Posts Tagged ‘london’
What’s on your do to list?
What’s on your honey to do list that never seems to get done? I know I’ve got a ton of stuff. Here’s a short list of mine:
1. Clean and organize my attic. This area seems to get worse and worse and even more cluttered.
2. Clean and organize the junk room in my basement. When we redid the basement 2 yrs ago, we threw everything in that room. Well, it’s still there!!!!
3. The house getting a good cleaning. I always say I’m going to hire somebody to do this and I never do. And I don’t do it either. :) My house gets weekly cleanings but I want somebody to clean the top of the fridge and all the stuff I hate doing!
4. Landscaping in the yard. I’ve started this but man it’s a lot of work. I have a feeling that most of my plans aren’t going to get done, but hey, they look great in my mind!
5. Painting my fence. It looks pretty bad and nobody wants to do it!
That’s my list! What’s yours? Let me know here or on Twitter Moms!
I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms and ServiceLive blogging program to be eligible to receive $100 in ServiceLive Bucks. For more information on how you can participate, click here.
3 Comments »
A Day Off But We’re Still Working
Bill has today off. Woohoo! I got to sleep in till 9 (which any parent knows is super late since Will got up at 5 am which is slightly better than the 4 am yesterday). I got to dream about flats to rent in Leeds and whatever else fit my fancy. (I don’t really remember my dreams, so who knows what I really dream about. The only one I still remember was not a flat rental in Leeds — I dreamt I had miscarriage when I was pregnant with Will. To this day, it still freaks me out).
Whoops, a little off topic there. LOL. Seriously though, Bill got it in his head that we are cleaning the house today. All of it. Every single room. He’s been in the kitchen for about an hour or so now cleaning (though there’s no way it would have taken me that long but whatever). He still hasn’t mopped though I do think he’s swept. I am suppose to be cleaning (shhhhh that I’m doing this instead). We thinks we should have a little get together tomorrow for the 4th even though it’s suppose to pour. So needless to say, I’ll probably not be here much longer because I have a living room to clean.
How are you spending your 4th?
2 Comments »
Wednesday Hero’s
This Weeks Soldier Was Suggested By Sunny Kay
68 years old from New York City, New York
16th Air Assault Brigade, Parachute Regiment (England)
Platoon Leader of 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) (U.S.)
September 11, 2001
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 here.
4 Comments »
5 Days Left 