Memorial Day

Yesterday was Memorial Day.

A day of mourning and remembrance.

We went to a neighborhood BBQ here on the Depot.

Today the Depot had its own ceremony.

They laid three wreaths, one for soldiers lost, another for veterans, and a third for depot employees who have passed away and their families. They had a prayer, sang the National Anthem, and had a color guard.

They had a flag for each service and of course the Stars and Stripes.

My friend and neighbor is holding the Navy flag, and the handsome GI in the middle holding Old Glory is none other than my hubby.

I am very proud of him.

stodgy

wednesday my brat kids and i volunteered to help out at the Army Soldier Show
they are an amazingly talented group of soldiers that sing, dance, and play instruments, all to entertain their fellow soldiers.
these are real soldiers
they have actual units that they belong to, they get to leave those unit though while they are touring with the show, every year its a new group

well
we were at the show hgetting people to fill out little papers for their chance to win a phone card
we were told that there would be seets saved for us, and there were,
excelent seats
the show started and i was great
about the second song one of soldiers came on stage singing I walk the Line by Johnny Cash
he was GOOD

the crowd however.....
i wanted to check for a pulse
they did nothing but polite clapping after each song

i had the honor of seeing the show at ft stewart.....we hooted and hollered and let the soldiers know that we were loving what they were doing....every high note, every note held for more than 10 seconds, every cool dance move, every silly little thing that these GIs did was met with applause and cheers
they get up and dance when the music moves the

not here

so i leaned over to my young friend sitting beside me and said we gotta wake up this crowd, get em on their feet

so as the amazing GI paused in I walk the line, i let out a loud wooooo and clapped, right during the pause

you would have thought I had stood up and screamed racial slurs at the guy,
he smiled and kept on singing, he knew the crowd was not dead
the lady next to me however crossed her arms and scooted her chair away from mine
the boy scouts a row up turned to look at me, and my young friend just laughed

the coolest thing happened though
the crowd did loosen up a bit
they clapped a bit more to the music
they cheered during an amazing cultural dance number
they laughed, and i even heard some people singing along

at the end of the show though, while the GIs were on stage catching their breath in formation
my young friend and i were on our feet clapping, and we stayed there untill everyone else was on their feet too
took em a while, but they did give those GIs their well deserved standing ovation

the boy scout mom sitting next to me though apparently did not think my having a good time and showing my support of the Soldiers amusing

she would benefit from having the rod up her backside surgically removed

damn that show was good though
http://www.armymwr.com/portal/recreation/entertainment/armysoldiershow/

woooo

ok, i will admit it...
my kids and i are addicted to American Idol
i even called in our vote last night, and i have never called it in before
we are so very happy that the Guy we wanted to win did indeed win, and i love his new single, cant wait for his cd to come out

not everyone in my fam is so happy about idol though
buth hubby and big bro (who lives far away from us) hate it
hubby says he now understands why terrorists hate us so much, cuz of "insane crap like idol"
i think its all harmless fun, and i will admit, i am looking forward to next season

silly stuff

so...I go to church
regularly
i am not the type who goes simply to teach my children, or because I feel obligated
i go because i want to, because I feel good whe i go, fulfilled,
i like it

i also like to read
and man, the da vinci code by dan brown was one heck of a good book
murder, action, suspense...my kinda read
it was good, and I cant wait to see the movie
what gets me is all the people having such a hissy over the book and movie
ITS FICTION PEOPLE!!!!!!!
why is that so hard to understand
if this book, an amazing work of fiction, causes you to question your faith, then your faith was not that strong to begin with

here in PA we have people protesting at theaters, mad as hell because someone in movie, based on a work of FICTION, is saying that Jesus had been married
would that really have been such a bad thing?
I guess in the Catholic church it would be........

mothers day

mothers day was sunday
i was not expecting anything, because to be completely honest my last few mothers days turned out to be kinda crapy, i had too cook, the kids fighting, and no card, and no sleeping in for me
this year was much better
i slept in
hubby took care of breakfast, he bought McDonalds...lol
i got a really cute card
church was lovely
and the kids behaved better that usual
it was a good day

dude

my how quickly things change
not too long ago I had to remind my kids regularly to wash their dirty hands
now they fight over who gets into the shower
gone are the days when I had to wrestle with bratgurl to get her hair out of her face
i no longer have to beg brat boy to get a hair cut that he can actually style
we now have three different forms of styling product in the kids bathroom, and my two older kids are really looking good

maybe too good.........today bratgurl (only a fourth grader) came home and told me that at an all school assembly today a sixth grader asked her out
she actually said axed me out, but i got her gist
she's only 10!!!!!!!!!!
man alive, its starting already

the good thing is, that she was grossed out by the thought
smart gurl! done mamma proud