for 24 hours in Germany!! 
IThat's OK, I did the same thing. My dh was military too.I didn't really start paying attention to what was happening in the world until about 11 years ago. I guess better late than never, right?!?
But, normally, we get a pretty big refund because we live overseas. One nice perk. 
Okay I am FINALLY current on ALL the post I missed for the last fews months while my life was crazy.
It's ok, I'm so glad you're back!
IT was WONDERFUL meeting Mary(Maroo) in real life with Tinytreasures at the world GOTTA LOVE ME SOME SEASONS at Epcot not to MENTION my HUBBY is STILLin her debt for the wonderful service she did us.
Isn't she the greatest!?
Liesa,
I am so sorry to hear of the unexpected passing of your MIL
However I am very excited for your family to be coming back into the states.
Thanks so much for your condolensces! It was sudden, but in the end probably the best way the Lord could have taken her.
I can't say that we are "excited" yet, I'm sure that will grow. For now we need to focus on our remaining months and the dreaded chore of packing!
Although I was in dismay to realize that although you extended us the invite to join the trip we had the wrong dates down so don't know if we will be able to meet up after all as we had down the 13-24 as you were going to be at the World. However hubby saids we will try to make it down a couple of days earlier since neither he nor our 9 year old son REALLY want to do the High Tea with me and if I am not able to join your party for that they will have too.Plus since we haven't made our flight or WDW revs we can do that.
Expectally SINCE I have that quilt material for you
I will go ahead and reveal that our TEA date is set for Sunday, Sept. 12th. It will just be LeeAnn and I, and you are more than welcome to join us!!
Quilting fabric is my lust!! I love it!
Tell your SON AWESOME job on the SATs and getting in ROTC as a full ride that is so great to hear.
I will tell him that there are a lot of people proud of him!!I sure hope it works out that he can pass the physical!
Bekka can come and live with us for a while if she wants to visit the Midwest I mean Kansas is dap smack in the middle of everywhere LOL.
Right now, her plan is to move back ahead of us in June and start some Community College classes. She's got her sights on starting a nursing program after her last year!
Currently our son is in an arm immozer for leaning back again the rail of his playgroup equipement and missing and falling through the firemen pole hole.
My son has the SAME thing!! He's never been labelled or officially diagnosed with Ausperger's, but I'm pretty sure that's what we're dealing with. SO, I TOTALLY GET IT, about the high pain threshhold AND the responses. When Zach got his thumb cut off, he barely cried at all! So strange! So sorry that he broke his little arm! Poor thing!!I'd be mad too that they didn't believe him.
My job has been flapping back and forth about if I will have one and what shift and what I will be doing since we came back from WDW.
Hoping that job situation gets ironed out. Being out of work is no fun!
We are also currently house hunting so that too plays into if we will be able to get to the world. But we have already started our Disney fund (separate from the house and saving fund of course) and in fact I happen to catch a winning bet on ebay and got 200 pins for $149 which since I paid $250 last year for 210 am very happy about.
That'd be really great if that works out- let us know! Extra cash for Disney is always a great thing.
Also strange enough before I started reading your PTR again we were/are talking about staying at PORFQ verse POP due to the fact that POP was so wired all the time it keep our son hoping non stop which really didn't work good.
That'd be fun to have you right next door! Getting over to tea would be a breeze sharing the bus.
Anyway just wanted to fill you in and to let you know that am both following and expecting to meet up with you guys in the world and way too bad I missed the AR game though I did play along as I read it got 4 out of them so don't think that is bad and can't wait for the next game to be played. Also let me know what TOP still needs in the way of travelling clothes cause my son keep taking the computer away between 40-50 post to read over them and kept losing my spot so I have no idea if you have gotten all 7 of his/her outfits or it there are any left to be made.
Anything for World Showcase except a kilt would be wonderful!! Let your creativity run wild! S/he is looking forward to a him-her fashion show!
I'm going to admit I've been skimming here in an effort to catch up. I notice that you are globe trotting and visiting almost everyone!
I confess, I'm going to skim Jordan's report next and mostly skip the 10 pages I am behind- knowing I'm going to miss some hilarious stuff. Ah well... sometimes it has to happen. 
Well either way, I've already requested the days off
It would be great though, if some room sharing could happen! Glad we're starting the planning now, so stuff like this can be figured out!All I know is I love walking into the shop in Morocco!So colorful. I'm sure I could find so many things to purchase from there. Not much help am I?
We had lots of camels in Alice Springs, Australia. They aren't native to Australia of course, but now there are so many that roam wild in the Outback. Chuck and I did a "Take a Camel to Dinner" thing that was really cool. Did a camel ride and then had a chef made us a private dinner. It wasn't supposed to be private, but no one else was there that night.
with some pita flatbread.
Would have been a better choice than what I had
pepperoni
pirate booty
girl scout cookies
and I'm still hungry
so much for my great work at the gym this week!
I know just what you mean, I'm so greatful. I too have thought about the time I was born, I think about living through some of the things my grandparents or great grandparents went through and thought there would be no way in the world I would have been able to live through those things without falling apart. I guess that's why God placed me in the place and time He did.
I know it's not the same thing, and I realize your going back to a place you love over a place you would probably rather do with out, but change is change. I've never made that big of a drastic change in my life, I admire your strength, and I admire your dedication to the work of The Kingdom.
I can't say I would be able to do the same, it's hard to admit that, but at the same time I guess God made us all to be and do different things for His Kingdom, and maybe me traveling to remote places isn't one of them.
This is far better than the woman who nursed her child walking and yes I said walking through the Commissary while the child was tall enough and old enough to walk, yes I said walk.... under her shirt and nurse as she shopped. Needless to say, someone like the Commanders wife had to have a talk with her about this.COULD YOU IMAGINE!!??!!
COULD YOU IMAGINE HAVING TO BE THE ONE TO TALK WITH HER?!?!
Mmmmmm, my favorite foreign food to eat. Med. food is by far the most fun to eat besides eating with chop sticks, also another fav. of mine.
nodnol and I were talking today that it was a shame that you did not connect through Munich airport since Neuschwanstein would be really close to Munich. That wouldn't be an option for your flights I suppose? Munich is Lufthansa's second hub in Germany and they do have quite a lot of flights to the East...
We are both looking forward to help you with any planning if you need any help!
Morning Liessa !!!! Ort what ever time it is in Blankistan!!!
Glad I wasn't the only one! The thing is, now that I think about it more, I already knew that. But, I think it was because he was being so funny about everything and I totally read it wrong in my head (just 'cause). Oh well.
Remember that!?Aww, we miss you too, Liesa! Good idea to get the quilt taken care of though, it will be one less thing for you to worry about, esp with hand quilting it. Yuck for taxes, but hooray for getting a good refund!
) will really love this quilt!!
I know you don't want to sell that awesome quilt but you did make this one... you can make another.
Man the gubmint wants their money no matter where you are...even if that place is Crapistan!
I'm trying to tie up all my loose PTR/TR ends before we leave in 3 days!!!!!!!!!!
LOL yes it is!!!!
One of my favorite movies of all time!!!
So is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADARBPqldsA
Leisa, we'll most certainly miss you.
I love you sister friend, so take care of the ol' taxes and don't worry about us. We'll all be here.
Tim, that movie is a laugh riot! Thank you for the video.
I can't get away with "skimming" my own PTR, and I would never want to anyway!! You're all so funny and fun, and sweet and great to hang around with! 
Dinner?? Who knows!! At least it was a househelper day, and my house is clean again after a long weekend of not touching it.
I know it's more than a year out that I won't be in our new house in Salem, but I'm already looking forward to soaking in my hot tub with a good Rose' or Chablis with my hubby, looking out over the river with the rain pouring down all around, all around. 
Kinda like Hannibal Lekter.
With camels spitting (yes! they really DO spit!) and kangaroos kicking, it's quite the wild place!
Nasty, nasty stuff. Alice Springs holds the Camel Cup every year where people race camels around a track. I got to see a camel spit up close and personal. Not pretty. It cracks me up everytime!: Okay..now we had the talk about you pausing your PTR while we're gone, right? Because otherwise I'm going to have an awful lot to catch up on when I get back. :
