As you may know, I'm in the market to become a US citizen.  I was looking at the citizenship sample test on the INS web site this evening, and I decided that just for fun I'd take it to see how much I really know.   I got most of the answers right...but it made me wonder how many born and bred American citizens would know the answers to the questions asked? Here's the link to the test - I kept going and did quite a few pages before questions got repeated.  H...

Gideon, as you may already know, is in a bit of a fix at the moment.  I'm trying to help, and I know a few others are as well. Gid himself has come up with an idea, a very good idea, and I want to give it as much publicity as I can.  Please link to this article: Link and either email gid or myself ( dharmagirl69@yahoo.com ) for a more detailed explanation.  it may seem a little surreptitious, but Gid's afraid of getting his idea snatched out from under him (and rightly so) ...

I've been thinking...actually, it's been more of a feeling than a thinking . I am where I'm supposed to be. After years of uncertainty, of feeling that something was not quite right but never being able to put my finger on what it was - I have a sense of belonging .  Of satisfaction .  Of being in the right place, with the right man, at the right time.  That all the crap I went through last year may just have been life's way of trying to show me that I wasn't where I ne...

I was doing something very important. I was making my contribution to the world's population and giving birth to a whopping boy-child without the aid of narcotics or epidurals (I know I go on about that, but YOU try doing it and then you'll have some kind of idea of what a feat it is). David Alexander made his debut at 18000 (British time) on Sunday, September 11th 1994.  I had been sorta kinda in labor for a couple of days, but when I went into labor proper I went fast - 5 cms t...

Our time here in Indiana comes to an end tomorrow. Duty calls, and Dave, the kids and I are heading off to Scot AFB tomorrow morning so he can sign in to the squadron and we can start the next leg of our lives together.  This week will involve signing for a house (if they have one available), setting up cable, phone and internet services, arranging for shipment of our belongings (and hoping that they haven't broken anything), seeing about getting a second vehicle, and enrolli...

I pointed out a pair of Uggs to Dave when we were shopping the other day.  He gave me a funny look and asked me what I'd wear them with.  When I said "everything" the look got even funnier and he said that if I could show him another person wearing such god-awful ugly boots he'd buy me some. This evening, we saw 3 different people on TV wearing Uggs with sweats, jeans and skirts. So, tomorrow, I get some Uggs. Ha!!  hahaha!!!!! Hmm..should I be traditional and get the tan...

Holy cats it's hot in Indiana!  Actually, it's not so much hot as it is humid.  That's the part that's killing me.  And, along with humidity come....bugs!!!  Voracious mosquitos - I think I had 20 bites at the last count, and that's despite my wearing 'Off' 24 x 7! Slugs the size of....umm.....well, they're big.  Nasty, icky, slimy things.  Mantis', crawling on the fence post at my in-law's house.  Dave was poking at one earlier and it ran up his arm, causing h...

Well, we managed to escape from the vortex that is Ellsworth AFB....and we made it from SD to Indiana in 2 days.  We left Ellsworth at 1140 local time on Thursday morning (passed the housing inspection the first time, yay!) and we arrived in Vincennes, southern Indiana yesterday afternoon at 1500 local time.  No problems with the car, not too many problems with traffic, the kids were great...I'm just never staying in the Best Western in Newton, Iowa agin (I'll tell you more later). ...

This is probably going to be my last article for a while.  I just wanted to stop in and let you all know that Dave got home safely...and that thus far the reunion is going outstandingly well! It's pretty amazing...it's almost like I'm falling for him all over again.  I guess that's all I have to say for now....I'll try and stop in again when we get to my in-law's place next weekend. Lot of love to all of you..... Dharma

The battle with my neighbors finally got to me last night.  I spent the evening in tears because of what happened yesterday afternoon. I was walking back from my friends house with me youngest son, and saw my neighbor (Stupid Girl) and her friends (The Black Elk Bitches) sitting across the street in someone's front yard.  As I was walking up my driveway, Stupid Girl stands up, points and me, and yells "Look at her.  She's such a stupid fucking bitch.  She fucking called to...

My husband called at 0445 this morning to tell me he'd be home tonight.  Yay!!!  This 'annus horriblis' is almost over! I'm so glad he's on his way home.  I'm in desperate need of some affection.  I haven't been kissed in 7 months... that's terrible!  Now I'm wondering if I should dress up or not.  Should I go for the casual look and wear jeans and a T shirt, or shall I smarten up a bit and wear pants and heels?  Or, should I wear a dress?  It'...

I have to drain the water out of my washer so the moving company will pack it up next week. I have no clue how to do it.  Can anyone help? Thanks....

..and I'm glad that we're moving. My neighbors are away on vacation for a couple of days.  Ordinarily I'd have been glad to see the back of them and enjoy the tranquility, but I'm not.  The man of the house had weekend duty this past weekend, which called for him to be at work at 0500.  He apparently was getting up at 0330 ...because he's left his alarm clock set for that time.  Our bedrooms are on opposite sides of an adjoining wall, and I have been woken at 0330 the ...

Dave's scheduled to come home on Friday.  That means that I only have 2 days of solitude left. OMG!!!! It's finally starting to sink in now.  That he's coming home, that we're moving, that life is finally moving forward again.  This past year has felt like....like wasted time, almost.  It wasn't, because I learnt a lot about many things....but I can't help but feel like I didn't really do anything or accomplish much. The moving company called me today.  They'r...

I got my hair cut today.  I went to the salon on base...the last time I went there the woman cut it too short, and it took me 2 months to grow it out.  She's Korean, and her English isn't the greatest, so I attributed the bad cut to the language barrier. This time I decided to take a picture in so she could see what I wanted.  I asked her to not take it too short, said I really liked the length of it but wanted to lose some of the bulk. Mistake.  She cut it...and cut i...