[AZamericonnie]

My New Years resolution is to not make the same thread as Mrs Nooseman next year!:)

[Brad’s Gramma]

:)

[Soaring Feather]

Evening Connie!

[Brad’s Gramma]

OK.

I resolve for the year 2007 ..... to have a new year.

And THAT is as far as I'm going with this resolution thing.

:)

[Tanniker Smith]

Last year I wanted to eat better and lose weight. Well, I still eat a lot of crap, but I used to eat A LOT OF crap, so I happened to lose a bit of weight. Somewhere from the neighorhood of 220+ down to 190ish. (Hard to tell how "ishy" as I had a stomach virus during Christmas break and wasn't eating regularly.)

The other way to put it is this: last year I resolved that I WOULD NOT BUY SIZE 38 PANTS!
And now all my size 36 pants are sliding off me. If I lose anymore weight, I'll look like my students walking down the halls.

TS

[tomkow6]

>>>>>>>FURST!!!!......We is FURST AGAIN!!!!!......WoooHOOOO!
>>>>>>>>FURST!!!!......We is FURST AGAIN!!!!!......WoooHOOOO!>>>>>>>>FURST!!!!......We is FURST AGAIN!!!!!......WoooHOOOO!>>>>>>>>FURST!!!!......We is FURST AGAIN!!!!!......WoooHOOOO!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Click on the pic and I'll guide you
to the start of today's thread




FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

CLICK HERE TO FIND LATEST THREAD.


CLICK FOR Current local times around the world

CLICK FOR local times in Seoul, Baghdad, Kabul,
New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Anchorage

To every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.
To our military readers, we remain steadfast
in keeping the Canteen doors open.
The FR Canteen is Free Republics longest running daily thread specifically designed
to provide entertainment and morale support for the military.
The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.


CLICK BELOW to ENTER the
FR Canteen Post Office, Support Our Military and Vets Links and Info

FR Canteen Post Office Established November 30, 2001

Will You help keep the Candle Lit for our service men and women?
Can you spare a few moments today to either
e-mail them or learn about sending packages to them?
Many of them are away from home for the 1st time.
PLEASE Click on the graphic and help cheer them up.
You will stay right where you are on this thread while you write them.

NOTE: CANTEEN MUSIC
Posted daily and on the Music Thread
for the enjoyment of our troops and visitors.

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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.

Prayers going up.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for today's Resolutions Part Deux. Great Minds Think Alike.

[Radix]

 

Staff Sgt. Jacob Chavez corrects a trainee during a drill practice at the 322nd Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on Wednesday. Chavez is a military training instructor who is spending his holidays training new airmen.

 

See this finger, see this thumb, see this Drill Sargent hat...better run.

 

 

 

 

Marine Pfc. Anthony Camacho does his part holding up the football field-sized U.S. flag during pre-game ceremonies at the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, on Thursday.

 

He's got the whole football field sized flag in his hands.........

 

 

 

 

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Christopher Till performs abdominal exercises aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf on Thursday.

 

"Taking the wheel" does not mean what it used to mean, in todays modern Navy.

 

 

 

Sgt. Sandro Soler, left, and Tech. Sgt. Vincent Codispoti support Cpl. Jason Padgett as he carries a baby suffering from respiratory problems up a hill in Cocle, Panama, on Tuesday. The team of soldiers and airmen safely evacuated the infant from a village that was isolated by recent flooding.

 

Sometimes, these Troops almost take my breath away.

 

 

 

 

A homeowner gestures that he has nothing to hide as a soldier from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, searches the outside of his home during a predawn sweep of a neighborhood in southern Baghdad on Tuesday.

 

Since the recent ban on "three card monty" in Iraq, amateur street magicians have been dazzling Troops and civilians with their ability to hide things up their sleeves.

 

 

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment work to get a Humvee released from the mud in Baghdad on Monday.

 

Despite the fierce competition between Triple A and the Central Iraq Motor Club, there is a serious abundance of motorist dissatisfaction with the towing services in and around Baghdad.

 

 

First Sgt. William Cherry of the Arizona Army National Guard gets a hug from wife Linda as he stands with daughter, Samantha, 16, after a departure ceremony on Tuesday at Pinal Air Park near Marana, Ariz. More than 450 soldiers are leaving Tuesday and Wednesday for Fort Hood, Texas, before being deployed to Afghanistan.

 

 

 

 

Chief Warrent Officer 3 Kevin Bibb of 1st Attack Reconnaissance Squadron, 285th Aviation Regiment, Arizona Army National Guard, takes his son Andrew, 1, to look at the line of Apache Helicopters at the Silverbell Army Heliport in Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday. Members of the unit said goodbye to friends and family Tuesday and Wednesday, before departing to Fort Hood, Texas. From there, the soldiers will deploy to Afghanistan.

 

 

 

[luvie]

LOL! You guys did it so differently that it was wonderful to have them both!

I don't make resolutions, but you sure gave us plenty of choices if one needed them.

The reason why I don't is that way back when I did....I never kept them. It was like I lied to myself! LOL! So.....

[The Mayor]

January 4, 2007

Our Dwelling Place

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READ: Genesis 12:1-8

By faith Abraham obeyed . . . . And he went out, not knowing where he was going. —Hebrews 11:8

When Abraham was 75 years old, God called him to leave the land of his father. And so, advanced in years, he departed for the land of Canaan. He was rootless, homeless, "not knowing where he was going" (Heb. 11:8). That was the story of Abraham’s life.

Age brings change and uncertainty. It means transition from a familiar past to an uncertain future. It can mean movement from a family home to a smaller place, to a daughter’s home, to a retirement village, to a nursing home—the "final resort." Like Abraham, some of us make our way from one location to another, always traveling and not knowing where we’re going.

Yet we can be at home in any dwelling, for our safekeeping lies not in the place where we live but in God Himself. We can dwell "in the secret place of the Most High" and "abide under the shadow of the Almighty" (Ps. 91:1). There, in His presence, under His wings, we find refuge (v.4). The eternal God becomes our dwelling place (v.9).

Though our dwelling place here on earth may be uncertain, God will be our companion and friend until our traveling days are over and we reach our heart’s true home—heaven. Until that day, let’s shed the light of God’s lovingkindness on other travelers. 

Someday my earthly house will fall—
I cannot tell how soon ’twill be;
But this I know—my All in All
Has now a place in heaven for me. —Crosby

For the Christian, heaven is spelled H-O-M-E.

Bible in One Year:  Genesis 10-12; Matthew 4

[BIGLOOK]

I resolve to make all my resolutions as firm and steadfast, as fair and unbiased, as noble as those of the United Nations!

I guess that let's me off the hook.

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band~National Anthem

[laurenmarlowe]

Raids in Iraq yield terrorists, terror leaders, weapons Photo by Staff Sgt. Bronco Suzuki January 03, 2007 Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team search for members of an illegal militia in Baghdad.

Protection for police Photo by Spc. Jason Edwards January 03, 2007 Soldiers from the 618th Engineer Company put the finishing touches on a new guard tower at a new Iraqi police station in Siniyah in December.

Cleaning House Photo by Sgt. Antonieta Rico January 03, 2007 U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, prepare to enter a home and conduct searches in a compound during a two-day convoy that started on Dec. 11, 2006.

[Kathy in Alaska]

.....and David (Luv W)
3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
William (jackv)
Future Snake Eater (RightOnline)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks for tonights thread Connie!
Good evening Ma!
Good evening Canteeners and Troops!
How's everybody tonight?
I'm in for abit!
Hugs alla round!
Ms.B

[SandRat]

Sorry to come in late... after putting up the good news I had Scout work to do. Did I miss anything exciting???

[MeekMom]

Evening Connie. Thanks for tonight's thread! ((hugs))

[MoochPooch]

I made a resolution not to FReep so much, but -- too late. I broke it. (About 5 minutes after midnight.)