If It’s May, I Must Be Moving

Seems May is when we usually make our moves. We moved from North Carolina to Germany in May; likewise from Germany to Guam. And here we are, once again, moving in May, this time to New York.  I’m not complaining ~ it’s a great month to move since the weather is nice and school is usually done [...]

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My Five Favorite Restaurants on Guam

UPDATE: If you’re checking out restaurants on Guam, go to Scent of Green Bananas ~ she has some new restaurants listed on her blog.
Itzy Bitzy tagged me to “Pick 5 of your favorite places to eat in your current location.” There are so many yummy restaurants here on Guam and, unfortunately, our short year here [...]

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Honoring and Remembering

National Memorial Day, which was originally known as “Decoration Day”, was first observed on May 30, 1868. Today, Memorial Day is more celebrated as a holiday than what the occasion was originally meant to be. When people say “Happy Memorial Day” to me, I feel awkward and silent because I have no idea how to gracefully tell them how inappropriate the [...]

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A Few Firsts

FG had a couple of firsts last week.
She entered her first science fair at her elementary school and INSISTED on doing all the work herself. She came up with her own hypothesis which was “does coffee grounds or tea leaves make a plant grow faster?”  She gathered the data over a three week period and entered all the information [...]

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Håfa adai, Adiós

Since we’ve only been here a year, it’s really hard to believe we’re being farewelled already. Very sad. On Thursday, the cadre at UOG ROTC got together to say goodbye to FM:

That man can never seem to have enough t-shirts or mugs.  Since we’re bursting at the seams with both items, I finally put my foot [...]

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Come Strut Your Mutt

Hit Radio 100’s First Ever Dog Show will be this Saturday (26 May) at JFK’s High School (Ramsey Field) from 4 pm to 8 pm. There will be “Purebred”, “Boonie” and “Fun” categories including Best Pooch Smooch, Longest Tail, Best Trick, Cutest Puppy, etc.
There will also be hundreds of raffle ticket prizes (tickets are $1.00 each). All [...]

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Lei Greeting

Arrival at the Guam Airport

Yesterday, FG and I picked a bunch of plumerias and she made a lei for FM, who was returning from a two week trip to Georgia. She did a great job and it has the best smell

First thing this morning, we headed to the beach. Our goal was [...]

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Flashback Friday: Leaving on a Jet Plane

This time last year, FG and I were living in temporary housing on post in Würzburg. We were classified as “dog people” since we had Bennett and Sport with us. We had a large room with a great view of the parade field and a small kitchen area but what we didn’t have was a private [...]

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Historic Commissioning Ceremony

Update:  click here to see the ceremony. 
On 17 May (Thursday), the President of the United States will host the the First Joint Commissioning Ceremony at the White House.  There will be 55 Cadets taking their oaths and Cadet Bamba from the University of Guam (UOG) will be one of only 23 Army ROTC candidates. It’s an honor to be one [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to my mom and all the other hardworking, loving moms I know.  I hope all of you have as good a Mom’s day as I have.
I’ve spent a really fun day with FG and since FM is out of town, it was a true mother/daughter day.
                     
FG brought me breakfast in bed ~ [...]

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