Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Update,My Dorky Life, and Quick Spin Across the Net

(Today's pic: My brother-in-law is a  "biker"  ! Nothing to do with anything, just a picture I like, and something I've always wanted to say.I believe the next line in this phrase should be..."neener,neener"? :)

Auction Update via Third Wave Dave~ Ebay: $406 PayPal: $18,321.17 !

The auction ends the 26th...but the need will continue beyond that. See links in posting below for PayPal and snail mail donation links,also.

And, if you need a smile? SC Eagle is sharing one today:)

 
My Dorky Life:)
 
If your arm was swollen, and had a reddened area with red streaks radiating outwards from it, most people would go to a doctor. This is what they taught me in nursing school (100 years ago,lol:) but when it happened to me, I decided the best course of action was "ignore it, and wait to see what happens. It doesn't hurt, and other than the itching, doesn't really bother me." (NOT what they taught me in nursing school, but ask any nurse....we are not good patients!:)
 
However, my son's fiancee convinced me to get it checked out. So I was given THREE prescriptions...because the ER doc wanted to treat it as both a possible infection, and/or an allergic reaction.  Out of the three prescriptions? the doctor wrote conflicting instructions on TWO of them, and I could not get the prescriptions filled until they were clarified. THAT makes me feel SO much better about getting it checked out...I lucked into a doc who can apparently 'get it right' ONE out of THREE times. Gotta love those odds!
 
When the redness and swelling subsided...it looks like it was possibly a cat scratch.  Can't recall that particular incident? but since we seem to specialize in raising 'attack kittens' ("Look, there's a leg...get it!  Try the arms!":) I can believe that could have happened. So kudos to Emma, for convincing me the 'Denial' method of treatment wasn't the best course of action!
(and you really wanted to know all that,didn't you? ) So, on to the
 
Quick Spin Across the Net
 
More Depressing Milblog News
 
Aunty Brat (another blogger at Yikes!) has a response that expresses well the feeling about this
 
Should have passed this one on sooner...Soldiers Angels Europe has a new project  
 
Homecoming pics!
 
Another soldier should be home now!! 
 
Leslie's cousin's project 
 
An interview with the man who brainstormed the 2,996 project 
 
And the Benadryl is making me sleepy, so I really meant it when I said "Quick Spin."
 
Wednesday Hero is due tomorrow,so please stop back by :)
 
And I leave you with, from my friend Schlaggy
 
 
 
God bless our troops!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Monday, October 23, 2006

AUCTION UPDATE:EBAY$401 PAYPAL $16,924 !!

Woo Hoo! The Ebay bidding is up to $401.00 and the PayPal donations are $16,924.09  !! AWESOME RESPONSE!!
(But don't take my word for it, check out  Third Wave Dave (Monday afternoon~ And now the total is even higher!!)
 
 
and for how Spc. Stanley and family are responding to this outpouring?
 
 
 
 
and there is also an update on how Ellicia is doing 
 
and a great day that the family had 
 
 
There's still time to bid! The auction will continue till the 26th, and you can place your bid  here
 
Or you can just donate via PayPal  here
 
Or you can send donations (and cards, if you wish) to:
 
Ellicia Stanley
CMR 416 Box 1441
APO, AE 09140-1441
 
It is heartwarming, to see so many folks doing so much for this family.  Again, please SPREAD THE WORD!
 
 
 
 
 
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Saturday, October 21, 2006

UPDATES: Auction,Homecomings, and This N That

AUCTION UPDATE   A link to updates on the auction for Spc. Reid Stanley and family by Third Wave Dave 

and also there is a listing of bloggers posting about this so far

Anna at A Rose By Any Other Name
Army Wife Toddler Mom
Third Wave Dave
Chris
Pam at BlogmeisterUSA
Marathon Pundit
Gawfer2001
Brainster

Lonestar Pundit
The Right Place
Semper Gratus
SomeSoldiers Mom
Tanker Brothers
Warm & Fuzzy Conserva-puppies
Milblogging.com
My Life As A Military Spouse

Truth Laid Bear
Op-For
Kasee267
Hugh Hewitt
BlackFive - Uncle Jimbo
Hillary Needs A Vacation
Unconsidered Trifles
Soldiers Angels - Holly Aho
Soldiers Angel - Kathi (and yeah, I'm on here twice, I cross-posted on my MySpace blog...didn't realize they'd also list that)
Common Sense America
Milblogs

Why not consider posting yourself, and adding your name to the list? Let's spread the word about this! (and for more info, see my previous post.)

I'd also like to pass on that for those not interested in participating in the auction, but who would like to contribute something? You can go here

 
Thank you, for whatever you can do, either posting, or participating in the auction, or contributing directly! (and the auction link islisted in the post below also.)
 
HOMECOMINGS!!
Two are home, Yay!!
 
 
 (and he is the very FIRST Milblog I ever read,way back on his first deployment....he just finished his THIRD one!)
 
 
(Why not stop by and leave them a welcome note?:)
 
And three are coming home soon!
 
 
 
 
THE SANDBOX AGAIN (and I'm a dork,lol)
 
I keep mentioning The Sandbox and then find out yesterday that one of the bloggers I have listed in my blogroll had a post up there!!!(and I somehow missed it ) so please go check out
 
 
by Sack at Half A World Away  (and sorry, Sack, for not seeing this sooner!)
 
ANOTHER MILBLOGGER BOWS OUT
 
Hate to see this, as milblogs are what led directly to me becoming a member of Soldiers Angels (and also introduced me to Anysoldier.com )
but Milbogging.com has the story here
 
 
and a related story earlier
 
 
It seems kind of ironic, that there is this crackdown on blogs when the President himself espoused blogs as a way to get information back in March ?
 
(From the transcript President Discusses War on Terror, Progress in Iraq in West Virginia )
"Q.....This is my husband, who has returned from a 13-month tour in Tikrit.....His job while serving was as a broadcast journalist. And he has brought back several DVDs full of wonderful footage of reconstruction, of medical things going on. And I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, for a solution to this, because it seems that our major media networks don't want to portray the good.
They just want to focus on another car bomb, or they just want to focus on some more bloodshed, or they just want to focus on how they don't agree with you and what you're doing, when they don't even probably know how you're doing what you're doing anyway. But what can we do to get that footage on CNN, on FOX, to get it on headline news, to get it on the local news? Because you can send it to the news people --can you use this, and it will just end up in a drawer, because it's good, it portrays the good. And if people could see that, if the American people could see it, there would never be another negative word about this conflict.
 
THE PRESIDENT:.........
And one of the -- there's word of mouth, there's blogs, there's Internet, there's all kinds of ways to communicate which is literally changing the way people are getting their information. And so if you're concerned, I would suggest that you reach out to some of the groups that are supporting the troops, that have got Internet sites, and just keep the word -- keep the word moving."
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Well, I think as the commenter said on the Milblogging.com story about the blogger bowing out....we just aren't going to see the same blogging that we saw even two years from those in the military....another reason Matt at Blackfive says he wanted to write 'The Blog of War'
 
I'd hate to see milblogs disappear altogether. Well, we'll just have to watch and wait and see what happens, I suppose.
 
And those are my updates for this evening.
As Always, God bless our Troops!
 

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Friday, October 20, 2006

Military Family Compassionate Auction

(Again, a Welcome to any readers who came by from the LangaList !Thank you, for stopping by here.)

Via The Radio Patriots

AUCTION UNDERWAY!
UPDATE
The e-Bay auction of Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson's three-book set to benefit Army Spc. Reid and Ellicia Stanley is underway (scroll down to next post).

To place your bid, go here.
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I've placed a picture of Army Spc. Reid and Ellicia Stanley and their family at the top, so you can see whom this auction will benefit.
 
Again, the story of what this family is facing is here 
 
The auction is going on for 10 days, please be sure and spread the word!
 
This story has touched so many hearts.
 
In my own case, I want to spread the word about this in memory and honor of my dear friend Kathy Vandall, who passed away several years ago from cancer after a valiant 5 year battle. She left behind a loving husband and two young sons. Her courage and strength in fighting so hard for so long not to leave her family remains an inspiration for me to this day, and a testament to the power of love for me. And I will never stop missing her friendship and laughter.
 
My prayers continue for the Stanley family.
 
And while I hope you'll add them to your own prayers, you can also take action for them by participating in the auction, and/or by spreading the word about the auction.
 
Thank You.
 
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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Thursday Web Wanderings

I guess I really can't refer to my meanderings around the web as 'surfing' when I have run out of beach pictures to post....so I'll just call them 'Wanderings' and post whatever pics I want The above being another shot of Gooseberry Falls  (and I am going to have to either go on vacation again somewhere soon, start taking some more pics around here, or start stealing pics from my sis and brother-in-law:)

Before I start my wandering, I want to give a big Thanks! to Fred Langa at Langa.com , for listing this little blog as one of the web sites in 'Load the Code' in his LangaList newsletter (and Welcome! to any readers who might have come this way because of that:) I came across the LangaList several years ago, and I have learned a great many things about computers and computing from the newsletter, and look forward to continuing to learn new 'geek' stuff,lol,which the great thing about the newsletter is even a 'half a geek' like me can understand it.

AUCTION

A Swift Kick and a Bandaid sent me to The Radio Patriots for this info about: 

  The count is underway for an October 19th launch of the e-Bay auction of Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson's books benefiting Army Spc. Reid "SC Eagle" Stanley at KAFSTORM.blogspot.com and his wife Ellicia. The auction bidding will begin at 10 p.m. ET, Thursday night, 10/19.

Constitutional Public Radio is honored to join Buzz Patterson in this 10-day-long benefit auction for Army Spc. Reid Stanley and Ellicia, who is battling cancer of the brain, breast, and lungs. SC Eagle, stationed in Germany, was deployed to Afghanistan, and now faces another, more personal war, one with Ellicia's life in the balance. They have three young children. And mounting expenses.

(Read the whole post here ) That starts TONIGHT,folks!

ON THE WAY HOME

Yay! Sean at Doc in the Box !

BLOG CLOSING :(

Some Soldiers Mom has decided to hang up her 'blogging boots' after almost 2 years. Very sad to see her go,hers was one of the very first milblogs I ever started reading...but wish her all the best in the future! A very great lady.

AN INTERVIEW ON MILBLOGGING.COM

Check out Keith Kawasaki's interview with Murph of Three Hour Tour 

 
(and then go check out Murph's blog:)
 
MORE FROM 'THE SANDBOX'
 
I find myself going by there pretty often, there's just some great stuff continually being posted there. I really like this post
 
and then I also went to check out Capt.Traversa's blog 
 
PENDLETON 8/INNOCENT 8
 
This guy is asking some good questions ,and his entire blog seems a  good read  
 
Other places to go for the latest updates?
 
 
(Hat Tips to Yankeemom and Andi's World , for pointing me in those directions.)
 
I 'wandered' around quite a bit more....but I have a 14 year old breathing down my neck,lol, who wants 'her' computer time,so I guess it's time to close this post.
 
Before I do,though, just in case there ARE any first time readers stopping by here ?(and looking for ways to support the troops?)
You can check out my blogroll, or read this from the archives for a few suggestions 
 
This is How It Started for this blog
 
Here's something about letters from the troops
 
 
And here's a little something about my 'Angels Work'
 
Thanks! to all who stopped by, and God bless our Troops!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

WEDNESDAY HERO

We have a new member of our little club.  Beth at Yeah, Right, Whatever.  So head over and welcome her.  And if you have any questions, Beth, or anyone else, please feel free to ask.

 

ArmyAir Force 

 

Army Staff Sgt. Tanisha Denton(Left), Staff Sgt. Stacy McGill(Center) and Senior Airman Armando Pena(Behind) assist Senior Airman Brett Batson(Right) in transporting a wounded Soldier from a helicopter into the Balad Air Base, Iraq, hospital Oct. 1.  

These brave men and women risk their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero blogroll. If you would like to participate in honoring the brave men and women who serve this great country, you can find out how by clicking here.

Blogs Participating In Wednesday Hero

Yankee Mom

Bear Creek Ledger

Mail Call! Supporting The Troops

Yeah, Right, Whatever

Hooah Wife & Friends

Right-Wing & Right Minded      

 

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Sunday, October 15, 2006

'Book-Tagged'

I actually got 'book-tagged' over on Yahoo 360, by my friend Missy

but I thought it would be fun to pass it on.

Here's the 'rules:

1. Grab the nearest book. If you are currently reading something, that'll be fine too.

2. Open the book to page 123.

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your Blog along with these  instructions.

5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet  I know that is what you were thinking!

6. Tag 5 people

"Nine Months at Ground Zero" The Story of the Brotherhood of Workers Who Took on a Job like No Other by Glenn Stout,Charles Vitchers, and Robert Gray

"Before then,people would be in positions where they would hamper somebody else. For instance, when we were using the man basket to pick steel out of the South Tower, it was being handled from a crane with a 350-foot boom on Liberty Street. Con Edison and the Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations needed to get at the watermain that ran up Liberty Street and the gasmain, and shut them off. But the matting for the crane was in the wrong spot."

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I just started reading this, so I wasn't even up to page 123 yet. Image How did I come across this book? Well, I always check out the New Non-Fiction section when we go to the library,lol. (can you say 'uber-geek'?)

For a summary:  From Booklist
Although the attacks on the Twin Towers on 9/11 are etched into our consciousness, few of us understand the enormity of the task of the subsequent search and rescue and protracted debris removal. The shots of the site with the coming and going of trucks is the most any of us remember about the grueling cleanup project. As the men who originally built the towers, coauthors Charles Vitchers and Robert Gray were uniquely qualified to help. Unasked, they devoted nine months of their lives, not to mention the stress, sleep deprivation, and loss of family life that went along with it. The scale and complexity is nearly unfathomable: 400 million pounds of twisted steel; 600,000 square feet of thick shattered glass; and mountains of the trappings of office life, including chairs, desks, and other furnishings; all mixed with the scattered remains of almost 3,000 victims. Through this account of their heroic effort, beginning at the moment of first impact, we can begin to get a sense of what the men and women went through who dealt with the tragedy firsthand. David Siegfried
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

And now I need to 'book tag' 5 others.

I'll try

Proud Army Wife

Unhappily Ever After

Leslie's Universal/CAtholic Thoughts

A Red Thread to China

and Terry's Timeout

Just something fun to start the week out. Have a good week!

UPDATE   Thanks! for playing along

Leslie

Mandy

 

 

 

 

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