A Withdrawl? I think not!

"President Bush will tell the nation this week he plans to reduce the American troop presence in Iraq by as many as 30,000 by next summer, but will condition those and further cuts on continued progress."

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Seriously, does the President think we are stupid? In reality, that is not a withdrawl, the 30,000 troops he is talking about, are the 30,000 sent over as a part of the "surge." So how can them coming home when they are supposed to be, be considered a withdrawl? They are just not going to have replacements.

When the 30,000 come home next summer, like they are supposed to, the troop level will be back at 130,000, the same amount it was before the "surge." So how is this being considered a withdrawl? A withdrawl will happen when the levels drop below 130,000, and our guys start coming home for good.

Basically after the so called "withdrawl" we are in the same place as we were before and 130,000 soldiers have been away from their family and in harms way for WAY to long.


Ok, on to a different subject, before I go spaztastic on the last subject. Of course, I'm sure everyone knows what today is. 6 years ago, my oldest son was just 6 months old. We had just woken up that morning, and as I turned on the TV, the first thing I heard was "OMG OMG a second plane has just crashed into the second tower."

What a terrifying thing to wake up too! I will admit, I was scared, scared of what was going on, scared of what was going to happen, basically scared of the unknown. I sat there and just hugged my son and began praying, and thanking my lucky stars for everything I have in my life.

The boys and I, are getting ready to go the Freedom walk

I will post some pictures of their first day of school, and pictures from the walk later.

Now I would like to share with you a few of my favorite 9/11 tributes

America Attacked

Heaven remix

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Yup, I'm boring!

So its Saturday night, can you guess what I did tonight? I went Grocery Shopping Yup thats right! I went shopping with my neighbor and her husband, and about half way through he proceeded to say "man Amie you are really getting old, shopping on a Saturday night, welcome to the old people club" Ummm excuse me, I'm only 26, that is soooooooooo not old. But that is a way to sink me into depression! Shesh, if Rob were here we probably would have been hanging out at home, or would have taken the boys to dinner or something, anything aside from grocery shopping.

This weekend really hasn't been that bad, however I am bouncing off the walls! Well not really, that would hurt, and the last thing I want to do is spend umpteen hours in the ER for a broken bone or something. Before this month is over, I will have my husband in my arms! I am beyond ecstatic! Of course its the Army, and we don't have an exact date just yet, but its getting close! Very close!

This afternoon, I went with my neighbor and her family to her uncles cookout. We had a good time. Her uncle is in a band, so there was live music, good food, and some cool people. The boys were excited as well, they had horses and dogs, and a go cart thing that I got stuck driving with about 8 kids sitting in the back.

Tomorrow I am going back to my neighbors(can you tell I spend quite a bit of time there? Yeah they keep me company while Rob is gone) and we are grilling out and she is making a cake, because tomorrow is her youngest sons birthday.

Speaking of birthdays, my friend got me an ice cream maker! I was totally stoked when she gave it to me! Also, tomorrow when she makes the cake, she is putting my name on it as well...I told her I wanted my own cake, but nooooooo, I have to share a cake with her son. I'm totally kidding, well not about the sharing the cake thing, but I really didn't want my own.

Then on Monday, Austin(my youngest son) starts school. Jonathon(my oldest) started last Wednesday. I will have a whole two and half hours all to myself each day And for the next few weeks until Rob gets home, I will be using that time to clean, clean, and clean some more to get everything ready for him.

I've been trying to do things to keep the boys and I busy, so on Tuesday we are going to do the Freedom Walk. I am really excited about participating in this, and I really think the boys and I will enjoy ourselves.

Lately, its been all about keeping the boys and I occupied for the next couple weeks till daddy gets home, but I'm really not used to all this running, and sometimes feel like I'm running us ragged. At least, we are having a good time, and doing stuff for good causes.

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