. Wimps, I am sure I am a good shot!


ABW watched Gunner try to get Junior out of the tub last night, but he wouldn't budge because his hands weren't wrinkled yet.....or "moldy" as he calls it. "I can't get out until I am moldy!"


ABW just got baseball tickets for Gunner, my nephew and Em. It's Jimmy Buffet night so I was hoping for free margaritas for the adults, but it was only leis for everyone, so I opted to stay home with the kids that didn't want to go.


ABW Laughed when Gunner told her what happened on the way home from the airport with Jr & abs.They found a roll of paper towels in the back seat and decided that they wanted the cardboard roll.Gunner wasn't paying attention until he saw the entire backseat covered with unrolled paper towels and a fight started over the emptyroll.Trying to be diplomatic he cut it in half. I would have taken the roll and kept it.


ABW is HOME. I left hundred degree temperatures to sit in 50 degree temps, windows open, laundry going, and an entire house to clean. I'll never blame a dirty house on the kids again, only on their dad!


ABW  believes that someone (Gunner) was messing with her netflix queue as Legion and Ninja Assassin are arriving on Monday. What happened to Dear John & Memoirs of a Geisha (Gunner)? Did you forget (Gunner) that we will be home early next week?


I also posted that on Gunner's facebook, and he responded with:
Gunner Someone (Gunner) thought you could watch all the sappy chick flix when someone (Gunner) was deployed for a year.