Today I learned what simple meant!

After two weeks my oldest little man went back to school and Daniel and I went back to our routine with the exception of having an appointment he could not attend. While I was so grateful that I could go into this appointment and wait on the doctor reading a magazine quietly to myself, I had a little one missing his mama (even though I did not know it).
I waited quietly soaking in my magazine called All You. I did not have a care in the world because I knew my babies were safe. This magazine today was teaching women ways to save money on groceries. It was showing them how to utilize consumer reward cards such as Safeway and to buy locally. Needless to say it had me hooked. I was determined to read that book from front to back cause you know that a doctor is never on time to see you. Except wait; today he was on time . The one day I wanted to read.....How Ironic!
Well the interesting part is I was following up at the front desk not realizing I still had the magazine in my hands. Walked out of the hospital reached in my purse to grab my keys and realized that I had stolen the November 2010 magazine of all you. Now while I don't think that it is a felony that I accidentally took the magazine, I am thinking that there is something else in there that will help me continue on my journey. We will see and I will let you know.
Now back to the lesson I learned today. Jimmy kept Daniel for me to go to this appointment today, so he took him to work with him. I met Jimmy and Daniel at the shopette on post while Jimmy and I exchanged words on what the last two hours held for us. I quickly took a look inside his truck and saw my little man looking out the window and tearing up. So Jimmy took him out of the truck because we were going to go get a snack.(More like mama a water) His shoes had been taken off because they had gotten muddy. He did not even want me to leave his side while his daddy put his shoes back on. He carefully got down and wrapped his little hand around mine and walked into the store talking about the tractor and dog he has saw. While in that store I never had to tell him to stay with me or hold my hand. Not once did he let go. I couldn't even get him to let go so we could pay for our things. Once we left the store we went by AT&T to lower our cell phone bill as we were thinking there was no need for extravagances in that area. Well needless to say because we have i-phones nothing could be taken off. So that went my money saving tip there for us at least. We come home and I lay him down for a nap. I am thinking about what I need to do in order for the rest of the even to run smooth. So I start supper, go check my e-mail, read my favorite blogs and loose track of time. (That's right folks) I didn't realize that Russell's bus was outside waiting on me. I learned that simplicity doesn't come from what you own, what you plan to own or even what you think you need. Simplicity is being there for my son when he gets off the bus half asleep. Laying my other son down for a nap know that when I tell him "I will see you when you get up" I truly mean it. Now I know I am getting a little sappy. And it is something that every mother feels. But I have had to learn to love my children in different ways. They did not grow in my belly as most do so I did not gradually grow to love them. (Yes I loved them from the moment I saw them. But I had to learn to love when loving was difficult. When I did not feel I had an ounce left in me to keep giving. We have had to figure out how to live with each other. Don't ask me why it just clicked today because I don't know. I am still learning how to be a mom, a stay at home mom, a military wife, just a wife and most of all I am still learning who Virginia is.
I can tell you in this process of being broke, moving, and struggling I am finding out who I am again. Because at the end of the day after being all of the above I am still just me.
Tomorrow I will tell you about my comparison shopping. Till then, Goodnight.