Sorry I missed bump day so thought I would give you a few fun facts that bite..

1. I got bit by a spider, I thought it was cool so I was playing with it. sorry no spiderman here. It would be so neat to shoot webs out of the palms of my hands. However where I got bit swelled up and had puss, it looked bad.

2. I got bit by a grass snake, it was a baby it went up the inside of my pant leg while I was mowing the lawn. It only turned red where the two puncher marks were. No scars or anything.

3. I got bit by a bat, no I wasn't trying to put it in my mouth. I have no desire to suck blood and I can be out in the sun. The bat was on the ground I thought it was dead and picked it up and it bit me!

4. Got bit by stray dog, I still pet them. I was taken to the hospital because they thought it might have rabbies. They were waiting to see if I had more symptoms that would prove I had rabbies, if I did I was going to have the shots in the stomic. I was 7 years old. My unckle went out and hunted the dog down and the dog did not have rabbies, no shots for me.

5. I got bit by my girlfriend. We were kissing while setting out side on a swing and the door behind us banged shut she turned her head and caught my lip in her teeth. I had a very fat lower lip, try explaining that to your friends that your girlfriend gave you a fat lip.

So there you go a few fun facts that bite!

One of the places I was hoping to go visit on my vacation was Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. I thought it would be neat to see it plus the thomb of the unknown solider. Of course I would like to see the changing of the guard as well. But the the weather and the floods in that area I didn't make it to Washington D.C. In 1993 Iowa had lots of floods and I remember the mess here and I thought it best just to stay away. By no means did I let this ruin my vacation....
Today is July 4th.....Today lets celebrate our freedom. As a nation we are feared by many, not because we have the best military in the world but because we are free....Most leaders know that if there country had freedoms like we do they wouldn't be the leader. They fear each and everyone of us.
I to get tired of waiting in line and having bags checked when going in areas that have tightened security but I just tell myself, they are trying to keep us safe from some chicken that might want to try to blow people up...
Never forget those who died keeping us free or them the serve our county today and tomorrow it's because of them we are free.
Here is the words to the song Arlington by Trace Adkins.

I never thought that this is where I'd settle down.
I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown
They gave me this plot of land
me and some other men, for a job well done

There's a big White House sits on a hill just up the road
the man inside, he cried th day they brought me home
The folded up a flag and told my Mom and Dad:
"We're proud of you son".

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company
I'm thankful for those things I've done
I can rest in peace
I'm one of the chosen ones
I made it to Arlington

I remember Daddy brought me here when I was eight
We searched all day to find out where my grand-dad lay.
And when we finally found hat cross
He said " Son, this is what it cost to keep us free".

Now here I am, a thousand stones away from him
He recognized me on the first day I came in
and it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels,
and saluted me.

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company.
I'm thankful for those things I've done
I can rest in peace
I'm one of the chosen ones
I made it to Arlington

And everytime I hear twenty-one guns
I know they brought another hero home to us

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company
We're thankful for those things we've done.
We can rest in peace
' Cause we ate the chosen ones:
We made it to Arlington.

Yeah, dust to dust
Don't cry for us
We made it to Arlington...

ENJOY YOUR 4th OF JULY. I KNOW I WILL.