More lol cats….

Sadly, Iz not jus fluffy.  Iz fat. 

And now I’ve discovered that the main med that I take is making me fat.  Sigh.  It probably doesn’t help that I just can’t seem to give up my sweets.  ;-) 

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Post Was Suggested By Toni  LTC Tim Karcher  Lieutenant Colonel Tim Karcher was shot in the shoulder in Iraq back in 2006. After just 5 months of healing at home that included 7 surgeries, he chose to go back to war. "My unit was over there, they were taking casualties. It felt terrible to be here, it felt wrong," he said. Reunited with his troops, Karcher was in Baghdad last summer for the historic transfer of power from the U.S. to the Iraqis. But 10 days after that historic day, Karcher's vehicle was bombed and he lost both of his legs in the explosion. "I'm very proud of him, he's fought for his life, he fought the whole summer to stay alive and he's taking it and running with it, he's so positive," said Alesia Karcher, Tim's wife. Karcher says the tragedy of losing his legs made him realize what he still had including a wife and three children who need him. "I could sit around and have a pity party everyday, but it's not going to grow my legs back," he said. "Life kicks you in the teeth every now and again, you get to decide how you react to it." You can read more about LTC Karcher here and here.

All Information Was Found On And Copied From Here These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

 We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

What?

When I found this on Very Demotivational I couldn’t stop laughing.  Good thing I was home alone or people would have thought I was nuts.


What do you think?

Organization

I may not be the best organizer in the world, but I love it when I’m able to get something organized in a way that I can live with.  Here’s a great way to organize your kitties.

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His Brain/Her Brain

I once heard a wise person explaining the difference between men’s minds and women’s.  He said that a man’s mind is made of little boxes.  Each one contains a single thought.  He has a box for the car, one for his job,  one for every individual thing in his life.  And none of these boxes touch each other.  There is even a box labeled ‘Nothing’ that contains … nothing.  So if you ask your husband what he’s thinking about and he answers ‘Nothing’, he really is thinking about nothing.
But women’s minds are full of thoughts that all interconnect.  One leads to another which connects over there which leads to the one down there on the left which leads back up to….  Well, you get the idea.  And if you’re a woman you completely understand what I just said.  Here’s an actual diagram of what’s going on inside a woman’s mind.

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Post Was Suggested & Written By Debbie In Honor Of Her Great Uncle.


Sgt. William Robert Cain
August 1, 1922 - July 4, 1944


William Robert Cain (August 1, 1922 - July 4, 1944) was a husband to Genevieve (Anderson) and the only son of Cleveland and Margaret Cain. He was the baby brother to three sisters, Lena Mae, Anna Phyllis (who died in 1932) and Lora Genevieve.

He was born in the town named after his ancestors called Cainsville, Missouri. He grew up, went to school and played baseball there until he decided to join the U.S. Army. He made the decision to join the Army after graduating high school earlier in the year of 1940 but he would not be turning eighteen until August so he waited and enlisted right after his 18th birthday.

The letter his parents received was dated August 27, 1940 asking them to fill out before a Notary Public, Postmaster or Justice of Peace an Age Verification and Consent Papers and sign BOTH PAPERS in PEN or INK. They were asked to kindly give this their immediate attention as this young man cannot be enlisted till the papers were returned.

Sgt. Robert Cain, (lovingly called Billy Bob by his family and Doc by the Army men), enlisted in August, 1940 and ranked as Sergeant in the medical corps. in charge of hospital on shipboard. His last duty was at Letterman Hospital, Presidio, California. In all he had been assigned to four different ships and made 34 trips over the ocean, the last one a supply ship called SS Jean Nicolet. Sgt. Cain was serving aboard the SS Jean Nicolet when it was attacked by the Japanese on July 2, 1944. The Jean Nicolet was sunk and Sgt. Cain was one of many men taken hostage. He was also one of many men who were tortured for two days before he was killed or died in the Indian Ocean.

From Debbie: I have heard family stories about him, one of which of course is how he died in WWII and that he received the Purple Heart of which I am very proud. More stories where about how he loved his family. I personally, as his Great Niece, have the love of medicine and caring for others as he did. I am a nurse. This is why it means so much to me that he is remembered as well as the others who were on the Liberty Ship Jean Nicolet that fatal day!


These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Early Birthday Present

I bought an early birthday present for myself – for MWH to give me. 

No, not the sea turtle.  He’s from Tobago.  The present is in the bag.  I bought it from Karen at WillOaks Studio.

The necklace is beautiful and the workmanship is excellent.  I special ordered a longer piece and still had it within just a few days.  If you’re looking for something special, click on the picture to go to Karen’s Etsy shop.  You won’t be sorry.

Thanks, Karen.  I love it!

Bunnies!

I always thought bunnies were sweet and adorable, but there’s a website that shows their darker side.  The site is called Disapproving Rabbits:  All Disapproval All the Time.

Your password is unacceptable.

And so are you.

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Welcome Spring!

We’ve had beautiful warm days for a couple of weeks.  But today our temp was about 35 with precipitation.

The weatherman says we’ll be back in the 50s by Monday.   We’ve had major snow storms later in the year than this.  I don’t think we’re safe from snow until mid-April at least.
Happy first day of Spring!

Flag Friday - Vietnam

Vietnam's flag was adopted by North Vietnam on November 30, 1955; it was adopted in what had been South Vietnam on July 3, 1976, after the communist North Vietnamese won the civil war and the country was forcefully unified.
The Vietnamese flag has a red background with a five-pointed golden-yellow star in the center. The five points of the star stand for the farmers, workers, youth, intellectuals, and soldiers of Vietnam.
The above information is from this site.
The following information comes from the Flag Counter widget in my sidebar.  There is much more to be found there about geography, government, population, economy, and military.

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Vietnam declared independence after World War II, but France continued to rule until its 1954 defeat by Communist forces under Ho Chi MINH. Under the Geneva Accords of 1954, Vietnam was divided into the Communist North and anti-Communist South. US economic and military aid to South Vietnam grew through the 1960s in an attempt to bolster the government, but US armed forces were withdrawn following a cease-fire agreement in 1973. Two years later, North Vietnamese forces overran the South reuniting the country under Communist rule. Despite the return of peace, for over a decade the country experienced little economic growth because of conservative leadership policies, the persecution and mass exodus of individuals - many of them successful South Vietnamese merchants - and growing international isolation. However, since the enactment of Vietnam's "doi moi" (renovation) policy in 1986, Vietnamese authorities have committed to increased economic liberalization and enacted structural reforms needed to modernize the economy and to produce more competitive, export-driven industries. The country continues to experience small-scale protests from various groups, the vast majority connected to land-use issues and the lack of equitable mechanisms for resolving disputes. Various ethnic minorities, such as the Montagnards of the Central Highlands and the Khmer Krom in the southern delta region, have also held protests. In January 2008, Vietnam assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2008-09 term.
Population:
88,576,758 (July 2009 est.)
Languages:
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Government type:
Communist state
Capital:
Hanoi
Independence:
2 September 1945 (from France)
Currency (code):
dong (VND)
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Bubbles!

I love bubbles.  I don’t just like them, I LOVE them.  I have a giant bubble wand and used to blow bubbles up to 5 or even 6 feet long.  But this is about a different kind of bubble.
I had a pan that had burned on stuff in the bottom.  I recently learned that an easy way to loosen things stuck to a pan is to boil soapy water for a few minutes.  This really does work.  So I put about an inch and a half of water with lots of dish soap on the stove and turned the burner to medium.  Then, silly me, I went into the living room to watch some TV with MWH.  When I came back to the kitchen this is what I found.
The mound of bubbles was slowly growing higher so I quickly grabbed my camera so I could share this with my cyber friends.  Isn’t it great?!  As soon as I slid it off the heat, the bubbles all collapsed to less than an inch of foam.  But my pan came clean with just a few swipes.  I love it when I can get a grungy job done and have some fun doing it.  Don’t you?

Wednesday Hero

Cpl. Charles Aldieri(Ret.) & 1st Lt. Jack Jewell(Ret.)  Lt. Col. David Hurley, commander of Schweinfurt, Germany's 15th Engineer Battalion, presents unit coins to two 9th Infantry Division World War II veterans -- Charles Aldieri, a former corporal with the 746th Tank Battalion (shaking hands) and Jack Jewell, a former first lieutenant with Company B, 39th Infantry -- during a March 8 ceremony honoring the division's efforts in capturing the famed Remagen Bridge in the closing days of World War II. The commemoration took place in the Remagen Bridge and Peace Museum now housed in the remains of the span, which collapsed 10 days after its capture on March 7, 1945.

Photo Courtesy United States Army

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero. We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Signs of Spring!

The first sign of spring is on my wall.  And my phone.  And my computer.  In my bathroom.  By the side of my bed.  Even on my microwave!  That’s right.  It’s Daylight Savings Time!  I love it.  I’d much rather have the extra light at the end of the day instead of the middle of the night.  I’m blessed to live at the far western edge of the Eastern Time Zone.  That means that by the end of June it will be light until nearly 10PM.  I visited my brother Chuck (Secondary Roads) one summer when he lived in Connecticut.  Even with DST the sun came up at about 4AM.  Yuuuuuuck!  It should be dark when we’re sleeping.  Save that daylight for evening.

The second sign of spring is the buds on the trees.  They’re starting to swell.  That means allergy season is mere weeks (maybe even days!) away.  It’s worth it, though, to see the trees bloom and put out leaves.

 

The third and best sign of spring is in my front yard.

What signs of spring are you seeing?  Or is it fall you’re beginning to see where you live?

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Wednesday Hero

Cpl. Jason L. Dunham
22 years old from Scio, New York
Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental Combat Team 7, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced)
April 22, 2004


For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Corporal Jason L. Dunham, United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental Combat Team 7, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), on 14 April 2004. Corporal Dunham's squad was conducting a reconnaissance mission in the town of Karabilah, Iraq, when they heard rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire erupt approximately two kilometers to the west. Corporal Dunham led his Combined Anti-Armor Team towards the engagement to provide fire support to their Battalion Commander's convoy, which had been ambushed as it was traveling to Camp Husaybah. As Corporal Dunham and his Marines advanced, they quickly began to receive enemy fire. Corporal Dunham ordered his squad to dismount their vehicles and led one of his fire teams on foot several blocks south of the ambushed convoy. Discovering seven Iraqi vehicles in a column attempting to depart, Corporal Dunham and his team stopped the vehicles to search them for weapons. As they approached the vehicles, an insurgent leaped out and attacked Corporal Dunham. Corporal Dunham wrestled the insurgent to the ground and in the ensuing struggle saw the insurgent release a grenade. Corporal Dunham immediately alerted his fellow Marines to the threat. Aware of the imminent danger and without hesitation, Corporal Dunham covered the grenade with his helmet and body, bearing the brunt of the explosion and shielding his Marines from the blast. In an ultimate and selfless act of bravery in which he was mortally wounded, he saved the lives of at least two fellow Marines. By his undaunted courage, intrepid fighting spirit, and unwavering devotion to duty, Corporal Dunham gallantly gave his life for his country, thereby reflecting great credit upon himself and upholding the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.

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These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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It’s Not Just Cats….

I love all these cute critter pictures.  Who can resist that face?

A.D.H.L.A.S

This picture was sent to my by my sweet brother Chuck of Secondary Roads.  He’s not poking fun at me.  He’s poking fun at both of us.  It does run in families.  But you can ask anyone and they’ll agree I’m NOT hyperactive – usually.

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