Hello again,

Well, it seems that (looking back at my other posts) that this is the MAJ Wooten Do it yourself BLOG. I am going to continue on that theme for a bit. So, I finally completed the garage, new work benches, paint, floor, ATTIC DOOR (love the TX flag there) the privacy fence was completed last week and the new windows showed up Saturday. The windows went well for the most part, except that two of them were 2 inches too tall and now I have a rather large piece of plywood covering the bed room (makes for a great "solar barrier") but my wife is not too happy.

So, projects continue, the fence looks awesome (photos attached), my garage is usable again (photos). The windows(photos), well, we will just have to see. The ones that fit work great and look great, and anything was better than the 40 year old ones that were in before. Those old ones were just falling apart and it cost a bunch to heat and cool the house. So I am hoping the new ones will save us some money in the long run.

I finally have a photo from my promotion, my son, Ty took the photo. My lovely wife pinned on my rank. As for the look on my face, can't tell you, maybe I was waiting for her to punch the rank the rank so it would stay. My mother was there and did a great job providing snacks and drinks for the whole unit after the ceremony. THANKS MOM!!

What else, OH, Army south! I am back on active duty temporarily as a Civil Affairs planning officer for Army South. Lucky for me that it is right down the road at Ft. Sam Houston. I have only been there a little over a week so I am still trying to take it all in and get settled in. So far it is very overwhelming all of the countries and missions that are ongoing and planned. Such a huge geographic area to deal with. The next project there for me is to learn Spanish!! I will have to let you all know how that works out. Maybe when I get better at the BLOGing and the Spanish I will do a Spanish and English version of my posts. I have an outstanding view from my office, all of Ft. Sam Houston and all the way to downtown San Antonio.

My civilian job and boss at The Home Depot, were not too happy about me leaving again for another year of duty, but they understood and were great about helping complete yet another Leave of Absence (LOA) So, I do need to thank them and give a hello to my buddies at the Live Oak, TX Home Depot (photo of me outside of MY Store)

Enough for now. Happy easter.