This Sunday,  November 14, 2010 at 10 a.m. EST (9 a.m. Central) you can hear a recorded interview I had with KRJM's own Kurt Philion. Kurt is the leader behind a great organization called "Philco's Freedom Team" and Kurt also has a wealth of information about our great troops and how we can continue to love and suport them.  I had the honor of speaking with Kurt for about 20 minutes last week about Faith and her role in the military.

As we enter this 2010 Veteran's Day week, I want to share how much I love being connected with you, the veterans and active duty soldiers, and their friends and family members. I truly am so very proud to be a blue star mom, and I thank God every day not only for my own personal hero (and son) Spec. Reuben Stringfellow, but also for you, the soldiers who have been with my son in body and spirit as you defend our great nation. I am also very proud of our Canadian friends and soldiers, who have served right beside us and have been in our hearts and prayers for many many years. Have a blessed Veteran's Day and know that you are prayed for.

I hope you have the chance to hear the interview, we will be posting it soon on this web site in case you do miss it.

The show can be heard at 10 a.m. EST on Sunday, November 14, 2010 on GOLD 101.5 FM in Mahnomen, MN. or at the radio station website  www.krjmradio.com 

You can see Kurt's GREAT site "Philco's Freedom Team" at www.philcofreedomteam.net  PLEASE stop by and check it out.  You can add them on Facebook too.

Faith goes to Bank of Oklahoma in Edmond, OK with Pops

Pop and G'Ma came down to help Reuben move back to OKC - and that's sis Laura with Reuben in the beginning of the video.

Faith loves her new kitten!  We adopted little Buble (named after the great jazz singer Michael Buble) just last week when it was discovered that he was going to be put down for being - - can you believe it -- unadoptable!  Buble is 6 weeks old, and was found as a stray in our city; which has a great shelter.  The shelter however has overcrowding and they deem animals unfit for adoption when they have birth defects to make room for the more, shall we say, standard animal.  Buble is blind in his right eye.  It probably happened as he was coming down  the birth canal.  His mother was a ferrel cat, so there's no telling what the situation may or may not be. He falls under the category of being unadoptable and therefore he was on death row. 

Because we foster a lot of animals and have a great rapport with the shelter, the manager was willing to overlook a rule or two and allow us to foster Buble for a little while and then adopt him properly after our family was found to be a home wherein he could expect to thrive.  Being unadoptable never stopped Buble! 

From the second he came home he decided he was going to be the new ruler of the house - - well, cats do that. He began with Faith of course, as she is the Queen, and believe me, she is 100% smitten.  They are best of friends.  The bed is no longer lonely for Faith, who has been sleeping under it by herself lately since the other dogs have decided to be on top of the bed.  Now she has a buddy to play with and playing all day is on both of their agendas.  Buble thinks the world of Faith, and she's excited he's a part of her life too.  When I explained to Buble that Faith was famous he didn't seem to care one bit -- not one to be star struck I suppose.  She looks and smells like a good friend to him, and that's all that matters.  Buble even shares his food with Faith from time to time.  We gave him June 1 for a birthday; he's already making plans to celebrate. (Cats do that too)

Reuben and Reuben will be together soon, as my son comes home to stay January 1, 2010.  He and his Grandpa Reuben are very close and it will be the best present the whole family can enjoy. This saves me so much money on gift giving this year - thank you Reuben, I appreciate your sacrafice! LOL.  Reuben has been in the snow and ice of Ft. Wainwright, Alaska since he left Iraq in early September. He claims the Army doesn't work him very hard knowing he'll be leaving, but he has been doing daily PT and formations and going to seminars and debriefing.  He told me the name for it, but you know - - I just say "OK son!" and go on.  He talks faster than I do, and if you've ever heard me speak you'd think that was impossible.  Reuben will be coming home and attending the University of Central Oklahoma where he will try out for the football team. If he makes it, and I think he will, he will probably NOT be a defensive end like he was in high school. At 6'2" and 200 he's more in the receiver/safety range build-wise.  His Army discipline will thrill the coaches and his charm and smile will thrill the girls. So, it's a win-win!  Looking forward to the boy coming home. While in Alaska these past few months he's bought himself a new truck and a big screen TV, so the Army gets to bring that to him - - besides a place to crash with POP - - what more can a boy ask? (Don't ask, he'll be asking I'm sure.)  Did I tell you he wants a PIG for a pet? That's Reuben! You can take the Red Neck out of the country and make him fight a war, but you can't take the Red Neck out of the boy....wow...and to think, I gave birth! LOL

Laura Cakes (as we call her) has been working for MY favorite joint -  STARBUCKS!!  YES, Mama gets free coffee and that's all that really matters. Caity worked there for just a second or two, but found that working for herself was more profitable and enjoyable.  Laura takes orders much better than the little one, and she's great at customer service. Reality set in just a bit when her friends came in and saw her working and she couldn't sit with them, but she reailzed she could do more, she served them! She helped them, and that made her feel better. The thing about Laura is; she's very clever, witty, charming, and even cunning at times - - but she keeps it under wraps too often. She has been writing (secretly at night) and I've read a lot of what she's writing. She's into the fantasy fiction side of literature and she's good at it. If she erases or doesn't save her work again I'm going to beam her upside the head, but other than that - - Oh, and she's still singing, she's the singing barista with the Hello Kitty bows in her hair. You don't see them in this photo, but she wears them and braids her long red hair to be more childlike for the younger customers who come in regularly and ask her to sing to them.  She may turn out to be the most famous singing barista in Ardmore, OK...wait, she is!! YEA!!!  Now, if we could just get a record label mogul to go into the store on her shift!! When Reuben comes back Laura and he will be getting a place in Edmond, OK and saying GOOD BYE to their little baby sister - - for a little while.

Well, she's back to having her white hair again. I know since the last time I updated this she was brown, red, black, and white again.  She's going to lose all of her hair one day and that won't bother Caity. She'll be just as pretty without hair.  She amazes me in that sense. Actually, she's up to something -- she has created a new radio talk blog and it will be streamlined with live video. It's called "Up Late with Laura and Cait" so it needs to be perfected fast before Laura moves off to Edmond. I think they'll use dual cams when Laura moves. You can't have Laura and Cait without Laura, right?  So, besides coming up with radio shows topics, designing the logos, location, website, and such Caity is also making bracelets and jewelry. She's looking forward to the day I get my money from the book proposal so I can move her and her ideas to California where she can be seen and heard properly.  She's a bit of a show off and that's the best place for her.  Saying good bye won't be hard for her, she's one of the best survivors in the world. I hope she remembers the little things like taking a toothbrush and wearing socks when it's cold.  What am I saying, she'll be so busy and so wrapped in work and play I'll have to be the one checking up on her, she won't call!  She is a bit like someone else I know -- wait, that would be me. God knew what He was doing when He made this one. But at this point, I think He should lose the mold.

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