In My Own Words

Wow, my idea for raising dough for the troops is really going great. Jennifer texted me this morning bright and early with an order for four dozen white dinner rolls, which I am working on as we speak. Then she texted me this evening with an order to be delivered on Friday – two dozen [...]

So far I’ve had good results from the “Raise Dough for the Troops” project. Yesterday I started out with 12 loaves of bread, 5 of which were pre-ordered, and at the end of the day I had 3 left. Now, the end of my day is 2:30, and the office doesn’t close until 4:00, so [...]

This is the sign I made and put up in the kitchen at the office. I waited until the end of the day yesterday and hung it on the refrigerator just before I left. I’ve already gotten requests for five loaves of cinnamon swirl bread; I’m going to bake this evening and deliver tomorrow. It’s [...]

Well, I have $40 left in my Troop Support Account, and there were a few items I wanted to pick up at Sam’s today while we were picking up honey, bread flour, and a few other items we needed at the house. Mainly I wanted a tub of Atomic Fireball jawbreakers; go figure, our guys [...]

Okay, there’s an idea rolling around in my head, and it’s gonna keep rolling around until I finally give in to it.  When I was working at the Educational Annex, a couple of my co-workers would ask me if I’d make an extra loaf or two next time I was baking bread, and they would [...]

I adopted another Warrior, even though I said I wasn’t going to adopt any more until the ones already in my Troop Support Rolodex had come home. I try to stay away from the “Where to Send” page on AnySoldier.com, but sometimes I just can’t seem to help myself. Today was one of those days. [...]

Shawn has worked a lot of overtime lately, and gave me $40 when he got paid. He said I was his favorite charity, because when he gave me money, he knew exactly where it went. I told him he’s been our favorite charity for years, and asked him if he’s as thrilled to be self [...]

My friend and fellow troop supporter “Maddog” gave me a heads up on a Warrior who posted that his Troops are in dire need of a morale boost. They’re not too far from re-deploying (going home, in civilian speak), but they’ve been through a lot and they’ve really been down. Being a good leader, Sgt. [...]

I was out of pocket for four days while Jack and I were in Illinois visiting kinfolk, so when we got back I had a lot of catching up to do. The first place I went was the DoD website to check for updates on fallen heroes. There were 7 Warriors to add to my [...]