[Cricket]

My heart...

iPhone capture

 

[vdrogers]

Beautiful kid

 

[rsfletcher]

Cute Kid Cricket,

It's funny - my kids are in their 20s now. My daughter is in the Navy and my son is finishing his last year or 2 at University.

When they were young I would occasionally worry about them when they were in school or at friends - just a normal parent thing to do.

Now they have left and are doing their own thing - my spouse and I are empty nesters - it's absolutely WONDERFUL - but I find myself worrying about them more now then ever before - might have something to do with my daughter being in the Navy Lol.

Being a parent is great - congratulations!

 

[Cricket]

That picture is of one of my younger grandkids.

 

[etherea]

Now they have left and are doing their own thing - my spouse and I are empty nesters - it's absolutely WONDERFUL - but I find myself worrying about them more now then ever before.

LOL, so true! When my son was a baby I was asked how I was doing. I said, "I'll be ok when he starts letting me sleep all night." The lady answered, "My son is grown and he still keeps me up at night."
I now fully understand what she meant! :vs_laugh:

 

[div2live]

Kids are great, I raised 3! They all in turn, blessed us with 6 Grandkids....who was it that said, something like this... "Don't be sad when your kids leave home, they will return and there will be more of them"! That is true, and Grandkids are your reward for raising your kids well! Grandkids can do no wrong...love them all! Here are two of our youngest Grandkids....the red hair is from Grandma...:devil:

 

[rsfletcher]

Here's a picture of my daughter taken two years ago at the Halifax Nova Scotia Pier - she's currently deployed, on a frigate, somewhere in the North Atlantic at the moment. She's a tough kid! I'd post one of my son too but I don't have any of him on this machine.

Jeepers the IMG tags didn't seem to work - hence no pictures - I'll try one more time:

 

[Vichris88*]

Here's a picture of my daughter taken two years ago at the Halifax Nova Scotia Pier - she's currently deployed, on a frigate, somewhere in the North Atlantic at the moment. She's a tough kid! I'd post one of my son too but I don't have any of him on this machine.

Jeepers the IMG tags didn't seem to work - hence no pictures - I'll try one more time:

I had to take a double take at your daughters uniform rsfletcher.....she's in the Canadian Navy. You are rightly proud of her. My family is from New Mexico but we have a LOOOONG tradition of family that served in the USN....... :cool2:

My Dad......

sailor by Chris G, on Flickr

Myself and my dad when I was in the Navy....around 1980.....

 

[rsfletcher]

I had to take a double take at your daughters uniform rsfletcher.....she's in the Canadian Navy. You are rightly proud of her. My family is from New Mexico but we have a LOOOONG tradition of family that served in the USN....... :cool2:

My family - Canadian Navy and US Air force. My Uncle served on an Aircraft Carrier and us Fletchers have been living on both sides of the US/Canadian boarder for centuries, (dual citizens) so we have both a Canadian and American Military History of serving.

By the way my daughter was on maneuvers last year in Florida with the US Navy - she said it was a very humbling experience as the number ships and crew for the US Navy was quite impressive.

 

[div2live]

My family - Canadian Navy and US Air force. My Uncle served on an Aircraft Carrier and us Fletchers have been living on both sides of the US/Canadian boarder for centuries, (dual citizens) so we have both a Canadian and American Military History of serving.

By the way my daughter was on maneuvers last year in Florida with the US Navy - she said it was a very humbling experience as the number ships and crew for the US Navy was quite impressive.

You have to be real proud of those young adults....!

 

[Cricket]

Happiness in a cup...

Starbucks Iced Coffee

• No Classic
• Heavy Cream
• Stevia

 

[NSDad126]

Cricket,

I've started to ask for butter on the side when I order coffee. The Tim Hortons workers are totally fine with it.

I just tell them that it is supposed to be good for glucose control.

 

[Chaidragonfire]

Totally random..............totally..............

 

[Vichris88*]

LOL......I think most of us remember the commercial with Mother Nature saying "Its not nice to fool mother nature" but I doubt any of us would have known the product was Chiffon. It sure came as a surprise to me.

 

[Chaidragonfire]

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

I've ALWAYS been the extreme minority, and found it's more fun to be insane, as it scares away the self-righteous and the stupid who think they are wise.

:vs_smirk:

 

[Chaidragonfire]

Daily Ha Ha

 

[Vichris88*]

Cricket,

I've started to ask for butter on the side when I order coffee. The Tim Hortons workers are totally fine with it.

I just tell them that it is supposed to be good for glucose control.

Hmmm...... Fill me in on this. Do you put the butter in the coffee? I put lots of half and half in mine.

 

[div2live]

Hmmm...... Fill me in on this. Do you put the butter in the coffee? I put lots of half and half in mine.

Half and half is higher carb than Heavy Whipping Cream! I use HWC only...

 

[Cricket]

Y'all know that butter doesn't improve diabetes control, right?

Let me explain why many of us put butter in our coffee.

IF YOU LIVE A LCHF/KETO LIFESTYLE, sometimes people have a hard time getting enough fat in throughout the day. By adding butter and/or heavy cream to your coffee, it simply gives you an easy way to add to your fat for the day. If you are NOT eating a LCHF/KETO lifestyle, you really don't need to increase your fat intake.

Just saying...

 

[NSDad126]

in a strange twist of logic, if one can remove butter from heavy whipping cream and end up with a lower fat milk, then I can also approximate heavy whipping cream by adding butter to coffee cream. LOL

its funny but it m8ght even be better considering that the HWC producers add dextrose to their product in my neck of the woods.