Archive for October, 2009

The Messenger

With three months left in the service, Will (Ben Foster) has spent a good deal of time in army hospitals, healing scars from his time in Iraq. To make things worse, the girl he left behind (Jena Malone) has moved on with her life. Ironically, his chance at a fresh start lies in working shoulder [...]

For All The Right Reasons

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When I learned President Obama went to Dover Air Force Base last night to honor fifteen fallen troops and three DEA agents returning from Afghanistan I admit I was not quite sure what to think. He has been holding off on sending more troops to Afghanistan for many months now. I am not an expert but [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Halloween

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All Dressed Up and No Place to Go

Halloween is not until Saturday but it would seem that Flower Child could not wait to try on the Twin’s Halloween costumes. The pics need no explanation. Wuzzy Fuzzy ~

Sunday Brunch

Sunday is here again. I really wish it was still Saturday, but it is not. The week flew by and on Friday, Corvette and I were off to watch Cinderella graduate from college. I left work a little early because we had a two-hour drive to where Cinderella lives. The trip started off well and [...]

They Did Not Have Facebook

This is my newest post on Parent’s Zone.   I was just thinking the other day about how lucky we are as parents of deployed children to be able to communicate with them during deployment. Do not get me wrong. It is still very hard to sleep with the phone, check email countless times and [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Fall Harvest

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Military Monday – Touring the USS Bonhomme Richard

I found this video of the USS Bonhomme Richard during Fleet Week in San Francisco 2008. It is quite long but it gives a good tour of the ship.

Sunday Brunch

Here we are with another edition of Sunday Brunch. I did not have a post last Sunday because of the my deployed son’s debacle car payment. After everything I went through which included multiple phone calls, begging, pleading and melting down several times, I received an email from LCpl Honda on Friday that two, count [...]

Wordless Wednesday – USS New York

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