I am an Army wife with three kids, two dogs, three cats, and not enough hours in the day.  Beaker, Calvin, and Linus are of course psuedonyms for my boys; I tend to reserve their real names for those who know them personally.  I use my animals' real names, however, since I generally don't much care who knows them.  I am from Oklahoma, as implied by my screenname, and currently have the privilege of residing here as well.  Soldier, of course, is my husband, and a member of the US Army.  I am neither violently pro-military nor anti-military; I tend to straddle the oftentimes perilous fence of civilian/military life.  That said, I do not tolerate any sort of disrespect towards servicemembers in general; they have given up their own freedom so that you may have yours.  However, this blog is not about military life or parenting or anything in particular except whatever sort of random thoughts churn about in my head like the tornadoes my state is so famous for.  There will be a little bit of everything, rather akin to the buffet at Golden Corral, so as we say here in Okie-town, if you don't like the weather, wait a minute. It'll change.