[blackie]

Make my coffee black and hot ... :):)

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning Troops, families, veterans, Israeli, British, Australian, Polish, and Italian allies (and everybody else). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 6:57am
Sunset 8:58pm

Hi 60°F
Lo 48°F

Cloudy, then some sun

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 66°F
Lo 45°F

State Hi 71°F Kenai Lake
State Lo 34°F Prudhoe

[Kathy in Alaska]

Bless This House sung along with this morning,
twice because I love this song for our troops USO Canteen,
and A Prayer of Protection
said for all who enter the USO Canteen Freeper Style,
including our troops, our veterans,
their families and our allies.

Welcome to all who come to honor our troops and veterans, for whom this USO Canteen was created.

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Wherever you are, God is, and all is well!

Wherever you are, Godand all is well!

[Kathy in Alaska]

TROOP SUPPORT — U.S. Army Lt David Piersma, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, tracks troop movements from the Tactical Combat Center located in the desert northeast of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Tactical Combat Center provides essential support to soldiers pushing forward in a search for illegal weapons, Aug. 26, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derek Gaines

[Kathy in Alaska]

NEW YORK, NY, Aug. 28--Boatswain's Mate First Class William Lappin, 29, from Portland, Me, performs small boat operations while the Coast Guard Cutter Bainbridge Island, homeported in Sandy Hook, NJ., stands watch over the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor Aug. 28, 2003. USCG photo by PA3 Mike Lutz

[Kathy in Alaska]

An Iraqi policeman retrieves illegal weapons during a raid on a farmhouse in Tikrit, Iraq, led by the Iraqi Police of Tikrit and supported by the 720th Military Police Battalion of Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 26, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Albert Eaddy

U.S. Army Sgt. David Salinas, of the 401st Military Police Company based at Fort Hood, Texas, uses a minesweeping device to search for illegal weapons during a raid on a farmhouse in Tikrit, Iraq, which was led by the Iraqi Police of Tikrit and supported by the 720th Military Police Battalion of Fort Hood, Texas on August 26, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Albert Eaddy

[Kathy in Alaska]

Lt. Col. David Poirier, with the 720th Military Police Battalion, speaks to a local farmer about hidden weapons and wanted persons during a raid by Iraqi police of a farm near Tikrit, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Albert Eaddy

Soldiers from the 115th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit from Cranston, R.I., patrol the perimeter during a raid in Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. This raid is conducted following reports of rocket propelled grenades being stored at the location. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derek Gaines

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Umbizza from Eagle Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, breaks in the door of an abandoned building, where an improvised explosive device and a cache of hand grenades were spotted, northeast of Fallujah, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2003. The soldiers from Eagle Troop are participating in an Army-wide operation to search a large sector of Iraq for illegal weapons. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derek Gaines

Soldiers from the Grimm Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and 498th Engineer Battalion, a National Guard unit from Arkansas, attached to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment , form a daisy chain to move artillery rounds at a collection point northeast of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Grimm Troop is participating in a mission to search Iraq for illegal munitions, Aug. 29, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derek Gaines

[Kathy in Alaska]

Tow truck: Glenn Kaifas pulls a 25,000-pound dumptruck at an amateur strongman contest in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.