"day" one as a military wife

fly boy left this morning. for oklahoma. for a month.

good news is he is in the states, so i can actually talk to/text/skype him.
bad news is i am still in delaware.
welcome to the air force!

today begins my first real day as a military wife. aka my husband is gone.

he left at 6:30am to catch his flight out of philly. i cried.
we had a friend visiting from syracuse for the weekend, so after i had the house to myself later that morning, i cried again. (note: in general, i cry a lot anyway.) i spent the afternoon eating chocolate, taking a nap on the couch with our new puppy, eating more chocolate, then giving in to retail therapy. totally normal.

i did however get the ball rolling for one of my new years resolutions: make one photo album per year with my favorite pictures of the year. michael's did not have the selection of photo albums that i was hoping for, and pottery barn discontinued my favorite photo albums....so i did it. i gave in and become one of those people. i bought my first scrapbook.

with you (my two readers) as my witness(es), i hereby promise not to become one of those ridiculous scrapbookers. i promise not to spend 30-40 hours a week perfecting every last detail of the scrapbook. i promise not to incorporate "cutesy" phrases and logos on each page. i promise not to make this a blog devoted to scrapbooking & the like. and i promise not to make this and/or any future scrapbooks "matchy matchy."

i'll update you once it is complete. for now, here is phase "one"



[lucy helped]




stay tuned for phase two (aka complete.)