Another birfday at our house! (TT#32)

HAPPEE BIRFDAY TO OUR MAN IN GREEN!!!

A Birfday edition of Thursday Thirteen in honor of our Man in Green:

1. He's 29 squillion years old now.

2. He has 2 older brothers. both of them have woofies.

3. He has been in the army since September, 1999.

4. He goes to online college right now.

5. He's fury smart.

6. He likes fishies, and shrimps and other stuff that lives in the ocean. to eat!

7. His metal monster is blue.

8. His full time hunting job is with the Army. So, he wears his green every day!

9. He thinks it's weird that The Mom helps us blog.

10. He lets us sleep in the big bed with him.

11. He and The Mom have been together for over 6 years now (and married over 5).

12. He likes us.

13. He's the best Man in Green EVER!!

HAPPEE BIRFDAY MAN IN GREEN!

(Taken in Egypt-9/2005)

A snake in our house!

We had a snake in our house yesterday-2 times!
Thursday night, mom heard water running down in the basement. When she looked, there was water coming out of the sink (and it was full!) and water out of the drain! It was almost a swimming pool! Since the Man in Green is gone, she tried to fix it herself. It didn't work. So, she called some man named Jerry from Roto Rooter to come look at it.

He came and looked at it and used a big metal snake down the drain! It ate away some yucky stuff but then some black yucky stuff came up the floor. But, he got it fixed and told mom it was all better. So, she ran her dishwasher then did some laundry. Well....Jerry must not have fixed it enough because when she went to put the wet stuff in the drying machine, there was water all over the floor again. Jerry came back again yesterday. She ran the dishwasher and so far, so good. Hasn't tried the laundry machine yet. Dazey tried to snoopervise both times but was scared of the snake.

GOOD NEWS!: Our Man in Green is coming home a whole day early from Texas! They gotted all their work done so he is coming home TONIGHT! YAY!

Going away

Our Man in Green leaves tomorrow to go to Texas. All the army stuff came there on a big boat from Irak so he and 3 other guys have to go down and sort it all out. Then they will put in on a big truck to come home here to Iowah. He will be gone until after suppertime on Sunday. We'll miss him. He's a good bed warmer upper and it's getting cold here.

(we'll probably be bad while he's gone......hehehe)

Worldess Wednesday!!!!

HOME!

Our Man in Green is HOME!

Thursday Thirteen #21

Our Man in Green will be home for GOOD tomorrow night! 13 things we will do to him when he gets home (much like when he came home in July)

1. Ignore him for a few minutes
2. Sniff his stuff and jump into his bag.
3. Sniff his boots when he takes them off.
4. Sniff him.
5. Purr to be petted.
6. Follow him everywhere.
7. Rub against his legs.
8. Jump up in the big bed to snuggle at 2 AM.
9. Wake him up with a paw on the mouth to tell him we are hungry at 3:06 AM.
10. Lick him on the mouth (Conner's favorite thing).
11. Get scritches!
12. Purr some more.
13. Give him lots and lots and lots and lots of LOVES!

We hope to be back posting and visiting regulary next week sometime. Mom says we have to take time to be with the Man in Green.

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY!

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY! We have waited a long long time for our Man in Green to come home for good! Mom says it's only 27 hours away now (6 pm 9/13/07) until he comes back home! They have to have a ceremony then they can see their families! Mom says we can't go. That's ok though, there would be to many people there.

Another article from the Boone Paper today:

After spending one year and nine months away from home, about 50 Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers will be returning to Boone Thursday, September 13, at the Des Moines Area Community College gymnasium, Boone campus, 1125, Hancock Drive, where a community homecoming ceremony will take place.
The members of Co. C, 2nd Battalion, 147th Aviation have been at Ft. Hood, Texas for the past few days, according to Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood, Iowa National Guard Public Affairs Officer."The soldiers will arrive at the DMACC campus and we will bring them right into the gymnasium and have a ceremony," he said. "The ceremony will last about 20 minutes. There will be some dignitaries there that will welcome them and some speakers, and then we will release them to their families just as soon as possible.
"The soldiers were mobilized in January 2006 and departed Iowa for their mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas in April 2006. Following additional training, the troop deployed to Iraq and the Central Command (CENTCOM) theater of operations in support of the global war on terrorism in September 2006, according to an Iowa National Guard press release.Based in Boone, Company C flies and maintains UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.
While in Iraq, the unit provided air movement support of personnel and equipment, conducted air assault operations, executed emergency casualty evacuation and performed combat search and rescue operations and humanitarian relief missions.This unit was previously deployed during Operation Desert Shield/Storm, and participated in Operation Bright Star in Egypt.Hapgood said the public is, "welcome and encouraged to attend this homecoming ceremony."

Mancat Monday and other news

*This is me, being a big brave Lion at the V-E-T a few months back*

To any and all that has asked, Yes, once our MIG is home, they are home for good! After nearly 18 months, this is great! Hooray!

They are currently doing briefings and medical outprocessing in Texas. He told our mom that it is very boring and he's ready to hitchhike to get home!

It will be a very busy week here at our house. Lots of things to get finished, cleaned and ready for the MIG's homecoming. We know you will forgive us if we don't visit and/or comment much this week. We have to get in tip-top snuggle condition to welcome our Man in Green home in true Cyclone Cat fashion!

Back in the US!

Our Man in Green is somewhere flying over the USA! He sent our mom a text message on her phone this morning at 430 (our time) and he was in Maine! She tried to call him but they musta be in the air when she did! HOORAY! HOORAY!

UPDATE! 9:30 AM CST-They are in Texas!

almost wordless on Wednesday

**Our Man in Green's entire unit is now in Kuwait. We are (im)patiently waiting to know when they will be back to the US. Tentative homecoming ceremony is sometime next week. We all are so very excited!**

**Our Little Monkey (AKA 2-legged kitten) is 14 months old today!**

more rain

last night. It rained and boomed. There were flashy lights. A really loud noise was wailing outside. It was very windy. Mom says we were in a tornado watch. And there was a confirmed tornado in the county to the west of us. Mom took some pictures so hopefully, she will upload them for us later if she has time.

In other news, our Man in Green should be leaving Iraq today! They have to spend time in Quwate Kuwait for a few days. Then they will fly to the USA! And be in Texas for a little while. Then home to us here in IOWAH!

when it rains it pours

We bet you'll never guess what happened here today! Yup.................MORE RAIN! Our gramma got 4 1/2 inches overnight! Add that to the 12" they already had. It's just not good. In gramma's town, they had to evacuate a nursing home.

Luckily, we've had no more water in our basement.

We think we are going to build an ark. Victor and Bonnie, do you want to come?

"The National Weather Service says more precipitation is on the way, forecasting heavy rain through Friday for most of northern and central Iowa. The entire northern half of the state remains under flash flood watches.The Weather Service predicts general rainfall totals of from two to four inches in the next 24 hours, with some areas receiving as much as five to seven inches. That would come on top of rainfall totals that have reached ten to 12 inches in parts of northern Iowa.

In Humboldt, residents of a senior care center were evacuated without injury or incident. The town's mayor, Steve Samuels, said that the community has received 14 inches of rain since Friday and that "the ground is just saturated."article about the care center evacuation
(this is gramma's town)
Des Moines Register article

It is thunder booming and flashy lights right now.

Our mom just got off the phone with the Man in Green. Very soon, he'll be leaving Irak to go to Quwate Kuwait. Then he'll go to Texas. Then he will be home! All in about 3 weeks! HOORAY!

Thursday Thirteen #21

Our Man in Green is scheduled home for good in around 4 weeks! That makes us very happy, but makes our Mom that Lives Here crazy! She is making a huge long list of things she needs to do before he comes home. Here are some of them...

1. Have a big sucky machine with water come to get the carpets wet.
2. Clean the fans that go round and round (who sees upthere anyway?)
3. Wash windows.
4. Clean 2 bathrooms.
5. Dust everything. That means move our hair from stuff.
6. Get her new window blinds and valances up.
7. Finish painting in the living room.
8. Paint the kitchen.
9. Clean the 2-legged kitten's room.
10. Put some of the 2-legged kittens toys (ie. swing) away.
11. Catch up on all her filing of the important papers.
12. Get her haircut and her toes painted. We wonder why she doesn't get mannycures like Skeezix?
13. Hang yellow ribbons on the trees and get a USA Flag to hang up proudly.

PS-We are trying to get around to everybody's blogs. Some days, we read a lot and dont' leave a lot of comments. We are trying to get caught up on that though! So, don't worry...we'll visit AND leave a comment soon!

sad

We are all sad at our house tonight. Our Man in Green leaves to head back to Irak tomorrow. His airplane leaves at 5:50 AM. The Mom that Lives Here, the 2-legged kitten and him have to leave super-duper early to get the airport place on time (about an hour away). The Mom is happy that she and the 2-legged kitten can follow him to his gate and wait with him (only cuz he is military).

This is the last night for cuddles from him for almost 6 whole weeks. We hope that the time goes by super fast!

Would you keep him in your prurryers for a safe and speedy journey back?

Thursday Thirteen #20

Hi everyone! We have been having a good time with our Man in Green. We are a little sad though because he has to leave to go back to irak on Saturday, before the sun comes up! But, if things go well, he'll be back home FOR GOOD in about 6 weeks! (mid-September!) YAY!

13 Things we have done with our Man in Green since he has been home

1. Sniffed him. A lot.
2. Cuddled with him. Mostly around 2-3 AM when we knows he wants a cute kitty to cuddle with.
3. Yakked up hairballs for him to clean up.
4. Jumped in his lap when he was here at the computer.
5. Meowed for food at 5:30 AM even when our bowls were still half full.
6. Got clippy claws. We were not thrilled with this. Our MTLH doesn't like to do it. So, either he does it or we go to the evil V-E-T.
7. Snoopervised him in the bathroom. What is that white stuff he puts on his face?
8. Climbed into his bag. It smells VERY interesting in there!
9. Played Whirlybird!
10. Got out of his way when he was playing with the 2-legged kitten's truck. It moves! And comes after us!
11. Purred. A lot.
12. Got brushed.
13. Gotted lots and lots of loves!

We will miss our Man in Green when he leaves again. But, we is strong kitties so we will get through it the best we can-by cuddling up to the Mom that Lives Here! We'll be back to visiting and blogging next week sometime.

Mancat Monday

Hi everyone! We want to let you know we are all having fun with our Man in Green! We have waked him up at 330 every morning to let him know how much we loves him!

Our Countdown........

(we are going to leave this post at the top of the blog until our Man in Green is home!!)
{Scroll down for up to date posts}

Almost Wordless Wednesday Tribute to our Man in Green!

(This is a Blackhawk helicopter. He is a crew chief/door gunner and hawk mechanic)
(Both of these are training at Ft. Hood, TX before they left)

(picture below was taken in Baghdad)

Midnight 7/18-The Man in Green called from Kuwait. He will be getting on a plane there around noon our time today! He expects to fly into Atlanta, GA sometime around 10 tomorrow (7/19)!

UPdate on the Man in Green

Our Man in Green is currently sitting in Kuwait. He goes to a meeting in a few hours to find out when he will get on a big airplane to come home to us! If the Mom that Lives Here does not hear from him overnight, we are to assume he will be home to IOWAH as planned on Thursday. If we hear from him, it will probably be Friday. We'll try to keep you posted! Thanks for the prayers!

Prayers please!

Hi everyone!

We would like to request prayers for our Man in Green as he begins the 2 day trip home to us! If all goes well, he should be home to IOWAH sometime late Thursday afternoon.

The first step of his journey starts at 11 PM his time (2 PM CST) 16 July (Monday). They tell him when he leaves.

From Irak, he goes to Kuwait where he may wait anywhere from a few hours to a few days for a flight to Germany. From Germany, we thinks he goes to Ireland then to Atlanta then into Des Moines.


As you can imagine, our Mom that Lives Here is very excited! The Man in Green has not seen the 2-legged kitten since September (even before we started bloggin!) He will be very surprised at how much he has grown! The sucky machine has been out a lot so we apologize for not leaving comments on your bloggies. We are reading, just trying to get to as many as our mom will let us.



We'll be around a tiny bit the two weeks he is home. Probably not blogging or commenting much, but know that we will miss you all and can't wait to get back to tell you all about our adventures with our Man in Green!

6 PM Update: Our Man in Green reports again at 10 AM tomorrow (our time).