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Semper Wife Shop review and **giveaway** ends 8/17

Semper Wifey Shop

I had the opportunity to review the military themed note cards from Semper Wifey's etsy Shop.

I've been following her blog for a while and must say her note cards are as much fun as her blog.

As military spouses we are always looking for a little humor to get us through the tough times and these cards might be just what you have been looking for.

With the "little green army men" as the theme of these card they are perfect for any branch of military.

I am sure those of you who are not military can find a humorous way to use these also.

I received three different cards all of which are blank on the inside so anything can be written in them.

My plans for these cards are for my son to send little notes to daddy during this deployment.

Not only will it be fun for my son I am sure they will put a smile on my hubby's face when he gets them.

Semper Wifey has been gracious enough to offer my readers a 15% discount code plus free shipping good until tomorrow evening.

Use: SEMPER15

And if that is not enough one lucky winner will receive the same set of note cards that I did.

How to Enter:
You must do the Mandatory entry first all other entries are optional.
You must leave you email in at least one entry so I can contact you if you win.

Mandatory Entry:
Visit Semper Wifey's shop and tell me which style of card is your favorite.

Extra Entries:
Follow me via GFC (+2)
Follow me on Facebook (+1)
Follow me on Twitter (+1)
Tweet about this giveaway (+1) can be done daily
Add this giveaway in a linky and leave me the url to it (+3)
Blog about this giveaway (+5)

This giveaway will end on 8/17 at 11:59pm EST. This giveaway was sponsored by the Semper Wifey shop on etsy.


 I received the above named product to review and give my honest opinion.
I was not monetarily compensated for this review and all statement are 100% my own opinion.

Link up Thursday is back!

After a long break Link up Thurday is back!

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Add your blog to the list and have fun hopping.

Potty training = a crazy mommy!!!

Potty training in my house is a disaster.

My two year old is more than ready but way to stubborn.

She wants to wear panties so we have tried that.

She will sit on the potty for what seems like forever but rarely does anything.

Then as soon as she starts running around playing things just start flowing!

I have mopped up so many puddles that I'm about to lose my mind.

Although when she does it she starts crying and saying "yucky".

Anyone got any advice?

I'm willing to try anything at this point.

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Long awaited post!

Between Internet issues and my hubby being home for 6 days I have been MIA.

I know you are all wanting to know how we spent our 6 days together.

I can't exactly tell you all that... this is a family friendly blog after all.

The day he came home we had planned for a friend to pick him up from the airport.

Little did he know I was going with her to surprise him.

I was in such a hurry to see him as you can see.

Mean while my son was at home thinking I was out running errands.

I came home and had someone tell him to help me get stuff out of the car.

He walked out acting all mad that he had to help and walked right past his dad at first.

Obviously he realized he was there and got super excited.

Next we went in the house and my little girl couldn't believe daddy was here.

That's enough for tonight look for a future post with plenty more pictures.

Recap 2 months

It's been two months and one day since the hubby left.

 

Today was my birthday, but great friends made it a good day.

 

The only thing that could have made it better would be to have my hubby home.

 

I got to thinking about how fast these past two months have gone by.

 

I have made it through Mother's Day, Memorial Day, My daughter's birthday, our anniversary and now my birthday.

 

In less than a week I will finally be able to hold my husband in my arms again.

 

As great as that is it will be bitter sweet because he will only be home for six days :(

 

I knew this deployment would be hard but I must admit that it has made me realize I am a much stronger person than I ever thought I was.

 

I have learned that no matter how bad of a day I am having then next day is a fresh start.

 

Time goes fast and we need to remember to take it all in and make good memories even during the hard times.

 

Next week while my hubby is home I plan on laughing until I cry, crying until I laugh, staying up late and getting up early.

 

And of course taking way to many pictures.

 

Wasted time is time we can never get back so go out tomorrow and remember to live life to the fullest and be grateful for all the people in your life.