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September 27, 2004
Here are some of the pictures
This was a train trip to Taormina that my friend Wendy and I took a couple of weeks ago. I simply love this city. It is storybook Italy.
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Hello, I am still here! We have been extremely busy lately which means that my computer time has been short lately. Here is the short list of things we have done. Many of these things have pictures associated, which I have to stop procrastinating and put into the album.
A friend of mine and I, took our children on a train trip up to the gorgeous city of Taormina (there are already pictures in the album of this city).
The boys and I set up our tent at the housing playground area and spent the night tending to a pig that had to cook over 27 hours. This was a lot more fun than it sounds, much laughter, much rain, much, much mud. And a wee bit of lemoncello.
Built (okay so it was the crappy pressboard kind) two bookcases and a dresser for the boys’ rooms.
Went through a change in the Commanding Officer of my hospital (really loved the old one but looks like we will also like the new one).
Knitted two baby sweaters and four mini socks (size of pinky finger – just for fun).
Survived first day back to school and officially became a school bus, ferrying six kids to school (neighbor brings them home) so that the chaotic school bus can be avoided.
Completed a HUGE report for work and presented it twice (more to come) which resulted in the implementation of three new policies in our hospital.
Decided once and for all to retire November 2005 and started actively looking for property.
HAH! Did you catch that? I will have many more details in the months to come but the short story is that I took my blinders off (or rather had them rudely ripped from me) regarding my role in the Navy and realized that I have to put my family first. So if you check the main page of this blog and not just the link from the email, you will see the retirement countdown once again. I am very excited about it (okay and a lot scared). I hope to continue to travel as much as I have been doing but it looks like the rest of my stay in Italy will be colored by whether or not I am making mortgage payments on my very first house!
Now as a total side note, to you Floridians out there, I hope you came through hurricane Jeanne okay. I haven’t had a chance to call anyone there since it moved through (damn the time difference!). It probably isn’t so much as the actual hurricane as it is the tornadoes that follow for a few days after the storm. See. Here is yet another reason for y’all to move to higher ground!
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