I posted about Cinderella’s wedding on juliannah by design. What I did not talk about was everything that seemed to work against us getting to and from the wedding. Let me start at the beginning. We left last Friday the 22nd. We had to travel two hours to the wedding destination and I needed air [...]
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Tags: Butterfly, cinderella, getting lost, Lady Godiva, Tango, wedding 
3 Comments »I posted about the wedding here. Please visit to read about Cinderella’s wedding and to view pics. Bear with me I am using a different computer and I am taking some time to relax and watch mindless TV. Here is a pic of Butterfly, a mini-me of Cinderella, and the very special flower girl.
So which would you like first? Since I tend to be an optimist, I am going with the good news first. As of Feb. 1, LCpl Honda will be known as Cpl Honda. YEA!!! He has waited for this for a while. Since there are so many people in the Marine Corps and there are [...]
Please go read about Cinderella’s upcoming wedding!
I have read on a few military wives’ blogs about deployment gremlins. I am assuming they are problems that only crop up during deployment. My gremlins definitely inhabit that damn car. Yes, LCpl Honda’s car. Just when you think, all is well the curse of the car strikes again. LCpl Honda emailed me on Sunday [...]
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Today’s Military Monday is taking on a more personal note as it should because my son, Lcpl Honda reenlisted for another four years into the US Marine Corps!. He stood on the flight deck of the ship on which he is current deployed and to the oath and once again pledge to honor and defend [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: cinderella, LCpl Honda, military, military families, military Monday, reenlistment, wedding 9 Comments »I ran across this story via Twitter and I just had to reblog it. It originally appeared in the St. Petersburg and online at tampabay.com. WWII Vet And Wife Are Finally At Rest BUSHNELL — The two teenagers got to the cemetery first. He wore his dark green dress uniform from the National Guard. She [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: bronze star, funeral, Purple Heart, veteran, World War II 3 Comments »Today is my birthday. I do not know why but I did not feel very happy this morning. I guess because this has been such a tough year. Losing Lolly Pop Kid was the single worst thing that I have ever been through. I did not feel like celebrating and I so wish I could [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: birthday, blog, clouds, Grief, Lolly Pop Kid, love, military 2 Comments »I am praying for a better year. I am looking forward to watching Cinderella walk down the aisle on her father’s arm to be given away to a most wonderful man. I am so happy to welcome Tango to our family. I am also happy to become part of Tango’s family. More peeps to love. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: deployment, family, LCpl Honda, Lolly Pop Kid, New Years's Day 3 Comments »
