It's been a while...

This is my 2nd attempt to write today. My first ended when I lost all I had written. My fingers seemed to move faster than my brain.

We got up this morning and headed down to the local Farmer's Market. It's a great way to spend a Saturday morning. We picked up some fresh corn, green beans, cucumber, pumpkins and home made suckers for the girls. Oh, and some salsa. I had reservations about the salsa... we make pretty good salsa (when I say "we" I mean Alisa, but "we" are a team...) but it was really good and was hungry.



After the market we went to the opening of a Sweet and Sassy. The girls had a blast; got their hair done, took a stroll on a cat walk, got a goody bag and took a ride in a very big pink limo! Fun was had by all...

I spent a good portion of Thursday and Friday going through old files trying to find something for a friend... no luck finding the file, but I did come accross some interesting pics...

This is me close to the end of my days on submarines... it's a different kind of place to work. A lot of people have asked me over the years what's it's like to be under water, how deep did we go, etc. The answers: It's like any other place with a lot of work and no windows, except it's a lot smaller. As for how deep we could go... All I can say is deeper than 400 feet. Four hundred feet is plenty deep and the only way you really know how deep you are is if you look a a depth gauge... so it really doesn't matter. As for all the other stuff? Trust me, you REALLY don't want to know.

Here's me returning my first salute. Look closely and you'll see my brother (the one wearing the blue business suit with all the awards...). This was the end of my commissioning ceremony. It's a naval tradition to have sideboys line up when officers arrive or depart the ship. The tradition has carried forward in ceremonies and my brother stood in as one of the sideboys that day. That meant a lot to me. I'm blessed to have a brother as good as him, I really don't deserve it.

One last pic today...
This is the love of my life. Again, I really don't deserve her and thank God each day for blessing me with her love and patience. We've been together nearly 25 years... started dating in November of 1982. I'm really looking forward to the next 25 years with her.

Life's good.