Anyhoo… a GOOD time was had by all, way too much food consumed, and plenty of quiet conversation to catch up… I wish each of you a Happy New Year, and hope that 2011 is better for you and yours!!!
I did meet an interesting couple at the airport, he was 94 and she was 92, and they’d been married 63 years; and were still VERY spry!
He saw my Navy bag tag, and his first question was whether the Navy still stood in line for everything, and he laughed when I told him yes, nothing had changed… He was proud of the fact that he’d never had a DC tour, and spent all his years in the Fleet as a “real” sailor.
He went in in 1939 as an E-2 Signalman, retired in 1959 as an O-6 and was a Destroyerman… He was in Task Force 58 during the major battles, under both RADMs Halsey and Mitscher. He later commanded a Destroyer at Inchon in Korea.
I would have loved to sit and get him to talk about those days for the archives, but he and his wife were on their way back to Florida, as he had a tee time Thursday morning with his regular foursome 🙂
I just hope I’m doing HALF that well at that age 🙂
Sounds like you had a great Christmas NFO! Thanks for the pics. Sounds like an amazing couple you met.
Your tree looks like mine did last year! I did succumb to the comments and got a real tree this year.
Not a big fan of the breed, but I gotta admit, that’s one pretty dog. 🙂 The Christmas tree on the other hand….hehehe (couldn’t resist).
Glad you had a good break & an enjoyable trip. Family rocks!!
Keads- I REFUSE to succumb… 🙂
Snigs- That they do! Hey, you do Christmas YOUR way, I’ll do mine LOL.
The Rott seemed to get you trained quickly. Almost always good to see grandkids. Glad you had a safe trip.
Think I have a tree like that in storage. That is where it stayed.
My FIL is 94 and signed up at 18 and one of his cruises was on the USS Constitution.
The photos he has and stories are priceless.
He was a guest on her a few years back for her birthday and was presented a bunch of bling, including a photo of himself manning the rigging.
Sounds like you had a great Christmas.
We did also.
Happy New Year.
We need to take the Senate and the Big Boy Chair aka The Presidency in 2012
ah cute dog 🙂
glad to hear that you had fun with the family.
WSF- Yeah he did 🙂
Skip- You need to get him to do an oral history for the Naval Archives! And thank him for his service too!
Fuzzy- I did 🙂
Julie- thanks!
Oh I got one like that only it is about 6 inches bigger!! The tree! the tree!
Glad you got some time with the little guy. Mine are the love of my life after mama-san of course.
Have a happy New Year also!!
Kick the tires and start the fires!
Ev- Thanks, and have a Happy New Year!