Happy Halloween!

Yesterday we carved our pumpkins the one to the left of the big one is suppose to be a dragon, and the other small one Was suppose to be a phantom face, but it got really messed up..oh well. It still looks cool.

Halloween is that one day of the year when some believe the veil between this world and the next is dropped long enough for the other side to cross over and pay us a visit...   While I am not absolutely sure about that, I do know I have seen some pretty compelling evidence to make a person scratch their head and wonder.
Much like the  video below, it was taken a week after the death of Michael Jackson by Larry
Kings Film crew...   Watch it and it will make a believer out of you! 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!!!!!!

One more for tonight.....

Happy Wednesday

 Its a clip and paste kind of Wednesday for me, so enjoy.....

 

 

 

 

Camping Trip

Got back yesterday from our yearly camping trip with our good buddy Rebel and his lovely family.
Weather was great, company was awesome. We rode bikes, and ate too much. Especially ice cream and dutch oven peach cobbler.
Kids wore themselves out  playing and driving Rebels teenage daughter nuts... They always wanted an older sister, this past weekend they got the experience of what it was like to have one.
Then her boyfriend showed up..... 

Saturday we rode our bikes into the historical section of Jekyll Island. This was the playground of the rich and famous during the late 1800's and early 1900s.
It is the birthplace of the Federal Reserve aka : "The Beast of Jekyll"  and the spot where in 1915 the very first transcontinental telephone call took place.

"Millionaires Row" is here, that is the lane with the cottages of folks like the Rockefeller's, Goodyear's, J.P Morgan and others....  Below is a pic of the infamous "Jekyll Island Club Hotel" A place full of scandal, and history.  You had to be a member of the club in order to build a cottage here. Which meant you had to have money, and lots of it.

Another "summer cottage" of one of those rich evil capitalist....

Libby came along for her first camping trip, she was a hit and loved by Rebels family...

I took ND over to the local pier and we saw that a great white had swallowed a witch, he thought it was funny and wanted me to snap a pic...because its not every day a kid see's a witch coming out of the mouth of a shark.

 

Then the sun set and we got bored around the campfire. It was then that the boyfriend suggested for giggles we melt a bottle....so we did. It was cool. The kids loved it and thought it a good experiment.

 

Sunday morning  came  and it was time to say "bye" and "see ya later" to our good friends, and one of my favorite places to visit. Hopefully it won't take another year to go back, camp , and hang out with good friends...
 
JUGM

A Jerky Kind of Day

The headlines today  make me a bit nausea's. Like the almost half a million people who have all ready lost their health insurance because of Obamacare, my parents are scared they are about to as well. It is another reminder of how frustrated and angry I get with those who voted for this, now we are seeing the results of their poor choice.

The cool weather continues, boys got to finally wear jeans and light jackets to school.
Yesterday, Senior got in the attic and brought down my box of fall decorations, The boys helped me in cleaning up the house, just so they could partake in the assistance of decorating it for fall. They felt my fake foam pumpkins were soccer balls and began kicking them across the front yard..  BOYS!

This morning I was up earlier then usual and laid out a sliced and marinated London broil on our dehydrator, yes it's jerky making day.
Senior said it smelled like Gyros and the house reminds him of Greece. Well, When I do my marinades it is whatever I have in the cabinets.  This time it included some "Cowboy Rub" brown sugar,  water , Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and a little bit of onion and garlic powders.. 
" Every think but the kitchen sink" meat rubs or marinades are all ways the best

After about 6 hours in the dehydrator it was ready to come off for a taste testing, and I can assure you that it did not taste anything like a Gyro. 
My marinade concoction leaves you with a wonderful after taste and had the kids and Senior begging for more. I can't keep the little and big hands out of the baggies.

It is all packed up now, and ready to go on a weekend camping trip with us. No place too far away..just a yearly get away with one of our best friends and his family.

-JUGM

Wednesday...

Today a nice cool Autumn breeze is blowing. The temperature is dropping. Suppose to be down in to the upper 40s here. And not just for one day, it is suppose to last through the weekend.
So, I opened the windows, poured a cup of coffee and proceeded to re-do the template on my blog.
 The new background picture is from this past weekends trip.
I started off with all blue backgrounds, but was not feeling that at all. So, now its all brown. Hope it meets with approval.

Our past weekend was spent at the Carolina Estate, not initially by choice. The boys had baseball and Senior had plans, until our neighbor/caretaker called..you can read more about it over at Seniors Man Cave.

The boys were happy about the impromptu trip, any chance to go up there and they are on board.
While I was hanging out laundry, ND cried about roosters in the yard. We do not currently have a coop so I did not believe him, until Libby almost choked herself trying to get to the poor things.
Not roosters, but some nice hens wandered over from the neighbors place....

 

Saturday evening the temps were dropping and left us with an amazing sunset behind the trees.....

 





The sun was reflecting off the leaves, and I thought this made for a cool picture.

 

 

  Sunday afternoon we took a walk down in to the woods on the way back we spotted this little lady climbing up the back wall of one of the older buildings...So far she is the biggest Spider I have seen up there.

 

 

 

When Senior went up alone a few weeks ago, he remembered to take

and plant the Dogwood my brother sent for his dads funeral

this trip we finished it off by adding in more mulch and the kids

did a rock border. 



 

 

 

 

 

 





And Lastly Today.....

 

Very True.......

 

 

 

Today in Pics

For a mid October day, it was quite hot. Senior and I were busy trimming bushes around a substation. When I say bushes, I actually mean small trees, they were so high we needed a ladder to reach the top.  Then you curdle in pain from holding the gas powered hedge trimmers over your head.

As I was holding the ladder for him, I peered through the entanglement of branches and leaves and saw a small abandoned birds nest. Probably a mockingbirds former home. They are in abundance here and very aggressive.

 

Let the dogs out and looked on one of our patio chairs to find a ladybug sunning itself...

Aren't they suppose to be lucky?

Picked myself one of my Bi-Color roses, they smell like grapefruits...

 

Waiting in the car pickup line, I saw a train had just come through, I knew this to be true because it left its tracks .. lol

 

 

In True SUNNY BROOK FARM  fashion I stopped near the school to take a pic of this old barn that sits on the side of the road.. I love all things rustic.

 

 

While my parents were visiting, I caught "Jack the Cat" staring me down with his crossed eyes. Okay so the picture from my phone is a bit grainy, maybe one day the Camera Gods will surprise me with a super fancy camera..  

I am sure he was saying "What are you looking at? Havent you ever seen a crossed eyed cat before" ?

 

 

-JUGM

Really ?

For those who may be unable to comprehend the point of this posting, note that this is not a claim made by someone against Obama but a ridiculous claim made in support of his signature legislation by one of his own sycophant sheep.

Syco-phant (noun)-  A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.
Synonyms- flunky, lackey, brown-noser, stooge, suck-up, Butt-Licker etc......

-JUGM

Condi Rice and the NCAA

"All she knows about football is what somebody told her," he said on the air. "Or what she read in a book, or what she saw on television. To understand football, you've got to play with your hand in the dirt."   - Pat Dye

If you do not know the back story to the above comment, Condalezza Rice was recently appointed to the inaugural selection committee for the NCAA college football playoffs which begins in 2014.  She with other members will sort through team stats, records and strength of schedules to determine who should be selected to participate in the four team playoff system.
It has been said in certain circles that she is not qualified to be on this board because she has not played the game or coached the game.

To those folks who say that, I would like to remind them that many coaches never played the game.
As well as the  majority of sports commentators, But yet they are on the air every Saturday and Sunday dishing out analysis and acting like they are old pros. Most fans of the game never played but we could go toe toe with marking Xs and O's on the black board.

Or, is it something more ? Does this go back to the old school that she is a woman, and this is a mans game? Or is it even more that she is a black conservative female, which is rubbing some folks the wrong way. Since her appointment, her name has been crucified on social media... 
Where is the National Organization for Women? They should be rushing to defend Ms. Rice.
Where are the voices of all the woman sports commentators, who cried until they were allowed access in to mens locker rooms to do an interview?

Isn't all this about womens rights and equality? It is what the feminist wanted, now they got it, and no one from the movemenet is out there to speak in favor of her appointment. Except, those of us who see what is going on, and see the good ole double standard at play.


-JUGM

Commissaries Re-Opened.

I had heard one of our area Navy Commissaries had re-opened,  I checked online for the others. The one closest to us was as well. So we picked the kids up from school and made the trip.
With  the President and democrats in the Congress and Senate not willing to negotiate on the government shutdown issue, It was a  blessing to see the stores reopen and we know all to well that the future for veterans paychecks and disability pay is uncertain at the moment. So we chose to stock up as much as we could.

It looked like business as usual as if nothing had ever been shut down, all the canned items were still in place.
Then we headed back to the meat department, and that is where you noticed the difference.

 

They had red meats out, and a little bit of pork products. But the chicken had all been frozen, and even though it was past its "sell by" date. The DeCA food inspectors still approved it for sale because it was frozen, they did place it on clearance. We got one look at the chicken and passed.  It looked really awful.

The cheese cooler wasn't much different:

It was almost medevil, it gave me a glimpse of what the future could look like. When a natural disaster may hit, or SHTF happens.
When there are no more deliveries and all the shelves are picked clean.  This was a sample of how real things will get....


-JUGM

The Pill Pushers

While I write this post, please understand that I speak from experience, with Senior, and my father in law. Are or where under the care of Veterans Administration doctors. Senior was once stationed with another chief, who's wife was in an accident, she was prescribed hydrochodone, went back for more, then she soon learned it had street value and began to traffic it. She was so far gone and over the edge, she was facing jail time for the trafficking  to avoid that fate she chose to take her own life.

What we saw on the news tonight,  we could  most certainly relate too: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50155446n

The rise in over medicating the nations veterans has surged nearly 270 % in the last 12 years.  Whenever you go to the VA for a medical problem, you get all kinds of thing prescribed to you. You walk through the door, tell the doc your problem, get examined, and "poof" you get a prescription of narcotics, with refills. Then begins the abuse. Then you go through your prescription , go back again, and "poof" another refill. Before the patient knows it, they are addicted.
Then it is realized that the first prescription is no longer affective, or the pain has worsened and "poof" you get something else stronger prescribed...Before you know it, you are on as much as 8 different pain killers all at the same time.  Going to the VA is like being a kid in a candy store.

You are depressed,  suicidal, you hallucinate, you can't sleep at night, but once you do fall asleep you will sleep until the late afternoon. Even worse is you are more confrontational and abusive towards family and friends.

Another fellow veteran friend of ours, was recently hospitalized. His wife demanded he go to a civilian hospital, it was learned that the VA had over prescribed his blood pressure medication and he nearly died.
The same was also the story for my father in law, after he did pass from heart failure, we learned just how much medication the VA had prescribed, and was still sending to his home.

Below is a map the dark orange areas are the facilities with the worse cases of abuse :

The VA Hospitals in
Oregon,
Las Vegas, NV
and in Alabama
All have the highest rate of narcotic/prescription drug abuse.

 If you know a Veteran who you believe is being over prescribed pain killers, and are possibly addicted to them then please talk to them. Encourage them to get help, Before they hurt themselves, or some innocent person.....

-JUGM






 

Wednesday...

Fall has certainly made its impression on my area. Windy, cloudy and misty. Temps down in the 50s here. Feels wonderful, and very seasonable. I think I will ask Senior to get my Fall decor down from the attic.
Halloween is around the corner and approaching faster then I hoped it would.
The boys had all kinds of wonderful but scary things they wanted to be for Halloween this year, so we wrote them all down on paper, and put them in a hat, tossed the hat around and Senior picked.
They will be Zombies.
 My sister will cringe, my mother will say "ewww why? "  And I will sit back and smile. 
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A few folks have asked about my brothers girlfriends teenage son. Remember him? My brother picked him up in a walmart parking lot, he had been homeless.
Well, he moved the kid in with him in upstate NY. He escorted him to the nearest Army Recruiter, and he signed up for delayed entry. The Army has a program with one of the local colleges and with that he is getting his GED.  I am happy to report that it does look like the kid is getting himself straightened out, and will soon  be working on what we all hope will be a great Army career.
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Remember my niece is getting married ?  If there is one thing that can cause family arguments, its a wedding ! The shear money they are forking out is mind boggling, and I am perplexed on how my brother in law who is a mail carrier is going to pay for it all.
Most definitely one of those platinum weddings you read about all the time. My brother and I have guesstimated they are dropping at least $25,000 on it. And they have a guest list of over 300 people.
When Senior and I got married, our wedding was $1700.00 and, we paid for it ourselves.  We planned it in 6 weeks. This particular wedding is not until May of next year.

Sorry, my mind is really boggled right now over $25,000 for one day...  It just..."WOWs" Me.  But yet I know, there are people out there who spend more. 
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So now its off here, laundry is calling my name, kids will be out of school soon, and dinner plans await. Have a fun "Hump Day"

-JUGM

Always Be Alert...

This is a true story of events that happened a couple of days ago to an acquaintance who has recently relocated to the north Georgia area. He is a retired police officer, and even served as a detective for a few years, so he has seen it all and knows what to look for.. 

 

While shopping this afternoon, we noticed a black female loitering around the front door acting very suspicious. A few moments later, she followed my wife into the store, waited for her to look away and advanced towards the buggy where her purse was located.  My wife was aware of the girls actions and didn't allow her purse to be stolen. One additional subject appeared pushing an overloaded cart and rammed the door as they ran towards an awaiting vehicle. I called the local SO, gave a description and just a few minutes later the vehicle spotted & stopped.

 

  Results: 4 black females arrested in what appears to be a string of grand thefts, 11 felony arrests, firearms seized, marijuana recovered & vehicle seized. You never fully retire. Eyes always open observing what is going on around you.

 

I wanted to share this with you all because the holidays are fast approaching, there will be more crowds in the stores,  times are tough for a lot of people. They will go to  extreme measures to take something that is not theirs.   OPSEC is always important, know your surroundings, know who is around you ,and their proximity to you..

Always stay vigilante...

 

-JUGM

Broken Eagle

As I dusted the table tops this morning, my blog post for today became apparent. Our American Eagle's wing was broken. Not sure how it happened, or when. But as soon as I moved it to dust, the thing just fell off.
It Made me think of the countries current situation. Like that ceramic wing, America is broken. Much of the government is shut down, and we are about to extend our debt ceiling once again. We have no money, and owe China our backsides.
 I feel we are so far gone that the only thing to turn us around is a total economic collapse. Maybe some folks need that. Perhaps suddenly being launched  100-200 years into the past is what is needed.

Those who voted for this, Those who even did it twice. I compare them to the loyalist who sided with King George during the Revolutionary War. The loyalist were promised gold, and land if they took up arms against their own countrymen and fought for the crown.
Today it is the voice of a benevolent dictator, and the promise of free cell phones, free health care, free housing, and free money that keeps his loyalist loyal. If he asked them to take up arms against those who oppose him, I have no doubt they would.

With a little super glue I fixed the eagles wing. Aw if it were all only that simple...
She looks like nothing happend, she looks better, but underneath she is left more fragile then before. Her wing forever compromised. Another drop, or being mishandled, and she will once again be broken........

-JUGM

Day 3

It is Day 3 of the "Shutdown"...  the only issue with me on that subject, is that they closed the military commissaries.
  : (  
Senior and I might be making a road  trip out to the country butcher soon and filling up our freezer.

The other issue is Mitch McConnell asked for a Veterans Package to be put to a vote, and Harry Reid is "NO"  Okay Harry, who was it that fought and died to help  secure the freedoms of this country so that you can even become a Senator?  Oh that;s right..  Veterans and Active Duty.

All this because Washington claims we have no money. But ,we are still sending money around the world : 

500,000.000 in aid to the Palestinians
1.3 billion in tanks and F-16's to Egypt
Millions to Syrian Rebels

laying off 800,000 federal employees because we are broke...is PRICELESS

The local welfare recipients in my area are about to scream their heads off. One good thing about the shutdown is they have stopped the "head start" programs. It is like a freebie from the government that kids in low income areas can take advantage of after school.. Basically it s a glorified baby sitter funded by tax payers. Their fee lunch program has also been cut. That means Baby Mama actually has to get up, and fix her 8 kids by different daddies lunch. -- Funny!


-JUGM

Despite Popular Belief...

The sky DID NOT fall this morning. ( as predicted by the Liberals )

The sun still rose.
The kids still got up for school.
I still stumbled my way to the kitchen to start coffee and let the dogs out.
The puppy is still chasing the cat around the house, and barking at every leaf that falls from a tree.
Traffic was still out on the roads.
People were still going to work.
The tire store opened sharply at 0800 and actually waited on me.
Senior is out mowing grass
And, there is still a baseball game scheduled for tonight.. 
Heck! We might even order some concession stand food to celebrate!

And the one thing that was predicted has actually happend:  The obamacare website has crashed.

Its a wonderful feeling knowing that it is the working class people of this country that keeps America running and not politicians.

. Amazing isn't it? 

-JUGM

PS: I will add one more thing : I am happy that the Republicans have seemingly stood their ground and not caved in. (yet)