SparkleShan

July brought more fun by the pool and at the beach. As I had the summer off we went to my mom's a lot during the day to go swimming and sit by the pool. I also got together with my cousins Stephaine, Christy and Meghan for dinner and catching up.

My baby girl turned 6 years old today! I can't believe she is going into first grade already, time is going by too fast. We celebrated her birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's. She had a blast and is leaving for vacation in Michigan for a week with her grandparents tomorrow.

Now that I have a wheel, I have started spinning up my Fiber Stash. I spun up super soft pink and black Merino that my friend Melissa sent me. She is so great she sent me a package of fiber that was waiting for me at home when I got back from deployment. I love the wheel. Here are all the yarns that I spun up this month. And some more Fiber I ordered from Uniquely Yours , Bohoknitterchic and Jazzturtle . I was lucky enough to snag a June Fluff Phat Fiber Box too! I also got to met a wonderful friend that I meet on the Bad Knit Girl Group on Ravlery. Karen (angrypoddle)also lives in Connecticut, so we met up in West Hartford for lunch and desert. I also got to meet her wonderful like boy Liam. He loved Emma and she was sweet trying to help feed him.

Month was another fun month and going out with the BFF. It also started to get warm enough for pool and beach weather. And I meet my now boyfriend on June 6! Here are some more pictures from our nights out, beach and pool time. Another night at Ultra 88. This is the night I met Bob, I didn't get any pictures with him on that first night, but his hand did make it in to the left side of the below photo, LOL. Kristen turned 21 when we were overseas so she had never been to the Casino. SO we took her to Mohegan sun for some dinner, Slots and Ultra 88 of Course. We feed her tons of drinks and got her to throw up in the bathroom! Ha Kristen, Erica & Ann having dinner at Lucky's Playing Slots, we didn't do so well! Kristen and I at Ultra 88 Another weekend Ann and I decided it was a girls night out with some high school friends and friends from Ann's work. We got a hotel room and went to LBD (little blak dress night) at Ultra 88 of Course. This was definetly an int...

Since I was gone for a year I had tons of partying and going out to make up for with my friends and BFF. Here are shots of everything that went on in May of this year after I got home. Since I am way behind on Posting I am going to do everything for the month!! This picture is from the first night that Ann I went out after I got home from deployment. We went to Ultra 88 of course. This night we went to Shrine at Foxwoods and the dumbasses kicked us out because they said Ann was drunk, so not true, jerks! I then when out with my two wives that were deployed to with me. We went to a party in Bradford, but it was boring so Velez and I decided to bring Kristen to Van Dome in New Haven, since she had never been to a club. I haven't been to Van Dome since I was a freshmen in college (and I will never go again, lol). They took our picture for the website! LOL

So I got to come back to the states a week earlier then the rest of the unit because I was in charge of making sure that all the mobilization Adminstrative part was all set and run smoothly (and trust me there was a lot to be done). We got 150 people through Fort Dix and demobilzation in 4 days when it normally take a week or more for less people then that. We arrived home on mother's day. What a great Mother's Day gift to see my little girl! It's good to be home but weird to. I'm used to having people around me ALL the time and now it's just me in the house. I have the next 3 months off to spend every day with Emma once school gets out and to do much knitting and spinning. I got a brand new spinning wheel that was waiting for me when I arrived that I need to learn how to use! I also had a lots of fiber that I ordered waiting for me. Prefect to practice on the new wheel with (like I don't have enough already). And the a wonderful friend from Ravelry Meliss...

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