More creature comforts,less miles. New on top.

July 3, 2009
House fire for Mooresville. Hot day,Hot fire,just "Hot as Hell" in general.
Family out to watch commercial fireworks. Dog saved, house and cat total loss. This sucker took off,arrived onscene heavy smoke showing, hose team inside. 45 secs later ,evac alarm, secs later roof collapse. Go defensive. Hell of a job, Eng 1,2,3,4, Tower 1,Mooresville Rescue.

BEAUTIFUL!!

WHY WASN"T THIS ON THE FRONT PAGE NEWS?
Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor PO2 (EOD2) (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq, giving his life to save his fellow Seals. (Notice: Mike was not a Navy SEAL, he was EOD.He gave his life to save a group of Navy SEALS.)During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San Diego , as his coffin was being moved from the hearseto the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , SEAL's were lined up on both sidesof the pallbearers route forming a column of two's,with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike'scoffin passed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it downembedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it.This was a fitting send-off for a warrior hero...This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every day..Since the media won't make this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding it .I am very proud of our military. If you are proud too, please pass this on. If not then rest assured that these fine men and women of our military will continue to serve and protect. God Bless our Troops

Almost ready for "PROM" (I still don't get all the fuss and mess to get ready for 4 hours of standing around looking at the same goobers you look at five days a week.) I've been yelled at,huffed and puffed to death,and I was just there to take pictures. As long as Ruby has fun I guess all of Ellen's stress and "BOSSY HEIFERING" was worth it.

This is Ruby. Our neighbors daughter and the closest thing Ellen and I have to a child. This is a practice pic for prom. Ruby is a very special person to a large group of people. She is a great friend and a sweet,sweet soul.She has all the problems of any teen and then some ,but she has learned to adapt and overcome them. Ruby does fairly well in school and as a junior at South Iredell Vol. Fire Dept.

I can't say how proud I am of her enough, she tries so very hard to balance her life and does a good job,though at times she struggles.

I hope she has a blast tonight and all the fun she can(I still don't understand why it's taken three days and an army of people to get to this point,but if she has fun,I guess it will all be worth it).

In the end Ruby means so much to Ellen and I and we will continue to help and support her all we can.

Ruby,

Have fun tonight.

I LOVE YOU!

Jimmy

What the hell are you doing? Why are you taking my picture? Is it just me or is everyone paranoid,or am I the one who's mentally unstable.

Actually I think he just took the same test I did last saturday. Felt pretty good about it,SUCKED in actuality.