Christmas Wishes For Our Troops
I always like to post a special greeting for our troops, especially those deployed at Christmas time. I enjoy sending out a special acknowledgement knowing they are working hard and won’t be able to be home to enjoy the holiday with their families. I want them to know that even while we are celebrating here with loved ones, we include them in our thoughts and good wishes for the day.
This year I stumbled upon a highly rated app that provides lovely frames for photos and I thought it would be fun to use one or two for my post. The app has frames for a wide variety of themes so I typed in “Merry Christmas to our troops” and “military Christmas.” To my surprise and great delight many possible photo frames popped up but the following couple caught my attention.
Geez, I thought, now I know why this app is so highly rated. The women must love this! I spent the next couple of hours trying to make the thing work. I finally gave up in complete frustration. No matter how many times I clicked the damn thing I never got a Marine or sexy Soldier to pop up, not even after I uninstalled and reinstalled the app several times. I can’t for the life of me figure out why this awful app had a 5-star rating. It makes beautiful promises but certainly doesn’t deliver!
After coming to terms with the fact that I wasn’t going to be able to use the app to get a Marine or sexy Soldier to appear, I continued my search for something to use in my post. I found a face frame in the app that had been used quite a bit. I figured it was popular so the guys must like it. I went ahead and gave it a try. This was the result.
Hmmmm. I appear to have gotten some sort of sunburn out there in the desert, but just on my face. Guess I should have worn a hat but you have to give me props for making it through the sand wearing bedroom heels. That takes skill, you know!
I finally gave up on the app for good. It didn’t give me a Marine. It didn’t give me a sexy Soldier but it did manage to give me sunburn. It clearly didn’t work properly so I decided to just stick with my regular, non-fancy, unframed photos.
Sending you warm wishes across the miles.
Merry Christmas!
Salute To The Pararescuemen
First and foremost anybody with the word rescue included in their title gets a nod of appreciation from me. Yeah…these guys are real life rescue heroes. Forget accolades for working in rain, sleet and snow. These guys work in the desert, the mountains, the cities, the jungles, the arctic, the sea…wherever they’re needed. Despite even very tenuous weather/safety conditions, they will go.
A nod to all the Pararescuemen out there.
Thumbs up for our PJs!
*now and then, I run into a business or organization that I like to acknowledge. The shirt I’m wearing in my PJ tribute photos is from Pro Art Shirts http://www.proartshirts.com/pararescue.html . It’s a Veteran (Air Force and Army) owned and operated site. They have this shirt and lots of other military shirts for sale. Not only can you find great designs here, the shirts are wonderfully soft and comfortable to wear. Check them out.*
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