First anysoldier.org email

I've been using the site AnySoldier.org for a while now ... every day I pick a new name and write a letter ... tonight I received my first email back from someone who got my letter ... he is a Cpl in the Marines ... and it was so nice to hear from someone ... I of course wrote back right away ...


hearing that my letter made someone feel good about what they are doing and appreciate the support meant so much to me ... especially after David and I spent the day signing 150 Christmas cards and addressing them to troops ... it really is nice to know that we can help in some way ...


since it is after 1AM it is now Turkey day ... Happy Thanksgiving to everyone ... I believe we all have so much to be thankful for this year ... :)

Writing more often

I am not sure what has been happening that I haven't been writing ... but I need to get better ... so lets recap what has been happening ...


Last weekend David and I got a new coffee table that is totally awesome ... a new end table ... and new hall lights ... all of them rock ... it was a great weekend ... and my coffee table is so great for scrapbooking I can hardly believe it ... and the new lights are beautiful ...


at the beginning of the month we made our first attempt at having a baby but alas it didn't happen on the first try ... I didn't really think that it would but it should would have been great if it did ... we are both so excited to expand our family of 2+cat ... :)


On Thursday David developed the most awesome lint catcher for the dryer ... it may not sound that great but we don't have a vent that leads outside so the house can get pretty dusty from all the lint ... his contraption is amazing ... and he put dimmer switches on our hall and entry lights which makes such a huge difference ... sometimes they were a bit too bright ...


This weekend I discovered [was told about by my brother] FreeCycle.org ... the site is amazing ... it is location specific ... and people list stuff they are giving away or things they are looking for ... so far I have given away our coffee table and someone is coming by tomorrow morning to pick it up ... and I posted that I needed paperback books and other items for care packages for our troops in Iraq and have gotten 4 responses from people so far that have things to donate ... so awesome ... the site is totally worth checking out ... it is like eBay for free ... I mean we had to get rid of our old coffee table ... it is in good shape and I hated to give it away ... now it will have a good home ... this will be a fantastic way to get rid of stuff that has piled up in the house that we just don't need anymore ... I highly suggest checking it out ... :)

Dinner with Family

Tonight David and I went over the Jenny and Jason's house for dinner and had such a great time ... Ellie was awake for awhile so we got to play with her and hang out while she took a bath ... and boy does she love her bath ... she is such a different baby in a short amount of time ... I didn't realize how much a baby changes from 3 months to 5 months ...


Then Jason, Jenny, David and I had salads and pizza and hung out and talked ... it really was so much fun ... I am so glad we live close to my brother and his family ... we always have such a good time hanging out with them ...

Bummer Yankees

As my last post was publishing the Red Sox got a two run hit and won the 4th game ... so tomorrow there will be another game ... so finally the Yankees can kick their ass ...

Let's Go Yankees

We of course have been die hard Yankees fans ... they are in the playoffs with the Boston Red Sox ... the Yankees have won 3 games and are headed for the World Series and right now ... at after 1 in the morning it is the bottom of the 12th inning and tied at 4 to 4 ...


The Red Sox fans are cheering like they will go into the World Series if they win tonight ... I realize they are just trying to hang on for another chance at a 5th game ... but come on ... they have lost the first 3 games ... lets get to the real champs and have the Yankees advance to the World Series ... :)

Lexus fun

Today Jason, Jenny, Eliana, Mark, Sonni, David & I spent the day at the Lexus test drive event at FedEx Field ... and we had a great time ... they had 3 different drive tracks set up and you could test drive the Lexus and compareable cars in their class ...


We drove a Range Rover on the off road course and it was awesome ... through gravel pits and a huge dirt mountain ... the asscent was a bit hairy but david did an awesome job ... the car was simply beautiful ... it must be wonderful having a car like that ...


Then we went to the race course and we drove a Mercedes S430 and a BMW 745i ... he took the curves with speed and it was amazing ... David loved the BMW the best ... he would have driven the course over and over if he could ...


We all then went into the tent and had lunch and hung out and talked ... it was awesome ... Ellie was a doll and laughed while I made faces at her ...


It was truly a fabulous day ...

Christopher Reeve

I was quite sad to hear that Christopher Reeve passed away yesterday ... he had a spirit to triumph over anything and that will surly be missed ...