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Name: Heidi
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Gender: Female
Interests: I love my military man. I support him 150% - HOOAH! I also love reading, playing music on my piano, shootin' pool (yes, I can play...and I'm pretty good), raising my daughters, and just trying to be the child of God I was meant to be.
Expertise: Well, you know ;o)
Occupation: Student/Homemaker
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Not my best ones...kept those elsewhere (don't want some random person coming across my site stealing my good pics  ) But I thought I'd give you all a little look at the sight-seeing we did. Saw so many things in only five days. Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, Green Park, Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, the National Gallery, the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, the Eye of London, the Science Museum in London, the Royal Opera House, countless memorials... I didn't get pictures of everything because my camera went on the fritz for a couple days. But I did get quite a few.
I ended up liking London more than I had expected.
And The Muffin Man had excellent breakfast, I must say 
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| Hubby and I are heading to London on a business trip with his company for a VAT meeting (I'll have to do a post on VAT one of these days). We'll be gone less than a week but I'm feeling rather unprepared... Things have been so crazy around here, I didn't get to do as much research on the area we're visiting as I'd have liked too  I'm a funny girl like that. I LOVE to study up on everything for a new country I'm visiting.
Alas, I've run out of time and I'm just going to have to go. Flight leaves tonight... It's going to be a long ride. I need more money. Wish the dollar was stronger. Conversion rates over there are like 1.5:1 or 2:1 from $ to £ So expensive. Boo...
I need to go finish packing.
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| Most of you already know but for those who don't...
She's doing okay at the moment, for having a brain tumor. No more "episodes" since she went into the ER on September 31st. She's not allowed to drive herself in case she has seizures, which makes sense. Emotionally it's been a roller coaster but she is handling it a lot better than I could have imagined.
The doctors ran another scan but unfortunately we won't be told the results for another week at least. As it stands, her brain tumor is small. We don't know if it's benign or malignant. Thus, we're not certain if it will be operable or not. They're guessing they should be able to operate, and within the next few weeks at the Mayo Clinic at that. So I'm praying they are right.
They're some of the best doctors in the country, so I am grateful for that.
Please continue to keep her in your prayers though. Right now she has to get her affairs in order. Re-writing her will, deciding on what to do with guardianship for my siblings, and making funeral plans in case things go bad is emotionally difficult to fathom. I'm still in shock...this all seems surreal.
Keep praying that they can operate and that she will fully recover.
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| September 11th eight years ago...
There are many things I could say about that day. But really...the most important thing is that we remember. No, not the fear. Not the terror. But how we came together as a country to help and support each other. If we can do that in a time of great sadness, why can't we do that now? It is my hope that we will work towards a future where we stand with one another and come together regardless of race, regardless of politics, regardless of wealth, regardless of all our differences. That is the America I love so much. And I am proud of Her.
It makes me sad that we have become so wrapped up in fear of terrorism. That is what the terrorists wanted. It is a fresh victory for them every time we cower when a plane is flying low overhead...or if we hide in our homes and alter our lifestyles to "stay safe" from public areas we fear may be targets. That is no kind of life. Living in fear is living in bondage. It is bad enough that they murdered almost 3,000 innocent men and women. I will not give the terrorists what they want - they will not get a 'victory' from me. We should live every day to the fullest as if it were our last. Enjoy friends and family, hold them close and don't take them for granted. Get out there and have some fun. Relax, and have a good time. Life is too short to let it go to waste. This country we call ours is a beautiful place...take advantage of that! Gather the kids and head out camping or hiking. Make memories. Laugh. Love.
Remember those who perished that day, remember our armed forces who have fought and bled to keep it from happening again. But also remember that we cannot allow fear to rule us. That is what the terrorists wanted. Don't give it to them.
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| Hello Xanga, I'm still alive 
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