The Oak Tree

The Oak Treeby Johnny Ray Ryder Jr. A mighty wind blew night and day.It stole the Oak Tree's leaves away.Then snapped its boughsand pulled its barkuntil the Oak was tired and stark. But still the Oak Tree held its groundwhile other trees fell all around.The weary wind gave up and spoke,"How can you...

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1200 / 1200

Throughout the time that Eric and I have been together, I've experienced his love of video games (as well as Johns)..for the most part, I've stayed pretty mellow with it considering I used to be REALLY into them when I was younger. If you've hung around me, you might've noticed I have stumpy thumbs...

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Olive You ♥

It's been a while since Eric & I have been able to go on a date day between his work schedule, his back getting injured, my health problems, and everything else life has decided to throw our way. SO, when we had the chance to run off to Aachen yesterday, we took full advantage of it!  Back...

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Ask & You Shall Receive!

Go figure...I posted about my "wants" and two of 'em happened pretty fast! If only everything worked that way, right?  Is it sad that the owner and his wife know me by name? The second I walked in, I heard "Hello Erika!" with big smiles and waves. I shop there way too much.  I popped into...

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Want Want Want...

I gotta say, over the course of the last three years, I've managed to score some pretty awesome stuff. There's still some things I want to find before we make our great migration back to the lovely United States even though my house is on the verge of bursting due to my current collection. It's a sickness,...

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Chicken Ticky Tava

We've been stationed here for three years now..well..just shy of three years by two weeks, but still, three years! Throughout our stay, Eric has always asked me to find him some Chicken Tava whenever I make it over to the Turkish market. While I'm picking up our produce from over there, I ask one of...

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