1st day of school... 2014

The adventures of a new school for this year, Vancleave Middle School.  A few things will be different this year- uniforms.  I call them modified or a strict dress code.  But I think it is great and easy for the boys to get ready in the morning.  Polo shirt in white, grey or blue.  Shorts or pants in tan or navy blue.  And a belt!  Not having a belt will get a kid sent to the principles office! 

Feb 2014...

so glad February flew by, counting down the time here till I am on a Jet Plane.

a funny to share....
When my nieces and nephew in Ohio are in 1st grade they ask everyone to send them postcards from all over.  I believe the class then marks where all the different postcards come from.  So this year I get to send one from the 'Stain'.  Mind you I am not allowed to go off base so I check the BX here to see what they have.  They they have ONE KIND....this one

so glancing at it you think okay Afghan war rugs, but on closer inspection it is rugs that have guns on them!!!  Yeah, I wonder how this will go over at an American Elementary school.  So I send a pic to my SIL to let her know, she says just send it.  I am thinking I don't think it is a big deal, yes it is guns but this is a different culture and heck yeah my nephew will totally love it!!! 

I think it is funny, the one postcard it has guns and really who says I want a rug with guns on it...

flashback to Nov 2013

 November in Bagram was quite uneventful, thankfully.  The meal was a little nicer in the dining facility.  And we did have some guests, Admiral McRaven, one of the four star commanders of the Special Operations Corps.   This visit I made sure I told my Navy brother about...

And a visit from Ashton Carter the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defense.

Of course some pic around here...

 

December 2013 in review

Just sharing some highlights of December here in Bagram well and a few of back home

My month started off pretty great, I got to move to a bottom bunk.  Yes I was and still very excited.  Moving to a bottom bunk means no more ladder to get into bed, hanging curtains for a little privacy and that your time is passing.  

Here is my bottom bunk and wall locker, yes that is all my clothes that I have here.  I don’t need much, we wear our uniform every day, pt uniform if you work out and then pj.  It does make deciding what to wear to work every day pretty easy.

This month we have gotten some awesome care packages and the thing we seem to keep asking for is chips and salsa.  I often share this treat as dinner with Christina Chuchuru.

 

 

Also very exciting for me professionally, I was selected as CGO Performer of the Month for my Squadron here in Bagram. (CGO means company grade officer)  I was selected by my OIC (officer in charge), wrote some bullets up about the things I did this month.

I also received many awesome creations from my nieces and nephews, that I have hanging on my wall.  Thank you!

And we got snow here in Bagram, two days before the New Year

On the home front….

Once again we had an awesome football season.  We had a name change from the years past from Mudd Dawgs to Panthers.  Same coaches and team that we have had the last 3 years.  This year they won at the state championships and played in Houston.  

Danny decorated our tree this year, in years past I have always taken the lead on this task, I think he did a pretty awesome job.

The boys received some great gifts for Christmas.  Trent got an Ipad mini and Brice is loving his ‘Jordans’.

This month Danny & I celebrated 12 yrs of marriage.  I love that with all our ups and downs, we are still together and happy that we have the future together to look forward too.