It's always a good time when the Prowler Boys from VAQ-140 stop by. AnodeMan and I enjoyed re-told stories about O-Face, Country Jam, Critters (literally and figuratively), Rabies Medal Ceremonies, and on and on. Just an evening full of fun and laughter meeting new friends and reminiscing with "old" friends like Topper, Crash, and Roto. (Be sure to "clink the link" and check out some pretty amazing photos on their site.)
It's also an opportunity for us to let them know how much we appreciate their dedication to our country...and especially to express our thanks to their families...the wives who are at home with the children...the wives who are at home expecting new babies...
Someday I'll have a stronger flash for shots like this one.
If you think you've seen some of these faces before, well, you're correct. We were lucky enough to host Crash, Roto, and Wipes for several days last summer. This post and this post might jog your memory.
Wait a minute. Wipes ? Where's Wipes ? At least his duffel bag made it to NAS-GJT. Wipes, just do as I do on a trip...go shopping and buy some new clothes, and maybe some two-ply tissue paper.
Because there wasn't enough time to truthfully post about yesterday's Mon Funday question, I took the easy way out and just said I wake up in my birthday suit. That's not exactly true, but because I always follow rules to a "T," that was the best I could do. LIE !
Today, I decided to share pictures. Gasp. Gasp.
No, not my birthday suit ! I take my shower with clothes on !
The main article of clothing that is usually on my body is a pair of socks. My feet are always cold, and HansMan does NOT like them to get anywhere close to him. I'm not talking just plain old cold. I'm talking I-I-I-C-C-C-E-E-E COLD !
Instead of just taking a boring picture of my socks, I thought it would be more interesting to have them on, but there was no one to take the picture. Where's my tripod? This is just too much work.
At this point, I'm tired of explaining. See, it's more trouble to lie than it is to tell the truth. Here's the best I could do.
While my camera's timer was ticking away, June Bug, Lola, and Ginger insisted on being in the picture. There are socks on my feet, they just don't show up. But at least you can see that I wear boxers...get it ? Boxers ! As in boxer shorts ?
Next try. See. There's a little glimpse of my socks. It's important that my socks are in keeping with the current holiday or season.
Lola insisted on posing her socks, too.
Well, that's it. The most important article of clothing in my sleepwear wardrobe is my socks...are my socks? IS ! ...article is...
Forget it. That's the best I can do for a post today. And that's the truth.
Mondays seem to be rolling around too quickly these days. Gattina who has Writer Cramps, is our hostess for Mon Funday. (Clink the link for the players.)
Her question is: What are
you wearing when you get out of your bed on a Sunday morning. Of course
I want to see a picture of what you wear, with you inside or not.
This will probably be my shortest post of all time.
What am I wearing ? NUTHIN' ! There will be no pictures today. TMI ?
If anyone needs their windows decorated for the holidays, GingerBoo is taking orders:
OK, you creative people out there. Please provide some captions for this photo.
Because so many "lurkers" never take the time to read the comments associated with what's posted here, it is necessary today to share them. Most All of the time the comments are much better than the post itself !
Why you look at me like that? This is ART! wendishness
Red Rover ! Red Rover ! Mon Funday ! Mon Funday ! Let Sarah come over ! And may I suggest that you head of hair over to Myanderings to see more Bad Hair ! As if you won't see enough of it hair here.
This is an easy Mon Funday assignment because the following photos need little or no explanation !
Most of the above are school teacher pics. Lower right: Growing out after Adriamyacin and Cytoxin. The eyebrows are painted on.
I had a receding hair line even at six weeks.
This very stylish 'bad-hair-do-with-beads' was required at the Mayan ruins. It took THREE days to get those stinking things out of my hair !
Bad Hair ! Bad Make-up ! Bad Attitude !
My expression says it all ! Edward Scissorhands, my dad, was very handy with the shears.
Junior said, "Bad Hare, Bad Hare !"
Junior asked, "Anyone for Bad Hare?"
I was a bit pale in this shot !
When you're this cute, you never have a bad hair day !
The above is probably my favorite bad hair day photo of all. It represents 6,803 days of being cancer-free !
And it's also to remind you that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.
By the time it's taken you to look at these bad hair photos, approximately six women have been diagnosed with Breast Cancer and one has died. (Men can have Breast Cancer, too.)
If you are over 40, schedule your mammogram today !
If you have a history of Breast Cancer in your family, call your physician to ask what steps you should take no matter what your age.
If you have boobs, do a self-exam every month. Here's how !
Early detection saves life. I'm walking proof !
After that experience pictured above, one of my philosophies, (of which there are many), was, "Any kind of day with hair is a good day."
Larimer County Sheriff, Jim Alderden, who said he believed Richard and Mayumi Heene were being honest when they
reported their son was set adrift on a homemade hot air helium balloon, now says
criminal charges will be filed in the incident.
He didn't say Saturday night what
the charges would be, but he did say the parents aren’t under arrest.
How about starting with child abuse ? Those poor little boys are to be pitied for having to endure not only this bizarre incident, but probably many others that we don't know about.
In February of this year, a 9-1-1 hangup call came from the Heene home around midnight. A
responding deputy reported that as he approached the home he heard a male voice yelling loudly and sounding angry.
He also heard a woman's voice "that sounded like a scream or a squeal."
The deputy reported that Richard Heene answered the door but was
puzzled why anyone would have called 9-1-1. Mayumi
Heene said "nothing happened."
But the deputy said he noticed a red mark on her left cheek that was
swelling and turning red. She repeated that nothing had happened. Her explanation was that
she wears contacts and there was an irritation with one of them. The deputy noted that Mrs. Heene would not look at him and
kept trying to stay busy during their conversation.
H-m-m-m. Seems as though they might be unfit parents, and she could possibly be an abused wife.
Gawker is reported to have paid for an interview with 25- year old Robert Thomas. He claims he spent many hours helping Richard
Heene plan a balloon hoax as
part of a proposal to try to land a reality TV show.
He says that Heene was driven by ego and fame after appearing on the ABC reality show, "Wife Swap."
Well, the only reality show I would like to see him on is "America's Most Wanted."
What was it that Marcellus said ?
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark Colorado?"
Thank goodness that Falcon Heene is safe ! I couldn't help but think about our grandkids who are close to Falcon's age, and felt fear and pain the entire time as we helplessly watched that balloon float through the air, thinking that child was in it. I worried that he would freeze to death. I worried that it would crash and he would be killed. I worried about his poor parents and brothers who were at home wondering where that precious little boy was.
With that being said...
Maybe I'm the only suspicious person out here, but I'm just not totally convinced that Richard Heene was being truthful yesterday.
In watching the interview with the Denver reporters, there were so many questions left unanswered...
If my child is missing, I don't call the FAA FIRST ! 9-News SECOND ! and 9-1-1 LAST !
When one reporter asked Richard where he was when the incident happened, he said that he was on the couch. Well, if you've seen the video of the 'take-off,' he and his wife are both there acting as producer and director.
It was reported that Falcon climbed a pole and hid in the "rafters" above the garage.
When asked what he was doing all that time, Falcon said, "I played with my toys, ate some snacks, took a nap, and got bored..."
In the "rafters?" Was this a room? Did the parents not direct the police to that room ? I have a difficult time visualizing that child playing with toys, eating, and taking a nap "in the rafters."
One reporter mentioned that some had said it might be a publicity stunt or a hoax and would he please address this.
Richard totally avoided that and said, "We keep all our experiment to ourselves..." We log everything..." We go to the desert and chase dust devils..." "We have a flying saucer in the backyard..." "This is what we do..."
Excuse me, but if you go to Youtube, it's apparent that they don't keep all their experiments to themselves.
And yes, they were "logging" this experiment. He said they were video taping Falcon when he crawled in...where was the video camera when he crawled out? If the dad yelled at Falcon because he got in, did he just leave him in the balloon and walk away?
During the interview with Wolf, Richard was very talkative until he asked the boy if he had heard him calling his name. He said “yes”. The dad acted shocked by this answer, then he asked why didn’t he come out. The boy responded ” Mmm you guys said, mmm aaahh…..That WE did this FOR THE SHOW."
Both parents reactions and comments did not "fit" with what Falcon had just revealed. When the father was asked later to ask the boy what he meant by “the show” he wouldn’t even let the boy answer, became angry and defensive.
It has also been revealed that the "place above the attic" was Falcon's favorite hiding place.
Well, duh? Did the parents not inform the police of this very important detail when they searched the garage twice ?
If this is found to be a hoax, I hope the parents will be prosecuted for lieing to authorities and be made to pay restitution for all the police and emergency services.
So, what do you think?
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Update: I have just seen the video of the balloon taking off ! The parents were videoing themselves as the balloon lifted up from their backyard.
First of all, there was NO "basket" attached from the bottom as it was suggested yesterday when the balloon was still aloft, and that Falcon could have possibly been it that "basket." The news reported that the dad had told them Falcon might have been in that part of the balloon.
Second of all, what is the Time Line of when Richard yelled at Falcon for crawling into the contraption (battery compartment as it's being called), when Falcon ran to hide, when the balloon lifted off...?
Here's how the very last of the interview with Meredith Vieira went with Richard on the Today Show this morning:
MV: So many peple were looking for your son and I want to give you the opportunity to say whatever you'd like to those rescuers who were searching for Falcon.
Richard: I'd like to really, honestly thank everybody who was involved.I just can't imagine that many people helping us out. Uh. We had no idea it was going to grow into something like that, uh, I mean you just now told us uh, people were watching and uh, andI can't fathom that. But, thank you very much, uh, for the sheriff department, for uh the National Guard and anyone else involved in the search. It really means a lot to us and I thank you for all the support and prayers that were out there...
Come on Richard ! What kind of Thank You is that for the hundreds of people who were in the air and on the ground trying to find YOUR SIX-YEAR-OLD SON ! Not to mention, 1,000's of people all over the world who sat horrified watching helplessly as that HOT AIR balloon sailed above northern Colorado ?
The sentence highlighted in red says it all. You had to get that explanation in BEFORE you even mentioned the sheriff's department and National Guard !
What about all those people with the Search and Rescue teams in three counties?
I have a cousin and a very close friend who are both members of rescue teams in Colorado, and have heard the stories of how they risk their lives to save other people's lives !
Please don't let this to have been orchestrated involving those three young boys in a hoax.
How sad for them !
I still want to know what you think...Watch this !
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Mon Funday is here again and Wendishness is hosting with a topic that just couldn't be passed up today.
Here is the challenge : This week it’s all about gadgets! I would like to know what gadgets you can’t live without and those you could get rid of. It doesn’t matter what part of your life or house they dwell in, whether it’s the kitchen, your desk, shed or any other place but what works well for you and what doesn’t? I would prefer you take photos but I know for some that’s not always as easy so do whatever works for you. Most importantly – have FUN doing it!
To find out who the gadget gurus are on this Mon Funday, be sure to clink the link above.
My gadget, The Sunflower Zinc Anode, has been featured here once before. And before you continue reading, I'll give you a heads-up, this post comes across more like a commercial than it does a post. Probably, because it is a commercial.
Unless you live in an arid area of the World where evaporative coolers are used instead of air conditioners, this probably won't make much sense to you. But, if you have one of these "boxes" sitting on top of your house or in a window, you know e.x.a.c.t.l.y. the smell I'm talking about. Hence the name, SWAMP COOLER. And hence my nickname, Swampwitch. (Just a quick lesson on evaporative cooling and how it works: Lick the back of your hand. Blow on it. That's evaporative cooling !)
HOOSIER GIRL is sitting at her Coffee Table hosting Mon Funday this week. Be sure to visit her to find out who else has joined in for her challenge:
This morning, the weather turned cool here in Southern Indiana and my thoughts turned to fall. Our "10 on Tuesday" was name something that is your favorite about fall, and hence....this week's topic was born.
Show us or tell us what you love about fall - images, smells, sights, activities.
Swampy's Top Ten Reason to Love Autumn (Fall):
10. Football ! Football ! Football !
9. Feels like flannel and fleece
8. Smells like apples, cinnamon, pumpkins, and soup
7. Last taste of vine-ripened tomatoes, last glimpse of pansies & sunflowers
6. Anticipation of first snow
5. Memory of last sunrise on Lake Powell
4. Visions of reds, golds, oranges, yellows against a bluer than blue sky
Designs by Ginger Boo!
JanisJackson Pollack is back, art always shines through
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"Done! What do you want me to clean next?"
Snowcatcher
Poochccaso.
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My fellow Americans...
I hope this illustration easily explains the health care reform bill I am proposing.
NLL
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