I can't believe it but I've been busier since I retired! I'm still doing the great job hunt. I could have been employed by now but I made a pretty big decision, I want out of the Defense industry. That's right, I turned down the job at my last command (for those of you that know my folks THEY DO NOT KNOW THIS!!). I came to the conclusion that I had ( Read more... )

It is official!! or it will be in a week, my Doc is declaring me Fit For Active Duty taking me off of Limited Duty and, because I am perminantly assigned, I will be considered World Wide Assignable. This means that I will get to finish my tour here and apply for the Foreign Area Officer job. There may be issues when I go for another assignment but ( Read more... )

I need a bit of help. I have been trying to find a set of wireless speakers for the computer because the office is off to the side in the house and we can't hear the tunes unless we crank the music up to 11. I've seen the routers that will send to a stereo but we don't have one. I'm trying to figure out if we should just give in and get a stereo or ( Read more... )

As my fabulous Frauline posted, we have our stuff and have finally joined the 21st century with broadband internet. We got a taste of it last month when we got a DVR (like tivo) and it is sooo nice. As she mentioned I've been in school since the end of June so I can just watch the few shows I really dig on the weekend. The nice thing about getting ( Read more... )

BBQs? I think we've had at least one, usually two, to go to every weekend for 3-4 weeks now! Yes, I'm bragging. That's one good thing here is during the spring/summer someone is cooking out almost every weekend. The trick is to find somebody that can put together a fire pit and throw some animal on a spit and roast it. The Greeks are always cooking ( Read more... )

I talked to my detailer last night and found out that Tampa is out. I'm extremely bummed but he's trying to get me Portsmouth, VA (by Norfolk) and tickets are fairly cheap to Tampa so we'll at least be able to visit and still catch a couple of shows. I'll send the word when I actually get orders and it's "official". Hell, we'll probably end up out ( Read more... )

Wed night gonzo reminded me that I had been away from Tampa for 2.5 years. Where does time go? Well, I know where I went with it. To tell the truth I was happy to be away from here and really wasn't sure if I was looking forward to come back. It sounds cold but I'm sure many of you can relate. That said, this week has been one of the best, most ( Read more... )