Space Coast Musings

Work

2011-05-23T19:59:00.000-05:00

Today was a good day and a heartbreaking one also. Today I started a new job. Only took 11 months. So glad I finally have a job, and I like the people there. Unfortunately we had to say good bye to our foreign exchange student today. She went home to China. I didn't realize when she was here how much she had become part of our family. When we sat down to dinner and had the empty chair is when it hit home that part of our family was now gone. She has been accepted to a boarding school in New Hampshire so she will be coming back to the US and for the short breaks she will come visit us. We are talking about hosting another student next year also. It was a good experience for us and we have great memories because of it. That is all I have now.

Make a nice day.

F Georgia!!!!

2011-01-23T17:54:00.000-05:00

I am so sick and tired of Georgia being the craphole it is! I got a speeding ticket last August. I paid the fine and moved on. I decided to transfer my Florida license to here so I can get tags for the cars cause evidently it is against the law to have out of state tags here. Went up and got my picture taken and everything, they gave me my temporary paper license and told me the permanent one would "be in the mail". Fuckers lied!!! Turns out there is another fee for a "superspeeder" that they don't tell you about and now I don't have a license, because they suspended my license! I was able to get on the website and look at it and now it says my new Georgia license was denied. So now I have to go in and to the DMV and try to get a license again. Which they will probably try to charge me for again. I hate this fucking state!

Love

2010-12-08T19:42:00.000-05:00

I have been thinking lately about a story that my Grandfather told me shortly after Grandma passed away. They were married for 57 years, and I know he missed her terribly after she passed away. Anyway he was telling me about when they first got married back in the Great Depression. The first morning after they were married, Grandma proudly made breakfast for Grandpa like she would for the remainder of her life. Eggs, bacon, toast and coffee. I remember laughing very hard when Grandpa informed me the he always hated coffee and could barely stand it, but I stopped laughing and got a tear in my eye when he told me he drank the coffee and ate his breakfast every morning when Grandma made it because he loved her too much to hurt her feelings by telling her he hated coffee. I think that is probably a pretty good description of Love.

Tell your Pookie you Love them, drink the coffee and Make a nice day!!

Mud wants to grow up

2010-11-03T07:25:00.000-05:00

I wish I could keep my little girl little for a few more years. She wants to grow up so bad and be bad. I got up early this morning before the kids left for school and she was dressed in tight black skinny leg jeans with black stripper heels. I looked at her and told her no and she knew right away I was talking about the heels, and started her argument with, "I've worn them to school before and they are ok!". Not with me they aren't. Maybe next year when I am more used to the idea of her growing up. Right now I am not ready to let her wear the stripper heels to school as a freshman!

Just shoot me now. Make a nice day.

Unemployed

2010-10-18T19:06:00.000-05:00

Here it is almost Halloween and I am still unemployed. How do people do this? I have applied for every job that I think I can even fake knowing how to do, and yet, nothing. I guess I can't stress enough to any of the younger generation, GO TO COLLEGE AND GET YOUR BACHELORS DEGREE AT LEAST!!!!!

As an upside to all this free time I have on my hands, I have finished one room, got all the electrical and drywall done in another, and I am working on the electrical in yet another room in the basement. I need to get the drywall up so I can put doors in. Mud isn't happy not having a door for her room. Oh well, she'll live without it for awhile. She has the basement to herself for the most part.

I just thought I would let everyone know I am still alive. Tell your Pookie you Love them and Make a nice day!

Good Day?

2010-07-30T19:30:00.000-05:00

We took the rugrats to Six Flags White Water today. Was supposed to be a great time. Due to the number of people there and the fact that they lost power to most of the water pumps, it wasn't. Then when everyone was leaving they were giving out rain checks because of the power outage. Every single person that was in any line at all in the park was there waiting to get one before they left. Took forever to get out of the park and that was skipping the rain check. Yeah, great time. I honestly can't recommend the water park to anyone. Maybe some other time, but I doubt it.

On the job news, I am still hunting for a job. Have gotten into a habit of looking at Monster, USAJobs, and Hotjobs every morning. I apply for all of them that I think I am capable of doing. So far I am just a reject. Haven't found any IT jobs in my local area yet, but I am keeping an eye and ear out for any possibilities.

Go tell your Pookie that you love them and Make a nice day!

Scaredy cat

2010-06-17T21:08:00.001-05:00

I am at the point where I am scared to death. I start my terminal leave on 2 July which means I won't have the same income when my retirement date of 1 Sept rolls around. I NEED A F'in JOB!!! How do people do this? I have been thinking that maybe it would be a good idea to try to cancel my retirement and stay a couple more years. Then again I want to live with Gorgeous and the kids for once. Anyone know of an IT job in Atlanta for a retired USAF guy with 22 years of experience, a CISSP certification, and a Top Secret clearance? This uncertainty is scaring the crap out of me.

Make a nice day!

HNT

2010-05-19T23:23:00.000-05:00

It has been 5 years since Os started this craze of HNT. It has been a while since I participated. I got lazy. Sue me. Anyway, Os emailed and asked if people would be willing to participate this week for the 5 year anniversary by posting the first one you did and then a recreation of it. So here is the first HNT I did.

Here is my recreation

I really need to get some sun...

Tell your Pookie you Love them and have a very Happy 5th HNT!!!

Home

2010-05-18T21:43:00.000-05:00

I finally made it home. Spent a couple weeks with Gorgeous and the kids and now I am back in Alabama. At least for 6 weeks. Then I will be retired. Scares the crap out of me. I need to find a job so I can pay the bills when I am retired. It would be better if I just won the lottery for $40 or 50 million. I think I could make ends meet with that.

HNT turns 5 years old on Thursday. Os has made a special request for it and I believe I am going to play along.

Look for me Thursday.

Make a nice day!

Passing time

2010-03-28T05:24:00.000-05:00

So here I am, a month away from going home. So far time seems to have flown by for me. There have been issues at home. Some good, some bad. I put in my paperwork for retirement, which was accepted. Now I worry about whether or not I will get a job that will pay all the bills and also be able to keep that job in this economy. So many worries.

I found out the other day that my replacement got canceled. I'm not sure if they are sending someone else or doing away with my position. I have been told that I will be going home on time regardless. I'll see if that holds true.

I am progressing with chainmaille. At least playing with different patterns and such. I have finished the bulk of my shirt. I still have to attach the sleeves which are currently short sleeves. I think I will make them long at some point, not sure when though. I also need to fill in the neck area some to give it a nicer appearance. I hope I can fit it in my luggage when I head back. At least if my bag is too heavy I can take it off and wear it. Might give the security folks a headache, but fuck em. I don't give a rats butt about them.

Ya'll make a nice day.

Birthday

2010-01-09T02:29:00.000-05:00

Well I finally did it. I hit the big 40. Managed to get by with no party , no black balloons, nothing. Hehe. I guess when you go to the other side of the world away from family and friends you can do that.

I have some friends that I went to high school with, twins, whose birthday is a week after mine. I emailed one of their daughters with "helpful" suggestions about gifts and decorations for a party. I'm waiting for a knife in the back from them next week at this time.

Show your Pookie how much you Love them and make a nice day!

Hobby

2009-12-30T15:57:00.003-05:00

I finally finished the first chainmaille bikini for Gorgeous. I figured I would post it so everyone can see how productive I am over here in Kosovo.

Kitty

2009-12-24T15:41:00.002-05:00

Unfortunately Kitty passed away yesterday. The vet called Gorgeous shortly after I signed off for the night to inform her that Kitty had started taking deep breaths and they thought she was having another seizure so they got her out of the cage and held her. That is when she finally passed away.

Today Gorgeous and her father buried Kitty in the backyard. I will be able to visit her when I get home. I will miss her a great deal. I have had her since she was a kitten 12 years ago. She started out as Molly then Fluffytail, and finally settled on Kitty. It seems like she was always around but never in the way. Unless she was hungry.

Mud didn't handle the news very well. She was on the phone with Gorgeous for an hour or so since she is with her mother for Christmas. I tried calling today but couldn't get through since all the lines were busy. Maybe tomorrow I can get through.

Make a nice day.

Death

2009-12-22T14:46:00.003-05:00

I am losing something that I Love very much. I am powerless to stop it. Time waits for no one and death is inevitable. I haven't had to do this in many years. The last time it happened I cried for hours. I am now fighting back tears because of this. It seems as though Kitty has grown too old with too much fat and now she is having seizures. The vet has her on IV's. She can't eat, she cant drink, and she can't even move. She is unable to lift her head. When Gorgeous visits with her, she purrs and tries to love on her, but can't. The vet thinks that if she doesn't get better tomorrow, then it is unlikely that she will. I can barely say it, but we are going to have to put her to sleep tomorrow. I can't even hold her and tell her how much I will miss her being around, rub her fat belly one more time.

Tell your Pookie that you Love them and make a nice day.

Snow

2009-12-17T13:49:00.002-05:00

In the past 3 hours it has snowed 2 inches. It is supposed to continue snowing through Saturday. I hope it doesn't. Sure it is pretty and all, but it really sucks to have to go out in it.

A dude on a riding snowblower just went past my window.

I gotta move south...

Make a nice day!

Winter

2009-12-12T02:25:00.003-05:00

I woke up to snow on the ground this morning. Only about an inch so far but it is still snowing. It is supposed to snow all day today and all day tomorrow, then warm up on Monday. I guess we will find out if the weather folks are any good in their forecasts.

Make a Nice Day!

The more things change...

2009-12-02T01:37:00.005-05:00

Saturday night saw some unwanted excitement over here. Seems that a German soldier who was going home on Monday didn't want to go home. Evidently he lost his father when he had been here for about two months and then a couple of weeks ago his grandfather passed away as well. So instead of talking to anyone about it, he walked out of the Irish pub and in the middle of the main thoroughfare put his weapon to his head and pulled the trigger. The folks who saw it said there was not much left of his skull. The BX has a bullet hole in the side of the building now as well.

I didn't even know this young man, but I wish I would have been able to talk to him. Somethings will never change. I pray that God grants him peace and forgiveness and gives his family the strength to move on.

Tell your Pookie you Love them and Make a nice day.
I Love You Gorgeous.

Kosovo Video

2009-11-20T16:07:00.001-05:00

For those of you who did not catch the beach boys reference last time, here is a video for you.

Nothing

2009-11-14T15:54:00.002-05:00

I got nothing today. It is slowly getting colder here. I need a haircut but I don't want to get one cause then my head will be cold.

I finished a string of byzantine and turned it into a necklace. I have been wearing it cause I am too lazy to take it off. I need to figure out a clasp for it. I got about 3/4th's of the front of my chainmail shirt done. I have started on the shoulder area. I don't have enough material here to finish it though, so I will have to order some or wait until I get home. Just another day in paradise here. I think I hear the beach boys...

Tell your Pookie you Love them and Make a nice day!

Dark

2009-11-08T10:40:00.002-05:00

This sucks! It is 1630L and dark already! WTF is wrong with that? I'm not talking about the sun is going down, I'm talking the streetlights have come on and where they aren't it is pitch black. Why does the sun have to start going down at 1530L? This is going to be a long winter I think.

Make a nice day!

Kosovo

2009-11-06T15:36:00.002-05:00

Well after a very uncomfortable flight from Atlanta to Frankfurt and then a search all over Frankfurt's airport trying to find Malev Airlines(Thank God I didn't have to get all my bags and shuffle them around with me, they actually got transferred all the way here)and then an uncomfortable flight to Budapest, a very fast run through Budapest Airport to make my connecting flight to Pristina, I made it.

Surprisingly my bags all made it as well. They were the first ones on the conveyor belt too. What does that tell you? They almost didn't make the flight to Pristina! Anyway, my sponsor and another guy met me right outside the airport by calling out my name before I ever saw them. Seems strange seeing USAF guys wearing 9MM Beretta's at a commercial airport in a former eastern bloc country. Tomorrow I get to be one of the guys carrying while we take the guy I am replacing to the airport so he can go home. He is going home a different route. Pristina to Switzerland to Paris to Atlanta. Maybe I'll get that route when I leave as well. Put some more pins in the map.

The weather here when I got off the plane was dick shriveling cold even with a winter coat on. It warmed up today although it has been very windy. I am actually glad that I had to bring all the cold weather gear the USAF issued me. I think I am going to need it.

Tell your Pookie that you Love them and Make a nice day!

Leaving Again

2009-11-01T11:41:00.002-05:00

Tomorrow I leave to go overseas again. I hate that i have to leave my family once again. I had planned to retire at the end of this year and then we could actually live together, something we haven't done since we got married. At least I know there is an end in sight. I will be putting in my retirement paperwork while I am over there. So that when I come back I will only have 2 months or so until I start my terminal leave. Then I will get a job and hopefully make enough money to be happy.

I am selling my Envoy as well. I don't want to make payments for 6 months and then try to trade it in with as many miles as it has. Might as well sell it now and save the payments for a down payment on one when I get back.

Also I have to take 4 bags of military stuff with me to Kosovo. None of them are light, and I am required to take all of them. I fly out of Atlanta to Frankfurt where I will undoubtedly have to get my bags and transfer them to another airline, going through security with them again. From Frankfurt I fly to Budapest, and then on to my final destination of Pristina. From Frankfurt on I am flying Malev Airlines so hopefully I won't have to transfer my bags anymore.

Mud is going to stay with Gorgeous for Thanksgiving, but her mother wants her for Christmas break. I am hoping that she doesn't try to keep her after that. Mud is doing so good here that I don't want anything to happen to stop it. She had a "friend" over last night for Halloween. We had to have a talk with Mud about acting appropriately with "friends" since she was hanging all over him. Told her if she ever wanted to have "friends" over again it won't happen anymore. She was also forbidden from visiting him at his house. I was good though, I didn't shoot him, or hang him by his thumbs. Thought about doing that to Mud, but I refrained.

Time for me to go try to cram some clothes in those damn green bags.

Tell your Pookie that you Love them and make a nice day!

Hmmm

2009-08-20T18:26:00.001-05:00

Greed:	High
Gluttony:	High
Wrath:	Medium
Sloth:	Medium
Envy:	Very Low
Lust:	High
Pride:	Medium

The Seven Deadly Sins Quiz on 4degreez.com

I'm Certified!!!

2009-08-08T21:25:00.002-05:00

I found out on Thursday that I passed the certification test for CISSP. I think I scared the whole office when I got the email that said Congratulations instead of We regret to inform you... Now all I have to do is a CV Resume. First I gotta figure out the format, then remember everything I have done in the past. Anyone ever done one of these?

Make a nice day!!

Rolled the dice, got snake eyes...

2009-07-30T12:25:00.002-05:00

I was playing the waiting game for my security clearance reinvestigation to come back before dropping my retirement paperwork. I just got snake eyes. I get to go to Kosovo for 6 months. Great. Guess I will take my camera and see what I can see there. At least the AF will pay my house payment while I am there. I can put in my retirement paperwork at any time, so I have more time to wait for my PR to close out. Sometimes I wonder if I made the right decision to wait for my clearance to get redone. I'll try to make the best out of it.

Tell your Pookie that you Love them and Make a nice day!

House

2009-07-06T13:02:00.002-05:00

We are in the house now. Been doing all the little chores that makes it ours. Little pond out front, a door bell, painting the bedroom, redoing the master bathroom. All the fun little things. I am heading back to Alabama in a few hours, maybe then I can get some rest... :D

Hope everyone is doing well.

Make a nice day!

Stress

2009-06-06T16:26:00.002-05:00

I had to go see a shrink last month. I started out going to the clinic to figure out why I was forgetting things. It got to the point that I would wake up and not know where I was. I wouldn't recognize anything in my room. Finally after talking to the shrink it was determined that the amount of stress I was dealing with was causing it. Once that got figured out I was told how to deal with it, and my memory loss has subsided quite a bit. I still forget words sometimes, but at least I know where I am when I wake up.

We closed on a house last week. Now I just have to figure out how to pay for it.

Tell your special someone you love them.

I Love You Gorgeous!

Busy

2009-02-10T23:39:00.003-05:00

I thought I had just blogged the other day. Time sure flies when you are busy. Have been busy doing everything. Sure is nice to get some fast food whenever you want. PapaJohn's and Dominoes have my credit card number. :D

Mud decided on Friday that she was a vegetarian. Ok. So we went to Arby's for dinner where she chose to have a roast beef with cheese. "One last omnivore meal" She hasn't been eating real well since then since she refused to eat meat. She asked about hummus, so I was going to get her some. She looked at it and decided that she didn't really want it. Tonight we went grocery shopping and she said she wanted some of the vegetarian hotdogs. We got a pack of them. I told her she had to eat all of them and not let them go to waste. When we got home she nuked one and put it in a bun with ketchup. She had two bites and got the salt. She ate two more bites and said it was too disgusting to finish. I told her she had to finish that one and she had seven more to go. She refused and I informed her that it was time to make a decision since she had to eat properly. She could finish her hotdog and continue to eat the rest of them and be a vegetarian. If she chose not to finish then she would not be a vegetarian at home. She could be one at school all she wants. She decided to throw her hotdog away and helped me finish off the chicken and dumplings. Then she finished the mashed potatoes and gravy.

I had to text Gorgeous and let her know Mud's decision...

Make a nice day!!

Weekend

2008-12-29T23:56:00.003-05:00

I am falling behind on my blogging again I think. Hmm. Oh well get over it!

I found a place here in Alabama. I just drove down to Florida and picked up Mud and all her worldly possessions. I think everyone and their brother were on I-75 Southbound to Florida on Saturday and Sunday. It was horrendous! It took me 11 hours to make an 8 hour trip. I finally got there about 6 pm, they had all her stuff out on the driveway waiting for me. Took maybe 20 minutes to get it all in the uhaul trailer and then we were heading north. I finally stopped for the night in Gainesville and got a hotel room. Mud wanted to stay up and watch some tv so we stayed up for a couple more hours. Traffic Northbound on Sunday wasn't bad at all. Southbound was still backed up for about 30 miles. That had to suck. Glad it wasn't me.

Mud hasn't complained about how small her room is or anything about this place yet. I'm still waiting. She did open the fridge and then call her mom and ask what was supposed to be in a fridge. I decided to take her grocery shopping with me, since the only thing in it was a few sodas, a couple of beers, and a jar of pickles...

Home!!

2008-11-26T11:00:00.001-05:00

I'm home!!!! :D

Romanian Newspaper

2008-11-17T14:52:00.002-05:00

I Love the Romanian newspaper. Check out the video article here.

http://www.libertatea.ro/stire/cu-libertatea-devii-profesor-de-sex-221117.html

Hehehe

Moving Day

2008-11-12T10:12:00.003-05:00

The movers came today and packed up all my stuff, threw it in a plywood shipping container, and left. It took less than an hour. Now all I have to do is worry that it will all arrive in Alabama within 70 days. Joy.

The movers did a good job of packing everything. And I mean EVERYTHING!!! I had a coffee cup set aside and a box of tea set aside, they packed those. They also packed my lease paperwork for this apartment. Good thing I don't need it anymore! I guess I should have put that stuff in this room here, since I took all the stuff out of here that was getting shipped. That way I could still have tea. I'll have to go to the store and get more tea. Maybe I'll just see what the hotel has to offer since I will be moving there on Friday night.

I am down to almost 10 days left here. Mud is wanting me to get back really soon. I think she is tired of putting up with her step family. Hopefully they won't have scarred her for life. Maybe she will even want to see her mother again at some point. This year has been rough on her. Time will only tell though.

Tell your Pookie that you Love them and make a nice day!

Florida

2008-11-08T12:50:00.001-05:00

Stole this from Mud.

THIS IS FLORIDA AND ONLY FLORIDIANS KNOW THIS...SHARE WITH YOUR FELLOW FLORIDIANS!!
"Down South" means Key West
"Panhandling" means going to Pensacola.
You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive.
Flip-flops are everyday wear.
Shoes are for business meetings and church.
No, wait, flip flops are good for church too, unless it's Easter or Christmas.
Sweet tea can be served at any meal.
An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.
You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip or cruise to Florida.
You measure distance in minutes.
You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.
You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls.
All the local festivals are named after a fruit.
A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.
You think everyone from a bigger city has a northern accent.
You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer, not summer but really hot, and Christmas.
It's not soda, cola, or pop...its coke, regardless of brand or flavor, "What kinda coke you want?"
Anything under 95 is just warm.
Anything under 70 is freezing
You've hosted a hurricane party.
You go to a theme park for an afternoon, and know when to get on the best rides.
You pass on the right and honk at the elderly.
You understand the futility of exterminating 1-800 numbers
You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee, Withlacoochee, Okahumpka and Loxahatchee.
You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.
Bumper stickers on the pickup in front of you include: various fish, NRA, and a confederate flag.
You were 8 before you realized they made houses without pools.
You were 12 when you first met someone who couldn't swim.
You get angry when people say "Florida isn't really part of the SOUTH"
You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas.
You know what the "stingray shuffle" is, and why it's important!
Socks are only for bowling
Orange juice from concentrate makes you vomit
Tap water makes you vomit
You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in five minutes
A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade.
Your winter coat is made of denim
You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito bites
You're younger than thirty but some of your friends are over 65
You've driven through Yeehaw Junction.
You could swim before you could read
You have to drive north to get to The South
You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix.
Every other house had blue roofs in 2004-2005
You've gotten out of school early on Halloween to trick or treat before it got dark.
You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn't worth waking up for.
You dread lovebug season.
You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list. They aren't Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances...but Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne.
You know what a snowbird is and you hate them.
You know why flamingos are pink.
You think a six-foot alligator is actually pretty average.
You were twelve before you ever saw snow or you still haven't.
Repost if you're a Floridian.

What are you?

2008-11-07T14:02:00.002-05:00

Saw this over at The Kat House. Figured I would do it and see. Gimme a holler and let me know which one you are.

You are The Fool

The Fool is the card of infinite possibilities. The bag on the staff indicates that he has all he need to do or be anything he wants, he has only to stop and unpack. He is on his way to a brand new beginning. But the card carries a little bark of warning as well. Stop daydreaming and fantasising and watch your step, lest you fall and end up looking the fool.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Tell your Pookie you Love them and make a nice day!

Blocked

2008-11-01T13:21:00.003-05:00

Looks like they decided to unblock Blogger. Good, now I don't have to go around them! I just wish they would unblock YouTube since it is a pain in the butt going around them!

Today I went on a trail ride on my mountain bike. It earned its designation as a mountain bike today! My knees were screaming at me. My left calf cramped up going up a trail once. I walked up hill a bunch more than I care to admit. When we got back into town I had to stop for a minute and my lower thigh muscles in front cramped up so bad I couldn't hardly walk. Took a few minutes to get going again after that. Overall I had a great time. I wish I had found someone to go riding with earlier. I definitely need to lose some weight also...

If you know my Facebook address you can see a couple of pictures. I didn't wreck or fall over though. That was the other guys!

Make a nice day!!

BAH Humbug!!

2008-10-25T09:34:00.003-05:00

OK folks, Blogger is now being blocked by the Turkish government. Why you ask? I ain't got a friggin clue. Here is the message I get when I try to go there without using a workaround.

Bu siteye erişim mahkeme kararıyla engellenmiştir.
T.C. Diyarbakır 1. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi 20.10.2008 tarih ve 2008/2761 sayılı kararı gereği bu siteye erişim engellenmiştir.
Access to this web site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2008/2761 of T.R. Diyarbakır 1st Criminal Court of Peace.

That last line is in english, but danged if I understand why they would block blogger. Oh well, I only have 30 days left here.

*EDIT* http://www.monstersandcritics.com/tech/news/article_1439003.php/Worlds_largest_blog_hosting_service_banned_in_Turkey

Give you Pookie a snuggle and tell them you love them. Make a nice day!

Prize!

2008-10-22T13:16:00.003-05:00

A few weeks ago I grabbed a large bag of dark chocolate Halloween M&M's on my way to the checkout counter. I love dark chocolate. The only M&M's I prefer to dark chocolate M&M's are Peanut Butter M&M's. Not to be confused with Peanut M&M's. Those are not for me at all.

When I got back to the apartment I threw them in the fridge to keep them cold. Can't have them melting you know!! :P

So last night I got a chocolate craving and remembered that I had them in the fridge. I went and dug them out, opened them up and wondered why they were bigger than normal. I figured it had to do with them being Halloween special colors, etc.

I bit down on the first one and had to grab the bag and read it closer. I had actually picked up a bag of Peanut Butter Halloween M&M's!! Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!

So now I am pigging out on Peanut Butter Halloween M&M's!

Give your Pookie a snuggle, tell them you love them, and Make a nice day!!

Long time

2008-10-07T09:53:00.003-05:00

I guess I should do some blogging since Gorgeous did. She posted pictures of when she was here for two weeks. Go check them out then come back. I'll wait...

OK! How do you like those pictures? I think she did an amazing job with the pictures. I was so happy to see her come through the glass doors at the airport. Two weeks went by entirely too quickly. After she left I realized how much I missed her being with me. Good thing is, I only have 47 more days here. Then I get to go back to the land of consumption. I intend to eat me some Popeye's Fried Chicken!

I went to the housing office today and set up several appointments and filled out the paperwork to tell the landlord when I was leaving. Kind of scared me a little. I realized that I am going to have to clean this apartment... I wonder how much a maid would charge to do it? Hmmm...

I better post this before I get sappy, seeing as how I am drinking wine on an empty stomach. Maybe I should eat something.

Tell your Pookie that you love them and Make a nice day!

Ramazan

2008-09-03T10:38:00.003-05:00

I'm gonna kill me a little drummer boy!

Ramazan has started and it lasts all month. One of the helpful things some idiot does is go around the neighborhoods beating a drum at 0330 in the morning! Just so people can wake up and go to prayer on time...

If I find me a gun they ain't gonna hear the drummer boy much longer!!!

Counting

2008-08-30T08:48:00.001-05:00

10 days until TG gets here. Time seems to go so slow when we want it to go fast, and so fast when we want it to go slow.

Damn People!!

2008-07-25T10:14:00.002-05:00

OK People listen up!!

When someone you know lives overseas, that means they are in a different time zone entirely, and I don't mean just an hour or two difference! Depending on where they live you can usually look at a globe and figure out close to what time it is there. After all there are only 24 time zones on this planet! No I am not counting those 30 minute time zones, those are just weird.

Why am I bitching? My best friend from high school called me at 0230 this morning. God knows I love the guy, but come on! He realized that I was in a different time zone when I answered the phone, "huh?" I know, I know, I am such an excellent speaker at that time of day.
He asked me what time it was here and I looked at the clock and told him it was 0230. He said he was sorry and that he would let me go back to sleep, he would call later.

I won't be here Saturday so I will call him Sunday after church. He is staying at his mom's house now so I guess I need to find out what is going on with his life. Last I knew he was married with 2 kids. I'm a bad friend, I haven't talked to him in almost 3 years.

Tell your Pookie you love them, send them flowers and Make a nice day!

Huh?!?

2008-07-19T04:00:00.004-05:00

So yesterday morning at 0530 my phone rings. Who is calling me this fricking early in the morning? Turns out my ex is calling. Crap.

She has a computer problem. Then wtf are you calling me this early for? She can't get the wireless to work on the laptop. I asked a few questions. Then she got to the real reason she called me. "Can I crack a hotmail password?" Uh no. Are there ways to do it? Oh yeah, I just don't do it and I don't know how...

A few minutes later more information is thrown at me. Her husband is cheating on her. Again. I wanted to ask her what she thought about Karma being such a bitch. I am not that type of person though. She asked me where she should go when she leaves him, cause she already told him she was. I told her to call her mom and talk to her. She flat out refused and told me that I had better not say anything to her mom either. I don't pass on gossip or secrets. If someone wants someone else to know something then they will tell them. Not my business.

I figure she will go to her sisters place, but I worry about Mud. How is this going to affect her? Will my ex stay where she is until I get back to the states and pick up Mud and all her stuff? I feel so helpless over here when it comes to Mud. Maybe I can get my ex to take Mud to TG and give her somewhat of a stable environment before I get back.

I need TG to call and talk dirty to me. 54 days until she comes to visit me over here.

Tell your pookie that you love them and Make a nice day!

Cesme Boat Trip

2008-07-05T14:48:00.002-05:00

I went on a day trip today to Cesme. We went out on a boat and had a pretty good time. The boat pulled out and they cranked the Turkish Techno music and the dance party started. Alcohol was not cheap. Lots of people drank alot. We stopped at three different coves. The first one I went ahead and jumped in the water from the second deck. I was sitting there contemplating if I wanted to do it or not. I was scared. What about it?!?! So anyway I finally got the nerve to step up on the rail and just jump. It was only about 20 feet but felt like forever as I was heading toward the water. I finally hit the water, went under flipped over and started for the surface when it hit me that I was swimming in ice water. It was COOOLLLLLDDDDD!!!!! It has been over 100 almost every day for the past 3 weeks and the water is still that cold. Something is wrong. Then I got a taste of it in my mouth. Anyone ever take a lick of a salt lick? I have been to the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico, the Persian Gulf, the North Sea, and none of them were this salty!

I could actually float.

Make a nice day!!

A Month?

2008-06-18T14:24:00.002-05:00

Dang. It has been a month since my last post already. Time sure flies when you are having fun. I made it home and spent a wonderful 2 weeks with my family. Then I had to leave and come back here. That sucked. But here I am again, 162 days until I go home for good. Not that I am counting...

My trip home. TSA in the international terminal of Atlanta has to be the most idiotic of any that I have come across. You get off your international flight (which has usually been a long flight) and find your way to passport control/immigration, stand in line, finally make it to the counter, get your passport stamped. Then you go to a luggage carousel and pick up your luggage. Make your way to the customs area with your form that they give you on the airplane declaring you ain't got nothing. They take the form and say have a nice day without even glancing at you. You walk through a fricking maze and come to another area where you are required to put your luggage on an assembly belt because you can't carry it through the Atlanta terminal. Turn around and get in another line to go through security. The same security you go through to get into an airport. WTF??!! Ok. Think happy thoughts. You finally make it to the X-ray machine with your laptop in a bin, your shoes and belt in another bin, your carry on in yet another bin. You make it through the X-ray and the TSA woman says, "We got a problem" and they are looking at your carry on. Huh?!? What is the problem? You can only carry 3 ounces of liquids with you! Oh great. I had 3 bottles of ice wine that I bought in the duty free shop in Germany 12 hours ago. Ok, what are my options? 1. You can leave it here. "I don't think so. I'm not giving you freaks that much of a tip for screwing me!" 2. You can go back through security and see the airline counter to see if they will check it for you, put it in a bin, pray that it is still on the luggage carousel on the outside. So thats what I did. I was pissed by then. I didn't tell everyone to fuck off but I wanted to. I ended up having to go through the security thing again then making my way from the farthest terminal to the top of the escalator to see Gorgeous. Finally. Then we went to the luggage carousel and the only thing on it is my wine in a bin and my luggage.

Screw TSA at Atlanta. What a jacked up system.

And I have to go back through it again. AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

Make a nice day.

Naples

2008-05-17T05:40:00.002-05:00

First things first, Naples, Italy SUCKS!!! The "Family" has messed it up so bad that if I never go there again it will be too damn soon. There are trash piles everywhere and the people just walk or drive around them. They have nowhere to put it. It isn't like you see one small pile of trash on the street corner, no they have piles EVERYWHERE that are 20 feet long, 10 feet wide, and probably 6 to 8 feet high! The rich areas (where the Family lives) doesn't have any trash piled up. Course I didn't go knock on any doors and ask what they did with their trash. I much preferred Rome to Naples. Hell I prefer Izmir, Turkey to Naples!!! Izmir is cleaner! One of the German guys that was with me stated that he was going to kiss the ground when he got back to Izmir.

OK. Mini rant over. I can now say that I have eaten pizza in a little outdoor cafe, had Vermicelli all Carbonara, and a Limoncella shot on the seaside of Naples. Been there, done that, skipped the tshirt, ain't going back!

Oh and something I noticed when I was in the Munich airport terminal walking around waiting for my next flight, they have a sex shop in there. Dildo's, vibrators, oils, and lingerie all on display in the store windows.
No I did not go in. I looked at the displays as I walked past it to the bathrooms.

Make a nice day!

Packing

2008-05-12T00:21:00.002-05:00

I am packing to leave again. I am going to Naples, Italy this time. Where they are having garbage issues. Evidently they no longer have anywhere to put it. The weather is heating up. Oh happy happy joy joy! At least I didn't have to catch the 5:05 am flight! My ride is picking me up at 1 pm today. Some of the other guys that are going caught a 6:15 am flight so they will already be there at the hotel drunk by the time I get there. I fly back to Izmir on Friday morning and get back in the afternoon. On the way there and back I get to go through Munich since I am flying on Lufthansa. I wanted to go on this route so that I can see part of my route that I will be taking home in 15 days. Seems like 6 months have absolutely flown by! Time to get back to packing.

Give your pookie a hug and a snuggle and make a nice day!!

P.S. I hope everyone remembered to call their Mother's yesterday!

Beauty

2008-04-22T13:38:00.002-05:00

It seems odd to me that I noticed a very nice smell in the air a few days ago. Thought maybe honeysuckle but I haven't located it yet. Then yesterday on my walk home I noticed that there are blooming rose bushes almost everywhere! All different colors. All of them beautiful. I can smell them easily over the smell of the city. I hope they can stay blooming the rest of the time I am here.

Make a nice day!

Church

2008-04-20T09:17:00.002-05:00

After church today we went over to St Polycarp's Church. It is very beautiful and represents one of the 7 Churches in Revelations. I sent out the photos already. If you didn't get it then I don't have an email address for you. Drop me a line and I will send them to you.

Make a Nice Day!!

Performance

2008-04-17T13:10:00.002-05:00

I have been trying to do my annual performance report. It sucks that I can't get anything from my last duty station. They won't answer my emails. I had to eat a few TUMS because of this. Not to mention they changed the EPR form and this is my first one of this type. Just a lovely time. I will have to put my rater off until Monday I guess and do everything I can on it this weekend. I can't use anything from my previous station unless they send a letter of evaluation, and trying to get that 4 months after leaving is kind of hard. Hell trying to remember what I did 12 months ago at work is difficult. If I were still there I could go through my emails and jog my memory about stuff. Now I am just screwed I think. Too bad I can't tell them to just skip it this year.

Make a Nice Day!

I Stole this MeMe from Vixen

2008-04-08T10:46:00.003-05:00

Any teenager can write a survey about their favorite class or their secret crush or how nice their car is that their parents paid for. This survey is only for the grown-ups.

1. Do you have a college degree?

Yes. I have 2. Ya'll might remember me posting about that.

2. What was the amount of your last electric bill?

$58.17

3. Do you have life insurance?

Yes. Two separate policies.

4. How many hours per week do you work?

I'm in the military, I'm always working!

5. Have you ever attended a Toastmaster's event?

HELL NO!!! I barely managed to make it through Speech class to get my degrees and you think I am going to inflict more pain on myself intentionally? Are you stupid?

6. Favorite place to attend happy hour?

A bar with strippers... :D

7. How many miles is your commute to work each day (one way)?

Around 10 miles. On a city bus. In Izmir, Turkey...

8. What time do you get up every morning for work?

0600

9. What is your definition of sleeping in late?

0700

10. Do you check your cholesterol on a yearly basis?

No.

11. How large was your first cell phone?

I am behind the times. My first cell phone was a black RAZR.

12. Does your employer provide good health insurance?

Yes. Even if I get shot or blown up!!

13. Did you use the internet to write a research paper?

I have.

14. Have you ever attended a HS reunion?

No. I was overseas for my 10th and I will be overseas for my 20th this summer.

15. Did you become what you said you would "when you grew up"?

A burden on society? No not yet...

16. What is your favorite drink?

Margarita

17. What is the most expensive bottle of wine that you have in your residence?

About $35.

18. Have you been divorced?

Yes.

19. How old were you when you stopped getting ID'd for Alcohol?

19.

20. Favorite casino?

Horseshoe Casino in Shreveport, the buffet is awesome!!

21. Are you happier now than you were in high school?

Hell Yes!!

22. Did you ever have hyper color shirts?

Yes I Did!!! I loved that shirt!

23. Do you remember when Michael Jackson was black and attracted to women?

Yes.

24. Do you remember when MTV played music videos?

I remember the very first video they played...

25. Have you had a will made?

Yes.

26. What music was in your cd/cassette player when you were in high school?

Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, and other rock bands.

27. Favorite fancy/upscale restaurant?

About the fanciest I get now is a Chinese Buffet!!

28. Where were you when you found out about 9/11?

I was stationed at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. The undisclosed AFB in Louisiana that President Bush diverted to before he continued on to Offutt. He came to the building I worked in cause we had the communication equipment he needed. The first statement to the American public he gave was in our conference room.

29. Do you have any children yet?

Yes. I have a 20 year old daughter, an 11 year old daughter, and a 9 year old son.

Pictures

2008-04-07T11:20:00.002-05:00

OK folks. I uploaded the pictures of Bucharest and sent out the invitations to view. Didn't get one? Want one? Drop me an email or leave a comment with your email address. I share pictures.

Make a nice day!!

Romania

2008-04-05T13:52:00.002-05:00

Ok. I could definitely live here in Bucharest. I have told Gorgeous this already. She told me no. The reason she said no? The same reason I could live here. There are so many absolutely physically beautiful women. Do I know them on a personal level? Hell no! Do I want to? Hell no! They might speak and ruin all my fantasies! Besides I have Gorgeous now!

But I have been here a week and the people have all been nice. I don't want to go back to Turkey. It sucks there. Ok, maybe not sucks, but the women don't look like this. You see a blond in Turkey and you automatically think they are from somewhere else.

I will stop whining. I took pictures of the buildings, not the women. I'll post them when I get back. A lot of the buildings are leftover from the communist era. They are old and appear to be in bad condition, but the people are all happy. I think that is the main reason I could live here pretty easily. People are Happy.

Make a nice day!!

Bucharest

2008-03-30T12:51:00.002-05:00

I made it here. Got to go around all day and visit stuff. Took some pictures. The Parliament building is a huge frikkin building!!!

Thats all I got for now. Make a Nice Day!!

Packing

2008-03-28T12:35:00.002-05:00

Well I'm packing my suitcase again. I have a ride coming to pick me up at 0330 in the morning and I am still sitting here at the computer, listening to the dryer run. When it finishes I can move the clothes from the washer over and start another load washing. All so I can have clean clothes on my trip. Where am I going this time? What is the big thing in the news right now concerning NATO? The NATO Summit in Bucharest. So that is where I am going. It sucks that I have to get up that early to catch a plane to get there that early in the day when I don't have to start work until Sunday. Hopefully I can get situated in the hotel and stuff. I don't even know if I am supposed to wear civilian clothes back and forth to the site. I feel like I am so unprepared. Time to move the laundry around.

Make a Nice Day.

Balmy

2008-03-20T11:11:00.002-05:00

Well the weather here isn't quite balmy yet but it is warming up. I haven't been blogging lately cause what do I say? I miss TG a lot. I miss not being able to jump in the car and run to Wal-Mart at 10 pm. I miss TACO BELL!!!! Jeez. You'd think they would have some kind of mexican restaurant here at least, but NO. You get all the dang shish kebab and döner you want, but try to find a damn taco! Oh and there is only one, 1, ONE, chinese restaurant. It isn't a buffet either. Anyone help me out? Know where there is a Taco Bell in Izmir, Turkey? Come on people, I'm jonesing here!!

Make a nice day and tell your special pookie that you love them.

I LOVE YOU GORGEOUS!!!!!

(That's MY pookie!)

Weather

2008-02-24T09:18:00.003-05:00

Ok, I guess the weather here is just like the weather where I grew up. Last Sunday it was colder than a witch's tit with a brass nipple ring, and this week it is sunny and in the mid 60's. Go figure. So I decided to take a picture from the same place I took the other pictures last week in order for you to see the difference. :)

Make a Nice Day!!

WTF?

2008-02-17T08:05:00.004-05:00

Guess what I woke up to this morning? Go on guess. I'll give you a minute to think about it. Nevermind I'll just tell you. Snow. Yep snow in Izmir. Cold, windy as all get out, and snow. I tried taking a picture of the snow flying through the air in the wind, but they didn't turn out. I got pictures of the small amount of snow on the ground. Here are the pictures. I could have done without snow. I hate snow. Well I don't hate snow, I hate the lack of heat that creates the conditions that allow snow to be created. Yeah I know, "Quit whining about a little bit of snow!" It's my blog and I'll whine if I want to!!

Kiss your Pookie and make a nice day!

Weekend Getaway

2008-02-13T14:58:00.002-05:00

Last weekend I went to Pamukkale (pah mook a lay) and Hieropolis. It was cold and foggy for the most part, but this is definitely the off season. I got to take off my shoes and walk out on the white terraces and travertines. That stuff was cold on the feet, and I got my feet back into the hot thermal water pretty quick. I took a bunch of pictures which are in Snapfish. If you didn't get the invite to it drop me a line and provide an email address.

Yes I am still alive, just haven't blogged.

Tell your Pookie you Love them and make a nice day!!

Quick and Dirty

2008-02-01T14:41:00.000-05:00

Had to go to Italy for a training class. Took a day of leave in Rome afterward. Took over 200 pictures. They are posted in Snapfish. I invited everyone that had previously requested access. If you want to see them drop me a line somehow with an email address.

Make a Nice Day!

Dang

2008-01-07T14:47:00.000-05:00

Why is it time flies when you are having fun, but stops cold when you aren't? I have 133 days left before I fly back to the states for the wedding. I thought I was at 133 days last week. Crap.

Last Saturday the group from church decided to go to Lake Bafa. So I went with them and took pictures. We climbed all over the ruins of what I was told was an old monastery. There was also a Temple of Athena, I think it was. It was cold out because of the wind mostly. I already sent out the link in Snapfish to everyone of the pictures. If you want to see them shoot me an email. One of the guys gave me a cd with all the pictures he took. He has a very nice camera!! I'll see about getting those posted in Snapfish too. They are bigger in file size than mine.

Make a nice day!

Behind

2007-12-28T13:14:00.000-05:00

Looks like I am a little behind in blogging, but oh well. Quick rundown, last weekend I went to "The Virgin Mary's House". That is the place where Mary supposedly passed away. I took pictures, but I don't have the energy to post them right now. I got a working phone at the apartment on Wednesday and applied for DSL that afternoon. It will be a few days supposedly until I can get my internet working. And tomorrow I am going to Ephesus with a group of people from church. Hopefully I will remember to put the batteries in the charger so I can take pictures. BTW if you want to see the pictures from Mary's House, send me an email and I'll send you the link to them in Snapfish. I'll load the pictures I take at Ephesus there also.

Make a Nice Day!!

City Tour

2007-12-17T07:58:00.000-05:00

I went on the Izmir city tour today. There were supposed to be 6 people or so on the tour. Me and one other guy showed up. So we basically had our own private tour of the city. It was a real quick one. It only lasted from about 9 till 1. We got to go inside the oldest Mosque in Izmir. I was allowed to take pictures too. I only managed to take a few before the battery died in my camera. When I get them transferred to my laptop I will post them. The tour guy took us to his favorite kebab house in the bazaar area. It was really good. And the bazaar has anything you could ever want, you just have to find it!! We also rode across the bay on the ferry. Some guy served us chai (tea) when we were on it. It was a very nice tour.

Make a nice day!

Our Wedding Vows

2007-12-16T11:56:00.000-05:00

Internet

2007-12-16T08:54:00.000-05:00

It sucks not having internet at home. I finally found the correct office I needed to go to in order to request telephone service at my apartment. I walked through some neighborhoods that I definitely wouldn't feel safe walking through at night!! So the connection date for my telephone is 26 Dec. After I have a working phone line I can apply for DSL. @#$!@##@ I doubt I will have internet at the house before New Years. Cable internet isn't available in my building, so I'm not getting cable. I can get AFN, but that is just one channel, and I will have to buy a multi-system tv. I probably won't have tv at all. So I guess for the next few weeks I will be spending a lot of time at the club since they have free wireless.
I have been walking everywhere that I can get to without riding the bus. There are places where I have to ride the bus to get to cause it isn't feasible to try to walk there. I had my first issue with the buses yesterday. I was told that if you ride the bus somewhere you can get back on the bus going back to where you came from by just going to the bus stop across the street. I tried that yesterday. NOPE!! Turns out the bus stop I needed was the next block down, but I didn't learn that until an hour and a half later. When I finally got back to this side of town, the Christmas Party had started here at the club so I couldn't get on the internet last night. So I walked back to the apartment. The apartment is very nice, but it is empty. Sure there is some furniture there, but that is it. When I am there I am in my bedroom most of the time. I guess I will get settled in more in the near future.

I hope you all make a nice day, and tell your pookie that you love them!!

Picture Time

2007-12-13T09:08:00.000-05:00

Well I finally got some pictures downloaded to my computer. I am going to try to upload them so everyone can see. They are unedited, and unrotated, so you will have to do it yourself if you care to.

These are pictures from the base chapel. It is very beautiful. The pictures don't really do it justice.

These are pictures of my apartment. You can see the green room and other stuff. My laptop battery is about to die and I need to start walking to the apartment before it gets dark and the temperature drops even more.

Make a nice day!!!

Weekend

2007-12-08T02:37:00.001-05:00

This is my second weekend here in Turkey. I need to go wash clothes. I went to the Chapel last night for the Christmas Tree lighting. There seems to be a good group of people there albeit small. I have no idea how old the building is, but it seems pretty old. It is very beautiful though. I have a few things that I need to do today. It was supposed to be warm and sunny. It isn't. It is cold and overcast. I guess I should head out to do that stuff.

Make a nice day!

Apartment

2007-12-04T11:17:00.000-05:00

I have been apartment shopping the last few days. Not much fun trying to find a place to live in a foreign city where you don't speak the language. I finally found one and had the Housing office set up an appointment to sign the lease with the owner. When she got ahold of him, he informed her that he had decided to sell it instead of rent it out. GREAT!! He had another apartment in the same building, on the same floor. Same layout and everything just on the front side of the building. Oh and the bedrooms are painted in some BRIGHT colors. Pink, Fluorescent Lime Green, and Violet. It just so happens that the master bedroom is pink. I asked if he would be willing to paint the master bedroom some sort of white or cream color. He agreed. So tomorrow morning at 9 I get to sign the lease with the landlord. The FMO can't deliver the furniture stuff until the afternoon of the 10th so I am stuck in this hotel until the 11th. I need to get a KentKard for the bus system here. Either that or find someone in that building who works where I do and see if I can't bum a ride from them on a somewhat permanent basis. At least until the weather gets a little warmer and I feel comfortable riding my bicycle that far.

And another thing, why do they eat dinner so dang late around here? It is pouring outside right now and I am starving, but the hotel restaurant doesn't even open until 7! OK enough whining.

Make a nice day!!

Izmir

2007-12-03T00:42:00.000-05:00

I have been here for 5 days this will be my 6th. I feel like everything is dirty here, the streets, the smells. Then I go inside somewhere and it is almost spotless. I guess just like everywhere else I will get used to it. I am going apartment hunting again today. In fact I need to hurry and type this so I can head over to where they pick us up at. I have no idea what area I want to check out, so I am just kinda going along for the ride. I went down to the restaurant this morning for breakfast. It is definitely different. They had honeycomb out on the buffet. If you wanted honey with your breakfast, you literally cut some honeycomb and put it on your plate. I also had some dates, and olives, peeled tomatoes (yes peeled), cucumbers, couple different sliced meats that I have no idea what they were (I didn't ask), pears, peaches, and numerous other things I didn't try. I did have a cup of coffee that I needed really badly. I think it had more caffeine than I am used to since I can't stop bouncing around now. Time for me to brush my teeth and head out into this strange land and see if I can find somewhere that I will be living in the next week.

Make a nice day!

Sittin' part 2

2007-11-30T13:53:00.000-05:00

I'm sitting in another hotel room. This one just happens to be in downtown Izmir, Turkey. The plane trip was long. I prayed a lot on the plane. I feel so out of whack. I can't speak the language, and I can't read the language. I was house hunting today and a guy came in the housing office cause he got robbed last night. While he was there sleeping. He lives in the area of this hotel. I looked at apartments far away from here. The one I found that I like is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath. I think it is on the 2nd or 3rd floor. It is in a quieter neighborhood. There are playgrounds without fences. There is plenty of available parking. Even though I didn't bring a car. They have a good security system. If I get it I will post pictures when I can. I guess thats all for now.

Make a nice day!

sittin' in a room

2007-11-26T15:43:00.000-05:00

I am currently sitting in a La Quinta hotel room. Mud is with her mama. She cried and didn't want to let go of me. I didn't want to let her go either. I had to though. I want to take her with me to Turkey but I can't. I want to take TG with me also, but I can't. I finally caught her yesterday. Now she is all mine! I'm sure she will post some pictures soon. Her mom recorded it. I saw it. :)

Make a Nice Day!!!

Short

2007-11-24T22:59:00.000-05:00

Time is getting short. I have t0 leave in 2 days. Mud and I are flying back to Orlando where her mama is going to pick her up. I have a hotel room with my name on it for Monday night, and I will be flying out of Orlando on Tuesday at noon. I have to fly through Istanbul where I have a 3 hour layover. I think that should provide me enough time to make it through customs and catch my flight to Izmir. My sponsor just happens to be coming back from somewhere and will be on the same flight out of Istanbul. At least I shouldn't get lost at the airport!

Time for bed. I will try to post more shortly. Make a nice day!

Gone

2007-11-16T19:52:00.001-05:00

The house is totally empty. It passed the cleaning inspection with flying colors. (I hired a lady to clean it...) :) She was very entertaining. I talked with her almost the whole time. She basically cleans houses now to pass the time. She retired from DEC where she was a computer engineer. Thats what she told me anyway.

So yesterday after I outprocessed the base I went and got Mud out of school and hit the road. I wanted to go straight to TG's, but figured this would be the last time Mud would get to see Granny until I came back. I gotta admit I wanted to see the oldest daughter too before I left. Hard to believe she is in college. Her nickname BTW is Stinky. I know, I'm mean. :)

Stinky has a chihuahua. This poor thing had fleas so bad I had to give it a flea bath. I didn't notice them at first cause they were under her hair, but when I saw one I went after it and then found more. After chasing a dozen fleas I asked Granny if she had any flea bath soap. Off to the sink we went. She was happier after the bath. Smelled better too. Unfortunately now the psychological effect is getting to me and I keep feeeling fleas on me. Where did Granny put that flea soap...

I get to go to TG's on Sunday. I will be there for a week, then I am flying Mud and myself back to Orlando. Flying was cheaper than renting a car and driving. Imagine that! She gets out of school for another day, and she gets to fly so she isn't complaining. I will be getting a hotel room for that night and then flying out the next day. Hopefully everything will work out. Which reminds me that I need to make reservations for the room.

Make a nice Day!!

Empty

2007-11-09T20:37:00.001-05:00

The house is empty. It is quiet. No computer noise in the background. No TV turned on for noise. Just me alone in this big house with nothing left. The movers came and packed everything up and loaded it on the truck and then drove away. I won't know if it all will make it to my assignment in Alabama till I get there in a little over a year. A year without my stuff. A year that my stuff has to sit in a warehouse. A year where I will be living in a foreign country that has lots of people that don't want me there. Joy. The house is too quiet. I miss Gorgeous. I hope I can get over this melancholy crap soon. The carpet cleaners are coming tomorrow and I still have to pack up all the food stuff and clean the house before Wednesday. I might be able to do it. I have some stuff to do at work on Tuesday, but it shouldn't take too long. I have to go by the Travel Office too so I can find out if they will give me tickets before I leave or if I have to wait until I come back from Georgia. I need a drink...

Tell your pookie that you love them and Make a nice day.

Short

2007-10-27T18:25:00.000-05:00

Time is getting short for me. I have just a little over a month left here in the states. Then I have to get on a plane and fly to a foreign land. Oh joy. I still haven't heard from my sponsor. I need for them to contact me somehow so I can have them get me a mailbox. That way I can get all my bills still. Hmmm, maybe I don't really need a sponsor!

I get to see Gorgeous again in two days! :) I am taking the cat herd up to her and getting her moved into an apartment. Then I get to come back and start cleaning so the movers can come pack everything up. Then I have to clean the house top to bottom and pass inspection. Whee.

Not much has been happening here other than that. Just trying to get everything ready to go. I decided to take my bicycle with me to Turkey. Hopefully I will find the time to ride it. Maybe it will be my main transportation. I will have to figure that out when I get there.

Make a nice day!

Is it over yet?

2007-09-23T20:41:00.000-05:00

I keep thinking this is a bad dream that the AF is causing me. I guess it isn't. Gorgeous moved back home last weekend so she could start a new job. Now it is back to me and Mud. When Mud spent the night at her mother's a couple of nights ago I got very lonely. I couldn't even make it seem not so lonesome with the TV on and the cats around me. Maybe I'll be one of those old men with a dozen cats and no relatives that anyone has ever seen.

So just an update, I will be putting my next stripe on next week. I certainly need the money! I could stand to win the lottery also. I need to buy a ticket.

Make a nice day!

Alive?

2007-09-06T16:33:00.001-05:00

Yes I am still alive, just been very busy. I haven't even been checking anyone else's blogs or returning messages. I'll get to it eventually.

Make a nice day!! :)

After Turkey

2007-08-06T18:07:00.000-05:00

I found out where I am going after I do my tour in Turkey.

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I get to go to the great city of Montgomery, Alabama. I got Gunter AFB. Not Maxwell AFB. I get to go to the little one.

Anyone know of anything to do there? Any must eat at restaurants? Do they have a Hooters?

Anyone got a cheap house there that I can rent for a year or so?

Make a nice day!

Life

2007-07-31T18:19:00.000-05:00

It's been how long since I last blogged? Dang!! Sorry folks.

Life seems to take the strangest turns sometimes. I don't really want to go to Turkey, but part of me is really looking forward to it. People who have been there keep telling me that I will love it. Other people tell me that they wish they were going. My Mom called the other night and asked if I was going to be one of those guys that gets to Turkey and then goes to Afghanistan to teach them how to set up computers. She saw some 20/20 show about that. I told her that I didn't think so. Now she has me wondering. Hopefully I will get a sponsor soon so I can find out more about the job.

What has everyone else been up to? I need a lot of time to try and catch up with everyone's blog.

Make a nice day!

POODLE!!!@#$!$@#@

2007-07-08T20:58:00.000-05:00

OK.

I have to go to Turkey for a year. I won't be coming back to the Space Coast after that. I am going to have to create a new blog for Turkey. I'll take all ideas for a name for the new Turkey blog. I have a few months before I have to go, so hopefully I can get my affairs in order. I have been advised to buy as many silk rugs as I can and ship them back. Evidently they cost around $1000 over there and can be resold back here in the states for anywhere between $7000 to $10000 each. Anyone know this for a fact? Anyone looking for a new silk rug? What should I look for? What should I avoid? I will be in Izmir, Turkey so if anyone has a friend there that they would trust to sell me rugs, give me a holler.

Make a nice day.

Who, what, where am I?

2007-07-04T12:35:00.001-05:00

It has been 2 weeks since I posted last. A lot has happened. I was very busy. I went up and got Gorgeous and moved her down here with me. We got back here last Friday night. We have boxes all over the house still. My stereo got unplugged and her sound system got set up. So did her tv. They are nicer than mine. Yesterday morning after PT, I got a bad email. I got selected for an assignment. A remote assignment. To Turkey. I have to be there no later than 30 November. That sucks. I guess I screwed up when I made MSgt. I can't turn the assignment down for the same reason I couldn't turn MSgt down. I would be a civilian this December with no retirement from the AF after 19 years. So that means I am going to Turkey for a year. It puts our plans on hold for a while, but I am positive everything will work out. When it will work out I'm not sure. At least I will be able to buy more gold cheaply and it gives me a chance to get a silk rug that I have wanted!

Make a nice Independence Day!

Tired

2007-06-20T19:50:00.000-05:00

I am so tired tonight. I finally managed to crawl into bed and talk to Gorgeous for a little while last night around 2245. About 30 seconds after I hung up with Gorgeous, my pager went off. I ended up having to go in to work to fix an emergency problem because the person who was supposed to make a change to their workstations last month didn't do it. I finally got home at 0115 and crawled back into bed. Then the alarm went off. It sure felt like when I was young and just came home from the club!

The day wasn't bad though. I had to go to a meeting that all the promotees had to go to at 1100 and they even fed us. Then I was back at work for an hour and 45 minutes, then I had to be at the Enlisted Club to get ready for the promotion party. The promotion party was scheduled to start at 1500 but we got started a little early. I drank cokes all afternoon, but there were two kegs of beer and a fully stocked bar. There was also a buffet of snack foods so that people wouldn't be drinking on an empty stomach. Around 1630 I was heading out the door to come home when one of the guys from the office showed up so I took him out to where the beer was and bs'd for a while then we went inside to the bar and found several people from work in there drinking and having a good time. I just sat and laughed and had a good time listening to everyone tell stories. I can finally say that I saw a woman in her 50's shoot beer out her nose unintentionally.

Gorgeous called me while the party was going on so I didn't get a chance to talk to her for more than a minute. I had several people yelling to her that I was being very bad and that I was totally wasted. I was the sober one though. Hehehe. I had a lot of fun laughing though.

I think I am going to go to bed early tonight. Like maybe right after I post this.

Tell your Pookie that you love them and Make a Nice Day!!

Movie Junkie Thing

2007-06-14T18:35:00.000-05:00

I stole this from Gorgeous. She stole it from ALRO.

Check which movies you've seen, and keep count along the way.

Out of 239 movies: HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN??

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane

Total: 7

(x) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
( ) Anger Management
( ) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
(x) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total so far: 11

( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp

Total so far: 14

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch

Total so far: 20

(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
(x) Robots

Total so far: 25

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG - only the original

Total so far: 35

( ) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber

Total so far: 37

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
(x) The Whole Ten Yards

Total so far: 42

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( )Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask

Total so far: 48

(x) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean's Eleven
( ) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George

Total so far: 57

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2

Total so far: 64

( ) Best Bet
( ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3

Total so far: 71

(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
(x) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2

Total so far: 82

( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street - only the original
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf's Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old Virgin

Total so far: 84

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Total so far: 90

(x) Baseketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
(x) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three

Total so Far: 92

( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
( ) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
(x) Willard

Total so far: 95

( ) High Tension
(x) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld

Total so far: 101

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness

Total so far: 105

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor

Total so far: 111

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal

115 out of 239 movies seen! - SCH

156 out of 239 movies seen! - TG

117 out of 239 movies seen!!!! - ALRO

Made It!!!

2007-06-13T18:26:00.000-05:00

I finally got my invitation to the Top-3 group. What does that mean? For all you non-military types it means that I finally made Master Sergeant, which is E-7 paygrade. I guess the fact that I finally quit worrying about making it let me actually make it. Now all I have to do is figure out what will happen because of this.

Make a nice day!!

500

2007-06-11T21:04:00.000-05:00

The Band - Up On Cripple Creek

This is my 500th post! Never even thought I would post this much. I had to steal a video from MySpace.

Something I have learned through much trial and error, you can choose to passively have a nice day, or you can be active and MAKE A NICE DAY! I hope everyone chooses what is best for them.

I choose to Make a nice day!

Launch!

2007-06-08T20:48:00.000-05:00

They launched the shuttle again tonight. Here is a picture from it. I could hear the roar of the engines for a long time after I couldn't see it anymore.

This is post 499 for me, so I have to think of something special for number 500.

Make a nice day!

Oh Really...

2007-06-08T18:07:00.000-05:00

I found this over at Bekah's blog.

You Are An ISTJ

The Duty Fulfiller

You are responsible, reliable, and hardworking - you get the job done.
You prefer productive hobbies, like woodworking or knitting.
Quiet and serious, you are well prepared for whatever life hands you.
Conservative and down-to-earth, you hardly ever do anything crazy.

In love, you are loyal and honest. If you commit yourself to someone, then you're fully committed.
For you, love is something that happens naturally. And you don't need romantic gestures to feel loved.

At work, you remember details well and are happy to take on any responsibility.
You would make a great business executive, accountant, or lawyer.

How you see yourself: Decisive, stable, and dependable

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Boring, conservative, and egotistical

What's Your Personality Type?

Video

2007-06-04T21:07:00.000-05:00

TG said she liked this one. She even got the code for me since I can't seem to remember my YouTube password. I hope you enjoy it too.

Make a Nice Day!!

2007-05-31T20:30:00.000-05:00

A week or so ago, Lil Bit posted 10 questions for her readers. I was lazy and got busy with life and time slipped by. I had told her that I would answer the questions though so here I am. I already made sure she had them privately since I was unsure of putting a few of these answers in the public domain. I figure why not, I have posted everything else out here. So why not? Remember these are questions that she asked of her readers, and my responses to her.

1. Why do you have a blog & what does blogging mean to you? (Is it diff from when you started? If so, how? Consider stopping anytime soon?)

I have a blog because when I started blogging I was looking for an outlet to vent my frustrations and get everything out in the open without talking to a shrink or a preacher. Now it gives me a way to talk to friends and let them know what is going on in my head and my life. I have thought about stopping, but I still need an outlet sometimes so I keep going. I have stopped blogging as much as I used to though.

2. Why do you read my blog? (If you've been a long-time reader, do you think mine has changed? - for better, worse, or neutral?)

I started reading it, because there was this hot chick that kept posting pictures of herself and then I started actually reading it and got hooked. I still read it, because while the format has changed some, it is still the same hot chick that posted pictures of herself.

3. Why do you think some people regularly read a blog but never leave a comment? Have you discovered a way to bring the lurkers outta hiding or do you care if they comment?

People read blogs but don’t want to comment. Sometimes I feel like I don’t know enough about a situation to leave a comment on it. No and No. :)

4. What percentage of your readers is female and what percentage is male (of those you're aware)?

Not positive, but I think the majority of my readers are female. There are 3 guys that I know of that read my blog.

5. Are there any kinds of posts you wish you saw here but rarely (or never) do?

Full on Nekkid? :)

6. Are you working in the profession you thought you would & are you happy with your job?

No. Yes I am!

7. Are you *completely* happy/content with your life overall right now? If not, why? What do you want to change?

Not completely. TG isn’t here with me yet, but she will be soon! If I could rig the lottery so that I would win and be rich, then Hell yeah! :)

8. What's your favorite color(s) and number(s)?

I like pink, and as Bill and Ted put it, “69 Dude!!”

9. Would you tell me something about yourself that I don't already know?

You already know everything about me!

10. Do you have a secret blog (or can ya tell me? lol)? And if I told you the addy of my erotic blog, how would it affect/change your opinion of me?

This IS my secret blog!! No it wouldn’t change my opinion of you. I would be busy reading for a while though!! :)

Questions

2007-05-19T19:04:00.001-05:00

Everybody has questions that they think of after the fact. I want to know what some people wished they had thought to ask before they got married (or attached). TG asked this on her blog a month or so ago, and I figured I would do the same. I'm not talking about what religion, how many kids you have to have type of things. I am interested in finding out the little things that you would have liked to have known before hand. Like the fact that I prefer Irish Spring soap, while TG prefers Dove.

Tell me what kind of questions for little things you would have liked to asked.

Make a nice day!

Karma, why risk it?

2007-05-15T17:39:00.000-05:00

I figured out why I haven't been sleeping well the past couple days. I keep tossing and turning and not really sleeping. Karma has been hanging over my head like a lead balloon. One of the things I detest about people is rudeness, and my rudeness towards my ex's new husband. So this morning after a rather energetic outing of Ultimate Frisbee I swung by their house and knocked on the door. When he answered the door I apologized for my rudeness. We talked for about 10 minutes. He is heading back to Iraq on Thursday. I hope he has enough life insurance coverage and put some of it in my ex's name.

So now I feel better about myself since I am not the type of person who likes to be rude. I know that he and I will never be drinking buddies or friends, but at least I know that I have made amends and I hope Karma forgives me.

Tell your Pookie that you love them and Make a nice day!!

Anger

2007-05-12T22:45:00.000-05:00

I just got home. I had to go in to work for a few hours and Mud's mama actually kept her while I went in. I figured I would be there maybe an hour. Turned out I was at work for over 2 hours. When I finally got out of there and went to pick Mud up, I went to the door and knocked. The ex answered it and had the gall to ask me if I wanted to meet her new husband. I politely told her no and she said "Are you sure?" I told her that I was positive I didn't want to meet him. She calls Holly and while I was waiting he came to the door and stuck his hand out to shake and introduce himself. I turned my back on him and started to walk away. I just couldn't go without saying something. I turned back around and told him "I used to have a lot of respect for PJ's. Then you came along." He had a very strange look on his face, but then Mud came through the door and I walked away. Now I am still angry at him. It seems so very stupid of me. I have forgiven the ex for what she did, but I can't seem to forgive him. I must need to go to church more.

I was typing this and got sidetracked while putting Mud to bed. I had to remake her bed and the phone rang. It was the ex. Mud answered the phone and I told her to tell her I would call her back. I didn't. She just called again, it is 10:45 pm. She was mad that I was "Rude" to her husband. I told her that I may have forgiven her, but I had not forgiven him. Maybe in the future I will, but I wasn't there now. Now I am mad again. My hands are shaking. I think I need to talk to a shrink or something.

Why do I even care anymore?

Make a nice day. Somebody needs to.

Birthday

2007-05-08T18:48:00.000-05:00

Mud turned 11 yesterday. I got her a cake. And a cell phone. Somebody please shoot me!!!

Make a nice day.

Done Inked

2007-05-03T17:18:00.000-05:00

Remember this post from some time ago? Well I just got back from the tattoo parlor. The cover up looks really good. The tattoo artist did a freehand drawing on my chest and over the old tattoo. It is a stone style dragon. He spent about 30 minutes actually drawing the dragon on me. When he finished it I went and looked in the mirror and was surprised at how well he actually did. There are a few spots that may need to be touched up after it heals, but probably not. It is shades of gray, but if I want to have it colored later on that is still possible.

I do know that I am never getting a tattoo on my ribs or over any bones! He barely touched my collar bone and it hurt like a s@n$3*($#(@!!!! A little later he got close to my nipple and it felt like he was sawing it off. Ouch. I didn't cry though! :) I had forgotten how much tattoos can hurt. I remember now.

So here is the finished ink. Too much black and gray? Let me know.

Tell your Pookie you Love them and Make a nice day!!

Catch up

2007-05-01T18:12:00.000-05:00

I had a great weekend! I left from work a few minutes early and drove straight to the airport on Thursday. I got to Atlanta around 9:15 PM. I got to sleep in late Friday because Gorgeous still had to work. We had a very good evening on Friday and on Saturday morning we went to the Ren Faire. It was a lot of fun going with her to the Ren Faire. She can go anywhere and be a lot of fun to be with. We wandered around and looked at everything. We had fish and chips for lunch. I couldn't find any Apple Dumplings though which sucked. Oh well I guess I really didn't need it anyway. I am getting kind of on the husky side...

We watched a couple of shows and some jousting. The sword swallower was a little unsettling when he swallowed a 4 foot long balloon. It popped. He let out a really big burp, which is better than the other option... The Ded Bob Sho was entertaining. If you get a chance to go to his show somewhere I highly recommend it. Make sure you get to be one of the water balloon throwers.

Saturday night was a lot of fun also. She has some really great friends and family. They are the type that everyone should have, but few actually do.

Sunday we went up to Helen and enjoyed the swiss/german/austrian alps city they have. It is a tourist trap but it was fun to go wander around in for an afternoon.

I had to come home yesterday which sucked. My plane got delayed and we didn't take off until 11 PM. I got home at 2 AM, my alarm went off at 0645 and I hit snooze. Then hit it again. And again. I finally crawled out of bed at 0715. I had to rush but I made it to work. A little late, but no one mentioned it. I am definitely going to bed early tonight!

OK, now that everyone is all caught up I guess I need to give you a picture or two to stare at.

The Sword Swallower

Jousting

The Ded Bob Sho

Make a nice day!

One Day Blog Silence

2007-04-30T08:52:00.000-05:00

Anniversary

2007-04-25T19:20:00.000-05:00

I can't believe I missed out on celebrating my one year anniversary. How could all of you allow me to forget? What anniversary you ask? Thank you Mr. Unicorn in the back row for asking that question. The anniversary y'all forgot to remind me about was one year ago the divorce was final. That was on 17 April. I didn't even realize it until last night as I was laying in bed after telling TG goodnight. BTW I get to see her in 25 hours! :)

Mud is off with her mama in Hawaii for the next week. Her mama is marrying the p.o.s. that she cheated on me with. It is still a little bitty diamond! :D MUAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!!

Make a nice day and tell your your Pookie that you Love them!!

Observant?

2007-04-20T16:15:00.000-05:00

Found this on Tish's blog, and I stole it!

Your Observation Skills Get A B

Your senses are pretty sharp (okay, most of the time)
And it takes something big to distract you!

How Observant Are You?

Shoot me

2007-04-19T08:16:00.000-05:00

What do you tell an 11 year old about your social life? It affects them, so how much should they be told? I have told Mud everything that she is old enough to hear. I am sure she suspects more than what I have told her, but she has not received "that talk" yet. At least not from me. I still haven't a clue what to tell her about that stuff. I am dreading the day when she gets her first monthly visitor.

Mud's mama took most of the clothes that she had here, home this morning. Cleaned out my closets quite a bit. Now I just need to get rid of the boxes of old kids clothes in the garage. She still has stuff in my closet that I tried to get her to take. She doesn't have room for it though. And I do? I asked her if she wanted her bike. She says she does, but doesn't have room for it right now. And I do?

I guess thats enough bitching about the ex for today. I'll try to post on a somewhat more frequent basis.

Make a nice day!!

God's Plan?

2007-04-06T20:29:00.000-05:00

Sometimes I wonder just what God's plan for me is. 15 years ago I was wondering if I would ever find a woman that loved me. Then on 2 July 1992 I met my ex-wife for the first time. We made out like hormonally challenged teenagers in a bar called FishHead's all night long.

2 years ago I was helping her pack her stuff to leave me and wondering why God would take her love away from me. 2 months ago I was again wondering if I would ever find a woman who loved me. I had a sort of relationship, but it wasn't everything. Then I met TG. I started talking to her to pass the time and before I knew it I was positive I had to meet her face to face and see if God meant for me to love her. 2 weeks ago I found out. If someone tells you there is no such thing as love at first sight, they are lying to you. I have fallen for TG big time. She seems to like me quite a bit as well.

Has this been easy? No. Someone else got hurt in the process, and I regret that very much. It was never my intention to hurt anyone at all. When I started talking to TG and decided that I had to meet her, I was unaware of how much this other woman felt for me. She never told me. She didn't know herself until I told her I was going to visit TG. Since she had been dating and making friends I didn't think I was the one for her, just a very good friend. Things change and people get hurt. I wish I could take away all the hurt and make everyone happy. But I am just a man, one who is not very smart when it comes to women.

Someday I hope I can talk to my friend again, but I don't know how long that will be. I hate to lose a friend. I cherish all of my friendships more than anything. In real life I have very few friends. I don't allow people to get close to me, because I know someone always gets hurt. Being in the military and moving around you always lose touch with your friends. I have friends all over the world, but I never get to talk to them anymore. An occasional email here and there doesn't always cut it. I have friends in Iraq and Afghanistan and other litter boxes on this planet. Will they all come home? I pray that they do, but I know that some will not. How many have returned home in a metal coffin already that I don't know about because I have lost track of them? I pray none.

What is God's plan? I pray to find out every night...

Tell your Pookie that you Love them and make a nice day.

What to do

2007-03-17T16:20:00.000-05:00

What do you do when a friend finally decides they want you after you find someone special? This isn't just a casual acquaintance, but someone who you have spent time with and taken naughty pictures with. They never wanted more than what they gave. They dated others. You comforted them when they were scared. You held their hand and just snuggled with them when they needed it. How do you stay friends, but not lovers? How do you keep from hurting them? How do you keep your own heart in one piece?

I wish I could read minds, that way I could know for sure what goes on in a woman's mind.

Tell someone you love them and make a nice day. 5 Days...