10,000 POSTS: This was my first post, on August 4, 2006, as I prepared for my first tour at Camp Victory in Bagdhad, Iraq. At that time the weblog was meant to be my method of communicating with my family from Iraq. Little did I know how much it would evolve over the last (nearly) six years.

Little else has changed, however. Six years later, Daisy is still webmistress, Shadow is still keeping the socks from sneaking out of the sock drawer, and Diamond has joined the team as the 'snack mistress'.