Time....

I have been meaning to post a new blog for days now but like it is for most of us, time escaped me and suddenly it had been almost a week. The holidays are creeping up on us and we don't have any preparations finished. For the last two years we have tried to be the loving couple that has taken in single marines for thanksgiving so they didn't have to sit at the barracks alone. It makes me sad that most of them sit there with no families, order a pizza, drink beer, and watch a movie. To me Thanksgiving is a time to spend with the ones that you love and celebrate what you are grateful for. SO... we took the ones that wanted to come and gave them a meal with friends, with games and movies to follow. This year is going to be a little different. The normal group of guys that come over is on deployment in Owkinawa Japan so we didn't have anyone to take in and give a friendly "home" for the holiday. we decided that we just wouldn't do the holiday for sake of time and money, and rather just enjoy each others company and be grateful doing it. We have two of the most wonderful friends though and they couldn't let us sit home and not do anything so they insisted that we are going to their homes. We can't refuse :) It's funny though because it's like we have become the single marines that are being taken in by the loving family. Karma I guess. It comes and goes just when you need it. :)