From Sea To Shining Sea

O beautiful for spacious skies,














For amber waves of grain,













For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!










America! America! God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!


















O beautiful for pilgrim feet

















Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!













O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.










Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!











America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream










That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!










America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

Thank You To Our WWII Vets! And Uncle Junior I LOVE You!

You are never forgotten .....
You are the greatest generation!

As I ran my hand over the words Normandy, Battle of The Bulge, and the other battles of Europe .....
My thoughts went back to an uncle who loved me with all he had but who I was afraid of when he drank ... He drank because he couldn't let go of the ghosts who haunted him daily from the war.... he went over there whole and came back shattered! He would see 'em comin' over the ridge sometimes and it would frighten me because I could not see them and I could see past all the pain in his eyes ... I couldn't the man who served his country through the nightmare of war.... who held friendlies as well as enemies in his arms tried to save them and watched many tooo many die despite his best efforts...

We are losing our WWII vets everyday at an alarming rate.... these young men who were in their 20s in the 1940s are now in their 80s today.... Please take the time to honor them, thank them.... They saved the world from terror and tyranny! And God Bless them all!

This Sites Persons Of The Year EVERY Year

Times Magazine's Person Of The Year 2003

A Day At Arlington

They shall grow not old As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them . . Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, And in the morning, We will remember them!-- Lawrence Binyon

"War drew us from our homeland In the sunlit springtime of our youth. Those who did not come back alive remain in perpetual springtime -- forever young -- And a part of them is with us always."-- Author Unknown

I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith. -- Timothy 2:4:7















I spent Thursday July the 27th at Arlington among the silent white rows of stone that mark what freedom really and what the cost of freedom is exactly... rows upon rows of American sons and daughters who gave all so their nation might live so I might live in freedom.... I watched as yet another and then another American son or daughter was laid to rest on that hot hazy summer afternoon .... I walked to the memorial for the victims of the pentagon who died in terrorist acts on September 11, 2001... I told my old aquaintance DD goodbye... he died along with his childhood friend Joe... DD at his desk in the Pentagon and Joe on the flight that slammed into the building that horrific day! Then I made my way from DD and Joe to the tomb of the unknown and then eventually around to the graves of JFK and Bobby.... No freedom is not free not by any means.... May God have mercy on their souls as well as ours... God bless their families, our families and our Country!

No greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his friends!

Are You Ready For.....

Some football!!!!! Are you ready for a BULLDOG Party!!!!!!
Well this is ole Tracye and I'm ready to get some football started!!!!!!
We got some Little Dooeys and some RC on ice and all the Bulldog Nation is coming to Starkville tonight!
Well it's Thursday night and we're ready to rock!
Time to get all the hits, the bangs and the blocks.
It's the game of the week that's comin' your way.
The Cocks and the DAWGS are ready to play.
We gotta get ready, we gotta get right
Cause ESPN Game Night Football kicks off tonight!
So get ready.
I mean, get ready.
Are you ready for some football?! A Thursday night party!
We've got Sly and Hank and Jack.
They're gonna get it kick started.
The ESPN GameDay crew's all set. The crowd is psyched.
Cause all the rowdy DAWGS are back on Thursday Night!

We Thought We Would Need An Ark!

And we were getting ready to start getting two of all animals but couldn't find a female BASENJI (LOL)!

We got around 4 inches of rain in 2 hours and we had some urban flooding one of the streets coming into our neighborhood was flooded! We got stranded in Home Depot due to really violent lighting and torential downpours!

It was unreal! Two people died due to the storms here in Warren County and many were without power!

We are drying out and really appreciative of cooler temps and reduced humidity today! I guess the storms were mother nature's way of letting off some steam!

Meet Miss Mississippi 2006

Miss Byram/Tri-County takes Miss Miss crown
By Elizabeth Grey www.vicksburgpost.com
[7/23/06]

Miss Byram/Tri-County Taryn Foshee worked for four years to get her gold at the end of the rainbow, and she did it Saturday night when she was crowned Miss Mississippi 2006.“This crown feels as light as a feather,” said the 21-year-old Mississippi State University student from Clinton. “It feels wonderful.”As she walked the runway at the Vicksburg Convention Center to the classic ballad “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” made popular by Dorothy in the original “Wizard of Oz,” Foshee smiled and waved as her eyes filled with tears.“I'm completely overwhelmed, but I've worked so hard for this,” she said. “I'm going to continue to work hard because it's time for America to take notice of Mississippi again.”Her competitors agreed this was Foshee's year to win the crown, here in Vicksburg, and at the Miss America pageant in Los Angeles in September.“She was my roommate this week,” said Miss William Carey College Lacey Cofield, who was named first alternate. “We were both packing up our things earlier, and I joked with her that she didn't need to because she was going to have to stay,” said Cofield, who was competing for the second time.Miss University Tara Tutor, who was named second alternate, has been competing alongside Foshee since the 2002 pageant. Tutor placed in the Top 10 in 2004.“I'm so excited for her. She will be a great Miss Mississippi,” Tutor said. Foshee was crowned by Miss Mississippi 2005 Kristian Dambrino. “I knew this was the year for her,” Dambrino said. “She had all areas of competition and had worked so hard. She'll be wonderful.”Rounding out the rest of the Top Five were Miss Dixieland Amanda-Paige Whittington, third alternate; and Miss Hattiesburg Rachael Shannon, fourth.Whittington and Shannon, both competing for the second time this year, won swimsuit preliminaries earlier in the week.Other contestants named to the Top 10, who were selected based on preliminary scores, were Miss Northridge Anna Tadlock, Miss Itawamba Community College Corie Philece Stanford, Miss Meridian Ashley Buckman, Miss Historic Crossroads Jessica Sparks and Miss Madison the City Lindsey Cacamo. Each receives a $2,000 scholarship.The contestants were judged 30 percent on preliminary scores, then 30 percent on talent, 20 percent on evening wear and 20 percent on swimwear in Saturday's final competition.After the 95,383 message votes were counted, Miss Grenada County Lauren Vance was awarded the second annual $2,500 Cellular South Viewer's Choice Scholarship.Foshee will remain in Vicksburg for a monthlong preparation period with judges and pageant officials before heading to the Miss America contest.All 2,000 seats at the Vicksburg Convention Center were filled for Saturday's show, and few seats were empty for all three preliminary competitions Wednesday through Friday.Foshee, who placed as second alternate as Miss Clinton last year, will receive a $15,000 scholarship in addition to the $300 she received Thursday for winning a preliminary talent competition with her piano performance of Liberace's “El Cumbanchero.”She is the daughter of Jim and Kathleen Foshee of Clinton and is studying public relations at MSU.Forty-three women ages 17 to 24 competed in this year's pageant, now in its 71st year. This was Vicksburg's 49th year as its host city. More than $722,500 in scholarships was awarded to the contestants this year.

Helping Our Troops

http://www.operationtroopappreciation.com/

http://www.webofsupport.com/

http://operation-helmet.org/

http://www.capecod4thetroops.com/

These are wonderful websites that support our troops in Iraq and around the world

Please help and give all you can!

These young men and women are giving all that they have for us!

OH BOY!

Have you ever had one of these days ????????

Keep On Smiling by Louis Armstrong

When you're smilin'....keep on smilin
'The whole world smiles with you
The sun comes shinin' through
And when you're laughin'....keep on laughin
'But when you're cryin'.... you bring on the rain
So stop your frownin'....be happy again
The whole world smiles with you
Cause when you're smilin'....keep on smilin
'The whole world smiles with you
Oh when you're smilin'....keep on smilin'
Ah when you're laughin'....keep on laughin'
The sun comes shinin' through
Now when you're cryin'.... you bring on the rain
Cause when you're smilin'....just keep on smilin'
So stop that sighin'....be happy again
And the whole world gonna smile with
The great big world will smile with
The whole wide world will smile with you

HE is here always!

Straight From Todays headlines:

War between US and Iraq
War between Isreal and Hezbolah
Tsunami again
Heat Wave Grips The Nation
Iran and Korea and Nukes
Taliban retakes towns
and that is just the tip of the bad news iceberg
But

God is here and he is in control! Never lose sight of that!

Be bold be strong for the Lord your God is with you!

He is in the smile of a friend, the gurgled laughter of a baby, the cooing of doves in late afterno0n, the beauty of a sunset... the cool breeze on your temple, the wagging tail of your best friend, the purr of a cat... He has given us family to love us, friends to support us, pets to cheer us... He is with us always even to the end of the age!

It's That Time Of Year Again

Vicksburg is host to 52 talented beautiful women who are vying to be the next Miss Mississippi!
Good Luck Miss MSU!
You go girl!

Some Days You Gotta Dance

It was about five 'til five on Friday
We were all getting ready to go And the boss man started screaming
And his veins began to show
He said you and you come with me
'Cause you're gonna have to stay
My heart was thumping I was jumping
I had to get away
Some days you gotta dance
Live it up when you get the chance
'Cause when the world doesn't make no sense
And you're feeling just a little to tense
Gotta loosen up those chains and dance
Well I was talking with my baby
Over a small glass of tea
He asked the loaded question
He said how do you feel about me
My mind was racin' I was pacin'
But the words just wouldn't come
And there was only one thing
Left to do I feel it commin' on
Some days you gotta dance
Live it up when you get the chance
'Cause when the world doesn't make no sense
And you're feeling just a little to tense
Gotta loosen up those chains and dance a ha
Some days you gotta dance
Live it up when you get the chance
'Cause when the world doesn't make no sense
And you're feeling just a little to tense
Gotta loosen up those chains and dance
You gotta loosen up those chains and dance
Come on and loosen up those chains and dance

Where Is The Love??????????

as sung by the Black Eyed Peas

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irrate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love
It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With on goin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin'in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love.....
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead in spreading love we spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)

IMAGES OF BASENJI LOVE! UNCONDITIONAL, UNFATHOMABLE, UNDENIBAL, UNENDING.....

TRUE BLUE LOVE!!!!!!

Thanks to ....

http://basenji-klub.de/Rainbows/homepage/topringe.htm

UNWRITTEN! by Natasha Bedingfield

I am unwritten,
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Oh, oh, oh
I break tradition
Sometimes my tries
Are outside the lines
We've been conditioned
To not make mistakes
But I can't live that way
oh, oh
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live you life with arms wide open
Today is where you book begins
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
(YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!)