TGIF and peeking in the windows...

It's Friday. That means it's the weekend again. I actually miss working on Fridays..everyone is always in such a good mood on Fridays..why can't we be like that all the time?  Same as Christmas..everyone is always in such a good mood around Christmas..I wish that spirit could last all year... Strangers actually smile at each other and wish each other Merry Christmas..chat to you when you are waiting in line at the stores etc..

I have a question..do you have a plan when you sit down to do an entry in your Journal? Do you know what you're going to write about? Obviously I don't..look at the above..LOL..I just wrote it's Friday and then viola... I kind of just write whatever comes into my head..also do you edit what you write??  I don't just mean typos etc but do you go back and delete anything?? I am trying not to..I think I am over the fact that others are reading this.. at first I was kind of monitoring what  I wrote but not any more...I want to write this Journal just like my  hand written ones...I was thinking the other day that I might post a few entries from my written journal and realized that they are far more of a vent than what I write here..I write all the crap that bothers me in them..why don't I do that here I wonder?? I think that most of our Journals on here are more of a daily diary .. does anyone agree?? Just my observation...and don't get me wrong I love reading about everyone's daily lives..I love to picture each and every one of you doing the things you decribe (especially Hadon..just kidding!) It's like a peek through the windows of your life...

I am rambling on a bit this morning aren't I??

Spoke to hubby again yesterday.. he can call the base here in Jacksonville and then they page the call through to me and the base in Italy pays...don't ask me how.. I am just glad we aren't paying the bill...although I do have an awesome plan that only costs 3 cent a minute to Europe... he was happy that the base finally got sky sports on the TV in the bar and he was able to watch England play yesterday..albeit in German but hey at least he got to watch... he is doing okay..this deployment is a lot easier than the ones where he was on an Aircraft carrier for 6 months at a time with only a few port visits to break up the monotony.. he has his own room in Italy..they can drive off base, go sight seeing..eat out.. the problem now is convincing him he is not on one long vacation and therefore should not be spending like he is ..lol...and having the freedom to call home and email is just wonderful..I remember the time when all we had were the letters in the mail and the odd phone call here and there from a crowded pay phone... truth be told I miss the letters..I have them all.. love letters...does anyone still write them?? We should...

My son is going to Daytona Beach and the Kennedy Space Centre this weekend with his friend Thomas. Tom  has been over here for a year on exchange from Germany and he and Ryan have become pretty good friends..he lives a couple of streets over. he goes back to Germany July 1st.. we will miss him..he is hoping to get to come over to UK and see us when we are there.. anyway his host parents are taking the boys on this trip this weekend as a farewell treat for Thomas. He could choose a friend to go and he chose Ryan.  The host parents are paying for everything..they have the special tickets where they get to eat lunch with the astronauts..  They are staying in a hotel on the beach in Daytona..Ryan is pretty excited... I am very grateful to Tom's parents and will make sure Ryan has plenty of spending money and that he pays his way..maybe they will let me put petrol in the car or something....

I need to get going here..I hope you all have a great weekend...

Lyn