Back to blogging

Okay, I realize I've been a lazy blogger lately. What with the husband deploying and the kids going back to school and the freaking full-time job (who do they think I am, super woman?), I have neglected my blogging duties.

I spent some time posting on what is known as the "FRG" (Family Readiness Group) yahoo site (which I created, by the way). Traditionally, a military FRG is supposed to provide a way for the families of deployed soldiers to find support, commiserate, share, etc. When the families live on base, or near each other, it can be an incredibly helpful thing. In our case, we families are fairly spread out, so the idea of an internet group was very appealing. This unit is comprised of a bunch of men and two women, so, again, in our case, the "families" are a bunch of wives and girlfriends. There's a fair amount of bitching involved in the posts. But that's the point, right, we get to vent and complain about how our soldiers' pay is screwed up, etc., etc. Apparently not. As it turns out, more than one of us wives have been reprimanded by the company commander for airing our concerns. And if that's not bad enough, our husbands have been impacted as well! If there's one thing you don't want to do just before you send your husband off to war, well, it's pissing off his commander. Let's just say that I swallowed my pride, made my apologies (even though he is WRONG!) and said goodbye to that crap. Not long after, the number of posts began to fall dramatically and now the group is practically defunct. Ha! That is what they get.

Okay, moving on, I am back with a vengeance AND I have a new camera, so get ready to be flooded with posts and pictures!