A Little Bit of This, A pinch of That.

I am at a loss right now, and maybe this blog is the best way for me to maybe get my thoughts in some kind of sane line of it all. Almost a type of at least get it off my chest my thoughts. My husband was active duty for 14 and half years until he couldn't re-enlist to try to finish out his career in the army. Cut backs with the troops and the like made things harder for people to stay in, but that isn't the point. He spent that time in, learning how to fight, how to go to war, and how to do army type things, but never in those years in did they do things to prepare him for the life on the other side of the military, or how to adapt to civilian life. Yes, they had acap classes, but an hour or two, and nothing actually to help him understand how the outside world works, or getting skills to find jobs, or how to interact in the civilian world. They prepared him to go to war, but not how to live.  He has been out of the army since the very end of October of 2015, but he st...

Welllll, Lets give this a go again.  Man, looking at it, it has been forever since I wrote here.  But I have been here and there and everything again.  Hubby left active duty and that has been the biggest adjustment.  He is still in the army, but now as a reservist, and it just feels so weird.  Transitioning into a civilian world has had a lot of ups and downs.  I miss my army wives being around me and knowing  understanding what is all going on. Thankfully, a couple of close friends of mine have hubbys that have retired so they understand the transition as well and we all talk through so much of the changes.   I am still crafting, but doing a bit of all kinds of things.  I have dived off into glam planning head first.  I have always had a planner to keep me organized on and off.  Now I am getting to have fun putting a lot of glam, and creativity into what keeps me organized.  I promise to show some of my weekly and mont...