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Leave house at 06:00am and drive to Chandler, AZ
07:45am class starts.
Lecture, lecture, lecture, lecture, lunch, lecture, lecture, lecture, lecture, lecture.
*comatose by this time*
drive home to Surprise, Arizona
get home at 18:45pm
collapse on couch.
Tomorrow more of the same.
Marsha
Today was orientation.
Left house at 06:15am
Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork, paperwork, paperwork, LUNCH, paperwork, paperwork, paperwork, paperwork, measure for uniforms.
Arrived back home at 17:30pm
I’m tired
Marsha
Our Christmas tree is decorated and waiting for presents.
I changed my header. You may have to clear you cache to see it.
marsha
My husband took my two middle children to see a Hockey game. Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes.
In order of appearance the Ethan, the husband, and the Rachel.
I know many of you were wondering if the husband was a figment of my imagination but here he is in purple.   🙂
Marsha
When I’m in the mood. I’m in the mood. I started putting out our christmas decorations. My Stephanie already took pictures. click on the following link to see some pictures.
Yes, I keep the ironing board in the living room. Â 🙂
Marsha
Ok, everybody. If I don’t already have your mailing address this would be a good time to send it to me via email at madie@beartribenet.com
**NOTE** Please, oh please do not leave your mailing address here!
Well Folks, this is probably my last weekend off I am going to get for a long while. I start training for my new job the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Yes, I said Sunday. Who starts training on a Sunday? Apparently, the United States government does. I’m not complaining, not really….well, maybe a little.
Any way the reason for this post is that Thanksgiving is next week and many of you will be traveling to different places around the globe to meet up with family and friends. Keep it safe. Be cautious, Have a good time. Remember to drink moderately. Most of all give that special someone a hug and don’t forget to say “I Love You”.
Your Blogging Buddy
Marsha Loftis
A friend of mine sent me this link. Xerox will send a postcard to a serviceman or woman stationed overseas. All you have to do is fill out your name, hometown and choose a message. Xerox does the rest.
The Battery Podcast <---Look it's a Podcast. The day had started out so well. The rash that Morgan had from head to toe yesterday had disappeared during the night thanks to Benadryl. At least I think it was the Benadryl. Although she still croaks like a frog. She seems to be feeling much better today. Anyway, this morning I went to get my car washed. It was embarrassing driving it around in the condition it was in. After the car wash I was going to go to Kohls and buy some new pants for work. I had some extra cash in my pocket. This doesn't happen too often so I was going to take advantage of it and buy something I needed. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for the cash to disappear plus a little more. My car was all shiny and pretty. I jumped in to pull away from the car wash and the car goes...click, click, click. I'm thinkin, ok thats not good, so I tried it again and still....click, click, click. I was not happy I said a few curse words that I won't repeat. These things always happen to me. The moment I get a little extra cash something breaks. I called my husband for help. He quickly came to my aid. We had to buy a new battery for my car. I didn't need new pants anyway...actually I did but you know how that goes.
Thanks to everyone that has been leaving messages. I apologize for not replying to everyone of you individually but life as a mom, wife and working woman has been keeping me extremely busy. I try to stop by your websites as much as possible. I don’t always comment but I can assure you that I read and read and read.
Your blogging buddy
Marsha
PS: Everybody say WOOT!!!
Book 3 of Madie’s Bear Tribe Journals is on Itunes.
If you prefer to read The Spurs Fort instead of listening the link to book 3 is here.
The Feedburner feed is here.
so I did this little test today. My Stephanie insisted I take it. so I did. For added fun I added an mp3 so that you can actually hear what I sound like. My microphone isn’t working real well so you might have to turn your speakers all the way up.
Marsha’s Accent mp3
| What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland
“You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio. |
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So you do your best to raise your children the best you can with the resources you have. You try to instill good moral values…and then something out of the ordinary happens. Your child does something that catches you off guard. It’s a good thing…Let me explain.
Me, Heather and Ethan took the Morgan out trick or treating. Stephanie and the Rachel were left at home passing out candy to the children in our neighborhood. Anyway, Morgan’s pumpkin was filled to the brim with candy so we returned home to sort out the good pieces and give the Morgan the rest. 🙂
I was sitting in the loft watching TV and eating Morgan’s candy. The doorbell rang as it had done probably 100 times during the evening. Trick or Treaters were at the door. Morgan decides she wants to help the Stephanie pass out candy. The task is done. The door closes and I hear Stephanie say to Morgan.. “Morgan the next time little kids come to the door don’t give the hard candies to the little ones they might accidently choke.”
Apparently the STephanie had been passing out age appropriate candy treats to the neighborhood children all evening. Who would have thought? I feel somewhat awful that this never occured to me to do such a thing. Kudos to “The Stephanie” for looking out for the well being of the little ones in the neighborhood.
Here is a couple of pictures from our halloween. Morgan and Ethan are the only two that dressed up for the event. Ethan didn’t want to dress up but we made him dress like Shaggy from Scooby doo any way. 🙂 We won’t mention that he fits into his older sister’s khaki pants. Sorry couldn’t get more pictures but the digital camera wasn’t charged up and quit working after a couple of pictures were taken.
My daughter’s birthday is today. She is 19.
…so I received a big box in the mail from fed-ex via the federal government. With the box came instruction not to open said box but to take it to my scheduled appointment next week. The box will be opened at the appointment. Kind of makes you wonder what kind of tortuous device is in the box……do you know how hard it is going to be to stare at that box for the next four days and not be able to open it…?
I will take a picture of the box as soon as I discover which child has the digital camera. 🙂
PS: If I suddenly stop posting all together next week it’s because I have unknowingly enrolled in some secret government project. 🙂
I made it to round two in the Livemansion.com contest.(**I’m doin the happy dance**) I scored an overall 2.59 out of a possible 5.0. I guess that makes me a little better than middle of the road. Now I need to come up with a one minute movie of myself that will entice the other actors/actresses/producers/directors in the contest to vote for me.
This is a newspaper clipping. The picture is rather large. Sorry about that but I am unable to shrink it at the moment. YOu will need to read the caption at the bottom of the picture to understand what is going on.
Air Force Chief Master Sgt John Gebhardt of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group at Balad, Iraq, cradles a young girl as they both sleep in the hospital. The girls entire family was executed by insurgents. The killers shot her in the head as well. the girl received treatment at the US Military Hospital in Balad, but cries and moans often. According to nurses at the facility Gebhardt is the only one who can calm down the girl, so he has spent the last several nights holding her while they both slept in a chair.
I have put off this book project long enough. I really want to see my book in print and in the stores. I am working on a baby book with my daughter Heather. The book has been finished for quite a while now and I have my draft in print. The problem is that all the pictures need to be redrawn at 300 dpi. so that they look nice and crisp on the page. SO…I am going to buckle down and get things done. If I seem preoccupied over the next few weeks this is the reason why. For your viewing pleasure I give you the first view pages to look at. You can read the entire story at the following links.
