My last E-MAIL

o today I sent my last e-mail from my Eglin account and some of the people on that list are very special. Some of them are people who I have NEVER met in person but have come in contact with because when I was in Iraq they were GRACIOUS enough to send me care packages. Some of these wonderful people continue to do this for our troops. Over & Over again they send their HEARTS to our troops and sometimes they never know if their heart was received. I thought this excerpt from the e-mail would fit here perfectly.. This is posted on BOTH blogs.
So here it is !! I left the name out because I forgot to ask permission to republish..

Jason, Thank You for your emails and your blogs. I've written to and sent packages to probably 400-500 troops in the past 4 years, and it's dwindled down to you being the only one who's stayed in touch... and I do appreciate it. There's a unit of 80 soldiers in Iraq who I've sent at least 10 boxes stuffed with things they posted that they needed, and in the last 5 months since I started, I've heard from NO ONE. Makes me wonder if anyone received them or appreciated them - sort of like I sent them to a black hole. Just a simple note saying they were received would be appreciated.
Maybe I ask too much, maybe they're in a terrible combat condition and there's no time for a note. Maybe they don't have words to write on paper to a stranger. I'm not sure. It's been a struggle to know what to write in letters to them because I only have the name of a contact, and no interaction. He was able to post their needs on the Camp Doha website, so I'd think he or someone could write notes to people who care and wanted to help.
You were over there - am I asking too much? I can't seem to feel motivated anymore to send anything and think I'll look for another unit or individual soldiers. You always sent emails, notes, pictures, and that meant a lot. You're
an awesome guy, J T-hoe!

Best of luck to you. Just want to wish you a safe and speedy year, and
to offer my thoughts and prayers and any help you or Tammy need. Never
be afraid to ask. I'd write to Tammy, too, if she wouldn't mind...
whaddya think?

God Bless you, my friend,

Countdown removed

If any of you have looked at my Korea blog you will notice I have removed my countdown.. I can't look at it anymore..

Cool Gmail things

If you goto your SETTINGS and then goto WEB clips.. POST this address into the search box... You can then ADD it so you can get WEB clips JUST above your inbox when the BLOG is updated

http://bffproject.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

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enjoy
J

o.k after I posted the original post above, I started looking at the GOOGLE reader.. George, not sure if you told me about this before or not but HOLY crap, when is Google going to stop.. You can have the READER get all the NEW updates to what ever web sites you want, no more SEARCHING back and forth through the web to find all the updates... The BEST part is you can put the reader right into your GOOGLE homepage or (Igoogle). My Igoogle front page has links from my Mail, Calender, Reader and some other things, BUT EVERY Google application can be put right into you Google Homepage and TATA, WOW !!

T

Running Calendar

I know you got a couple Calendar request, but here is the web site with all the LOCAL races..

http://nwftc.com/racing/RaceCalendar.php

Where's Waldo

Remember that?? Well.. I got a call from our Waldo (aka John Pope) And he is in Shuaiba, Kuwait at Camp Spearhead. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/shuaiba.htm The guy is working overtime already, but says he is enjoying it! When there is something to do, everyone just does it. No complaining... just get the work done and move on to the next thing. He will be at that location for about a month getting passes, badges, clearances and so on. Living aint so rough... he had prime rib for dinner... and a 5 egg omelet for breakfast! If and when he calls again, I'll post something! G

Shrinkage

Had ya worried there for a second, huh?? Well, I was referring to our numbers... they are shrinking... but that's all good.. that was the intent of this blog, right? Thought I'd share a picture from the other day... G

Sickness

Ok so I know George got sick NUMEROUS time prior to his OFFICIAL day...Today I get in my blog CLICK HERE , I was posting a blog and looked to the left to see my countdown... I can NOT believe how LITTLE time I have left. 14 friggin days and I am off to Korea. 14 friggin days.. This is about the time that NAUSEA sets in!!!