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Blessings and Appreciation
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 [...]
April Fool’s!
Today, April 1, is April Fool’s Day. It is also the Chief Petty Officers of the Navy’s birthday, and no, that’s not April Fool’s joke. It really is. At my command they celebrated by wearing khakis (they usually wear DCU–desert camouflage uniform) and eating cookies that our OIC (Officer in Charge) bought them. So Happy [...]
I’m the Awesomest Computer Person in the World!
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 [...]
$500.00 Glasses
Friday night at church the conversation turned to glasses and I mentioned I needed to visit an optician (where you buy glasses). The pastor, Majdi, who is a doctor, volunteered to take me to the shop he deals with. I accepted. So the next day, Saturday, he and his wife, Margo, and his son Mark [...]
Isn’t He Sweet? My New E-reader
My Jeremy is the sweetest guy in the world.
Yesterday I received a box and inside was a present from him. It was an e-book reader, a device about the size of a paperback book, but thinner, that allows you to download books (e-books) onto it and read them. According to the box, depending on file [...]