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Year one: Home run

So year one for peach harvest was a huge success. We decided to make 5 batches quart size and the rest (so far...we are thinking of doing 24 pint size jars with the rest) went in freezer bags. A big thank you to Danelle for getting us started :). We estimated we harvested at least 90% of all peaches and we brought in, in modest numbers an estimated 325-350 peaches from medium to large size. It was quite enjoyable and we learned quite a bit for next year (such as thinning the tree out).

4D Ultrasound

Here are two of the 4D ultrasound pics from Sarah's 29 week appointment. The skull is being blocked by shadows in case you were wondering if we have an underdeveloped child in the womb.

Gripes and Complaints

Since I don't have a social networking account, those who read my blog have to bear with me as I unload some more griping and complaining.

There is a coworker who made it perfectly clear that he supports a national day for burning the Quran which happens to be on Sept. 11. His first line of logic was 'they burn our American flag, why can't we burn the Quran?' I told him to let me know if he goes through with it so I can join him and burn the Bible alongside. Everyone around proceeded to berate him and insult him. 'Excuse him, he's from the south'. 'Do you have any idea how completely out of context it is to compare the flag to the Quran?'

Speaking of.
I am not sure I even want to get into this retard who is still considering burning the Quran. What planet do you live on? How dare you call yourself an American. I'm not patriotic, but I sure know how to spot someone who has no idea what they have as an American: one way to tell - religious idiocy like this. Every Christian and American should be ashamed to be associated with this selfish hatemonger.

Another coworker likes to make right-wing comments as well. Boulder Colorado is battling wildfires and just under 200 homes have been destroyed. He made comments about how all of Boulder hopefully should go up in flames because of their liberal tendencies. Let's not mention the fact that all of Colorado votes left with the exception of the Springs. Why? Maybe the 5 military bases that populate the city? The guy collects guns and knows more about the worlds guns than he does about anything else.

Shifting gears.
I have a 30 minute drive to work one way. I constantly do shift work. There is a 8 mile stretch of highway from the Springs to Schriever. The complete morons that live and work between the Springs and Ellicott absolutely have to drive with their brights at night. It seems about half of these morons have half a brain to turn them off at some point when they see oncoming traffic. The highway is 60 mph and mostly straight. Turn off your friggin' brights! If you need them to drive, you shouldn't be on the road.

Back to 9/11.
When the mosque debate first came out, someone said that if we tried to build a church 'over there' they would do much worse to those Christians than what we are doing here. What? You are comparing us to countries with national religions? This isn't even logical to bring up. How long have Muslims been in America? That's right, over 130 years. Over half of our nations freedom of religion history.

Official Aid.
Once a year squadron reps. go around and ask for money for different types of assistance funds. Two primary organizations are internal aid for other AF members and external aid to a number of agencies who distribute funds to poorer countries, or help in time of crises or natural disasters. Before I get into my rant I want to start with a disclaimer that I have nothing against aiding my fellow AF member. One can join like I did with a wife and child to support and I am standing next to the single fellow and our base pay is the same. The majority of the need for the aid stems from horrible financing. One cannot pay all the bills. What are those bills? Credit cards, car loans, etc. I am getting to the point. When these representatives come around asking for money, you are almost lucky to even hear about the external aid options. Yet, when the internal aid rep. comes around they hound you almost until you give them something. Their guidance tells them they have to contact everyone, not badger them out of their paycheck. Never mind the starving and desolate, think about the airman who can't afford his big screen tv or speed bike.

Don't ask, don't tell.
Normally, I sway to the left nowadays on a lot of issues. This one I cannot see how it would work out where the military would be effective with gays openly serving. Don't get me wrong, I fully support their right to serve if they want. I merely don't see how it would work. You go to war and you are spending a lot of time is close quarters with fellow servicemen. Even if one deploys with a spouse, there is often no leniency for any type of 'relations' to go on under approval. I cannot see how gays, open or not would survive close quarter living conditions with the majority of heterosexual servicemen or women. There are safety concerns first and foremost for both parties which lead to the effectiveness of a squadron to accomplish their mission. There are simply too many factors that complicate this issue to resolve it by merely taking 'Don't ask, don't tell' away. So for the judge in California I say, too soon.

My last gripe and complaint.
Fox news.
I wouldn't complain about it normally because I avoid it as much as possible. Yet when the tv is on at work and it is right above your workstation, and it has to be a news channel during the weekday, the majority of commanders turn on fox news and the majority of people's cognitive abilities are downgraded significantly because of that.