the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
From the monthly archives:
First Citrus had a high fever for five days, then Elysia. And I managed to get pink eye. Am refraining from posting pictures, although I suppose I could create quite an eye gallery with the post-retina surgery photos from a few years back that I took during 6 weeks of percocet.
Goodbye July!
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Here is the challenge:
What is a good, short, name for “civilian husband married to a woman in the military?”
Orange card men?
Hommes sans chapeaux?
* The ID card for military dependents is orange.
Brainstorm away in the comments or email me.
First prize for coining the best term is a t-shirt I got in the goodie bag at [...]
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We had Citrus’s birthday party today at a nearby regional park next to a carousel and miniature steam locomotive. It all went pretty well except for the train derailment, but no kids were lost.
Planning for this party introduced me to a whole new world. I guess I had never been to a true party planning [...]
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Our daughter was born three years ago today, July 24th, and she has thrilled us every moment since.
These pictures were taken at about 3 days old and about 3 years old. Click for larger versions.
And yes, we got rid of the pacifier last week after she had become quite capable of elaborate arguments and negotiating [...]
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Driving home the other day from an ice cream shop, we found ourselves behind Matthew Lesko, who lives a few miles from us. He was riding a scooter and was wearing a question mark suit.
We left him in peace. What would you have done?
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