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Wednesday’s Hero

Lisa — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:36:42 +0000

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This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Mary Ann

Wednesday Hero was started to put a face to the men and women of the American Armed Forces and what they do for us. Vary rarely has there been a member of a foreign military profiled. In fact, in the two years Wednesday Hero’s been going on it’s only been done once before. Here’s the second.

Lance Corporal Matt Croucher
24 years old from Birmingham, England
40 Commando Royal Marines

L/Cpl Matt Croucher is not only one of the bravest men alive, he’s also one of the luckiest men alive. On the morning of February 9, 2008 L/Cpl. and his unit were searching a compound near Sangin in Afghanistan that was suspected of being used to make bombs to be used in attacks on British and Afghan troops. Walking in the darkness among a group of four men, Croucher stepped into a tripwire that pulled the pin from a boobytrap grenade. His patrol commander, Corporal Adam Lesley, remembered Croucher shouting “Grenade!”

As others dived for cover, Croucher did something nobody expected. He lay down on the grenade to smother the blast. Lesley got on the ground, another man got behind a wall, but the last member of the patrol was still standing in the open when the grenade went off.

“My reaction was, ‘My God this can’t be real’,” said Lesley. “Croucher had simply lain back and used his day sack to blunt the force of the explosion. You would expect nine out of 10 people to die in that situation.” L/Cpl. Croucher was that 1/10. Not only did he survive, amazingly he only suffered shock from the blast and a bloody nose. He was saved by the special plating inside his Osprey body armor. The backpack he was wearing was thrown more than 30ft by the blast.

“I felt one of the lads giving me a top to toe check. My head was ringing. Blood was streaming from my nose. It took 30 seconds before I realized I was definitely not dead,” said L/Cpl. Croucher.

For his actions that day, L/Cpl. Croucher was in line for the Victoria Cross, the highest award for a British Serviceman, but it has yet to be awarded.

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

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My House – The Construction Site

Lisa — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:31:48 +0000

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings - A day in the life of a busy mom . . .
Well, the dumpster got delivered this morning. Tomorrow, Bill and his brothers start demoing the room that is in the basment. They have tear the drywall down and tear the subfloor out. We are suppose to have excellent weather (high of 62). Once that is done, Bill starts on the electric down there. He has to rerun a bunch of stuff, use some splitters, and get rid of all the boxes (I think they are called electrical boxes but I am not sure). Once that gets done, the drainage tile gets put in in the beginning of May. Then we have the drywall and the bathroom that needs to get done.

Well, my plans are to take a picture after they get done tomorrow, so you can see the before and after.

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March

Lisa — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:21:25 +0000

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March is an interesting month in my house. First, Bill and my anniversary from when we first started going out is this month. This year, we will have been together twelve years (we’ll be married 7 years in June). The other event in March is my birthday which is on the 20th of March. I am still young enough that I will tell you all my age — I will be 31 this year. Since I was pregnant last year over my 30th birthday, we didn’t get to go out and celebrate it. I think we got Chili’s-To-Go that night. I know, real exciting. To be honest, I am not sure if we’ll do anything this year either. Going out drinking isn’t as fun when you have to get up with kids early the next morning. My new laptop is my birthday present, so I won’t be getting anything from him. I will be lucky if I get any birthday cards. I am still waiting on my Valentine’s Day cards (which I know he bought and just never gave it to me). I’m not picky at all.

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Postie Carnival

Lisa — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:08:53 +0000

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I apologize that I haven’t had a chance to read the submissions yet. I am in Miami working, and I don’t have the free time I thought I would. Plus, the wifi isn’t working. That being said, here you go: The best posts of the last year –

Skeet presents Secret cove posted at skeet’s stuff.

Lori presents Blogging Tools that Build a Better Blog posted at Blogging with Cents.

Lori presents Get Paid to Blog List posted at Blogging with Cents.

Lori presents How to Raise a Reader posted at A Cowboy’s Wife.

Lori presents GOT BALLS? posted at A Cowboy’s Wife.

Lori presents Cooking Tips Passed Down posted at My Wooden Spoon.

Holly presents Give the gift of a home this holiday posted at Everything and Anything.

Holly presents ABC’s of Fine Design » Blog Archive » Furniture Friday: Resolute Desk posted at ABC’s of Fine Design.

Tina Kubala presents Bathroom Habit posted at The Creative Nerd.

Corrin presents Its a nice day for a white wedding posted at Oh, hey.

Laura presents Laura’s Couponing and Refunding Hints posted at Laura Williams Musings.

Mrs. Mecomber presents Trenton Falls Barnevewld NY posted at New York Traveler.

Mrs. Mecomber presents Smashing Job posted at New York Renovator.

Chivalrybean presents New Education Game Causes Concern posted at The Space Turtle.

Michael@TSM presents Travel Writing Contest! Win $150 Cash Prize | Traveling Stories Magazine posted at Traveling Stories Magazine.

Evelyn Hunter presents But It’s Just a Cemetery, Right? posted at Homespun Honolulu.

Lisa presents A stand Against Bullying posted at My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings.

Hope you enjoy reading!!

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