Hello USA-Sitting in Bubba’s youngest sons room with my daughter Betty Ann – Went to Sheila’s birthday today – Betty Ann told me to say she loves her sister Sheila – Got home Thursday – Me and bubba looked for a jacket for my bike and realized I am bigger than I thought- I am so happy I can take m,y daughters by myself – I got my daughters some electric jeeps and they love them – Friday I found a jacket and visited some friends- The party was a good hit – They even had a pinata – Tomorrow we are going to church and go visit a friend of mine that has 2 boys my daughters age – I am really enjoying being able to take my daughters without a chaperone- We are going to go places and do things all I can – As I was leaving my x asked when I was bringing them back and I told her I leave the 30th – Betty has school next week though – The bike is really big and intimidating me – I am going to be extra careful – Me and my daughters came to bubba’s and nobody was home – We found crayons and paper and started coloring – Valeriek my niece went to Wal-Mart and brought back alot of coloring books – I will update more in a day or so but its getting late and I am going to go spend some prime time with the girls – Sheila broke out once and I had to call my x – Well she just did it again and Valerie came to the rescue – Short and sweet but I am out of here – HOLD THOSE HEADS HIGH AND GOD BLESS ALL

Hello USA- Look out Houston cause this red neck is headed home – Did my checking out this morning and only 2 more places to go and I am out of here – Gotta have stuff signed by my supervisor then payroll – Heck yes – Thats what I have been waiting on - Yep gonna be home soon – Bubba is ready to get me at the air port and we are going to make the evening a pleasant one – Yes Mexican food is in my agenda – Then we will go shopping for safety gear for my bike – Then go see those 2 little beauties – Decided to get a rental on Friday morning – That way we can reminense together in his truck – Gotta lot of catching up to do – I went and put a Harley Davidson patch over my Iraqi freedom patch on my jacket -Thats all they had beings I drive a Suzuki I hope my sponsor doesn’t find out - They don’t want us wearing that kind of stuff because we stick out to the bad guys – I really wish they would enforce it though – Always that one dummy that is lit up like a christmass tree – No pun intended but its usually a truck driver every time – I just stay away from them and maybey they will slit their throat instead of blowing us all up – I re-packed last night because of some bulky stuff I am taking – I removed them from their boxes and wrapped them up instead – Gotta take a few souveniers home – I have something for the 2 that always helps me -even when I am over here – That is obvious – Bubba and my older(sounds mean huh) sister Becky does alot for me when I am home – Sure looking forward to her date candy(hint,hint) Then you can’t forget about threejs (my SIS in law) white candy – Gosh thats good stuff – Dressing – Golly I had some 2 days ago that was the gummiest I ever had – I bet you could of stuck a spoon in it and picked the whole batch out of the pan – But beings its my favorite side dish I ate it and enjoyed also – Second runner up would be yound tender sweet peas – Hope all took notes – I will one day be in a possition to come and visit – Man 7 more hours – I will take off 1 hour early to get the last 2 spots covered before 7pm – Kinda funny thats most peoples quitting time — You would think they would be open till 8 – There were 3 of us filling papers out and the other 2 had a jump on me – I still finished 1st – Beings this is my 4th R$R I kinda know the paper work – The guy in charge was impressed – (pat on back) – OK yall – I am going to TRY and post while home – It will be late Friday or early Saturday((maybey))- I will do it first chance I get thats for sure – It is hard because I am all over the place and wake up awfull early and get home kinda late – I would like to say this has been a great 18 months thanks to all of you – I really enjoy all my new friends I have been so lucky to have been chatting with – I am 1/2 way home in my brain – So if yall would excuse me – I am outa here – If your lucky enough(hehe)) to comment this evening before I leave I will give you a shout back – But just in case always remember to HOLD THOSE HEADS HIGH AND GOD BLESS ALL!!

Hello USA – Yet another beautiful day in the sand – There is a tradition I need to always carry on – Our french fries are cooling down while we ride the carousel- Betty and Trey in the lead – My youngest sister Christie and Karly are running second and John and Sheila are drafting right behind them in their laid back version -So thats how that race ended – Trey left with all the marbles –Click for full image -I always try and get those 4 cousins together-For they will always be close  -I have a great cousin here on base and am trying to see him before I leave – He has my grandmothers maiden name.Man what a small world this is – I have never met this dude in my life but its good to know I am – He is going to let me know what he is craving and I am going to mail it – He likes starbursts and its not on base -He is a therapist working at the C-A-S-H– So they have the new towers up around base now – Man I bet the service men are happy – Now they have some protection – The old ones were made out of wood – these are concrete and thick – Well looks like a picture for another day – Not going to let a slow net get me down – Going to be a really busy day but thats a good thing – It will keep me busy and BAM 1 more day Tomorrow is it and gone the next – We had an incident where a Filipino was caught trying to mail home 6 Dewalt cordless tools so now we are going to take controll of that departments tools – 600 gp items – So that will be 1600 items in my name and we don’t exist?? – Not going to let that get this old dog down either – I am 1/2 way home allready – Hope all have a beautiful Monday – I am – Don’t forget to always HOLD THOSE HEADS HIGH AND GOD BLESS ALL!!

Hello USA – Yet another beautiful day in the sand – Thanks to all for the nice comments on my daughters – This is and might always be my favorite picture – You can’t see the beauty when its on my comments so I thought I would share -I am going to try my best to take them to Wally World and have our pictures taken – Just us 3 – I will get whoever does them to snap a picture with my camera for I can share when I get it – I am thinking hard on getting another camera because mine is so slow as far as the quick draw goes – I miss alot of pictures because of just that – Its a good one just too slow for me – I will give this one to my x for maybey she will get some good pictures and send them to me (NOT) – I haven’t received crap from my daughters – Man what a colloring page would do for my hooch and my heart – Thought I would post early while my feathers are all smooth this morning – Sorry for the negativity yesterday – Stuff just happens now and again and a person has to let it out – I am going to go and get things for the office today – A microwave, popcorn, coffee maker , filters, coffee, and a water pitcher that heats water for tea ,tea bags,sugar – Thats about it but I had promised my men I would so I am — Now there is one of the meanest pieces of equiptment around this place besides an F-16 — That is an Apache hellicopter - Boy they sure cleared a path over here for us to follow – They took out many tanks of sadam’s – Man can they put on a show also – I have a flick the Air Force give me and it is so awesome – At the end they cut up and play – Its 318 megabites so I can not even send it because of its size and the speedy internet we have – Well 2 more days and a wake up – I don’t count today because I are here — I leave the 16th and will be holding those 2 thursday night – They will still be in school so me and bubba might just go and get all my safety gear for my bike – Man I am craving good mexican food also – That and chineese but sorry bubba I like my cheap ole buffet – Man they have good food and a great atmosphere – With a combo(( like that)) you can’t beat it – Sorry ((like that)) is an inside joke – Bubba and the rest of my familly  is laughing for sure – Hope all has a great Sunday because I am – I wasn’t able to go to bible study last Wednasday because they held us up on programming radio’s and I have 21 in my name – But I will make it to church tonight – Better e-mail my friend to save me a spot -JUST a friendly warning –Hold your nose when you go comment – There is alot of stinky feet all over them – So don’t forget everybody – Allways HOLD THOSE HEADS HIGH AND GOD BLESS ALL!!

Hello USA – Yet another beautiful day in the sand – Stay positive John or you will scare off your chain – Yes 3 more days and a wake up – I have had it – Gosh I need so bad to have those 4 pilled in my lap like Santa - 10 am and I am stressed to the max – I so am going to put my foot down when I get back – No vehicle and doing 2 jobs has taken its toll this morning – But there is a bright side – The India’s lunch bus will be here before long and man I sure hope its fish heads – I gotta get a picture of that slop – Talked to Bubba and he is on go for the race – Man I are getting excited – Thats what I need to do is think of all the fun I am going to have and MAYBEY I can do my 3 days – I am considering taking a vacation day the 15th just to get away from all this crap – I could do what I am fighting but time will fix it – Here is the add man doesn’t that get your blood pumping? World finals great gobs of burning rubber – Man I am unstressing by the minute – We be going to the 26th race but the 27th would be some bad boyz also – I can not afford to tie up 2 days on racing beings I have nearly planned my hole R$R -Some reason we are under U3 again today – So outside yes the 40 lb jacket and brain bucket has to be worn – Seems quiet to me – But I recon they know alot more than us on whats going on outside the (wire)-Now they are fixing to have us caged inside the wire – Stupid but yes they are putting a fence around our Hooc ville – Probably to keep the fillipino girls from sneaking in – No I am not fooling with them but it happens alot – Simple as going to the PX at night – See told ya I need a vehicle (NOT) – So if anybody wants to go to Baytown just look for the overdressed bald headed dude – I have a writers block and am going to make it short and sweet – Hope all has a great weekend and best of all don’t forget to HOLD THOSE HEADS HIGH AND GOD BLESS ALL!!

Hello USA- Yet another beautifull day in the sand – If I am absent from work tomorrow the picture should say it all – Take and burn some fish let it sit out for a 1/2 day , then reheat it in grease again – They call that stuff in the top left – MIXER- Reason being whatever it is you mix it with the rice – It is an India’s plate – It is very very spicey – Believe me there is not enough rice to cool it down enough – But like they say it will make a terd – Beings I have no vehicle I eat their food quiet often – Sometimes it is fish heads – Yes fish heads – Boy there is something I miss – That was taken at an 1/8 mile track I volunteered at – I was making sure that that car didn’t cross the yellow line to do their burnout – They do not have slicks on it – For the big boys with slicks they can and do pull past it and get on some of the good track – Regular tires will eat the surface up – November the 26th I will be going to a really bad race – 1/4 mile cars doing over 200 mph – I also staged cars after this little job – Staging meant calling in all the car info to the tower – Pro tree or regular tree – No time for the dudes betting in the pits and don’t want to let anyone know how fast he went through the 1/8 mile – Well this day so far sure is flying – Man not fast enough though – Everybody enjoy their Friday cause I sure am – So happy weekend eve to all and don’t forget to always HOLD THOSE HEADS HIGH AND GOD BLESS ALL !!

Hello USA – Allright so I have a bad habit – Can you cast the first stone? – Man speaking of casting – Won’t be long now – Yep – There is one of sadams get aways -  That dude had it made – Sure glad to see it being used by our soldiers now – Can’t imagine what all that dude has encountered in this war over here -They so deserve the luxuries butt had- So even at home its always relaxing to go fishing after a good days work – Most of us don’t work like these guys but its still relaxes me – I many a times would go to my fishing hole straight from work – Been known to get the minnows on the way back to the shop in the work van – I always had everything else in my trunk – Yep you know your a red neck when you take the rental car back with small hooks (my eyes are poor) stuck in the trunks carpet – Some of the best fishing I have encountered was in November – The sand trout are running – My first x wanted to go fishing on our honeymoon – ( I should have known she was fake) – We were fishing and this man came up and asked me if he could buy one of my fish – I asked him why – He said to catch bigger sand trout you use cut up trout – They are cannables and enjoy eating their wounded etc- I gave him one and the memory of getting one out of the cooler  was cold and slimmy – Looked like snot running off my hands from the fish slime and cold!! -(sorry but it did look like snot)- So looks like I just talked myself into making that little journey and go check them out – There went 2 days – Thats ok it still leaves 12 – Yes some of them are planned – (Bubba) The big race at Baytown is the 26th and 27th – Thats going to get my lungs back to where they belong – Hope all have a Beautifull Thursday I know I am – 5 days and a wake up man I need this one – Don’t forget to HOLD THOSE HEADS HIGH AND GOD BLESS ALL

Hello USA – Yet another fine day in the sand – That is a dove – Pictures don’t do them good though – It would take 4 Texas sized doves to equal 1 of these – They are very common over here and I have been seing lots of them – I took that picture of a site – Iraqi animals – Man I am trying to quit that nasty habbit of dipping – I have been doing it a really long time – I have been trying the Nicorett gum – So far I put 2 dips in – Only to spit them right back out – I know I can do this – I need to for my daughters if nobody else – Kinda hard to spit doing 80 on a bike anyway – I don’t care how much red neck you have in you – It just ain’t gonna work – I have alot of will power so we will see- Boy would I like to be on that lake soaking up Gods nature flick and catching some fish – Man that is surelly gonna fit in some how – All is quit and I have been searching and adding things to my spreadsheet for the tool room – Man I am having fun – I fill like i did when i first came here – I am anxious to get to work again – What a cool feeling to have back – This time next week I will be in the air – Look out Texas here i come – Gonna have so much fun it should be against the law – Hope all has a great Wednesday – I know I am and its 2/3 done – Gotta get busy -The birds are fine and I think they are through doing the matting thing – I am pretty sure there is 3 babies in the box – Nanny is in there right now begging Butch for some puke – I mean food – I brought them some celery back at lunch and they are in bird heaven – Nanny will get on your nerves begging like that though - She makes this whinning kinda squeeks – Just glad they are not in the same room – I can see them through the glass though and hear her still – Have a great one and don’t forget to HOLD THOSE HEADS HIGH AND GOD BLESS ALL –JOHN