My babies new car & my 2 babies

This is my 2 little girls after a day of dress up. They are both beauties. They are the loves of my life and part of the reason it is so hard to leave them to go to Kuwait. I will not leave unless I know they will be well taken care of.



This is my babies new SUV. She got it for her 4th wedding anniversary. It is a 2008 Ford Explorer with all of the bells and whistles. I got a ride in as she went with me to the Dr. today. I had this thing on my nose and they did a biopsy. So I now have a big bandage on my nose. It bled so bad that they had to cauterize the wound as it would not stop bleeding. So I have a pressure bandage on and can not take it off until tomorrow night. So now I just will sit and wait for the test results.
My hubby is now living in our Villa and I do hope it is a good experience. He has gotten all of the care packages that I have sent. So he will have all the things he needs to get the house ready to live in. So we are now into a new phase of our adventure in Kuwait.

What I did today

Today was a day I was by myself so I went to my sewing machine and finished a few things I had started. The first picture is of a Laurel Burch inspired Quilt. The pattern is Pat Sloans pattern but the name escapes me. It turned out really nice and now just have to figure out how to back it. I do think I will put something light weight so I can take it with me to Kuwait for those chilly nights.
The second picture is some nine patches I cut into fourths and will now put them back together. I cut them to 6 1/2 blocks so they all match and then I will lay them out and sew them all together and see what I get. I am hoping that it turns out really nice.
The next picture is of 2 pillow cases that I made for my pillows to travel with. I am sending the cat pillow over to Kuwait so I will have it with me to sleep on. I love the other one which will stay here until I fly over and I will then take over on the plane with me. It is a Quilting Diva pillow case cover.

Meeting with a friend

This is me and my friend Cilla. After playing phone tag for a few days
we finally met up at her moms. She lives on the west coast in the great state of California. We visited awhile till her younger sister and family got to her moms and I left. We wer friends from 6th grade on as that is when I moved here.
The other pic is how I see my hubby now on the computer. He has been gone 3 weeks and I miss him so much. It is so good to see him and I do not think I could have made it this long if I had no contact with him. Would not make a good military wife and kudos to the women who do it.
Simba came up this evening and sat with me for awhile waiting for his master/dad to call.

My hubby has a new home

Today my hubby waited for his furniture to be delivered. He had bought all new furniture for the Villa as they call it. He has 3 bedrooms and only really needs one. So do not know what will be done with the other 2 rooms. They will have no furniture so it will be for ballroom dancing I guess.
I miss him so much and I do not know when I will see him again. It looks like about 7 months and I will be heartbroken by then. We have not gone that long in our entire marriage without seeing each other. Main reason did not want to marry a military guy (long deployments) as I do not like to be alone. I HATE being by myself and I know that is selfish but I have never had to be alone. I am a spoiled brat and I want my way but this time I will not get it. (LOL) If you want to see pics please visit my hubby's blog (Kuwaitaminute.blogspot.com) to see the new furniture and the Villa.

Easter at Busch Gardens

We had a wonderful day at Busch Gardens. I had my whole family with me and it was nice. We all missed Dad but we rode the Griffon just for him and it was great.
Above is my son-in-law and this is a pretty good pic of him.

The gang to the left is waiting for Alyssa to finish her flying on the planes.

Ashleigh and Alyssa below and to the right. Below they are in one of the eggs as you go into the Land of the Dragons and to the right they are riding one of the rides inside that part of the park. Below is a picture of all the girls before we went into the park. We took this one for their Dad and the flowers in the background were so pretty. All in all the day was great. It was not really as cold as I thought it was going to be. We left at 3:30 so I missed saying goodnight to Michael. He is very bummed these days as he thinks we will not be able to use Skype once he leaves the Hotel where he is staying. The base has blocked it and it is not that good on the thing he bought for his computer over there. Then he finds out that his hands are tied for anything until he gets his residency. You can read about it at Kuwaitaminute.blogspot.com.

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Happy 30th Anniversary Honey

Well we now have a Villa to live in when I go to Kuwait. Michael signed a lease today and he will move in on April 1st. The first 4 shots are of this Villa. It is one of the rooms (the red and white wall), our balcony off the front I believe, the glassed in shower in the bathroom(no tub for me), and the very small kitchen with hardly any space.

The picture above is us after 30 years and we are still going strong. Can not wait till I get over to Kuwait and spend some time with my hubby who is the love of my life.

Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary to my Honey

and to 30 more

Happy Birthday to me

Well today I turned 50 no fanfare no nothing. It was a lazy kind of day. My hubby sent me this as it was sunrise on my birthday in Kuwait over the Persian Gulf I believe. This is such a beautiful shot I just had to add it to my blog. I got a wonderful card from my dad and a big thank you to him as it came on my birthday. It is so nice when that happens. I went up to the salon my daughter works at and got pampered with a shampoo and blow-dry and it was so nice. The little girls and I walked up to the mall as it was a really nice day and it may be the last one for awhile.
Michaels first day of work is tomorrow as Kuwaits week goes from Sunday to Thursday with Friday and Saturday as the week-end. I did not get to talk to him before he went to sleep as I did not get back from the mall till almost 3 and he was going to bed at 2 our time which is 9 their time. He has to get up at 5 as they have to be on base at 7 and it is a 45 minute drive on a good day. He gets picked up at 6:15 by his boss as he is not allowed to lease a car until he has residency. So I am hoping to hear from him at 10 our time before he goes to work.
Went to Smokey Bones with my 2 oldest children and my grandchildren. The waiter was not that good but we still tipped him 10% and why you ask I do not know why. He was so bad took him forever to get stuff that we asked for but I could not be mean.
And my good people was my wonderful 50th Birthday.

Michaels house hunting

Michael looked at 4 apartments today and I downloaded a few of the pics he sent me. All of these apartments are 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. They have a living room and a kitchen. I downloaded pics of the bathrooms and kitchens in these apartments.

This is how the bathroom looks in 3 of the 4 places. Not much but for me it has a bath tub. This is very simple layout as you can see and it is bare bones.
This was the kitchen in Apt. 3 and as you notice it has cabinets and a sink. That is all there is too the kitchen. This one has a little more than the first 2 he looked at but we have decided we will only buy a microwave and toaster oven and of course a refridgerator. I did not even ask him if it had washer and dryer hook-ups.

This is the kitchen in Apt.4 and it has the same stuff as no. 3 and is laid out just a little different but still has only cabinets and the sink.

This is a really scaled back kitchen and this is in Apt. 1. This is by far the tiniest kitchen I have ever seen. No counter space and hardly any cabinets but if Michael wants this one we will make it work.

This is the bathroom in the other apt. as you notice no tub just an enclosed shower but I do love the colors.

This is Apt. 2's kitchen. As you can see sort of like the first one. This one does have a water purifier which is on the wall near the sink. Just a simple pink kitchen.




As I write this my honey is sleeping and when I get ready for bed he will just be getting up. I miss him so much and wish I could be with him now. I love my granddaughters so much and no one has kept them except me and my daughter by herself can not afford child care. They are my life and what I live for every day but my husband is just as important and he wants me over there. He wants my imput on all of these apt.'s and without seeing them that is hard because I do not know the neighborhoods and for me that is important as I will not drive while over there. So I need to be close to things as Michael will be working all day and I really do not want to stay in the house but women also are told not to go out alone. So there is my dilemma. So that is where all my books and hand sewing will come into play. I can not wait to be with my husband.

Just another day in wonderland

This is my silly baby making a really silly face. She loves to make faces when the camera is pointed at her.

Hello to all, My husband is sick as a dog and there is nothing I can do for him. I am so sorry that it is I who gave him the crud and he has no place to go to get better. I still have so much mucus in my body it is not funny and I can not blow my nose enough to get it all out. So here I am in my little town and can not do anything for him. Being in Kuwait is totally different than being here as you can not run to the neighborhood Wal-mart to get some cold medicine. He has been taking hot showers and keeping hydrated.

Alyssa is still feeling under the weather. She will never trust us again as she has just been mierable since this surgery. Although she has starting eating little things she still says it hurts and starts crying and then coughing which makes everything worse. So then it takes time to calm her down and she is drewling this horrible drewl and her breathe stinks so bad it is hard to be near her but I have gotten used to it I guess.

My Day

These are pics of my birthday girl before she got her tonsils out. We had her party March 6th so it was before her OPA left and the day before her surgery. She had so much fun.

Today 4 days out from surgery she still does not feel good but she has finally started to drink and to is keeping it down. So I am so happy about that and she is starting to get her color back. Soon she will be back to my lyssa lou.

Michael & I talk every day and it is so nice to see his face. We keep each other up to date on everything that is going on in each others worlds. He is so lonely and I feel so sorry that he is there all by himself and I have my girls. His blood tests all came back good but we have to work on his blood pressure. So I am very happy about that. I worry about him as to is he eating right and is he getting enough exercise. But then he worrys about me and my health. I am finally feeling better after I do not know what hit me over the week-end.

All my girls have their lives and so most of the time I am here by myself. Ashleigh is even busy but I do get her at night and tonight is our GHOST HUNTERS marathon. YEAH

My Life without Michael

These pictures are of my honey with 2 of his favorite things. His motorcycle on the left and his baby boy Simba is on the right. When we got him he was no bigger than Michaels hand and now he is bigger than Michael. He is huge and getting bigger. He just loves to eat and every morning he is waiting outside my door and telling me loudly that he is hungry. The other Love is his Motorcycle which he will deeply miss during the 2 years he is gone. We did get a lot of rides in and enjoyed every single one of them. We rode down to Back Bay and also stopped by Sandbridge to walk on the beach. It was a gorgeous day and I loved being with Michael.

I had a wonderful little sleeping partner with me last night. Alyssa would not go with her mother so she stayed with me and we slept the night away. She has horrible breathe from her surgery and every time she turned my way the smell was overwhelming. I just wonder what she tastes.

Michael has a wonderful blog for anyone who would like to see the goings on in Kuwait. It is called Kuwaitaminute.blogspot.com. It is so all who love him can see what is going on in his life and for me I need to feel a part of his life.

I went to the mall to buy our winning lottery tickets (LOL) for the next three draws and then I walked around the mall. I just needed to be by myself to think about things. I am still not that hungry and Steph got us Long Johns for lunch but I just could not stomach it.

He is gone

This is the last picture of me and my honey for awhile. He had his flight cancelled on Saturday so I got one more whole day with him and I was sick as a dog. He got up Sunday morning and took me to the Urgent Care to make sure I was alright before he left. We had to get 4 meds. and I also got a shot so that is why I look out of it in the picture. The weather on Saturday was horrible here they winds were blowing at 50 miles an hour and we had to take down our tarp covering our driveway. It was blowing so hard and lifting up. The other picture above is of daddy and his 3 babies. His other 2 babies were at home because Alyssa had surgery on Friday to have a Tonsils and adnoids out so she was under the weather. She was throwing up and not taking her pain meds.

This is a good pic of my honey and I love him so much. He had such a long week-end. He started out a 5:57 leaving Norfolk to go to JFK to catch a flight on Kuwait Airways. He had to get in a line that was a mile long and when he got to the front he found out computers were down and they and they could not find him any where. Well his bags were on their way to Kuwait and he wanted to follow his bags. So he got on the plane and joked that he knew how the steerage passengers felt on the titanic. They were squished onto the plane like sardines. So off he went into the wild blue yonder and got to Kuwait at about 5:20 there time. I did get to talk to him on Skype so that was really to see his face and his smile. I just hope that I do not have that much trouble when I fly as I am not good on my own and get scared easily. So our 2 year journey has begun and I hope it is a happy one.

Wonderful 14 days

Well I got 14 days with my honey before he leaves on his big adventure.We did alot of neat things . Above is a picture of the family at Ashleighs party. Below is a pic of my baby and her friends at her skating party. She had alot of friends.