The New Orleans Saints are now 8 – 0 with their win over Carolina today! If that wasn’t amazing enough, this is the FIRST time in franchise history, they have been  8 – 0!!      Way to GEAUX* !!!

My father and grandfather has been regular season ticket holder since the beginning ! The dome wasn’t even built yet when they first started attending games. They were held at Tulane Stadium back then. So, its been a LONG time.

Heck – I even started going to Saints games at a young age, I think I was 5 years old when I went to my first Saints game.

So to all the true BELIEVERS – Congrats and this is OUR YEAR!!

I’m sure my grandfather is up in Heaven yelling at the tv – “its about time you big dummies ! ”

* yes I know I spelled GEAUX incorrectly but that is how we spell it down in N’awlins!  : )

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November 5th, 2009 will be one of those days that I never will forget where I was or what I was doing. In ways, it reminded me a lot of my thoughts and fears of September 11, 2001. It brought back images of desperately searching for information, hoping it wasn’t what you thought it was, and praying for those families affected.

I first heard of the shooting at Fort Hood on Twitter, I immediately thought, “Well, Fort Hood is certainly no stranger to violence.” There have been numerous shootings and murders in and around Fort Hood over the last several years. It must be something along those lines.

But as information began to emerge on Twitter, Facebook and the major news channels, my thoughts went to: “Oh my goodness, this is actually happening.” I felt an immediate heaviness in my heart and wondered if we knew anyone directly who was there. I began searching for those that we know in Texas and luckily none of them were any of the families directly impacted by the horrific tragedy at Fort Hood.

It was also a role reversal as well. Usually, it is my deployed husband telling me what is going on over there where he is stationed in Afghanistan so I won’t worry. Yesterday,  he was calling me to find out what happened so he wouldn’t worry. It was the middle of the night for them, and there wasn’t a whole lot of information

As the information and speculation began to explode all over the internet, I found myself glued to the internet and television just like I was on September 11th. I was not only worrying about those who were getting that knock on their door from official military personal, but about our own personal safety.

One of the reasons so many families live on a military installation is the safety factor. It is so much safer to live on “post.” You feel safe here. You see the MP’s patrolling the streets on foot and in their vehicles. You have security at the gates, so you must have a Dept. of Defense sticker and an ID to gain access. One man, an Officer in the US Army, took that feeling of being protected and safe away from us.

Of course I’m not paralyzed with fear or anything, but it does make you stop and think. Are we really “safer” here on post? Was that something we tell ourselves so that we can make it through the various deployments? I don’t think any of us will be that naive any more. If it can happen at Fort Hood, it can happen at just about anywhere.

The horrific tragedy that occurred yesterday was magnified I believe by many in the mainstream media and others. There was ton of speculation and assuming of unproven facts. I thought that they were supposed to report the FACTS. But I know that mainstream media has a long history of sensationalizing stories to make things more news-worthy.

This was not the time to do that. Family members of Fort Hood soldiers were desperately searching for information about their loved ones and what they were finding was lots of speculation and “talking heads” jumping to conclusions. They needed fact and truth.

All in all, the people of the United States did what we do best. We rallied around those who were affected by tragedy and we will continue to be there for them until they no longer need our love, prayers and support.

Originally posted  at http://www.momlogic.com/2009/11/the_fort_hood_tragedy_through.php#ixzz0W88nMOJ5

image courtesy of FoxNews.com

My thoughts and prayers are with all of our military family at Fort Hood as well as those affected directly by this horrific act. If any of my readers at Hood need ANYTHING, please let me know and I’ll make sure to get you what you need!!!!

I just want to update real quick about what’s happening at Fort Hood.. these are the facts. I’m not going to speculate on ANYTHING (unlike certain members of the MSM)

• LTG Cone said all suspects were SOLDIERS!
• No kids were harmed .. they believe the situation is now under control. (at 3pm MT)
• The initial shooter (an Army major) died and the other 2 are now in custody.

Please remember – let’s not jump to conclusions on the speculations or rumors that we are hearing about. Let  CID, MP’s and FBI do their job and research the backgrounds of these guys before we start jumping to conclusions about the who and the why!

Now – as far as Obama’s press conference about Ft Hood. I think it was severely mishandled but what can you expect with someone who doesn’t have much leadership experience.

UPDATE
LTG Cone stated that MAJ Hasan was the ONLY shooter and that he is in fact ALIVE. Also – 13 people (including 1 civilian) have died and 31 wounded.

According to Fox News –

Survivors of the rampage that killed 13 and wounded 30 said the suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, shouted “Allahu Akbar!” — “God is great!” in Arabic — before opening fire, base commander Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said.

Yes that is ME , your Household6,  doing an interview WHILE receiving a facial! What I won’t do for some tv time huh??

Also – if you are in the local Colorado Springs area – make sure you visit The Russian Day Spa for a special offer on a facial

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Today when I was chatting with SGT Daddy online , he told me he got a Birthday Cake today from Bake Me A Wish and how good it was !

It was a gift from Soldiers Angels.  (Actually I already knew about the cake, for Shelle told me when she ordered it )Wasn’t that nice of them??

Now his b-day isn’t for another couple of weeks but he and the other soldiers (he shared it with) certainly liked it.  It certainly looks YUMMY!

So to Bake Me A Wish and Soldiers Angels – Sgt Daddy says :” Thanks for my birthday cake! It was awesome”

Today is November 1st and Army Household6 is 5 years old!

So much has happened since I started writing.. heck I even managed to get some really awesome paying gigs from it, not to mention my dream job!! I’ll continue to write as long as you guys are here to read it. Oh who am I kidding… I’ll continuing writing even if no one is here. I just love blogging and social media that much!

The blog has gone through lots of changes too (names, layouts, format) over the last 5 years but one thing remained the same… authenticity and honesty.

So – a big thank you goes out to SGT Daddy, KK and Beck who continue to let me write  about our lives and putting up with me sitting at the computer for hours so I can “just get this blog post done ” I love you all.

Also – thank you to ALL of my readers for your continued support over the years, especially since SGT Daddy deployed. It such a nice feeling that I know all of you are here reading my posts and supporting our family when we need it.

A SUPER BIG Thank goes out to everyone who jumped to SGT Daddy’s and my defense a few weeks ago . You know who you are !

XOXO

We came back a little earlier than we planned because it was so cold out there .. so we just handed out candy to the kids in the neighborhood.

All in all .. we had a great time ! ( but we really missed SGT Daddy though )

As promised here are some pics of the girls –

Beck - cutest leopard EVER!~

KK - Wonderwoman ROCKS!

Happy Halloween!!

The girls and I will be heading out in a few hours to do the “trick or treat” thing. I’ll be sure to post pictures later tonight or tomorrow (depends on what kind of sugar coma I’m in from all the candy the girls will get ) To all our friends and family (and of course my readers too) .. Happy Halloween and Be Safe!!!

Speaking of candy – if you want to get rid of yours and help out soldiers too… then check out what Soldiers Angels are doing.

Soldiers’ Angels asks all Angels to spread the word and get their community involved in sharing their Halloween candy to give our troops a taste of home.

If you live east of the Mississippi, please ship your Halloween candy to:
Soldiers’ Angels
112 Greenhill Road
Ramseur NC 27316
(Dropoff avail. M-F, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

If you live west of the Mississippi, please ship your Halloween candy to:
Soldiers’ Angels
914 Tourmaline Dr
Newbury Park, CA 91320

Fellow Facebook Friend , Cari Pemberton (organizer coach for busy moms) needed people to help with a news segment she was filming with FOX21 . I offered to help out .. you all know how much I love to be on TV!!

Considering the issues I’ve had in the past with Ft Carson Public Affairs, we decided to film the segment off post. The Russian Day Spa was chosen and they were gonna give me a FREE facial! I found someone to stay with Kiersten and I was ready to go .

Yevgeniya and her staff were fantastic!! It was so quiet and serene at the day spa. Sheryl who did my facial and makeup was so cool and awesome!! I will definitely be going back there. (hint to my family for christmas/b-day – they have online gift certificates)

The funny thing was that part of my interview was done while Sheryl was DOING my facial. Yes dear readers – I , your ArmyHoushehold6, was on TV sans makeup . (the things I don’t do for some TV airtime ) Thankfully the rest of the interview was finished after i was “all prettied up”.

The segment won’t actually run on the air till next week for we were bumped because of the bad weather we have been having yesterday and today! I’ll be sure to let you know when it does!

If you want to check out the spa , click here and tell Yevgeniya that you heard about it from me! (disclosure – I don’t get any benefits from this… just want to share an awesome spa and really cool people) I highly recommend a morning (or all day) like this for ANY mom !!! (especially moms with deployed husbands)