The Sunday before last, November 23, I was able to attend Jeremy’s frocking ceremony at his command.  He got promoted today from Petty Officer Second Class to Petty Officer First Class.  That means he went up one pay grade, from E-5 to E-6. In the Navy every March and September sailors take advancement exams.  Out [...]

Jeremy and I went to two parties today.  First we went to his command’s party at his Master Chief’s house.  We ate turkey and talked and those who wanted to played Guitar Hero (I think that’s what it’s called–where each person plays a different instrument in the band going off of the prompts on screen [...]

(Again, hover over the picture to view the caption.  Click to make bigger.) It was actually cold getting off the plane in Alaska.  We were wearing sweatshirts, but after living in hot Bahrain we didn’t have much in the way of jackets (and no coats at all), and we didn’t bring any anyway.  But it [...]

Sorry this blog has been quiet for so long. I’ve been busy with things that took precedence. First Jeremy came home for about two weeks. Then when he went back to the ship I got busy cleaning out a bunch of boxes we’d never unpacked. I got a lot done, but I didn’t have time [...]

The biggest blessing I’ve had this week is that Jeremy got to come home and stay for a whole week!  He’s almost done “playing Navy”, that is, being on a ship, at least for a little while.  It’s been so good to have him home. It’s amazing how my stress levels have been lower this [...]

If you haven’t read the post directly preceding this one, read that first.  This is a continuation. Jeremy emailed me some pictures.  He said to mention he’s been stationed on the USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).  It is the only ship in the US Navy to have a British officer permanently stationed aboard.  He [...]

I am pleased to announce that Jeremy is now Surface Warfare qualified.  Yay, Jeremy!  (Insert huge round of applause here.) You may remember from my earlier post about it that he had a whole series of things he had to do to get this qualification: He had to complete some books And then take a [...]

Today is going to be a little update on what I’ve been up to lately. Saturday I went to the BSPCA or the Bahrain Animal Shelter.  No, I was not looking for a pet, although I wanted to take a bunch of them home with me.  I went with a friend to volunteer there.  The [...]

Hey, I just added a “widget” to my sidebar!  That was some way awesome computer skills in action, folks!  I stole the idea from this blog: 4tunate.  It’s a world map that tracks visitors to your blog.  I saw it and thought, “How can I get me one of those things?”  So I clicked on [...]

Sorry I’ve been away so long.  I haven’t been literally away.  I just got busy doing other things and so didn’t blog. So here’s an update on the news in my life: In early February Jeremy came home for a couple of days.  That was a surprise.  He literally didn’t know until the day he [...]