We took son to see Bugs Bunny at the Symphony few weeks ago.
Cont in Hanger Rats
When life hands you lemons get a puppy
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2012 has
been crappy to say the least. We have lost three grandparents and an aunt in a
span of 6 months and Mr. Right has been sick and out of commission for a while
now. Staying positive has been a challenge to say the least. Yet it is in human
nature to look for the good not just at the bad.
I try to
focus on the good things that are coming, when they will get here I don’t know
but I know that there are things in the works for us and we just need to be
patient. While we wait it is very hard to stay focused on the good. I keep listing in my mind all the wonderful
things in our lives like the fact that we have a beautiful healthy son who is
just the best, we have a gorgeous house, we have genuine, caring friends and a
loving supportive family. Sometimes those pep talks are just not enough, and
the bad overshadows the good. The mood is sour and it is hard to place a smile
on even though I know that that is exactly what my family needs from me.
Cont. In the life of the Whirly Wife
Children - Survey - *NEW
Being a
parent is the most interesting, stressful, and rewarding job I have ever had.
It is a job where you get paid with hugs and kisses and you feel your way
through it, hoping that the report card or evaluation you receive in 20 years
is a good one. It is a harder job yet
when you have a nutty schedule. There have been many books written about children,
and their behaviors many suggest that kids thrive on routine, and that lack of
routine can lead to some behavioral issues. Since I don’t have a child
psychology degree I will not venture into the theories on routine and behavior,
I can share with you what some of the wives including myself noticed in our
children. A very wise girlfriend that I have, and value said to me before my
son was born: “Aggie, every child is different and you as a parent will know
what works for your child and your family, no one else can tell you how to
raise him or what he needs because no one lives in your house and knows what
your family needs. As long as you do things that are best for him and your
family as a whole you will be fine”. She is a very smart woman and one I hold
dear to my heart, five years into being a mom I can tell you that her advice
was priceless. Keep this advice in mind when you read this take what you can
use and leave the rest.
Look in Survey for the remainder of the post under section Children marked *NEW
Chicken Pot Pie
Sometimes comfot food is what the soul needs, so I made a chicken pot pie een tough its summer it is a feel good meal in our home. Check out the recepe in Meals for Two.
Veggie soup
I was craving some good healthy veggie soup. It turned out so great that hubby sang its praises and he is not a big veggie fan. Here is the recipe it is easy and yummy and makes alot so you can freeze some for later. Meals for Two
“It’s not how the dream is supposed to end..”
We lost a
pilot this week in a fatal offshore accident. The information about the
accident that has been released is very limited and the pilot’s identity was
not made public. I was torn and still am if I should write about his death.
After thinking on it for few days I decided that taking few minutes to reflect
upon his death and sharing the emotions that rip through the company pilots and
wives alike are worth sharing.
When an
accident takes place especially one as horrific as this one, when a man gives
the ultimate sacrifice and loses his life while doing his job it leaves everyone
shaken. There is not much speculation of why he died. Sure we want to know if
it was mechanical or pilot error, but we all know that either way it was an
accident, because no man gets up in the morning planning on making a mistake or
having his aircraft fail and not fighting for survival until his last breath. So
we don’t look to place blame or even hear that it was a mechanical failure.
What we all are doing is quietly and anonymously praying and hurting for his
lost life and those who were close to him and now are left behind.
Knowing my
husband’s company they are doing all they can to help the family, be it a wife
with children or parents or siblings to manage somehow through this time. To pick up the shattered pieces of their life
and try to forge forward with his memory in place. He will remain alive in the
hearts of those who knew him and loved him and in the hearts and minds of those
who only met him in passing.
I know that there is not much we can do as a community
right now to help, we can only stay tuned and mourn the loss of one of our own.
Our sadness and the hallo feeling surly does not compare to the feeling his
family is experiencing. We only share in a little bit of the sadness and have the
what if it was me, what if it was my husband, hovering in our minds. We still
see our husbands we still talk to them daily, this man’s family lost that
forever. There is nothing that can be said or done to take the feelings of
grief away and make it all better, we can’t bring him back, we can only find
some comfort in knowing that in his life he got to do what he loved the most.
One of my husband’s friends said “It’s not how
the dream is supposed to end..”
Treasure Hunt
Do you
remember those days when you were a kid and the day was just sooo boring. Son
had one of those days today. He just could not get it together in the area of
entertainment. The TV was boring, cars
were boring, reading was boring, it was sooo boring. So Mr. Right came up with
the idea of a treasure hunt.
We drew a
map and burned the edges then crumpled it and soaked it in water with tea, then
set it out in the sun to dry. In the meantime Mr. Right ran over to the store
and for few dollars bought a set of hot wheels cars and went to the spot we
agreed on and buried said set of cars, marking the spot with a paper X. Cont. in Hanger Rats
Just the two of us
Last month as a gift to each other Mr. Right and I decided to take a cruise to the Western Caribbean. The cruise was our birthday present and it was a four day mini vacation for he and I, son went to stay with Grandma and Pappie. Sometimes when you are married to a pilot it is mighty difficult to carve out time to relax and just be together. When he is flying you clearly are not together and when he comes home daily life takes over and there are things to do activities to attend, and the family as a whole stays busy busy, leaving no time for alone time or romance. so we decided to make time for just us. Continued in Relationships
Seafood Feast from the Gulf to the table
Yesterday my parents in law and son myself took a trip to Galveston Beach for a day in the sun and relaxation. There is a little market off the port pear called Katie's Seafood Market and I just love it. I shop there every time we go to Galveston and buy fresh flounder and shrimp or other fish. Yesterday we grilled the flounder and some of the shrimp, we made shrimp coctail with the rest of the shrimp. Check out meals for two for the recipes. Yumm yumm.
Adjustment after pilot has been gone also know and 1st day home jitters (Survey)
I wrote about this few times (First day back jitters and Theanti……….cipation as well as He is coming home) and the topic comes up often in
the different groups I belong to. How to cope with the jitters? How to seamlessly slip back into the routine?
In the survey I asked how others do it. Is there a secret to having a successful
home coming every time?
Continued in Survey
Positives and Chellenges of the pilot lifestyle (survey)
The views are definitly a plus
Why are pilots pilots? There are numerous reasons why people
choose their profession and I know that for us my husband loves to fly, with
that choice comes a unique lifestyle that allows for travel and presents many
opportunities as well as challenges -so I asked the wives and girlfriends to list
the positive and challenging things about this lifestyle. Here is a summary of
their take on the pluses and minuses of the lifestyle and job, listed in order
of most often mentioned to less often.
A perfect break
Once in a while you get blessed with a perfect break. The last 7 days were amazing. With this schedule of days or weeks away from home sometimes the home coming is sweet and sometimes it is not as smooth as one would hope. I wrote many times about the preparations that go into Mr. Right coming home in “He is coming home!!!”, I also wrote about the struggle to find a balance in “Folks we are experiencing turbulence due to colliding fronts” and in “Unclear try a different freq.”. But what does it take to have a perfect break, what is the formula for a perfect week?
Cont in Relationships
Daddy pilot and his Lofty project
Before
Mr. Right loves projects he always is thinking about the next home improvement or yard design. As our boy has been getting more into racing and less into the child's play that included Thomas the Tank Engine we decided that it maybe time to redo his room. Continued in the Hanger Rats including pictures of after.
Spring has Sprung
I have been MIA for a while now and it is not for lack of desire to write but for lack of time. I had a pretty bad infection at the beginning of February and that knocked me out for almost two weeks. Just as I recovered we had a death in our family and thus I took an impromptu trip to PA. Now after being away for almost two weeks I have been home trying to get my bearings and re-enter the routine. Get my bearings ya know. Cont In the life of the Whirly Wife (there is lots and lots of pictures)
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