lets be friends....

hello!

i am so happy that you are here!

today, i'm linking up with

riding the roller coaster

and

household 6 diva

{whom are some pretty awesome gals...i know this first hand because we are real life friends}.

first of all, happy military spouse appreciation day!

i think we all need to give ourselves a huge pat on the back for being pretty rad milspouses.

the point of this post is to write a short bio about yourself

and

then head over to link it up on the milspouse blog hop and meet other's such as ourselves.

so here you go....

this is me.

my name is amber. i am thirty something.

i'm a sahm to 4 kids. {9yrs old, 6yrs old, 4yrs old and 2yrs old}.

i just had a victory dance the other day to celebrate our household being diaper free!

can i get a woot woot!

i have lived my entire life as a military dependant.

i was born and raised a marine brat, so obviously it was no surprise that i ended up marrying a marine.

i have moved 20 times {....yes you heard that right, i said 20 times} being a dependant of the military.

i get asked a lot about my blog name?

in case you were wondering, yes, i wrote the book, goodnight moon.

actually you wouldn't believe how many times i've been asked that.

 of course if you ask me that, my reply will always be yes.

short story: when fox is gone {which is always} we always end our letters/emails  "goodnight moon" to each other....case in point my blog name.

oh...and i call my hubs fox on my blog.

why? because i think he's a fox.

i won't bore you anymore.

if you want to be friends stalk me?

find me on....

facebook

twitter

and if you have instagram...{which i am completely obsessed with} i'm "goodnightmoon6".

i also write for homefront united network which is great website geared towards military spouses.

oh...and when i'm not playing both mom and dad, being a taxi cab driver to my kids, wiping butts, cleaning permanent markers off the walls, and ignoring my laundry, i also sew....check out my etsy shop here.

p.s....if you link up your bio blog post to the milspouse link up...you will be entered to win some really really really

awesome giveaways!

make sure you snag this button to put on your blog.

winner, winner!

thank you to everyone that entered to win the dvd, new year's eve.

the winner is......

mrs. wood.

remember that new year's eve is now available on dvd.

hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

my views via "the" cbs email

i may be the only one to think this way, and if i am then that's fine, but i just have to get this off my chest.

 there has been a lot of buzz over the last few days about an email that cbs has sent to some milspouse bloggers looking to connect with widows. not just milspouse widows, but widows in general, for a new concept on a reality dating show.

i'm imagining it's going to be like the bachelor? but i have no clue.

i'm not going to link any blog posts related to this topic because i'm sure the most of you have already read them.

here are my view points:

-lets look at the big picture here, it's cbs, if they want to make a reality show about something, they are going to do it.

the more buzz that is brought up about this is a good thing for them, it will increase their ratings if the show does air. it's cbs not bravo or mtv where they would exploit a widow.

-i am not a widow, but i have a few friends that are and if they wanted to go on a reality dating show, so be it. i'm not one to judge them because i've never walked a day in their shoes. i can't even begin to imagine their daily heartache. but if they want to put themselves out there and date again on national tv, so be it. that would be their personal choice to do so. it is not my place to speak on the behalf of a widow.

-i don't think the concept of the show is entirely a bad thing. if cbs goes about it the right way, they could help these woman who want to find love again and turn it into a positive experience for them; especially if they were to bring in counselors to help them cope with their feelings during their dating experience. i imagine that cbs knows this and has done their research knowing that there is a lot of emotions that a widow would go through in order to date again.

maybe i'm just not getting what the issue is with the email from cbs?

i tend to look more into the big picture of things and this to me is not a big issue.

their are so many other things that you could focus your time and energy on.

this to me, shouldn't be an issue and shouldn't of gotten all the feedback that it has.

you are all entitled to your opinions as am i.

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