Especially for Lenette

I got this from my uncle and immediately thought of Lenette. And so I just had to share!


A little Military humor here.

Years ago, there was an old tale in the Marine Corps about a lieutenant who inspected his Marines and told the Gunny that they smelled bad. The lieutenant suggested that they change their underwear.

The Gunny responded, 'Aye, sir, I'll see to it immediately.'

He went into the tent and said, 'The lieutenant thinks you guys smell bad, and wants you to change your underwear.

Smith, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowskie, Brown, you change with Schultz. Get to it!'

The moral: The political candidates may promise change in Washington but don't count on things smelling any better...

Those crazy kids!

This is what I found in my room when I went to go to bed last night. Count 'em... one in the bed, one at the foot of the bed, and one on the side of the bed! They are so silly. But at least they were alseep!

I voted!

Yes, I voted. I requested my absentee ballot and it came and I filled it out and I voted! Whoopee for me! I am such a good citizen.

Once I had it all sealed up and off to the mail, I realized I shouldn't have been so hasty. I am the Activity Day's Leader and I should have used it as a demo for the girls tonight. I spent way too long online today searching for some sample ballots for them to examine. A-Days is tonight! I found a few ballots, but none were as good as mine. Most didn't have any ammendments or anything. Mine had several. I had hoped to find some with good stuff- mine has the lottery on it again! (Hello! idn't we vote no on that already?!!) I wanted stuff that required thinking about, but that made sense. Anyway, that's not your problem. I did get some nice sample ballots- thank you NC, and LA for being so helpful on your websites!

Double Tagged Tagged

I've been tagged twice. The first one is 5 things most people don't know about me. This is a problem, since I will tell anyone anything about me. And the stuff I am not willing to share, I amd REALLY not willing to share! I do love pictures though, and I'm now in a sharing kind of mood. So, let's see if I can come up with 5 things non-family members may not know about me....

1. I raised a pig for 4-H. Yep, I did. His name was Pantry Pride Bacon Bits and I auctioned him off at the Orange County fair.

2. I was a pretty good horseback rider. I did4-H in California and Pony Club for the 3 years we were in NJ. I did my first year of school at the College of Southern Idaho and majored in Equestrian Studies. It was a blast!

3. I graduated high school in Okinawa, Japan. Yes, that is me in the red shirt on the right.

4. I was a total tom boy with zero fashion sense. Okay, maybe that's not news!

5. I had my first car accident when I was 18, driving on Okinawa. This was my car. Her name was Shelby and I loved her.

I tag no one. And to accomplish my next tag, I will go to my 4th folder and select my 4th photo.... drum roll please!

This was May 2003, when Dan graduated UALR law scool. Joshua was 20 months old and Marian was 8 weeks old.

TOFW

I was going to sit down and critique my Time out for Women experience, but I've pretty much got it all out of my system! I typed up half my notes, but Dan and I are speaking in church next week and I had to work on that for a bit, and I had to write my weekly letter, and I'm actually tired of sitting at this computer!

So, the short-short version is this: Don't like Philadelphia, Loved TOFW, city traffic sucks, friends make the time go faster

And I will share one little thing with you. Last time I went to a TOFW, I was all alone- didn't know a single other person there. Yesterday, I went with my friend Andrea and it was so nice. As I was sitting there with 2,000 other women, I asked Heavenly Father, if there was anyone else in the room I knew, could I please run into them. I know, silly thing. And yet.... I saw my friend Sasha, who I haven't keept in touch with. (She looks great, by the way!) Also, at lunch, the lady I sat next to turned out to be the sister-in-law of my friend Lonie, and I'd been hearing about this woman for weeks! I know, small, silly thing to be excited about, but I was!

That's all the enthusiasm I can drum up right now. Perhaps I'll get motivated and post again later. If you have any interest in my notes from Time Out for Women, let me know and I'll post them. It really had some amazing stuff!