1/22/11
Holy cow!! Totally did not realize that I have not been on for a week... Sad thing is I don't really remember anything exciting happening the whole time... Spend most of last week just vegetating... getting over all the birthday planning and cleaning up.
Today on the other hand was a whole new day!!! Started out by having a late night playing on the computer last night... I am addicted to Nancy Drew PC games... Downloaded a new one and got caught up in it... Needless to say it was 2 am before I went to bed. Then my poor baby woke up at 5:30 with a stuffed nose... I was so tired all I could tell him was go back to bed and we will clean it up in the morning... Clean it up... seriously?? I was so tired I couldn't even open my eyes!! Then I kept hearing him... he got up and went down stairs... first I hear him coughing... then I hear the TV... then I hear him banging around in the kitchen... Then the dogs start to whine... Guess its time to start my day...
Got up, got the dogs out, got Zack to turn down the tv... Then I crawled onto my couch with my blankie and I was gone!!! Slept for over an hour... Woke up with a major headache... Great! Finally got some lunch and then we all had to head to Walmart to get a birthday present for our friend's son's 1st birthday...
Got to the birthday party at 3 pm... Ate some food, hung out... got to watch little Joshua dive head first into his cake... That was too cute!! Then we had to leave at 4:30 to head over to the ice rink here on post... Eric's troop was having a farewell get together to have one last social event for the families... Free ice skating... Zack is hooked! He wants me check to see if he can get lessons! Eric got out on the ice with Zack and I don't know who was having more fun... Eric was having a blast and the smile on his face was proof enough for me!! Didn't get to stay a long time there, only about an hour... Then it was off to the Big Dipper Ice Arena... The local hockey team the Fairbanks Ice Dogs sold tickets in Eric's unit for only $5 to give us a farewell... That was not only cool to do that for all of us, but it was the most fun I've had in a long time... I do believe I am becoming a hockey fan... My throat hurt from yelling so much... We even got to see an actual hockey fight!!! It was AWESOME!! If your gonna experience hockey, you have to experience it all!!!
Here it is 11 pm... we are finally home... Zack is eating a chimichanga... Sniffling... Caught himself a major cold today! Eric and I are on our computers trying to figure out what we want to eat before we go to bed... I'm thinking something light... Maybe some soup or a grilled cheese sandwich!! Or maybe both... That sounds really good!
Hope you all have a safe weekend and a great night!!!
1/26/11
Wowzers!! Did this cold really kick our butts... Zack ended up staying 2 days out of school and finally went back today... I caught the cold on Monday and am still suffering from a sore throat and coughing... Hoping I will get it gone in the next day or two...
Things are progressing with Eric and his deployment, as we figured! He will be leaving us soon... Not looking forward to that or the ramifications of it! I hope Zack doesn't take it too hard and start acting up. Zack is dealing better with change but still has some issues with major events... I think his daddy leaving us for a year is considered a major event.
I went and bought him a calender, he actually picked it out, and we are going to go through it and mark down major landmarks over the next year... Kind of like making a mini map of events he can count down to... Hoping it will help him adjust better to the upcoming year! We are planning on taking a trip down to Idaho to visit family in June/July for a couple of weeks... Hoping that helps too.
Eric has been great this past week... Working around the house helping me get everything cleaned up and organized to make our lives easier with him gone. This weekend I plan on moving dishes down a shelf in the kitchen so I can reach them... Its the little things we have to think of on a daily basis... How many times do you ask your husband, "Can you get that down for me?" "Can you open this for me?" "Can you pick this up from the store on your way home?"... Not anymore... at least for awhile!
I love the fact that I can be so independent... It drives me crazy to see a wife sit back and cry and wallow in self pity because she can't function without her husband... I am Christy... Then I am Eric's wife and Zack's mom!!! It has to be that way or I would never survive and neither would they! I've been told I've been admired by my lifestyle and how well I adjust to the changes... To me... Its just how life is... Please, don't misunderstand what I am saying... I dearly love and miss Eric when he is gone, but as a military wife... This is what we do... No matter how much I cry or whine or wallow... Uncle Sam is not going to bring my husband home until his mission or time is up... Everyone has hardships in their day to day lives... Ours is not better or worse, just different!
I hope that didn't scare anyone away... LOL... I do hope you all have a great night and an even better day tomorrow!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
01/15/11 - 01/21/11
01/15/2011
Wow... Sorry I haven't been on for a few days... Eric and I have been so busy around the house and shopping getting everything ready for Zack's 8th birthday party!!! Spent the day today picking up treats, pizzas, food, ice, the cake... and then coming home and decorating everything up... We had a great time! Had lots of food and friends over to enjoy our day with us! Zack said he loved his party, which made it all worthwhile!!! We had great success with the birthday cake, especially considering all the drama I had to go through to find someone who was willing to actually decorate a cake here in Fairbanks!!! And the girls over at the bakery did exactly what Zack asked for... which made it even better!!!
Now I am sitting here in the dark writing on this blog, winding down from the day... Zack and 3 of his friends just finished watching Alpha and Omega and are going to sleep on the living room floor... We'll see how many actually stay in the living room!! I spoke... or wrote too soon... Zack just came and asked if he could sleep in my chair... the floor is too hard!!! haha!! Kids!!
Wow... Sorry I haven't been on for a few days... Eric and I have been so busy around the house and shopping getting everything ready for Zack's 8th birthday party!!! Spent the day today picking up treats, pizzas, food, ice, the cake... and then coming home and decorating everything up... We had a great time! Had lots of food and friends over to enjoy our day with us! Zack said he loved his party, which made it all worthwhile!!! We had great success with the birthday cake, especially considering all the drama I had to go through to find someone who was willing to actually decorate a cake here in Fairbanks!!! And the girls over at the bakery did exactly what Zack asked for... which made it even better!!!
Now I am sitting here in the dark writing on this blog, winding down from the day... Zack and 3 of his friends just finished watching Alpha and Omega and are going to sleep on the living room floor... We'll see how many actually stay in the living room!! I spoke... or wrote too soon... Zack just came and asked if he could sleep in my chair... the floor is too hard!!! haha!! Kids!!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
01/08/11- 01/14/11
01/08/11
Eric, Zack, and I spent the afternoon watching some tv and just spending time together! May not be excessively fun, but it is what we like to do! In the evening, we went over to some friends house for dinner and a birthday party. Ended up not getting home until almost 2 in the morning. Its always fun to hang out with friends and I am so excited to be the one hosting the birthday party next weekend!
01/09/11
Today I am on a mission!! I was told about a couple more bakeries in the area, so we are heading out to do some searching for someone willing to make Zack the birthday cake he really wants. I hate to think that my baby boy has to settle for anything!!! Will let you know how it all turns out!!!
SUCCESS!!! We drove over to Fred Meyer to check out their bakery and the girls in there said it would be no problem for them to do Zack's cake!!! All we had to do was get them a picture and they would have it done. Well, after walking all through the store, looking at the toys, clothes, cards, gift wrap... we found not one single Phineas and Ferb item to take to the bakery!!! So all the way home we had to drive to pick up a napkin that I had bought at Walmart! Took it back in and the girl was so nice and said she would personally make Zack's cake for him... He got such a big smile on his face and thanked her!!! After all the trouble I had went through at the other Fred Meyer store here in town, I am so thankful that this store was willing to work with their customers and give us exactly what we want!! Still have lots to do... But it is all worth it to make my little man have the best birthday ever!!!
01/10/11
Back to being a lazy day... Got some housework done but nothing more really to report...
01/11/11
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACHARY!!!! It is so hard to believe that my Zachary is 8 years old today... The time is just flying by! Given the choice to stay home from school or take cupcakes to his class... he chose the cupcakes... He makes me so proud!!! And when he gets home he tells me that his teacher forgot about the cupcakes so they are going to do them tomorrow... That is too funny!!!
I spent the morning sleeping... had a very rough night last night... I felt sick but also had a sharp pain in my back all night... more like behind my ribs. Did not get any sleep and so I slept today after I got home from dropping Zack off at school. Did make it to the store to pick him up some pizzas for dinner... Zack's choice! And also got him a small cake since today is his birthday... the bigger party with all of our friends is on Saturday! Now to just sit back, relax, and wait for daddy to come home! Maybe I will pull out my massage pad and see if I can get this pain to go away in my back!
Tonight ended up being a very nice night... Eric and Zack spent most of the early evening in the basement unpacking more boxes... Eric was looking for his PS2 games to pack away to take with him overseas... Not liking why he unpacked boxes but glad he got some more done. He also found my exercise peddles, so wasn't a waste of time. Had a quick dinner and ate some cake... Then it was off to bed for Zack... Sorry baby... still have to go to school tomorrow!!
01/12/11
Was a cold one this morning... When I got up it was -12... I'm sure it was colder but I got to sleep in this morning... My loving husband didn't have to be into work until 9, so he got Zack up and off to school... Oh it felt so good to sleep in!!! And I felt so good, I got up and started working around the house. I was able to get the laundry done, sorta ( have to fold it all tomorrow), got the dining room cleaned, dishes and kitchen all done, floors swept and vacuumed! It felt so good to be able to get up and get some much needed work done. I am really hoping I get a good nights sleep tonight as well. Need to go into town tomorrow for an appointment and have to go to the store to figure out what I want to make for dinner. I may get up and look through my cookbook to see if I can find something interesting to make. Then back home to finish up the cleaning I need to do. Only a couple more days until Zack's party and I feel like there is so much to do still.
Today I started a recipe exchange on my email... Hoping to get some good recipes from strangers... I love recipes... I have a mini cookbook collection. I know it is bigger than some people have but to me it is still very small... Can never have too many cookbooks!!
Gonna sign off and see if I can get a good nights sleep again! Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!!!
Eric, Zack, and I spent the afternoon watching some tv and just spending time together! May not be excessively fun, but it is what we like to do! In the evening, we went over to some friends house for dinner and a birthday party. Ended up not getting home until almost 2 in the morning. Its always fun to hang out with friends and I am so excited to be the one hosting the birthday party next weekend!
01/09/11
Today I am on a mission!! I was told about a couple more bakeries in the area, so we are heading out to do some searching for someone willing to make Zack the birthday cake he really wants. I hate to think that my baby boy has to settle for anything!!! Will let you know how it all turns out!!!
SUCCESS!!! We drove over to Fred Meyer to check out their bakery and the girls in there said it would be no problem for them to do Zack's cake!!! All we had to do was get them a picture and they would have it done. Well, after walking all through the store, looking at the toys, clothes, cards, gift wrap... we found not one single Phineas and Ferb item to take to the bakery!!! So all the way home we had to drive to pick up a napkin that I had bought at Walmart! Took it back in and the girl was so nice and said she would personally make Zack's cake for him... He got such a big smile on his face and thanked her!!! After all the trouble I had went through at the other Fred Meyer store here in town, I am so thankful that this store was willing to work with their customers and give us exactly what we want!! Still have lots to do... But it is all worth it to make my little man have the best birthday ever!!!
01/10/11
Back to being a lazy day... Got some housework done but nothing more really to report...
01/11/11
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACHARY!!!! It is so hard to believe that my Zachary is 8 years old today... The time is just flying by! Given the choice to stay home from school or take cupcakes to his class... he chose the cupcakes... He makes me so proud!!! And when he gets home he tells me that his teacher forgot about the cupcakes so they are going to do them tomorrow... That is too funny!!!
I spent the morning sleeping... had a very rough night last night... I felt sick but also had a sharp pain in my back all night... more like behind my ribs. Did not get any sleep and so I slept today after I got home from dropping Zack off at school. Did make it to the store to pick him up some pizzas for dinner... Zack's choice! And also got him a small cake since today is his birthday... the bigger party with all of our friends is on Saturday! Now to just sit back, relax, and wait for daddy to come home! Maybe I will pull out my massage pad and see if I can get this pain to go away in my back!
Tonight ended up being a very nice night... Eric and Zack spent most of the early evening in the basement unpacking more boxes... Eric was looking for his PS2 games to pack away to take with him overseas... Not liking why he unpacked boxes but glad he got some more done. He also found my exercise peddles, so wasn't a waste of time. Had a quick dinner and ate some cake... Then it was off to bed for Zack... Sorry baby... still have to go to school tomorrow!!
01/12/11
Was a cold one this morning... When I got up it was -12... I'm sure it was colder but I got to sleep in this morning... My loving husband didn't have to be into work until 9, so he got Zack up and off to school... Oh it felt so good to sleep in!!! And I felt so good, I got up and started working around the house. I was able to get the laundry done, sorta ( have to fold it all tomorrow), got the dining room cleaned, dishes and kitchen all done, floors swept and vacuumed! It felt so good to be able to get up and get some much needed work done. I am really hoping I get a good nights sleep tonight as well. Need to go into town tomorrow for an appointment and have to go to the store to figure out what I want to make for dinner. I may get up and look through my cookbook to see if I can find something interesting to make. Then back home to finish up the cleaning I need to do. Only a couple more days until Zack's party and I feel like there is so much to do still.
Today I started a recipe exchange on my email... Hoping to get some good recipes from strangers... I love recipes... I have a mini cookbook collection. I know it is bigger than some people have but to me it is still very small... Can never have too many cookbooks!!
Gonna sign off and see if I can get a good nights sleep again! Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!!!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Links
After discussing with my brother today about some utensils I found here in Alaska... I decided to post some links to some businesses here in Alaska and also links to businesses that can help make your life a little easier here or maybe even where you are!
Moosetard - Locally made in Fox Alaska.
Ulu Factory - Anchorage Alaska
YakTrax - snow chains for your shoes!
Junonia - Plus sized active wear for women
Alyeska Resort - Plan and book your Alaska vacation
The Great Alaskan Bowl Company
01/01/2011 - 01/07/2011
01/01 - 01/04/2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Today starts out a brand new and exciting year for us! We celebrated the night together as a family, toasting the new year with sparkling cider! Eric spent 2 hours outside shoveling snow and chipping ice off the driveway... It looks so nice now! Also got all the holiday lights down. I always hate taking them down... I'd leave decorations up all year if I could... Maybe I should move to North Pole Alaska where they actually do keep them up all year!!! LOL
Spent the next few days just cleaning up the house and putting all the Christmas decorations away... Eric headed back to work on the 3rd and Zack back to school on the 4th. Not much more to report!
01/05/11
Today is the day that I actually start officially writing this blog. My day is going good so far... Got Zack up and off to school this morning. Its now 10:30 am and the sun is finally coming up... Official sunrise time is 10:48 am... And sunset today is set as 3:05 pm... that gives us a total of 4 hours and 16 minutes of daylight today. This is one of the issues I should cover as far as surviving Alaska... Get used to the dark in the winter and the sun in the summer. You will not make it here if you don't get out and do something... Even when its dark outside, you need to get out of the house and do anything... shopping, lunch, hanging out with friends... All 3 if that makes you feel better. And take care of yourself in the summer time... Get dark curtains for your windows so you can get the proper number of hours of sleep... Buy a sleep mask if that helps... I did!
Now for the rest of my day... Today is one of those days you don't really want to have... especially if you are a military spouse... Tonight I have to go to a deployment briefing. Basically, the Army is getting everyone together to go over information we will all need when our spouses leave on their deployment. My son and I get to spend the next year alone up here in Alaska... and I don't find that terribly scary. This deployment will hopefully be our last, and I have to say that with this one being our 3rd to Iraq, that I'm not upset about it... Don't get me wrong, I would much rather have Eric home with us, but since he is up for retirement in a few years, I'm looking forward to saving a bunch of the money he will be earning while over there. Retirement scares me more than the deployments do! We have been in the service for 16 years... we know nothing else... What are we supposed to do for a paycheck? What kind of job is he going to get? What does he want to do? Where will we live? These questions run through my mind daily! I love being an Army wife... I love everything about it... And to all of a sudden not be one anymore literally scares the you know what out of me.
Well, the deployment briefing went as planned... Got a lot of information! Had to fill out a Guardianship Power of Attorney for Zack... This is something that is not required but highly recommended. Basically it is authorization for a named person to take care of Zachary in case something should happen to me while Eric is deployed. Scary thought... but Eric has said for years "If you have it, you won't need it"... I always thought it was because he may have hoarding issues but makes sense here! Its also great to know that I have friends here willing to take my son and care for him until Eric gets home! Another nice thing I found out tonight is that I will get 16 hours a month free childcare at the Child Development Center for the entire deployment. That not only gives me a break once in a while but lets Zack just go out and hang with kids his own age, outside of school!
I think that is about it for my first day blogging! Tomorrow is a new day and we will see what it brings! Good night all... Stay safe and keep each other always in your hearts!!
01/06/11
Hello everyone! Woke up this morning to the snow falling... It was a beautiful 12 degrees... Eric had to get up extra early to be at work, so I got up to get Zack off to school. Its been a very lazy day today... looked at the dishes, and looked at the laundry, and decided it can wait a little bit longer... Now it is lunch time, Eric is home fixing something to eat, and all I keep thinking about is how I wasted my morning... Why? I haven't done anything... That is the problem... I literally have done nothing... Fell asleep sitting up in my chair... I do that often... I love naps... Is that wrong? I started taking naps when I was pregnant and never stopped... Now that I feel somewhat refreshed... I will spend my afternoon working on cleaning up my home. Going to make some baked chicken for dinner tonight. Hope that makes everyone happy... Hadn't had chicken for awhile. Tomorrow night I am hoping to go out to dinner with some friends... They invited us to try a Korean restaurant and since I've never had Korean food, I'm all for it! Wonder how Zack will do there? He's not much of an eater... Will have to update on that one tomorrow! I also need to run to store and get Zack's birthday cake ordered! I can't believe my baby boy is going to be 8 years old next week... Time is flying by!
01/07/11
Hello everyone!! Can you believe its already the 7th... The first week of January has just flown by... This bodes well for me!! haha Today I woke up to a fresh coating of snow on the ground, raring to go, wanting to clean, big plans... What actually happened was the total opposite. Didn't get my dishes done, only did one load of laundry... Ended up sleeping again!!! Stayed up way too late last night discussing with some friends how long they are sleeping too. Vitamin D deficiency is a big thing for me. I actually was diagnosed with this problem before I even moved to Alaska... and now with the lack of sunlight it is something I have to keep monitoring. Bad news is... even though I am on the Vitamin D pills, I am still very tired and suffer from headaches. Vitamin D levels are normal but because we have so little sunlight here, it just wears you down. I need to stop shutting the curtains and laying down in the morning and open up the house and let what sun is out come in... Everyday we get a minute or two more of sunlight, so by April we should be back to 12 hour cycles...
Picked Zack up early from school and took him to his psychologist... Zack is being tested to see if he has Aspergers... So far it is looking like he does not. The doctor says that Zack is just way to social to have any form of Autism. This is good news for us! Zack was recently diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. He started showing signs when he was around 5-6 but we just thought it was from his ADHD. I started asking questions about the little tics and quirks when we were in Virginia and was told it was nothing... everyone has tics. I brought it up again here in Alaska, and a specialist from Seattle came up to observe and test him for behavioral issues and he was then diagnosed with onset Tourettes. Basically I was told that he has a 50-50 chance of growing out of it... He will either progress slowly and maintain the syndrome into adulthood or he will progress fast and peak in his teenage years and then start downhill and by adulthood he will be done with them. Little off track there, but basically he had his last appointment today so I am hoping to get the final diagnosis and take it to his school.
After all of that, we came home, picked up Eric and headed to Fred Meyer to pick out a cake for Zack's birthday party next weekend! Can you believe when I asked the decorators at the bakery if they could pipe on a picture of Phineas and Ferb on to a sheet cake, they told me NO... They didn't do that! They only put pictures on the cakes that are printed out on edible paper!! Seriously... where is a baker when you need one??? I am still very upset that Zack is not going to be getting the cake he wanted but had to settle for something else...
We ended the night on a positive note... We got to go out to dinner with some dear friends of ours! They introduced us to Korean food. Never had it, never had the chance to, and now I have found a new cuisine that I really enjoyed! I can't wait to go back... And its in the cutest coziest little basement!!! Yes, a Korean restaurant in the basement of the local bowling alley! Zack was pretty upset that we didn't go bowling... May have to take him... Haven't done that in quite a while either!!
Bought a red velvet cake at Freddy's tonight so I think I am going to go enjoy a piece of cake and then relax for the night. I hope everyone has a great night and an even better day tomorrow!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Today starts out a brand new and exciting year for us! We celebrated the night together as a family, toasting the new year with sparkling cider! Eric spent 2 hours outside shoveling snow and chipping ice off the driveway... It looks so nice now! Also got all the holiday lights down. I always hate taking them down... I'd leave decorations up all year if I could... Maybe I should move to North Pole Alaska where they actually do keep them up all year!!! LOL
Spent the next few days just cleaning up the house and putting all the Christmas decorations away... Eric headed back to work on the 3rd and Zack back to school on the 4th. Not much more to report!
01/05/11
Today is the day that I actually start officially writing this blog. My day is going good so far... Got Zack up and off to school this morning. Its now 10:30 am and the sun is finally coming up... Official sunrise time is 10:48 am... And sunset today is set as 3:05 pm... that gives us a total of 4 hours and 16 minutes of daylight today. This is one of the issues I should cover as far as surviving Alaska... Get used to the dark in the winter and the sun in the summer. You will not make it here if you don't get out and do something... Even when its dark outside, you need to get out of the house and do anything... shopping, lunch, hanging out with friends... All 3 if that makes you feel better. And take care of yourself in the summer time... Get dark curtains for your windows so you can get the proper number of hours of sleep... Buy a sleep mask if that helps... I did!
Now for the rest of my day... Today is one of those days you don't really want to have... especially if you are a military spouse... Tonight I have to go to a deployment briefing. Basically, the Army is getting everyone together to go over information we will all need when our spouses leave on their deployment. My son and I get to spend the next year alone up here in Alaska... and I don't find that terribly scary. This deployment will hopefully be our last, and I have to say that with this one being our 3rd to Iraq, that I'm not upset about it... Don't get me wrong, I would much rather have Eric home with us, but since he is up for retirement in a few years, I'm looking forward to saving a bunch of the money he will be earning while over there. Retirement scares me more than the deployments do! We have been in the service for 16 years... we know nothing else... What are we supposed to do for a paycheck? What kind of job is he going to get? What does he want to do? Where will we live? These questions run through my mind daily! I love being an Army wife... I love everything about it... And to all of a sudden not be one anymore literally scares the you know what out of me.
Well, the deployment briefing went as planned... Got a lot of information! Had to fill out a Guardianship Power of Attorney for Zack... This is something that is not required but highly recommended. Basically it is authorization for a named person to take care of Zachary in case something should happen to me while Eric is deployed. Scary thought... but Eric has said for years "If you have it, you won't need it"... I always thought it was because he may have hoarding issues but makes sense here! Its also great to know that I have friends here willing to take my son and care for him until Eric gets home! Another nice thing I found out tonight is that I will get 16 hours a month free childcare at the Child Development Center for the entire deployment. That not only gives me a break once in a while but lets Zack just go out and hang with kids his own age, outside of school!
I think that is about it for my first day blogging! Tomorrow is a new day and we will see what it brings! Good night all... Stay safe and keep each other always in your hearts!!
01/06/11
Hello everyone! Woke up this morning to the snow falling... It was a beautiful 12 degrees... Eric had to get up extra early to be at work, so I got up to get Zack off to school. Its been a very lazy day today... looked at the dishes, and looked at the laundry, and decided it can wait a little bit longer... Now it is lunch time, Eric is home fixing something to eat, and all I keep thinking about is how I wasted my morning... Why? I haven't done anything... That is the problem... I literally have done nothing... Fell asleep sitting up in my chair... I do that often... I love naps... Is that wrong? I started taking naps when I was pregnant and never stopped... Now that I feel somewhat refreshed... I will spend my afternoon working on cleaning up my home. Going to make some baked chicken for dinner tonight. Hope that makes everyone happy... Hadn't had chicken for awhile. Tomorrow night I am hoping to go out to dinner with some friends... They invited us to try a Korean restaurant and since I've never had Korean food, I'm all for it! Wonder how Zack will do there? He's not much of an eater... Will have to update on that one tomorrow! I also need to run to store and get Zack's birthday cake ordered! I can't believe my baby boy is going to be 8 years old next week... Time is flying by!
01/07/11
Hello everyone!! Can you believe its already the 7th... The first week of January has just flown by... This bodes well for me!! haha Today I woke up to a fresh coating of snow on the ground, raring to go, wanting to clean, big plans... What actually happened was the total opposite. Didn't get my dishes done, only did one load of laundry... Ended up sleeping again!!! Stayed up way too late last night discussing with some friends how long they are sleeping too. Vitamin D deficiency is a big thing for me. I actually was diagnosed with this problem before I even moved to Alaska... and now with the lack of sunlight it is something I have to keep monitoring. Bad news is... even though I am on the Vitamin D pills, I am still very tired and suffer from headaches. Vitamin D levels are normal but because we have so little sunlight here, it just wears you down. I need to stop shutting the curtains and laying down in the morning and open up the house and let what sun is out come in... Everyday we get a minute or two more of sunlight, so by April we should be back to 12 hour cycles...
Picked Zack up early from school and took him to his psychologist... Zack is being tested to see if he has Aspergers... So far it is looking like he does not. The doctor says that Zack is just way to social to have any form of Autism. This is good news for us! Zack was recently diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. He started showing signs when he was around 5-6 but we just thought it was from his ADHD. I started asking questions about the little tics and quirks when we were in Virginia and was told it was nothing... everyone has tics. I brought it up again here in Alaska, and a specialist from Seattle came up to observe and test him for behavioral issues and he was then diagnosed with onset Tourettes. Basically I was told that he has a 50-50 chance of growing out of it... He will either progress slowly and maintain the syndrome into adulthood or he will progress fast and peak in his teenage years and then start downhill and by adulthood he will be done with them. Little off track there, but basically he had his last appointment today so I am hoping to get the final diagnosis and take it to his school.
After all of that, we came home, picked up Eric and headed to Fred Meyer to pick out a cake for Zack's birthday party next weekend! Can you believe when I asked the decorators at the bakery if they could pipe on a picture of Phineas and Ferb on to a sheet cake, they told me NO... They didn't do that! They only put pictures on the cakes that are printed out on edible paper!! Seriously... where is a baker when you need one??? I am still very upset that Zack is not going to be getting the cake he wanted but had to settle for something else...
We ended the night on a positive note... We got to go out to dinner with some dear friends of ours! They introduced us to Korean food. Never had it, never had the chance to, and now I have found a new cuisine that I really enjoyed! I can't wait to go back... And its in the cutest coziest little basement!!! Yes, a Korean restaurant in the basement of the local bowling alley! Zack was pretty upset that we didn't go bowling... May have to take him... Haven't done that in quite a while either!!
Bought a red velvet cake at Freddy's tonight so I think I am going to go enjoy a piece of cake and then relax for the night. I hope everyone has a great night and an even better day tomorrow!
Introduction
Well, I guess I should give a little background about myself... My name is Christy and I am a stay at home mom to one boy. I have been married for 16 years to Eric, who is a Sgt in the United States Army. We have lived in a few different states... North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia... And about 6 months ago we started our newest adventure... Alaska! This blog was the brain child of my sister, Shanna, who thought that it would be therapeutic of me to write down what life is like living in Alaska. I totally agree... Over the next year a lot will be happening in my life, as well as the lives of my husband and son. This is going to become a daily update on how we live and what we do... not just in Alaska, but also dealing with everyday issues in our lives. Hopefully you won't think our lives are too boring, but maybe this will help some to actually get to know us and understand our lives a little better.
You will come to find out that I am fighting weight issues, I am very active in my son's development, he has been diagnosed with extreme ADHD and Tourette Syndrome, I love to cook, I love crafts, I love staying home and hanging with my family. These topics will be discussed pretty much regularly. I also want to give some insight and helpful hints to life in Alaska... If by chance you are new to Alaska yourself, or are in the process of moving here, either through the military or just because... I would like to think that our experience coming here will be beneficial. We have learned so much about our safety, from the simplest of things to the most extreme weather conditions. So I hope you keep coming back to see what life is like in Alaska!
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