From Mom, Tue 11/30/10 1:17 AM

Hey, I'm sorry I missed you earlier. Shirley and I are both back home again. Before we left, Grandpa was moved out of ICU and into a more general room. He continues to make progress. Yesterday he couldn't lift is left arm and today he was able to lift it and hold it up for several moments. Shirley had all the aunts, grandma and jerry in the room with grandpa today and laid the law down on them and basically told them that if they didn't have grandpa get some time at a rehability facility asap that he won't improve enough to be reasonable enough independent. Shirley said she made them all cry and when the conversation turned in other directions, she kept turning everyone back to focus on getting him the help he needs and made them cry again. After the fit that Aunt Pat had when she got to the hospital last night about how all this is going to fall on her to take care of him all by herself and had to make all the decisions and take grandpa home and how she's been the only one taking care of him for 14 years.... and so on. Some people are really good at playing the victim and aren't happy unless they can disrupt calmness and pull everyone's attention to them.

I didn't tell you before but Shirley and I saw quite a few elk driving over white pass. Now that it is colder they have moved down from the mountains to the valleys. They were pretty bold and was just standing on the shoulder of the road. I felt like I could reach out and get some of them a nice pet on their heads. They are huge! some of them probably weighed atleast 600 pounds. The drive was okay, just a little bit of falling snow and at the top of the pass it was sticking enough to barely cover the road. It was pretty cold in Yakima, the trees had frost on them all day, it was really quite beautiful I tried to take a couple photos of the trees. It was just all whiteness with dark lines streaking around.

I love you and miss you bunches and bunches. Mom XOXOXOX

Mon 11/29/10 7:36 PM

well thank you and im glad that you are doing that
thank goodness although im sure they didnt like seeing it happen in front of them

but at least some one was there

please keep me informed

From Mom, Mon 11/29/10 12:10 AM

I just want you to know that I want you to know everything that is happening at home. I'm not going to try to hide anything bad that is happening in our lives here. I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate that kind of treatment. You are a smart and very intelligent and yes, a loving person who does care deeply about the people at home. I know that you may feel that because you are halfway around the world that you are helpless to do anything. Being in the same building or room doesn't empower us anymore than if we were with you. Be happy that G&G&V were there with him visiting him and was able to call 911 and get him to the hospital, otherwise the story I'm telling you would be much different. He wouldn't have been found until the next day and no medicine would have been able to repair dead brain cells. With therapy he may regain some use in his left arm, but how much is going to be up to him. No one can do it for him. I will continue to let you know what's going on, even if you are out on a mission, I will still be writing you to keep you informed. Please keep your focus and keep yourself safe. I love you and I'm very proud of the person you are. Mom XOXOXOX

Thu 11/25/10 12:35 AM

Mom:
Hey Fav,

Another day done. I went to Costco and got more stuff to send to you. I tried to get some stuff that was different for a change, I also got you some cash and sent it the way I did before. I wanted to get it done today because later after Thanks Giving its going to be a different story going to Costco and the Post Office. I think the holidays will also mean that it will take longer for you to receive boxes because of the increase of stuff being shipped overseas. I hope you like what I got for you, I think I got some stuff that will enable you to make a mess.

I got a call on my phone early this morning that I missed about the stuff you ordered. What do you want me to do about it? I kind of think that it is weird that they are wanting that kind of info from you unless you put that on your account yourself. I don't think I had that happen to me before.

I'm watching Hiedi on tv. Cubby is sleeping. Bear is in bed making noise. Bear and I have this game we play were I say, your cute or your too cute and he says no your cute. HEHE.

I just got a email from you on my phone so I'm gonna send this one hoping I catch you.

Loves Mom

Jeremiah:
yeah well i ordered my stuff but they are being fucking retarded and want me to send a paytstub out and shit and im like im a fucking deployed soldier i dont have a fax machine or anything so i dont know they say the are gonna hold it

im trying to figure it out but yeah

Mom:
Oh, I guess I missed you by a bit.

Mike has been stuck in Baker City, eastern OR because the cold weather. His brakes froze on the trailer he was hauling and he ended up getting a couple flat tires and had to wait several hours before someone showed up to put new tires on.

Shirley has a pipe burst in her pump house today.

Did you try to look for stuff on overstocks.com?

Well I can think of much more to write about, so I guess I will close. I miss you. Love Mom, XOXOXO

From Mom, Wed 11/24/10 1:20 AM

I guess your classes would get messed up also if you had training that didn't allow you to spend enough time on your classes or homework. Could get rough. If you did the college thing that you were talking about before would the cost of it be automatically paid for or would it come out of your GI bill?

I haven't done much the last couple days, just played with the Littles and Dogs.

Did you order your stuff yet? If yes, when should we start watching for it? I was thinking that if you wanted anything mailed to let me know. I don't really want to go shopping next weekend because if Christmas craziness.

Mon, 22 Nov 2010

Jeremiah:
yeah i talked to the career guy today and yeah the army pretty much fucked me and my window isn open till another four months if possible so it depends.if its not within the next month i aint doin it. im not trying to stay in longer than november.

Mom:

So when you get back to Campbell will you be able to do college classes? Or will you have to wait?

Jeremiah:
if i wanted to i would have to do them out of my own pocket and time

From Mom, Mon 11/22/10 9:05 AM

Fav,

It sounds reasonable, I would make sure that it will work out exactly like that though. Where are you getting your information about it at? I don't think you can rely just on someone's word about it. Read the fine print. Read your contract before you sign it and go over it with the person who handles the re-enlistment.

Mon 11/22/10 7:36 AM

alright so the biggest update right now im my noggin


my window to re-enlist just opened up cuz today the day of the 22nd is my two years left mark so im gonna go against my word and re-enlist soon but heres the master part of the plan


im only gonna re-enlist for two years under the college option so when this deployment is done i will go to college after my leave and then thats a garunteed 6-12 months of only doing pt in the morning and then going to my room or college which i am thinking online classes fer sure its be easier but anyways after those months if its the full 12 which it most likely will be then i will only have 4 months of back to regular company bullshit and then i start my 90 days of clearing out of the army and then i will take my last leave because i will have plenty of days saved up cuz after this coming up leave im not taking anymore to save up my days and yeah


by only doing two years i will only be extended a couple days or a month tops cuz im doing it right as my window opens but since ill be taking my leave ill still be gone by or before november which is my original ending time of service but itll give me a jump start on my college which will mean more classes to take within the money of my GI bill

From Mom, Mon 11/22/10 12:20 AM

Hey,

OMG can she talk or what? She never stops, makes it easy for me so I don't really need to contribute. LOL I think Pony was a big hit with all of them. Kelly took tons of photos of her. Pony liked Aunt Vicky too. she kept sitting next to her and sat on her foot a couple times. Sean really like her size, he didn't want a small dog.

I got the littles okay today from Ann and they seemed to have a nice visit. Teddy kept touching the snow. We only got a inch, you can still see the grass poking thru. I'm sending you a picture. In the picture you will see snow falling in the back yard about 1pm. Also in the photo you will see that Fritz is a speedy guy and was able to get stuck to Gretchen in the minute it took me to leave the doorway and use the bathroom. I was trying to prevent this. I guess I was to caught up in the snow and the harpy behind us was outside taking photos of her dog also, so the dogs were barking at each other thru the fence. Wes was just glad that it wasn't his fault. Ugh, She is my summer mom. Now I just have Emma for next summer. Though chances are I will still have puppies in the summer.

I'm gonna go to the court house tomorrow and have someone look at my papers to see if I can have them filed. Time to sleep. Love you and miss you. Mom XOXOXOXOX

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:41:20

well thats good that they are a good match i remember when i was doing knowledge bowl at covington and silly was my bus driver and i would just sit and talk to her the whole bus ride ahahaha


hmm well at least all things went well i hope she realized that she was doing it for the greater good of the boys and all


i miss me some fp's


yeah i got my package and im sure chris got his too and thank you it was pretty awesome hahaha im glad that chocolate can safely get here now


i heard you got snow... im jealous i wish i could be there with the boys to play with them in the snow... i hate missing all this good stuff

From Mom, Sun 11/21/10 2:15 AM

Hey My Fav,

It's about 1:30am. I just got into bed. I started painting the living room today and about half way into it Grandma called me and asked me if I was coming over. I was like was I suppose to? HEHE. I guess that PreSilly and all the rest were over there to have dinner. So I wrapped the roller and grabbed Pony and headed over. Silly just loves Pony. Of course the biggest test was whether or not Fletcher and her got along okay. That went well and he was very interested in her and "teaching" her to sit and stay. I think they will be a good match for each other. They wont be ready for her for about a month or so. That's about when they will close on their house and repaint and move in.

This morning at FP went okay with Ann. I gave her the papers to read thru and when she got to the page where she needed to sign, she dug out a pen from her purse and signed it. I guess I kind of expected her to ask questions or discuss it and suggest changes. Breakfast was good, bacon was perfect. It looks like Cubby doesn't like whipped topping on his peaches, he wouldn't touch them. Teddy didn't talk much at first, it wasn't until later that he came out of his shell. Funny thing is that after I dropped them off at the trailer Ann sent me a text saying thank you for taking care of the boys, then a couple hours later she was whining to Mike about how there was no time limit on how long I would have them in my care. When you file for custody of kids the state doesn't want to revisit the case to rule on it over and over. It considers the placement permeate unless all parties involved request a change. I think it was just her family stressing her out about it, they were all there when I dropped them off. I think she will be fine in a couple of days.

I told Wes that you are getting some stuff sent here and he will just put the boxes aside for you. You and Chris should be getting the boxes I sent you on the 6th in a couple of days unless you got them all ready. I'm not sure but you may just cry when you open yours. =) What do you do with all the candy wrappers?

So I eventually got done with the whole dinner thing and came home and finished painting. I talked to Mike for a little bit, he is headed back to Salt Lake City with a trailer for Target. The load is a priority load and there's a rush to deliver it, it's going to Colorado. Emma is able to jump up into the truck. She is happy to lay on the bed behind Mike instead of on the seat where Gretchen sat in the passenger seat. Emma is a follower. When you walk with all the dogs at the dog park everyone else is running ahead and Emma is always directly behind. In the car Emma like to sit behind me and tuck her face into the space between the seat belt and the seat.

Well I better get to sleep. I love you and miss you everyday. Mom, XOXOXOX

Sat 11/20/10 8:31 PM

yeah it was a pretty good convo to i think i helped him out alot

yeah i dont mind and i need to be able to communicate with you and you have a dog business to run and all too

aww lucky i wish i could get some time off... i am lucky if i get a day

hmm well let me know how that goes...

hey im prolly gonna be buying some stuff to just stay there

From Mom, Fri 11/19/10 11:15 PM

Fav, I'm glad that you got to talk to Mike. He will have to wait to go into the military until he can show that he is not a single parent. Which won't happen until I get the boys papers filed with the court.

I used others internet when it was available, it didn't become a problem until I couldn't get on at all. I really appriecate the internet and phone service you pay for. Without it we wouldn't be able to communicate as much as we do.

I don't have to go to work for 9 days, yippi yahoo. I got Sadie in my closet and Fritz on my bed, a kid in every bed and a dog in every box. My life is complete. Haha.

I invited Ann to FP tomorrow for breakfast so we can talk and maybe I can get her to sign the papers. Not that it matters I will file them with or without her signing them.

I love you and I hope you can get a little break before you go out again. Miss you as always. Mom, XOXOX

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:03:07

sorry i have ben awefully busy and i dont have my own internet like alot of people i dont see the point in spending 100 a month for it when there are places for it for free and im already payin one internet bill hahaha


yeah i had a good long talk with him about it i think he will tell ya later
i showed him the openminded side of things outside of the box hahahaha

From Mom, Thu 11/18/10 11:40 PM

My Fav,

It seemed colder today than it has been, maybe it seemed like it because I was outside for most of the day. I also turned the unit where that guy put a bullet in his head in front of his wife. I didn't really have to do to much because they hadn't lived there for very long, just a couple months I think. One more day and then I'm on vacation! Yippi. Not much is going on, Mike spent the day with the Littles and then went to Nollie and Brian's place to play video games. Mike is talking about joining the ARMY again and being a truck driver. If he did he would at least have a pay check. He is barely scraping by, every week the money his truck earns goes to the truck first to pay for the lease, insurance and fuel. Seems like most of the time he is in the hole. He went and talked to a recruiter that he talked about joining before, he said he needs to get some papers together. There's a new video game out. call of duty, black ops. getting alot of commercial time.

I need to get some sleep, sometimes I send email and then lay here checking to see if you respond before I go to sleep. I think your now 12hrs ahead instead of 13 since the time change. I love you and miss you. Take care and eat and rest. Mom XOXOXOX

Thu 11/18/10

Mom:
Fav,

Wow, your right you typed alot. hehe.

HEHE I'm watching Forrest Gump. I KNOW I can't help it. If its on tv I have to watch it. even though I have the dvd in my drawer.

The big tree by the front pool has now lost all it's leaves. It has been seriously windy the last couple of days and tons of leaves are on the ground. Another cold, cold wet day. I even snuck off to applebee's and got some soup.

Jeremiah:
nice i miss that movie i wonder if i have it

so guess what no i cant find my camera im really mad about it i wanted to look at pictures of the boys..

hmmm we are gonna go to lunch a few times when im home.. which i cant wait for

Mom:
Man I hope you find your camera. It isn't really usuable because the screen don't work.

I know we should, we didn't last time.

I was thinking that I need to do the oil on the car.

Jeremiah:
yeah i mean i do to i want to find it and it is still usuable the screen works just has a couple white lines through it and such but i can still see the pictures


hmm who would you have do it... i would get a quote to see how much it would be to do a tune up and then get one...




you could use it..

From Mom, Thu 11/18/10 12:53 AM

Hi Fav,

James send me a picture of Rayna, his grand-daughter. She is 3 now. She is a cutie that's for sure. I'm sending you some photos, hers and some from my grandma packers funeral.

The one where they are carrying the coffin you can see John in the middle, in front of him is my cousin Harold (Harold is named after my Grandpa Packer) behind John in the cowboy hat is one of my cousin's husband, he was pretty nice and chatted a bit with me and cubby, I don't remember his name. In the back on the other side is my Dad, dress all in blue. In front of him is my cousin Kim's son, I think he is about 15. I don't know who is in from of him, maybe his dad.

The next one is of Teddy, he really liked the headstones and walked up and down the rows like they were stepping stones. Since he wouldn't hold my hands he also walked up to the coffin to look down into the whole under it. He kept alot of people entertained.

The next of the coffin, it was a very pale rose pink color with darker pink accents that had flowers painted on them. Kind of hard to see in my photo. But it was really pretty as far as coffins go, I think it would have been one that Grandma Mobley and even Wes' grandmas would have choosen.

First group photo is of Aunt Karen with her two daughters, Kim on the left and Kandy on the right.

Last photo is of the Littles, James, John and Me and our Dad.

There was another group shot taken of the whole family but I was stuck in the middle of the group because I was too short to sit and too short to be in the back row, so I didn't bother to pass my camera to the church ladies that were there feeding us. I'm may someday get a copy.

Love Mom,

Thu 11/18/10 12:52 AM

i didnt hear about the plane going down but i didnt get any casualties in my platoon and only a few in my company it was mainly just another company
tho one of my old squad leaders did get one in the chest but i think he is gonna be ok and all


hmm thats lame but at least he came back ok i hope the owners werent to pissed about the whole ordeal and all and im not surprised about the sadie thing i miss loving on her she is so good i cant wait to have her around


and its fine although i was waiting for you reply and all but its ok i know your busy alot and why has he been screaming when you put him to sleep is it like a fit thing?


i miss the lils alot i cant wait to spoil them
apparently mike is done with anne for good i.e. his facebook status hahahaha
we will see how that goes i hope he goes through with it
he needs to find someone good i liked that katrina chick i wonder what ever happened to that i mean i know its alot of kids but still she was nice


wow i am surprised i typed this much.


love ya too

From Mom, Wed 11/17/10 10:05 AM

My Fav,

kevin's mom said that a plane went down with wounded on it and that some guy named stephan got hit in the leg. stephen's mom is named michelle. i dont know if he is in your platoon or not. you must be tired from them extenting your mission like they did. i hope you get a chance to eat good and sleep good. did you drive or were you guys dropped in to place? i ended up falling asleep last night, cubby has been screaming the last few nights when i put him to bed so i was laying there pretending to sleep and then i wasnt pretending anymore. i had this lady who wanted to breed her male poodle to hiedi bring her dog to shirleys and as soon as shirley put him in with the rest of the dogs he went sailing over the fence and down the driveway, so shirley and amber spent hours driving around looking for him and everytime they got close to him he would take off like it was all some big game. his family drove down to help look and ended up sleeping in their car at the end of the driveway, the stupid dog came back about 4:30am and they took him home. i'm glad that he came back. i bet he was all tired and hungry and slept all the way home. the lady i bred sadie to her with with is all excited because it turns out that sadie can trace her lines back into her line, she's been breeding for 40 years. which make sense, i bet alot of dogs in this area could be related to her lines. sorry for an email all in parts, i wanted to write you asap and didnt want to wait til i got home. take care of yourself, i love you and miss you bunches and bunches. mom xoxoxox

11/17/2010 8:27:18 AM

yeah but its cool and yeah i tried to get on and i ended up lcking my account and then had to unlock it...

and give them loves when they go to sleep for me

From Mom, Tue 11/16/10 8:37 PM

Fav,

I am so glad to hear from you. I will write more later when the littles go to bed. Thanks, but i will just let mike owe me. i missed you.

11/17/2010 3:02:13 AM

hey sorry so here is the story

got back from a mission in the morning that was after a mission in the night and here that a company is getting fucked up so we were already spinned up so we went out
what was supposed to be a rescue mission turned out to be us picking up their slack and yeah.. we finished early but it was 5 days in total and we had no prep time like we
would normally have

in total
5kia 37 wounded

sad day

yes i dont really care use the money
write a contract or list to keep track... thats somewhat a last thing on my mind

use it for you use it for mike.. all i ask is to be paid back sometime..
i know its hard for you all
but i just hope that i dont turn into a money pit..
you know what i mean
i hear all the stories in the army about the gimme gimme's and yeah

but that doesnt mean i wont help
i will help but helping is different from giving... that speech is mainly for mike not you
i work hard for my money and i have dreams to accomplish

im sorry im ranting to you but you know your my output...
i havent slept yet either

gah i wish i was out already

there was alot of email so if i didnt cover anything important re ask me =]

i love ya

From Mom, Mon 11/15/10 11:35 PM

Hello My Fav,

Monday again, atleast next week I will be on vacation and can do some work for myself. Work was okay and not really involving me in much, worked in another vacate unit and have the last one tomorrow. Someone skipped out last week and I mentioned it to the office today, so I will probably work in there thurday or friday.

I decided today that I will go ahead and file the papers for custody and not wait any longer. Ann is talking about moving again, she is so stupid. She needs to stay put and go to school or get a job. But instead she wants to go running off with her friend Kayla who is worse than she is. Mike was telling me today that Ann was getting high when she was pregnant with Teddy and when she got pregnant with Cubby she tried to drink him out of her. I don't care if she moves away as long as it doesn't involve the littles. I paid Mike's back taxes today for the state of Oregon. He called me today and wanted me to ask you if I'd write you and ask you for a loan of $400. I got the number and amount from wes and got mike's ssn and called the department of revenue and got their online payment site and made a payment. I got a quarterly bonus plus my pay today and I was going to send Shirley her portion of the puppy I sold a couple weeks ago and now I'm short again. It's always something, never get ahead.

Missing you, Love Mom, XOXOXOX

From Mom, Mon 11/15/10 1:58 AM

My Fav,

We didn't do to much today. We just played around, did some more laundry and played with the two puppies we have. Later we drove Hiedi up to Shirley's to leave her there to get bred, Pony went along with us. We saw Levi, Rachelle and Wyatt briefly. He is getting big and has 6 teeth now, Wyatt, not Levi. The boys all just kind of stare at each other, they haven't really ever gotten to play together yet, Wyatt's usually in someone's arms. I think that the boys are plotting future trouble they can get into some day. We had Papa Murphy's for dinner, the papa has a new pizza called bacon, bacon, bacon. Nice and bacony. We watched a couple of movies and brought Emma back home with us. I gave Emma a bath and put her in Wes's room with him. He's been moaning about Hiedi having to go to Shirley's for a couple weeks. He knew it was time. He was saying today that she is going to miss us and be all traumatized. I told him that he was putting human emotions in an animal. HEHE. That made him quiet about it for a minute thinking that one thru. James called me while I was driving home so I got to talk to him for about 30 miles.

Hope all is well, I guess your on a mission or something. Feels like forever since I heard from you. I love you and miss you. Take care of yourself and stay safe. Love Mom, XOXOXOX

From Mom, Sun 11/14/10 2:12 AM

My Fav,

So I did everything on my list today, well almost. While the boys were sleeping off FP's I watched a Harry Potter movie. I also did laundry and put clothes away. On the way to G&G's I went to Costco and got you some more stuff that I will mail next week. I hope you don't mind but you also bought a couple bags of dog food. I spent alot of money last week on doughnuts and gas.

I was looking up what your medals look like. Very nice. Then I was looking at a list of possible medals and ribbons and realized that you could have a few of them just for the short time you've been in. Its nice to be recognized for working hard and doing a good job. I know all to well what its like to work, work, work and never hear a kind word about how much you get accomplished, but get scolded for some minor, very minor item.

We had a good visit at G&G's, Silly didn't show. She called earlier in the day because Aunt Vicky and either Sean or Fletcher was sick. So we went anyways. I met them at Wendy's and we had dinner there. Then we went to their place and watched Toy Story 3 and the Cars movie. Then came home and the Littles went to bed while I packed a new box for you. Love Mom, XOXOXO

From Mom, Sat 11/13/10 1:36 AM

Hey Fav,

You've been quiet or busy.

I was going over Sadie paperwork and I entered her breeder in a search and wouldn't you know, I came up with an add for the lady that I bought Fritz from. Scared the crap out of me! I thought that Fritz and Sadie had the same breeder, which could mean that they could be related. I had to dig out the pedigrees that I have and see if they had any of the same names. I didn't find any matches. Though to be honest, I'm not really impressed by the lady I got Fritz from. I think that I'm pretty lucky that Fritz is in such good health. She didn't give the puppies any vaccinations or wormings. She emailed me and asked me to refer people to her and I told her that I would only if she started vaccinating her puppies, I never heard from her again. She also had an ad to sell Fritz's daddy and claimed that he was 3, I'm pretty sure that he is 5 or 6. Fritz is 3.

Anyways, Shirley and I discuss my plans for the day tomorrow and I think it should be.

1. Sleep In (Shirley's suggestion)
2. Moesy over the FP's and consume bacon
3. Sleep off bacon
4. Dinner at Grandma's
5. Sleep off dinner

Which will probably be fairly accurate. We are taking Pony over to G&G's so Silly, Sean and Fletcher can meet her and see if she is a good match for their family. I hope they think she will work for them. Pony is alot like Silly, I wonder if they will see it. Mike says that Gretchen is in heat, I hope he is careful with her and don't bring her back fat. Hiedi is also in heat and so I got to take her up to Shirleys for Dutch and leave her there for a week or so. When Hiedi is due I will take her back to Shirley's to have her puppies and stay there until they are weaned. Emma will come home in her place.

I worked in F102, remember the man that lived there? He died a few weeks ago. I said at the beginning of summer that he wasn't going to last. Morbid of me I guess. He moved in to that apartment just after I started working at the apartments. I had to basically replace everything that is replaceable in there. A long day. I stayed an hour late to finish. I think Joseph should have given me more time to work in there.

I love you and miss you. Mom, XOXOXOX

From Mom, Thu 11/11/10 11:31 PM

Hey fav,

Hope your day was going good and all. Not much is happening here. Boys are in bed, Teddy is talking. I'm sleepy that't for sure. I wonder if I will ever catch up on sleep. Shirley reports that she has moved the remaining chickens that were staying in the green house down to the chicken house and made a roost and put up a divider wall inside. She also said that she put up a door in Dutch's area on the porch and screened it with a layer of rabbit wire. He likes to chew the regular wire and can make holes in it. We think that he wont be able to get a grip on the rabbit wire cloth to make holes. James said that John got back home okay and that he found all the dirty harry movies at walmart for $13. Mke and Gretchen is headed to Salt Lake City. He is hoping to get back on the Walmart run. Nice steady miles when he is one that. Right now he is barely breaking even because he hasn't been getting enough miles.

I better get to sleep. I love you and miss you bunches. Mom XOXOX

From Mom, Thu 11/11/10 5:23 AM

Does that mean pretty ribbons on your uniform? =) Good Job.

Thu 11/11/10 3:04 AM

yeah i let him know and i will ask around people always talk about getting dogs and im like ohhhh what type... i got one friend who wants a pug but yeah we will see hahaha

yeah you told me about john and im glad you got to see him

i do remember mmitt and then mike throwing the ball at me
jeez... 7 car garage. awesome

ps.ohh i was awarded three medals today

two aam's(army achievement medals)

and an arcom
(army commendation)

From Mom, Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:16:58

My Fav,

I forgot to tell you that I got to see John over the weekend. He flew in for my Grandma Packers funeral. So he stayed at James's house too. Right when I got there I got the Littles out of the car and locked my keys in the car. I didn't have any pockets and I set them down on the seat while I put Cubby's shoes on and then shut the door. James was able to break into my car and John chased after the Littles in the house. James has a 7 car garage with attached house. LOL. It's awesome. When I went in the garage I was like "this is why James bought this house" The rest is pretty nice. It doesn't get alot of wear and tear with just him living there. Oh, Rambo is there also. James brought out a pair of baseball gloves and baseballs that his girls use to play with when they were littles. So we played with the Littles, showing them how to put their hands in the mitts and use the other for throwing. Remember your little mitt?

11/10/2010 12:41:45 PM

ohh nice i still seem to be hearing those complaints around here.. so um i got another person who would also like a beenie if you feel like making on but i mainly just would like to have mine sent.. wash it a couple times to so it softens up please.

i was wondering why you havent written back in a while

alright ill let him know

well yeah nothing really new hear

From Mom, Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:31:05

Hi Fav,

Ugh, I'm tired. Shirley and I spent the day complaining about the rain and coldness and how it gets dark so early now that we are back on standard time. Each time we complained to each other I always ended with "how long until spring?"

So Sadie sweet heart and Cassie got stuck 5 times. I picked her up last night on the way home from James' place. I drove 600 miles yesterday. The littles were pretty good about it, especially since I kept the powdered donuts coming. hehe. I got home a little bit after 2am. I cleaned up the puppies and cubby's butt and was in bed by 3am. I cleaned up Sadie's ear holes too. She stunk up the car all the way home. Poor baby girl.

I repacked all those boxes and was able to fit everything into one box. So it wil cost about $12.50. I put together a box for you also. Because I love you.

I'm sleepy, I better sign off and hide under the blankets. I'm cold. Love Mom. XOXOXOX

Mon, 8 Nov 2010 02:18:29

well thats always hope that all goes well with that stick i guess i dont really know how to put it at all and stuff but ya know what i mean

yeah i mean its alot different but yeah i think im doing pretty well at it
and yeah i hate to admit it but i try to excel at anything i do even tho i dont always end up doing that

ok well he just wants to know how much it is going to cost for everything so he can pay me back

yes it is getting colder chocolate would be nice..
one more thing

do you think you could finish my hat that you were making it doesnt have to have the jew curls on it but make it kinda long on the bottom part so i can fold it up... or just make it a good size so i dont have to roll it

maybe if tammy wants something to do she could knit me a cool one too i wear that mask thing she made but a beenie would be better..
and cool

be safe tell everyone i said hi

maybe ill be able to call you when you are there... just let me know

From Mom, Sun 11/07/10 9:16 AM

Hi, I got back okay from dropping Sadie off. They were stuck before we left. HEHE. I was worried that he would be alot taller than she is, but he is about the same height and is a nice dark chocolate color with a greyness undertone to his fur. Jan the breeder wants a black girl from the litter. Which I'm fine with, she has someone else that is looking for one.

So you ended up as a driver. That's okay, I think it is important to know as much different jobs as possible especially when your under fire. I'm sure you are great at it, your a pretty decent driver.

Hmmm a beattles shirt is a great idea. I think I'm going to wear a green sweater that I have and don't wear very often. In fact I think I wore it at Wes' grandma's service.

I plan on sending his stuff under his name, anyways. so it will go directly to him. It costs right now about 12.50 a box like I send you your stuff in. I would have sent it earlier but I was waiting to receive all his boxes so I can send it all at once. I'm going to send you another one at the same time. Has the weather cooled off yet? Do you need chocolate?

Well I gotta get ready to leave for James' place. I love and miss you. You are always with me in my mind. Take good care of yourself and stay healthy. Love Mom, XOXOXOXOXO

Sat, 6 Nov 2010 01:21:37

dang that is busy well did my first mission as a driver and guess what it was a night mission i think i did fairly well... imagine not having windows on the passenger side and being like 5 feet off the ground yeah thats retty much it but other than that yeah i dont think mike has shit on me.. and my deisel hahahaha

i cant ven remember the last time i saw you in a dress...
you should where a beatles shirt like i did for wes's gammas funeral hahaha
i thought it was appropriate hahaha

hmm im tired but anyways
lemme know when you get sgt coronas package sent out and how much it cost and i think you should just put it under his name

From Mom, Fri 11/05/10 12:41 PM

Hey Fav, i'm working in a trashed apartment today acrossed from the back clubhouse, so i walked acrossed to take a break in the bathroon for a bit. no one ever really comes in here during the pool off season but me, so its a nice quiet place to be. i've actually composed several letters and texts from here to you and others. i loaded a bunch of photos that i had for you last night. the littles helped me clean up my room, its amazing how much stuff they push under my bed. we cleaned up so i could find that usb stick thing. i also found the jacket cover for the kindle2 that i didnt think ever showed up. shirley bought me a green clip on book light for it. i think she just got it because its green. did you know that you can also upload kindle books onto your iphone and laptop? you can also go from device to device while reading the same book and never lose your place. fritz does look awesome in his new cut, very elegent. sadie's turn tonight. love ya

From Mom, Fri 11/05/10 12:20 AM

I think I would need about 25 to 30 breeding dogs. I know it's a ton, a ton of dog food, a ton of dog poo. I'd have to have 2 sets of washers and dryers, a grooming room. Lots of space between me and any neighbors. Well I already need the last one. I was looking online again at houses. I pull up a map and find the Lewis river and look at houses north of it. Some are pretty remote, I like to do a map search and with ariel view look at how close a place is to other houses, even how close it is to Mt. St. Helens.

I have a busy weekend ahead of me. Saturday I gotta drive Sadie down to meet Cassie. I decided to go to my Grandma Packer's memorial service and I took Monday off from work. I will leave on Sunday, spend the night at James' place and return Monday evening. The Littles will be going with me of course. John is going to fly in to Pasco Saturday night. So he will be there also and stay at James' house. It will be a bit strange to be there because besides James and John and the Littles, I wont know anyone there. I don't really have anything appropriate to wear. Ugh, I don't even want to think about that. All my clothes are work clothes, I don't know if I even have shoes besides my old tennis shoes that I wear to work. I'm going to have to do some digging. The Littles have kaki pants that will be fine. I'm clothing challenged.

11/4/2010 2:28:41 PM

nice i miss wrestling with him he is pretty awesome i cant wait to see him again
jeez just setting up franchise.. have you done the math to see how much it would take to be fine with just the dogs?

yeah go for it i already warned you about the bad thing but the rest is just candy and games

yeah he would be fine with it
i told him about that anyways
i was shocked about how awesome they were
i mean it was almost worth crying over
love ya too

From Mom, Wed 11/03/10 1:26 AM

Hi Fav,

I cut Fritz's hair tonight, while I was cutting his hair Wes came in and asked me why I was cutting him like a poodle. I said because he is a poodle. HEHE. Fritz looks awesome! Real Poodle like. I cut short the hair on his legs and feet and left pom poms on his legs and tail. I also cut his face short and his but. So he looks like he is wearing a sweater. I did cut the line at pom poms on his hip bones, I'm not sure about the decided factor about placements of those. His muscles in his legs are real defined and everytime I cut him short he looks more and more charcoal color. His color is called blue. I think that when I breed him to Sadie's girls, the chance of having a silver puppy will be greatly increased because Sadie and Cassie (aka the stud) both carry the silver gene and so in their offspring it will be an even stronger trait.

Hiedi should also be going into heat in the next few days, she tends to be about 7 to 10 days behind sadie. I am going to breed her with a different poodle from a lady from Gig Harbor. I bred Dutch to her poodle last summer and she has a boy that is about the same color as Hiedi. I charged her a stud fee, but because her boy hasn't done "it" yet and she wants him to prove himself, she is letting me have his services for free. What she doesn't know is that I will also put Dutch to Hiedi also because I don't want to risk a dud stud. HEHE.

Hey, by the way. I've gotten I think 6 boxes for the Sgt so far. I have to fill out custom forms for them because they gotta go thru customs when they leave the country, so I need to know the contents and a couple are small and can be repacked together. So can you ask him if it is okay if I open the boxes and repack them? It will save on the cost of posting them by reducing the number of boxes. Just let me know what he wants.

What you do mean by shocked about your boxes? I pretty much sent what you asked for.

Well anyways I gotta get to sleep. I love you so much. Take of yourself for me. Mom, XOXOXOX

November 2, 2010

Mom:
I thought you may have been out on something like that. hope the guy that fell off the cliff is ok and not hurt too badly. i'm sure andy will love hearing from you, he was in better spirits yesterday about the whole thing. it didnt really bother me much, didnt know the guy. just another apartment to turn i guess. i understand why you feel like you do about what you see. its a defense mechanism. otherwise you would be unable to function when the shit is going down and risk getting hurt yourself. thats why you went thru training, so you automatically react to the situtation. it doesnt mean that your unfeeling about the blood and gore. i look at look at the stars to, it reminds me of the american tail movie and the song fivil sings with tanya about looking at the stars and even though they are separated by distance they share the same view of the sky and wishes. i watch it again the other day at shirley's. i love you, take care. mom

Jeremiah:
somwhere out there beneath the pail moon sky hahahaha
i know its wierd that i remember that song hahaha
yeah i guess your right but what else can you do
at least your life goes on
and i got your packages today and i was in shock
it was a glorious site

i love ya

Mom:
Shock about what?

11/2/2010 6:25:51 PM

i told you andy is like me alot in most ways
he is very caring about people and i can undrstand about him being shaken up even tho i have seen plenty of that sort of stuff here but that is to be expected in my line of work not yours
i just have to drive on i find that alot of it doesnt bother me much and sometimes i feel something is wrong with me but i dont know what. maybe i just look past most things but i have seen all the gore and guts i never wanted to already and i still am sure i will see more

i just got back from a three/four day mission thats why it took me so long to write back but yeah i am exhausted very much so
everyone came back except another one of my buddies from another platoon tha hung out with me and ethan alot fell off a cliff at night
he is alive ad alright just waiting for the x-ray results to come back and everything

i found myself looking up at the stars alot when i was up at night just thinking of home
i miss home
alot

and the boys

the screen on my camera you gave me busted a lil bit
kinda sad
but it still works i just have to put the pics on my computer to look at them all the way
i was looking at the boys alot when i was out there
im gonna talk to andy in the morning since i have to be up super early

From Mom, Mon 11/01/10 2:03 AM

James texted me tonight. My dad's mom died Saturday, she was 91. I hadn't seen her since I was 14. I don't really remember much about her just stuff from photos. Grandma said a couple times that I kind of took after that side of the family. I guess I resembled her in some way. I don't know since my memories of her are pretty vague. My Dad's Dad died when I was a teenager and she came to Tammy's wedding to Tony. James' first wife Kelin contacted her when they lived in Kennewick. I guess that she kept the same farm for a long time, they grew grapes. She gave her piano to Sheryl when she was about 10. A couple years ago James took Sheryl and Sheryl's little girl to see her. He said they have 5 generations there that day. So I guess either my dad or my dad's sisters was there also to make it five generations.

It's late I better get some sleep. I love you and miss you bunches and bunches. Mom, XOXOXOX

From Mom, Sun 10/31/10 1:20 AM

Fav,

I'm home again. Going home is a nice feeling. We got a little bit of stuff done. When we got there, Shirley had already gotten the rest of the siding up and window put in and most of the 110volt wiring done. Isn't she amazing? So today we re-routed a wire that was in the new doorway and ran plumbing drains for the washers, it still needs to be ran under the house and tied into the existing line. The 220volt lines for the dryer and the water supply lines need to be ran. Shirley also got most of the insulation done today.

Andy had a really bad night and day at work. About 12:50am last night he got paged by 911 that one of the residents committed suicide, shot himself in the head in front of his wife. So Andy called Rachel the manager and she came in to be there while the EMT and police were there. Then this morning the company that does restoration work for us came in the the apartment to remove whatever in the apartment that had gotten contaminated by blood and other stuff that came out of him. Andy took them over to the apartment and said he looked inside and then later wished that he didn't. The whole thing really hit him pretty hard personally because he grew up with a sister that attempted several times to end her life, so it brought that all to the surface. I didn't find out about it until 3:30pm today. I called him and talked to him for quite a while about everything that had happened. I could tell that he was still very shaken up about everything and told him to just concentrate on what he needed to get done tomorrow trash wise and work on service requests that need to be taken care of right away. They are closing the office early because they are having a Halloween party for the residents so if he needed to he could go home early. I've come to realize that Andy is a lot more sensitive and caring about people than I guess I thought him to be. Even before all this happened. Eventually he will realize not to take this job overly personal and to separate work from home life. Eventually they all get over it, usually it takes about 5 to 6 months of always cleaning up the same mess time after time and fixing the same broken crap every time someone moves out. Then they will realize that they are just there to do a job and at the end of the day they get to go home and get away from all the madness.

This is why everyone thinks that Joseph is an ass. I know differently, Joseph is a really nice person, but his job requires him to do things like honestly charge people for cleaning and damages. If he was nice, then the people moving out wouldn't be charged properly and the property would loose alot of money. Joseph's says he is there to do a job and get it done in the quickest manner possible, not chit chat with people. He could care less about their personal lives and acts professional at all times. I used to try to be everyone's friend when I first started. It's not really making true friends and the friendship is one-sided, because the resident's are just trying to make pave the way for favors.

I got a second box for your sgt and will start mailing them next week.

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:00:16

yeah well im not there yet i wont move until about next week and yeah its still undecided if i am going to be rto fer sure yet

jeez yeah you are deff gonna have alot of dogs i bet you cant wait to get your new house !!! =]

yeah i mean i want to spend some time with you too and i will have alot of things to do and if your thinking of the same things that keep you busy that i am then maybe i can help by taking them off your hands for lil while ya know

hopefully Cubby wont be too bad with his fits and all

From Mom, October 30, 2010

Hey, I hope you got all that settled. I am hoping you get to keep rto also. I think personality wise you are suited for the job.

Sadie is in heat. I've been watching her pretty close for a few days because her ears have flared up and again and the two seem to go hand in hand with her. I won't be initially making a profit with this litter. I'm hoping to keep 3 of her puppies, two girls and one boy. because I'm getting her fixed after this litter. I knew I wanted from her next litter the smallest chocolate boy to breed with Emma. Dutch is really too big for her and I want to keep her puppies as small as I can. Then I was going to keep a girl the next time I breed Sadie next year, but because of her ears I just don't think its a good ideal. Shirley said she wants a boy if one has the same coat color as Sadie. So there's half the litter taken right there. The two girls I will breed to Fritz and the boy to Emma and Tawnee. Dutch will only be bred to Gretchen and Hiedi in the future. I'm breeding her to a stud that only produces chocolate and silver/chocolate puppies, to increase the likelihood of having a full chocolate litter.

We are up and Shirley's tonight and will return home Saturday night because Shirley works Sunday. then it will be three weeks before we have time off together again. I took Thanksgiving week off like I usually do. I considered taking Christmas week off but I already get paid days off then anyways for the Holidays. I want to save my leave time for when you are home again. I know that you will have lots of things to do and people to see when your back so I don't expect to you spend all your leave with me at home. I will have other things to keep me busy too. I can name two right now. =)

I love you very much and miss your face. Mom XOXOXOXOX

October 29, 2010

Mom:
Hope all is going well, did you find out for sure what you'll be doing in the 3rd platoon yet?

I just watched peter griffith try repeatly to dispose of a frog out chris' window.

Jeremiah:
yeah i mean they get sent individually thqats why
but yeah im fer sure going back to 3rd just dont know what i am gonna be doing when i get back
but i think im prolly going back to be rto
again
which is what i prefer since its what i already know

October 28, 2010

Mom:
Hey Fav,

A box arrived for your Sgt today, so that was fast. How many more should we expect?

Jeremiah:
shoot i think like 8

and guess what

im going back to third
the first sgt
(company sgt) doesnt like me at all
but i think he is racist and im not the only one to think that

ohh well

i dont mind
now we are trying to figure out if i am getting my old job back or not
its up to me and figgy the puerto rican who has my job now
he doesnt wanna go back to driving and mainly just wants to be on the ground

i think i might go back to my job

but who knows i will keep you updated

Mom:
Thats odd about having to return to 3rd platoon. i hope that everyone gets settled back to where they are content with what they're doing. jeez, 8 boxes. thats alot of postage.

October 27, 2010

Mom:
Mike said he drove thru his first snow fall of the year going thru wyomin to utah. he and gretchen were playing in it this morning, gretchen kept putting her face down in it and coming up looking like santa. hehe. its been raining very hard for 3 days, records amount. probably turn to snow passing over mike.

Jeremiah:
thats awesome i wish i could go snowboarding sometime but all my timing is off unless by some miracle it is a late winter in the nothwest but thats very unlikely
hahahaha
i find that ann is good for one thing so far and that is putting up pics of the boys online and i get to see them hahahahahha

Mom:
Yeah, she sent me a photo earlier when i was on my way to pick them up.

Jeremiah:
yeah i hate having to go through her photos to find some of the boys... feels like my eyes are scarred or something ugh

Mom:
Omg, hehe. scared

Jeremiah:
yeah pretty much
vomit doesnt even wanna come out and see it

some people just arent meant to be models...

not even for trailer park G.A.P.

Mom:
She is too old to be a model unless its for public service announcements on what not to do.

Jeremiah:
**this is a public service announcement brought to you by the ghetto**

ann comes on

"dont do drugs and always wear a condom"

Mom:
So Teddy came back from pissing and was wearing wet clothes and I told him to take them off and now he is dancing naked in my room. So ya, um better get some clothes on him. He needs to go to bed anyways.

Jeremiah:
hahaha thats awesome i miss that bugger so

anyways sgt corona sent some of his order out so it should be arriving to your place soon
make sure wes knows

annnd.....umm... apparently he ordered a pocket pussy... so just a warning hahahahahha

he says if you were truly awesome you should take a picture with it hahahahaha...

i said my mom has to draw the line somwhere hahaha

we just got done laughing about that for like 10 mins

Mom:
OMG, that's so freakin funny. Tell him to keep "her" himself. Could you imagine trying to explain to someone that you got an std from one of those? Because "she" cheated on him.

Jeremiah:
yeah i thought so

ohh jeez i couldnt imagine having that happen to someone but im sure it has before
wouldnt surprise me if it was a soldier either hahahaha

Mom:
Yeah, the littles are sleeping. Ugh, it seems like a long day.

I'm watching a documary about polygamists. I don't understand why anyone would want more than one spouse and then all those kids they pop out.

Jeremiah:
yeah and they only copulate to have children
prolly why tey have so many kids in the first place

setting up franchise pretty much i dont know but i have watched something on them a long time ago as well

Mom:
There are alot of groups out there that encourage their followers to pop out as many babies as fast as possible, its hard on them finacially and ages the women prematurely

Jeremiah:
yeah i know
bunners hahaha