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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-21-04....Welcome Home, Allegra!
Billie
Posted on 12/21/2004 4:58:54 AM PST by Billie
A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day
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"I'll Be Home For Christmas"
I'll be home for Christmas; You can count on me. Please have snow and mistletoe And presents on the tree.
There may not be snow in Houston, but bet there are lots of happy faces there this Christmas, and I'm bettin' mistletoe won't even be needed. :)
Allegra, one of our own since February 25, 2001, has been in Iraq for almost a year and is home for her first R & R just in time for Christmas. We love bringing good news to the Finest about our troops and hope you'll join us today to give her a big, rousing, Welcome Home Surprise!
Thank you, Allegra, for your service to our country, and hope you get a chance to eat lots of Mexican food, drink plenty of cold beer, and get lots of lovin' from those kitties before you return to Baghdad next month. May God bless and keep you safe.
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KEYWORDS: christmas; freepers; fun; military; patriotic; stolenvalor; surprises; veterans; welcomehome
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To: Gabz
Good to see you back, Gabz. Last I heard from you it was only going to be a few days. That was a few weeks ago! Soooo, Welcome Back to you, too! :)
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:29:37 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: deadhead
142
posted on
12/21/2004 11:30:31 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: dansangel
Hi, Dansy - how is your weather today? You've been out shopping, haven't you! :)
Thank you for your sweet compliment - I am so glad that we were given a heads up on this homecoming - otherwise, today's post would probably have been one of those "Here it is - have fun" kind of days. :)
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:33:25 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks for a' comin' and a' pingin' others, Tonk. :)
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:35:08 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: Allegra; Billie
WELCOME HOME ALLEGRA!MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:37:34 AM PST
by
BykrBayb
(5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
To: Bahbah; Mudboy Slim; weegee
Thanks for joining us for our Welcome Home Party. :)
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:37:45 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: Diva Betsy Ross
Hi Diva. Thanks for your sweet post.
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:39:17 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: Billie
Howdy, Billie...good to see you!! Have a very Merry Christmas!!
FReegards...MUD
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:41:14 AM PST
by
Mudboy Slim
(RE-IMPEACH the HildaBeast's Hubby!!)
To: Chode; armyavonlady; PetroniDE; E.G.C.
Thanks for the pings and helping us welcome Allegra back.
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:41:51 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: Billie
You've been out shopping, haven't you! :)Wha-....is the spy cam going? LOL!
Actually, we did a little *food* shopping. We normally do it after Church on Sunday morning (when no one else is out - lol) but our fridge was on the fritz over the weekend. Most of our perishables ended up over at my folks' house.
We got a few staples we were running low on and the management is delivering us a new fridge tomorrow - yay!
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:43:35 AM PST
by
dansangel
(Thank you Veterans past and present!)
To: Humidston
Thanks for the ping, Meek, and all the people who pinged me, and to Billie for this great thread... I was most happy to do *my* part! Thanks for coming. :)
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:43:58 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: Billie
I don't know where time has disappeared to.....I thought it was only yesterday that it was Thanksgiving.
I open the Finest thread every morning and the next thing I know there's 100+ posts and then I feel bad about not catching up, and well...........
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:45:01 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Kinky Friedman for Governor)
To: fatima
Thanks for coming over today, fatima.
No matter how many times I read this poem, it brings tears to my eyes.
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:46:15 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: LadyX; Allegra; Billie; JulieRNR21; daisyscarlett; whoever; ru4liberty; MeeknMing; kitkat; ...
WELCOME HOME, ALLEGRA!! Paul Harvey says: -"I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December.
I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of evolution.
Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game.
So what's the big deal?
It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.
"But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1.
So what would you expect-somebody chanting Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.
If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha. And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome..
"But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized.. We're not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds.. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer!
Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations.
Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep.
Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. God, help us.
And if that last sentence offends you, well..........just sue me.
The silent majority has been silent too long. it's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard, that the vast majority don't care what they want.. it is time the majority rules! It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray.. you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance, you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him.
That is your right, and we will honor your right.. but by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away . we are fighting back.. and we WILL WIN!
God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him... God bless America, despite all her faults, she is still the greatest nation of all.....
God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God...
May 2005 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions.
Keep looking up..... In God WE Trust."
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:48:05 AM PST
by
TexasCowboy
(Texan by birth, citizen of Jesusland by the Grace of God)
To: pelikan
Thanks Billie for this excellent thread very very nice especially with Christmas just a few days away--appreciate the time taken to do it ((((((pelikan))))))))
......'cause it's so nice to be appreciated. :)
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:48:26 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: Allegra
Welcome home Allegra! Hoping you have a blessed Christmas.
To: All; TexasCowboy
As you can see, in my 138, at 11:50 a.m. the murky "sunshine" in Fairbanks is visible -- doesn't last long ---
(Keep refreshing it to watch it)
(will be back later today)
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:53:00 AM PST
by
LadyX
((( To God be all praise and honor and glory -- )))
To: Mama_Bear
Ah! My other sistah is here. :)
Just stopping by home in between running errands and appointments to post this graphic that I made this morning. Beautiful job you've done, as always, Billie. :-)
And what a cute graphic it is, too. Thanks, Lori, for the Welcome Home graphic for Allegra and for the compliment for me. :)
I have to leave in a little while and fight the crowds again, too. No matter how many times I think I've been to the grocery store for the last time ..... I have to go one more time because I forgot something. :)
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:54:33 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: RaceBannon
And hire someone to shovel the snow, no matter how much you miss it! In Houston?!!!! :)
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:56:33 AM PST
by
Billie
(wishing each and every one a Christmas filled with love and good will)
To: JustAmy
MERRY CHRISTMAS
&
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S
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posted on
12/21/2004 11:57:13 AM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
(Why did it take me so long to come up with a new tag-line, huh?! What's up with that?)
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