My Army awards

I hope to earn more before I retire…..my current list includes the Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Reserves Overseas Ribbon.  I am also entitled to the Driver’s Badge.

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The Life of Judy Garland

I have always been in love with Old Hollywood…the acting, the stories, the clothes, everything during “that time.”  Currently watching Life with Judy Garland.  I can see how manipulative the studios were back then on the young actors.  Judy was very impressionable and seemed to be she was seeking a father figure.
When Tammy Blanchard donned [...]

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99% moved in

It feels kind of weird being in a new home….one that I am buying.
It feels good that now I am paying on something where the money isn’t falling into a financial abyss of nothingness.
Simba isn’t taking too well to the new digs. He is hiding underneath the couch. Luna is the brave one…exploring the upstairs, [...]

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Bloom County

They sure as heck don’t make comics like this any longer.  I used to read Bloom County as a teen and even did a featured article in my high school newspaper:
Bloom County was an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which ran from December 8, 1980 until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics [...]

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Venting

Dealing with a new supervisor is difficult.
Especially when he used to be a former drill sergeant.
yeahhh………………..
I have become used to for past few years of a more “soft” approach on how to get things done.
It wasn’t like I was a slacker…far from it.
I just DON’T understand why oh why do some people get up in managerial [...]

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Partaking on a new venture

Bought Microsoft Office for myself (to write my book) and for my daughter’s school projects since her semester is right around the corner.    Along with updating my wireless, my laptop and buying the software, my next forward thinking moment is to get a library card at Webster University so I can check out certain books [...]

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Sound of Silence

This is one song timeless and with so much meaning (can relate today)
“A societal view of the lack of communication.”
- Paul Simon:
The Sound Of Silence (3:08)
P. Simon, 1964
Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in [...]

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Time to download some motivational music

I am replacing some of the songs on my IPOD. Picking up my running shoes from UPS tomorrow…don’t know WHY they simply didn’t leave them at my place. I hate running downtown for anything considering the level of idiots who forget how to navigate Saint Louis’ endless system of highways…ok ok ok….off my soapbox….for the [...]

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Changes

Takes one step at a time.
Patience….
Foresight………
Fortitude &
Strength………

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BOREDOM…..

Sometimes it’s a curse wanting to do so many things at once and having to wait until the right time to do them, or to move forward.
I have always been a forward thinker.
I cannot think of a time I settled for the “status quo.”  Maybe it’s part of the 1st born curse. I don’t know. [...]

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