Happy Labor Day friends!  I hope everyone is having a fantastic, safe end of Summer celebration!!


So now that I have allllllllllllllllll this free time on my hands I've been contemplating tackling some house projects before little bit gets here.  [[Nesting, maybe?!]]  I'm thinking of updating the gallery hallway.. finishing the decorations in the master.. and then finally starting on the nursery.

But you know how when you cruise Pinterest and fall in love with one [or five] trends?  That's been me.  I'm obsessed with canvas prints!  Something about the way they stand out no matter what the setting... I'm telling you, it could not be more visually stunning.

Since then friends I have found THE company to work with from start to finish... Easy Canvas Prints.  Easy doesn't even begin to describe the ordering process for this company.

I placed my order on a Thursday in a couple of easy steps:
1. Picked my canvas size [8" by 10"]
2. Picked my wrap size
3. Picked out my image
4. Made sure the quality was just right
5. Picked out the display options [hanging]
6. Selected border option [plain black trim]
7. Added to my cart and...
...That was that.

In less than two weeks I had the canvas in my hands!
It. Is. Beautiful.

It came snug as a bug, in one piece, just the way I ordered it.

And now my friends I have to find a place to hang my beautiful new photo canvas print... the options are literally endless.  And YOURS will be TOO!

**I was not compensated for my post, but I did receive a free 8" by 10" canvas to review for this post.  All thoughts are my own and reflect my experience with Easy Canvas Prints.**

Happy Labor Day friends!  I hope everyone is having a fantastic, safe end of Summer celebration!! ---- So now that I have alllllllllll...

So y'all wrote me in response to my last post and my belief that 11:30 is not late enough to sleep in.  It got me thinking about how different I am than the majority of military wives.  Not in a bad way either but.. well, let me explain...

(Disclaimer: Nobody take offense to anything I am going to say about my opinion of the average military wife.. deal?)

I am not under any circumstances a morning person.  I frequently sleep till noon or later when I can.  Unless I have something to get up for, like work (7:45 really isn't my friend.)  98% of the military wives I have come across thus far in my lifetime get up... early... send their husband off, tend to their kids if they have them, and get all their errands ran and chores done before I even think of hitting snooze the first time.  That just isn't me.. yes, I get envious that they are put together by 7 in the morning, but I will NEVER be that person.  Anytime before 9 is never going to be my friend frankly.

I'm also not a fan of cooking.  At all.  I can do it (well most of it..), I'd just rather not.  My husband cooks in our family (yeah I've been up a tree without him around!) and I'm supposed to be the one that cleans up after his rather messy self.  I see Facebook status' from my mil spouse friends all the time about their plans for dinner and how they hope their man gets off on time so that dinner is still warm when he arrives.  Even when I didn't have a job and frankly did not do anything during the day except take the dog out 150,000 times, dinner was never on the table (except maybe twice) when he walked through the door.  Sorry Rob!  Maybe someday when we have little people running around.. until then.. probably not going to change.

I'm probably one of the few military spouses that will not jump at the opportunity to live overseas.  I just love America way too much.  I love my sense of normal and it's just not something I have this crazy desire to mix up.  At the end of the day though, I go where he goes and if that means we are on assignment to Korea then I suck it up and deal with it.  But you will not find me telling my husband to beg and plead for that overseas spot.

If you follow me on Pinterest you'll see tons of cute things pinned to my Get Yo' Craft On board.  I have great intentions to be a craft everyday kind of person.  But at the end of the day I'd rather go home and lay on the couch and watch some good (no-good) TV while drinking a glass of wine.  I follow all these lovely military spouses and their blogs and they are some of the craftiest women I know.. someday my friends.  But today, I shall warm the couch and pin for the future... that also probably isn't going to change anytime soon.

Rob and I talk about having little people frequently.  I am absolutely in no rush though.  At Ft. Meade we were part of the kid-less crowd.  Since we've left Ft. Meade two of our friend-less couple friends have re-created.  In a way I feel like it's the "thing" to do.  Have babies, be a mother, stay at home with your kids and all that.  Don't get me wrong, I want to be a mother, but not now.  Not yet.  Not while there is still a chance my husband could deploy again.  Call me selfish, but I don't want to find out if I can be as strong as all the woman that do it everyday taking care of their children alone without their husband.  I give mad props to you women, but nine times out of ten I am perfectly okay with just having a dog to handle... and I feel like that puts me in the minority among military wives.

The last thing that make me not so typical is my knack for not blaming the Army whenever something goes awry.  I have a tendency to complain to my hubs because some days I log online and everyone is complaining about some curve ball the Army threw their way.  It sucks.  I am in no way shape or form saying that it doesn't.  But at the end of the day... the Army puts a roof over my head, food in the fridge (for hubby to cook!) and a job to entertain my husband.  Yes, it often makes him a cranky pants and he usually doesn't get home when he says he will.  But you will never find me saying I hate the Army for that... (I recognize that everybody handles their frustrations differently.  I am not judging any of you that do..)

Some of you are probably thinking.. you aren't that special Amanda.  And you are right.. maybe we are all "un-typical" and my sense of the norm when it comes to military wives is all sorts of messed up.  I've always called it as I see it though.  We all have that special part that makes us a unique individual, I have no doubt about that.

One thing I do know is that no matter how late we sleep, how good we cook, how we vent our frustrations, we are all proud wives.  Proud that each and everyday we wake up with the same last name as that one special person that defends the freedoms of every single American.  Proud to know that when someone says the word hero, your husband qualifies.  Proud of this country, the people in it and those who sacrifice so much.  I am proud to be a military wife.. each and everyday.

I'd love to hear what your thoughts on being "un-typical" are.. :)

Also if you'd be interested in guest posting for me while hubs is home on R&R can you please send me an e-mail at somewhereoverthecamo@hotmail.com?  Thanks y'all!

Always,
Amanda

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