Life as we know it Category

The Happy Guy

In: Life as we know it

If you’re reading this you’ve obviously been here before. Seldom does this website get random visitors so I know most of my audience. You’re aware of my temperament. You know that I like to rant and I fly off the handle with ease. This blog (in its various incarnations) has been a venue for my [...]

Additional details

In: Life as we know it

A few weeks ago I wrote a single post titled approved. Here is the rest of the info.
Over the last six years I’ve been dreaming of ways to exit my current career field and continue on in the military while doing a different job. A few weeks ago my wish was finally granted. I was [...]

Approved

In: Life as we know it

It was approved today. This photo is the best representation of how I felt when I found out I was approved.

That’s all I know (and all I’m telling) for now.

What happened?

In: Life as we know it

Via a status update on Facebook, of all places, I learned that a friend of mine had committed suicide. I’m still struggling to understand how the kid I knew reached that point in his life.
When I was 13 or 14 I spent many hours over at his house watching TV or playing computer games [...]

Puppy Love

In: Life as we know it, photos

Havoc is getting bigger by the day! She will be 4 months old on Tuesday and is reaching 40lbs
Since John is gone, he asked me to take pictures of everything and since some of them are pretty cute, I thought I’d share.

Leaving home

In: Life as we know it, desert

It’s that time once again. I’m set to get on a plane and travel half way across the planet away from everyone that I know and love.
I’m headed to Iraq for another 4 month stint in what should be a relatively easy trip. I’ve got my bags packed and this time my trip will [...]

Updated info

In: wedding

I’ve updated the Wedding Information page with some new information. There is a contact form if you have any questions and don’t have my email address. I’ll respond as quick as I can.

My uneducated view

In: Life as we know it, ahh the news, rants

I’m 15 pages deep into Economics 201 I don’t know near enough to figure out what has and hasn’t work in our economy in the past few years. I’m sure that with one to two more years of study I still won’t know enough to figure it out. What I do know is that the [...]

Havoc in our day

In: Life as we know it, family

Havoc – general destruction, devastation, desolation or wasting. In our case, its a little puppy that hasn’t destroyed anything as of yet. She does have a nose for socks and she always seems to find them. They can be off the floor but if we leave her unwatched for a minute or two she’ll [...]

Aaaand we’re done

In: Life as we know it, family

We both overate but we survived the day and nobody got any food poisoning. The smoked turkey turned out quite well and was a hit – a few people overlooked Jessica’s contribution until I pointed it out. They realized their error in logic and quickly told Jessica how much they liked her version.
Jessica and I [...]