FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ 09 July 10

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

HOMECOMING

More than 60 U.S. Army soldiers returned from a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn., July 1, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 204th Area Support Medical Company. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer

Canteen Mission Statement

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

HOMECOMING HUGS

U.S. Army Spc. Nathaniel Wassink, left, hugs his family after a nine-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq, at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn., July 1, 2010. Wassink is assigned to the 204th Area Support Medical Company. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer

REMOTE CONTROL

A U.S. Air Force airman assigned to an explosive ordinance disposal unit controls a robot from a remote vehicle near a road bomb found south of Babus village in Pul-e Alam district, Logar province, Afghanistan, June 29, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Theodore Schmidt

AMPHIBIOUS ACTION

U.S. Marines return to the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans after repairing the transmission of an amphibious assault vehicle on a beach in Ancon, Peru, July 4, 2010. The Marines are assigned to the 1st Marine Division's Charlie Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion aboard the New Orleans to support Partnership of the Americas/Southern Exchange, an exercise with maritime forces from Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian J. Slaght

Andre Rieu ~ Toselli Serenade

Tex Ritter ~ Arizona Days

Foster & Allen ~ The Gambler

Jan and Arnie ~ Gotta Getta Date

John Prine ~ Big Fat Love

HOLIDAY DISPLAY

Soldiers assigned to Company C 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, throw chemical lights into the air to take the place of fireworks during an Independence Day celebration in Iraq, July 4, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kimberly Hackbarth

KNEE WATCH

U.S. Army Sgts. Anthony Limon, front, and Aaron Hestand keep watch during a patrol near Combat Outpost Sangar in Zabul province, Afghanistan, July 3, 2010. Limon and Hestand are assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. William Tremblay

TEACHING MOMENT

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jesse Watson, left, an assaultman assigned to Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Tank Battalion, trains with a Bulgarian soldier in using nonlethal ammunition in a Mossberg shotgun at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, July 2, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. R. Logan Kyle

Charlie Rich ~ Break Up

Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ Cotton Fields

Dion & The Belmonts ~ Lonely World

Eddy Raven & Jo-El Sonnier ~ Zydeco Lady

Herb Ellis ~ Lemon Twist

SAFETY MISSION

U.S. soldiers and airmen in a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle move through an Afghan village to ensure roads are safe for travel in the Pul-e Alam district in Logar province, Afghanistan, June 29, 2010. The troops are assigned to teams to detect and dispose of improvised explosive devices and ordnance. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Theodore Schmidt

RAINBOW’S RIM

A rainbow over the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan falls onto the USS Arizona Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 2, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class N. Brett Morton

WATER DROP

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Nine and Lance Cpl. Mark Kobus push a case of water rigged with a disposable parachute out of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during an experiment to find new ways of delivering emergency supplies to troops on the ground over Drop Zone Jake, Afghanistan, July 1, 2010. Nine and Kobus are assigned to the 1st Reconaissance Battalion. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Rholes

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[oldteen]

Everyone is doing great, thanks. You have a great weekend as well! (I know what lazy is...I got that bug lately myself).

[luvie]

Well, nighty-night, guys. I'm fallin' over sleepy,
so had better go for tonight.
See y'all for tunes tomorrow night!
Rock on! zzzzzzz...........

[Kathy in Alaska]

The duck boats can sure be different, while being the same. Man, I don’t envy you the heat wave.

[TASMANIANRED]

So it does land and water....cool

[TASMANIANRED]

I think green beans are his favorite.. He asks for them all the time.

[oldteen]

G’night LUV! Sweet dreams! Have a wonderful FRiday. See ya for Music Mayhem!! *hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

w h !!

Thanks, unique, for the cheerers!

Luv.....#200!!

[PROCON]

Once?

[PROCON]

Once?

[PROCON]

Once?

[TASMANIANRED]

Night.

[PROCON]

Once?

[TASMANIANRED]

LOL..

Bandstand...

[Travis T. OJustice]

You wanna know what really sucks? I was just talking with my oldest kid. She was so proud of teaching her best friends duaghter to call her TiTi (my kids version of Tia, spanish for aunt) so we started talking about when she was a baby.

My oldest kid was born at the end of October. I was laid off, as a heavy equpiment operator, until late may of the following yeah, then only got 40 hours a week. Over that winter, I worked so hard to be the best dad i could, I showed her flash cards, taught her to walk at 8 months, she was talking at 10 months, could carry on a conversation with an adult at 18 months. Life is good!

Then in August, a couple months before she turned 2, we moved to Vermont so i could attend college at a military college (as a civilian). I got a good job on top of being a full time student, mom felt there wasn’t enough income, so she got a job that hardly paid for daycare in a home.

Well, the dad of the home decided that with the extra income, it was time for renovations. This included sanding down doors. The doors he choose to sand had lead paint on them. My oldest has had undiagnosable problems ever since. I don’t want to get into the problems, but bipolar, suicidal tendencies, whatever hell you want a kid to go through, she’s been ther. So have I.

I just told her about her lead exposure, or at least what i’m very confident was lead exposure, and she filppied out. Not in a really bad, violent way, like she used to flip out, thoug. In a dark, introspective kind of way.

Thank God my mom (grammy) is ALWAYS there when this stuff happens.

[PROCON]

Night Taz, now I’m REALLY going to sleep!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey....that’s how I’m feeling. Good night and sleep tight, Luv. ((HUGS))

[Travis T. OJustice]

Sounds like you couldn’t buy spare time.

My granddaddy was a bigshot of Standard Oil of indianna, which is now BP stock. No, I can't buy squat, nevermnd time. :)

[Travis T. OJustice]

I don’t envy your winters! At least I can fish in a heat wave. :)

[Travis T. OJustice]

Later, luv’r girl.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Time for someone to play tunes!

May I request the 10:56 version of clapton and knopfler doing sultans of swing?