Tales from the Love Shaque

Friday, September 11, 2020

Not forgotten...

In July 2015, we had a chance to visit the Flight 93 Memorial.

The Visitor & Learning Centers were still under construction at the time and the Tower of Voices not even begun, so we only got to see the Memorial Plaza.

This says:

September 11, 2001 10:03am

United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into a field two miles

ahead of you, shattering the quiet of the Pennsylvania

countryside. Those who rush to the scene look on in

disbelief at charred trees and a smoldering crater. This

community, like countless others across the nation,

is shaken by the crash and the unimaginable violence

and destruction al-Qaeda terrorists bring to the

Wold Trade Center and the Pentagon. But as the day

unfolds, this ordinary field reveals a compelling story

of courage and hope.

This Memorial is a tribute to the passengers and crew

of Flight 93 and a place to explore this inspiring story.

You will journey through a landscape that still hints at

its mining past, on your way to a simple field that is

their final resting place, and a lasting testament to the

deeds of 40 extraordinary people.

There's a name on each section of this wall.

This boulder marks the end of the debris field and final resting place of the flight.

Also in 2015, my theme for the A-Z Challenge was Notable Women in history. My "P" post was about Maj. Heather Penney whom I bet nobody knows about.

Saturday, August 29, 2020

I just happened to get up early this morning and hopped online to check out this year's Yankee Candle Boney Bunch collection. They always release it on the last weekend in August, so I consider that my birthday gift.

Their theme is "Asylum" but it looks more like "Retirement Home" to me.

But that's OK. I still found a couple pieces to get.

Not sure where a little kid in PJs fits in the asylum theme, but he's cute.

This holds 2 tealights and I'm hoping they really light up that porcelain and make it glow!

The ambulance is what I really wanted.

Anyhoo. I don't have any expectations for anything fun today. The Spouse is on call, so he won't want to go anywhere. I'm 99.9998% certain I won't even get a card from him since he's been working from home and hasn't gone anywhere. I guess that's better than every other year when I get the excuse that "he sucks and didn't stop at any of the 42 CVS or Walgreens he passes on his way home to get one". And for the last couple weeks, Spawn has been working Saturday mornings so she assumed it would stay the same. Nope. Of course they put her on the schedule today for 3-10pm! So I can't even go out alone & do anything I want, since I have to babysit BabyBoy. Don't get me wrong - I love the little guy like crazy. But sometimes I don't want to watch him! And since he's crawling now? He's all over the place.

Shit. I'm depressed now.

Not the classiest thing to post maybe, but you have to admit that it's funny!

Holy crap! It's been a while since I posted!

I started this post so long ago, look at what my first meme was...

It's still pretty appropriate.

Not a whole lot of excitement. Work & babysitting & SAR training. That's about it.

Last weekend my SAR team hosted a SARTECH II course. Saturday night, the Spouse & I went to the camp where it was being held, since we (the team) also hosted an ARRL exam session for people who wanted to get their technician amateur radio licence. The Sunday morning, I went back out there, since they were having the "practicals" portion of the course and my sister needed to retest on her land navigation so she could get her certification (we took the course last September) and I went along for moral support.

I sat with LT most of the morning, while he did took checkins & results from the evaluators out in the field. I got bored & sat on the ATV for a while & he asked if I remembered how to drive it.....? I'd only been on it twice, so he gave me a quick refresher & I took it out for a spin.

She was NOT going to ride in my car with all those pickers on her!

16 people took the course. There were even 2 here from Texas & 1 from Indiana.

It's fun to do radio during K9 training. It happened to be pouring down rain when I took this - sitting all comfy in our team trailer.

This is the reason they cut training short that day! That's a scud cloud, not a tornado FYI!

BabyBoy patiently waiting for attention. Or a teething cracker. Or some baby food!

He'll be 8 months old next week! He's crawling and has one toof so far. When he went in for this last check up on the 13th, he was 21 lbs & 30 inches long!