Posted on 11/19/2004 10:30:49 AM PST by Mo1
Brace yerself, girlfriend..... LordHaveMercy its cold down here and I know its even worse where you are. Brrrrrr. It finally made it up to 34 but w/the wind chill it feels like 27. BUT, we had SNOW FLURRIES this morning and they say there is a chance we'll have more than just flurries tomorrow..... Of course, come Monday its back to the mid and high 60s again.... I'm ready for this cold stuff to be outta here.
"NO GREATER GIFT: In 1943, tiny box warmed lonely Michigan soldier's heart on Christmas
by Jeff Seidel, Free Press staff writer, December 23, 2004
Christmas Eve, 1943, Bougainville Island, South Pacific
As darkness fell, the bombing began again.
Leonard Owczarzak, a 19-year-old private first class from Detroit, hunkered in a hole, firing a .50-caliber antiaircraft machine gun at Japanese bombers.
"They bombed us all night," Owczarzak remembers. "They knew damn well it was our holiday. They kept us up, all night long, continuously."
There was no pattern to the attacks. One plane. Three planes. Two planes. They seemed to come every hour, all night long"
"Bush to Renominate Judges Blocked by DemocratsLink
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) said on Thursday he would renominate a group of controversial judicial nominees who were blocked by Senate Democrats, signaling the start of a second-term battle over the make-up of the nation's top courts.
Emboldened by his re-election victory and gains by Republicans in the Senate, Bush plans to renominate a total of 20 nominees to the nation's court of appeals and district courts, the White House said.
"The president nominated highly qualified individuals to the federal courts during his first term, but the Senate failed to vote on many nominations," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.
During the hard-fought presidential campaign, Bush sought to brand Senate Democrats, who blocked 10 of his judicial nominees, as obstructionists. Democrats accused Bush of trying to tilt the courts with "right-wing extremists."
Yes, and I'm sure all 3 will look just wonderful..... 'course, the Prez always looks pretty hot himself, in a tuxedo or his ranch duds. :)
I haven't noticed, but you might know. Does President Bush wear dress western boots with his tux? I hope so.
Good Grief ! No, mercifully, I haven't. Whatever possesses someone to do such a thing in front of the whole world ?
Yes, he has in all the photos that I've seen so far.
Sweet message, Darlin'. Hope your Christmas and that of everyone here is the best ever.
Bugs are getting me down at work here, I don't know if I should come home and pick it up tomorrow or try harder tonight.
Did you know you have never created a home page? I was looking for a pic of you or something.
Merry Christmas
Pullups are toddlers night time pants for little accidents that can happen.
*grin* Of course you wouldn't!!
*sigh*
Sitting peacefully and not having to caterpillar crawl an escape path away from wicked wymmens..
Bliss.
Unfortunately, not this year.
It's gonna be simple blue jeans and button collar attire this year.
But, that is an improvement in a way.
*chuckle*
Merry Christmas!
What a wonderful Christmas letter. Thank you, mom. Have a blessed Christmas season.
Hmm...kinda late responding, sorry but that's all good...
how bad are the bugs? Because if they are not really such a problem and can easily be fixed...maybe you should come home cause we just got done making tamales and they're "supposedly" really good. :)
Merry Christmas, Valerie. Did you learn yet if your injured son will be flown home from Germany?
I WISH! We've just spent 2 days in hell and to top it off, the alternator went out on the car 2 miles from home, and after all that, we weren't even able to get our done OR get to Eureka Springs. We've been tangled up in traffic in Little Rock for a day and a half. When we finally got out of town, which was looking like it was never going to happen, it took nearly 6 hours to get home. We are exhausted! Tyler held up better than any of us. He was so good through all the stress.
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