LEAVE!!!
Our first leave because we wanted to. Actually we're taking a couple of extra days in Normiington because I need to accomplish some things but it is good to be away for a reason other than death in the family. So today we are in Springfield IL and will be leaving soon to head elsewhere. My cousin Jesse is getting married this weekend so that should be fun too. I really hope we fry a goat for their reception. Karly and I are on a quest. We have two objectives, one is to geocache in yet another state and the second is to find 51. We know they sell it in IL but have to spend a little time to find it.
On a seperate note it is a great thing to have my sister living an hour and a half closer to our house than my parents. It would be even nicer if she lived in Hannibal or thereabouts but I'll take the alternative.
We are also bringing our little piece of Kansas to Illinois. As you may know limestone is the primary building material in the flint hills (other than wood) so when a local building was torn down and the stone offered for free we took them up on it and brought a whole bunch to our house. Thus gradually we are bringing the stone to my parents house to leave a permanent monument to our time in Kansas. Let me tell you though when you load the truck with stone the gas mileage certainly goes down.
Till later.

One post per month is not adequate. Therefore you should yell at me to get it done more often.
Since last post there has been some good news. No Karly doesn't have a job in MT yet and we haven't made a million dollars but the good news is worth a lot.

On the First of June I took another loooong test (5 hours worth). This test was from the American Society for Quality to become a Certified Quality Auditor. I passed which is great. ASQ CQA's are hired across the nation to run quality programs and audit programs in the corporate industry. I'm not leaving the Army yet though. Starting out with this qualification in big industry I would be making about what I am now.

Other fun stuff. Right now we are enjoying a stay down at McConnell. Their lodging is very nice and at times I feel like we're not high class enough for what they offer but I can't complain. I'm down here doing audits of two companies and taking care of some veteriary buisness at the clinic here. Karly's spending time honing her skills on MT and getting ready to start the job hunt. I'm hoping she get's the bug in her bonnett to start looking by the end of June or mid July.

O, since I'm getting in the habit of starting paragraphs with O I think I shall continue.

Over the last year of our live's I've been serving our great nation in the Army. It wasn't long ago that I finally looked at my statements and they went from 0 years of service to 1 year. I was elated by this especially with the realization that 1 year=5% of a military retirement. Wow time files though. I also did a calculation and found out that I spent approximately 200 nights in hotels between Feb 1, 2006 and Feb 1, 2007. That's just crazy but I must be thankful that it wasn't a contiguous 450 days.

OK so that is all I have for now. I have a lot more I could say but I should probably post more often so I don't ramble as much.