My horoscope:

Libra:

You're looking great today, dear Libra, and a current or potential love partner who lives close to you is likely to be all too aware of this. A heightened sensuality should also be very apparent! A long walk with your friend through your community could involve conversation that brings you closer together, and you could spend most of the evening together. Expect a lot of kissing and handholding - and maybe more!

I did recieve a phone call from a friend tonight, but I really have no interest in him.  I hope this isn't referring to my ex-fiance because he's getting married in 7 days and he better get married because I'm not taking him back.  Went to Amanda's birthday tonight and we all had lots of fun.  Her brother Gary, broke her toe and now she's on crutches.  Oh, he's real proud of himself.  Shawna, was there and she stuck beside me the whole time and so did Gary and Amanda.  I was muchkinfied.  My aunt made cupcakes by scratch(she's a real life Betty Crocker), and they were really good.  Jason came in last night and we were doing rescue carrying in the living room.  He carryed me around the living room one handed!!!  Then dad, Jason, and me disassembled and reassembled the 9mm and .45 calibur.  It was fun.  We didn't go to bed until 0600.  Well that's all I got.  God Bless you all and take care.

 20 Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity:

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and Point A Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See if they slow down

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries
with That.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone Has Gotten
Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch To Espresso.

6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For Sexual Favors"

7. Finish All Your Sentences With "In Accordance With The Prophecy."

8. Don't Use Any Punctuation

9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

10. Ask People What Sex They Are. Laugh Hysterically After They Answer.

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."

12. Sing Along At The Opera.

13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play Tropical Sounds All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You're Not In The Mood.

16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Hard.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won!, I Won!"

18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking Lot, Yelling "Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To
Have To Let One Of You Go."

And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity.......

20. Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile..Its Called Therapy...

I finally saw my little cousins.  They were real excited and Shawna kept commenting on how much weight I lost. Steven was just happy to see me.  I brought my video camera with me and taught them how to work it and they were thrilled.  I always let little ones play with my toys as long as I'm there to supervise.  The video is kinda nausating.  We had a field day.  In the pic are my cousins and me and their friend.  Amanda the cousin borned after Jason will be 13 on May 4th.  I feel so old.  I'm ten years older than her and can still remember holding her, playing barbies with her, watching Barney while I babysat her and Teletubbies, and most of all just being like a big sister to her.  My older female cousins tormented me and we were only 4 and 7 yrs apart.  I also remember being absolutely horrified of them when they started high school with their skyscraper hair.  I swear they used a can of hairspray a day!!!  I was afraid if I gave them a hug their hair would fall down by the laws of physics and smoosh me.  Hey, the apple fell down.  His law didn't state "What goes up must come down unless it's hair sprayed".  Of course Amanda probably looked at me wierd too when I was in high school.  I went through that "all black attire" most teens go through and I admit I did look rather silly with a plastic pacifier hanging from my neck, but that was the style.  Now I guess the new trend is wearing pants that go up to the calves with flip flops and carrying a huge purse instead of a bookbag.  I really don't like those pants.  Capries?  That's what I think they're called.  I figure if you're going to wear shorts wear shorts or if you want pants, wear pants.  Not this half and half bull crap.   Jason comes in tonight, but because of rain we won't be going to the range.  The range here is closed in the rain.  Which I think is bull, because I qualify with my weapon in sun, snow, sleet, rain, high winds,ect....  Hey, if it isn't raining than you aren't training.  So, instead of the range we're going to the Discovery Heritage Musuem.  I was there one other time with my now ex-fiance and my parents.  It's a lot of fun.  They give you these interactive cards and you swipe them in the machines and they tell you who you are, what your job will be, and what becomes of your life.  They have a couple machines with pre-recorded videos in them and it's like these people are actually talking to you.  This one lady keeps insulting you and you really want to beat the snot out of her for treating you so rudely, but that option isn't available.  Upgrade time lol.   While, at the end of our tour it turned out that my character and my father's character's son got married.  Now our characters weren't related to one another but we got a kick out of it none the less.  Well that's about all I got for now.  May God spread his many blessings on all of you and take care.

  
 Steven, friend, myself, and Shawna viewing what we filmed

Got this in an e-mail, and thought how true, how true.

. Five tips for a woman....

 1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.
  
2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.

3. It is important to find a man you can count on and doesn't lie to you.
  
4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.
  
5. It is important that these four men don't know each other. 
    

   
It was mom's turn with her glasses yesterday and the ones we picked I swear take almost 5yrs off her.  I tried on her current glasses just to show her how big the actually are, and they came down to my upper lip!!!  My mom started laughing at me as I stared at myself in shock.  I can't wait until our glasses come in and then I'll be able to see.  I got contacts before leaving Colorado and didn't get a pair of glasses made to my new prescription, and my eyes are going bonkers from going to the new prescription in the day and then back to the old at night.   Dad and I watched "Ghosts of the Abyss" last night, and we really liked it.  There are a couple funny parts in it, but it was a well done documentary.  Currently, I'm addicted to a new game: "School Tycoon."  I get to build my own school anyway I choose.  The only problem I have right now is keeping my students in class.  They all want to play in the arcade or gym.  I'll get straighten out, I am superintendent.

Well that's all I got for now.  God Bless and Take Care.

 I got this from my friend Heather in an e-mail, and thought I should share it.

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU'LL EVER READ . . . . .]
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> I hope every single person in this wonderful country of our's recieve this
> and will read it to the end.
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> It is the VETERAN, not the preacher,
> who has given us freedom of religion.
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> It is the VETERAN, not the reporter,
> who has given us freedom of the press.
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> It is the VETERAN, not the poet,
> who has given us freedom of speech.
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> It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer,
> who has given us freedom to assemble.
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> It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer,
> who has given us the right to a fair trial.
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> It is the VETERAN, not the politician,
> Who has given us the right to vote.
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> It is the VETERAN,
> who salutes the Flag,
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> It is the veteran,
> who serves under the Flag,
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> ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD,
> AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT  SHINE UPON THEM.
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> I don't know if you saw this in the news but it really impressed me.  Funny,
> our US Senate/House took 2 days off as they couldn't work because of the
> expected storm.
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> On the ABC evening news, it was reported tonight that, because of the
> dangers from Hurricane Isabelle approaching Washington DC, the military members
> assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given
> permission to suspend the assignment.
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> They respectfully declined the offer, "No way, Sir!"
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> Soaked to the skin, marching in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they
> said that guarding the Tomb was not just an assignment, it was the highest
> honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.
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> The tomb has been patrolled continuously, 24/7, since 1930.
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> I don't usually suggest that many emails be forwarded, but I'd be proud if
> this one reached as many as possible.
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> We can be very proud of our young men and women in the service no matter
> where they serve.
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> God Bless them.

It's snowing!!!  Well, just for today, tomorrow it's suppose to be in the 60's, and by the end of this week the 70's.  I sure did miss the snow, but not the coldness.  Took dad to Walmart today.  I have a mission while I'm home on leave.  I must get my parents new glasses.  My parents picked frames that are way too big and heavy for their faces to support.  Walmart even agreed with me on the frames I picked for my dad.  He looks so handsome in them.  I'll put up before and after photos of them when the glasses come in.  Oh, I finally got my taxes done today.  Good old H&R Block.  Well that's all I have.  My brother comes in on Friday night and Saturday we're all going to the range.  I'll post the pics on that too.  I finally get to shoot a 9mm!!!  I can't wait.  Well until next entry, God bless you all and take care.

                                Got Snow?

                                 Got Sand?

THE STUFF PEPPER MASSACRE

I am not the most graceful person in the world.  Last night I heated myself some stuff peppers and when I took them out of the microwave, I dropped them on the floor.  My parents rent an apartment and they're the first tenents since it's been remodled.  Tomato sause was everywhere!!!  On the walls(eggshell white), carpeting, linolium, and door.  It was a mess!!!  My dad and I spent a good hour cleaning it up.  After it was all clean, I made more stuff peppers.  My dad looked at me and said, "After that fiasco, you're making them again."  I said, "Yep, you taught me if at first you don't succeed try try again."  He just laughed.  Oh well, it all worked out.  My brother was a little messy when he was here, but I think I upstaged him, lol.

Not much going on today.  Mom, dad, and me watched "Haunted Mansion" and ate pizza for supper.  It was a funny movie.  I really love the talking heads.  Tomorrow we're all going to the mall and out to eat at the "Cracker Barrel".  I was never there and my parents really love it.  Jason(brother), comes home next Saturday and since mom's off the whole family is going to the range.  I can't wait, Jason says I can fire his .45!!!  Well that's all for now.  Here's a pic of Jason and my mom.

This is right before Jason went to Basic.  My mom was showing how much she'd miss him.

This is one of my fav. pics. of those two together.  My mom has a tendency to ask many questions when she first see us home, and really drives us crazy.  Jason and I are tight with our mom and we love her very much.

Jason and mom at "Family Day" Ft. Jackson, S.C. 2002

  Mike and Laura were married yesterday in the District Justice's Office.  It was really interesting, since I've never seen anyone married by the J.P. before.  I'm Russian Othrodox.  It takes almost 2hrs to be married in my church, but only about 10min by the J.P..  I'll put pics up as soon as I get them developed.  Tracey and I went all over Johnstown after the wedding and did some errands and then we picked up Diane and    then went over to the firehall for the reception.  Back here we normally don't do the "catering" thing.  We cook our own food.  The food was great, of course it has been an awful long time since I've had Tracey's family homecooking.  Her mother makes the best potato salad in the world!!!  There really wasn't much dancing, and no one left drunk.  It was a great day and I was glad to be a part of it.  To me it was a family reunion/wedding.  Tracey and I are "adopted" into each other's families.  She calls my parents, mom and dad, and I her's.  We've known each other's families for 17yrs and we actually fought with each other's siblings!!!  Well that's all I have for now.  God Bless and have a great day.

 I'm in Pennslyvania currently on my block leave after coming back from Iraq. My dad and I went to his storage locker to get pictures and his fishing rods, reels, and tackle boxes for the upcoming fishing trips.  It was a trip down memory lane.  I couldn't stop looking at all my things that I've haven't seen in about two years.  Dad, got a little hot under the collar when two boxes fell on his head.   He told me that those boxes were empty, so being my helpful self I got up on my tipy toes and pulled them down, only to discover my dad almost got a concussion from my initive.  It was really funny.  Well he wasn't laughing, but I was, after I made sure he was ok.     Yesterday, I took my mom out and we had a real good time.  We sang the whole way to mall listening to the Judds and "Angel in the Morning."  We literally shopped until we dropped.  On top of that the biggest surprise is that I took her into Victoria's Secret!!!     I got some things for her and me!!!  This leave has been really great!  Tomorrow I attend my bestfriend Tracey's brother's wedding. So I know I'll have a good time.