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Army living

The Big Pack Out

October 30, 2009

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I spent all of this week preparing for and dreading yesterday….the day of our Household Goods Shipment.
I asked for your prayers earlier in the week and I just want to give a huge praise and a big thank you to [...]

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Write it Down

October 28, 2009

As many of you know, this week is full of preparations for our move back to the states from Germany.
The bulk will be done by Friday afternoon….we’ll have a virtually empty house. And then a few weeks later, we’ll fly home.
There have been times during this move that my head has been swimming with thoughts [...]

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Moving Quotes from the Day

October 19, 2009

Boy! Am I ever one tired girl!
Our move officially got underway today as we met with transportation to schedule all three of our shipments. Yes, three!
We will first ship our car (POV in military speak) on Thursday.
Then next Thursday and Friday will be our household goods shipment. This is the shipment of the bulk of [...]

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United States Here We Come!

October 13, 2009

Yes, it is finally official! My husband received his request for orders (RFO) from the Army yesterday. This is the official document stating that we are moving (PCSing in Army speak) to another location.
Thankfully, that location is in our promise land….our home….the United States.
We have known about our upcoming move for a few weeks now, [...]

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Sesame Street USO Experience

October 6, 2009

Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to take EA, MC, and Will to see a Sesame Street show for military families.
Actually I jumped at the opportunity as soon as it presented itself.
There are only a few children’s television shows that my children watch. Sesame Street is one of them. Elmo is a huge favorite [...]

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Worship in the Army Chapel

October 4, 2009

This morning MC and I went to chapel together. EA wasn’t feeling well, so Keith stayed home with her and Will.
When my husband first entered the chaplaincy and we began to attend chapel together, I didn’t understand it.
Even though I didn’t understand it, there was no question for us that we should attend chapel. It [...]