I received some very sad news today. My friend, Denessa Smith passed through the veil this morning due to surgical complications. This loss will be felt through so many communities for many years to come. My heart goes out to her surviving family... her son John and her partner Annette.

Gods, I wish I could go home right now and be there for them ( Read more... )

I have very few pictures of myself in uniform (Yeah can you believe it? Me the camera nazi!) but here are a few from my first year in ROTC at CMU!


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Most of ya'll know I am not a fan of MySpace... shoot the only reason why I have one is because we used Myspace for a class project in my Homeland Security program at APSU. Anyways, for once that dumb profile paid off!!! Out of the blue I get a friends request from my old college roommate! Gods, I have not talked to Jan in over 4 years and that was ( Read more... )

Just a short post to let everyone know that we made it home safe and sound.... Jim went back to work yesterday, DJ went to school today, and I am trying to unpack and clean the house... ugh! Had no power for 4 hours today so I was at least able to get in a nap! HAHAHA ( Read more... )

OK, so nothing ever goes as planned but if you cut out all the silly shit that happened tonight (such as getting lost in Ann Arbor for 45 minutes and being late to our hot tub reservations or getting some frantic calls from the sisters as I am getting my hot tub on) then it was a pretty darn good night ( Read more... )

Who knew that in today's day in age and in such a progressive area such as Michigan you would find BLATENT discrimnation against gay couples?! Had plans with a bunch of friends to go bowling on New Years Eve at this all night couples bowl. When we went to go pay for our tickets, Jim and I were the only ones who could!!!! The owners literally told ( Read more... )

Well the drive to Michigan was actually a really decent one for a change... very little traffic (except hitting rush hour in Nashville), very little snow and ice, and we made great time! So we are here and we are going to bed! Promise to write more later! LOL!

I just wanted to quickly thank EVERYONE who was able to make it to Yule supper tonight, and another thanks to those who could not make it but still managed to call and let me know.... THANK YOU! It would not have been such a success without each of you! I appreciate it ( Read more... )