REPLY: Miss

Your shot: Miss
My Shot: C4

Answers:
Maybe, maybe not watch a movie at home. We just watched the Princess Bride tonight. I'd seen it before, but I forgot. It's kind of funny. Daddy thinks it's really funny. I think it's only a little funny. Well, maybe a little more than a little. Yes, I am learning roman numerals in school. We know M is 1,000 and that's the biggest number we know in roman numerals. Really Daddy's been writing all of them. But I really know how they are all written. Sometimes I forget how they're written. They're far back there in the back of my mind. They're just somewhere floating around in the floating thought pool. We're learning division, but I'm not a very big fan of doing division. No, we don't do computer in class, but we do have 3 computers. Daniel once tried to turn one on. He couldn't turn it on, though. Usually Daddy types for me all the time. But only once I finished an email by typing on my own. I've started my emails on my own mostly every day. I just got my little diary back as one of my 3 things this evening. I did a quick shower, a good amount of time with my homework, and I got ready for bed well.

I've got to be quick with my email because it's almost 8:00. It's 2 minutes until 8:00. I'm going to ask if I can write a little in my diary, like a message to you after you get back; of course, after my email. I think I might need to get going. It's 8:00. (It's really one minute until 8:00, but it's close enough)

I think I should go now. It is almost my bedtime. In fact, it is my bedtime. It is now 8:00 exactly. I will leave now, for it is time go. I love you. Until the next World War MLII.

Love, Abigail

RE: REPLY: Miss

Your shot: Miss
My shot: I6

We can definitely go to Coldstone and then go to the movies. Would you rather watch a movie at home? We can make our own special popcorn if we do it at home...but whatever you want to do is fine with me!

Please enjoy the flowers, since I can't. I really like the pictures that Daddy sent of you on the berm. You are so pretty, Abigail. How did you get so pretty? And you look a little older already too. Didn't I tell you that you aren't allowed to grow while I'm gone? You're in trouble, little Miss! Just kidding...

Hey - since you've been doing this whole world war thing...are you learning roman numerals in school? Just wondering. What are you learning in school these days, anyways? Do you do things on the computer? Do you usually type your emails to me or does Daddy?

Another dust storm today...and it's hot here. It isn't even summer yet, but the temperatures are in the 90s and sometimes over 100. It isn't even May yet! And summer doesn't actually start until late June! Ack! I can't wait to get out of here.

I know that you don't want to hang in there, Sweetie, but you need to. Be strong. You are a strong, smart little girl. I know that you can get through this no problem. I know you can. You know something you can try doing? Whenever you wish that I was there, you can write it in a journal. You can write a letter to me, or you can just write about it in a journal. Whatever...just think about it, okay?

Love you and miss you and wish I could give you a big hug and kiss!
Love,
Mommy

REPLY: Miss

Your shot: Miss
My shot: B6

Man, we haven't hit one of each other's ships yet!

I wasn't really training Balen to scratch my back, he just started rubbing his little fingernails on my back. I don't really know what we should do together, just you and I; when you come back. I think we should maybe go out to Coldstone and get some ice cream and then go to the movies. Should we do that? Oh, the flowers are doing fine; and the houseplants. You won't believe how big the flowers are on the berm already. I don't think I can hang in there for a few months. I would rather hang in there for a second. That would be more like it, now wouldn't it? That is ridiculous. Almost 2 years? That's very weird.

I think I should get going now. It's almost 9:00.

I love you. I wish I could see you in the morning. Goodbye. And until the next World War LXVI.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: Miss!!

Your shot: Miss
My shot: G8

You are such a funny little girl! I love the silly things you say, like "As I used to say" and stuff like that...So you are starting to train Balen to scratch your back, huh? That's sneaky! You should scratch his back, too - it's only fair, right?

I'm sorry that you are having a HORRIBLE time with the boys at home. I will definitely spend some special time with you when I come home. Just you and I. What would you like to do together, just you and I? Go out to eat? Go shopping? Cook? Paint toenails? Just watch a movie? What ideas do you have? Maybe we can go for a bike ride together. What do you think?

Hey, how are the houseplants and flowers doing, Lady of the House? It's almost May now...are the tulips blooming yet? Can you get a picture or two of the berm for me? I hope that it looks really pretty, with lots of flowers. But maybe not all of the bulbs made plants or flowers. I don't know because I'm not there!

Please try to obey Daddy, sweetie. I know that it's really hard sometimes. You are doing a good job in this tough time. Just hang in there a few more months, ok? Hey - be glad that I'm not in the Army - they deploy for a year at a time, and some of the people out here have been extended (which means they have to stay here longer) and that means that many of them will have been away from home for almost 2 years! Isn't that ridiculous!? I'm glad I'm not away from you guys for that long, that's for sure!

Well, I need to do some more grad school application stuff...I should get that done. I'll call you guys again tonight - well, tonight for me, after church and before lunch for you.

I love you, my Sweet Pea!
Mommy

REPLY: Miss!!

Your shot: miss My shot: A2

I haven't hit one of your ships yet and you haven't hit one of my ships yet. Thats cool, isn't it? I like Battleship. Its a fun game. As I used to say, a fun game is a cool game! (Do you get it? "As I used to say" usually means like 15 years ago or something. Very far back in the past and I wasn't there very far back in the past.) I think it's a little funny. Only a little though. It's not so funny that I want to laugh at it. Earlier this morning Balen was scratching my back. He was taking his hand and putting it in claws position and then he started rubbing his fingernails along my back like he was scratching my back. I tried to get him to do it at nap time, but he didn't. Also, I didn't go to sleep. I got spanked badly for disobeying Daddy by not trying to go to sleep when Daddy told me to many times. Today I got another set of mini-pages. Well, the Catz game is a fun game. At least that's all I know. I don't know too much about it. I'm kind of awkward with it. I'm starting to learn new things with it because I am doing things over and over. Soon I'll be playing it as fast as I play my Dogz or my Horsez game, or Narnia, or other DS games like that.

Yes, I would like to work out with you. And why wouldn't I like to work out with my little mommy? Because I'm getting some fat skin here. I think it would be cool if we had a family workout. We had a family workout before, remember? When we were renting a house. It was fun. Ok, I'll ask Daddy. I just asked Daddy and Daddy said, "I think it's a good idea." Mostly, life with the boys in the house is HORRIBLE. Well, mostly it is. We haven't played a board game for a looooong time. Uh-oh, it's already 7:48, I think I should get going. But first I'll answer the rest of your questions. Like I said, HORRIBLE, although I know it's not really going to last forever. Yes, I hate the fact that you are deployed for six stinkin' months. I think you should stay in even though I don't want you to be deployed any more, I think it's the right thing. I think it's the right thing because you're helping our country become a better place.

Okay, I think I should go now. It's 7:54.

Goooooodbye. I love ya. I wish I could see ya in the mornin'. Your the mornin' lovah. And until the next World War XXXI.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: Miss

Your shot: Miss
My shot: E10

Eight little horses, huh? That's pretty cool! I'm excited about the next package coming, because hopefully my knee braces that I ordered are there - my knees have been hurting a bit when I run, and I have to run so I need to do something about my knees. Hopefully this will help.

You know what, when I get home and after we move I'm going to have to do workouts on my own. Would you like to workout with me? We can make it a family workout - what do you think of that? Would you like to do exercises with Mommy and Daddy? Or at least, with just Mommy, if Daddy doesn't want to do it? You should ask Daddy what he thinks of it, then let me know, ok?

I also wish I could see you in the morning. That would be great! I can't wait to come home and see you guys again...I really miss you all. But I need to stay focused on everything out here, because I've got a big job to do. We really have lots and lots of work to get done. It's crazy sometimes. We have projects to build towers, construct shelters, new roads, fences, and concrete repairs on the airfield, to name a few.

Abigail, how is life with just the boys in the house? Do you really hate it or do you like it well enough, knowing that it isn't going to be like that forever? I'm just wondering how you feel about all this? Do you hate the fact that I'm deployed? Do you want me to get out of the Air Force so that I don't deploy anymore? Or do you want me to stay in because you think that what I do is important and it makes you proud?

Well, good night, my little lady. I need to get to work!

I love you!
Mommy

REPLY: Miss

Your shot: Miss. My shot: C8

It is hard to be good. No, I do not want to be bad. Even though it is easier to just what I want to do, I still want to be a good person. I don't want to do what I want to do, I just get too distracted. It's going to be very tough to explain. I don't really know why. I don't know if you could help me.

You are right about me liking other little cute critters. Maybe one of your favorite animals is a dolphin, like me. Or maybe it's a lion. Maybe it's a gorilla. I don't know what it could be. There are hundreds of kinds of animals, and some I don't even know about. Oh dear, it's 9:23.

Today I also got 8 little horses about 2 inches long each, I think. That's what I'm guessing. They're about 1-1/2 inches tall. There are four pairs in the same action pose. I got those horses because I was good with Miss Kim. Miss Kim was going out to buy a big new white rocking chair, and instead of one she bought two. I want to go in 3 minutes. That will be 9:20. So I'm going to end this email in 3 minutes.

Goodbye, I love you. I wish I could see you in the morning. (I said "I wish I could see you in the morning" in a ghost voice) Until the next world war LXXXIII.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: Miss!

Your first shot: Miss
My shot: H10

I think I do know what your favorite animal is: HORSE! But I also know that you like dogs and cats and dolphins and I'm sure you like bunnies and squirrels and other cute little critters. I don't know if I have a favorite animal...I like squirrels and dogs, too.

So, Miss Abigail. About your behavior. Is it hard be good? Do you not want to be good anymore because it is easier to just do what you want to do, and not what you are supposed to do? Please explain it to me. I'd like to know what you are having a hard time with. Maybe I can help you...

I miss you lots, little girl. I miss being there with you, snuggling with you, and talking with you about cool things like the human body or the planet earth or the weather. But, we've still got about two months and three weeks before I can come home!

I love you,
Mommy

REPLY: Miss!

Your first shot: Miss My first shot: E5

I was being bad at school. I mean like bad attitude. Yesterday I got sent out of the classroom because I rolled my eyes and sighed because I didn't want to do math. {Daddy stepping in here: She doesn't appear to be able to recall anything. I spanked her with the belt because I warned her the night before that if she repeated her horrible performance at school again she would get spanked with the belt. She was just as bad. She was not doing her work. She was displaying bad attitude. She was disrespectful. Enough so that her teacher sent her out of the classroom until movie time. The first time I tried with the belt I was so careful it didn't hurt, although she was so scared about it that she acted in pain at first, then the surprise registered on her face that it didn't really hurt.}

Yes, I do like his haircut. His bangs are like all lined up straight. I like it when my bangs are all straight.

Daddy's haircut looks nice, too. He has a few light spots of hair. He has a little bit of silver hair and he said it's a birthmark. I didn't know that. His bangs are a little lined up, but kinda like... it's hard to explain. I can't really explain it.

Yes, the hedgehog video was really cool. Saving the little hedgehog from the traffic jam. (I don't really mean traffic jam. It's just for fun.) It's only 6:49.

My day was perfectly fine. I had a perfect day. It was one of the best days I ever had in my whole entire life. I was very good today. That's why my day was perfect. Also, it was perfect because I got two things back. But I lost my DS because I was playing instead of doing my email. I don't like getting my DS taken away. I was playing Catz. I got Catz from Baba. Baba gave it to me. I like the name Baba, don't you? Daddy said Balen's already a geek. Which means he likes electronics just like his daddy. I think his favorite animal when he grows up will be a tiger, or rhinoceros, or giraffe, or lion. I don't know what his favorite animal is going to be. I have more than one favorite animal. Did you know that? My second favorite animal is a little dolphin. Baby dolphins and teenager dolphins and kid dolphins, and adult dolphins. Like a mama and a papa. Okay, I'm done.

I love you, goodbye my sweetie pie dear heetie fie cear. I love you so much. I wish I could see you in the morning and forever, too. Until the next world war MCLII.

Love,
Abigail

RE: You shoot first!

What were doing bad? Why did Daddy spank you with his belt?

My first shot: J8

Do you lie Balen' haircut? What about Daddy's haircut?

It sounds like you liked the hedgehog video I sent. It's pretty cool looking, huh?

I love you very much Abigail. I hope that you will be a good girl from now on. I don't want to hear any more reports of you getting punished, ok?

Love,
Mommy

You shoot first!

We can start a new game now! Finally.
You shoot first!!!

Greetings, Mommy!

Too bad my day wasn't going so well. I was really bad today. I had to leave the class I was that bad. I got spanked with a belt for my first time. And a bare butt too. Daddy said "I'm going to spank you with one of my belts(I mean one of daddy's belts) because smaller belts hurt more than big belts." Daddy's belts are Bigger than mine. Its only 6:50. Usually it's past 8 o'clock. Daddy's just now starting to help me type. He had to do something on the computer (I don't know what) while Balen was roaming around. He also wiped Balen's face before he helped me. Balen didn't cry at all. He was being obedient. He's usually crying when his face gets wiped. He loves playing with my Littlest Pet Shop. I'm afraid someday he'll break it.

My day wasn't too horrible, but it was pretty bad. Like I said, I had to go out of the class for a few 15 or 20 minutes. Which seemed like 2 hours, kinda. Although this email isn't too long, I just want to end it soon. I don't know why, I just do. I guess I'm done now. Goodbye. I love you. I wish I could see you in the morning. Until the next World War XLVIII.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: We can't start a new game tonight because I screwed up so badly at school today.

Abigail,
Please please please - be a good girl.

I love you lots and want to hear about how good you are doing...not how much trouble you're in.

Love you,
Mommy

REPLY: We can't start a new game tonight because I screwed up so badly at school today.

Sorry. Sometimes Daddy gets me VERY, VERY frustrated.

I was so bad at school today I have to tell you. I have to go again. I can't do my email because i screwed up so badly in school. I got a detention warning. I also had a lot of extra homework today because I refused to do my seatwork. Goodbye, I love you.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: I Have to go.

Oh, my Abigail. I wish you hadn't messed around and had instead stayed focused on behaving. I hope that you learn...

I've had a busy day. I was running around all morning. I had some tea with some contractors, and I had lunch that was brought to us from some contractors. I've gotten a little bit of paperwork done, and hopefully I'll get a little more done before I leave for the day. Tonight is a work out night for me. I will get my dinner to go and workout and then eat dinner after I work out. I don't like to eat before I exercise. Maybe we can do these exercises together as a family when I come home. What do you think of that? Is Daddy doing any exercising that you know of?

Well, I need to mail your letter out today. I just haven't been by the post office or the DFAC to drop it off yet - so you may get it a day late. But - I love you!

Love,
Mommy
CAPT

REPLY: I Have to go.

Yes, we can start a new game. But we have to start it tomorrow. I really screwed up today. Sorry.

I lost everything I was alowed to play with. I hate it when he does that, you know? I have to go now. I mean right now!
Goodbye.

Abigail

RE: REPLY: I forgive you!

Your shot: Hit! You sunk my carrier! You win!!! Congratulations, Abigail! You rock!
You want to play another game?

They took pictures of your eyes, huh? Will we get to see them? I hope so...you have very pretty eyes.

A pedicure is a foot cleaning, specifically toe cleaning and toenail/cuticle trimming, then getting your toenails painted. The same thing for fingers is called a manicure. Pedicure = foot (the root word 'ped' means foot) and manicure = hand (the root word 'man' like manual, meaning by hand). Getting your hair washed is usually part of a haircut. A spa is a place where you get all this stuff done.

I'm glad you figured out the clue! Pretty tricky, huh?

Two things about your accident: first, don't hold your pee for so long that you can't hold it in any more! As soon as you feel like you need to go to the bathroom, stop what you are doing and go take care of business! Second, good job on telling the truth! It's really not that bad, is it? I'm glad that you've earned something back - it feels good, doesn't it? I hope that you keep it up, girlfriend!

What do you mean by your "appreciation mother?" I don't quite get it.

I love you, Sweet Pea. Be a good girl. I can't wait to get home to be with you. We can rock together, because I can play my guitar a little more than before...

Love,
Mommy

REPLY: I forgive you!

I forgive you!
Your shot: Miss My shot: E10

Hello, Mommy!

Yep. I'm gonna win this game. Hopefully we can finish this game and then we can start another game.

The interview was OKAY. Yes, the took pictures outside, and took pictures of my eyes!! Isn't that funny? Four pictures of my eyes? It sounds good to have a little home-spa time. You would need a haircut by then. I can't wait to see your looooong hair. It would sound nice to get haircuts together, because mine is starting to get long. It's growing fast, too. I forgot what a pedicure is. I think pedicures are where like you go to some place and you get a spa, toenails painted, fingernails painted, and other kinds of stuff like getting your hair washed. I forgot what else, though. I think that's what a pedicure is. Am I right, or not? Yep, I do like our church. Daddy likes our church, too. I get it! Daddy just showed me by looking at the word "seven" and I noticed the s and subtracted it; and then what do you have: "EVEN"! My Daddy said this is the last time we're going to go past 8:00 with my email. I think I want to go now because it's already 8:42. It's usually 8:50 something, but I want to go to bed earlier because I usually go to bed later than this. Right now it's 8:43. Not to show off, but I just want to show that I'm glad, or happy that I did a faster job of my shower. It only took 3 minutes out of 6. Also, I told the truth, I did something wrong. Daddy noticed it and told me about it. When I was done with my shower I told him the truth. I'm glad I told the truth. I'm getting something back for telling the truth. [edited to save embarrassment]

Sorry I didn't get to tell you about my day. I just want to get in bed earlier and be closer to being on time. So, goodnight. I love you. I wish I could see you in the morning, which right now it's morning for you. But I'm saying goodnight anyways because it's night for us. Here's an extra goodnight for when it's morning for us and night for you! Until the next World War LXXIV...

Love,
Abigail

p.s. I love you my appreciation mother!

RE: I wonder why I didn't get the email you tried to send to me.

My apologies, my Dear! I got caught up in so many other things that I forgot to email you!
Well, here is your email, anyways...
Your shot: Hit. My shot: I6 I think you've won this game!

How was the interview? I hope you were a good girl for that. Did they take pictures?

It sounds like you need to pay some attention to your toes! Trim them up, girl! Trim your fingernails too, and use a file to make the ends smooth. When I get home, we'll spend some time doing our nails together. We'll have a little home-spa time - how does that sound? And I'll definitely need a haircut by then, so maybe we'll go get haircuts together? Maybe we can even get pedicures together, instead of doing it at home? What do you think about that?

Well, we're a little over halfway through. I've got about three months left. I've been here a little more than three months. It sure seems to be going by slowly. In less than a month, a lot of the people who are here will leave (they are only here for 4 months, not for 6 months like me) and new people will come in. After the new people are here, I'll have only two months left. I hope that the time goes by quickly, because I really miss you guys and I'd really like to be home with you.

I will call you guys tonight - well, tonight for me, late morning for you. Have fun at church! Do you like our church? Does Daddy like it?

I love you lots, and I miss you lots. You are starting to look older in all the pictures that Daddy sends. Sometimes you look more like you're ten than seven. Oh, and by the way, that clue that you wanted a little help with, 7-S...think about it. If you took seven, and subtracted the s, what would you have left?

Love,
Mommy

I wonder why I didn't get the email you tried to send to me.

I wonder why I didn't get the email you tried to send to me. Daddy told me that you were going to try to send an email to me.

Greetings, Mother!

Well, anyways, my day was all right. I don't know how your day was but I'm sure it was fine, now wasn't it? I'm starting to get the hang of saying, "Greetings" or something. Aunt Ania told me I should always start out with greetings when I start an email. I need to trim my nails, my toenails especially. They are growing pretty long. I don't even see how long they look. Yep, they're long. I'm going to need to trim them. Tomorrow I'm going to play with Nathan. I can't wait until tomorrow. Today Daddy left a message to them, but they didn't call back, so I'm going to play with Nathan tomorrow. Tomorrow we're going to c-h-u-r-c-h. Church! Wow. Church. NOT! I had a good meal for dinner and lunch and breakfast. Breakfast was a few pancakes and two slices of apple and also I had a Yo-Kids yogurt. Balen had a yo-baby yogurt. They're like both the same size, but one is Yo-Kids and the other is Yo-Baby.

I have to g-o. I have to go because I just stopped talking and I went over to Balen and played with him a little. I love you, good bye, I wish I could see you. And then until the next World War LIII.

Love,
Abigail

REPLY: Sunk!!!

Your shot:HIT!!! You sunk my submarine. My Shot: E9

It was nice of Daddy to let me stay home. I got one of your letters today, but I forgot to open it when I got it so I will open it tomorrow. I know that he wiped out my email, too bad he did. Oh well, but he also got to my new comic "Krypto" and ruined it. Daddy said it was still readable. I know it is still readable, but I said, "I just want my things to be nice". Yes it sometimes is really hard to stay calm and not let the frustration get the better of you. Too bad you had to get going, though. Balen is handing part of my littlest pet shop to me, but I can fix it again. He keeps reaching for the pencils in his reach and stuff that he's not allowed to have. Balen took a cloth and wiped it on everything, he even wiped the dog's bed!! He's crazy. Well, that's what I think anyways. I have a few more minutes and few mostly means 2 or 3.

My day was a little below OK. I had a few not so very good parts. Baba sent me a little kids newspaper and its called the Mini Page. Too bad you only sunk one of my ships.

I love you, goodbye. My daddy said i have to stupid go, and until the next world war XV.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: Hit!!

Your shot: Hit! My shot: E1

That was nice of Daddy to let you stay home, wasn't it? It would be nice to have breakfast at home. I miss having breakfast with my family.

You are so silly - you and your world war comments. Such a silly girl.

Sorry that Balen wiped out your email. Sometimes things like that will happen. It's part of life. Pretty annoying, isn't it? There are lots of things in life that don't go smoothly, don't work out perfectly, or get messed up along the way. Usually though, things work out in the end. It's how you handle it in the mean time that counts. Sometimes it's really hard to keep calm and not let the frustration get the better of you.

Well, kiddo, I need to get going. A couple of people went to dinner and they're saving a place for me, so I'm going to get going. I love you! It looks like you're going to win at Battleship! Little stinker! Good job!

I love you,
Mommy

REPLY: Hit!!

Your shot: Hit! My Shot: E6

Balen wiped out the stupid last email I tried to send, so now I can't do one. I'll answer your question, but I have to go to stupid bed. All because of Balen I have to stop my email.

My answer was to your question: yep, he let me stay home and what it's all about is because Daddy cooked breakfast for Aunt Ania and Cousin Michelle.

So, bye, I love you.

I wish I could see you in the morning, but when you come home I could see you in the morning after that. And as usual, until the next world war XXV.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY:Missa! (pronounced MEE-SA)

Your shot: Hit! You sunk my Destroyer! My shot: E2

Daddy let you stay home, huh? What's that all about?

I'm glad you got your bed back! That's awesome that you are behaving well enough to start getting some good things back. Keep it up!

A sunshade is just something that makes shade, like an awning or a canopy or something like that.

I like the font just fine. And Abigail, your emails don't have to be long. I don't care if they are short or if they are long, just as long as I get emails from you on a regular basis.

I've got a lot of work to do today. I've got to prepare some documents for approval, and I've got to work on slides for a briefing I'm going to be giving, and I need to review some of the work my lieutenants have done. I'm also supposed to meet with some planners about some future projects and I'm supposed to work with one of the shops for a little while today. But right now, I need to get going because I have my own flight meeting where I need to pass along a lot of information to my flight.

Love you,
Mommy

REPLY:Missa! (pronounced MEE-SA)

Your shot: Miss. My shot: I8

Don't you like the font "Raavi"? I like it. I want you to like it. And yes, I Had a good visit with Aunt Ania and cousin Michelle. And yes, they are lots of fun. Yes I went to a Japanese restaurant. Yes, of course I want to work out with you. That's all the questions, eh? Okay. I forgot what a sunshade was. I know what sunshine and a sunset are, but I forgot what a sunshade is. Balen's under my desk right now. I can tell you want to cook with me. You must be tired of buffet food.

Back to my day. My day was alright. Today I played some Guitar Hero all morning. Daddy played more than me. Balen would not go to sleep. Daddy also talked on the phone a bit today. Guess what? Ta-dah! The wood of my bed is back. Daddy printed out the Battleship page. I don't think I'm going to make my email very long. I don't mean I'm going to end it right now, though. I mean, like, I'm not going to say very much more. So, back to my day, anyways. I played with Balen today and he played with me. Today, do you notice something different? Did you hear anything about school? Nooooo. That's because I got to stay home from school because of Daddy! He let me! Yay! I want to end my email now. Sorry it isn't as long as it usally is.

Good bye, I love you, And have a good day! And until the next World War CL...

Love,
Abigail

RE: I wish I had got the email.

My Dear Little Abigail - I'm so sorry! I forgot to send you an email yesterday! My apologies, my dear!

Your shot: Hit My shot: B1

I did notice the greeting - very formal of you. And you called me a Fuzzball - but I don't' think I'm all that fuzzy.

Have you had a nice visit with Aunt Ania and Cousin Michelle? I hope so. They are lots of fun, aren't they?

You got to go to a Japanese restaurant? Lucky! That's awesome! I love Japanese restaurants...that's one thing I'd like to do when I get home, is eat some yummy Japanese food. And other foods, too. Really, I can't wait to do some cooking. I'm tired of buffet food - that's all we have out here. We get in line, and tell the guys behind the counter what we want on our plate, and they scoop it and give it to us. There's also a salad bar, and a few other things like soup, a sandwich line, and a potato bar. I don't eat breakfast most days of the week, but I go to breakfast on Sunday morning, because I can take my time on Sunday morning. I eat lunch and dinner M-Sat, but on Sunday I eat breakfast and dinner. But the food isn't nearly as good as what we have at home. I really look forward to cooking meals with you again. I'd like for us to make our vegetable soup that we did together, and maybe try some new recipes too. And I'd like to bake some desserts with you as well.

One thing I'm going to have to do when I get home is keep up a good work out routine. Would you want to work out with me? I think maybe we can do a family work out - what do you think?

Well, I should get to work - I've got some stuff to finish and turn in, and then I've got to get a briefing ready for Saturday. I should also check out some job sites - we've got sunshades going up, site work (that means the earth work and concrete and trenching/installing of cables underground), and new trailers being installed, among other things. We are really quite busy right now! It's almost crazy!

I love you and miss you lots. Have a great rest of the week at school - hopefully it wasn't damaged by any flooding or anything.

Love you,
Mommy

I wish I had got the email.

You silly Fuzzball!-You didn't take a shot!

Greetings, my mother!

I wish I got the email you sent me (If you did send me one, anyway).

My day was okay. Do you notice anything different in my email, like the beginning of it? And my greeting to you?
I had some sesame guppy crackers today, I love them. I've never tried them before. They are deeelicious!
Balen was fine today. And we went to dinner at a Japanese place and I had a big appetizer. I had some Yakitori chicken appetizer. Do you remember the Japanese resteraunt because of the Yakitori? (And by the way, this font is called Raavi.)
I don't think I will be saying very much in my email, I have to go to bed soon. My Daddy said I am doing alright with my email, it has only been about 4 or 5 minutes and I've done all this already. Today, Daddy is not helping me type, but Aunt Ania.
Cousin Michelle and Aunt Ania are leaving tomorrow morning, which is a school day for me and hopefully you will have a good day.
I am going to say Good Morning now.

Good morning to you, I love you.

Abigail

REPLY: Sorry! I coudn't remember my shot.

Sorry about that! My shot: E8.

No, I'm not really thinking about the clues your sending me. Although, I do need a hint for the clue that says 7-S. And More than $8,000,000, That's a lot of Silver and Gold pieces! It's more than I can count. Way more than I can count!

Anyways, What is a "BPA"? I've never really heard of a BPA. And you are very special to me also, and Daddy, of course. I love you both very much. Thanks for the hugs and kisses from you. I miss you, too, munchkin mommy. Thank you for the comment of I am a smart girl.

Anyways, my day was fine. (I spelled fine) I played Guitar Hero today, and so did Daddy. I played "I Love Rock and Roll" 2 times, and my last song I played was "Infected". I like that song. There was no school today because there was so much flood and snow. All the flood warnings and snow. Well, my Daddy got a new black DS and the games we have so far are Yoshi's Island, Narnia, Dogz, Horsez, New Super Mario Bros, and the ones that you have. By the way, how many DS games do you have?

I gotta go because I need to go to the bathroom and it hurts right above my waist. 1 or 2 inches below my belly button. I love you, goodbye, I wish I didn't have to go to the bathroom so I could make a longer email and I wish I could figure out the clues. I wish I could be there for you always, and as usual, until the next world war 11.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY:Miss!

Hey - you didn't take a shot! Silly goose!

I hope you don't yell at your brother too much. I hope you give him hugs and kisses and tell him that you love him, too. It's important to let the people you love know that you love them. That's why Daddy and I tell you every day that we love you. Because you are very special to us. And Balen is very special to us as well. You guys are the most important people in our lives!

I wrote your next letter...are you figuring out the clues I've sent you?

Thanks for the hugs and kisses! I miss you, Sweet Pea. I sure am glad that you are a smart girl, so that you can email me and tell me about your day. I like that. It's almost lunch time for me - my day is going pretty good so far. There's a lot of work going on, of course - like always. We've got several projects actually starting construction this week - one is concrete work, one is a new fence, one is painting a building, and two are for constructing shelters to provide shade. That's some exciting stuff around here! Did you know that all the construction stuff that goes on in my section is worth over $8,000,000? That's a lot of money, huh? If you compare that to our house, it's like our house 20 times. Twenty houses! And that doesn't count the non-construction work that we do - there is another couple million dollars in what we call service contracts and BPAs. So you can see why I'm so busy...

Well, time to get some food. I'm really tired of the DFAC (we say that word "Dee-FACK," it means Dining Facility and that's where we go to get food). But that's all we've got...I can't wait to have some good food from home!

I love you, Little Punk!
Love,
Mommy

Re: REPLY:Miss!

Your shot: Miss. My Shot:

Sometimes he does, and I kinda like turn it into a chasing game. I run around on hands and knees like a horse and he starts laughing and runs after me. I think he really really adores me too. It doesn't really bother me. I like it. Sometimes I get very frustrated with him when he follows me and I start yelling at him and stuff. I mean like earlier today he was playing with my DS charger wire while it was charging my DS while I was playing Yoshi's Island. I started yelling, "Stop Balen! Stop!" I started yelling at him like that. Balen usually goes after my food when I'm at my little table. He reaches for my food and once he spilled my juice or my drink. And sometimes I spill my drinks also.

And I also think that cutie-betutie is kind of cool.

World War X came from me. I just thought it up. Soon I'm gonna make up World War 2000.

Hugs and kisses for you too. I wish I could be there in the morning to wake you up and cuddle you and make breakfast together, too. Bye. I love you.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY:Miss!

Your shot: Hit! My shot: F5

Your jokes are silly - I don't really get the one about the chicken and the corn though. But I like the one about the chicken crossing the road. Your explanation (he was stupid) is the funny part.

Does Balen follow you around the house? If he does, does it bother you, or do you like it? I can see where it would be cute, but I can also see where it would be annoying to have the little guy always at your feet. But I think that Balen really adores you. What do you think?

Hey - you know how I have some pictures of you guys on my wall in my office? Well, someone was in my office and saw a picture of you and said you were a "cutie-betutie." What do you think of that?

World War X, huh? Where did that come from?

Hugs and kisses for you! I wish I could be there in the morning to wake you up and cuddle with you and make breakfast together. *sigh* But another three months to go...hey - that means you get to be the Lady of the House for another three months! You keep those boys in line, Lady of the House!

Love,
Mommy

REPLY:Miss!

Your shot: Miss. My shot: I9

The jokes I told Papa and Aunt Kim were:
Why did the pig put his hoof on the paper? So he could stick it on the wall (he couldn't stick it on the wall, his hoof was dry)
Why did the chicken eat too much corn? He ate two many. (do you get it?)
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get hit by a car. (he was stupid)

It does sound neat that you sang songs special for Easter; that talked about Jesus dying on the cross and being resurrected.

Our trip was pretty good. I fed Balen. It was fun playing with him. I sang "The Great Divide" to him.

My day was alright. I watched a Star Trek movie with Daddy. I also played my DS for a little while (a game boy game on my DS) which... guess what? I was playing Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus game boy game, and I got to the Glacier Caverns for the first time! It was fun. I played with Balen for a little while. It's 9:09 pm. I think I should get going. Oh yes, and I got the other email you sent me. And also that's funny: water balloons and water guns, but you're lucky, we don't have water balloons and water guns over here. But we can make water balloons. We just have to get one of our balloons, fill it up with water, and of course pinching the opening of the balloon where the water gets in. I have to get going, it's 9:12 already!

So, goodbye, good morning, I love you, and so.. until the next battle of World War X (that X means 10 in roman numerals).

Love,
Abigail (I sang "love, abigail" in vibrato)

Hello, my Sweet!

Hello, my Sweet Girl! I hope you are having a wonderful spring break! I hope flowers are blooming everywhere for you!

There aren't very many flowers out here, but that's ok. There are water balloons and water guns, and some of the shop guys are getting each other wet - it's funny.

I had a pretty good day today. A 'playful' afternoon - I went for a long ride out to a job site with a few guys and we were just goofing around. Then I wrestled the Chief's arm when he tried to hit me (play). And people tried to trick me into walking outside and getting hit with a water balloon, but I'm smarter than that! Overall, it was pretty good.

Well, I'm gonna get going. It's time for me to get ready for my workout class!

Love you,
Mommy

RE: REPLY:I'm on spring break!

Your shot: Miss My shot: C6

I always loved spring break, too. We did two services for Easter - a sunrise service and a regular service. We chose songs special for Easter, ones that talked about Jesus dying on the cross and being resurrected. It was neat.

What were the jokes you told Papa and Aunt Kim? I hope they were funny!

I'm glad that your trip was good! It sure looks and sounds like you had a great time!

I've got to go - I'm going to call you right now! :o)

Love you,
Mommy

REPLY:I'm on spring break!

Your shot: miss My shot: A10

I love spring break, don't you? Spring break is a break for Easter. And Easter is all about Jesus rising from the dead!!

My day was... as usual, ...alright. I've been cleaning my room for a long time. It was a good portion of the day. It took so long because I was messing around mostly. I just tried to call Baba at her work, but I got to Uncle Cliff because Baba isn't at her work. She's at the post office. I also told Papa 3 jokes. And I told Aunt Kim those same three jokes. They thought it was silly.

My weekend was awesome!! I had an a-ok good time. I can't really remember much of my weekend but I'll try. In the drive, Balen had a lot of snacks and so did I. I played my DS, also, which I'm now not allowed to play with. We went to the bathroom after about 2 or 3 hours. We got back in the car and started to drive the rest of the way. We had Wendy's for lunch when we were coming back home. When we got there I asked Krysty, "What's your name?" and Krysty said, "My name is Krysty", then she said, "What's your name?" and I said, "Abigail". Then we went upstairs to her room and she showed me some of her toys. Then we went back downstairs and I brought a little baby ostrich, and she brought a father ostrich. Soon we ate dinner. After dinner I think I played my DS for a while. After that soon I went to bed. I played with Balen for a little while also.

I'll tell you more later on my next email about my weekend. So I'll talk to you later. Goodbye, I love you and I wish I could see you in the morning.

Love,
Abigail

Your shot!

Hey - it's your turn to take a shot! You've only got one more ship to find!

I hope you are having a nice day today! Are you on vacation from school? I sent Daddy another picture of me - I hope you like it, too.

I love you!

Mommy

What Daddy found in my closet

In my closet my daddy found my toys all cut up: an orange baby mini-whinny, a brown stuffed horse with black feet, mane, and tail. He also found some trash in there. I put some trash there because I was lazy. Gabriella also cut up Marshall, the white horse with brown feet, mane, and tail. Gabriella cut up all of it. I allowed her to. Now I want another one of the Marshall's and another one of the brown horses, and a baby mini-whinny. Gabriella also cut up an orange mother of the baby mini-whinny. The mother was a mini-whinny also.

My daddy said because of this I'm not going to do any more email tonight. So I have to go now. Bye, I love you, I wish I could see you.

Love,
Abigail

Sorry my email's short

Sorry I can't do the shot and sorry my email's going to be short.

Well, my day was fun. I should add an "ny" to that. And you know what that spells: funny. Do you know why it was funny? It was because I was playing ping-pong with Uncle Zbig and every time we used a ping pong ball it would get lost somewhere. Some were in sight, and some weren't. We used up all of the balls. Well we didn't really use them up, but all of them were hidden somehow, except for a few that were in sight. It was pretty funny. Some balls did crazy things like one rolled around on my head then back onto the table then I bounced it with the paddle again. And it banged into my nose two times, my eye two times, hit me in the forehead a few times, 3 or 2, hit me in the lip two times, rolled behind little screens leaning against the pool table a few times which I had to go under the pool table behind the screens a couple times. The second time I banged my head because my head was accidentally too far. Well, anyways I think I should go. Well, I don't have to go, but I just want to. I'll send another email tomorrow morning so I can tell you what happened today.

Goodbye, I love you. I almost said I'll see you in the morning. Not to you, but "I'll see you in the morning" to Daddy. I should be saying "I wish I could see you in the morning" to you but I can't. Well, anyways, until tomorrow morning...

Love,
Abigail

I can't do the shot because I'm still in Massachusetts

Yeah, I like the pictures you've sent me so far. They're pretty cool. I would like to see a few pictures of horses if you see any, and also a few pictures of the gecko on your curtain. I'll think of something else that i would like to see pictures of. Oh, I know, how about some palm trees? Would that be okay with you? Yeah, we're getting pretty cold weather. Today I was watching a soccer game and it was very cold outside. I was also being nice and a boy named Nate came up to Khristy. I don't know if you remember her but Nate had freezing hands and I had some black gloves that Khristy had let me use. I said, "Nate you can use these", but Nate said, "No I don't want these", then Kristy said, "Are you sure?" He didn't really say anything then, he just took the gloves. I betcha he was thinking, "Actually I'll take these. She's pretty nice." Then some lady said, "Nate, go back to your team" and he ran off back to his team. Yes, I would like you to send a few movies, and so does Daddy.

Well, anyways, I need to go because it's already 11:32. So I should go. Goodbye. Aunt Danusia says, "Hello". And Aunt Danusia is also very happy that we came up to, guess where? M a s s a c h u s e t t s (I spelled it!) I love you. I'm gonna talk to you tomorrow if I can.

Love,
Abigail
P.S. there's a video about a dog that I'll send to you.

What I heard

Guess what? I heard from Daddy that you were a very good helper, taking care of Balen while Daddy packed up for your trip! That's wonderful, Abigail! I'm so glad that you were so helpful! It makes my heart glad to hear such good things!

How was your trip up there? I hope you had a good time. You guys are getting some cold weather, right? We've got hot weather now - It's been in the mid nineties the last couple of days - that's pretty darn warm!

Have a wonderful Easter, baby girl! Give your brother a kiss for me!

Love,
Mommy

P.S. It's ok if you don't send me any emails for a few days, because I know that you are traveling and you aren't at home and able to do the regular things that you do.

One more thing - I got the package today. A new digital camera? I guess you guys want more pictures, huh? I'll keep trying!

RE: REPLY:By the way, we're going to Massachusetts tomorrow

Your shot: miss My shot: C10

I wrote my letter for you and I'll send it today - I can't believe I'm so far behind! I will try to get my letter done on Sunday this time, like I'm supposed to.
I guess you won't be doing a picnic, since you'll be going to Massachusetts, but I hope that you have a good time with Daddy's family there.

I am trying to send more pictures to you guys. Do you like what I've sent you so far? Is there something specific you want to see? Please let me know if there is, and I will try to get a picture of that for you.

Gotta get to work, kiddo. I hope you have a wonderful Easter! I will send you an email everyday, but I understand if you aren't able to check your email or send me one - it's ok - you'll just have a lot to tell me about when you come home on Monday! :o)

Love,
Mommy

REPLY:By the way, we're going to Massachusetts tomorrow

Your shot: miss. My shot:A4

Tomorrow we're going to Massa-chu-chu-chu-u-setts. It's going to be so fun when we are in Massachusetts. I know it!

My day's been alright. I'm at least allowed to play for 5 things. Almost 6 but not anymore. We forgot why, though.

I love you. I have to stinkin' old go. I have to go because I was being bad. I had bad attitude and I didn't do very much email because I was writing on a piece of paper and also because I was messing around and prancing around and I was playing around with my rail on my desk. I love you. Goodbye. I want to see you right now. I wish you were here this second. Good bye.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: For today you're going to be the Easter loving

Your shot: miss My shot: G2

Will you guys do a picnic like we did last year for Easter? I think you should do a little something, even if it's not as big of a spread as we did last year. Do you remember what we did? We had brunch, outside in the backyard. I baked some halibut, we had some bread, we had some fruit, and cheese. And do you remember the sparkling lemonade we had? Maybe you guys can do something like that this Easter as well.

We are going to do a picnic here. I decided to try one, anyways. We have a lot of food that people have sent us from home, so we are going to take all that food, and maybe grab a few blankets, and load up in some pick-up trucks and drive to the "lakes" here. They aren't really lakes, but there is water here, and it's in view of the ziggurat. We'll see how it goes. So far, there are 7 people who are going. More will probably come as well. I wish I could be home to have the delicious fish and bread that we had last year, but this is the way it is.

Thank you, that I'm your "special Easter love" is really neat. Your are my special little girl - you always have been and you always will be.

Love,
Mommy

REPLY: For today you're going to be the Easter loving

Your shot: hit My shot: G10

Right now for us it's 7:27. Daddy just showed me the praise band pictures. No, Daddy did not tell me. No, I haven't figured out the other clues yet. I haven't even worked on it yet, because I didn't think about it. My Daddy told me to be finished with my email because he had to repeatedly tell me to stop messing around. Goodbye, I love you. You're very special to me and your an Easter special love to me.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: Sorry I can't give you a long email

That's ok. I understand. Daddy sent me a video of you feeding Balen, and pretending to sneeze and Balen laughing really hard. That was pretty cool!

Your J1 is a miss. My shot is J5.

We're moving along on some of our work projects. We've got several projects that are being looked at by contractors and some that will actually start soon. It's pretty cool.

I also love you very much and wish I could see you, but I'm not even halfway done with this deployment yet! For me, at least, I am making some friends out here - people who I never would have met if I didn't go, and that's kind of cool. Did Daddy show you the pictures of the praise band? What I really need to do is get a recording of us. Also, did Daddy tell you that we did a telephone interview and sang a song for a show? We sang 'My Country 'Tis of Thee.' I don't know if Daddy was able to find it, but you could ask him.

Oh shoot! I didn't write you your letter for this week - I'll have to do this tonight! Sorry, my dear child! Have you figured out the other clues yet?

Well, I should get going...it's dinner time for me.

Love you lots! I love your haircut, by the way. You are such a beautiful girl!

Love,
Mommy

REPLY: Sorry I can't give you a long email

Your shot: miss. My shot: J1

Sorry, Mommy. I took too much time eating, and I gotta go to bed because it's really late, and I'm sorry. So I can't write the long email that I usually write. Goodbye, I love you. I'm going to talk to you later. I wish I could talk to you longer. I love you very much and I wish I could see you in the evening and the whole day and the afternoon and the morning.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: Do you like my cooking?

Your shot: Hit! My shot: J9

Well, think of all the information you would need to explain everything about breakfast:
What is it?
Where do you have it?
Why do you have it?
How do you have it?
Who has breakfast?
Also think about the time...ask Daddy if he knows what the missing question is.

The other one, U + me, is "you + me." What's another word that means both you and me?

Well, I should get to work now. Are you guys feeling better at all? I hope that my family is getting better, and I also hope that you are behaving.

I love you,
Mommy

REPLY: Do you like my cooking?

Your shot: miss. My shot: E7

Do you still like my cooking as much as your cooking? If you do, that'll be nice.

I'm thinking about the letter that says: Who? What? Where? Why? How? I'm asking myself questions about breakfast. I think the question word is "which". I don't know what the YOU+ME is yet




I haven't been helping in the kitchen, sorry!

My day was good. I'm not telling all of my morning, so sorry. Well, Daddy woke up, and we had some breakfast, then we continued watching Stargate SG~1. We watched it almost the whole day. Well, soon we had some dinner, after dinner I got a haircut, it's only a trim, so don't be so exited ladies. When I came back from the haircut-store, I got ready for bed and started working on my email. Goodbye, I want to end my email now. I also got an Easter card for Daddy. Well, bye now. I love you. I'll talk to you tomorrow night. Goodbye.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: Miss Miss Miss

Your shot: miss My shot: I4

Thank you for the update on the house plants! The one on the table is an orchid, and I'm really excited that it's finally blooming! It hasn't bloomed in 3 years! Thanks for looking out for my plants - I'm glad you're taking care of those responsibilities, Lady of the House. Please keep my ferns watered - they will dry out being in the front window, especially as the weather warms up.

When you talk about my voice, another word you can use is vibrato. Usually, when you are talking about singing, you say vibrato instead of tremolo. The words basically mean the same thing, but tremolo is used more often when talking about instruments, and vibrato when talking about voice.

Well, I'm gonna go to lunch in a few minutes. I can't wait until I can be at home and make good meals for my family - and eat good food! The food here is ok - it's not that bad, but I like my home cooking much, much better. Have you been helping in the kitchen at all? I look forward to coming home and cooking together. I really like it when we cook together.

As for your letter "U + me" and the other one with the missing clue word:
I think you'll be able to figure out "U + me"
There are 6 questions that can be asked in any situation. Think of all the important facts of a situation. For example, let's talk about breakfast. What are some of the questions someone might ask about breakfast? The clue word isn't "have" but it's another one-word question. Let's see if these hints help you, and if not let me know and I'll give you more clues.

Love,
Mommy

REPLY: Miss Miss Miss

Your shot: miss. My shot: B5

You got a miss. I got a miss also.

Well, anyways, my day was mostly bad, a little good. Well, mostly bad because I've been bad, and a little good because I got to have dessert. Also a little good because I got to watch Stargate SG-1, and I had the best dinner I've had so far this week and weekend. Well, anyways, my day was lah li lah li lah li. We took a nap and you know, I usually don't sleep, and I tried to go to sleep and I didn't, of course. And I tried to sleep with Daddy but Balen was fussy most of the time. Daddy had to get mad at me a few times and he kind of like pinched my whole face and hurt my jaw which is painful. Then sooner or later I went to my bed and it just wasn't very good at the nap time. Well, I had a good time, ate my dessert, after I ate my dinner, of course. It was a good dinner, delicious, we had squash, chicken, and brown rice. The rice was a little dark brown in a few spots in mine but it tasted good. Well, I'm not allowed to play with anything again. I hope tomorrow I will get at least one thing. Daddy just said, "It's entirely up to you." And I'm thinking, "Well I'm gonna do my best tomorrow. And hopefully I don't turn back to the evil, and hopefully I stay on the righteousness path, and if I do, yeaaa!" I hope I get a good night's sleep tonight because if I'm grumpy tomorrow and I want to be my best, it won't help. It will just make it worse because I won't have a lot of patience like Daddy did today. Because he didn't have a very good night sleep because of Balen and it's also because he's sick, he just said. There's been a few blooms around the house, and your ferns, you know your two ferns that are by the window? In the music room, of course, they're doing alright. A little yellow but they're fine. And my plant I just watered which Daddy said it's going to die. And which that will not happen, I will not let it happen. And if it does happen I will try to get it back live, or whatever. Well, la li la li la li, back to my day. Oh and by the way your voice is very beautiful. I wish I could do the tremolo like you. By the way, how do you do the tremolo? Well Daddy gave me a new motherboard for my computer a long time ago. He put in my new video card last week. One of my video cards had died because of the old motherboard, so Daddy had to buy a new one because the old one didn't work. Now my Barbie games work. Yeaaa! Finally the problem is F I X E D.

Darn, my daddy says it's time to quit. Wait, I shouldn't be saying darn because it's already late, it's 8:36.Good night, I love you, my beauty. (just fell on bed)

Love,
Abigail
P.S. I got your letter: U+me, I think the missing clue word is "have". Have you responded about that yet?
P.P.S. It's April!

RE: REPLY: You are the best motherrrrr ever for a little child like me (and a little baby like Balen)

You'd better be good today!

Your shot: miss
My shot: J2

I will talk to you tomorrow morning!

My day was ok - it was much better than yesterday, which was a bad for me at work. Today I was able to get some music selection done for Easter, which is next week.

I'm keeping this email short because I just talked with you and I'll talk with you tomorrow and I'm gong to go to my room and write you your next letter...if I don't fall asleep - I'm kinda tired!

Love,
Mommy