I did not intend to only do Army Wives recaps here. My life just isn’t that interesting at the moment. I have my nephew here visiting from Nevada. The girls are on summer break as nearly every other child in the U.S. My house will be completed in three weeks and I am about 5% packed up, yikes. It is quite hard to live in a house and get ready to move it at the same time. You still have to live. I wish I could just leave it all and start over :P.

The 4th of July is approaching and Central Texas has very little to choose from as far as entertainment goes. We are not a family that reflects on how happy we are to be American, or honoring soldiers, I do that on a daily basis anyway. How much more can you do when you are married to one, you cook for his friends and help out another spouse here and there. Sure I could do more, hang a flag, slap yellow ribbons on my car yadda yadda, for now I just want a hot dog, some sparklers and some affordable gas to get me to a beach.

On an entirely different subject Maverick has a friend *T* who would like a nickname on my blog. I have never mentioned him here before because I don’t like to get personal on such a public venue, it’s usually just on LiveJournal do I mention friends and family, it’s friends only and has excellent filters. So anyway *T* would like a name. And in keeping with the spirit of Maverick, the T.V. show not Tom Cruise’s character on Top Gun, I will post part of the theme song to the old T.V. show featuring James Garner:

Who is the tall dark stranger there?
Maverick is the name.
Riding the trail to who knows where
Luck is his companion
Gamblin’ is his game.

Smooth as a handle on a gun
Maverick is the name.
Wild as a wind in Oregon
Blowin’ up a canyon
Easier to tame.

Now to continue talking about friends… I am very choosy about who I let into my life and my home. I used to try to be friends with everybody and try to ignore their oddities. However when we, Maverick and I, were younger and new to the Army Life, the oddities were a tad extreme and I have noticed as we have matured, we are less tolerable. We believe our friends should have strong stable marriages, their children should not destroy our home when they come to visit, drinking should not be the only reason we get together and drama should be at a minimum. I am happy to say that as we become older these qualities become easier to find in others, usually you do not have to look very hard. When you have to take a lot of time to see it in others, it’s probably not there and it is time to move on.

“As my old pappy used to say, it would be a pitiful thing if you had to work for a living. Son, use your wits; the Good Lord didn’t give you brains. ” - Brett Maverick

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Army Wives Episode 4, Season 2 - “Leaving the Tribe”

Frank & Denise: or rather just Denise since Frank was once again MIA this episode except for the highly predictable “officer wives don’t ride motorcycles”. Which is b.s. and anybody will tell you that. Frank is a control freak, I like him, but he needs to settle down a bit.

I don’t think Denise will cheat. At least not right away, the writers just did that with Roland.

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Episode 2, Season 2 - “The Messenger”

Frank & Denise: or rather just Denise since Frank was MIA this episode. I knew Denise was going to get her motorcycle. I saw Katherine Belle give an interview so I had some info on that already. She rides in real life. The next episode will be interesting. I knew Frank was going to have a say about it. And seriously, Officer Wives are on their toes a bit (or at least that’s what I like to think but have yet seen it happen), but I don’t think her riding a motorcycle is a big deal. For T.V. it’s interesting though.

Michael & C.J.: Well I hope this wraps the bombing episode up. I know that sounds cold but I just did not get into that story line in the first place. Sitting around with Casey and a few friends last night we all knew right off that the old man was supposed to be “god”. I wasn’t expecting it to be the little boys friend however. Am I the only one that didn’t think the entire little date thing was cute? Am I just all out mean? Why did C.J. order shrimp? I am not liking her character much this season. I guess I am just mean.

Emily’s storyline opened up the teaching me to drive a stick. Why am I such a baby…

Pam & Chase: Well here’s Chase just coming and going as he pleases… LOL. I enjoy Pam and Chases’ story line. It feels real to me. Army Wives has touched a few times on the emotions of children going through the military life and I am glad that they do. Children are often forgotten and the older they get the less programs there are for them. It just stops once Jr. High hits. The schools just think they should handle it by that age and we all forget that’s the age they need it the most. Anyway back to the storyline it sucks that Chase has to leave but I am so glad they changed his character from the selfish ass we were introduced to, to this caring family man. I *squish* them.

Roxy & Trevor: Roxy is great. I wish I had her no nonsense attitude when my father was here. I totally get her situation right now dealing with somebody who just sits around feeling sorry for themselves and snapping at the children while you’re trying to deal with the emotions of a deployment. And there are those who say Army Wives isn’t like real life. Well we don’t all live the same life so for some of us it hits the nail right on.

It was good for Betty got to see the military family from a different angle than from the veiw of a bar owner in a military town. I suppose that could make anybody jaded. She could play grandma since Roxy’s mom sucks! It was also good to see Trevor. His character is so “Aww Shucks” don’t you think?

Roland & Joan: Joan also MIA, didn’t care. Roland is what, the new teen counselor on post? Do you think this might give him opportunity to open his own practice? I like that he’s helping the teens, and I loved the confused teen boy at the end, that gave us all a good laugh. It would be nice if there was a real group to help older children deal with all of this. I wonder if there is and I just don’t know about it. Something to look up.

So all in all it was a wrap up and a set up show. Nothing actually happened. I didn’t have any strong emotions other than when Chase was talking with his daughter. I could see one of the girls behaving that way. Heck I could see myself hiding Casey’s keys the day of. Too sad to think about right now.

Where is the girl who quoted this and others like it all the time:

Great quotes from Chocolat:

You don’t misbehave here. It’s just not done, did you know that? If you don’t go to confession, if you don’t… dig your flowerbeds, or if you don’t pretend, if you don’t pretend… that you want nothing more in your life than to serve your husband three meals a day, and give him children, and vacuum under his ass, then… then you’re… then you’re crazy.

I think we can’t go around measuring our goodness by what we don’t do - by what we deny ourselves, what we resist and who we exclude. I think we’ve got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create and who we include.

I have become this person who doesn’t create or day dream or make weekly trips to the fabric store. I want to find her again, she was fun. If you see her can you send her back this way. I’m too busy running the Dyson, driving to gymnastics and packing my house to find out where she went. Thanks.

Episode 2, Season 2

Jeremy: I stick to what I did last week and I think I know what he’s going to do…

Frank & Denise: Aww Frank… I have a hard time seeing men sad and try to be strong. Denise didn’t have much of a story line, which is fine. I like how she’s there for everybody and yet has had her breakdown moments. I relate to her out of all the officer story lines. I guess I haven’t learned how to be like C.J. yet, let’s hope I don’t

Michael & C.J.: C.J.’s reaction wasn’t that bad at the PX. How everybody was staring at her like she was nuts… LOL… oh man, what mother hasn’t been there. True her teen daughter cried out “you’re hurting me” might make people turn their heads, it was all so lifetime, love it! And C.J. accusing Michael of being upset because that’s not the way a General’s Wife should behave was accurate. At least in my house. I am sure I would have said the same thing. I think that now at times and lately I just don’t care how I come across. That one struck a chord with me.

Their daughter was right, she is grieving differently. She lost a sister. Poor thing.

Pam & Chase: Maverick gave a laugh when Pam was like “When Chase is gone, he’s just gone, and he just shows up when he feels like it.” and he said that sounded like me. You know it’s hard to not think that way. You know it’s not the truth, you know they have to go, they don’t make the schedules/rules/etc. but what do you do with all of those emotions that rage inside of you? Even though you know it is not his fault? It’s not easy. That’s what I replied to his comment. I also said that was just a normal conversation I’ve had a few times with friends. I did enjoy Chase’s story. Not in a “in your face” way. Just that the character obviously loves his wife. I couldn’t even imagine their situation. The only way I can is to think of Maverick deployed and make it 50x worse with no contact at all with him.

Roxy & Trevor: Thankfully Maverick keeps his yap shut about anything that is not real or would not happen. We both appreciate the fact that we’re watching fiction. I wasn’t in Iraq so I have no idea what to think of Trevor’s scenes, other than it’s just how I picture it in my head. I think that’s what the show is going for, our inner thoughts, the way we might view things and not 100% but we’re all different, we wives.

Roxy is just great getting Betty another week at the hospital. The Army would not like the bad publicity of sending her away after one of their own blew up her bar. Roxy had a major point there. Good for her. I loved her “I took my shirt off” comment. That was a much needed light moment.

Roland & Joan:Ok Joan, keep the baby. Roland, good answer. If he would have said he’d leave her if she didn’t keep the baby and she had it, she would always resent that baby and continue to question their marriage. So true or not, good answer. I for one hope it settles her down a bit. Even Maverick said Joan is a little too Army.

Roxy, call her Col. camo-brain (yes I’m 6 yrs old). Ughh @ using her rank, ohhh that one just irks me. When I start wearing rank then I will start calling people by their rank. If it is insisted on I want to be called Your Majesty. It’s only fair.

p.s. Where is Lenore Baker… duhn duhn DUHN!!!!

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Are you ready for my 2cents on Army Wives… good I knew you all would be. I’m going to keep this int he same kind of format at last year, so bear with me…

Jeremy: I’m 80% sure I know what’s going to happen to him, read the book if you want some inside stuff.

Frank & Denise: Ok Frank is gone, Jeremy came home to see his mama and Denise, w/ Pam, was there for Roxy. Which is nice. Denise and Roxy are my fav.’s. I wish Frank would have called, I like that crusty dude.

Michael & C.J.: Oh man, seriously, they ended that show like that. I was not expecting that at all. What the heck. I don’t even know where to begin with that. I sympathized with them losing their daughter, but I have no real opinion of Amanda. It just sucked.

Pam & Chase: I want Pam’s position. I want to be on the post radio. She does such a great job. Well the writers do anyway. Along with Denise she was there for Roxy. Pam is my fav. after the other two. She’s just so real and down to earth.

Roxy & Trevor: *le sigh* I still love this couple. Roxy, though I thought she kinda fell off the edge of reality, did what I thought about doing. I wanted to rage at somebody and though I didn’t, I think she just represented what goes on in some of our minds. Her emotions are right there on the surface and you don’t have to guess with her. I like that. Trevor, awww, what a sweety. Maverick watched it with me and grabbed my hand when Trevor’s video came on. *grin* Will Trevor be gone all season? Will time go by quickly and we’ll see him for R&R? I actually wonder that about all the husbands that were missing this episode.

Roland & Joan: Ok Joan, keep the baby, don’t keep the baby, what ever, just let freakin’ Roland know so he can go on with his life. My thought is just have the baby and Roland can be a house husband, that will make for the comedy relief Roxy used to be. Just do something already.

My biggest uhhh no moment was when Roxy went over to Joan’s (let’s get passed the part that it was a little crazy for her to do) and Joan was like “That’s LT Colonel Burton, I am your husband’s superior… blah blah ” Ohhhh hell no, Roxy does not at all have to call her that and I know better because all of Maverick’s superior officers introduce themselves to me by their first names and I call them by their first names. It would actually be weird of me to call them LT Colonel blahbitty blah, or Maj. shirtface… hee hee. Joan needs to back away from the Army Juice and try to be a girl. Blech.

Marilyn & George: I seriously thought Chase would save the day again. Marilyn died, ok big whoop (mean I know, but she’s a fictional character) there will another agitator I’m sure. I was really counting on Chase. Damn him… lol.

Watching Regis and Kelly, Catherine Bell is on talking about Army Wives season2. Denise will be riding a motorcycle… I wonder how Frank will take that… hmmm. Watching Denise try to cheer up Roxie. Roxie hasn’t heard from Trevor. Pam is there too. Denise and Pam are explaining it’s normal to not hear from your soldier. It premieres this Sunday night. It is time to get my friends together, mommy time! Good chocolates, sometimes dinner, children told to keep their little yaps shut… lol. I am a serious Army Wives viewer.

Sure some of it can be a little off, however I don’t want to see my life exactly, how boring. They’d show a wife who cleans, runs children to school and checks her email a little too often, not fun at all LOL. Every character they have I have “known” in one way or another. I think housing is correct, attitudes are, the children are a little too well behaved… but that’s ok… hee hee and nobody has a dog.

Since Maverick has been home we have been enjoying catching him up on it and he said he likes it. He knows they can’t be 100% and watches it for the fiction that it is. I’m so glad, I thought for sure he would be critical of it and that would lead me to not enjoy it at all. So here is to the excitement of season 2. Oh, if you haven’t read the book yet, it’s a must!

Maverick has another new job. It seems like every month/week/day there is a new job for him, or one he’s being considered for. How is a spouse supposed to keep up? There are some spouses who frown at those who do not know their husbands exact position. I personally don’t know what to tell somebody from day to day. Crazy ;).

Today I am very tired. It was another busy weekend for our family. Recitals, friends, grocery shopping, the heat alone is zapping me. Last weekend was also recitals, travel, our house (yay for brick and stone) and so much. I am happy to say the girls will be on summer vacation in a few days, Maverick’s new job might be a tad less chaotic and then when I think I can finally catch my breath we’ll move into our new house. Whoa!

I hope you are having a great productive day today. I managed to grocery shop, eat dinner, convert/edit/upload recital videos, fold laundry and remember that I broke my blog… LOL. Have a good one!

I messed it all up again… surprised?

Tonight I should have a lot of it restored. I haven’t updated in a few days so nothing was missed.

I’m off to prepare for Peanut’s Dance Recital. So very proud of my girls *grin*