Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
Posted on 03/11/2024 6:00:08 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
Evening, all!
Howdy, lauren.
How goes it your way these days, other than it being a bit on the warm side? Piled up with events to work on?
I’m shocked I got in at all. LOL Having bad internet problems the past few days.
Howdy, PRO.
Did you have a kicked-back weekend or did anything come up that you decided to do?
Looks like spring rains are moving through up there.
Hi there radu!
I tell ya, our weather has been all over the place, within 7 days this past week, we had a record hot day, then a couple of days later it was 36 degrees, and then a couple of days after that, we had record rainfall. I’ve never spent so much time in my closet trying to figure out what to wear.
I’m 5 weeks out from my largest event of the year, our outdoor art and music festival, so the days are full for sure.
One more big one after that the first of May and then I am free as a bird for the summer.
WOO HOO!
Hope you have a terrific week!
*HUGS*
Nice weekend, son was over Saturday night for dinner and hanging and we're going to go out to lunch tomorrow too, probably Applebee's.
Then Wednesday we're back out to the gun range, good week upcoming.
Howz things your way.
Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!
~ Road Trip: Beale Air Force Base, California ~
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Sounds like we’ve been having pretty much the same thing going on lately - weather that’s haywire. LOL We haven’t had record highs but we had some nice warm days, then a cool-down with nights dipping to freezing. One more of those nights and we’ll have a nice week ahead.
Having put on a lot of car shows in the past, I don’t envy you the next 5 weeks. They can be butt-busting.
But you have May to look forward to and that’s not that far off. The two big events will keep you busy enough the time will fly.
Then FREEDOM!! LOL
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Oh BOY!! Sounds like you have some fun to look forward to this week! You and your son always have a great time at the gun range. I hope the wet weather over your neck o’ da woods moves out by then.
Thingz iz ok here. Nice weather this week until Friday, and I’ll head up to the museum Saturday when a group tour is scheduled. A chance to listen to Da Boss’s spiel so I can understand the new layout. Right now, I don’t understand it at all, and others don’t either.
It means getting up at the crack of dawn but I’m champin’ at the bit!
Howdy, Kathy.
I hear there’s snow in your forecast this week. I know you’re thrilled.
NOT!
Bible in a Year :
I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.
Near the dawn of the twentieth century, Mary McDowell lived worlds apart from the brutal stockyards of Chicago. Although her home was just twenty miles away, she knew little about the horrific labor conditions that prompted workers in the stockyards to strike. Once she learned of the difficulties faced by them and their families, McDowell moved in and lived among them—advocating for better conditions. She ministered to their needs, including teaching children at a school in the back of a small shop.
Standing up for better conditions for others—even when not directly impacted—is something Esther did as well. She was the queen of Persia (Esther 2:17) and had a different set of privileges than her Israelite people who’d been dispersed throughout Persia as exiles. Yet Esther took up the cause of the Israelites in Persia and risked her life for them, saying, “I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish” (4:16). She could have remained silent, for her husband, the king, didn’t know she was Jewish (2:10). But, choosing not to ignore her relatives’ pleas for help, she worked courageously to reveal an evil plot to destroy the Jews.
We may not be able to take on massive causes like Mary McDowell or Queen Esther, but may we choose to see the needs of others and use what God has provided to help them. .
Reflect & Pray
How are you using what you possess to help others? What role can you play in providing for those who may not live near you?
Dear God, please give me the wisdom and courage to serve those in need.
friend of mine was a KC135 boom operator there in the 80s
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