A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day....07-26-06...Warm Fuzzy Wednesday

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[dutchess]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay, or a profile of another FReeper.

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~ Billie, Dutchess, DollyCali, GodBlessUSA, JustAmy ~

Welcome to Warm Fuzzy Wednesday at the Finest. For those who start counting the days on Monday until the weekend, we're halfway there! So we're here to banish those doldrums and make you smile inside! Please feel free to post sweet graphics and/or little stories that make you feel all warm and fuzzy - or just come by and give us a smile. Only two more days 'til the weekend!

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[dutchess]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation Under God, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for All.

[dutchess]

[dutchess]

God Bless Our Military
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Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Dutchess, The Mayor, DollyCali or GodBlessUSA and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation’s leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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gator girl........................husband severa............husband, brother Maigrey............................cousin mystery-ak.............son, husband Gogrammy...................grandson Inspectorette.......................son Blessed American..........nephew Slip18..........................nephew Diver Dave.......niece, nephew ConspiracyGuy........2 nephews sneakers..............................son weldgophardline.....brotherinlaw jamaly.................brotherinlaw Future Snake Eater..........cousin WaterDragon.............grandson WaterDragon...........son-in-law BeforeISleep...................son kimmie7......................brother Armymarinemom............3 sons american_ranger.............son LadyX.........................grandson fawn796.......................nephew Dubya............................nephew ValerieUSA....................2 sons Lakeside........................2 sons LakeLady......................nephew Spruce.........................daughter Philman_36..............2 nephews bjcintennessee.......son, niece TheMayor...............friends'son mhking.........................cousin eaglesiniowa.....................son visualops..........................cousin auboy.............................cousin Ladysmith..nephew, friend's son tina07......soninlaw & his friend Katydidnt.............................son MontanaCowgirlCop.......brother Colorado Slim................nephew Tapatio....................2 nephews Kramster.....................stepson Alouette................................son Q6-God...................twin brother jkphoto........................nephew Socratic......................nephew LoneRedRanger...brother-in-law JesseJane...............cousin Previously A-Lurker.....brother MississippyMuddy........sister MississippyMuddy.....2 nephews tiggywinkle...............cousin CyberAnt..................nephew JFC........................nephew Earthdweller...........nephew Anthem..............2 cousins Pragmatic Warrior..2 nephews Tarheel................cousin WakeUpandVote............brother MEG33....................grandson IndyPendance...daughter, son-in-law Q6-God.....................active duty Warrior Nurse...........active duty SK1 Thurman...........active duty David Osborne.........active duty fc2tomschermuly......active duty bkwells....................active duty LongCut....................active duty cjk...........................active duty Trish.........................active duty ODC-GIRL.................active duty AF_Blue...................active duty Notwithstanding.......active duty thumperusn..............active duty Veloxherc.................active duty Don Simmons...........active duty wingnutx...................active duty Old Sarge.................active duty CGblue.....................active duty bigghurtt...................active duty frankiep....................active duty veeceeque..............active duty JRios1968..............active duty NoLongerFreeState..active duty CMS.......................active duty JemiansTerror..........active duty AlaskaErik.........active duty

scubachick.....................husband OhioWfan................................son ladtx..................................2 sons Its_me_K.E.T.........................son Hostel............................cousin MozartLover...........son, nephew LBGA (RIP)..........................son katykelly..............................son cookcounty.............................son SpookBrat........................nephew SpookBrat........................cousin Doug from Upland............soninlaw Himyar....................................son boxerblues........................2 sons the piper....................................son sheeza................................husband kemathen7.........................husband Tiffee4Bob..........................boyfriend deadhead.............................cousin JimRobinson...............2 nephews TexKat.......................son, step-son StarCMC.............................brother Consort........................2 daughters Consort.......................son-in-law Darheel...............................niece Donaeus...........................nephew BeAllYouCanBe........................son Repubmommy........................brother AgThorn................................2 sons homeschoolmama...............nephew kneezles.................................son RoseinRoseBear.....cousin's hubby Atomic Conspiracy......half-brother Atomic Conspiracy...........nephew Atomic Conspiracy..............niece Sunflowergal....................grandson mrstank..............................husband MrsMike31........................husband spotbust1............................husband Leofl...........................................son chena............................................son campfollower............................fiance LUV W........................................son painter...................................nephew ProudAFDad...................................son Misty4jc................................husband Bykrbayb........................................son Hope and Glory.........................son ak_daddoo..............................nephew SilentServiceCPOWife........husband Walkenfree................2 grandsons Walkenfree.................. 3 nephews Walkenfree..................granddaughter ariamne.........................2 cousins Zechariah_8_13.......brother-in-law Zechariah_8_13...................cousin Sageb1...........................3 cousins Chairman_Dec_19th_Society...BIL DirtyHarryY2K......................daughter DirtyHarryY2K................son-in-law nelibeli..............................nephew Skimask.....................................son El Gato...............................nephew thehumanlynx..........brother-in-law Palladin...............................grandson freema......................son, nephew meanie monster.......family friend JulieRNR21......friend's grandson monkeyface........grandson redgead......grandnephew LoriinLongIsland....son-in-law Rose0508.............................son rahbert.................................son Azvbushgal.............................son kimmykay...............................son NavySEAL F-16.......................son ike......................................son wolfcreek..........................daughter repubmom..............................son SoldiersPrayingMom...............son Skyraider..............................son Jen'sMom.......................daughter US Army EOD...................daughter weldgophardline................son SuzyQue..mom, 2 sons, 3 brothers

[stopem]

Good Morning! Warm, fuzzy wishes to all!

[MEG33]

Good Morning To The Finest!

*Happy Warm and Fuzzy Wednesday*

[MEG33]

Good morning! Congratulations on posting graphics..It took me years to even try!

[stopem]

Good Morning Meg!

Do you have cats? The kitten you posted is a cutie. Who can resist? Talk about a huggable warm,fuzzy.;)

[stopem]

Thanks, it's exciting to be able to creatively express one self.

[MEG33]

My cats are at my daughter's.We had 5 week old kittens abandoned in our compost pile at my daughter's. This is another once starving stray , Silky, playing surrogate mom to Sassy.We were feeding, bathing, every two hours at first..I have never been so exhausted..but they all lived and now we have 8 kitties! I miss them while I am here at my home in Central Texas.

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY WARM AND FUZZY WEDNESDAY!

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Hope you have a great day!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, dutchess - Happy warm and fuzzy Wednesday!

[MEG33]

Thank you, tjm! I am missing my kitties while am here in Central Texas! I have about a 6 month old kitty visitor at night on occasion.. She has been in to check out the house twice.. She positions herself on the patio next to my sliding door and demands a petting!

[stopem]

Awww... that is so neat. I had an aunt (she's gone now)that would care for homeless kittens and than place them for adoption.

[MEG33]

My daughter grieved so over two the girl at the pet store adopted that she paid her to get them back.. It turned out it was for the best as the apartment she had was not suitable.

I would have adopted some of them out but my daughter would have 20 if she could!

[stopem]

My daughter had her cat for 16 years and she died last year while my daughter was in London, I cried the day the cat died the entire day, she was so much a part of our family, I catsat her when they went out of town. She would greet me at the door when I came to visit, first day I went there and she wasn't at the door, I had to run into the bathroom so my daughter wouldn't see me break down.

[MEG33]

*We Support Our Troops*

[MEG33]

I felt the same way over my daughter's dog.. I kept thinking about giving him his vitamins or a treat and then remembered he is no longer here.

My kitty, Purty..another stray that came to my daughter's years ago and had kittens, died of cancer while I was staying at my daughter's.

She had attached herself to me years ago when I visited and I talked my daughter into letting me take her here to my house. She was my "buddy" for years..more than any cat I have ever owned.. I miss her still.

One of the abandoned kittens, TRubble, is the first to get in a chair next to my computer chair like Purty did. I teared up..

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

060725-N-6581H-035 Pacific Ocean (July 25, 2006) – The guided-missile destroyers USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and USS Shoup (DDG 86) sail in formation during the Rim of Pacific Exercise 2006. Eight nations are participating in RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Walter T. Ham IV (RELEASED)

060309-N-4780W-003 Newport News, Va. (Mar. 9, 2006) - The Virginia-class submarine North Carolina, SSN 777, under construction at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. North Carolina is the fourth Virginia-Class submarine and is scheduled to join the fleet in 2008. Photo by Mr. John Whalen courtesy Northrop Grumman Ship Building

060712-N-7596J-287 Pacific Ocean (July 12, 2006) - The guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63), the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) and USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) exercise advanced navigation skills while steaming in formation. The ships are operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility in support of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Jeffery B. Jenkins (RELEASED)

[ConorMacNessa]

Great pics, Excuse.

[Kitty Mittens]

How Sweet this Little Kitty is, Dear (((((Meg)))))! Good Morning Hugs to All the Finest!

Thank you for Posting this Thread, Dear (((((Dutchess))))). This Kitty Pic I Found on the 'Net Makes me Feel All Warm and Fuzzy: