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Comment by Marcy on January 5, 2012 at 6:32pm

Well it doesn't look like both boys will be home next month, only one the sailor. Airforce boy said he won't be able to be home but he is going to put in for when we go to Hawaii in July. I like that idea I think better. I miss him but I suppose I could wait a few more months.

Not much is going on around here. I had orientation for my clinicals today. It was interesting. We had to get our picture taken for our ID's and of course I get a big old pimple on my nose right in front. It isn't that bad and it isn't that noticeable in the picture. I hope anyways. I am kind of scared to be starting that phase of school now. There is so much to learn and do and things not to do. Oh well I am sure I will get thru it.

Well hope all is well with everyone on here and will talk to ya all soon.

Comment by Marcy on January 3, 2012 at 11:04am

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran threatened Tuesday to take action if the U.S. Navy moves an aircraft carrier into the Gulf, Tehran's most aggressive statement yet after weeks of saber-rattling as new U.S. and EU financial sanctions take a toll on its economy. The prospect of sanctions targeting the oil sector in a serious way for the first time has hit Iran's rial currency, which has fallen by 40 percent against the dollar in the past month. Queues formed at banks and some currency exchange offices shut their doors as Iranians scrambled to buy dollars to protect their savings from the currency's fall. Army chief Ataollah Salehi said the United States had moved an aircraft carrier out of the Gulf from because of Iran's naval exercises, and Iran would take action if the ship returned. It did not name the carrier, but the USS John C Stennis leads a task force in the region, and the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet website pictured it in the Arabian Sea last week. "Iran will not repeat its warning ... the enemy's carrier has been moved to the Sea of Oman because of our drill. I recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf," army chief Salehi said. "I advise, recommend and warn them over the return of this carrier to the Persian Gulf because we are not in the habit of warning more than once." Lieutenant Rebecca Rebarich, spokeswoman for the U.S. 5th Fleet based in Bahrain, said she was not immediately able to respond. Tehran's threat comes at a time when sanctions are having an unprecedented impact on its economy, and the country faces political uncertainty with an election in March, its first since a 2009 vote that triggered countrywide demonstrations. The West has imposed the increasingly tight sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is strictly peaceful but Western countries believe aims to build an atomic bomb. After years of sanctions that had little impact, the latest measures are the first that could have a serious effect on Iran's oil trade, 60 percent of its economy. New sanctions signed into law by U.S. President Barack Obama on New Year's Eve would cut off any financial institutions that work with Iran's central bank from the U.S. financial system, blocking the main path for payments for Iranian oil. The EU is expected to impose new sanctions by the end of this month, possibly including a ban on oil imports. Even Iran's top trading partner China - which has refused to back new global sanctions against Iran - is demanding discounts to buy Iranian oil as Tehran's options narrow. Beijing has cut its imports of Iranian crude by more than half for January and, paying premiums for crude from Russia and Vietnam to replace it. THREATS Iran has responded to the tighter measures with increasingly belligerent rhetoric. It spooked oil markets briefly when it announced last month it could prevent shipping through the Straight of Hormuz - a narrow shipping lane through which flows 40 percent of the world's oil trade - if sanctions hurt its own oil business. It then held 10 days of naval exercises in the Gulf, test firing long range missiles that could hit Israel or U.S. bases in the Middle East. But Tuesday's apparent threat to take action against the U.S. military for sailing in international waters takes the aggressive rhetoric to a new level. The new U.S. sanctions law, if implemented fully, would make it impossible for many refineries to pay Iran for crude. It imposes measures gradually and allows Obama to offer temporary waivers to prevent an oil price shock. The European Union is expected to consider new measures by the end of this month, possibly including a blockade. EU members such as such as crisis-hit Greece are still buyers of Iranian oil, which trades at a discount. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Paris wants new measures taken by January 30, when EU foreign ministers meet. "France ... wants sanctions toughened and the president (Nicolas Sarkozy) has made two concrete proposals on that front - the first being the freezing of Iranian central bank assets, a tough measure, and the second an embargo on Iranian oil exports," Juppe told i>tele, a French TV channel. Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, said member states would discuss the issue this week in the hope of reaching an agreement on new steps before the January 30 meeting. "The ball is still in the Iranians' court," he said. Although China, India and other countries are unlikely to sign up to any oil embargo, they will be able to insist on deeper discounts, potentially reducing the income Tehran receives from oil. Beijing has been driving a hard bargain. China, which bought 11 percent of its oil from Iran during the first 11 months of last year, has cut its January purchase by about 285,000 barrels per day, more than half of the close to 550,000 bpd that it bought through a 2011 contract. The impact of falling government income from oil sales can be felt on the streets in Iran in soaring prices for state subsidized goods and a falling rial currency. Some exchange offices in Tehran, when contacted by Reuters, said there was no trading taking place until further notice. "The rate is changing every second ... We are not taking in any rials to change to dollars or any other foreign currency," said Hamid Bakshi in central Tehran. Housewife Zohreh Ghobadi, waiting in a long line at a bank, said she was trying to withdraw her savings and change it into dollars. Iranian authorities played down any link between the souring exchange rate and the imposition of the new sanctions. "The new American sanctions have not materialized yet," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told a news conference Tuesday. "It will take a few months until these sanctions are fully implemented." The economic impact is being felt ahead of a nationwide parliamentary election on March 2, the first vote since a disputed 2009 presidential election that led to the worst unrest since Iran's 1979 revolution.

 

This is an article I read  on Yahoo

Comment by Marcy on January 3, 2012 at 10:59am

Just stopping by to say hello.

Comment by Marcy on December 31, 2011 at 5:15pm

Well I hope you all have a wonderfull and safe new years. We have quite a few friends coming over here soon. I am so excited my son will be coming home in about 6 weeks. I have so much to be thankful for and blessed with in the coming year. My sons coming home soon and going to Hawaii. Happy New Year. Well I guess I will talk to you in the next year. LOL

Comment by Marcy on December 30, 2011 at 9:47am

If it was my son I would be blowing it up and making it an 8 x 10.

Comment by Marcy on December 29, 2011 at 9:05pm

Oh I should say way in the back though.

Comment by Marcy on December 29, 2011 at 9:04pm

This is my nephews division in bootcamp. They, recruit training cammand posted it on facebook. So I guess it is ok to share with you guys. He is number 10 from the right. He is looking good.

Comment by Marcy on December 29, 2011 at 4:22pm

WOW congrat's to her. I sure hope you are feeling better soon too. I know right before Christmas Mia had that stomach thing and it only lasted less than 12 hours, so maybe that is what you had too. I am sure she is on cloud nine now.

Comment by Marcy on December 28, 2011 at 10:38am

My Mom, Niece and my Sister's dad.

Comment by Marcy on December 28, 2011 at 10:35am

My Sister, Brother inlaw and Angie

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