As many of you know, I have been blogging about the electrocution deaths of our soldiers in Iraq. To date, there have been at least 11 soldiers and 2 civilians that have died from accidental electrocution. To read my blogs on this just click “KBR” category at the left.
In mid June I was contacted by [...]

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Keelen and I are getting ready to fly to visit his other Grandparents. It was a choice between a 10 hour road trip or a 1 hour flight. Hmmmmm……tough decision!!!
He’s flown before, but it’s the first flight he will really remember it. Although it’s only about an hour, that will be plenty long enough if [...]

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Keelen and I have been on a week long road trip visiting friends and family. Despite the fact that we have been on the move for the last seven days, he has been great, except for the little shoplifting incident.
He’s quite the “Chatty Cathy” when we’re in the car and wants to include me in [...]

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Keelen and I are about halfway through a week long road trip visiting friends and family. It has been fun but kind of stressful travelling with a 5 year old. All in all he has done fairly well.
Today we were on our way to see my sister and I thought it would be fun to [...]

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What is that noise? Is that a Blackhawk? Am I dreaming I’m back in Iraq? No…that would be a nightmare!
When I worked in Baghdad I lived at Camp Hope in the Green Zone (now called the International Zone). Not only my trailer (hooch) but the whole camp was under the approach pattern for the helicopter [...]

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Well I’ve finally given in and decided to join the blogger community. I am 47, a journeyman electrician (hence the nickname Ms Sparky), a wife, a mother and a grandmother. I have worked in Antarctica, Iraq and China. I have traveled to Chile, Thailand, Turkey and Egypt. I have tons of pics. So I will [...]

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