Tampons to the rescue in Iraq !!

Tampons to the rescue in Iraq !! Don't worry, it's a good story, and worth reading. It's even humorous in parts. It's from the mother of a Marine in Iraq .

My son told me how wonderful the care packages we had sent them were and wanted me to tell everyone thank you. He said that one guy we'll call Marine X, got a girl care package and everyone was giving him a hard time. My son said, "Marine X got some really nice smelling lotion and everyone really likes it, so every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him." I told my son I was really sorry about the mistake, and if he wanted I would send Marine X another package. He told me not to worry about Marine X because every time I send something to him, Marine X thinks it's for him too.

He said when my husband and I sent the last care package, Marine X came over to his cot picked up the box, started fishing through it, and said, "What'd we get this time?"

My son said they had the most fun with Marine X's package. He said he wasn't sure who we were sending the pack to, but the panties were size 20, and he said one of the guys got on top of the Humvee and jumped off with the panties over his head and yelled, "Look at me, I'm an Airborne Ranger!!!!" One of the guys attached the panties to an antenna and it blew in the wind like a windsock. He said it entertained them for quite awhile. Then of course.......they had those tampons.
When he brought this up, my imagination just went running, but he continued. My son said they had to go on a mission and Marine X wanted the Chap-Stick and lotion for the trip. He grabbed a bunch of the items from his care package and got in the Humvee. As luck would have it he grabbed the tampons too, and my son said everyone was teasing him about "not forgetting his feminine hygiene products."

He said things went well for a while, then the convoy was ambushed and a Marine was shot. He said the wound was pretty clean, but it was deep. He said they were administering first aid but couldn't get the bleeding to slow down, and someone said, "Hey! Use Marine X's tampons!" My son said they put the tampon in the wound. At this point my son profoundly told Me, "Mom, did you know that tampons expand?" ("Well....yeah!")

They successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better medical attention. When they went to check on him later The surgeon told them, "You guys saved his life. If you hadn't stopped that bleeding he would have bled to death." My Son said, "Mom, the tampons sent by the Marine Moms by mistake saved a Marine's life."

At this point I asked him, "Well, what did you do with the rest of the tampons?"
He said, "Oh, we divided them up and we all have them in our flak jackets,
and I kept two for our first aid kit."

I am absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our Marines. I can't believe that something that started out as a mistake then turned into a joke, ended up saving someone's life. My sister said she doesn't believe in mistakes. She believes God had a plan all along. She believes that "female care package" was sent to Marine X to save our Marine.

Either way, our efforts have boosted the morale of many Marines, provided much needed items for our troops, AND saved the life of a Marine! God bless every one of you for your efforts and hard work, and God bless our Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force and all our military service personnel.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND KEEP IT SAFE!

HOLY TROPICAL SOUR ICEBREAKERS BATMAN

Here I sit with unkempt hair, a headache from hell and a grumbly tummy. I need a shower. The oven is heating up fro some yummy baked chicken. As for the headache...it's gone on for days again.

Oh joy, another one of those vagisil commercials are droning on in the background. I hate commercials which is one of the reasons we got a DVR. I'm in my bedroom though and awaiting Montel to return. Grandma loved Montel so I watch him...it makes me feel close to her and that feels good. She is right...he is a smart caring man. Today's show is about how our teens are sexually rampant and how our president Clinton has the whole world believing oral sex isn't sex.

I hear Mickey's collar jingling...I am keeping him tonight for mental health reasons. Lucky said she would walk him for me.

I've been in alot of pain with my feet lately. Cracking, bleeding, hard to walk. They burn alot and it is quite maddening and God and I have gotten in shouting matches over it.

Well, Lucky has come home baring gifts. The chicken was traded in for the pizza she brought to bake and she brought Ice cream, Caramel topping, fruit, gogart,doritoes,24 pack soda, CareBear snacks and my favorite...cappuccino a 24 oz. at that!. Yeah...Baby Girl got paid and still has money for the fair.

Gaia has this event going on, a balloon fight and it is taking up most of my time. That, the DVR and my new obsession Ultimate Alliance 2. Yes, Miss Angel is kicking ass and taking names with my team Angelz Avengerz. My team is made up of Elektra, Iron Man, Captain America and my beloved Deadpool. If you haven't played it....get it.

Been spending most my social time with Chris, My Sissy and Lucky.

Chris is doing well, been ill, beat up from work, but he is in good spirits so that is good.

Lucky is Lucky, moody...lol. She won me two lil animals at the fair. A pink pup and a froggy, I have yet to name them. School is starting soon. My lil baby is a senior. She and Ben are happy and as in love as ever.

Sis on the other hand has been put through the wringer. I won't write it here but...she needs an award for putting up with bullshit. She has her own blog and if she wants the world to know she will tell you.

I have to tell the world I LOVE ELLEN! I watch her ALL the time. SHE ROCKS AND I WANT A ELLEN HUG SO BAD!

oK i AM RAMBLING....ttfn!

Silly Song Day

BOWLING FOR SOUP LYRICS

"A Friendly Goodbye"

I can lay it on real thick
But I know how you don't like to get bogged down
With anything 'bout us
And our kick ass true love tale
Sorry I swore just then
Cause I know you hate it
And by the way that cake you baked me really sucked
But I ate it

[Chorus]
Cause I loved you
Even more that you could ever imagine
Here's a friendly goodbye
5,6,7
Ain't that a "b" with an itch
Ain't that a mother trucker
You can go to h-e-double hockey sticks
And f yourself
Cause I'm flippin' gosh darn sick
Of all the "s" words you put me through
So f-u
F-u

I can hang it out to dry
Cause I know how you like all your laundry neat
And not just thrown around
Like a chain saw in need of juggling
Sorry I flipped you off cause I know,
That you hate it
And that homemade porn I said that I erased
Well I saved it

[Chorus Repeat]

I'll send you a post card that says
I'm glad you're not here
I'll buy you a t-shirt
But I'll use it to wipe up the beer
That I spilled
While I was spilling my guts
To my friends about you
And I really don't have anything else nice to say

MONDAY????

Morning Everyone...

Things I need to do....that is what I should call this entry...

I need to get things done online like my guild, my blogs, myspace, emails...

Spend time with Lucky and Sis in the real world...then there is the DVR and the plumber coming this afternoon....

My head really hurts, I'm still sick.

Been raining forever. Feels like it did when I lived on the Ft. Lewis Army base in Tacoma Washington.

I like the rain so i guess that makes me lucky.

Ive been trying to be more forgiving and not let things get to me but it's getting pretty hard these days. There are just some things I can't take. Prickly people are getting on my last nerve.

Bah...Talk to you all later.

PS, I got everything done I set out to do. Yay me.

For The Sake of Being Funny

The other night, I was invited out for a night with "the girls." I told my husband that I would be home by midnight. "I promise," were my last words.

The hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easily and around 3 a.m. we piled into a cab and headed to our respective homes, quite inebriated.

Just as I walked through the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and cuckooed 3 times!

Realizing that my husband would probably wake up to this, I quickly cuckooed another 9 times. I was quit pleased with myself for coming up with such a quick witted solution to cover up my tardiness. Even with my impaired judgment, I could count 3 cuckoos plus 9 cuckoos equaled 12 cuckoos!

The next morning, my husband asked me what time I got in, and confidently, I replied, "Midnight...like I promised." He didn't even raise and eyebrow and went on reading the morning paper! Phew! Got away with that one!

After a moment, he then replied, "I think we might need a new cuckoo clock."

A bit nervously, I asked him why, to which he responded:

"Well, last night our clock cuckooed 3 times, then said, 'Oh, crap,' cuckooed 4 more times, cleared it's throat, cuckooed another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, then tripped over the coffee table and farted."

Shout Out For My Sis

I want to let the world know what a awesome Sister I have. She has two kids of her own, one whose just walking, the other whose about to go to school and a husband. Not to mention the new addition to the family by means of a lil pup.

She cares for the kids all day, does all the cooking, cleaning and running around pretty much that needs to be done, and has a cake business on the side.

To top all this off she works two double shifts a weekend so they don't have to deal with childcare.

What makes her so special? On top of all of the normal duties of a wife and mother, she has taken in our brother and his pregnant girlfriend (well, she was pregnant at the time, now she has had the little gentleman) and has gone above and beyond to help them up to and including..

Paying their bills, buying their personal needs, food, baby supplies, covering everything (including their cigarettes in a NON SMOKING HOME)to sum it up as well as putting wear and tear on her care taking them to the Doctor's as well as going to Ill to pick the girlfriend and the baby up when she was stranded there over some family drama.

Sis does this and moves to a bigger house (bought it) to make more room.

Not only has she given up her time, money, and yes, even the bed she slept in for my brother and his girlfriend, but she gave up so much of her self, her wisdom and was there when no one else was for them.

She did it out of love.

Now, I know that you often feel unappreciated. I know how you feel, Several times I put myself out there to help just to be hurt by it.

Your a wonderful person and I love you...and I thank you for those who look the other way.

Lies! I'm Not Learning, I just Let The Teen Take Over!

You Are a Learning Cook

You've got the makings of an excellent cook, and the desire to be one. But right now, you're just lacking the experience. You couldn't be a top chef yet, but you could be an apprentice.

Are You A Good Cook?