Maintenance Goodbye

Today we said goodbye to 2 of the greatest men I have ever met!! CWO2 Timms and Master Gunns Moreno!!! They are off to their next commands in Beaufort, SC, and Head Qaurters Marine Corps!! Good Luck! We will miss you!!

The Dog House...

"I don't get it"
"No, you're doing great!"
"I ain't talking about this. I'm talkin about you and Theresa. You ain't got nothing in common. For example: You don't like sports; Theresa loves sports. Your a business man; She's an artist. You white; she's black. Did I miss anything?"
" No, that's just it. She's everything I'm not. Ya know, she's my other half. Without her I'm not whole. Ya know, the thing about meeting your other half is that yo're walking around and you think that your happy; you think that you're whole. But, you realize you ain't shit w/o them. And then you can't go back to being just a half cuz you know what it's like to be a whole. Know what I mean?"
"Ya... I do!"
Well, to anyone who has seen the movie Guess Who, this is a little coversation that happened between the father of the girl, Percy, and the girl's b/f, Simon. I like his little desription about other halves. :-) Can you guess what I am watching right now?? Lol...

"George, if he was feeling what I am feeling, then he'd know how it feels! It feels horrible!!"...
(from My Best Friend's Wedding, in the hotel Jules is talking to her best friend George)
"Micheal, I have to talk to you... "
"So what'd you wanna talk about?"
"Hmmm?"
"You said you wanted to talk to me about something?"
"Yes, um...Micheal, we've known each other for a long time.... and in that time we've grown... close... very close... you know what I mean by close?"
"yes..."
"Sometimes, um, ppl, think they know how they feel about each other but they don't, untill they do... I have a point, the question is am I getting to it?"
"Why don't you? Whatever you have to say cannot be that big of a deal."
"A big deal... that's a relative term....."
( a little exerpt from My Best Friend's Wedding; a conversation between Jules and Micheal as she treis to tell him that she loves him!)
"I mean, you commit to this wedding and then, and then it seems like this momentum and you forget that you chose it. You and I ... didn't... I mean in our relationships with other people, we didn't usethe word... love... alot, did we? Kimmy says if you love someone, you say it right then, out loud... or the moment just... "
"...passes you by..."
"Kimmy and I, we don't even have a song.. you think that's a bad omen?
Some days, when I'm all alone, and the wolrd is cold, I will feel a glow... just thinking of you , and the way you look tonight.... (Billie Holiday, btw... one of my favorite songs!)
(again, from My Best Friend's Wedding between Micheal and Jules.. on the boat ride)

Ok, well, I have been on here for a couple of hours!! Goin thru some old emails, readin and deleteing and re-reading!! :-) ANd, kinda just hangin around on the internet in hopes that someone would shoot me an email, since he hasn't answered his phone. So, short of death or hospitalization, SOMEONE is in the Dog House!! Oh, like you wouldn't believe! You PROMISED!!!! :-( Big Trouble Mister... to redeem your self dial 01181827797329.

Hiroshima with Kyna!!

So, Beresh's wife is here until August anshe is getting to see a lot of Japan! Her hubby had duty so, we went to HIROSHIMA and spent the afternoon being a tourist!! I'm sure I'm not a good guide tho, since I live here and am used to it!! So, nothing is really new to me since I live here and am used to it all!! We did get to look around the Parco outdoor shopping complex! And we went to eat Tokoyaki (sp?!) at one of my favorite little restraunts, GON!!! :-)
Then we headed off to the Peace Park Memorial! We went thru the museum, the panorama, and to the A-bomb Dome! We took all sorts of pictures!! It has been a WHILE since I have been there!! I forgot just how moving of an experience it was to visit there. A lady broke into tears in the museum. Do you know that in the museum, there are 2 walls that are covered on each side with letters from the Mayor of Hiroshima to our Ambassador (and even to the President himself) that are written every time we have nuclear testing, begging us to be peaceful. I've sat and read every one of them. They are very moving. I almost cried when the little old Japanese woman broke into tears!! I can't stand it when other ppl cry!!
But, all in all, Kyna and I had fun! THen we came back and watched girly movies and she crashed over here! I hope I getta show her around more! She is awesome!! Rafe is really lucky!!
Well, I need to getta move on and call Josh! I promised to wake his butt up! Muah!

Apologies

So, to make a long story short, the Lord does work in mysterious ways. The guy I've been having problems with at work apologized to me the day after I wrote my blog. Crazy huh? Believe me, I was surprised! I was not expecting that! But, I accepted the apology and now life will go on as always. Fingers crossed that things get better.

no time! Gotta go! Please keep me in your prayers as I will keep you all in mine! ~ Jess

You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins

:-) Where to begin today??

Well, I bought Eight Below (a new Disney movie based on a True Story) and it was a GREAT movie! Wonderful for kids to watch! It is really inspiring and heart wrenching at points!! It is a story about, well, here is the description:

The fierce Antarctic winter is just setting in when an intrepid team of explorers and scientists on a research mission-survival guide Jerry Shepard, his best friend and cartographer Cooper and the rugged geologist Davis--just narrowly escape a fatal accident, thanks to their steadfast team of eight skilled sled dogs. Forced to evacuate, the men must leave the beloved dogs behind in the frozen wilds--with a promise they will return. But when the storm of the century approaches, cutting off all means of travel, the dogs are stranded. Now, as the intelligent, courageous dogs--including noble pack leader Maya, rambunctious rebel Shorty and rising young alpha-in-training Max--fight to make it through the most unforgiving winter on the planet, the heartbroken Jerry is driven to mount a seemingly impossible rescue mission, aided by a beautiful and adventurous bush pilot, Katie. Held together only by unwavering bonds of friendship, the humans and the dogs alike make a remarkable journey of grit, endurance and belief to find one another again in this spectacular but perilous land.

Doesn't it just sound great!!! :-) Well, I LIKED IT!!!! The dogs are so cute!! I want a dog sooo bad!!! Lol!

What else?? Hmmmm.. let's see.... oh ya! I also bout 3 cds today, 4 if you count that ACDC Live was a 2 disc set. :) I also bought Phil Collins greatest hits and Bob Seger's greatest hits volume 1. :-) I really miss mom alot since it's been almost 3 WEEKS since I have talked to her!! (Her phone is off! Errrr...) And Turn the Page by Bob Seger is her favorite song and In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins is her second, it made me think of her! And, it is an "ACDC Week" at work. That fast paced, always on the go, never 2 seconds down time kinda week. Ya know? ;-) But, not all bad!

Our AMI (Aviation Maintenance Inspection) ends today!! From what I hear, we didn't do horrible. But, we did pass! That's all that matters! We probably didn't make "Maintenance Squadron of the Year", but, again, all is good. :-)

Caller ID

Caller ID


On a Saturday night several weeks ago, this pastor was working late, and decided to call his wife before he left for home. It was about 10:00 PM, but his wife didn't answer the phone.
The pastor let the phone ring many times. He thought it was odd that she didn't answer, but decided to wrap up a few things and try again in a few minutes. When he tried again she answered right away. He asked her why she hadn't answered before, and she said that it hadn't rung at their house. They brushed it off as a fluke and went on their merry ways.
The following Monday, the pastor received a call at the church office, which was the phone that he'd used that Saturday night. The man that he spoke with wanted to know why he'd called on Saturday night.
The pastor couldn't figure out what the man was talking about. Then the man said, "It rang and rang, but I didn't answer." The pastor remembered the mishap and apologized for disturbing him, explaining that he'd intended to call his wife.
The man said, "That's, OK. Let me tell you my story...
You see, I was planning to commit suicide on Saturday night, but before I did, I prayed, 'God if you're there, and you don't want me to do this, give me a sign now.' At that point my phone started to ring. I looked at the caller ID, and it said, 'Almighty God'. I was afraid to answer!"
The reason why it showed on the man's caller ID that the call came from "Almighty God" is because the church that the pastor attends is called Almighty God Tabernacle!! If you believe that God answers prayers then pass this story on. God bless!

READ EACH SENTENCE SLOWLY AND THINK ABOUT IT.

Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.

Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.

Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.

Don't let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.

BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us.

When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be there.

Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.

Pass this on to everyone special in your life, even the people who really make you mad sometimes and to the people whose lives you want to be in!!! Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted. There is no cost, but lots of rewards.... Be Blessed!!

James 1:19- 20

Listening and Doing
19My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

So, I have chosen this as my Bible verse of the week, and Hebrew as my chosen book of scipture, but, we will come back to that. Sigh* I am angry. Very Angry. But, angry to the point of exhaustion. I am seriously angry to the point of violence and tears every day by the same person and once I get home, I can't cry or hit anything and I feel just completly wiped out! Its this black sort of tired. Not like on a wonderful sunny saturday when you go out and have fun and just wear yourself out by enjoying yourself. No, this is the dreaded, comatose feeling you get when you know the second your day is going to suck. And for me, it is when this one guy in my shop walks in the door. And everyday, I try and be civil to him. I don't goad him, or even try to speak to him if I don't have to. But then he starts to make comments. Not just those ones that you can shrug off either. I really think he thinks them out before he gets to work. And I and sent into a speechless rage!
And he always has to be right (ALWAYS) and he has a story for every one of yours, only better. And he knows everything, even if he says he doesn't. He talks about my personal life like he knows something about it. Worse off, he is a total hypocrit. I hate saying that beacuse it makes me feel like one for judging him. And I guess I am judging him. He is childish, selfish, arrogant, "blameless", and he has absolutely no respect for anyone around him, no matter WHAT their rank! He just doesn't care. Ya know, at first, I wouldn't let him get to me. And that's what everyone else kept telling me. But, ya know, there is just a point when you suddenly realize that he has already gotten to you, in fact, he has imbedded himself under your skin and you have absolutely no idea of when or how it happened. Every time he opens his mouth, I just want to scream at him. Although, I remember that I can't just scream at him in front of everyone. I'd like to, believe me, I would. But, I know enough not to take my personal problems with him out on him at work. It is unprofessional, even if he does it to me. My mom always said two wrongs don't make a right. I'm just afraid that either a.) my anger is going to get the better of me one day and I will blow up on him in a most inconvinient time/place or b.) I will get to the point where I can't handle my stress at all and completely break down. I am having a hard enough time dealing with it right now. I am about to go to a Stress Management Seminar (don't laugh, I'm serious) because I don't know how to release stress. Some ppl say to PT. Well, that stresses me more than relaxing me! I have no family to hang out with to help me unwind. I am constantly with everyone I live and work with. No horses here to ride my stress away (like back at home!!). So, I dunno. I am usually not a stressful person. I am laid back and easy going. I've never really had to relieve stress like this before. And if I had some to relieve, I'd ride horses or take a drive.I can't do either here. I need to get outta here! Don't get me wrong; I LOVE JAPAN!! Japan is an AWESOME place! I would absolutely love to come back and visit one day!As a tourist! But, right now, I just need to leave. I dunno if I can wait three more months to go back to the states! Even if it is working 12 on 12 off! And Josh will be there! Hallelujah!! :-) Thank the Lord for small favors... :-D

Summer!

hey everybody!! just droppin in to ask for a few prayer requests to be remembered in your prayers! The twins as they go thru the troubles of things changing when the least expected it this summer! And for Liz as she is going home! Pray for EVERYONE as summer keeps rolling along! Be safe and have fun! Miss and love you all!

p.s. don't forget to check out annelynne.blogspot.com for the Twins happenings and lizvoght.blogspot.com for what's new with Lizzy Girl! :-D

Marine Lingo

ok, so, I seem to confuse everyone with the Marine Lingo! Lol! I forget that everyone doesn't know what I am talking about! Haha!
Well, the AMI is Aviation Maintenance Inspection. This is a BIG/HUGE inspection for us air wingers! This can make or break a squadron. If we fail any area of this inspection, we can be kept from flying, or, if it is really bad, our whole squadron can get shut down. That's bad! So, please pray for us as we go thru this very stressful time!! It's crazy around here!
What else?? Oh! 6 months out!! This means in 6 months I am due to rotate and PCS (permenant change of duty station) to my next squadron. It is up in the air right now where I will go. That is where the monitor comes in. It is his job to decide where everyone goes! So, now I am just waiting on word back from him telling me where I can go and if I get to go to the place that I chose or not. Which is 121 in Miramar!
WTI is Weapons Training Instructor and is mostly us going to support our pilots while they do their weapons training. I am excited cuz I getta go!! And CDI is just a higher responsibility position in our shops meaning we can supervise and ok work done by someone else ( ex: a worker). Its better to go and be in charge than go and be an errands person. You learn alot too! I can't wait. It will suck with the 12 on 12 off working hours, but, it will all work out!! :-) And I getta spend time with Josh! He will be there! No telling how much time we will spend together, due to work, but hey, its worth a shot! :-P
So, have I forgotten anything?! I think I've about covered Marine Lingo here... yup, I htink that about does it! haha! All good now Annie?! heehee! Anymore questions, just let me know!
Right now I am at work, sitting in the shop, waiting for the rain to stop. Ya know, I'm ok with rain sometimes. As long as I choose to go into it. I am a dry person by nature. And my boots are wet. Sigh* I'm in for a very miserable day. :-S
Love and miss you all very much!! Mom, turn your phone back on!!!!!

Boundaries in Dating

Ok, so, a few months back, Annie and Lynnie send me this book, called Boundaries in Dating. So, of course, me at first, I smiled and put it on my book shelf. (I STILL haven't finished I Kissed Dating Goodbye!!!) I told myself that maybe I would read it one day, because, at the time, I just wasn't ready to date! I was sorta afraid that by reading it, maybe I would. I just wasn't ready for that yet. So, it sat on my self and continued to collect dust. Then, when we got back from Thailand, I was rummaging thru my books ( I had just finished The Chronicles of Narnia). deciding that I needed a new one to read. It was then that I came across this book. I was like, eh, what the heck? why not? So, I started to read it. And it is SPECTACULAR! I had to stop reading the Joshua Harris book; I just didn't relate to it. Maybe because I'm not much of a dater. Maybe what he was talking about just didn't apply to me. Who knows. So, I started to read this one, and it DOES apply to me! I may not date much, but, it's no problem. This books talks about that as well. Even if you DON'T date, you can still set boundaries for when you do. Here are a few key insights from the book :

*Sins You Can Live With: Recognizing and choosing quality over perfection in a dating partner
*Don’t Fall in Love with Someone You Wouldn’t Be Friends With: How to ensure that honest friendship is a vital component in a relationship
*Don’t Mess Up a Friendship Out of Loneliness: Preserving friendships by separating platonic relationships from romantic interest
*Kiss False Hope Good-Bye:Moving past denial to deal with real relational problems in a realistic and hopeful way

I can't WAIT to read more and I am sure that this time, I really will write about it. :-)

Collin Raye- Love, Me

I read a note my grandma wrote back in 1923
Grandpa kept it in his coat
and he showed it once to me
He said," Boy you might not understand, but a long long time ago
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none,
but I loved your grandma so.
We had this crazy plan to meet, and run away together
Get married in the first town we come to and live forever
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet instead
I found this letter and this is what it said
*If you get there before I do,
don't give up on me
I'll meet you when my chores are through,
I don't know how long I'll be
But I'm not gonna let you down, Darling wait and see
But between now and then till I see you again
I'll be loving you..love me
I read those words just hours before my grandma passed away
In the doorway of a church where me and grandpa stopped to pray
I know I never seen him cry in all my fifteen years
But as he said those words to her
His eyes filled up with tears
*If you get there before I do,
don't give up on me
I'll meet you when my chores are through,
I don't know how long I'll be
But I'm not gonna let you down, Darling wait and see
But between now and then till I see you again
I'll be loving you, Love me
*And between now and then till I see you again
I'll be loving you... love me

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News for now...

Well, its the same ol same ol here in Iwakuni. Nothing really new to tell about. Preping for AMI, oh joy. SSgt emailed the monitor and told him that I am 6 months out and ready for orders. YES! So, fingers crossed everybody, for Miramar! I am also working on my CDI because SSgt wants to send me to WTI and I wanna be a CDI by then! Going anywhere as a worker sucks! Lol!

Well, I am getting another tattoo! Actually, I am gettin my whole back done! I always wanted to, but, never really thought of anything that I would want permanently on my back. Then, while I was on duty the other day, I was reading a TATTOO Magazine that someone had left. I read an article on a preacher named Matt Weiss. He has so many tattoos of Crosses, Jesus, Bible versus, and well, his entire upper body is a biblical STORY! It is amazing! Kids that he ministers to are from rough areas and he also ministers at a prison, so, it is easy for him to evangelize. I definately recommend everyone reading the article. It is really inspirational.
So, once I get my back completed, I will put pictures on here! But, no one can see it before then! Lol!