Just got back from PA and attending our Niece's wedding.
Had a wonderful time and everyone was happy to see us...especially since we brought the nice warm Mississippi weather with us! The day before we got there is was drizzly and in the low 40's. The day we arrived it was sunny and in the low 70's. Perfect weather for the wedding!
On a different note, got this article from Military.com this morning and am more than a little P.O.ed about it:
The Air Force’s top officer said that if nearly $1 billion in personnel funds taken from the service to pay for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan isn’t restored by the end of the summer, Airmen and civilian employees might not get their pay. Due to a congressional delay in approving a wartime supplemental funding bill this year, the Pentagon pulled about $880 million from the Air Force’s personnel accounts to make up for a shortfall it warned lawmakers would come in mid-April.
“Somebody’s going to have to pay us back,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael “Buzz” Moseley said. “You have to pay people every day when they come to work.” “A: it’s the right thing to do, and B: it’s kind of the law,” he added. The shortfall could delay permanent change of station moves, temporary duty expenses and other pays that “take care of people,” he said.
Gotta love how these childish congress critters care for nothing but themselves and their own little power games.
Guess I should get back to work! (wouldn't want to lose any pay now would I!!!)
I’m headed outside now, to see what sort of salad the rabbits ate overnight.
Well I just planted a few hyacinth beans for fun...next to a couple of boulders in the sun...will see what happens.
Lovely day...
Jemian, something about your situation was ringing a bell with me...then there was your GREAT post last night, then I woke up this morning as the lightbulb went ON!
Last year I was working on some family letters..old ones to my grandfather from his mother's cousin. The writer wrote several times about her abnormal white blood count - this was 1957 -, and then finally in one letter: NO LEUKEMIA! Those exact words you used...
So others have gone this route before...
If the WH was smart, the Pres and Veep would be on TV daily talking about this very issue. Why they don't, I can't understand.
Maybe the Pres will comment on this when he vetoes...if that stupid surrender bill ever actually gets to his desk, that is.