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Never one to be idle, Chris has just completed a creative project proposal for a major company.  We have seen it. My God what a hoot!!! Kudos to Mr. SuperEgo, and his lovely wife Beth for an outstanding production.  I want to nominate Beth for an academy award for rendering ‘the look’.  Gotta love that girl. The little Chris or Beth is due in December.  My hat is off to Chris, I know what it’s like to be an expectant father and drive a wife to the hospital in the snow. 

Congrats Chris, Ma and I are still laughing over your project.  I would call it pure genius, but I know you already have.

Pete left at the end of last week on his journey to the sandbox. He is now on the ground and busy with the work at hand. Obviously there will be no details on exactly what that is.  In general terms he is very busy already.  Pam took Julie and Petie, Ma and Pa to the zoo this weekend, and a grand time was had by all.  Updates of photos can bee seen on their page. 

 http://www.cookiecrumbexpress.com/Pam/ssgt_pete

We had the pleasure of Ssgt Pete being home for Fathers’ Day.  Today he boarded a flight back to Mississippi.  He has been designated to join the advance party for his unit’s transition to the Persian Gulf.  That means by Friday of this week he will be in the ’sandbox’ assuming his duties of preparing the facilities for his unit’s arrival. His unit will ‘follow on’ during the first days of July.

We are glad he got to visit.  We miss him.  Good luck and Godspeed Pete.

Pete is home for the weekend!!! He was able to fly home for father’s day and be with Pam, Julie and Repete.  We are delighted to see him.  He visited with his family tonight, and we get to visit with him tomorrow. This will be a bittersweet weekend because he will begin his move to the Persian Gulf after he returns.  Ssgt Pete says he will be glad to the the *(&^ out of Mississippi.  Anywhere would be better (sorry about that to anyone who lives in the state of Mississippi).  I have a busy schedule next week too, I finished Jenny’s web page, need to get the cars in for maintence, and….. most importantly … I gotta start calling stables to get rates for taking Julie and Petie for a ride next weekend, part of Grandpa’s Excellent Adventure.  It will be their first ride. It’s a Grandpa, and a Father’s duty to teach the kids how to ” Ride, Shoot Straight, and Tell the Truth” to borrow from Col Jeff Cooper’s book. They are a bit young to shoot with anything but a BB gun, but as soon as they grow up some, we go to the Tick Farm (the Tick Farm is a small place we own in the hills, where nothing grows but chiggers, ticks and snakes ladies) and learn to safely use a .22 single shot rifle on tin cans. And no this is not about me it is about “troop support” that means actively picking up the slack, and helpin out with the grandkids while Pete sacrifices by defending his country in the Global War on Terrorism.  The entire extended family does.

Peter is dwelling in a mobile home filled with 40 soldiers.  He shares a TV. with them in the recreational room.  In the evenings it is a rat race for the showers.  They only have 12 showers.  His days are busy.  He is constantly in classes and in training.  He is learning everything pertinent to his mission overseas.  He has been injected with every plaque known to man.  But despite all of this he still finds a way to keep his morale up.  He cuts hair during the weeknights and on the weekend.  He charges $5.00 a cut and has pulled in some good cash.  He is located in an area full of officers, so haircuts are in big demand.  He will be visiting us for Fathers’ day.  Then very sadly he will be shipped out ahead of his crew.  It will be his responsibility to prepare the camp for the rest to come. He is part of a support group and his main responsibility will be preparing and delivering trucks and supplies for soldiers located as far up as Afghanistan and as far south as Omar.  We as his family members are obviously very proud of him.  I have heard the stories he tells me and have talked to his troops.  Some of the troops don’t know quite how to take his mouth yet.  As for us we miss him a lot.

Website continues to grow.  Can you say “Learning Curve”?  I am continuing to learn and practice my French (as in pardon my French), as I learn the “issues” (I hate that word) involved with uploading and such.  I can’t wait for the day when the web site and this thing gets easier.