ExCiTeMeNt!!!!

I can hardly believe it! I have a Guest CT spot for Duchess Designs!!! I am still so new to the digi world, but I love it! So surprised for the spot, but am estatic! I will show my LO's I do on here too!

Back finally~

Okay, I got all wrapped up talking to DH last night. We were discussing upcoming stuff for his retirement ceremony. Even though I have only been able to share in about 1/5 of his career, I feel he deserves a VERY nice retirement ceremony and reception. And I don't mean expensive when I say VERY nice, but it does cost. We were looking for a shadow box he will need for the ceremony. Found the perfect one, in shape of a ship's wheel since he is a quartermaster (navigator). There's about $350 not including the cost of mounting his medals, awards & everything.

We are having the ceremony at the D-Day museum in New Orleans. I'm excited and think it is fitting since we had his last re-enlistment ceremony (only one I was with him for) at a Maritime museum in Texas. But they don't have a private room for a reception. So we are going to look for a place around there or Slidell that we can rent a room. It would be nice to present those who participate a small token of appreciation if we are able. I'm excited as we will hopefully have the Navy Band there and we are hoping to have it approved from DS's school for the color guard of his JROTC present colors. Anyways you'll hear more about that as we get stuff scheduled.

We are BIG Dave Ramsey listeners and are working towards becoming debt free. We have already promised each other not to use any of our credit cards. We will pay them off, cancel & demolish the cards! So if we don't have the cash, we just plain can't afford it! So we have school shopping now, birthdays, retirement and Christmas all in a short span of time. I need ideas to help raise money for his retirement ceremony. I am about to start working on some personalized tumbled coaster (will be fun and hopefully profitable, LOL). Give me any ideas you possibly can.

Fundraising Ideas?????

Ok, here's my thing. (You will find I speak very plain, and well, pretty blunt). i have been with my Hubby for a little over 5 years. He will be retiring from the US Navy in Jan. with 24 years of service. So his career had been long before me. He doesn't see it that way, so maybe it's just me. I have been through some of the 'typical' Navy Wife issues, but not in the sense that many military wives have. I will never try to take from them what the long-term wives have gone through, so I honestly feel 'incomplete' as a Navy wife. Ok, let me go back a little bit.

When I met him, he was on sea duty. We both knew when we met that this was different, that 'this' was going somewhere long term. (Which is soooo what I was NOT looking for at this time, but that story is for later). His friends accepted me right away and I just kinda chalked that up to a 'friend' thing. They were (and are) such great people! I miss many of them sooooo much! He was suppose to retire January '05. We had just had a baby, so he was going to extend when his recruiter suggested re-enlisting. So he decided to. We were stationed in New Orleans, but decided to live in Mississippi. But, we do not live in a Navy community. We like where we live, but it's not the same. So it's not until now that I realize what it really was that we have. I miss it! We always had people over to our house, our were invited to our friends. It's just a totally different life.

Okay, I will be back in a minute to explain what I am looking for.