Snow Day!!!

Hi Bud!

No school today for you!  Did you stay at Bobbi's house with Kayleigh?  Or are you playing at home?

I'm sad I missed the storm.  This is the biggest storm since the one right after we moved to Washington, D.C.  Ask your mom if she has the picture of the Subaru when that one happened.  I'll look for it too.


Love you more than a winter storm!
Dad

One Third!!!

Hello My Calendar Watcher,
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Today is December 18.  I got to Iraq on August 18.  That means that I am one third of the way through my tour in Iraq.  I've served four months out of a twelve month tour.
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I'm that much closer to being back home near you!
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Love you the whole way,
Dad

Christmas Economics

One definition of economics is that it is the study of choices under scarcity.  (Remember scarcity is what happens when you don't have enough of a good or service to satisfy all the the needs or wants of the consumers at the same time.)  When something is scarce, consumers and producers have to make choices.

At Christmas time, sometimes toys are scarce (like a new DS game), so people have to make choices about them. 





Consumers (shoppers and children and maybe even Santa!) have to decide what they will do.  Will they pay more for the toy?  Will they decide it is a want that they don't have to fufill.  Producers (like the toy company and maybe even Santa!) have to decide what they will do.  Will they raise the price?  Will they make more of the toy?  Will they let their consumers get frustrated because they still want the toy?

When you study the answers to questions like that, you're studying economics (and business too, but that's another story.

Love you with the scarcity of the time that I get to spend with you,
Dad

Some Christmas Decorating

Hello my friend,

I wanted to show you what the decorations looked like up in the apartment.  I especially like the nutcracker you gave me on the bookshelf.

And the picture you drew on my door.

I hope your advent calendar is still treating you well.

Love you more than the fight scene between the Nutcracker and the Rat King,

Dad

Whew! This was hard.

Hi Buddy,

I'm not sure I'm happy with it, but here is finally a countdown timer for the Cruise.  Look how soon it is!  I can't wait.  We are going to party like it's 1999.  Oh, wait, it already was.

Love you like the end of a millenium,

Dad

Christmas Boxes are Here!

Hi my Christmas Elf,
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Thanks to the super fast United States Postal Service (who would have thought it?), the packages that you and I mailed to me while I was at your house are here!
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I had fun with you there, even though we waited, and waited (and waited).  You were very patient and polite.  I was proud of you.
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Anyway, next time you see this guy, tell him "Thanks" from your Dad in Iraq.

Love you more than a Christmas package,

Dad

Back at Work

Hi Buddy,
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I was glad to see you on Skype last night.  Sorry I kept yawning, but I was really tired.  I got a good night sleep and now I am back at work.  Here's a picture of me:

Love you more than a barrel of monkeys,

Dad