let me introduce myself. my name is mollie. I am wife to paul since 2006. I am a mama to two little ones... JakeZilla (born march/09) and MykaBean (born november/11)
I am an army wife.
my husband joined the army in 2006. we are currently stationed in ft wainwright, AK, and surviving our second deployment. he seemed to be a lifer but since we had kids his mind seems to be changing. i don't really mind either way. I love being an army wife. I've met great friends during our travels the army sends us on and even online through support websites. yep, a few bad apples give us a bad name but I've met more good ones than bad (and I've met a few WTFs are they thinking so I certainly don't act like they don't exist).
I am a gamer geek mama.
i play video games, card games (like mtg), and rpgs. in the late 1990's my then friend and future husband and i spent hours at a online computer center before online computer centers were cool (his dad and his friend owned/ran it. they were engineers that were ahead of their time). We played hours of command and conquer, duke nukem and mechwarrior 2. i played grups with some friends and loved it! i really want to get in to it but moving a lot sucks. :( i played EQ, WoW, tabula rasa (I liked that one a lot!), and vanguard off and on. I also played day of defeat which a lot of my WW2 weapon knowledge comes from (haha) and I currently play a lot of free cell while I stalk my husband online :P
I am a crafty mama.
i spin yarn on my ashford joy my husband 'allowed' me to buy earlier this year (lols). i knit and crochet also but my true love seems to be spinning so far. i met a lady who also weaves but i dare not start another hobby! lol. i also sew but a real novice at that.
I am a cloth diapering mama.
i wish i could say that i do it for the sake of the environment or the health of my baby's butt, but the truth is that I do it for the money. we already knew that we would have more than one so cloth diapers were an all around win. I've only spent 150 dollars on bean's girly covers and I need to spend about 50 dollars more on some flats but she will be diapered until potty training. whooohoooo!
I am a cooking mama.
we love to cook and eat. that is another thing I love love love about our military life. I've lived in colorado springs, colorado; fayetteville, north carolina; and fairbanks, alaska and I would say I miss the food as much as the people i've made friends with. I also love to cook from scratch and eat out too. I love doing thanksgiving, christmas, and new years. I look forward to it every year.
I am a breastfeeding mama.
I wish i could say that I breastfeed for the sake of lactivism, but the truth be told I do this for the money too (see a trend? lol). honestly though I am quite appalled by the resistance women encounter when it comes to breastfeeding. My mom breastfeed 3 of my siblings all past one year so I thought it was the norm. even my grandfather was a cheerleader and when I had problems nursing Jzilla, he supported me with a stinky papaya, which is considered a galactagogue in Okinawa. eventually I was able to EBF and learned the importance of support and education (i thought it would be as easy as sticking the nipple in the babies mouth back then too). I am active with my local LLL (local meaning, whenever I am in the redondo beach area). every woman should get 110% support if they want to breastfeed. I get so sad when women have to quit due to misinformation, not enough support or pressure from family (i think that's what makes me mad the most!). I currently tandem nurse Jzilla and Mbean.
I am an AP mama.
I don't necessarily advocate AP but our parenting decisions line up with most of what AP is all about.
I could go more in depth but I need to get ready to go shopping for food. LOL.
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