Flashback Friday (Part 69) - I Think I Married Rambo

When I first met Tim in a bar, he told me he was a Green Beret in the Army. I looked at him and said, "Is that good?"

When we were first dating he was stationed three hours south in North Carolina at Ft. Bragg. He would drive up every Friday night and leave in the middle of the night on Sunday to make PT (physical training) at 6 a.m. Since I was still living in an apartment, he'd take my dirty clothes back to the barracks on Sunday and bring them back clean on Friday for a FULL YEAR.

No wonder I married him.

He would also stop every Friday on the way back into town to buy me daisies. The store owners started to call him Mr. Daisy.

No wonder I married him.

Tim was the sniper on his Green Beret team and their specialty was French so they traveled to several African countries for training. I learned that his team was very similar to Navy SEALS except they didn't want Charlie Sheen either.

I think I married Rambo.


He looks pretty good in this picture.

No wonder I married him.

Now it's your turn.

Find an old picture and share a story about it. Flashback Friday has no real rules other than to have fun.

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Wordless Wednesday - Taking the Plunge

We upgraded from the ghetto pool to my brother's neighborhood pool over the weekend.



He thinks he's a combination of Superman, Spiderman and most recently, Iron Man.

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KISS This

After many, many years of the ghetto pool in the backyard, we decided to take the plunge and get estimates on an in-ground pool.

Last week, the latest person to give us an estimate also gifted us with VIP tickets to KISS on Friday night as well as Creed on Saturday night (which I gave away to my sister).

A quick phone call to my best friend Kim and she and her husband Pat were confirmed as our "plus two" for the show.


The VIP tickets included passes to the VIP bar before the show as well.


Having only seen KISS in concert on television, I knew that there would be a lot of pyro happening on stage.

I wasn't disappointed.

I saw a few people with their faces painted and to help us fit in, Tim bought us KISS t-shirts.

We are big fans of going to concerts and I can cross KISS off my bucket list of shows.

Already crossed out on the list: Dave Matthews, Duran Duran, Metallica, Billy Joel, Nickelback, Pearl Jam, New Kids on The Block, Rusted Root, Jewel, Zac Brown Band, Martina McBride, Trace Adkins, Three Doors Down, Puddle of Mudd, Jimmy Buffett, Beastie Boys, Creed, Sheryl Crowe, Cranberries, Def Leopard, Styx, Harry Connick, Jr., Hole (with Courtney Love), Counting Crows, Cracker, Foreigner, Journey and Goo Goo Dolls to name a few.

Click on the group name to read about my experience.

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