Seriously, some people...!!

I went to my daughters second soccer game today(they won 5 to 2) and some parents never seem to amaze me. While I was there concentrating on my daughter and her team and cheering them on, there were several parents there not even paying attention to their own children. They were too busy texting and gossiping and talking on the phone. I will be the first to admit, I am a texting addict myself, but it will not come before my children and showing them support and letting them know how proud I am of them. Every time my daughter looked over at me, I was looking right at her and saw every soccer play she did. I could tell she was so happy that Mommy was watching her. I saw several kids looking in the direction of where their parents were standing only to see that they were not paying attention to the achievements of their own children. It makes you wonder(me anyway) how a parent could do that and miss all the excitement of that day for their children. Why even enroll your own child in activities if you are not going to support them 100%? Situations like that, involving parents like that, is something I don't understand. There isn't anything that would stop me from supporting and showing my children how proud I am of them, let alone gossiping and texting.....

The Intro Blog

I'm new to this blog thing. I thought I would try it out since I always have something to say and I am not afraid to express my opinions about what I think, whether it be about life, love, parenting, school, work, etc. I do not follow politics, so that will be one thing you don't read on my posts. Since this is my first post I will not bore you with going back in time and re-iterating on my past reflections of life. I will how ever let you in on some key points in my life. I have three amazingly beautiful and smart children, who are in fact the most important influential people in my life. Not a day goes by that they don't teach me something about my life. Considering I am their mother, I should be the one teaching them all about life, the good and the bad. I feel I do a good job of that, but of course being a single mother to three children can be stressful. After all I am a caregiver, boo boo fixer, housekeeper, cook, chauffeur, playmate, and so much more. Sometimes I look back at the week(especially when it was as hectic as this week) and wonder where all the hours went. Some of my friends call me Supermom. They make fun of me because I go to school full time to get my bachelors degree, I work full time for the government, I cook dinner every night, check homework, do laundry, take the kids to their activities, and never ever miss a school function or forget an appointment. They often ask me how I do it. I honestly tell them I don't know how, I just do! The kids and myself have a routine that we pretty much follow all the time during the week. Don;t get me wrong my kids are not spoiled at all. My eight year old son has chores that are age appropriate and he gets an allowance, but only if I don;t have to remind him to do them. My six year old daughter has chores appropriate for her age as well. The same rules apply for her, as does for him. My two year old son doesn't have a lot of responsibility(for obvious age reasons). He does however know how to put away his laundry, his dirty clothes in the hamper, and a few other things that he enjoys doing(the things that amuse two year olds..lol) We also have a 6 year old German Shepherd and 3 month old kitten. The kids love them both dearly and enjoy playing with them.

I am proud to have served our country in the US Army (HOOAH) and I fully support the troops 100%. I have had the privilege to be both a single parent while on active duty, dual military active duty, and a civilian military spouse. So when it comes to those opinions, you might be hearing a lot from me. I will never speak about anything that I haven't experienced myself. My opinions are based solely on my beliefs, so of course I don't expect everyone to agree with them, but hey, that is what blogging is all about right?

I do firmly believe in a few things in life. The elders deserve our full respect(they can teach us so much and have experienced things that we could never dream of), if you don't support the troops than please feel free to stand in front of them, being a parent is the most rewarding job in the world and also the most toughest but there is no greater blessing, I don't believe in lying. If you got something to say, say it. You will see that often in my blogs. I tend to be fully blunt and straight forward at times, so be prepared.

I guess that is all for now, I will be back tomorrow. I'm sure I will have lots to say.