Day 133

Today Gabe and I had a lot of fun spending time with good friends.  We went next door this morning so I could watch Lacy's kids while she took her mom to the airport...and we ended up not leaving til about 10:30pm.  Our cable and internet were out pretty much all day, so we decided to keep each other entertained.  They were gracious enough to let us stay for dinner, and then we all just hung out and talked. 

One thing I didn't do in all the time we were over there was take a picture. =(

Next up, day 134...

Day 132

I'm back!!  Did anyone miss me?  Nah...didn't think so.  =)

I went out and did some running around today.  First I met up with my fellow LINKS hospitality manager at the commissary so we could buy a few things to help restock the LINKS larder.  I was going to go meet up with some ladies from the message board for lunch afterwards, but they ended up eating really quick and I couldn't get there in time.

So, Gabe and I went shopping instead.  First we went to Sam's Club...a place where it's really easy for me to spend way too much money.  Luckily, I don't go there that often.  After that, we headed to Walmart to pick up some things that Ben asked me to send him.  If anyone can think of a way to ship crayons to Afghanistan without them melting, I'd love to hear it (and no, honey - I didn't buy any crayons...yet. heheh).

As is the norm here in North Carolina, the evening brought in some storms.  Here's a picture of some of our lovely storm clouds:

Even though I don't always like what the clouds drop on us, they're really very pretty.  I believe there are more sitting on us right now, as I just heard the boom of thunder...sigh.

I'm out of here til day 133...

Day 131

Woohoo...I actually left the house today. I'm a member of a message board for Marine wives, fiancees and girlfriends; it's been a great way to meet people (and meant that I already 'knew' people when we moved to NC).  I got to meet a couple more of the ladies from the message board today; unfortunately, one of them will be leaving for Okinawa a little later this year.  Such is the nature of military life...you have to enjoy the people you meet while they're still around to be enjoyed!

Today's picture is my wonderful husband.  Taryn didn't take her daddy doll with her when she went to her dad's house, so I reappropriated him for the summer.  Here he is all tucked into bed (though I have to wonder if he wouldn't be more comfortable without his cammies...lol):

See everyone on day 132...

Day 130

There's not much to write about for today, as not much happened today.  Gabe got to go out and play with some of his friends, although I think they did more fighting than playing for the most part.

Oh well...maybe day 131 will be more exciting...

Day 129

Yay...I finally got my blog caught up!!

Today was a good day.  We went and met Taryn's dad so he could take her for the summer; now it's just Gabe and I til mid-August...could prove interesting.  We're used to Taryn leaving for the summer, but this is the first time in a while that it's happened when Ben's not around.

Once we got back, Gabe and I went to "Funtastic", an event designed to celebrate military kids.  They had all kinds of different things to do...the fire department and military police were there; there were military vehicles for the kids to check out; and a lot of the different activities on base had things for the kids to do.  Here's a picture of Gabe 'driving' an MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle):

He had a lot of fun, which was the point of the whole thing.

And with that, I'm off to bed.  Til day 130...

Day 128

Another day, another long drive...to pick Taryn up from camp, that is.  The weather was much better this time around.  The original plan was that we were supposed to get there around 11:30 for an award ceremony, followed by a slideshow and lunch.  Unfortunately, that plan went out the window when Gabe got sick about 20 minutes before we got to the camp.  We ended up staying just long enough for Taryn to get her award (every camper in every cabin got an award of some type from their counselor), then I checked Taryn out and we headed for home.  Taryn was a little ticked at me for that, but she got over it.  Here's a picture of her with her counselor and the rest of the girls in her cabin:

Gabe was fine for the rest of the day, so I'm not really sure what the whole sickness thing was about.

Almost caught up - just have to do day 129...

Day 127

Today was another day spent at LINKS.  We had a workshop for a unit...it meant less work for me, but it was still fun.

Unfortunately, LINKS days don't provide many photo ops, so I don't have a picture for today.

Now to day 128...