Its May 1st 2013 and we are expecting snow, maybe 4 inches of snow after 2 inches of rain which is coming down in buckets right now with thunder. We have not planted anything outside except potatoes which won’t be affected by the weather.
The other day I saw a opossum walking along the other side of our fence. As I watched it I trying to squeeze through our fence between two planks in the gate. She looked very very pregnant, and she wasn’t the least bit afraid as I banged on the window and the dogs barked at it, she just kept right walking right under our sun room. I don’t want to block the way under there unless I know for sure that she is gone. I really don’t want a opossum to die and rot under there.
I am still waiting to have my gallbladder removed. My insurance company hasn’t approved my referral to even meet the surgeon. I have had some pain the past few days but today it has been bad, sever sharp stabbing pain. If it gets too bad I may ask my wife to take me in.
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I watched this video the other day and thought it was really funny.
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“Workers of the world unite” is the rallying cry of Marxist revolutionaries. It is found in the The Communist Manifesto (1848), by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Communism, which probably would have worked better in a more industrialized modern country than it worked in pre-industrialization Russia. One of the problems with Communism and workers unions is that once the Communists are in power one of the first things they do is disband and outlaw the unions and established a leadership class in the classless society.
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Total casualties as confirmed by U.S. Central Command:6661
Deaths by Conflict:
Operation Enduring Freedom :2191
Operation Iraqi Freedom :4403
Operation New Dawn :67
My last day before returning to school on Wednesday at midnight. Since I am working days it will be harder to get as much homework done until I get home but it will all work out.
We picked up Anika’s ashes on yesterday. They came in a nice pine box with a brass name and date plate on it. “Pets to Angles” did an awesome job as did the “Mobile Animal Clinic“, they were very helpful and caring. Our dog, Stella has been going from place to place in the house today and sniffing all the places Anika would sleep. They grew up together so we expected it.
Yesterday, I had an epidural spinal injection to try and decrease my headaches, I had one three months ago and it didn’t help a lot but figured I would give it another try. I miss a lot of work and with the possible furloughs I worry about calling into work, they may just decide they don’t need me at all. I wish they would just let us know what is going on.
Oh well, whatever happens, happens.
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I found this billboard in Omaha, I was surprised that there would be any type of sign like this in the area. But with the cutbacks in the budgets, it seems that this money could be better used at home, $8,000,000 would buy a lot of school books.
This money could be used to help our schools buy much needed books.
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Total casualties as confirmed by U.S. Central Command:6654
Deaths by Conflict:
Operation Enduring Freedom :2184
Operation Iraqi Freedom :4403
Operation New Dawn :67
We had to put our American Bulldog down this week. It was really sad, the poor dog was in our bedroom in the morning and I couldn’t get her up to go out. Later in the day she was still there. Neither of us could get her up so my wife used a towel as a sling to get her back end up. She could not support herself. When we got to the veterinarian they had to come out and put her on a stretcher. The doctor gave us some options but also said that if we did things to keep her alive it was being selfish and recommended putting her down. She had lost a lot of weight in a weeks time and one of her legs was swollen with a big tumor on it that wasn’t there the day before.
We will get her ashes next week.
My wife is having a hard time, and I can understand that since we got Anika for our wedding and while I was gone for two years in the Persian Gulf she kept her company and a reason to go home after work.
There will never be a dog like her again.
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The Vietnamese city of Da Nang has celebrated the 38th anniversary of its liberation during the Vietnam War by opening a new bridge in the shape of a giant dragon that breathes huge balls of fire.
I finished my classes for past term with 2 A’s. Very surprised that I did so well. I have another week before the next term starts up so I will have a week of nice weather that I can enjoy since I have switched to the day shift for eight weeks.
Our poor American Bulldog, Anika, isn’t doing very good. She has hip dysplasia, which was detectable even at 6 months, she has also had two knee surgeries in the past. She is a really loyal girl who kept my wife company while I was in the Persian Gulf. We were told she would never make it to 5 years old but she is now 13, but I think she is in pain, although we were told that if an American Bulldog yelps or shows pain, a human would pass out from that same amount of pain. I will have to take here to the vet sometime this week. I am not looking forward to the trip because of what I may be told. I won’t let her live in major pain and I am not going to dope her up with pain med’s.
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The SS United States is in desperate need of help. Her first voyage saw a new trans-Atlantic speed record, three days, 10 hours and 42 minutes. No one has been able to do it faster, even today. I remember passing by her in Norfolk VA when the Naval Oiler, USNS Mississinewa, I was would pass by her as we left Craney Island Fuel Terminal, Portsmouth, Virginia on our way out to sea. SS United States is as long as the Chrysler Building in New York ‘city is tall, she is also 100 feet longer than the RMS Titanic.
This month was my 50th birthday, Depressing very depressing. Yes, I know that 60 is the new 50 but 50 is the new 60 for diabetics, and I am having such a hard time with my diet and weight control I feel like crap and none of by jeans seem to fit right. I guess I am going to have to throw out all the unhealthy food in the house and force everyone in the house to go on a good diabetic diet.
Our poor dog Emma is still having issues with her liver function from pancreatitis, in fact they have gotten worse, so she has new pills to take. Hopefully they will help her so she doesn’t have to go in for an ultrasound.
We were supposed to get a lot of snow on Sunday but we only got 1/4 of an inch It all went south to Missouri. All it did here was make it hard to drive. As we were waiting for this “super storm” to hit us, our kitchen sink clogged up and we couldn’t clear it so I ended up calling in a plumber and a thousand dollars later our sink drains great now.
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This has to be the dumbest thing anyone could do, but since it was the NRA, it is probably understandable.
Three months after the Sand Hook Elementary School shootings, the National Rifle Association has been making robocalls telling the people to call their representatives that they oppose gun control.
Read more here. Next up, the NRA will be blaming the parents for the deaths of their children.
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Total casualties as confirmed by U.S. Central Command:6646
Deaths by Conflict:
Operation Enduring Freedom :2176
Operation Iraqi Freedom :4403
Operation New Dawn :67
