Well, Roxie has grade 4 hip dysplasia. Basically it means she has no hips. The hip is supposed to be a ball and socket setup. Picture a socket shaped like a teacup. That is what a good socket should look like. Roxie’s is more like a dinner plate. It […]

My father-in-law told us about this site.
Billy & DaNa’s
Apparently they have a lot of pictures of what’s going on in the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi area. Some pictures should have some of the Canadian military personel who are helping out.
Haven’t had a chance to sift through them all to see if we recognize […]

Not needed, Canadian warships head home from hurricane-battered coast
The ships are heading back but the army guys are still there. They are a little annoyed that they aren’t being put to more use but there are a lot of people there to help. That includes many people there to try and make a […]

edmontonsun.com - World - Little need left for Canadian troops
Well, sounds like my father-in-law might be back sooner than everyone originally thought. Nothing wrong with that! It all seems sort of funny though if they do come back after only a couple weeks. That boat trip down took a lot of time […]

It sounds like Pensacola Florida might be the base of operations for the Canadian crew. Not entirely sure if it’s the whole contingent but it sounds like at least the army engineers and construction crews might be. Pensacola is pretty close to the whole area but it would mean trucking in supplies. […]

As of early this week, I started getting hit with a lot more comment and trackback spam than I ever had before. I guess it’s sort of a right of passage. It wasn’t overly bad, it just meant I had to delete about 50 spam a day from my moderation queue.
Then […]