As we all remember and thank those that were there that day, let us have a beautiful breakfast in their honor! Coffee cakes, scones,cinnamon rolls, muffins, croissants (regular and chocolate dipped), donuts, bacon, sausage, sausage gravy and biscuits, eggs and all your favorite drinks. We cannot thank our Men and Women in uniform enough for the service they have shown us. If you know a soldier, thank him or her today! Our tables are decked out in red, white and blue. Take time to grab something yummy from the cafe' as you start your day!
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D-Day Memorial Cafe, June 6, 2009
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Posted 9 months ago by mollycat71 #
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Here is an interesting article about the D-Day celebrations in France. It highlights some of the reasons some older English people are not too fond of the French!
Royal D-Day row reveals divide over WWII roles
Kerfuffle over D-Day 'snub' to Queen Elizabeth II shows lingering divide over WWII roles
JILL LAWLESS
AP NewsJun 04, 2009 11:46 EDT
Who won the war?
A diplomatic tiff over Queen Elizabeth II's omission from the guest list for this week's D-Day commemorations has reopened a divide over who should share credit for the World War II defeat of Nazi Germany.
Britons are grumbling that the nation does not get its due — either from its wartime ally, the United States, or from the French whom it helped to liberate.
On Saturday, President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are due to stand side by side in Normandy to remember the Allied landings 65 years ago, when more than 150,000 troops swam, waded and parachuted onto Nazi-occupied French soil, turning the tide of the war.
The queen — Britain's head of state, the supreme commander of its armed forces and a veteran of the wartime women's Auxiliary Territorial Service — won't be there. Prime Minister Gordon Brown was invited to represent the country instead.
"Sarkozy hijacks Longest Day," said The Times of London, which ran a slew of letters from outraged Britons. The Daily Mail said the queen had been "betrayed" by the "sorry shambles" over the event. After days of diplomatic dallying, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday that Sarkozy had sent an invitation to the queen's son and heir, Prince Charles — a royal compromise that helped soothe ruffled British feathers.
Military historian Peter Caddick-Adams of Britain's Cranfield University said the spat "says a lot about Britain and France."
"There is a concern in Britain that France is keen to diminish the role of the British," he said. "(And) there is this concern in French minds about their liberation at the hands of their Anglo-Saxon rivals."
The French insisted no slight was meant, and said Saturday's ceremony is intended primarily as a U.S.-French event, rather than a full-blown commemoration of the Allied effort like those held on the 50th and 60th anniversaries of D-Day.
That has left Britons feeling slighted. More than 60,0000 British troops landed on June 6, 1944, alongside 73,000 Americans, more than 20,000 Canadians and a small number of Free French commandos. The total includes more than 130,000 soldiers who came ashore at five Normandy beaches and 23,000 airborne troops. Many of the ships and planes that supported the landing force were British, too.
Fatality estimates for the Allied forces vary, but range from 2,500 to more than 5,000 dead on D-Day.
Agnes Poirier, a London-based French political commentator, said the attempt to recast D-Day commemorations as a Franco-American affair "is not only the rewriting of history, it's lunacy."
Posted 9 months ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #
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By the way I'll have tea and a full English breakfast. I wouldn't mind a croissant and a pain au chocolat too (I'm not anti-French! :-))
Posted 9 months ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #
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PM, thanks for the insight. We have been watching the ceremony and it is so markedly different with each speaker. So far the best speaker IMHO was PM Brown of England, then the Canadian PM Harper. King O is speaking right now and it is mostly about him and his relatives, yada yada yada.
I will have some Eggs Benedict along with Coffee au lait and some fruit w/brie cheese.
Posted 9 months ago by SammyandOliversmama #
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Yummies coming each of your ways thru the wormhole! Sorry I was too involved in watching the TV too!
Posted 9 months ago by mollycat71 #
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I'm surprised that Gordon Brown spoke well - he's usually useless! :-)
Need coffee now the tea's gone down. Strong and black please.
Posted 9 months ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #
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A steaming mug of strong black coffee coming PM's way!
Posted 9 months ago by mollycat71 #
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Mr Monkey is doing well today Katthays! I think they have "accepted" he is staying!
Posted 9 months ago by mollycat71 #
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I'm just going to sort out some lunch or afternoon tea or something.
I was in France all day yesterday with 29 10 year olds. There were 7 staff along so each teacher had a very small group of about 5 children. I don't have a group because I ma the registered first aider - I have to be able to run from group to group. I am also the chief photographer and I buy the prizes for the project they have to write about their day in France.
We left school at 6.00 and got back at 8.30pm. It's a LONG day!
Posted 9 months ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #
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Sounds like it was a good day though PM! Wish I could have gone to France for the day!
Posted 9 months ago by mollycat71 #
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It was a very good day (and I enjoyed my moules frites more than I can say!)
Posted 9 months ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #
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YUMMY! You are making me hungry! Did you have to do any first aid?
Posted 9 months ago by mollycat71 #
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Good morning, Everyone! I hope that you all have your American and British flags proudly flying today in remembrance of that day 65 years ago. A few years ago Mr. WWM and I were fortunate enough to visit the American Cemetery at Colleville, right above Omaha Beach. It is a very sobering experience to enter that cemetery and be confronted with a sea of white crosses. We went down onto Omaha Beach which was so serene and still the day that we visited. It happened to be low tide, just as it was when the Americans landed that morning. Just seeing that expanse of beach that our troops had to cover to reach a bit of safety was daunting. If I closed my eyes, I could almost see and hear the ghosts from that day. As we were walking in the cemetery, the bells began to play Taps. Mr. WWM and I stood at attention (as all good former soldiers will do) and looked at those graves and the beautiful sight of our American flag flying in the breeze. And neither one of us were ashamed that there were tears running down our faces. Then we went to Point du Hoc, where the American Rangers scaled the cliffs under intense fire from the German 88mm guns that were on the heights. The American losses were horrific, but the Rangers took the ground. Mr.WWM was a Ranger, and so that was an especially moving experience for him.
We also visited the museum that is located where the famous Mulberry Bridges were built. And we visited the sight where the first gliders with British troops aboard, landed in advance of the assault on the beaches.
It was humbling to stand on that ground.
Posted 9 months ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Hiya GD, great! I am so glad you will be getting paid! What is a job if you don't get paid for it?!?!?! WWM, I am jealous you have been to the site of D-Day. I certainly hope to go there someday myself! My grandpa was WWI but I think all Americans should visit the site. I think I would bawl my eyes out though!
Posted 9 months ago by mollycat71 #
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Good morning all. Woken up by my upstairs neighbor, grrrr! I am going to leave a nice polite note on their door asking for them to please try to not walk around so much in the bedroom making the floorboards pop and creak loudly.
It is a nice sunny day with clouds flitting about. One of the mouring doves made the mistake of landing on my balcony railing and Mia almost got it. There was were some feathers on the deck so I know Mia got a swipe at it. She got a big feather and was chewing and playing with it. After four batches I think we have had enough of them. I might see about going and getting some inexpensive type bamboo screen thingy to hang down the left side of my balcony. It would deter both cats from jumping at the doves as well as give me some privacy from those that walk by in the glass enclosed hallway. I am sure they will tell me to take it down but I won't since the other neighbors across the way haven't taken down theirs.
Also, We have red colored finches flitting about the courtyard and Mia is making her high pitched "acking" noise at them. I just realized that I don't recall Sylvester ever making that noise.
D-Day reminds me of many things and one of them is all the suffering that went on with WWII. None of my family were soldiers but my mother's side of the family were Germans and they experienced a lot of hardship after being kicked out of Czechoslovakia and forced to endure a long and painful journey in a dangerously packed cattle car back to Germany. It was so bad, I cannot get my Aunt to talk about it.
I would like to visit Omaha Beach one day as well as other parts of Europe. I would like to visit with Aunt before she dies. She is 82 years of age.
Okay, so after being woken up early, I am in for a nap later today. My two snoozing partners will probably join me. I just drank a Stonyfield Farm organic smoothy and it tasted really good. So I made the mistake of looking at the nutrition facts and was amazed at what I saw. For 10 ounces of smoothie it is 230 calories, with 3 grams of saturated fat, 150mg of sodium (seems high for yogurt drink) and 38g of sugars. Yikes!! Guess I won't be buying this item again. Darn, it tasted so good too.
Posted 9 months ago by SylvesterMiasMomma #
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Morning all! Popping in to say "hi".... lots of errands to run today, getting ready to go to Dom. Rep. on Friday for a week........
... went to the grocery store this morning to stock up on veggies and meat for "Odie", my guest again until next Tues!.....now I have to go home and cook the meat for him and cut up the veggies... who knew I'd be chef to a skunk!....
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Hi, SMM. It is not fair that the best tasting things are full of fat, sugar and salt, is it?!! I think our tastebuds need to be retrained. I have a friend who has cut sugar completely out of her diet. I've been a guest at her house for meals and I must say that I truly miss the sugar. She is quite thin and otherwise healthy though so I guess it has its benefits. :)
Posted 9 months ago by Kitten Whisperer #
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Hi, AV. I hope you have a great time in the DR! You've been doing a lot of traveling lately, it seems. Any luck on getting an offer on the house?
Posted 9 months ago by Kitten Whisperer #
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Thank KW, yesturday I had a scheduled showing for 8am (almost sparrow fart)... that went REALLY well ... the people love it. Interesting thing about that was - the people have a business that they shoot TV commercials and web market for political campagins..... I got chill bumps when the guy told me what they did - that's exactly what my Son does, and it a genius at.... the guy was real interested and gave me his card, said to have Son call him as soon as he gets back, he's been looking for a sharp young person politically active that he can give a camera to and let him travel around and do documentary/commentary.... SON would be perfect for that!......
then his partner showed up, a nice woman, who when we walked in my Son's room, looked on his desk and saw his "blue key" certificate.... I thought she was going to cry, she said "I was at UF and I was a member of Blue Key"..... they were so nice, and really want to meet Son...... I have the feeling he's the perfect fit for their summer internship!.... Yay!!!.... then later in the afternoon, another realtor called and asked if she could bring some clients bye..... what perfect timing! ... especially since we had scurried to get the place "spit spot" for the morning showing.... I told her fine, so she brought over a couple of law partners that also LOVED it!....
.... now we just see who is ready to step off the fence and make an offer.... my luck, they'll both be trying to do something, and I'll be out of the country!...... I must see about setting up an "away" message for my email...and my phone!...
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I hope all goes well AV.
Posted 9 months ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 #
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Good luck AV and I hope one of the viewers makes an offer. That would be great opportunity for your son. Things have an interesting way of happening don't they. Have a good and safe trip to the DR.
Posted 9 months ago by SylvesterMiasMomma #
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AV, have a great time on your trip and remember....PICTURES!!!
Posted 9 months ago by mollycat71 #
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Thanks guys! I will be gone from Friday (13) to the next Friday..... I have no idea if I will be able to check in, so don't think anything has happenend to me..... I imagine they will have an internet cafe at the resort, but I can't be sure!.....and MC, I promise to take lots of pics!
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Oh NO! Not leaving on FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH!
Posted 9 months ago by mollycat71 #
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Leaving???? Where are you going????? Who am I going to harass?????
Posted 9 months ago by WillowandWindismom #
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