FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 17 May 2018

Serving The Bestest Troops In The Whole World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

NIGHT BOARDING

Paratroopers board and position their gear inside an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft before participating in a night jump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 31, 2016. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena

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.

ROCKET EXERCISE

A Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom fires rockets during an urban close air support exercise at Yodaville near Yuma, AZ, April 1, 2016. The Venom is assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. The Marines conducted the exercise during an event in part to provide standardized advanced tactical training. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary M. Ford

GREEN GUISE

Army Staff Sgt. Brian Dolan applies camouflage to his face during an Expert Infantryman Badge qualification at Fort Jackson, SC, March 31, 2016. Dolan is assigned to Company B, Special Troops Battalion, 171st Infantry Brigade. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton

DEFLECTOR INSPECTORS

Sailors prepare to inspect jet blast deflectors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, April 5, 2016. The Eisenhower is conducting a unit training exercise to prepare for a deployment. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado

VALVE VIEW

Army Sgt. Joseph St. Germain, left, and Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Markham close a valve on an Alaska railroad water tender, or tanker, during exercise Alaska Shield 2016 in Palmer, Alaska, April 2, 2016. Germain and Markham are assigned to the Alaska National Guard’s 103rd Civil Support Team. The tender served as the source of a simulated sulfuric acid leak. Alaska Army National Guard photo by Sgt. David Bedard

HARPERS HYDRATION

Navy Seaman Chance Blackey cools down with water during a fire drill aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry in the Indian Ocean, April 2, 2016. The Harpers Ferry is supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Eshleman

CLEARING A PATH

Sailors clear a path to a fighting position on Camp Badger during International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2016 in Aqaba, Jordan, April 3, 2016. The Navy led the multilateral exercise, which is the world’s largest maritime exercise with forces from more than 30 nations training across the Middle East. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Furey

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[luvie]

Howdy, radu!

Hope you had a very fine day today! Did it rain some more at your house?

It was good here. I did laundry and now am just waiting till Peaches goes outside so I can put the sheets on the bed in peace. LOL!

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

So you got a little relief from the heat, too, did you? Same here. We almost got some rain with it but it rained everywhere BUT here. Par for the course. LOL

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

No rain here but it got close. At least it was cooler today.

Got the grocery shopping done, watched Survivor, grabbed a shower, just finished watching Code Black ..... it was a pretty good day. LOL

Tomorrow is the monthly Republican Women’s Group meeting so it’ll be early to bed tonight.

Good luck getting the bed made tonight. Heck, just toss Peaches out the door and you’ll be good to go and can kick back the rest of the evening. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...

I love our TOYS!!!

[luvie]

Whew! He did go out and hubby forgot to tell me. Now the bed is made and I’m sweatin’. That’s MY exercise for the day!

Toss Peaches out? I can’t even pick up the big lug much less toss him anywhere. LOL! Ginger is in but she doesn’t try to “help” with the bed-making.

Cooler sounds so nice. Glad you had that kind of a day. I think cool is done with us this year. The heat makes me tired quicker.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...hope you and the kids had a good day.

Stopped for grass seed on the way home....spread it all. It is trying to rain, so I didn’t want to wait another day. Now I have to water every day per the container.

[luvie]

Hi, there, Kathy! (((hugs))) Hope your hump day went well!

Indeed, they get all the BEST stuff. And since we have a president who loves them, they’ll get even better stuff!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Over the hump, but still slogging to the weekend. Tomorrow is already full to the gills.

Brought work home tonight, but not critical if I don’t get it done.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Peaches like to help you make the bed? LOL!!

Hide ‘n seek!!!

[radu]

Where’s the fly swatter? Not Peaches but for your hubby for net telling you. LOL! At least it’s done now and you can kick back.

Cooler IS nice, for sure! There was a stiff breeze blowing and that made it feel even better. Hardly broke a sweat when I went to the store this afternoon.

Just wish we could have gotten some rain. It’s starting to get dusty.

[radu]

Yay! One chore out of the way. Now to hope it rains nicely on the grass seed tonight.

[radu]

Dang, can’t get a break at work, can you? Y’all are really feeling the lack of a fourth person, I reckon. :-(

[luvie]

That and attack the sheet.LOL! He’s cute, but it takes me a long time to get it straightened when he ‘’helps’’. :)

[luvie]

I tell ya...I’m going to have to locate that fly swatter for when he doesn’t tell me that kind of important stuff. LOL!

A cool breeze sounds sooo nice! Hope you get a bit of rain. Didn’t you get any yesterday when everyone else was having storms?

I think it knocked one of the DC nests off-line. It was lightning really hard there during the storm.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! Gotta hit the editing soon, so just passing through.

[radu]

We got a couple of drops of rain yesterday but that’s all. I only knew about it because the trash can lids were a little damp when I threw out some cans last evening.
It rained close by again today but didn’t quite make it here. *sigh*

There are rain chances every day for the next week so maybe a shower will find its way here.

I hope the DC eaglets are ok after the storms yesterday. The winds can kick up pretty bad and blow young birds off the nests. DH5 hunkered down as low as she could go during a storm there last evening.

[lightman]

No flooding yet. There has been just enough time between the rains for streams to catch up, but the saturation point will be reached before lang.

Ark? After six days....gotta hit 20 straight before beginning those plans.

[luvie]

I sure hope y’all don’t get as dry as we are. Stuff there requires a lot more rain than things do here. Our water bill is our highest bill. Ugh!

I haven’t heard how they are. There are two nests there and the one that’s off line is called the ECC nest. I haven’t even checked the other one! My bad!

[radu]

We don’t know what to expect this year. We’re about due for a dry one.

I checked Farmer’s Almanac to see what they predict and I think they’re a bit off the mark this year. They’re calling for cool and wet for TX!

They say hot and wet for here and most parts of TN are getting the wet part. We just aren’t getting it here. We’re all getting the hot part though.

The eagle cam might be out for the season if lightning zapped it. They usually won’t swap out cams while the eaglets are on the nest.

Guess I’d better scoot. Got a few things to do yet before going to bed and the alarm’s already going to go off too early. LOL!

Catch ya tomorrow.

[luvie]

I saw that Farmer’s Almanac entry and about had a cow. They couldn’t have been more wrong if they’d tried! LOL! I wish it were true, though.

Nighty-night. Enjoy your meeting tomorrow! Bring back some good political gossip. :)