Today was an amazing day! Started off with practicing for the Amazing Grace Easter Program 2015 at First Baptist Church. We have an amazing program on Saturday, April 4 at 6pm and Sunday, April 5 at 9am and 11am services. The program will consist of Bells of Praise, the accurate rendition of Jesus' death and resurrection in song and drama. Including the Lord's Supper. We have been practicing for weeks and are almost ready.
After our practice my husband and I took some kayaks out to Scott's Flat Lake and kayaked from the Deer Creek river to the dam. We had just gotten set and ready to row to the creek, when I dropped the sunscreen in the lake, I leaned over to retrieve it and dumped my kayak. We had already had the conversation about whether to wear our bathing suits or not. I had said, "I will not be getting in the water today." Well, that came back to bite me... Within 5 minutes of being on the lake, I was in it. I did dry in the few hours we were out there. and All in all....Beautiful day! I did not want to leave the lake in the late afternoon.
We came home to barbeque and clean up the rose garden and house.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Kauai 2015 family vacation
We always knew this day would come. Invite the kids and families on a family vacation and have some fun making memories. We started planning this family trip in September of 2014, after an amazing family time with our kids at our sons wedding. We invited all the kids and once we found out how many were going to be able to make it, took advantage of the VRBO at Puamana in north shore, Princeville, Kauai. My husband and I flew in on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 in the afternoon. We hit some head winds and went around a really turbulent patch. The flight took 6 hrs and 19 min.to Honolulu. The a 30 min to Lihue, Kauai. We picked up our car and headed to Barking Sands to shop, pick up beach supplies(chairs, snorkels, mask and fins, umbrella (for us really white people), and boogie boards. We shopped for food at the NEX and walmart then headed to the condo. Love seeing the chickens everywhere, smells so tropical, so lush and green. Very tired tonight! Rainy at condo.
Thursday, March 12, 2015 we start our sunrise walks each morning at 6:40am. We are on the North East side of the island, so sunrises are a must. We see whales breaching each morning and enjoy a different sunrise each morning. We walk to Wyllie Beach down the trail by the condo, breakfast and then drove to Anahola Beach for a couple hours to boogie board, sun, walked on path. Drove to Ke'e Beach. Grilled at the condo and hung out. Rainy and condo.
Friday, March 13, 2015 during our sunrise walk we saw dolphins. We walked the princeville shops, found lapperts ice cream. Drove to pick up leis for our son and his wife, then to a beach near the airport. We picked up the kids at the airport, went to the fish market to eat
In Lihue, stopped at Safeway then the kids chilled at the condo. My husband and I drove to Anini beach, then laid out on Westin pool deck. Chilled at condo.
Saturday, March 14, 2015 Sunrise walk, farmers market in Hanalei at 9:30am, sunning at beach then picked up kids to go get leis and go to the airport to pick up the rest of the kids(my youngest daughter, her boyfriend and best friend). We all went to local coffee and shaved ice in kapaa. We stopped a t Anahola beach....first time for a few on a boogie board, on Hawaiian island and in warm water. We grilled at the condo...fish tacos' watched Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca. My son and daughter went out to get Lapperts with me.....Kauai Pie mmmmmmm....
Sunday, March 15, 2015 Sunrise walk, coffee and beach in Hanalei, church at Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Hanalei, lighthouse, a private beach, where we saw Bethany Hamilton, boogie boarded, falls, Hanalei for lunch, Ke'e beach, Na Pali coast, wet and dry caves' Haena beach, Tunnels beach' Dolphins for dinner, Lapperts for dessert.
Monday, March 16, 2015 Sunrise walk, so many whales, beach snorkeling with turtles, fish and Anini Beach. Kids went to Smith's fern grotto and luau. My husband and I walked to Queen Emma's Bath then sunset near St. Regis.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Sunrise walk, hiked 8 miles or 6 hours to Hanakai'kai Falls! So beautiful...
Grilled at the condo.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 sunrise walk, drove to Poipu Beach' spent 3 1/2 hrs on the beach, boogie boarding, snorkeling, drove up the Waimea Canyon, drove to Barking Sands for beach, returned the beach equipment, dinner at Shenanigan's for dinner, drove home.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 no sunrise walk, rainy, our son and wife go home today, my husband and I go to beach, the kids shop and go zip lining.
Friday, March 20, 2015 travel day home. The rest of the kids get one day to chill.....next family vacation???
What an amazing trip that was! Great family memories and....Fun! Heads up, beached bodies and laughs. Lots of love showing to each other!!!!
Thursday, March 12, 2015 we start our sunrise walks each morning at 6:40am. We are on the North East side of the island, so sunrises are a must. We see whales breaching each morning and enjoy a different sunrise each morning. We walk to Wyllie Beach down the trail by the condo, breakfast and then drove to Anahola Beach for a couple hours to boogie board, sun, walked on path. Drove to Ke'e Beach. Grilled at the condo and hung out. Rainy and condo.
Friday, March 13, 2015 during our sunrise walk we saw dolphins. We walked the princeville shops, found lapperts ice cream. Drove to pick up leis for our son and his wife, then to a beach near the airport. We picked up the kids at the airport, went to the fish market to eat
In Lihue, stopped at Safeway then the kids chilled at the condo. My husband and I drove to Anini beach, then laid out on Westin pool deck. Chilled at condo.
Saturday, March 14, 2015 Sunrise walk, farmers market in Hanalei at 9:30am, sunning at beach then picked up kids to go get leis and go to the airport to pick up the rest of the kids(my youngest daughter, her boyfriend and best friend). We all went to local coffee and shaved ice in kapaa. We stopped a t Anahola beach....first time for a few on a boogie board, on Hawaiian island and in warm water. We grilled at the condo...fish tacos' watched Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca. My son and daughter went out to get Lapperts with me.....Kauai Pie mmmmmmm....
Sunday, March 15, 2015 Sunrise walk, coffee and beach in Hanalei, church at Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Hanalei, lighthouse, a private beach, where we saw Bethany Hamilton, boogie boarded, falls, Hanalei for lunch, Ke'e beach, Na Pali coast, wet and dry caves' Haena beach, Tunnels beach' Dolphins for dinner, Lapperts for dessert.
Monday, March 16, 2015 Sunrise walk, so many whales, beach snorkeling with turtles, fish and Anini Beach. Kids went to Smith's fern grotto and luau. My husband and I walked to Queen Emma's Bath then sunset near St. Regis.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Sunrise walk, hiked 8 miles or 6 hours to Hanakai'kai Falls! So beautiful...
Grilled at the condo.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 sunrise walk, drove to Poipu Beach' spent 3 1/2 hrs on the beach, boogie boarding, snorkeling, drove up the Waimea Canyon, drove to Barking Sands for beach, returned the beach equipment, dinner at Shenanigan's for dinner, drove home.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 no sunrise walk, rainy, our son and wife go home today, my husband and I go to beach, the kids shop and go zip lining.
Friday, March 20, 2015 travel day home. The rest of the kids get one day to chill.....next family vacation???
What an amazing trip that was! Great family memories and....Fun! Heads up, beached bodies and laughs. Lots of love showing to each other!!!!
Friday, March 6, 2015
Join the Air Force...Travel... See the World!
We were really excited to get orders to Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany in 1997, then the airman in my husband's job position over there extended his tour. I guess he really liked it! I would have loved it! Did he not know he was depriving a homemaker and her young ones of the greatest adventure of their lives?
Then we waited and my husband guaranteed that we would go somewhere. So in 1998 he gets a one year assignment to Osan AB, S. Korea ALONE. Unaccompanied!! Meaning we cannot go with him.
So I start praying for God to give us the opportunity to go as a family. The closer it got, the more that dream was going to come through. Now, it is not as perfect as it seems. We are going unaccompanied, which means we will live on the economy, no support from the military. We may not be able to shop at the commissary, the children will not get into schools, we may have no healthcare on base. This was going to be living off the grid for sure.
Around the middle of July we packed up our base housing and moved up to my parents house. We were only allowed to "hop" or take with us on space available flights two pieces of luggage, we chose a box and a suitcase each and a carry on. My husband was allowed to bring 500 pounds of household belongings and a vehicle, that was shipped prior to him leaving. We had sold our newer van and bought a 1984 Ford Econoline van. It was red and sparkly (glitter paint), with shag carpet on the walls and floor and no windows. WOW! This means there are 7 people with 21 pieces of luggage total to live on for one year, oh, and the 500 pounds of mostly uniforms and duty necessities for my husband. We checked on the space available flights leaving Travis AFB, CA and on August 11, 1998 my mom and dad drove us down in their motor home. They dropped us off at the terminal at Travis AFB, CA at 6am, my husband signs us up to "hop" to S. Korea. After waiting for hours to see if we were on a flight, excited with 22 pieces of luggage and 5 children, we do not get on a flight this day and my husband checks all flights for the following day. We are essentially stranded on Travis AFB. My husband rents a truck with a king cab and of course a bed that can fit all of our luggage. There is no room at the inn! (on base) So we drive around looking for a hotel, remember this is before cell phones and the speed of Priceline.com (which I now love when we travel). We take naps, because it has been a long start of the day and take a swim and enjoy the budget hotel. After a tight night in a small hotel room, we wake up early and arrive at 5:30am at the terminal, we sign up for a space available flight to Yokota AB, Japan on a KC10. We got on the plane and actual had airline seats. The flight was supposed to cost $12 per person and this included a box lunch. We felt God's presence with us. The children were super travelers, the $12 fee was never charged and the boxed lunches were decent. The flight was about 10 1/2 hours. We departed on August 12, 1998 and crossed the dateline, so our youngest son's birthday, August 13th only lasted a couple hours. As a treat for the kids, they were allowed to, one at a time, go visit the cockpit, we sang Happy Birthday and a special cupcake was presented to the birthday boy, who turned 7. We arrived in Yokota in the afternoon and we were soooo tired, still had 22 pieces of luggage and 5 children. Yay for us. While we were waiting in the terminal for our next move...a room, next flight, and food, an airman had seen my son wearing a football jersey with our last name on it. He followed him until he met my husband. Then introduced himself as Sgt Brindley and wondered if we were related somehow. After coming to the conclusion that he was not related to us, he asked about our plans. My husband mentioned he was stuck in the terminal with the luggage and no way to get around with it. This man was one of our angels. He offered his office, there at the terminal, to store our luggage. We packed in the backpacks all we would need for the evening and stored the rest of the luggage in his office. My husband stayed at the terminal to sign up for the next flight and get us a room somewhere. So hungry and tired, I checked out the base map, what could we do to kill time and for dinner, so the kids and I took off on the Yokota bus around base. The first thing we notice is how muggy it is. We are sweating just driving around on the bus. We had Burger King for dinner and went to the base pool. Which was an indoor Olympic size pool with basketball, volleyball, and games for the kids. We rested and played and the boys all got their energy out. Where do they get all the energy from? We met back up with my husband later and he had gotten us two rooms on base. We crashed early and were up early the next morning for our flight to S. Korea. We retrieved our luggage and waited for the flight. While we were waiting we met a family who were stationed at Osan AB, S. Korea they tried to discourage us and told us there was no way we were going to make it unaccompanied. There would be no resources available to us and I should turn back now with the children and go home. They became some of our good friends while at Osan. We worshipped with them at the chapel and enjoyed many church and base functions with them. While this news was very discouraging, we ran into an airman that used to be our neighbor on Beale AFB. His sons and daughter were our youngest children's age and very good friends. He negated all of what they said and reaffirmed our goals and our plans. He became our angel and later comes to our rescue. He had already spent 6 months at Osan AB and knew how to get around and where to go. Our flight was a short flight on a C130 to Kunsan AB, S. Korea. We had to get our Passports stamped to enter S. Korea and the nationals wouldn't let us through. My husband was escorted to a back room for interrogation and we were in a very small holding area. My husband had been warned by another Korean National that they may try to get bribe money from you. Little did they know, we did not have a dime to rub between us. After hours of waiting for the planes and process to in-process the country we were allowed to board the plane to Osan AB, S. Korea. We flew on a C130 to Osan. Our neighbor angel still with us and encouraging us all the way. We arrived at Osan AB late at night, our neighbor angel helped us get two taxis and a room to stay. The room we ended up getting ended up being a suite with a kitchen. The weather was so humid and the children kept saying it was hard to breathe. The rooms we stayed in were NQR (not quite right) , which became a regular sighting while in Korea. The ceiling was uneven, the shower was not square, the toilet was crooked. Hmmmm.... not in Kansas anymore! The next day my husband went out to look for a place to stay and check into the base. The kids and I hung out, walked everywhere. Within a few weeks my husband was able to get the commander to sign off on his family using the commissary, clinic, for medical care, and to register the kids on space available at the DOD school on base. So off we go to register the 4 older children, 14, 10, 10, and 7 at the school on base. We loved the chapel on base and within a few days my husband had found a furnished 700 sq ft apartment in Pyongtaek, right outside the base. Another blessing from God! We were able to walk to base from the apartment. The only thing we needed were beds. So I went shopping for futons for the kids. I went into a shop with the kids, while my husband was at work and actually got kicked out. Most of the businesses will not do business with women alone. They must have a man with them. So 50's! By August 28, the 7 year old had been accepted into the base school and the rest were going to be homeschooled. We were settled into our apartment and ready for some structure. I loved homeschooling the kids. They called me Mrs. Love during school hours and the youngest was even doing preschool curriculum. My class consisted of 4 very bright students, an eighth grader, two fifth graders and a preschooler. Bring it on!
Then we waited and my husband guaranteed that we would go somewhere. So in 1998 he gets a one year assignment to Osan AB, S. Korea ALONE. Unaccompanied!! Meaning we cannot go with him.
So I start praying for God to give us the opportunity to go as a family. The closer it got, the more that dream was going to come through. Now, it is not as perfect as it seems. We are going unaccompanied, which means we will live on the economy, no support from the military. We may not be able to shop at the commissary, the children will not get into schools, we may have no healthcare on base. This was going to be living off the grid for sure.
Around the middle of July we packed up our base housing and moved up to my parents house. We were only allowed to "hop" or take with us on space available flights two pieces of luggage, we chose a box and a suitcase each and a carry on. My husband was allowed to bring 500 pounds of household belongings and a vehicle, that was shipped prior to him leaving. We had sold our newer van and bought a 1984 Ford Econoline van. It was red and sparkly (glitter paint), with shag carpet on the walls and floor and no windows. WOW! This means there are 7 people with 21 pieces of luggage total to live on for one year, oh, and the 500 pounds of mostly uniforms and duty necessities for my husband. We checked on the space available flights leaving Travis AFB, CA and on August 11, 1998 my mom and dad drove us down in their motor home. They dropped us off at the terminal at Travis AFB, CA at 6am, my husband signs us up to "hop" to S. Korea. After waiting for hours to see if we were on a flight, excited with 22 pieces of luggage and 5 children, we do not get on a flight this day and my husband checks all flights for the following day. We are essentially stranded on Travis AFB. My husband rents a truck with a king cab and of course a bed that can fit all of our luggage. There is no room at the inn! (on base) So we drive around looking for a hotel, remember this is before cell phones and the speed of Priceline.com (which I now love when we travel). We take naps, because it has been a long start of the day and take a swim and enjoy the budget hotel. After a tight night in a small hotel room, we wake up early and arrive at 5:30am at the terminal, we sign up for a space available flight to Yokota AB, Japan on a KC10. We got on the plane and actual had airline seats. The flight was supposed to cost $12 per person and this included a box lunch. We felt God's presence with us. The children were super travelers, the $12 fee was never charged and the boxed lunches were decent. The flight was about 10 1/2 hours. We departed on August 12, 1998 and crossed the dateline, so our youngest son's birthday, August 13th only lasted a couple hours. As a treat for the kids, they were allowed to, one at a time, go visit the cockpit, we sang Happy Birthday and a special cupcake was presented to the birthday boy, who turned 7. We arrived in Yokota in the afternoon and we were soooo tired, still had 22 pieces of luggage and 5 children. Yay for us. While we were waiting in the terminal for our next move...a room, next flight, and food, an airman had seen my son wearing a football jersey with our last name on it. He followed him until he met my husband. Then introduced himself as Sgt Brindley and wondered if we were related somehow. After coming to the conclusion that he was not related to us, he asked about our plans. My husband mentioned he was stuck in the terminal with the luggage and no way to get around with it. This man was one of our angels. He offered his office, there at the terminal, to store our luggage. We packed in the backpacks all we would need for the evening and stored the rest of the luggage in his office. My husband stayed at the terminal to sign up for the next flight and get us a room somewhere. So hungry and tired, I checked out the base map, what could we do to kill time and for dinner, so the kids and I took off on the Yokota bus around base. The first thing we notice is how muggy it is. We are sweating just driving around on the bus. We had Burger King for dinner and went to the base pool. Which was an indoor Olympic size pool with basketball, volleyball, and games for the kids. We rested and played and the boys all got their energy out. Where do they get all the energy from? We met back up with my husband later and he had gotten us two rooms on base. We crashed early and were up early the next morning for our flight to S. Korea. We retrieved our luggage and waited for the flight. While we were waiting we met a family who were stationed at Osan AB, S. Korea they tried to discourage us and told us there was no way we were going to make it unaccompanied. There would be no resources available to us and I should turn back now with the children and go home. They became some of our good friends while at Osan. We worshipped with them at the chapel and enjoyed many church and base functions with them. While this news was very discouraging, we ran into an airman that used to be our neighbor on Beale AFB. His sons and daughter were our youngest children's age and very good friends. He negated all of what they said and reaffirmed our goals and our plans. He became our angel and later comes to our rescue. He had already spent 6 months at Osan AB and knew how to get around and where to go. Our flight was a short flight on a C130 to Kunsan AB, S. Korea. We had to get our Passports stamped to enter S. Korea and the nationals wouldn't let us through. My husband was escorted to a back room for interrogation and we were in a very small holding area. My husband had been warned by another Korean National that they may try to get bribe money from you. Little did they know, we did not have a dime to rub between us. After hours of waiting for the planes and process to in-process the country we were allowed to board the plane to Osan AB, S. Korea. We flew on a C130 to Osan. Our neighbor angel still with us and encouraging us all the way. We arrived at Osan AB late at night, our neighbor angel helped us get two taxis and a room to stay. The room we ended up getting ended up being a suite with a kitchen. The weather was so humid and the children kept saying it was hard to breathe. The rooms we stayed in were NQR (not quite right) , which became a regular sighting while in Korea. The ceiling was uneven, the shower was not square, the toilet was crooked. Hmmmm.... not in Kansas anymore! The next day my husband went out to look for a place to stay and check into the base. The kids and I hung out, walked everywhere. Within a few weeks my husband was able to get the commander to sign off on his family using the commissary, clinic, for medical care, and to register the kids on space available at the DOD school on base. So off we go to register the 4 older children, 14, 10, 10, and 7 at the school on base. We loved the chapel on base and within a few days my husband had found a furnished 700 sq ft apartment in Pyongtaek, right outside the base. Another blessing from God! We were able to walk to base from the apartment. The only thing we needed were beds. So I went shopping for futons for the kids. I went into a shop with the kids, while my husband was at work and actually got kicked out. Most of the businesses will not do business with women alone. They must have a man with them. So 50's! By August 28, the 7 year old had been accepted into the base school and the rest were going to be homeschooled. We were settled into our apartment and ready for some structure. I loved homeschooling the kids. They called me Mrs. Love during school hours and the youngest was even doing preschool curriculum. My class consisted of 4 very bright students, an eighth grader, two fifth graders and a preschooler. Bring it on!
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Erma Quotes
One of my favorite authors is Erma Bombeck~anything Erma.....
Here are a few quotes to live, laugh and love.....
Motherhood is an art. And it is naive to send a mother into an arena for twenty years with a child and expect her to come out on top. Everything is in the child's favor. He's little. He's cute and he can turn tears on and off like a faucet.
There have always been schools for children. They spend anywhere from twelve to sixteen years of their lives in them, around other children who share the experience of being a child and how to combat it. They're in an academic atmosphere where they learn how to manipulate parents and get what they want from them. They bind together to form a children's network, where they pool ideas on how to get a bigger allowance and how to stay home when their parents go on a vacation. Their influence is felt throughout the world. Without contributing a dime, they have more ice cream parlors, recreation centers, playgrounds, and amusement parks than any group could ever pull off. They never pay full price for anything.
Class Ideas for School for New Mothers:
Creative Nagging 101, 201, 301
Seminar for Savers
Investments and Returns From Your Children
Perfection: How to get it and how to convince your children you've got it
Legal rights for mothers
History of suspicion and its effects on menopause
Threats and pomises
Guilt: the gift that keeps giving
Have you ever used these?
Which did you use the most?
This is going to hurt me worse than it hurts you
When you grow up, you'll thank me for being so strict
we'll see
Don't talk with food in your mouth. Answer me!
I'm doing this because I love you.
Never Mind, I'll do it myself
I'm not going to speak to you again
Children should be seen and not heard
no sense crying over spilt milk
do you believe everything you hear?
I'll give you something to cry about
keep your hands where they're supposed to be
why don't you grow up
someday you'll be old
you're not getting any younger
you'll grow up fast enough. when I was your age....
when are you going to act your age?
I'll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one
You'll always be mama's baby
I'm going to send all that food you left on your plate to all the starving Africans
Do you want mommy to leave the house and never come back?
If you sleep with dogs, you get fleas
You're going to drive me to an early grave
This is the last time I'm going to ask....
We're not asking you not to get married, we're just asking you to wait
That's what you get for not listening
I'm only one person
Just wait till you have children of your own!
Do you think I was born yesterday
If you don't listen....
That does it. I'm sending you to military school
Where did I fail?
Why me, God?
You made your bed, now lie in it
I may not always understand you, but I am always willing to listen
What's a mother for but to suffer
Fool me once, shame on me---fool me twice, I'll get you.
If your friend jumped off the bridge would you do it too?
If you fall off that swing and break your leg, don't come running to me.
(from Motherhood-The Second Oldest Profession)
Here are a few quotes to live, laugh and love.....
Motherhood is an art. And it is naive to send a mother into an arena for twenty years with a child and expect her to come out on top. Everything is in the child's favor. He's little. He's cute and he can turn tears on and off like a faucet.
There have always been schools for children. They spend anywhere from twelve to sixteen years of their lives in them, around other children who share the experience of being a child and how to combat it. They're in an academic atmosphere where they learn how to manipulate parents and get what they want from them. They bind together to form a children's network, where they pool ideas on how to get a bigger allowance and how to stay home when their parents go on a vacation. Their influence is felt throughout the world. Without contributing a dime, they have more ice cream parlors, recreation centers, playgrounds, and amusement parks than any group could ever pull off. They never pay full price for anything.
Class Ideas for School for New Mothers:
Creative Nagging 101, 201, 301
Seminar for Savers
Investments and Returns From Your Children
Perfection: How to get it and how to convince your children you've got it
Legal rights for mothers
History of suspicion and its effects on menopause
Threats and pomises
Guilt: the gift that keeps giving
Have you ever used these?
Which did you use the most?
This is going to hurt me worse than it hurts you
When you grow up, you'll thank me for being so strict
we'll see
Don't talk with food in your mouth. Answer me!
I'm doing this because I love you.
Never Mind, I'll do it myself
I'm not going to speak to you again
Children should be seen and not heard
no sense crying over spilt milk
do you believe everything you hear?
I'll give you something to cry about
keep your hands where they're supposed to be
why don't you grow up
someday you'll be old
you're not getting any younger
you'll grow up fast enough. when I was your age....
when are you going to act your age?
I'll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one
You'll always be mama's baby
I'm going to send all that food you left on your plate to all the starving Africans
Do you want mommy to leave the house and never come back?
If you sleep with dogs, you get fleas
You're going to drive me to an early grave
This is the last time I'm going to ask....
We're not asking you not to get married, we're just asking you to wait
That's what you get for not listening
I'm only one person
Just wait till you have children of your own!
Do you think I was born yesterday
If you don't listen....
That does it. I'm sending you to military school
Where did I fail?
Why me, God?
You made your bed, now lie in it
I may not always understand you, but I am always willing to listen
What's a mother for but to suffer
Fool me once, shame on me---fool me twice, I'll get you.
If your friend jumped off the bridge would you do it too?
If you fall off that swing and break your leg, don't come running to me.
(from Motherhood-The Second Oldest Profession)
Books
I have been negligent in listing my current books and films.
Books: Again I read 1776 by David McCullough, Family, The Ties That Bind and Gag, Motherhood the Second Oldest Profession, I Want to Grow Hair, I want to Grow up, I want to go to Bose, Forever, Erma, The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, All I know about Animal Behavior I Learned in Laehmann's Dressing Room-all by Erma Bombeck and Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O'Reilly.
I am watching Lark Rise to Candleford. Very Good! Watched Pride and Prejudice this weekend. Classic!
Books: Again I read 1776 by David McCullough, Family, The Ties That Bind and Gag, Motherhood the Second Oldest Profession, I Want to Grow Hair, I want to Grow up, I want to go to Bose, Forever, Erma, The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, All I know about Animal Behavior I Learned in Laehmann's Dressing Room-all by Erma Bombeck and Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O'Reilly.
I am watching Lark Rise to Candleford. Very Good! Watched Pride and Prejudice this weekend. Classic!
F16 Night Launch
While on deployment with my husband to S. Korea from 1998-1999....
One very cold night in February, 1999 I was on a mission with about 15+ youth from the chapel at Osan AB, S. Korea. We had gone into Pyeongtaek and fed the homeless at a local mission. The evening was such fun, with good food, great people and service. On our return to base to drop the youth off with parents at the chapel we saw the F-16's taking off/landing. We had a little time to spare and so we watched them and cheered them on. The sound of the jets, the afterburners and such power. We were talking about Top Gun and singing in my van. Oh, yeah the van was a 1984 Ford Econoline with no windows, red in color with glitter all over the outside, shag carpeting on the inside, an awesome 70's ride. This is how we could fit 15+ in the van. It was dark on this evening and we were hyper. All of a sudden we are being escorted from the van and held up at gun point by the S. Korean Security Forces who share a base with us. We are all forced out of the van and lined up facing the van outside, with arms up. I was trying to explain, with no luck. Then the American Security Forces squad pulls up with about 7 of them and after interrogating me, they explain to the first squad what we were doing. Well, what I did not know until afterward, was that the base was in an exercise and I had parked on their bunker. OOOOOPs.......My husband's commander was notified and memories were made.
- The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force. Wikipedia
- Wingspan: 33' (9.96 m)
- Length: 49' (15 m)
- First flight: January 20, 1974
- Unit cost: 14,600,000–18,800,000 USD (1998)
- Engine type: General Electric F110
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