I just can't see how that name could be good for business....

Other random "roadtrip" pictures

Is that possible? Oxymoron?




Where is the line for too many bumper stickers?

Clearing ground for matting installation. This stump was a challenge. It was very Stumpborn......we were all stumped on how to remove it. Wow I'm done I promise :)

Back in Africa...Holy Flying Cows!?!?

Bunjee Jumping Cows?

Ramps are too boring for these adrenalin junkie cows.

Red Roof Inn, Virginia.

No they did not "leave the light on" for me, but they did have free cookies in the lobby; which was much better-especially with everyone going "green" now-a-days-would'nt want to leave the light on.

West Virginia and Virginia are absolutaly beautiful. There is so much mountainous land, covered in so thick of trees I can't imagine trying to navigate through there. It looks like most of the land has remained completely untouched or "virgin" maybe hence VIRGINia.

Trip to Cherry Point: West Virginia

Hopefully this town's name isn't too fitting...

Trip to Cherry Point: Kentucky....

Trip to Cherry Point: Illinois...

The awesome pumpkin guy I saw on the Silo-its not october yet but anytime of year is a perfect time to have a huge smiling pumpkin!


Another picture of the pumpkin with someone's vanity license plate in the way. I noticed a lot of Vanity plates driving through Illinois and they all seem to say something pretty stupid (don't all vanity plates?) This one I'm not sure what it was supposed to say (toughy?) I saw one that said CAR CAR....all the good names they had thought of must have been taken.



If it wasn't road construction that held us up, this 4 car accident did the trick-thankfully it didn't look like anyone was injured (person or vehicle). I felt bad taking pictures of these people in what was probably a really embarassing time but it did end up being one of the longest parts of our trip.

Trip to Cherry Point: Wisconsin...

Whatever pulls in the customers right?

Squeeky Fresh? Is that similar to Squeeky Clean??? Seems like this should be advertising tooth paste not cheese curds...Mmm...cheese curd flavored toothpaste?

Leaving Minnesota

This is the last time I will see this building for awhile... See the beads of water on the windshield? Minnesota must have been sad to see us leave :)


The Patriot guard waving us farewell:

Happy in the Face of Traffic....

Wed. July 1st, 2009

I saw this truck today when I was stuck in traffic. I thought of two things when I saw it-how much I would hate to be the guy whos picture is plastered on the back, and about the yellow and black happy face symbol. I decided to randomly research it-turns out a happy face crater was discovered on mars. Which made me also realize that either A) God has a sense of humor or B) People are creative and easily amused....I say both but I can say B for sure-hence why this picture was taken in the first place (I'm very easily amused!). Stuck in traffic, bored; it took this truck to brighten up that dull moment during the monotonous trip I make every day. When really if I would have seen this any other time I probably wouldn't have cared to take a picture of it. There is even an easilyamused.com....no surprise there-there's a website for everything....oh and i just checked there is: thewebsiteofeverything.com.....surprising......

So, I'm getting closer to my leaving date (July 6th) Got my travel claim done today and got the gear list, the gear list was pretty typical:
COMBAT BOOTS
SKIVVIES
DOG TAGS
RANK INSIGNIA........................
but as I got further down the list I thought I read one wrong:
CONDOMS
I'm pretty sure this was the work of some lance cooly....Now my curiosity is really sparked to what the people are like in this unit I'm deploying with.....I guess better safe than sorry....but on a gear list? seriously?! Psh whatever, made me laugh for the time being.

Well I'm signing off, will write more later =]

*~*~*~*Love in its Truest Sincerity*~*~*~*
Krazy Kate =P

Appreciate:Family

This weekend I went to my cousins Owen and Ryan's grad parties. This picture is of my cousin Jayme (Left) and Taylor (Right). The picture was taken at Ryan's grad party. We spent a lot of time there and a majority of the time the cousins pictured and I were on an enduring quest to go to a movie called "the Proposal". Using a virus infested computer that would spontaneously pop up 50+windows, looking up movie times proved to be very difficult. We never ended up going to the movie but it ended up being a good time regardless. Two things that night helped remind me: appreciate a computer that works good, and more importantly-appreciate family. I visited my Grandma in the nursing home before the grad parties and made me think-no matter what you have done or accomplished in your life, the people that will be there for you until the end is your family, who without them, there is no one to share in what you have accomplished.

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn`t come as a result of getting something we don`t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have." -Frederick Keonig

Love in its truest sincerity,
Katie

I'll Be Safe I Promise :) Monday, July 6th 2009

As I'm getting ready to leave the most common thing I hear said is "be safe". Which of course the concern is much appreciated. When you think about it though, I could just as easily get hit by a crazy cab driver in downtown minneapolis because I crossed the road without the little "walk guy" lit up on the light. Yes, this did happen to someone-or nearly happen, the other night. I was in a taxi and the driver flew through the intersection (he was definatly not going the speed limit at all) and there were two guys in their 20s crossing the street, the taxi driver realized it just in time and slammed on his brakes. The two men jumped out of the way, almost so high I thought they were going to land on the taxi; and yes, it turns out the surprised deer in the headlights look applies to people too. The funniest part about it was that they apologized to the taxi...usually people scream and curse. I think they were so frightened and overwhelmed they were just greatful their night wasn't cut short by a crazy cab driver. And I don't even know what this cab driver's excuse was for driving so crazy, its not like he was high on khat.....


It's all relative, dangerous surprises are everywhere: Whether its IED's on the road or crazy cab drivers, you tell me to be safe then l'lI tell you look both ways before crossing =P

Well, I'm heading out tomarrow, will write more later :)

*~*~*~*Love in its Truest Sincerity*~*~*~*
Krazy KT

1st Blog Ever...

It was recommended to me by one of my friends I should make a blog so I figured why not? I'm still very new to the "blogging" thing so this should be interesting.

My background:
I am a female in the Marine Reserves, I have been for just shy of 2 years now. I titled this blog "One Weekend A Month My A$$" Because Since Joining the Reserves I haven't been home for longer than about 2 months at a time. Everyone thinks in the Reserves you go through all your training then you get home, start college or a job (both?), and then do your manditory drills-"One weekend a month, two weeks in the summer" as they say. Well, that is the case for most people but that hasn't been the case for me...


I graduated high school in June 2007
Left for bootcamp July 9th 2007
Graduated Bootcamp October 5th 2007
Left for MCT after my "boot leave"
Graduated MCT November 6th 2007
Then went straight to MOS School
Graduated MOS School February 28th 2008
Checked into my reserve unit March 1st 2008
Completed 2 Drills
Did my AT (annual training aka "two weeks in the summer") in May 2008
Shiped off for ILOC (aka predeployment training) in Lejuene, NC in June 2008
We were in LeJuene, North Carolina from June until September 2008.
Left for Africa In September 2008 and Remained there until April 2009
I worked Active duty at Ft.Snelling, MN until I left for Cherry Point, NC on July 6th 2009.

Now here I am, In Virginia on my way to Cherry Point,NC so I can begin another deployment adventure.

This blog will get edited in the future I'm sure-this is just my boring "background" one anyways. I'm going to publish the emails that got me started on this blogging thing. These were just a couple "blog type emails" from before today.