I’m seem to be suffering some sort of insomnia. I’ve not gotten more than 3-4 hours’ sleep per night this past week, except for one night — a night off — where I made things worse by sleeping right through till almost morning. This is bad because I work nights here. So I’m living that … Read more
So many of you know and love our Howie-the-Wonderdog. From Howie From Howie Howie apparently blew out his knee while running around in our backyard on Tuesday night. We’re guessing he was chasing squirrels, they are the bane to his existence! He was hit by a car while chasing a squirrel in 2002. He now … Read more
I’ve laid low from the web lately. Partly on purpose, partly because the WiFi hotspot has been acting strangely. So here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to this week (omitting job-related stuff, obviously): First off, a friend from when we were stationed in FL came over from a nearby base for a visit. … Read more
Books Read on this Deployment 1.) The Marching Season, Daniel Silva: 16 Jan 092.) Angels and Demons, Dan Brown: 20 Jan 093.) Deception Point, Dan Brown: 25 Jan 094.) The Other Boleyn Girl, Phillipa Gregory: 3 Feb 095.) Marley & Me, John Grogan: 5 Feb 096.) Cruel and Unusual, Patricia Cornwell: 11 Feb 097.) Point … Read more
I’ve been getting a number of care packages from my family and friends. Dave and the boys, my in-laws, Paul’s family and Wendy’s family have all sent goodies and they’ve all been awesome. The snacks, books, magazines and drink mixes have been greatly appreciated! This post today is about one particular…unusual…item I received at the … Read more
I got this from Christina of Sugar Sweet Thoughts <http://christinagblogspot.blogspot.com/2009/02/100-life-experiences.html>, who got it from Must Love Tots <http://mustlovetots.blogspot.com/2009/02/lifes-experiences.html> who got this from Scientific Nature of the Whammy <http://www.snotw.com/2009/02/100-life-experiences.html> who got this from Megan <http://newlywednewlybredinne.blogspot.com/> . It looked like fun, so here goes! Hopefully no identity theft issues with this one… Not sure what an identity … Read more
I went out shopping at the “Villagio” mall yesterday with Rose. As expected, I wasn’t able to take that many photos, since we’re advised not to get natives into our photographs. I did a little bit of shopping — H&M had some pretty head scarves that I could wear as non-head scarves (i.e., around my … Read more
The kids (and that means Dave too) were enjoying their first “workable” snow of the season. What does “workable” mean? It means snow angels that didn’t blow away, plus snowmen and snow forts! Enjoy the slideshow!
This is my attempt to share a video I took about 1/2 hour after the first wall of dust and wind hit us here on the 11th. Visibility was about 1/10 of a mile and the winds were from the northwest at 35-40 knots. It takes a REALLY long time to upload a video to … Read more
As many of you might remember from my days in Deidre’s Bookclub, I typically don’t read fast. I was lucky if I could get around to finishing the club’s book of the month!Not so here! I’m able to read 1-2 hours per day and I am absolutely blasting through so many books I’ve wanted to read for … Read more