Tag: navy
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How to Talk Navy: a glossary of terms
A not-at-all comprehensive list of Navy and military terms to help you better understand what your military friend is saying.
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Wildlife Wednesday: burrowing owls!
Ever since I read Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, I’ve been kind of fascinated by these little birds of prey. This burrowing owl is from the Living Coast Discovery Center and is part of a colony they have on exhibit there. They eat insects and small mammals, or small reptiles and amphibians they find. One interesting thing…
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Holiday party… in March?
Last weekend we had our very belated holiday party with J’s command. It’s a holiday party because, y’know, they missed ALL of the holidays while on deployment. Plus it was a homecoming party. It was nice, and a bunch of people who are becoming our friends came, and we had a good time. Mostly it…
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Re-enlistment
It’s late and I don’t have time to upload photos tonight, nor do I have time to give you an actual entry, but here are a couple of photos from J’s re-enlistment today. More later.
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Takin’ care of business: Week 9 of 2012 in photos
This week has been one in which I accomplished a lot and worked very hard on several projects. My photos are mostly of things related to them, with a handful of other randomness. Monday I cleaned the bedroom and started getting things together to make a deployment shadowbox and scrapbook for J. He collected some…
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Here, there, and everywhere: Week 7 of 2012 in pictures
This week’s photos will be without much more explanation than what they themselves contain. Please bear with me. Monday, 2/13, we got to welcome home a certain ship. ^_^
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Mystery Tour: Pearl Harbor Holiday Lights
So, this afternoon I fell asleep as my Tar Heels clobbered another basketball team. I think I passed out a little after three, but I’m not entirely certain… At any rate, I woke up at five when my friend called me. We had an entire conversation where she invited me to go somewhere. I agreed–…
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Year 29
Well, my 29th birthday has come and gone. It’s been a lovely weekend (week, really) of celebrating with friends and enjoying time together. On Wednesday, I was treated to barbeque and macaroni and cornbread (at my request!) for dinner, followed by cupcakes. Friday I had dinner with a couple of friends, then we headed to…
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…worth 1000 words
About a month ago a bunch of the spouses from the ship got together and made posters that I mailed to the ship to hang in the messdecks. We plan on making this a monthly thing, which is a good way for us to stay connected. Anyway, I got this photo in return: It made…
Joanna Volavka 