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August 1st - Getting ready

August 1, 2012
Here we are at the beginning of August and I am getting ready.  Getting ready to leave this place finally and get on with life back at home.  It will be so nice to finally see this whole area as a distant memory.  While there is a bit of sadness, it is only at .05% out of 100%.  I'm so looking forward to the new chapters in my life and new beginnings.  I am looking forward to starting a new job, playing some golf and mountain biking.  Also get to see my son, family and friends.  It's going to be a very welcome change in life compared to what I've been going through for the past 21 months.  Yes, life is ahead of me.  I'm climbing on to ride.

Bill out

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July 22nd - A Day of Rememberance

July 22, 2012
It has been one year since Mildred E. Bickford left us.  There have been days where I've thought of her and cried, missing her and wishing I could have visited with her one more time.  I've watched her video tribute numerous times and have never been dry eyed through it.  However, she loved us all and was such a caring woman who had the patience for anyone any anytime.  She was gentle and caring and reminded us all to be better to each other.  A story that still lives very vividly in my memor...
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Posted by Bill Bickford.

 

July 13th - Another Friday the 13th

July 13, 2012
This is the third Friday the 13th we've had this year.  It's also the last one but hey, that's OK.  Even though 13 is one of my lucky numbers, it's not for many more people.  It's all how you think and what you believe and I believe that my time is coming to an end out here in extremely hot Iraq.  Yes, I am planning my trips to get back to the U.S. and start a life again.  It will be so nice to be able to eat whatever I want and to drink a beer if I so choose.  Just a little more time and thi...
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July 10th - The day after a long day

July 10, 2012
Wow!  Today is totally different than yesterday.  Yesterday turned out to be a 37 hour long day that all started on Sunday morning at 7 am.  It finally ended with me falling into a deep, blissful sleep yesterday evening at 8:30 pm.  I felt like a zombie throughout the day.  It all started with, wait for it, the place where I live.  The building that houses my cement prison cell lost all power meaning no lights, no A/C, no water, no nothing.  Needless to say, nothing worked out for me so I end...
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July 1st - Welcome to July

July 1, 2012
Here we are on the first of July and the time is flying by.  It has been getting very hot out here and I am guzzling water.  It's so hot and unpleasant but it's coming to an end.  A/C and cold beer and other drinks are coming.

Bill out
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June 17th - Happy Fathers Day

June 17, 2012
Happy Fathers Day out there.  Let's go play some golf!

Bill out
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Mid June

June 12, 2012
Here we are and it's now the middle of June.  Time is flying by and soon this will be over. 
Now, onto the site.  I'm working on making this an actual site of various interests and links and things to see and hear.  I'm trying to expand the site and get into some more interests and archives.  There's so much to do if I want to do that. 
Enjoy the additions and changes.

Bill out
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June 4th - June is here

June 4, 2012
Here we are in June now.  It's so frickin hot here too.  Been in the 100's for a while now but now we have the added element of hot wind blowing too.  The heat sucks but it won't be lasting forever. 
OK, enough of the heat.  Time is moving and getting closer .  See ya for now!

Bill out
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May 17th - Happy Birthday Zman

May 17, 2012
13 years ago today at 10:54 am, the Zman was born.  I can't believe how fast the time has gone by and where all the years have gone as well.  It just seems like yesterday when I was dropping him off at daycare.  He is now a teenager.  While I have been away these past 2 birthdays of his, I have been able to do things for him I wouldn't have been able to before.  I miss him very much and love him very much more.  He is my big guy, the Z and a few other nick names but overall, he is my son and ...
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May 8th - The storm

May 8, 2012

On May 8th 1979, I remember waking up and the roads were flooded and it was pouring and yet, my mother still forced us to go to school.  Little did we realize, that day would be a very long one.  We were basically stuck at school for many extra hours because the city was shut down due to extensive flooding and when my brother and my names were called, after we had been sitting in the cafeteria for hours, our father walked in to take us home.  We ended up walking, or pretty much swimming, the ...


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