And she's back!!!!

As you have probably noticed, I have been MIA.  Although it was never my intention it just seemed to work out that way.  But looks like I’m back =)  Thanks for being so patient with me!!

You may be wondering how I’m doing with Chris’ departure being so close, so here is a little update:

For the next few weeks it’s going to be like the calm before a storm. Right now I’m very calm, but I think that is my way of preparing for what’s to come.  I have no idea what the storm looks like….but it’s around the corner.  I can see the clouds moving in and I can hear the wind and the rain but I just can’t see it yet. I have closed the blinds and the curtains so I can avoid it for as long as possible.  Inside my house it’s still calm and beautiful and I picture sunshine beyond my windows.

When I finally open my front door to see the damage I wonder what it will look like? Will it simply blow past me without me even knowing?  Will it just knock over a few trees and then be on its way?  Or will it turn into a hurricane and only touchdown on our house and turn everything upside down and inside out and leave me wondering how to pick up the pieces?  Will it decide to taunt me and just touch down every so often so that I’m always on my toes?  Or will it do whatever it needs to do and while all that is happening I board up the windows and doors and prove that I can weather this storm and that no matter how hard the rain falls or how fast the wind blows it will NOT destroy me??!  Yeah, I like that option the best!!

So right now I smile because my family is safe and we are all under the same roof. But soon you may not see me smile and that’s ok…it will just take a bit to get use to it being me and Kennedy so just hug me and love me through it and at the end I will be a better person and so will you.

And now that I have explained all that I want to show you a few things I have done to my office.  I SWEAR this beast is almost done.  At this point it’s just finishing touches but it feels like that is what is taking FOREVER and a day.  The biggest thing that needs to be done is to have a shelf hung above my desk and my hope is that this will be done within a week.  I love my husband but hanging things is not his strongest attribute so anyone want to hang something for me?!?!?  I pay in beer!

Anyway, here is the organizing shelf/table thingy we picked up at IKEA over the weekend.  Dude, look at all those storage bins?  They are just ASKING to be utilized and I can’t wait to find stuff to put in them. 

And look at the most adorable file folders you ever did lay your eyes on!  LOOK….they match the walls perfectly.  I mean seriously, how excited does that make me?!?!

And for my favorite:

I got the inspiration from www.jonesdesigncompany.com.  She had a sign similar to this one on her blog and I flipped when I saw it, but of course I had to make it my own.  Here is what the original looks like =)  And if you know me at all, you know I’m not a huge fan of coffee but I will take my shirt off for Chai!!!

And with that….I’m signing off to watch a movie with Chris on this fine Valentine’s Day.  Oh, what is that you ask?  What did I get Chris?  Oh, that’s right…..nothing!  I mean really, what do you get a guy headed to Iraq?  Bullets? Baby wipes? A tooth brush?  So we decided to do nothing =)  Um, but I’m not sure how I ended up with a 90 minute massage?!?!