D-DAY 1944

Today is D-Day. It was on this day, 65 years ago, that Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy, France to begin the liberation of Europe from Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. People in Europe and America will be remembering throughout the weekend, the sacrifices made by those who fought and lived, and those who fought and died.

This landing and subsequent battle, was one of the worst of any war, I think. There were boys who did not even make it off their landing crafts, boys who drowned, boys who were killed and floated in the water, in and out with the tides, or on the bloody beach. That did not stop them however, they had a unified mission to fulfill and didn't stop until it was fulfilled and the Nazis had been defeated.

I want to salute all the boys of the United States, France, England and Canada who fought that day and and those who fought forward from that day. There are huge cemeteries in Normandy, just full of rows and rows of white Crosses and Stars of Davids. Thousands of them. God Bless those boys and their families.

My Uncle Phil was not apart of the European War in WWII, but he was with the United States Marines in the Pacific. He fought on the islands with names like Saipan, Iwo Jima, Tarawa Atoll etc. I was able to hear some of his war stories several times over the years till he died. He fought bravely and missed his buddies that didn't come back with him after the War.

The Pacific War was very different from the European, but the main thing is this: That no matter where you fought during that War, it was for The Cause: Freedom, and each of you fought heroically and bravely.

We thank you for all you have done for our country and for the cause of freedom. I will never forget you.

God Bless America!


For All Of Our Boys In WWII and Their Families:

Glenn Miller: "Moonlight Serenade"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBvksGdhxA

Anne Shelton: "I'll Be Seeing You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khwUz49EA4s

Glenn Miller: "In the Mood"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXwkWVEIIw

Andrews Sisters: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wiVkdVPGoY

WWII Tribute - Hymn to the Fallen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmQpUuJ8qGw


Thank you once more, boys of WWII. This American will never forget you!

He Didn't Bow!

Yes, I am still here. Sorry it has been so long since I have written, a lot has been going on with me. I will write about that another time.

Today, I wanted to focus on Obama's trip to Saudi Arabia. Now, this guy has been in office about 4 months and this is his second trip to that country. Interesting. Wonder why? Hmm? He has also said two very important things in the past 4 months. First he said, to a foreign press I might add, that America is no longer a Christian nation. What? Who made this decision? Then, before he left for this trip, he told a Paris newspaper that if they counted all the Muslim-Americans in this country, that America would be considered a Muslim country. Huh? Why does he only say these things to only foreign press and not to American press? Hmm. Just some things to think about.

Anyways, the thing I wanted to emphasize today is that Obama did not bow when greeting King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Hmm. I felt sure that he would, but he refrained. I am sure it took every fiber of Obama's being not to bow. I think that he (Obama) is slowly showing us that he is truly Muslim; sort of preparing us for it. I won't be at all surprised if it comes out. I guess I would be more surprised if it didn't come out.

Anyways, blah, blah, blah.

So, anybody built their bomb shelter yet since it seems that North Korea is going to start a nuclear war? Nobody seems to want to stop them, so I guess I had better start digging in the back yard.

Well, I guess I had better go for now. Need to get some things done today. I do want to say that I have nothing against true Muslims. I do have a problem with fanatic Muslims. I also have a problem with someone who seems to want to hide his true religion from this country...why?

Ya'll have a great day!

Let's Dance

It has been quite a month, I will tell you. I moved down here to Kentucky on Friday, April 3rd, after furiously packing for 2 weeks. It was a long two weeks and the drive down here (the actual move) was just almost unbearably long!! But, we made it.

I am slowly getting settled here in Georgetown. Have seen several old friends and everyone is glad that I am back. It has been a little tough since I have been here. Trying to get settled into my room, dealing with the ex-boss not paying me (still!) and of course as always, the soon to be ex, who seems more and more unbalanced each time I have to communicate with him, which is less and less, thank goodness!

This past week, my Pops and I have been very sick with what turned out to be dueling sinus infections that had digressed into bronchitis!! So much fun!! We both ended up at the doc and came away with antibiotic and inhalers to deal with it all. Whew!!

So, things are progressing on the dissolution and I cannot wait for it to be over and done with!!! I am so ready to be finished and to really be able to get on with my life. He likes to yank my chain so much, I have decided just today, to not let him yank it anymore. I am not going to let his attitudes etc., affect how I feel (easier said than done!), but that's how I have decided to do it.

Pops and I went to Kenneland the Saturday before Easter. It was the day they ran the Toyota Bluegrass Stakes! What a day for the races!! It was just a beautiful day and we had so much fun, even though our horses didn't win. My arms and face got soooo sunburned, but it felt great!! I am so glad that we got to go and enjoy the day!!

I am planning a huge party for my 40th birthday in June. I have something very unique I want to do and so far have recruited my brother and a friend to go do it with me. I need to write one of my cousins and see if he wants to come do this thing with us!! Its a secret!! But, it will be fun!

So, even though I have had my ups and downs since before coming here and since I have been here, I wanted to say, that's all in the past, so LET'S DANCE!!!

Here's some music:

"Let's Dance" by David Bowie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30AVhf-ZLwM

"Rolling On the River" by Tina Turner (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brdqJ29PQac

"Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen (the greatest!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO6D_BAuYCI

"Foot Loose" by Kenny Loggins (from the movie "Footloose")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMB8vv18ehE

"Dancing Queen" by ABBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REElUors1pQ

And in honor of my new (old) Kentucky home:

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" by Kenny Chesney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Rb44MHzLc


Later Ya'll!!!!!!

A Big Change and a Goodbye

Well, as some of you know, the last few weeks of my life have been very heartbreaking, stressful and almost unbearable. So, I made the decision to move back to the South, the home of my heart. I am in Kentucky currently with my family; going to finish my degree, get my feet on the ground etc., and then we'll see what's further down the road.

I had to leave my precious baby dog behind with my soon to be ex. I am glad he was willing to take her since it was not possible to bring her with me at this time. He and I finally have an initial agreement worked out for our disillusionment to finally come to an end, thank goodness. I am so tired of it all and ready for it to be over and done with.

Also as some of you know, I had to quit my job because things just got too out of control. I won't go into all of the details, but one of the big things was that I kept getting promised that I would be paid and never did. Suffice it to say, my former boss owes me quite a bit of money and I think it make take the legal route to get it out of her, which is a shame. She has not acknowledged my resignation letter, my request for my pay, the box of work things that I sent back to her at my cost...nothing. Its such a shame, really. I am pretty aggravated at her right now because of all of the hurt and pain that she caused me on top of the pay situation.

It was a little hard leaving Columbus the other day; a little tear in the eye, but it was the right move to make. I had had enough of having my chain yanked over and over by the soon to be ex; he has been not very nice about some things since I have been here even. Geez, I am so ready for this to be over and to just get on with my life. I have had enough of him and enough of a lot of things lately; just need to the dissolution done, my former boss to live up to her obligation and pay me what I am owed and get on with my life.

So, here I am. I am taking classes on the web with Columbus State this quarter and both professors have been cool about it all, the move etc., willing to work with me and me being in a different state and all. This fall I hope to be back at the college I started my college career at 22 years ago; I should be able to finish up my degree in a short period of time. My graduation gift to myself will be a trip to Tuscany, Italy. I love that movie "Under the Tuscon Sun" with Diane Lane and it fits me right now.

Here's a song for my soon to be ex:

"I've Always Been In Love With You" by Madonna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYdvc5_79to

And now a song for the new life I am starting and what a blast it will be:

"We Will Rock You & We Are the Champions" by Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNWvNEPsilI


Ya'll have a good night.

Comrade?

Hope 'n' Change: The (Toxic) Elephant in the Room
The nation's Kommissar of Economic Cheerleading, a.k.a. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, unveiled his plan to save our ailing economy this week -- the so-called Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP). The announcement was punctuated by a much-ballyhooed 500-point surge in the Dow, an indication that the market, at least, likes PPIP. But why wouldn't it? Investors tend to appreciate "free" money.

At its core, PPIP provides investors with mega-leveraged government financing. Patterned roughly after the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) thrift bailout plan of the late '80s, PPIP is composed of two parts: The first part addresses "legacy" loans; the second, "legacy" securities. "Legacy," incidentally, is the new kinder-gentler buzzword for "toxic," as in "toxic assets," the former nom du jour for radioactive financial instruments like subprime mortgages and mortgage-derived securities.

PPIP offers private investors enormous amounts of cheap, taxpayer-backed financing for every dollar they put up of their own money. Under the program, government lends up to 85 percent of investor funding, with the Treasury "investing" one dollar of taxpayer money for each private capital dollar to cover the remaining 15 percent.

From an investor's standpoint, of course, there's no personal downside. Investors leverage government money at a 6-to-1 ratio and the lion's share of any losses generated are absorbed by taxpayers. Thus, if a borrower defaults on his mortgage, the government would only be able to seize the real estate -- private investors walk away relatively unhurt.

Independent of taxpayer liability, however, the program is not without risk. As indicated by Vincent Reinhart, American Enterprise Institute resident scholar and director of the Monetary Affairs Division of the Federal Reserve, PPIP assumes that "assets are troubled because their true values are obscured by irrational self-doubt and market illiquidity, and not by fundamental problems in the prospects of repayment. It also assumes that the solution to problems created by excessive leverage is for government to encourage more leverage."

Apart from PPIP, our strategic issue, the elephant in the room, is one of accountability. Helped by a willing media, the central focus has been shifting from Congress and the Executive branches to business. Still, for all the finger pointing at banks and insurers, and for all post-hoc economic crater repairing, we hope those as yet unenlightened Americans who have been blinded by the Obama media will soon learn the origins of this mess: government.

---from The Patriot Post

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If we let this continue, how long before we are calling each other "Comrade"? Pres. Obama is changing things fast and furiously; so fast it makes even my head spin. So how many Americans, how many of you out there are really paying attention to what your government is doing to this country and to you personally?

The "War on Terror" or "Global War on Terror" has already been changed to "Overseas Contingency Operation". HUH? Is that supposed to be the "kinder, gentler" name for something that is a serious, serious matter? Is it not supposed to terrify the terrorists that we are supposed to be after? I don't understand this at all. It is a WAR and it is against TERROR and TERRORIST. They have not only attacked here in American, but Spain, England, Africa etc., etc., etc.

And don't even get me started on the U.N. "Climate Change" issue. This will cost trillions of dollars, cost jobs, ruin country's economy's, make global taxes on everyone, including us? Excuse me?? The U.N should have absolutely no power over us, America. The fact that the Obama administration is willing to even "talk" about these things should scare the pants off of us.

Put all of this together, before you know it, we will no longer be America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. We will be some other country, a socialistic/communistic combination, and your freedoms to do anything, and I do mean anything, will be out the window. Take care, Comrade.

Rise up against this. Remember this is the kind of thing we originally left England for all those years ago and came to this brave new world? If we aren't careful, things will be worse than when we left England over 200 years ago. Those days will seem like a picnic compared to what is happening to this country now; and you, yes, you, are just letting it happen. Get off your duff and stand up for your country, American!

"God Bless America" by Kate Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r26_CSzk3Xw

GRRRRRR!

this week has just been unbelievably and i do mean unbelievably distressing. i am sick and tired of this town and the people in it (with exception of a select few).

so, goodbye. i am going home to the South where i belong, where my heart has always been. this city is run by corrupt people and it seems to have spread out to the people in the community, unfortunately. i have been hurt over and over by the same people and i am so tired of it; i am not going to take it anymore.

answer me this: how can my soon to be ex be so sweet and supportive one day and mean as a snake the next??? who's been whispering in his ear? our divorce should have been over months ago and its still not done....i don't know when it will be done. beginning to wonder if it will ever be done. i will tell you one thing, he's not going to hurt me or rip my heart out anymore. i have had enough and am so done with him.

i hope that ya'll enjoy the terribly cold winters here for years and years to come. i will not be thinking about it. i especially won't miss the days of 70 degrees one day and 30 degrees the next, not at all.

will write more once i am settled in my new home state. goodbye Ohio, i will be back to parts of it, but plan to avoid Columbus when it at all possible.

hmm, what kind of song tonight? let me see what i can find. be right back.

"Na, Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Goodbye" by Crazy Frog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlzPFm44Wac

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Yes, yes, I know. I am mostly German, but I do have just a wee bit of Irish and Scottish in me. So, I am free to celebrate this day too! Where do you think the bits of my red hair come from?? :~)

I am wearing a Mardi Gras shirt today. It's the only thing I could find this morning that had green in it besides my eyes. So, I guess I am hitting two holidays in one today because I couldn't find my Mardi Gras shirt when it was time for that. Oh well.

I had a bit of an accident this morning. I don't know what I hit (no child or animals or other cars), but it bent the rim and immediately flattened my front passenger tire. I was okay, but it did scare me and give me the shakes a bit. Called the soon to be ex., and he came to my rescue. He took the bad tire (rim and all) to be replaced, but the spare on my car. Now he is on his way over to put the new tire and rim on (taking the spare off). I am cooking supper for him as my way to say 'thank you'.

Things have been just nuts lately. We have been working our tails off trying to get the business off the ground etc., and dealing with lots of other stuff too. I have had a few days where it was all I could do not to pack up and go home to Kentucky. I NEED A VACATION!!! Lots of stress, stress, stress. I feel it in my back every day. It's days like this that I miss the small town/county of Kentucky and Tennessee and South Carolina. If I had a job, place to live etc., I would be gone in a heartbeat. Sometimes this city is just too much.

Still planning on getting a newer vehicle, just not sure on the timing. I originally had planned to go do that around the 30th of this month, but things are getting pushed back a little. Want to make sure I have a steady paycheck etc., before I commit to a car payment. It will come though, I am sure of that, and I am soooo looking forward to getting a better vehicle. And one that I like!!!!

It's about 70 degrees here today and is just corgeous. Why can't it stay this way all the way to summer? It won't though. We will be back and forth, warm, then cooler, then warm, the cooler...I miss my southern winters. Nothing changes except what days you can go to the beach!

Right now I am sitting here waiting on soon to be ex, just jamming out to my favorite radio station; The Brew, 105.7 Columbus. Good stuff and good way to relax for me. Music always relaxes me, even if its rock n roll.

Got tickets to go with my sister to see Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Miranda Lambert and Antebellum all together in May here in Columbus. I cannot wait for that! Should be an awesome time. I just hope its good and warm as it all starts at 530pm. I would like to go see Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood in June for my 40th birthday. Have to see if I can round up a group to go with me; that would be awesome too! I am ready for concerts, pools, the beach, constant sunshine, warmer temps and just an overall good time this spring and summer!

Well, I guess I had better go for now. Let's see if I can find a song or two to put at the end here. Hang on...Okay, here we go:

"Love Shack" by the B-52's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3YqaIxDp_0

"Sweet Child Of Mine" by Guns N' Roses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WymFtJ52p4k

And for St Pat's Day:

"Where The Streets Have No Name" by U2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVbLm4TN3g