Sunday, July 27, 2008

Update from the Stan

Well hello everyone! It's been a bit since I have put any pictures up, I thought I'd start with this one...... And yes that is the right temperature, I would guess about 6 out of the 7 days of work it gets about this hot. But anything after 100 degrees feels about the same. To supplement the heat I drink between 5 to 8 liters of water a day.

This was the first cloud that I had seen in nearly 2 months, you know a real cloud, not a dust cloud.......... And then it rained yesterday Saturday the 26th for 2 hours straight, we played Frisbee and just stood in the rain the whole time, I think the Temp. dropped to 78 degrees, it was kinda cold!







This is what happens to 30mm rounds when an A-10 gun jams, I know that is bad but it really tore up those rounds, cool huh.











Well I made this Campbell soup can on a board, to leave behind so people would know how was in Afghanistan, But they took the board down, because the other shift couldn't keep it free of profanity, So I cut it out and will be sending it home, I took alot of hard work to do, plus all the guys from work that helped out......




I got dared to put as many sunflower seeds in my mouth at once, I put half a large bag in my mouth.












Ever wonder what it looks like with 62 pieces of bubble gum in your mouth, Well me and Risk were trying to see how could put more gum in their mouth. We stopped at 53, and then he decieded to keep going, I couldnt let him win so when he got 60 in his mouth i pushed 2 more. In bubble gum there is 20 calories per piece and 5 grams of sugar. I had my calorie intake in just that sitting. My stomach really hated me after wards.......This is what we do to keep our Morale up, out here, hahaha

















well these are the new AF bombs, not only do they weigh 1/3 of the old ones but you can see by me laying down next to one how small they are. if you are curious about them look up SDB bomb on goggle.


Well everyone thanks for your support, thanks for the packages of beef jerky mom and dad cooper, And you Ang for the bright green flip flops..... I love you and miss you ....... Oh and David sunflower seeds/ Double Bubble chewing gum for keeping our moral up. See you later













Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Girls Trip

These last couple of months have been very difficult for me because my best friend and my husband is away helping out with enduring freedom of our beloved country. Since I have been so worried and have heard every possible fear (from him and the news) that one fells one your husband is deployed in a dangerous country it was time for a break. What better time then the worst month that Afghanistan has had throughout this whole war has taken place!! Poor Josh... I don't think some people understand the big sacrifice that he is doing for his country in this scary and horrible place he is at!! So to those around please be kind to Josh he is facing some very trying times at this point and has seen a lot of things that one couldn't imagine send him nice letters and nice words because he really needs to hear that not negative stuff anyways... so me as the worrier and missing him terrible my good friend Candy and I took a little holiday of our own because her wonderful husband is facing some of the same trials that Josh is facing being deployed!! Bless them also with there hard times!! So we decided to take a time out and relax in Lanzarote!! What a fun trip!!! I am glad that I got to spend such a great time with such a great friend, Who knows what it is like to be missing the one you Love!! Anyways... it is a Spanish island off the coast of Africa it was hot... but didn't stop me from shopping! On Sunday (since Candy's grandparents lived here and she visited the island a lot she was tour guide Barbie this round) we went to this really cool market!!! The square was so beautiful along with the area... this island is know for there garlic sauces so I bought Josh some wonderful sauces for him to try!! You have to go to this island if you ever can go!!!
The island has some inactive volcanoes which was cool to see the island had its last volcanic eruption in the 1800's and the hotel offered a tour of the island where these volcanoes erupted so a lot of the island was actually hot lava that had been cooled!! On the way up to these volcanoes there is a really cool restaurant that tells about the history and has little fun activities that they demonstrate to you and show you how hot it is underneath and it is hot!! But the picture above is a fig tree that this man planted on top of this volcanic area thinking this fig tree would grow well it didn't and guess his camel died along with it. So these are the remains of this famous story in this restaurant.
As you see how hot the ground is it catches this hay pile on fire when placed inside this hole and let me tell you it was hot!!!
Also the island has 300 camels on it that are owned privately by people and they make a living giving camel rides! I never thought I would ever do this in my life but I rode a camel around this little area!! It was a lot of fun but one tried to eat me when I was trying to take a picture of it!!
All of us getting ready for a ride of our life!!
The area that we took this camel ride on!! With mountains in the background not volcano's sorry!!
This is the part where the lava stopped into the ocean and created all this cool formations and stuff in the lava!!


One formation that was created!! If you would like to learn more about Lanzarote visit the website www.discoverlanzarote.com!! It was a great little break but I still miss Josh!!