Back in Iraq, defending our freedom.
| Recent Journal Entry ArchiveJanuary 22, 2010, 3:42 am Life is incredible! |
 Well, God has made things work out just right. Jim is on his way home and I have moved back to BIAP. We left the FOB on the same day, just about the same time. Is life incredible or what? I will be back on here in full force in about a month. I can’t wait to get going on this again. Oh and by the way, Pedro made the move with me. I am still working on getting her home.
(Jim and I the last day on the FOB) ... |
continue reading 16 comments January 19, 2010, 1:53 pm She does not want to sleep alone any more! |
 Just an update on Pedro, she is doing well and I have new hope that she will be coming home with me. Things are really going to have to come together, but they always seem to when they should. Just look at Jim and I that was one shot in a million that we met and that turned out wonderful. So I have faith. Keep her in your thoughts! ... |
continue reading 5 comments January 13, 2010, 9:33 am Quick question | What is the ice cream dish with maringue on top and then covered in liqur and lit? ... |
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January 1, 2010, 6:41 am Update from Iraq! |
 Well it is a new year and Pedro, Jim and I are still in Iraq. Things are going well for us. There is still too much work but some of the replacements are here and Jim will be going home in the next few weeks and I will follow about five weeks after that. I am still working on getting Pedro home. Right now I have talked to a Charter company that can ship her for me. I just have to figure out if I can get all the paperwork done that I need.
We all cannot wait to get back ... |
continue reading 18 comments December 21, 2009, 11:15 am Sometimes things just work out like that! |
 Well if you have read my other posts, you know I have found the love of my life in Iraq on deployment. Well things are going great and I just wanted to say that we got our Christmas present early. I was support to change FOBs and move to the other side of Baghdad, where we would not be able to see each other. Well I was told today that I will be staying right here until the end of January when he departs for home. We get another whole month together and that means that we will only have ... |
continue reading 21 comments November 29, 2009, 10:16 pm Could someone please help me!? |
 This is Pedro. She is a young Egyptian Mau that my boyfriend and I have grown attached to since we have been deployed to Iraq. I introduced her once before in a picture with my boyfriend. She brings me so much joy in this unhappy place. She has become quite domesticated while I have been here as you can see. She spends most of her time on my bed when I am not using it and there is always something around for her to eat. Sadly she has become pregnant and is going to give birth and day.
What I need ... |
continue reading 8 comments November 16, 2009, 11:51 am Blessing = Even Happier |
 It has been a long time since I have been this happy. In fact I am not sure if I have been this happy in my adult life. Don’t get me wrong, I have had a very blessed life. God has always provided a way for me to get through this crazy life and all that comes with it. I have always thought I was a happy person and most everyone around me thought so too. But this is just outrageously happy. I have met the greatest man and he is the reason for this surplus of bliss. At my ... |
continue reading 18 comments November 14, 2009, 2:17 am You know what would be great? | A way to link couples or families profiles together. My Boyfriend and I are getting healthy together. We eat the same things (for the most part) and we work out together. So if out profiles were linked, it would be a lot easier to log everything. It takes a while over here, because the internet is painfully slow. Just a thought. ... |
continue reading 8 comments November 3, 2009, 10:58 am I need a fresh start | I needed a fresh start. So I reset my food log and exercise log. I have the best intentions every time I start out. One more time. It is just 25 pounds, 87,500 calories. It sounds so easy, why isn’t it? Why am I hungry all the time? Why do I eat when I am not hungry? Why do I eat the wrong foods? Why do I eat so much? Well I will keep looking for the answers to all these questions and working toward a healthier life where I am happier with myself.
Thank you all for your camaraderie ... |
continue reading 7 comments October 1, 2009, 11:22 am Proud of myself | I know that it is just a baby step and I have so much farther to go. But I hope this is the start of positive actions that will lead to a healthy life style, one that means cutting down on sugar and calories to loose weight and then maintain that healthier weight. ... |
continue reading 5 comments August 23, 2009, 8:41 am Building muscle to burn more calories | Well deployed again. I wish that it was easier to manage your weight eating MREs. You have to do your best to keep your energy up in case of an emergency situation and then if one does not come up. You are hungry again and need to eat.
Oh well another six months and I will be back to the country I love. Then we can work on this and in the process I am building the muscles that I need to burn more calories. ... |
continue reading 12 comments June 19, 2009, 8:22 pm Swine Flu Sucks! | Just get back to the states and bam, I am hit by this bug. It has been about 5 whole days. Ate like a pig, of course it did not effect my eating. But sore throat, fever and body aches like you could not believe. Just to have my shirt touch my body hurt.
But I am better now and back on track. ... |
continue reading 3 comments June 7, 2009, 11:43 am I made it and it feels great. | Home that is. It is an amazing feeling to be home. It was three straight days of travel, 78 hours of waiting to see the great USA. But it was worth it. I did not expect to get emotional when I got off the plane, but I was. No matter what I did there was no holding it back.
Now I am home and have enjoyed a couple of days down time. It was good to go out to dinner with my family and have some home cooking made by my Mom. My Mom and Dad are the greatest and ... |
continue reading 8 comments May 30, 2009, 11:49 pm I am going home. It has been too long. | Well it is finally time. I have been deployed for 6 months. It has been too long away from my mom and dad. I cant wait to get home and see my Mom and Dad. I am so tired and just need a break. I will keep up the work I have going on here. I hope that I can get my injury fixed and get back running. Running is my stress relief. ... |
continue reading 4 comments May 26, 2009, 9:25 pm Getting up and back on the path | Even though it was a bad day, I am still in the green over the span of the four days that I have been on NM. So I guess there still is a plus and today is a new day. I know that I will still have good and bad days. But I want to get as many days as I can in between the bad.
Last night I went to bed feeling down and defeated. But when I got up this morning and I saw all the support that all of you sent me, that was the push I ... |
continue reading 3 comments May 26, 2009, 9:05 pm I had such a bad day! | Today everything that could fit in my mouth did. I know it was stress. But that is no excuse for eating twice as many calories in a day than I should have. Where do we learn this dependency on food for our emotional well being?
I am ready to go home. I have been here too long and the lack of information about when I am going to get home and if I will be able to see the love of my life is weighing on me. ... |
continue reading 2 comments May 26, 2009, 10:43 am Why is it so hard? | Why is it so hard to stay on track? I know what I have to do. But when it comes down to making that decision of not eating that ice cream or spending the extra ten minutes on the exerciser, I just don’t do it. Why is that? I want to be fit and trim again. I did it once and I want to do it again. But where does the motivation come from? I just can’t seem to find it. ... |
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