Vivanna 3 months old

Red Shirt Fridays...

If the red shirt thing is new to you, read below how it went for a man...
Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together.
After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who'd been invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if he was heading home.
No, he responded.
Heading out I asked?
No. I'm escorting a soldier home.
Going to pick him up?
No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq , I'm taking him home to his family..
The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn't know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier's family and felt a s if he knew them after many conversations in so few days.
I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, Thank you. Thank you for doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do.
Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and made the following announcement over the intercom.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the honor of having Sergeant Steeley of the United States Marine Corps join us on this flight He is escorting a fallen comrade back home to his family. I ask that you please remain in your seats when we open the forward door to allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane and receive his fellow soldier. We will then turn off the seat belt sign."
Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant saluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action made me realize that I am proud to be an American.
So here's a public Thank You to our military Men and Women for what you do so we can live the way we do.
Red Fridays.
Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the "silent majority." We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or overbearing.
Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast major it of America supports our troops. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -- and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that ... Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women a far, will wear something red.
By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, coworkers, friends, and family, it will not be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once "silent" majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.
The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make things better for you?" is. "We need your support and your prayers." Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example, and wear something red every Friday.

Special Friends...

Last night I had the most wonderful dinner with two special friends, we watched the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua and I give the movie a 5 star thumbs up for cuteness and it even has a pretty good story line. It will keep you laughing and on the edge of your seat the whole time. Nancy and Chris thank you again for such a pleasurable evening. Can't wait until we do it again.

How We are Touched By Special People In Our Lives

I am feeling kind of sentimental today and I just felt like sharing how important the special people in our lives are to us.

To start I had a birthday last week and realizing that I am really not as young as I use to be is quite an awaking. One thing though is that it does make me sit back and think of just how special being with the ones I love is.

Last Friday I was invited to dinner with my two sons and their lovely wifes and of course my little granddaughter Isla Marie came to celebrate with us also. I had a great time needless to say.

On Saturday I was invited to go to Malia's 5th birthday (my other granddaughter) at Chucke Cheese and my niece was there with her little son Diego what a little charmer he is. We had pizza ice cream cake and a lot of fun watching the little ones trying to get in front of the TV camera and watch themselves on TV.

Sunday I spent the day with my lovely two granddaughters Malia and Viviana. Little Viviana is growing by leaps and bounds I can't believe she is three months old already. She is quite aware of everything around her.

To have a perfect ending to my birthday celebrations two very special people in my life invited me to dinner and we had a nice time visiting and catching up on the family news. I always so enjoy being with Vicki and Bill. Thank you both for always be there for me.

As we get older we appreciate our family and friends so much more.

You can't make up stuff better than this!

Jesse Jackson's Newest Staff Member
Mel Reynolds

Jesse Jackson has added former Chicago Democrat Congressman Mel Reynolds to Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's payroll. Reynolds was among the 176 criminals excused in President Clinton's last-minute forgiveness spree. Reynolds received a commutation of his six-and-a-half-year federal sentence for 15 convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud, and lies to the Federal Election Commission. He is more notorious, however, for concurrently serving five years for sleeping with an underage campaign volunteer and possession of child pornography.

This may be a first in American politics: An ex-congressman who had sex with a subordinate...won clemency from a president who had sex with a subordinate... then was hired by a clergyman who had sex with a subordinate!

Oh! His new job?
(Ready for this??)

*****YOUTH COUNSELOR******
IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT?

The Belly-Rubbing High

Since I have just had a couple of wonderful new grand babies born into my family within the last six months I came across this article on msn health and found it quite interesting and I thought I would share some of it with my readers.

The Belly-Rubbing High
Are some women addicted to having babies?
By Martha Brockenbrough, Women's Health

It's not just in your head. There really is a bumper crop of baby bumps out there, from the famously fertile, like Heidi Klum, who's flirting with her fourth set of stretch marks in five years, to the infamous Nadya "Octomom" Suleman, who earlier this year bore eight babies at once even though she already had six other kids at home that she could barely afford to take care of.
In 2007 alone, American women birthed more than 4.3 million babies — the highest number ever. More than a quarter of those were to women having their third or fourth child, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And despite the infertility freak-out the entire country seems to be currently engaged in, only a small number of these babies — perhaps 100,000 — resulted from medical interventions such as in vitro fertilization, says Jamie Grifo, M.D., Ph.D., director of the division of reproductive endocrinology at the NYU School of Medicine.
That doesn't mean that we're transforming into a nation of Duggars (the Arkansas family with 18 kids often seen announcing their latest conception on NBC's TODAY show) and Novogratzes (the New York City clan of seven kids soon to be the focus of a new Bravo reality show) — the average number of children per American family is still hovering right around two.
Still, certain mothers, like 31-year-old Meagan Francis, who is raising her flock of five in Michigan, have big broods because that's what they're used to. "I grew up in a relatively large family and always loved having lots of people around," she says. "So it's natural that I'd try to re-create that experience with my own family."
But it's not always quite so simple, psychologists say. Some women may like being pregnant a little too much, often driven to rapidly reproduce out of insecurity, a craving for attention, or feelings of abandonment by their own parents.
The high of pregnancy
Having babies isn't addictive in the way that alcohol and narcotics can be. But bumpaholics feel compelled to procreate for many of the same reasons that substance abusers turn to booze or drugs.
"Women who are obsessed with being pregnant are literally filling an emptiness inside of them, just as alcoholics and drug addicts use substances to fill a psychological void," says Beverly Hills psychiatrist Carole Lieberman, M.D. Every one of us at some point encounters this void, adds New York family therapist Bonnie Eaker Weil, Ph.D., author of "Financial Infidelity." "You want to have a purpose in this world. You want to feel less lonely."

Why Apes Are So Much Like Men!!!

AMA On The Stimulus Package

> >>> >> This may be the most profound analysis of the proposed health care reform > >> legislation I have seen:> >>> >>> >> AMA on Stimulus Package> >>> >> Apparently the American Medical Association has weighed in on the new > >> economic stimulus package.> >>> >> The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to > >> make any rash moves.> >>> >> The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it but the > >> Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.> >>> >> The Obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception. > >> Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.> >>> >> Pathologists yelled, "Over my dead body!" while the Pediatricians said, > >> 'Oh, grow up!'> >>> >> The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the > >> Radiologists could see right through it.> >>> >> Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.> >>> >> The Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow, and the Plastic > >> Surgeons said, "This puts a whole new face on the matter."> >>> >> The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were > >> pissed off at the whole idea.> >>> >> The Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas and the > >> Cardiologists didn't have the heart to say no.> >>> >> In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to > >> the assholes in Washington .

My How Time Flies!!!

Can you believe that my precious little granddaughter Isla Marie is 6 going on 7 months old. She has turned into such a little beauty and quite a little camera bug. Thanks to her Mommy and Daddy I have some new great pictures to share with you. Enjoy!

Haven't Been Around for Awhile....

Hi everyone:

Sorry I haven't been around for awhile. Life itself has been keeping me very busy. There are so many changes going on in my life (much for the good) and I am finally getting everything in order. I'm sitting here at work can you believe on a Sunday morning in sunny California! Oh well at least I have a job and I only have to work for half a day.

The news hasn't been so good lately so I don't even have any good things to share with you. I was appalled when I visited the website of the SICKO that killed those three girls in the gym. I can't believe how someone who had so much going for him could be so deranged. You just don't know what is going on inside someones head. He didn't seem that bad looking either so I don't know why he had so much trouble attracting women. Maybe it was because he was so wierd.

As soon as something good and interesting happens I will be back with some good news for a change.