Archive for February, 2006

monday

The sun is coming out. That is a nice change. It seems like a while since we have seen it. Maybe I’ll even drag us out for a walk today, though it is looking pretty wet out there. Grace really wanted to go outside this morning and followed Daddy right out the front door in [...]

sickies (again)

I am teasing J on IM that he got us sick! Grace first, then me, and now Brian too. Fun times! In the meantime, we made another offer on a house today. I don’t think it will be accepted, and I don’t think we’ll come up in price. It is priced over the market value, [...]

this and that

In Search of a House…
Yup… we’re finally buying a house, but when, we don’t know! We have two more to look at tomorrow, and if neither of those is one we’d like, then we’re going to put our search on hold til after Brian leaves. It has been nice having him around to help me [...]

beautiful!

I wouldn’t be formally diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder or anything, but the gray skies do get to me after 30-some days of rain! Today is absolutely beautiful. Thanksgiving and Christmas always mark my favorite time of the year, but today I am remembering that the first of spring is a close second. We went [...]


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I'm Rachel - mom, wife, youth minister, and student! I'm also a deployment survivor! My husband, Brian, is an OEF veteran and returned in June 2007 from Afghanistan. This blog has followed Grace and I while we made our way here at home ... and still now as we all adjust to being a family again and prepare for another deployment in 2009. Thanks for reading!