Halloween Pictures

This guy almost attacked me!

Scary "things"

Another scary thing, without " "

Ditto on the above comments

Attacking the Prince of Darkness

Look at those horns!

They almost got him--til I saved the day!

Crazy wing span--couldn't even get it in the whole picture

Halloween turned out to be really fun. We met up with some friends (can you believe it, we actually have friends!) for dinner beforehand. I think we discovered an Italian Restaurant pretty darn close that we both like. Then, we headed to Frankenstein Castle. It turns out that the other girl we were going with gets totally scared and freaked out just like me. It seems like the scary people walking around could just sense that and they would come after us. They literally follow you around and creep you out. I was super creeped in the beginning but towards the end of the night, I was like "whatever"! totally

The pin head man.

That is me trying to run from a creepy person (green face person).

Lit up and ready for visitors

Boo!

Halloween '08

What are you doing for Halloween?
I have to admit, I am a slacker when it comes to holidays. It's not that I don't like them but I think I'm too lazy and uncreative to come up with fun ideas, especially a costume. It seems like I would be the exact opposite but I guess I'm not. This is why I am particularly pleased with my cute Halloween decorations this year. Anyway...

I am going here Friday night

Scary, huh?

It's this guy's castle (pictured above).

How crazy cool is that--going to Frankenstein's Castle ON Halloween? Sounds awesome but I am freaked out. I guess the people running the hunted house can put their hands on you, throw you into coffins, shut the coffin...that kind of stuff, no big deal {yah right}. I am down right SCARED! But I'm going anyway because who can turn up an opportunity to go to the source on the night of scariness?
I guess I'll have to let you know how it goes...if I survive!

If you'd like to read more about Burg Frankenstein click here.

4th of July 2008, Korea

This 4th of July was really a great one--we both really enjoyed ourselves and were able to celebrate the day while remembering our country. Being on an Army Post often has it's advantages. The entire day was filled with a schedule of things going on here on post. We slept in a little too much so we missed some things in the morning but once we got moving, we had a blast. Never thought I'd be able to climb up into one of these:

The soldiers telling us about their vehicle, I forget the technical name of it, were so nice and helpful. I noticed they all had battle patches on their uniform signifying that they've been to war. I should have spoken up and said thank you for their service but didn't. Can I tell you the area where Rick is is tight and tiny! I feel like I barely squeezed in there and felt a bit claustrophobic (trying spelling that when blogger doesn't have a spell checker! Where'd it go???) It also does NOT smell good in those things. Not like it should smell good but I mean it just smells bad. If you look right where Rick's chin is, you can see the lens they see through. It's called paradiam lenses or something because the driver actually sits lower in the seat but his lenses see above for him. That way if they're getting attacked he doesn't have to worry about his eyes! I know I'm not explaining it great but it was fascinating to learn about.

Inside the tank.

Vroom vroom. Was I on M*A*S*H or what?

We got to meet Chuck Norris. I guess all the guys get to name their tanks. Behind us was Aphrodisiac! (Thank goodness firefox has spell check!!!)

We got to ride in these go-carts. How cool--they set these up for the 4th of July and they'll be here on the weekends throughout the summer.

We got to see "cheerleaders" perform

And another group, The Maxx performed. Rick said it should have been the Maxxx, with triple x's because it was uh, extremely provocative. And even though they most thrusted and gyrated, we stayed because I like dance and this was...sort of dance.

This was so cool and the highlight of the night. I think it was called "A Salute to the Nation". Each state was presented according to the date it joined the Union or United States. A soldier marched a flag to the stage and then a barrel salute was made. The soldiers were totally on task and it was fun to see them in action. Sometimes a barrel misfired and so the guy next in line promptly gave the signal for his firer to go!

It was so cool and so loud!

This video does not do the loud bang justice--it was super loud!

After that we watched the fireworks, which we were pretty impressed with. I wonder if the Koreans in town were wondering what was going on or if they are used to it by now. At any rate, we had a wonderful day!

I upload pictures but then they disappear...what is up, does this happened to you?

Have you thanked a soldier for their service and sacrifice?

Do you have a 4th of July tradition?
Are you going to answer these questions in a comment form or are you going to 'read and run'?

Christmas 2007

So Christmas has past and Easter has past but we're taking you back in time. I was so lucky to get time off work to come over and visit Rick in Korea for Christmas. Sometimes you really need to be around your husband and Christmas is one of those times. Unfortunately, everyone and their mom wanted to be in Korea for Christmas too, so plane tickets were REALLY expensive, but you gotta do what you gotta do, Skype just wouldn't have cut it.

I think I got to Korea about a week before Christmas so we were able to do spend some time together before and after. I brought my gifts for Rick with me but he...he had to run to the PX at the last minute! A few days before Christmas, after the clinic where he works closed for the holidays, he decided to "borrow" their Christmas tree and decorations. It was a big surprise! I guess it's the tradition of having a tree and the lights but it really seemed more like Christmas time with a tree and lights in the apartment. There's only 2 of us and look how many presents are under the tree!

Rick thought that no one would notice the Christmas tree was missing from the clinic because they were closed for the holidays. For some reason, Rick's boss decided to go into the clinic on Christmas Eve!!! He thought the tree had been stolen, called the next in line man, he called someone, and pretty soon everyone knew the tree was missing. Of course, when everybody came back to work after the holidays the tree was there and they found out Rick was the one to have taken it. Rick's boss said it made him laugh to picture Rick carrying the tree down the hill. Let's give him some visuals:

I don't think he lived that one down for a while. One would have thought it was the most exciting thing to happen in a while. I guess it is a little bit more exciting than teeth, although those are pretty exciting if you think about it!