Sunday, October 21st, 2007
I just got Bill the denim shirt that I ordered for him. He loves it. I love it. Here is what it looks like:
I had Bill model it for you guys (he wasn’t real thrilled but did it anyway). I am impressed. For the price, it is a great quality shirt. It is machine washable too (which is a huge plus in my book). They have big sizes — all the way up to 10x. You can even get the shirts in tall. They have several syles of shirts, and they also carry mesh shorts, hats, and polo shirts (just to name a few things). You can also get women’s and maternity shirts too. My other favorite part is that they have infant and toddler shirts too! I love this shirt we got and the Clothing4All company, so I am ordering some more shirts for Christmas presents. I am also ordering Bill a new wardrobe for work.
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
I messed up and missed posting this last week when my computer exploded. I am posting this today and will have another hero up for tomorrow.
Spc. Josiah H. Vandertulip
21 years old from Irving, Texas
2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
October 14, 2004
Louise Vandertulip fussed at her son about his spending. He bought wild, overpriced hats that had flames on them or horns coming out of the top, she said.
While in Army basic training, he bought portraits of himself. His mother told him to save his money.
She’s glad he didn’t listen.
The hats and the pictures are all a part of her memories now.
Spc. Josiah H. Vandertulip was killed in Baghdad when his patrol came under small arms fire.
Josiah Vandertulip joined the Army right after his graduation from Irving High School in 2002. He spent a year in South Korea before being stationed at Texas’ Fort Hood in February. Against his mother’s advice, he volunteered to go to Iraq. She told him to wait, to go to college.
“When he was determined to do something in his heart, he would do it and hell or high water couldn’t keep him from it,” she said
By going, he knew someone else with a young family could be saved from serving, relatives said.
He always had the important things right, Louise Vandertulip said.
“There’s a lot of rest in knowing that he died doing what he believed in and doing what he thought was right,” she said.
“We have a much more real sense of the cost for the freedom that we enjoy now,” said his father, Robert Vandertulip.
“Josiah was the first brand new soldiers I recieved as a dismounted team leader in Korea. He was one of the Best soldiers I have had the honor to train and work with. He loved being a soldier as much as any guy I have met. He was a great leader in the absence of his superiors. I could always count on him to make sure the mission was accomplished. I watched him change over the year I had him from a goofy kid, to a hard charging soldier.”
Sgt. Nickolas Faul
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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Friday, May 11th, 2007
So hopefully you had a chance to read Part I and Part II.
The fact that Madison needs glasses now made me upset. I am not sure why. I called Bill crying (which if you know me — I don’t cry). I am much better about the whole situation, but I am still not sure about why I reacted the way I did.
So, I have been an emotional wreck (which is so unlike me) all week. That about sums everything up. The weekend can only get better, right?
That brings me to Part III. I had a meeting for a side job on Wednesday. I get there and hook my laptop. Everything seems to go working fine. Then I try to get on the internet, and my computer shuts itself off. I go and turn it back on, and it won’t load. Since I can’t do anything, they send me home.
So again, I call Bill all upset. I went home and got my start-up disks hoping that would solve my problem. Nope. I ended up dropping it off at a computer repair center. It is about 5 am Friday morning, and I have not heard back from them yet. Should I be getting nervous? I am hoping that if I blew up the computer they will tell me soon, so I can start shopping for a new laptop. Even though it is a little less than two years old, it is outdated already (which is so sad).
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