A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day - Weekend 09-28,29-02

Billie and Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

I see you have been AWOL so far this weekend too. Please come and say hello after you get back from the game. Hope they have a good one.....GO RAMS!!! :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, Temple Owl. Hope you are enjoying a peaceful, lazy weekend.

[lodwick]

[lodwick]

"If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done."-- Peter Ustinov

"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."-- Napolean Bonaparte (1769-1821), French general, Napoleon I of France


"It is fast approaching the point where I don't want to elect anyone stupid enough to want the job."--, Erma Bombeck -

"I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself." Johnny Carson

[Mama_Bear]

Morning, dutchess! You and the others who work on the quarterly freeperthon do a great service for this website. I know it is often a thankless job, but very necessary. Keeping this site on the internet is expensive. FreeRepublic would not be here without the financial support from it's membership. Thank you for what you do. :-)

[JustAmy]

AW Shucks ....... Thank You. Twas nuthin.

[lodwick]

[JustAmy]

Prayers being offered for you and your mother!

[Mama_Bear]

I am SO sorry I wasn't here Friday to help celebrate your day in the spotlight. I haven't had a chance to read the thread, but I trust you had good day. We love it that you are part of our Finest Family........You ARE one of FR's Finest! Thank you for all you do.

Will you forgive me for missing your special day?

................

[Mama_Bear]

"I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself." Johnny Carson

LOL!! Thanks for the quotes......I particularly like this one. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for reminding us of the sacrifices of military wives. Both my mom and my mil were career military wives. Yes, "they also serve who stand and wait". Although I didn't see my mom doing much standing around. On top of the loneliness of separation and constant worry over their husband's safe return, military wives have a tough job holding down the fort while their military man is away.

(Psssst, Dave.....thanks again for alerting me to the spelling error in my pledge graphic. How embarrassing! Spelling and punctuation has never been my strong suit. Oh well, I guess we can chalk it up to our grate public school system. LOL!)

[LadyX]

Hahaha - once in 1985 when I faced surgery, I actually asked my doctor to order IV's with coffee in them!

Threatened to wear my Miami Dolphin workout shorts and t-shirt instead of the hospital gown.

Fortunately he had me anesthetized before I could change, and I recovered rapidly and trekked across the hall to the nurses' coffee station and helped myself...:))
(I was hospital staff there for 15 years, so that was a privilege automatically granted.)

[LadyX]

Thank you, Aquamarine for your words and the lovely flowers.

Glad to hear your mother can be easily stabilized, but that is a long process with adjustments and concern on the way.

May God hold you both fast ~ ~ ~

[Libertina]

Hello Aquamarine, my prayers for your mother for her full recovery and healing. I know blood thinners work very well and I hope they are successful for treating your mom.

Thanks Mama_Bear for your weekend work and to all who cheerily post here.
Good Morning to All of You

[lodwick]

A newly born Jackson's Chameleon rests on its dad's horns in the serpentaria at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002. The baby chameleon is one of 22 little creatures born at the zoo during the traditional births of the spring season.

[ladtx]

As a memorial to my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following pilots and the units they were in were lost on todays date (29 SEP). A day doesn't go by that I don't remember them so this is my way of rememberance. God bless them all.

CW3 Wilder -- 117 AHC
1LT Halstead -- HML-167
WO1 Harris -- 11 ACR
WO1 Kreis -- 1 AVN BDE
WO1 Rollins -- 11 ACR
1LT Voss -- HML-167
WO1 Benicek -- E/1/9 CAV 1CAV

SCOUTS OUT!

[LadyX]

I had a distinct advantage in having been in the Marine Corps before I became a military wife.
Already a self-sufficient sort, it strengthened a sense of "I can survive this, too - with God's help!"

I was Marine Corps - then part of the Navy - after that, the Air Force. One son went into the Army to get FAA training to become an Air Traffic Controller.

After he got out, he finished the 13 hours to complete his college degree, and walked into ATC when the strikers were dumped.
At 32 he was already the GS equivalent of a Lt. Colonel, and can retire in fewer than 8 years at age 55.

We left military life after 12 years, and went to retailing, etc., so continued to move around a lot until retirement.

[ladyinred]

Heroes one and all.
We will not forget them. Thanks again for posting these daily. May they rest in peace.

[Libertina]

Ouch Dad! Careful!

[lodwick]

I'm sorry to see you bring your friends here today - it was so great to have a safe day yesterday.

Salute! God bless them each and every one, and all the rest of the troop that went to their final home on today's date in history.