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Pizza Soup and so long to plans of Hawaii!

Well the Army decided Hawaii was not the place for us to live next. We are currently in Limbo awaiting a new assignment. We are hoping to find out sometime in the next few weeks where we are going next. Tess is now living in Missouri with her Oma, looking for work and getting ready to start Community College. The rest of us are just keeping busy with school and general life. I made some Pizza Soup today... and it was super yummy! I decided to share the recipe here. ENJOY Pizza Soup - a delicious tomato soup. Large can of diced or crushed tomatoes (28 oz) Can of diced seasoned tomatoes (italian seasoned) Can of pizza sauce Can of tomato sauce (8 oz) Can of tomato paste Chicken Broth (2 cups) Italian Seasoning (your choice how much) 1/2 tbsp sugar garlic (again how much you like) Salt and Pepper to taste 1 cup of shredded Italian Cheese Pizza toppings of your choice (I used mushrooms, onion, green bell pepper, olives, pepperoni, italian sausage) Place the first set

Life Moves On....

Today in a search for a recipe I decided to revisit my blog.... and realized I haven't posted on here since spring. Life moves on.... We still have our good days and bad days. Some better and some worse.... Things have stabilized and gone crazy all at the same time. Our eldest has graduated High School! We are proud of her, and about to miss her a lot.  She is moving out in a few weeks to live with her Grandmother in Missouri. Then she will start community college down there in the spring. We are working on our paperwork for our next PCS (military move for those non-military who follow us).  As of right now the plan is to move to the lovely isle of Oahu! We have been trying to get stationed there since Jim joined the Army 18 years ago.... How fitting that unless something changes, it will be our last assignment before Jim retires. I am about to start my final semester of grad school and then there will be some freedom in my life.... But, none of you follow me for all of that, y

Trying my best..........

This is going to be a real, honest, and painful post. If you aren't up for it, don't read on. I'm failing as a mother. No, I don't mean that I'm not a good Mom, or I don't love my kids because I do and I know that I am a good Mom. But that doesn't change the hurt and pain I am currently feeling in my heart because of the struggles my kids are going through. My teen, the wonderful girl who made me a Mom, is struggling with generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. She is struggling, and at the moment she is losing that battle. She goes to counseling weekly (some weeks twice a week), she takes her medicine and yet she's not getting better. Some days we get a glimpse of our smiling happy girl.... but not often.  Most days it seems like she is getting worse. She feels like a failure because she can't do what other kids her age are doing.... most days now she can't even bring herself to leave the house. She was switched to onlin

Wow... Over a Year has passed

I haven't been on my blog in forever.... Not sure anyone still reads it. A quick update and explanation on what happened, where did I dissapear to you ask? GRAD SCHOOL!  I am working hard on earning my degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner, this on top of the busy life of Mom and Army Wife has made me scarce.  That being said I'm going to try and do better about blogging ;0 Maybe once a week or so if possible. We shall see what happens?  Anyone out there?