{So Many Hats}

P.S.

In case you were wondering, it didnt' really work to do the post in Word because of the pictures so I just did a copy and paste and fixed it.  If I write without pictures though it totally works so I'll do that!  Plus I may still play around with the picture thing too, we'll have to see.  Ok, have to go... talk to you soon!!

Testing, 1,2,3

OK… so Mac told Mom that she could totally write her blogs in Word 2007 and then automatically post them so I thought that I would try it out.  I mean, how great would that be if it actually worked?  I was really ticked off on Sunday, I totally wrote this massive long post with all of these pictures in it and then when I pushed the “post at a different time” button it was lost.  SO frustrating! So I just went and pouted in my shell for a while.  It really was a bummer.  So we are just going to do a small test here and see what the post looks like and what the pictures do if we insert them so bear with us on this one! I’ll do that longer post about shopping and our grand adventure with Gramma later tonight if this works out.  See, the good thing about Word if this works is that it totally corrects my spelling as I go and I don’t have to be so careful.  I’m not the best speller and so that’s a really great deal for me.  Mom says I have to be more careful about it because once it’s posted then the world can see if I wasn’t paying good attention and they might laugh at me.  Of course, being a turtle that writes a blog they might actually laugh at me anyway… who knows?! Guess we’ll find out!  OK… here’s a picture of me from right before we left home.  I got to go shopping and get some new clothes for the trip and also for RMC.  Being a mascot is tough work and I needed some new threads.  Right now I have to borrow everything from Murphy and that just gets old, you know?! It’s not like Murphy wears much of his though, he mostly stays at mom’s office in his Seahawk uniform looking tough.  He likes it though, he gets to see all the day to day activity.  But, it meant that I pretty much had pic of his closet before I left for Washington.  I borrowed his jeans and his motorcycle jacket and boots but the NY tee is mine from last time I went there with mom.  We have a massive build-a-bear family… we have the four seasons bears (they don’t get out much), then we have Liberty Belle (she’s the oldest) Crookshanks (the most well loved EVER!) and Little Bear who were all born in Houston, Bearemy who was born in Anaheim and actually got to go on a CRUISE with mom and Dad (I’m SO jealous!), Crookshanks 2 and the Monkey who were born in Bellingham, and then Audrie and Murphy.  It’s funny, besides me they’re the youngest but I have a hard time remembering where mom said they were born.  I think that Audrie was born in Bellingham and Murphy in Anaheim but I can’t remember what she said now.  Anyway, and then there is me, I was born in Colorado Springs while mom was travelling with the Army.  Yep, I’m and Army brat, that’s why I get to do so much travelling! Anyway… it’s hard to find stuff that really goes with my shell, but we got a couple of cute outfits and now I have my own pjs so that’s cool.  I also get some more before I go to RMC, I get a uniform and this cool fishing vest for the canoe trip… I’m totally psyched! Well, let me try and put a picture in here and then let’s see if this actually works! Wish me luck people, wish me luck!  Peace out friends, love ya’!!

AJ Here

So mom said that I was going to be in charge of the blog for a while so she could try to regain a positive outlook on life.  I think it is really hard on here.  She decided to say "yes" and stay here one more year in order to finish paying off bills and stuff and to be able to go back home with no debt and being able to really just concentrate on life.  Since she hasn't liked this year I think she is really second guessing herself and wishing that she had just left things the way they were.  I tell her it's ok, that she is doing the best that she can but I don't think she always listens to me even though she says she does!  In fact, I'm not entirely sure that ever listens to ANYONE! Anyone out there relate to that?  So anyway, here I am visiting in Washington, mom and I were there the first weekend of June to say hi and to grab the Mustang.  Yeah, we decided that there really wasn't anywhere better than El Paso for a convertible.  She was nervous that it might get stolen but the desire to drive around with the top down overcame the fear.  Plus, what is insurance for?!  Anyway, so we were there for two days and then grabbed Gramma and took off.  Yep, you heard me, we grabbed Gramma Linda for the road trip.  She came along to keep mom in line cuz really, she's the only one in the world with that kind of power.  She knows it too!  So in the next week I'll share pictures with you of our road trip from Washington to Texas and I'll show you some of the places that I took the ladies and some of the troubles that they got me in!  Crazy Ladies!  Ok, peace out friends, chat soon!  Love, AJ 

P.S.  Yea, notice the green?  I may sub for mom and not mind the whole pink thing, but I gotta tell ya', as the green team mascot and a GUY... I just can't do the green thing.  Besides, this way you can tell if it's me or mom... green or pink... cool dudes?  Cool. 

So sad

That it has been SO long since I blogged that I actually had a tough time remembering my password.  That totally blows! So here's the deal... not that I was great at it before, but I think the reason that I haven't blogged in the last 6 months is that I have really been hating my life.  Well, not my life, but my job.  And not so much my job, but just junk that has been happening at work.  It has been VERY stressful and it reflects in my attitude, and I didn't want it to reflect here so I took the easy way out and just didn't talk about stuff.  If you are out there and reading, I am really sorry about that.  I just checked out.  I did what I had to do, existed in life, and didn't do do anything extra.  So although life at work really isn't ALL that better yet, I will try to do better in the blog, and I know that I say that all the time, but this time I am really going to try and do it.  One of the things that I am going to do to facilitate that is to sign my blog over to AJ.  Many of you have met AJ... he's my build-a-bear buddy that goes everywhere with me.  Not that there aren't a plethora of other build-a-bears in our family.... Liberty Belle, Crookshanks, Little Bear, Bearemy, Crookshanks 2, Audrie and Murphy... but this one is especially special and he really does go everywhere with me.  He's our mascot at RMC and he's my buddy.  I sleep with him and he's my buddy.  So I am going to take him with me places, he'll get his picture taken and he'll tell you about his adventures.  Know that his adventures are my adventures, but that he has a more positive outlook on life.  We'll see how this goes and how long I can take his picture places before they put me in the mental ward... I won't change the name of the blog, but know that AJ will be in charge for a while!  Blessings!