Day 21: Busy Weekend

21 days. Three weeks. Only 1 week for a month to have gone by. Some days it seems longer than that. Some days, just fly by.

This past weekend was a busy weekend. Like I said, I took the kids out. We went to this local buffet restaurant. it was pretty good, but the best thing it was close to home. Then on Saturday, we went out to a friend's farm. It was like a free petting zoo! They have goats, cows, chickens, bunnies, dogs, cats, birds and even fish. I can't even imagine what it costs to feed all those animals! But the kids had a blast. I got to sit and talk and drink coffee. So we all had a good time. Sunday, I played video games with the kids and they got to talk to Daddy. All in all the weekend was just not long enough. But somehow, they never are.....

D. has been having a rough time over in Iraq. But today, he sounds like he is making an upturn. He finally got the package I sent to him for Valentine's day. Im so happy he did. I was wondering if that was going to end up being an Easter package! LOL

This past week, D. finally met up with his cousin over there. His cousin has a fairly dangerous job, so I can't tell too much about him, but it was sure nice to have them finally get together. (Unfortunately, I can't show any pictures, for his cousin's safety.)

I often look through the news to see if there is any news stories that catch my eye, and are about the military. 2 caught me today. One article said that troops deployed this summer for 15 month deployments will most likely only end up being 12 months. This is an effort to bring the troops home to spend more time with their families. Currently, the deployments have been 18 months, with 8 or 9 months off deployment, only to turn around and put in another year or more second deployment. Now, they want it to be one year no deployments in between and shorten the amount of the deployemnt altogether. This is good news for military familes. (You can see the whole article here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ARMY_SHORTER_TOURS?SITE=FLPEJ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT )

Also there was an article about free tax preparation for military and their families. You can check out that information here:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48819

I don't know if that will help anyone, but it never hurts to try....

Not much else is going on around the 'ol Scott Homestead. We are plodding through the days, and making the best of them. The kids send their shoutout: "We love you Daddy!". We also send hugs and all our love. Stay safe!