Crazy Week(s) to Come!!

Wow, I am already neglecting my blog!! Sorry, but I have an excuse!! My life is crazzzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! There is so much going on! We are in the second stages of selling our house! Our buyers offer has been approved and we are just waiting on the bank to let us know our next step!! Yeah! Our realtor hopes to close in 2-3 weeks and I really pray that happens, due to other things that have come up! First, this weekend I am driving Matt's car to him so he has something to drive! The base he has moved to, has a longer walking distance to the library, BX, commisary, etc. So, it is hard for them to buy anything because they have long walk to get there and back. Also, Matt is most likely not coming home anytime soon, so he needs a car.So I will be there Friday and will be flying home on Monday. So here comes the big news, well at least for me!! Tuesday I am flying to Las Vegas for a job interview and then will be staying for a few days to look for a place to rent. Then I will be flying back on Friday. I am going to get to see Vicky, Randy, and Ethan!! Yeah!! I hope I get this job after flying all the way out there!!It is a part time position (well almost full time) from 9:30-3:30 everyday, and I will be starting the art program from scratch!! Yikes- I keep wondering what I am getting myself into! My mom and I discussed this and we decided I can do this I have my masters, I am intelligent, I can do this with lots of prayer and Gods help! Now, if I get this job I will one week to finish packing my house, find a place to live, and move myself and the cats!!! Oh my goodness!!! I'm not sure what I am doing!! But I am sure God knows what he is doing and will work everything out for me!
Note: Not sure how many posts I will be able to make in a few weeks!! We will see

BMT Graduation

Ok, so my last post was from Snapfish where I uploaded all my photos. I wanted everyone to have access to them. If you wanted to order any you can order them directly from the link provided, or get in touch with me and I can get you some copies. Anyway, I wanted to go ahead and upload photos and tell you all a little bit about graduation. The first photo added here shows Matt and I after his graduation. On his sleeve he has his rank. He has two bars because he already has a degree. Graduates without college credit do not receive anything for their sleeves until they get a degree. On his chest he has a bar that holds three ribbons. He received an honor graduate ribbon, a beast week ribbon, and one other for graduating. I am used to looking at Matt like the photo shows here, but at first it was kinda weird to see him so skinny! He was sick a few weeks before graduation and lost alot of weight. On a side note he has begun to gain some of the weight back, because he was a little bit too skinny.

Next, we have a pic of the Airmans Run. Thursday morning first thing the airman completed their mile and a half run as everyone watched. This was the first time we had seen Matt in 8 1/2 weeks. It was hard to find him at first because everyone looked the same, but we managed to find him!

The coin ceremony was after the Airmans Run. The coin ceremony is just that. Graduates recieve a graduation coin. Coins are a prestigious symbol of what trainees have acomplished. Matt also received another coin for being Honor Graduate. The honor graduates had a special ceremony just for them where the received their coins. There were only 75 graduates that received the honor out of 757 airmen.

On Friday, graduation ceremonies took place. It was pretty amazing how 757 trainees move together, it was overwhelming and unbelievable. It gave me the chills! I am so proud to be an American and an Air Force Wife! The oath of enlistment was also chilling! I have heard it before the day that Matt left for BMT, but it was on a bigger scale with all 757 airmen reciting it! I hope to add it here later if I can figure out how to get it onto the computer from my iphone. (In the photo Matt is on the back row in the middle.)


Here's the family that got to attend graduation.

We are so proud of Matt! He loves being in the military for the most part and I am glad he has found a career that he can enjoy and challenge himself daily. He is glad to be doing something that makes a difference and is helping others.

Matt Graduation, by Katarina McCleary

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Family and Friends

Hey, Family and Friends!! I have created a new blog this week!! Yeah!! I loved blogging during my masters classes, but haven't had much time lately to blog. I have recently been inspired by Thad and Rebekah ( as I have just started following their blog), and have this urge to create, write, inform, or whatever! My hope for this specific blog is to keep in touch with friends and family! I plan to add photos, videos and writing of what going on in my life now! (most of which have to do with the military at this point) I am not sure how I am going to get videos from my iphone onto this blog without my beloved mac notebook, but I am sure there is a way. In the next couple of days I will at least be posting pictures of Matts BMT graduation as well as some information on what he is doing now.

Katarina