Phone number for messages for Jonathan

The following phone number is a Google Voice number where people can leave voicemail messages for me while I'm in Kuwait.
253-642-6897

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family. We are grateful that you are a part of our lives. May we all be truly thankful for all of the blessings in our lives.

Family Photos

We had photos taken at Sears yesterday. I expect to have some with the annual newsletter (once it gets written. I have even started it yet, as I have too many embroidery projects in the works right not.)

Drill Competition

East Coweta JROTC won:
1st place in: Color Guard (commanded by Jon Paul), Armed Standard, Unarmed Standard, Overall.
3rd Place in: Inspection (commanded by Jon Paul and Naomi was a participating cadet) and Exhibition.
AND... Jon Paul GOT 2nd PLACE IN KNOCKOUT DRILL- he lost first place in a very tough tie breaker.

Photos to come a bit later once they are downloaded from the camera.

Weight Loss Tracker

I have added a tracker for my weight loss. It's at the bottom of the page. I will try and remember to update it each Friday after my weigh-in at the Weight Watchers meeting.

Myrtle Beach

Last weekend, Jonathan and I led a marriage retreat in Myrtle Beach. Here is a photo of the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday from the balcony of our hotel room (17th floor).

online year book for Penn Foster

Denise's photo has been entered into the online yearbook for Penn Foster High School.

http://community.pennfoster.edu/penn_foster_yearbook1/m/2009yearbook/729.aspx

Halloween

go to Denise's blog to see photos of our Halloween (All Saint's Eve) fun.

http://nephewl89.blogspot.com/

mailing address for Jonathan

Jonathan is expected to leave for Kuwait right after Thanksgiving. Some of you have been asking about his mailing address and a "wish list" for care packages. Here is an email from him about that:
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USARCENT/CFLCC
Chaplain's Office
ATTN: Chaplain Landon
APO AE 09306

Make sure that you tell anyone who wants the address NOT to send anything until about the second week in December, because if a package shows up there addressed to me, and I haven't inprocessed (so the mailroom doesn't recognize my name) they may just mark it "return to sender" and shoot it right back.

Some notes toward a wish list...

Sunflower seeds are always good.
Jerky (if you can get it through customs).
100-calorie snack packs of various sorts.
Oriental rice crackers.
Soy nuts (Yes, I've had 'em before, and they're yummy)
Low carb, high-protein snack bars.

Maybe some yarn and knitting or crochet pattern books? I dunno about how much time I'll spend knitting. Probably more than I did in Iraq, since I'll probably have Internet access in my room so I can watch streaming TV shows on my computer and can knit while I watch 'em.

Maybe Audible.com audio-book gift certificates so I can get audiobooks to load on an MP3 player to listen to while I'm in the gym. I have quite a few books I've not listened-to yet. Since I don't have any device now except my laptop I haven't been using Audible much - can't listen on the road and can't listen in the gym - but I'll probably go through those fairly quickly once I get to Kuwait.

Can't really think of other things I might want to use over there for now. There is no shortage of books at Camp Arifjan. There's a book room in the PX mall where people can get books - not required to check 'em out or return them, which is nice because that means people can take books to read even when they know they'll be traveling before they finish the book. Therefore the only books that I'd really profit from would be books of professional interest (professional reading for
military officers or for preachers/pastors).

Maybe I'll start a blog where I can make a wish list of book titles I've run across that sound interesting to me, and I can delete them when I've read them. A blog entry of other wish-list request items would probably be a good idea, too.

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I will post an update if he gets the blog set up.

*** Be sure if you mail a package that you use a flat rate box and make sure you get the discount for an APO address (it's a couple of $$ less).