One more day until DEAD DAY!!

So excited!! I have 6 questions to answer and then I am done with this semester!! :-) WOW - Time flys when your husband is serving his country in Baghdad. :-D

One more week unitl I get to walk at my second GRADUATION!! YEA!! I mean can you tell I am excited?!?

Nothing else is reallying going on but I wanted to post just to say that my life is going great right now. I miss you lots so get home safe and soon!

jgw

Hot as blazes!

Another day pushing 105 degrees...but at least it there is no dust storm.
I had the day off today and spent the morning sleeping in (until 7) and then went fishing.
I do not have those pics ready to post yet, but I will attach some from the last time...
OK, the upload did not work again.
Anyway, the fishing was good this morning.
I caught 3 asps and several carp...3 big ones that I got pictures of.
Another guy videoed my catching another...including it getting off the hook right as I was about to drag it up onto the bank.
I hope your paper went well the other night.
I love you!

What? 2 days in a row?!

Greetings from sunny Baghdad! But then I guess it has to be sunny....seeing as it is a desert and all. We had a 3 day dust storm that ended about 3 days ago. Everything looked a little yellow/brown and hazy. Worse than what we had down in Kuwait. I would love to attach a picture, but everytime I try to upload one, the Internet connection craps out. I guess it may be some kind of firewall that the provider uses or something. I can not even download movies or music with this stupid provider.
Hopefully the video camera will be here soon. It shipped on Friday. Maybe then I can record a video or two of me fishing and not catching anything. :o)

i'm bored, i'm bored, i'm bored

Soooo bored! Not because I don't have a ton to do and not because I have finished both of my papers that are due this week...one tomorrow and one Thursday...just cause I am!!

Today we had some hail (pea sized) and in like 3 minutes time the sky went from a little overcast to BLACK! But now the rain is gone and the sun is even trying to come out from behind the clouds.

I am so excited that school is almost out and I will finally have some time to read for pleasure. :-) Okay back to work...if I must!

Thanks so much for posting! :-) It really made me smile!!

I am blogging! I am blogging!

Whew! 104 degrees out there today! Oh well, at least the dust storm is over (I will send a pic for you to post).
Since it is getting hot, the fish aren't biting like they were. They go out to deeper water after about noon, and we can not cast out that far with the rods and reels that we have.
Shakespeare has said that they will send us some rods of some kind...VERY nice of them...and I hope they get here soon!

They redecorating looks GREAT! I don't see why you think you need my opinion about things. You do this very well on your own.
Very good picture of the pups as well...they look happy and worn slap out (excuse my southern drawl there).

I told you that I got to meet the rapper Twista the other day. Not a bad guy. And boy you should have seen his iPod! All jewel encrusted and e'ythang. He was blingin!
I did not have my camera at the time, so I did not get a picture with him, but a buddy took a picture of him and will give me a copy. Maybe I will be able to get a picture with some other celeb sometime.

I love you muchly!

My new decor...well new for Michael :-)

(The foyer)

So it took me a year to get my house to feel like a home. :-) We had all the pieces but I needed help getting them all arranged (thanks Jamie) and Mom helped with a few minor purchases. :-)

Here they are in all their glory!

(other side of the door)

Mom made me move my crosses and add some color to the room and now I can't find a new place for the crosses. But the pictures do look nicer here than int he bottom of my guest closet.

Of course no house tour would be complete with out Brinkley and Gabby :-)

Now "My Chair" has a special place all its own. :-)

And last for the living room is the fireplace.

The next photos will be of the bedroom and the chairs mom and I recovered!! :-)

(New curtains and a candle thingy)

(above the TV)

(directly across from the bed)

Tada...and that's our house. :-) Everything else looks just the same as when you left.

Arkansas soldier catches an Iraqi that took the bait

Michael is one funny soldier! He sent this pic with the title you see above. I know that Iraq can't be all that bad for him if he is still getting to fish!! :-D

What is up with this weather?

It's going crazy here in NWA!! :-) First we have rain for what seems like 2 straight weeks and now it's 25 degrees when you wake up!?! I sure wish things would get to a normal season...hot or cold.

This weekend me and the pups had a lot of quality time together. :-) Gabby even lucked out and got to sleep with mommy. When I woke up on Sunday she had her body under the covers and her head on the same pillow as me! This dog really thinks she is a person and not a pooch! :-) We got to take 2 walks on both Saturday and Sunday and they ran and ran and ran!! Then while I worked on my psychopharm paper they laid around and kept me safe from all the crazy cats in the neighborhood that try to break into our house. (okay so they don't really try to break in but if they can be seen outside the window you would think they were toting a large machine gun and threatening my livelihood!!)

There were baby showers and spa parties and even movies at a friends! I mean I am one popular gal!! All in all it was just what I needed, a little R&R to get me ready for a new week!

Here's to hoping the weather guy is right and we are going to have some 70 degree weather really soon.

Pups

So I finally realized how to get a good picture out of Gabby...run her for about 10 minutes and the n she will sit still and smile with her tongue showing!! :-)

Yesterday we went for a walk and Gabby got to see a tractor. She was very curious but scared more than anything else!

Spring is here and we couldn't be happier!

Glad to know you made it!!

Even though it was short I am glad I got to talk to you today!! :-)

When you get a chance you can write me here!! This way you and I can keep in touch even if you can't call.

Love you!!

Hello to all in the hopes this post finds you well!

We arrived in Baghdad early yesterday morning and are attempting to get settled in our living spaces.
I hope to be taking and sending pictures soon, because the area where we are is fairly nice.
We are living in an area that used to be Saddam's hunting lodge...complete with small lakes stocked with carp.
The trip was a little harrowing since we had a "suspicious package" (i.e. suspected bomb) scare in Kuwait just minutes before we were supposed to load up on our buses.
The "bomb" just ended up being a package that was dropped while someone was walking to their tent.
Then we had what is called a combat landing when we arrived.
It is common for pilots to do this since we are in a hostile area...we were never under fire as far as we know...and we expected it.
And I thought roller coasters made my stomach flip-flop!
Anyway, I am about to start working with the men I will be replacing, so I have to go.
I just wanted to touch base and let everyone know that I am now in Iraq.

Take care!
Michael