Department of Vetrans Affairs... HAHAHAHA

Slight rant if anyone things the Department of Vetrans Affiars is the greatest you might not want to read any further!
Ok so where to start... i see thsi from 2 sides adn neither are pleasant.. fromt eh side of a military member CURRENTLY servicign the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.. And a retired Member who now after laying his life on teh line needs assistance from teh country whom he WILLINGLY vowed to defend...
The servies seems to want all that you ahve and are for nothign in return. They pay our men mere pennies on teh dollar to leave home and family to go to foriegn lands to be shot at, blown up, spit upon and called pigs, or to spend montsh under water with out seeing the sun or smelling fresh air.. The same jobs done by civilans are for twice the amount, with regular work breaks, adn great vacationadn retirement packages plus most are union... oh sorry our service men loose their vacation time If they happen to not be allowed by their commands to take those much needed vacations! and once they are finished with their time in teh military they are discarded like trash no longer needed or wanted.. when later in life the effects of what they have been through shoes up they need the help of that SAME government that asked them to GIVE THEIR ALL, welll then the tune changes... they have to fill out paper work after papare work and wait months on end to jsut find out they didnt fill it out right or that it isnt enough for the VA office. Some of our Vietnam vets are require to have incedent report numbers names and contact information from teh peopel that were around them when they were getting blown up and shot at... hell these men were worried about not loosing their lives not about getting the name and ranks fo the men who were dying aroudn them ... now they are treated liek liars and theives jstu trying to get enough money to live, since their lives have now been forever changed by war. My father who was directrly under several hundred agent orange drops has suffered from Horrible high blood pressure depressionand now a ceribrial brain hemorage cause by that high blood pressure which teh Va says he doesn thave... he was a once vibrant man who always provide for his family even though he suffered inside fromteh horrors that he had to face.. now he is a mere shell of himself, his emotions effected by the stroke, his eye sight lsot on one eye... he is unable to walk with out assitance of another person or crutches.. both his kness need to eb replaced.. he can no longer ever provide for his wife and himself adn what does the va tell him... you arent disabled adn there is not enough documentation that thsi is caused by thsi so called high blood pressure adn that there isnt enough proof that his knee (which was broken in boot camp we hav epicutres to prove it) was c uased there. not to mention the Post tramatic stress disorder that RE-surfaced after teh brain hemorage... i mean what kind of gervernment does this to the men who fight to keep it free .... what ever happen to taking care of ones own? Dotn get me wrong I LOVE THSI COUNTRY and woudl never wanna live anywehre else but i really think that it is time that the whole country knew the plight of our vetrans adn our current fighting men! Then maybe they wouldnt be treated liek dirty socks... It makes me sad to knwo that these brave men are living on the streets adn strugglign to make the Choice power of food this month. What else can be done where do i turn to get help for my father and those many others who are fighting this never ending battle with teh VA?

4 Years

4 years have come and gone since that day that i went to the hospital with Kim to have my insides rearranged... Doesn't seem like that much time has passed guess time flies when your having fun! 135lbs of me gone with that time... very grateful that this opportunity was placed in front of me and that everything worked out and i was able to succeed.. and i can say that i have succeeded... i have kept the weight off... I am enjoying my new self, my new energy, my new love of outdoors, My new independence now that the old health problems are gone! What a Joyful day to say Thank you for all that i have and enjoy!

Happy Birthday to ME!

Well i got my birthday present a little early thanks to my beloved hubby! Met Trixie Belle she is a Solamon Island Eclectus Parrot... She is about 4-5 months old... I have wanted one of these birds for YEARS (13)! Since the first time i walked into a pets store here in hawaii adn saw a beautiful girl sitting on a perch greeting customers... She is a hoot! These birds are a lot different than normal parrots.. First i have to cook for her... seh eats almsot what we do! She loves oatmeal... and tey are a lot quieter... mind you seh can shreik... but not usually... I have fallen in love once again! she loves to snuggle with me too.... and gives kisses... I just hope that i can be a good parrot mommy... adn that she stays this good as seh gets older... seh will live for 30-60 years... so i have a 2 year old for for 30 years... woo hooo.... great present for my 35th birthday... wow i am old!

Baketball hoops

Ok my husband said a whiel back that i was destined to be te grouchy cat lady that lives on teh corner and shouts at children who walk on her grass... well you know just maybe i am but there are certain things that drive me NUTS.... And one of those things are basketball hoops... i understand that it is good exercise but you knwo that is why our housing has courts established for you to play in. We share a VERY SMALL alleyway with 12 other families... we live in CLOSE quarters...last night while i was cooking dinner i heard teh neighbor banging adn make a horrible racket if figured he was putting together a new grill or something so i went about my business...but yeah NO he was putting together a huge basket ball hoop which he put in teh alleyway next to his garage.... sighs now all the older kids are ognna kick out the smaller ones to play ball... adn they will fight over who was allowed to play onhis hoop... adn whose ball it is... OH adn then there is the minor annoyance that the hoop sis right outside my BEDROOM window... adn he played ball at 11pm last night.. luckily i was out cold or i woudl ahve called security to report the breech in our quiet curfew... which i guess makes me the crazy cat lady.... but heck RESPECT your neihgbors... what if that had been a babies room adn you woke the baby at 11pm at night with what sounded like a a hammer on the wall... shakes head and goes to love my cats...

eye appointments from heck

So i called adn got the kids their annual eye appointments... easy got them in teh next day! it was great... get there sign in they take the kdis do their first set of tests.... then we sit and wait for the doc... adn wait and wait adn wait somemore... they finally called us back at 2:15 mind you our apt was at 1:30...ok fine so i take jake first.... and they test him and test him and test him and test him .... at 3:10 he is finished.... adn I have to take him back to be dialted adn DO IT AGAIN!... so i take lily back and send jake home with jaum... they test lily she is a wiggle worm cause seh has been sitting there for a long time and her daddy gave her CHOCOLATE before she went it... and at 4pm.... they tell me ohhhh you will have to bring lily back also to have her eyes dialated too....ack.... i am fed way up by this point so i get lily make their next appointments which they cant get us in until the 18th of august...sighs... i get hom e adn teh neighbor parked in a werid spot so i coudl barely get my car into teh garage.. had to crawl otu the passenger side of the van to get out... i was about to explode.... but gotta love military medicine.... as someone says to me... well its free... you shoudl be grateful.... i about came unglued.. free..... ummmm yeahhhh NO and that is all that si covered is the exam we have to pay for the frames and lens... adn ummmm my husband putshis life on teh line to get us that "free" insurance..... i jstu had to breath deep and smile... or i woudl ahve probably been a headline inthe morning newspaper....

Old age is stalkin me!

so yeah as i approach yet another birthday i think that old age is sneakin up on me... not that mymind feels old or that i consider myself old but things are starting to happen to me.... every joint in my body aches... i have good days where i dance aroudn teh house doign everything very easily adn then there are the days when i open my eyes and think how am i gonna get this old tired body out of bed... muscles rebel against every action... back screams.. there are days i feel every joint my body has... i didnt even knwo i had joints in some of these places... adn tey ache so bad i pray for relief... i cant imagine what it iwll eb liek in 20 years....gonna get doc to check me out to make sure its not something besides my "golden years" sneakin up on me! HA

the party

The Cake The pinata
the presents
he had a good party... with our friends....adn he is an old boy now!!