A time for good-bye

Very early this morning Reed and I said good-bye to each other once again. This time I am sending him off to fight in Afghanistan. All I can do is pray for his safety. Reed has spent many hours in the last several weeks telling about where he is going and what they are doing to help assure me that he will be safe. Words can't describe what it's like kissing the one you love good-bye not only for a year but knowing that they are going to war. I have no idea what the next year entails for us, but I'm confident we'll make it through.

It's been a while...

I tried posting this several weeks ago, but I guess it didn't work so here it is...

So many things have happened since I was last able to post. Since there is so much I'll start with the Reader's Digest version and then go into more depth later. Reed made it home safely the first of March. Then after a change of plans we spent our block leave here in Fairbanks and in Anchorage. Then it was back to work for both of us unfortunately.
I have never been so happy to wake up at 2 am as I was on March 4th! I was up at 2 to go pick up my husband from base finally! It was a long month with him gone. I'm an totally dreading deployment, but know that we can make it through it. Soon after he got home it was my birthday. Reed got me my mixer that I have been dreaming of for years! I have to say...I love it! I really think everyone needs one! My mixer is also different from everyone that I have seen though because it has a clear bowl and not the metal one. That makes it all the more special to me.
Then it was block leave. Unfortunately we spent the first week of our two week leave spending every afternoon on base trying to get his paycheck figured out. Then we headed down to Anchorage. Although I was super excited to see a Target, I was overall disappointed with Anchorage. I don't really know why, I think it's just cause I'm so used to our small town of Fairbanks that Anchorage was too overwhelming for me. Another reason I don't think that I liked it too much is because there were so many things that I wanted to do that were closed for the season. So I'm sure that I will like it better when I go down there this summer. After we got home from Anchorage we started to work on a crazy project of mine. I have wanted to get a shoe bench in our entry way to help contain all our shoes and such and to help it make much more organized. I was going crazy with the unorganized manner of our shoes. After many difficulites we finally finished the bench. It looks so good in our hallway! We then set to a couple of other projects. Reed made me a shoe rack for our closet and I made an end table I think we have learned a new hobby for us to do together. We love working in the garage together.