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My hubby was military officer for several years and is now "attached" to the military as DoD Civilian... He just returned from his second trip to Iraq/Kuwait... He didn't have to stay as long as most of the soldiers did, had a 3 month break before returning, but email is a wonderful thing... I can't imagine what soldiers wives went throug prior to the email age, being as letters took 2-3 weeks on good weeks to get to them...

My home DZ is located on private grass/kaliche (sp) strip and when we do night jumps someone always has to run the strip with a vehicle or the golf carts to scare the deer off... You see them crossing the strip and standing off to the sides all the time... What we won't do to Jump!

Madeleine's!! We ate breakfast there one morning..You're right and it rocks!!

All we did was eat and drink (to excess) while we were there...

We went to Emeril's restaurant back in November when Hubby was home on R&R... It was awesome, meal wasn't badly priced, but drink before you get there and after you leave... Bar tab was just as expensive as the meal!! And of course Cafe DuMonde for the Beignets and coffee in the morning!!

I want to go back!!

If you get the chance swing over to Moss Pointe and Gold Coast Skydiving! Great bunch of people!

Well it's only because my hubby left 3-Jan-05 and won't be back until 2-Apr-05, but we'll make up for it once he gets back!

Laughing.. I actually saw one on the road the other day... Was totally amazed it was still operational!

Happy Quarter of a Century Old!! That's what my Dad told me on my 25th... Another good friend always says you have two choices get older or get dead.. So live it up and have a great day!!

We have a lovable 150lb Newfoundland who just celebrated his 2nd birthday! Hard to believe he slept behind the commode when we brought him home!

Usually pretty hot, think things through prior to going in, and don't become a victim yourself.. Use good body mechanics as well, had a couple guys end up with back strains because they were trying to be macho!! It was actually great experience for me though..

Baking recipes or food recipes?? I love to bake, but have quite an extensive repertoire (sp) of recipes... Here's a kick butt never fail BBQ Brisket recipe...

Brisket, BBQ Brisket rub (your favorite), 2 bottles Italian Dressing, your favorite BBQ sauce..

Place Brisket in large pan, rub both sides with brisket rub, then pour both bottles of Italian dressing ( I use the Zesty Italian)..Bake in a 250@ oven for 10-12 hours covered with aluminum foil. slice and serve with your favorite bbq sauce... It's always moist and so tender it falls apart..My family loves it chopped with lots of KC Masterpiece Sauce.. :>)

Bought it today for my son's gift in his Easter Basket.. Actually he's too old for a basket any more, but still wants a gift or money and of course all the sweets! Bad thing is he took it with him to his Dad's for the weekend so now I'll have to wait til Sunday evening to watch it...

Laughing, well my hubby has been "overseas" with 1st CAV for the last year, on and off...He will be home between April 2-5.. We're in the process of doing IVF and found out that we will have to wait approximately 4 weeks after embryo transfer for any pelvic stimulation... I have the transfer this week...He threatened to tell his boss to keep him over there an additional couple of weeks..

Yeah I've gone 40 days and could go without for longer periods of time because he's not here, but every now and then it sneaks up on you... :>)

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Part of what an effective defence agent does is draw the jury's atention to him - intelligent, wealthy, smart, engaging, etc... Almost so that they try the defence attorney & not the accused.

This can work against them though.. Just last spring I sat on civil lawsuit case involving a local car dealership screwing over a soldier (guess how we ruled)... But the dealership's attorney came across so arrogant and smug I truly think it worked against the dealership. Would rather do criminal jury trial then a civil any day.. Criminal is cut and dried, civil is wide open for opinion and interpretation.

Laughing...Too funny about OB/GYN's.. I think it depends on the Doc, but I love my male OB/GYN, he doesn't make me uncomfortable and honestly he listens to what I'm telling him...

You're right though.. Isn't it funny how those people who have never had children or raised children write all the self-help books on child rearing?

Listening and true communication... By true communication, saying how we feel even if it's not the "right" thing or we're afraid it'll upset the other person. It's funny, but my hubby and I "talk" in the evenings in the hot tub, it's an our time to be frank about what's going on with us, our family, work and other stuff. Some nights it's 10-15 minutes, other nights the water gets cool as we hash out things... Another thing is the old adage about "Not going to sleep on your wrath/anger"... It's a work in progress...It doesn't always work out how we feel it should, but it's working!!

You need female tandem instructors??? I'd almost go back and get my certification current to do tandems in Jamaica... :>)

Very good points.. My hubby and I are planning trip to Jamaica in the next few months and would love to be able to jump while I'm there... But we would be doing other things as well, since we both scuba dive...

Plan about half of my travel/vacations on skydiving trips, usually close enough to other skydiving friends to not have to worry about added expense of hotels!!

That's when "Because I said so" comes into play...The phrase we all swore we'd never repeat because we sound like our mothers...

Thanks... There's a list of these I found that live in our subdivision and a couple subdivision's over, we have a high school, 3 elementary schools and two middle schools all within this area...

Great keep us posted as you are able... Keep up the fight....I need a place to jump when I come to Biloxi

LMAO, that is so gross.... Try lowfat yogurt instead... Don't even ask me the story, I went to bed and they violated another jumper friend...

Good for your girlfriend... Have to be honest and up front to get what you want and what pleases you.... too many women have this mental attitude of only please the man...Screw that, we want pleased too.. So happy my hubby knows this... :>)

Kids, PARENTS!! Too afraid to say NO cuz they'll look bad... coming from old MOM!! :>)

Or jealous girlfriends... I've been known to "bare" Tigger every now and then, even one very rainy Saturday in a Bennigan's in Austin at the bar.. Wow, that was a day!

Laughing, yeppers.. I got mine after I had the kids, got rid of the ex, and right before I met my hubby... It'll definitely be with me forever...