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

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