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Gender: Female
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Age: 30
Sign: Sagittarius

City: Centralia
State: Missouri
Country: US
Signup Date: 3/17/2005

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 
Schools a starting back up on Monday---mostly PRT classes, but I was looking at my class descriptions online on blackboard. Blackboard is the online part so teachers can post grades and assignments online. Yup-going to be a challenging semester. Ready to get his knocked out so I can get back to Texas if that is what life has planned for me. I am really hoping I get the summer internship with the Texas Game Warden. Oh man would be such a good stepping stone to get on as a Texas Ranger in 2011. That is really what I want to do.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 
Well just an update in case you don't keep up with my other blog. I am finishing up my last week at Lowe's this Friday. Then on Saturday, I pick up on my new job on Saturday. I am really looking forward to it. I will be working with the University Police Department. Of course I am on a 6 month probationary period, but I don't know of any job where you are not. I am looking forward to looking into my benefits to see if I am truely eligible for this tution assistance thing. That will help out a bunch. Every little bit counts, especially since I am taking a pay cut to go to this place.
I guess you can say I had it with Lowe's. I am hoping the grass is truely greener on the other side. So wish me luck....

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Friday, August 22, 2008 
    Okay I refuse to be upset or listen to those synical people out there...but what the crap JR.  When are you going to actually prove people wrong!  You are not living in your father's shadow.  Come on now...lets go racing and turn this thing around!
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 
    Oh man, it has been a long time since I listened to this song.  I think it came out when I was in Iceland.  It still brings tears to my eyes.  You know all the holidays you missed, all the memories you made, but all the memories you've missed and can never make up.  Heck, even though I am out right now, I am still missing things because my sweetie is stuck out in a boat floating and rocking in high seas.  He's sweating and missing me and all these memories we could be making in our new home out in Missouri.  That song is the bomb and Toby Keith we appreciate all your continued support for everything the Military Families do.


Thanks
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Friday, June 27, 2008 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvzDsaPd0Es

Found on U Tube and thought you might like to see some of the stuff I saw when I lived there for a yr and half.

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Monday, May 26, 2008 
Well today is 5/26/08.  I am sitting here in my house out in Missouri.  The weather has turned to humid city.  I had to turn the A/C on which I thought I would make it until atleast June before I did that.  Who knows maybe in a couple of days I can turn it back off and open the windows up again. 

Remember when we were younger, we did not know what a light bill or water bill was.  All we remember is, if it was not paid, we did not have electricity.  Well it is crazy how you get these bills now, and go wow-This sucks-Can I go back to working at Blockbuster and playing high school softball.  I hate it when the parents are right when they said enjoy being a kid with no responsibilities.

Anyhow, here it is Memorial Day, and I am working.  It's my first one as a Vet and yup, working.  I don't know why I am shocked.  I worked every single one of them in the military.  As a Master at Arms, I usually got stuck working some carnival scheduled on this weekend.  Who knows, maybe next year. 

 Anyhow, it's rained the whole weekend, so I guess I am kind of glad I had to work it.  I was off for the sunny one last weekend and went to the St Louis Zoo. 

As for Gas prices, everyone needs to get over it.  Oh and Obama, he's going to be the next President.  Why because all the Democrats voted for him instead of Clinton.  I am not saying I support Clinton, but hell if you did not like any of the canidates, then don't vote.  Don't support any of them.  I am not voting this year, because all of the canidates suck.   I guess I am not shocked at all, this country has been going this direction for sometime.  It only took sometime for us to get a guy who refuses to place his hand on the bible and swear that he is telling the truth.  I guess when he gets up there he will put his hand on the Koran and swear into the Presidency.  He also refuses to place his hand over his heart during the National Anthem.  I guess he will also refuse to salute soliders or support our troops.  I am not shocked at all.  Liberalism.  That is all we need-Needless to say I am just saying none of the Presidential Canidates represent me, so I am not voting.  I would take the Govenator from California over any of them, anyday.

Anyhow, I guess the summer is coming up...and I will be in Texas in a couple of weeks.  I think it is like 6.  It's going to be so hot there.  :-)  Oh well I am going to have to get use to it.  I am no longer in Iceland or SD.  It is much hotter is this neck of the woods, and we have bugs. 

Have a great day, and thanks for reading.
Amy~
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Monday, May 19, 2008 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMozkuSFEvI

Flight ops to the extreme. Go on board with the Cougars.

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Monday, May 19, 2008 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKI_-OGpuvY

The movie of controversy...especially over the yellow suits. HAHA! Made on our deployment for site tv.

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Thursday, February 28, 2008 
Everyone is so quick to judge other people on what their addictions are-but I ask you-do you not have an addiction?

I thought about this for a bit tonight, and I do have some addictions...They say the first step is to admit you have a problem.

Well I am addicted to coffee, yogurt, carrots with dip and wine and looking at my face everyday and thinking goodness I've aged so much.  What is going on?

Okay so I admitted to it-but I don't think I will change tomorrow or any day.  I just like doing eating and drinking the following things.  Does it make me a bad person.  No. 

So if you have an addiction don't fill too bad so long as it doesn't prevent you from living life and being who you are.



Why?  I don't think it inhibits my ability to live life.  It just some things I like in life. 
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 
These are comments that we are confronted with on a daily basis... If you have a military wife friend, relative, etc.....here's what not to say!


1. "Aren't you afraid that he'll be killed?"
(This one ranks in at number one on the "duh" list. Of course we're afraid. We're terrified. The thought always lingers at the backs of our minds ---but thanks brilliant, you just brought it back to the front. Maybe next you can go ask someone with cancer if they're scared of dying.)

2. "I don't know how you manage. I don't think I could do it."
(This is intended to be a compliment. Though, its just a little annoying. Here's why: it's not like all of us military wives have been dreaming since childhood of the day we'd get to be anxious single moms who carry cell phones with us to the bathroom and in the shower. We're not made of some mysterious matter that makes us more capable, we just got asked to take on a challenging job. So we rose to the challenge and found the strength to make sacrifices.)

3. "At least he's not in Iraq."
(This is the number one most annoying comment for those whose husbands are in Afghanistan. Or anywhere else... They aren't golfing , they are away from the family because they HAVE TOO, defending YOUR freedom. Everywhere they are called to be at there is a threat for harm because your might not now it but we aren't LOVED by everyone. From Korea to the Middle East they are there to serve all of us.)

4. "Do you think he'll get to come home for Christmas/anniversary/birthday/birth of a child/wedding/family reunion, etc?"
(Don't you watch the news? No! They don't get to come home for any of these things. Please don't ask again.)

5. "What are you going to do to keep yourself busy while he's gone?"
(Short answer: Try to keep my sanity. Maybe there's a military wife out there who gets bored when her husband leaves, but I have yet to meet her. For the rest of us, those with and without children, we find ourselves having to be two people. That keeps us plenty busy. We do get lonely, but we don't get bored, and drinking massive amounts of wine always helps keep me busy.)

6. "How much longer does he have until he can get out?"
(This one is annoying to many of us whether our husbands are deployed or not. Many of our husbands aren't counting down the days until they "can" get out. Many of them keep signing back up again and again because they actually love what they do or they VOLUNTEER AGAIN and AGAIN to go back to Iraq b/c there is work that needs to be done.)

7. "This deployment shouldn't be so bad, now that you're used to it."
(Sure, we do learn coping skills and its true the more deployments you've gone through, the easier dealing with it becomes. And we figure out ways to make life go smoother while the guys are gone. But it never gets "easy" and the bullets and bombs don't skip over our guys just because they've been there before or been deployed ANYWHERE before. The worry never goes away.)

8. "My husband had to go to Europe for business once for three weeks. I totally know what you're going through."
(This one is similar to number two. Do not equate your husband's three week trip to London/Omaha/Tokyo/etc. with a 12-15 month or more deployment to a war zone. Aside from the obvious time difference, nobody shot at your husband or tried to blow him up with an I.E.D., your husband could call home pretty much any time he wanted to, he flew comfortably on a commercial plane, slept between crisp white sheets and ate well, paying for everything with an expense account. There is no comparison. We do not feel bonded to you in the slightest because of this comment and, if anything, we probably resent you a bit for it. Comparing a 12 month combat deployment to a few weeks business trip is like comparing a shitty ford taurus with mercedes convertible.)

9. "Wow you must miss him?"
(This one also gets antoher big "duh". Of course we miss our men. There are some wives who do not and they're now divorced.)

10. "Where is he exactly? Where is that?"
(I don't expect non-military folks to be able to find Anbar Province on a map, but they should know by now that it's in Iraq. Likewise, know that Kabul and Kandahar are in Afghanistan. Know that Muqtada al Sadr is the insurgent leader of the Mahdi Army in Iraq and that Sadr City is his home area. Know that Iran is a major threat to our country and that it is located between Afghanistan and Iraq. Our country has been at war in Afghanistan for seven years and at war in Iraq for five years. These basic facts are not secrets, they're on the news every night and in the papers every day ---and on maps everywhere.)

11. "Well, he signed up for it, so it's his own fault whatever happens over there."
(Yes, ignorant, he did sign up. Each and every day he protects your right to make stupid comments like that. He didn't sign up and ask to be hit by anything, he signed up to protect his country. Oh, and by the way, he asked me to tell you that "You're welcome." He's still fighting for your freedom.)

12. "Don't you miss sex! I couldn't do it!"
(hmmm, no i don't miss sex. i'm a robot. seriously...military spouses learn quickly that our relationships must be founded on something greater than sex. We learn to appreciate the important things, like simply hearing their voices, seeing their faces, being able to have dinner together every night. And the hard truth is, most relationships probably couldn't withstand 12 months of sex deprivation.)

13. "Well in my opinion....."
(Stop right there. Yo, I didn't ask for you your personal political opinions. Hey, I love a heated political debate, but not in the grocery store, not in Jamba Juice, not at Nordstrom, not in a bar when I'm out with my girls trying to forget the war, and CERTAINLY NOT AT WORK. We tell co-workers about deployments so when we have to spend lunch hours running our asses off doing errands and taking care of the house, dog, and kids, they have an understanding. We do not tell co-workers and colleagues because we are giving an invitation to ramble about politics or because we so eagerly want to hear how much they hate the President, esp. while we're trying to heat up our lean cuisines in the crappy office microwaves.)

last but not least....

14. "OH, that's horrible...I'm so sorry!"
(He's doing his job and he's a badass. Don't be sorry. Be appreciative and please take a moment out of your comfortable American lives to realize that our soldiers fight the wars abroad so those wars stay abroad.)



If you want to say anything, say thank you. It takes a really strong woman to be marreid to a military man and an even stronger one to make it through everything...We really hear these things all the time and most of the time it sounds stupid and usually comes from someone who has no clue...No one can relate to us unless they are a military wife...It compares to nothing else...So next time you see a man in a military uniform just know there is a much stronger woman standing behind him. I am so very proud of my husband...and after all, we are sexually deprived for your freedom!!!
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