Not much goin' on

Well, there really hasn't been much goin' on with us. Jenna and Daddy had a Father/Daughter dance Saturday night. I was going to blog about it and post some pictures that were taken. However, our computer has another corrupt file and I need to take it in once again. The laptop just doesn't hold much, so once I get the other computer then I'll post pictures.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Wednesdays Hero

This Weeks Soldier Was Suggested By Sunny Kay http://captaindramaticsmom.blogspot.com


Col. Cyril Richard "Rick" Rescorla"

Col. Rick Rescorla is a multiple time hero. In 1957 he enlisted in the British Army and began training as a paratrooper with The Parachute Regiment of the 16th Air Assault Brigade. He went on to serve with an intelligence unit in Cyprus, a paramilitary police inspector in the Northern Rhodesia Police (now the Zambia Police Service). When his military career ended in England he joined the Metropolitan Police Service in London. But he found the paperwork too boring and quite at the behest of a friend who encouraged him to join the United State Army. Which he did. In 1963, Rescorla enlisted, with his friend, in the United States Army. After he completed basic training he attended officer training school and was assigned as a platoon leader in the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). He was shipped to Vietnam and participated in the Battle of la Drang. While in Vietnam, he was given the nickname "Hard Core" by his men for his bravery in battle. In 1968, Resorla became a U.S. citizen and continued his service in the Army Reserves until 1990 when he retired. In 1985 he joined a financial services firm, located in the World Trade Center, as security director. In 1993, when the WTC was bombed, Rescorla was instrumental in evacuating people from the building. Afterwards, he enacted a policy in which all employees of the firm practiced evacuation drills every three months. September 11, 2001 Rick Rescorla was supposed to be on vacation getting ready for his daughters wedding. Instead he was at work covering a shift for one of his deputies so that he could go on vacation. When American Airlines Flight 11 hit Tower 1, Rescorla ignored officials advice to stay put and opted instead to put his evacuation drills to use. While evacuating the 3,800 employees of his firm in Towers 2 and 5 he kept reminding them "be proud to be an American ...everyone will be talking about you tomorrow" and sang God Bless America over his bullhorn. When Flight 175 struck Tower 2, Rescorla had already evacuated most of the employees from his firm as well as many others from other floors. He then went back in, despite being told he needed to evacuate himself. The last known words anyone heard him say were, "As soon as I make sure everyone else is out". Tower 2 collapsed with Rick Rescorla last seen heading to the 10th floor looking for more people to help. As a result of his actions that day, all but six employees of his firm made it out alive. One of those being him and three others being his deputies who followed him into Tower 2, Wesley Mercer, Jorge Velazquez, and Godwin Forde. These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived.

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. If you would like to participate in honoring the brave men and women who serve this great country, you can find out how by going http://rightwingrightminded.blogspot.com/2006/08/wednesday-hero-blogroll.html

Mt. Apsan

We went to sight see Mt. Apsan with our Korean Friendship Circle friends. It was so beautiful and we saw many things we haven't expirenced yet in Korea. We first started out at the War Memorial Museum. We found out a lot about the Korean war. Our friends told us a lot of information from the museum. This is the first picture you see when you walk into the museum.

Here is a group photo of our Korean Friendship Circle.

Here are some pictures from the top of Mt. Apsan. Dr. and Mrs. Lee.

Aunt Karen taking pictures.

Terry with Moon, Na-yeun, Se-young and Hye-min.

Tiki with Moon, Na-yeun, Se-young and Hye-min.

Jenna and Jenny(Dr. and Mrs. Lee's) daughter.

Alchol that the North Koreans drink. It has a baby python that they put in the bottle. It's still alive when it's bottled.

Creed with Na-yeun and Se-young.Brodie on the gondola ride.

Mommy and Brodie on the gondola ride.

Inside the temple.

Buddah

The temple

Easter Photos

Here are some Easter photos that I just had the time to download and post. Enjoy!! Much chocolate was eaten and enjoyed!! Especially by Creed.

Before and after

Here are some before and after pictures of the "big boo boo" I made on the Tahoe. It's fixed and things are grand in the Cain household.

The "turtle" car....our life saver!!!

After photos...much better!!!

Can you say.....DUMB ASS!!!!!!!!!!

Hello all of my few readers. I just want to let you know that I happen to be a dumb ass...I know, it's hard for you all to believe. However, today I made it official. After a wonderful lunch with Buh Buh, Bill, Jenna and Creed I made a HUGE mistake. After I stopped to turn in Buh Buh's visitor pass, I was backing up. For those of you who haven't been here, at the gates they have these things when you're leaving post they have these spike things that if you back up they will pop your tires. Well, needless to say...yes, I am one of the very unfortunate ones that backed up on the spikes. Not one, but two very FLAT tires. I was hysterical. It looks like it will cost us around $500.00 for 2 tires. Then we'll got to a website and see what it will cost to get 2 more here later on.

I feel so bad about this, but as many people say...Sh*& happens and you get on with it. Also, as my husband says, it's just money and we can't take it with us.

Say many prayers and wish us luck on getting it fixed!!

Getting back in sync

Well, I've been home since Wednesday, but haven't made it outside yet. Things went well with the surgery, but was kept an extra night because they couldn't find a wheelchair for me to take. It happens all the time in the states and they said this was the first time someone has "asked" for a wheelchair to take home with them. Are they crazy?? Maybe just incompetent. Who knows?? So, Bill took the train home Tuesday evening and then drove up to Seoul to pick me up. On the way home, the power steering went out on the Tahoe. You would think this wouldn't happen since it's only 3 years old. Needless to say, Bill did get us home, but he didn't have to do any bench presses. Called my Dad and he got us the part and now it's here in Korea with my Aunt!!!

Yea!! Buh Buh has come to visit us!! Hopefully we can get the Tahoe fixed tomorrow, so we have some sort of transportation that I'll be able to drive.

With the surgery, not much else has been going on. So glad that we have some good friends here to help us out in our time of need. I'll miss that!

I'll post something new and exciting once we get out and do some fun things. Plus the EASTER BUNNY will be coming too!!