My Morning Coffee at work after a three day weekend!!!

 

Merry Christmas to All!!

I laughed at this one!  I was a CWO4 in the Marine Corps...no hope of EVER reaching CWO5 (there is a certain Colonel in this world that I would not spit on if he were on fire).

But, in all seriousness....Merry Christmas to you and yours out there.  

I am truly hoping that your New Year is filled with happiness and joy.  

Hey!  One can dream can't he?

 

My kind of Christmas carol!!!!

HOLE THE DECKS WITH CANNON VOLLEY

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA

TIS THE REASON TO BE JOLLY

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA

DON WE NOW OUR SWORD AND RATTLE

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA

ROLL THE ANCIENT CALL TO BATTLE

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA

SIEZE THE BLAZING SHIP BEFORE US

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA

STRIKE THE FLINT AND JOIN THE CHORUS

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA

FOLLOW WE WHO SEEK THE MEASURE

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA

PLUNDER NOW THE YULETIDE TREASURE

FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA

Ahhhhh.....Coffee.

 Yep, it is time once again to sit back with a hot cup of coffee and thank the shepherds who brought he beans that were making their sheep act crazy to the monks to ask their guidance.  And to the wisdom of the monks to think..."Wow, those beans I threw in the fire smell awful good...wonder what they would taste like in a hot cup of water?"  

To those brilliant men I say "Thank you."  What would life be like without coffee?  Tea is not my style.  If I were a colonist back in the day, I would have been ready to throw the tea overboard just so I could get the shops to start selling coffee!!!

Is there really anything better than a cup of hot steaming coffee in the mountains, on the sea shore, on the prairie, the back porch, or even on the balcony of your condo? 

Some of the finest historical fiction I have ever read.....

https://oldafsarge.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

I am not surprising anyone that reads this blog with the above link.  Hell, I am not even sure which of the men that write that blog writes the stories...all I know is that I recognize talent and the art of story telling and they have it.  

Once you get into a story it envelopes you, it covers you and all you want is more.  

The link above is to all the fiction he has written on the blog.  Be prepared to immerse yourself into whatever world you choose, and be prepared to come away wanting more.

Just dreaming a bit......

Well, I tested positive for COVID so here I sit, at home again, working from home and sequestered from my family.  First two days were horrible.  Now?  Just a waiting game.  The four walls of this room really do suck after a while...and it has only been 3 days of the 10! 

I do thank the Lord that I have a job that I am able to do from home and still bring in a steady income to provide for my family.  There are a lot of folks out there that do not have that luxury.  

 

Six Seconds.....

I was returning from visiting my daughter at her college and was in rural Virginia on the way home and saw this sign as I passed by.  i tried to stop but there are no shoulders and it is right in an area that narrows from two lanes to one and I had two cars behind me.  I circled around and slowed up so I could get a picture of this sign.  

Cpl Yale was a mixed race kid from rural Virginia.  He and his partner LCpl Haerter were standing post at Joint Security Base Nassar in Iraq in 2008.  What they did in the final six seconds of their lives was caught on video.  In their actions, they saved the lives of over 50 Marines and 100 Iraqi policeman they were training and patrolling with.  

General John Kelly was the Marine in charge of all Marines in Iraq at that time and the man that nominated them both for the Navy Cross.  Here is what happened in his words:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvKo6SK-Jwc

Semper Fi Marines......til Valhalla.