Cost of War

On this page you can compare what we could of done with the money instead besides reducing taxes.
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/Cost-of-War
I do not think they take into account that the military would still have to be paid no matter where they are stationed.

Well, I gave the Lady I LOVE a Ring

         Tonight I gave Lauren her Engagement Ring. We met after she was done work and her mother was going to watch our son while we went to eat and I gave her the ring.
Ring Moments on her finger after i put it on

         Oh, the problems of getting it. 3 times I ordered it on line with overnight shipping and 3 times Wal-Mart said ordered canceled. After 3rd time I found out Credit Card Bank was denying the charge as it was flagged as possible fraud. I was sending it to another address and it was a business address. So, when the money was available on card that I sent in to buy ring, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a couple of gift cards. I bought the ring on-line and waited to see it was going to be sent.

Ring picture from Wal-Mart website so you can see what it sort of looks like without sparkle.

         On Wednesday night I was invited over to meet her Aunts and Uncles'. I gave a the story about ring and trouble getting it and I was to the point of just saying when I get the ring, "Here your ring, Glad that ordeal over with" and how I not looking at this as an omen. When I got home I check Wal-Mart site for progress on order as when I went to dinner it was "PROCESSING". I received an e-mail at about 12:45 AM Thursday saying it was going to be shipped next day. They gave me the UPS tracking number and when I went to UPS web site to set up e-mail notifications, I found out that the ring was picked up by UPS at 6 PM in Arkansas, was in Tulsa, OK at 7:30 PM and at the time of Wal-Mart e-mail was in Louisville, KY on way to Phila, PA for a Thursday delivery.

         I sent 2 e-mails to Lauren's mother at work and yahoo. One to work telling her ring was do for delivery that day and yahoo telling her if she didn't go to work e-mail or call me. At 10:45 the ring was delivered.

         I also sent Lauren an e-mail saying how sorry I was that WE were having such a problem getting the ring and maybe another one might be of her choosing or maybe going to a store and ordering it there. This ring was available only on-line. I also sent her the link to web page showing the ring was out of stock. Well, her reaction to that after mother said she should just pick out another one was "He better get that one or I going to kill him" I found this out later, that is why I didn't run away.