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01-14-2010, 12:46 PM

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Tiffany

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Thanks ESQ. That really means a lot to me especially since any day now he deploys for Afghan and I'm a bit of a wreck this time around.

A distant friend of mine farewelled her hubby in November last year, he has gone to Afghanistan for six months with our Armed Forces. She reckons apart from the worry, the hardest thing is simply not being able to talk to him whenever she wants.... with cell phones and internet and technology in general we're used to instant communication.

Your blocks look awesome too! :-)

She would have hated the old method, which was to wait for letters; and even then it could take months and months to receive them. I laugh at these young gals now (or guys, if their wives are in the military and stationed on board ships or overseas) who complain and yet can text, send emails, or receive calls on a regular basis. Sounds like your friend is dealing with the older method, the wait-and-see-and-maybe you'll-hear-from-them method.

01-14-2010, 12:51 PM

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Thanks ESQ. That really means a lot to me especially since any day now he deploys for Afghan and I'm a bit of a wreck this time around.

That's very true! lol

They get scheduled calls, but they don't always make it. I have a close friend whose hubby works on an oil ship and his contact is worse... it can be an entire week without contact for them. Mind you, she is a lot older so she's at the stage where a break from hubby is nice, she enjoys the peace and quiet! LMAO

01-14-2010, 12:54 PM

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LOL! Yeah, I understand. Sometimes I threaten hubby, telling him I'm going to make him join the Merchant Marines so that I can ship him out to sea. It would give me more time to quilt! :lol:

01-14-2010, 12:59 PM

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LOL! Yeah, I understand. Sometimes I threaten hubby, telling him I'm going to make him join the Merchant Marines so that I can ship him out to sea. It would give me more time to quilt! :lol:

LMAO

When hubby tells me he's going to need to work in the evening he looks so guilty and serious, I try really hard not to let on how excited I am because I'll get to sew all night without feeling bad! LOL

01-14-2010, 02:14 PM

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When hubby tells me he's going to need to work in the evening he looks so guilty and serious, I try really hard not to let on how excited I am because I'll get to sew all night without feeling bad! LOL

I know just what you mean! The other night I was telling my DH that I'd like one evening a week "to myself" which, of course is code "an evening to spend quilting"!

Jan

01-14-2010, 02:32 PM

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this is one of the major upsides to being with an artist - he understands completely when i tell him i have to work in the studio.

between my studios and his studio we devote more square footage of the house to art then to family living.

01-15-2010, 06:33 AM

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My DH had two cub scout meetings with our son this week. I was thrilled - all I could think was "guilt free sewing" time for me!! And I used every bit of the two hours I had!!