Taking a breather

The new position keeps me busy.
Can I get an amen?
There is SO MUCH to learn…reports to keep on top of, questions to answer regarding cases, searches, DOD regs, military regs…….and I will tell you right now that civil servants are really underpaid for what they do and have to keep up with.  Job security of course [...]

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Happy Birthday NARA!!!!!!

To bring together the records of the past and to house them in a building where they will be preserved for the use of men and women in the future, a Nation must believe in three things. It must believe in the past. It must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in [...]

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VA Loan Benefit Today: $417,000

For those of you lucky enough to qualify for a VA loan right now there are programs out there to help refinance your home for up to $417,000:

A special program exclusively for servicemembers and veterans
Take advantage of your VA home loan benefits
Buy a home with no money down
Lock in historically low rates
Refinance to lower your [...]

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Restoring the Earth helps veterans heal

I enjoy reading feel good stories like these. Vets returning from war need an outlet to help them heal from the mental and physical wounds received while deployed. Though the program faced budget cuts I hope it continues and the idea spreads nationwide:
…a program in Washington state helps military veterans learn marketable job skills and [...]

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Photos from Work Part I

 
 

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Big ouch

I was at the airport in Orlando waiting for my flight back to Saint Louis when I heard the breaking news on CNN.
 
And yes I was yelling at the television:
 
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill immediately blamed each other today for the failure of a $700 billion bailout package in the House. The vote sent [...]

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A New Approach to World Peace…

Wow….imagine belonging to an organization such as this one…being able to create change through Peace.  I love that this organization is NON-religious and NON-political…exactly the kind of organization I would desire to be a part of:
 
With the humblest of beginnings, Friends Without Borders has remained an all-volunteer project funded mostly by the volunteers themselves.  FWB is [...]

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Looks like history repeating itself…

If this isn’t a recession I don’t know what we are going through and with the US Federal government having to pump back money into the US economy to save us from going down even further makes me wonder if we learned from past historical mistakes:
Though the U.S. economy had gone into depression six months [...]

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Dealing with an elderly parent part II

Normally I don’t delve too much about my “personal” life here unless I feel it can benefit others.
I had a family emergency this week regarding my father who is diabetic and insulin dependent. He was transferred from the Marion VA Hospital to the one here in Saint Louis. Thankfully there are benefits out there for [...]

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Renewing America

The Democratic Convention will focus on the need to revitalize the image of America, Americans and our reputation at large. There is the fever of Renewing America’s Promise.
For myself, a self-professed patriot who dearly loves her country….I am yearning for some well-needed change for my country…a better life for her citizens.
These past few years have [...]

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