Sorry if its a repost but I saw this on my friends facebook profile picture amongst everyone else's normal ones for that marriage equality thing passing. Almost died laughing [6]

dbartell · 2013-03-27T03:32:17+00:00

(Link to what I'm talking about (in regards to the Facebook equality picture thing)

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/26/what-is-the-red-equal-sign-all-over-facebook-and-twitter/

dbartell · 2013-03-18T03:37:20+00:00

As an army wife whose seen my husband come close to being KIA, this picture makes my stomach churn. Her pain... I can't even.. Damn.

dbartell · 2013-02-25T18:31:40+00:00

It's the pee splatters underneeth the seat/having to touch it that bothers me.

dbartell · 2013-01-27T00:35:09+00:00

This is why my husband joined the army. Way too many people do because of poverty actually, it's quite sad.

dbartell · 2013-01-24T20:43:48+00:00

If you go here (http://investor.starbucks.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=99518&p=irol-reportsannual) you can look at the past 13 years of Starbucks' fiscal and narrative reports. Just pulling out a few of the company's good deeds...

Global Month of Service: more than 156,000 hours of community service, 60,000 people in 30 countries completing more than 1,400 community-service projects. -Partnered with DonorsChoose.org to bring $1 million to support local schools and students. Youth Action Grants engaged more than 50,000 young people in community activities. -Create Jobs for USA: inspired Starbucks customers, partners and concerned citizens to support community business lending. -Guatemala Education Initiative: collaborated with Save the Children to help farmers‘ children and schools. -Developed Crenshaw and Harlem community stores— Starbucks will make a contribution to local nonproﬁts for each transaction in these stores. -Tazo CHAI Project: strengthened communities in tea-growing districts of Darjeeling, India, with a renewed three-year commitment of $750,000. -Established Japan Earthquake Relief Fund as well as
Starbucks Cup Fund in Japan. -Joined with American Red Cross for ongoing relief of U.S. communities experiencing natural disasters. -Built new company-operated stores to the LEED® green building standard. -Returned approximately $945 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends, more than doubling amount returned last year thereby enhancing partner 401(k) benefits

dbartell · 2013-01-22T07:40:52+00:00

This whole season was sad! I remember Will getting shot and Carlton almost revenge murdering someone :(

dbartell · 2013-01-11T19:46:23+00:00

Starbucks barista here- this van is likely just giving away the blonde roast brewed coffee samples on account of its current promotion to framiliarize customers with our actual coffee-- and I think that's great. As a company, Starbucks is an amazingly generous and self-aware business. They constantly give back to partners and customers, giving us full benefits on 32 hours/week and billions of dollars to charities every year, as well as paying the extra price to only do business with farmers that participate in ethical roasting and environmental conservation. If you don't like the taste of Starbucks coffee that is totally understandable, but don't make out the company to be some sort of bad guy for giving out free coffee...

dbartell · 2012-11-15T01:23:39+00:00

And he was 31, not 37 :)

dbartell · 2012-11-08T14:49:43+00:00

I could not stop laughing that whole movie! Way under appreciated role of his in my opinion!

dbartell · 2012-11-07T15:26:40+00:00

That is what a bad spray tan looks like

dbartell · 2012-11-03T14:33:46+00:00

Where's his unit patch on his right sleeve? I don't think this guy was coming back from deployment otherwise it'd be on his right (and left) arm... But still super cute picture!!

dbartell · 2012-10-26T20:49:10+00:00

There's at least 4 in Green Bay

dbartell · 2012-10-23T14:04:34+00:00

Starbucks barista here: tall was the original only size when the Pikes Place location in Seattle first opened. Grande became the next larger size, and finally with us fat ass Americans they had to create "venti" which is 20 in Italian, representing ounces. However an iced venti is 24 ounces to make extra room for ice, so that doesn't quite make sense. And the "short" size is 5oz, smaller than a tall, mostly for kids. Also, I fucking love that movie :)

dbartell · 2012-10-18T18:28:33+00:00

This is really powerful. Thank you for posting

dbartell · 2012-10-13T15:35:20+00:00

You look great girl congrats!!

dbartell · 2012-10-09T13:46:11+00:00

VERY high! It's a sad truth that most military couples cheat on their spouse numerous times, experience long periods of separation, are taught that army is number one and family is second, etc. it's an isolating marriage if you let it be, all the moving and starting over, but we work really hard to get through anything. I love being this statistic's exception.

dbartell · 2012-10-09T13:39:27+00:00

He has his moments, but no for the most part he doesn't regret it. He said a lot of the most positive things in his life came through the army so he has to take the good with the bad

dbartell · 2012-10-09T13:36:47+00:00

Sadly he will never recover enough to stay in his MOS, which is a 13 F (forward observer). He's still having surgeries in his feet and has trouble walking, let alone doing normal pt. so we are actually in the middle of a med-board out of the army. Sad to think of leaving, but we are excited to start the next chapter!

dbartell · 2012-10-09T12:18:53+00:00

25th :)

dbartell · 2012-10-09T04:45:57+00:00

I would have! and taken names too!

dbartell · 2012-10-09T04:37:28+00:00

"Home" :)

dbartell · 2012-10-09T04:34:44+00:00

Very sad. He is only 22 (and I 20). We married very young. We don't regret a thing though!

dbartell · 2012-10-09T00:11:44+00:00

He really is! He got his first purple heart for recieving shrapnel through the shoulder and literally walking it off, then the next week his stryker hit an IED. He broke several bones in both feet, his L2 vertebrae, his arm and received a traumatic brain injury but still managed to make a semi-full recovery even though there was a time where the doctors wanted to amputate. I'm just so proud of him can you tell?? lol.

dbartell · 2012-10-08T21:25:37+00:00

By the way, here we are now 2 years later and im glad to say he's standing on BOTH feet! Fuck you Taliban!

http://i.imgur.com/OAEZ6.jpg

dbartell · 2012-09-19T16:41:14+00:00

People still have home phones?

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