Sorry...no pics yet...but I did talk to the guy who sold us the lot, and part of our subdivision floods, thanks to a crushed drainpipe. takes about a week for the water to drain, and it stands about a foot in the street before it recedes.
My wife wants to get it in writing when it will be fixed. But, no telling with the county.
I'm off to work. More later.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Closer...
Well, I dropped the kids off at the in-laws and, since I was in that neck of the woods, I drove by our lot. Seems as someone has mowed it. That means work is getting started, and the next step is to get some dirt down to raise it up about 20 inches. In case of flooding in that area.
Pictures of dirt to come soon....
Pictures of dirt to come soon....
Oops....
Meant to do this yesterday, but Happy Resurrection Day (aka Easter) to all.
He is risen. He is risen, indeed.
Hope everyone had a good one, and God bless.
More on the house in a day or two.
He is risen. He is risen, indeed.
Hope everyone had a good one, and God bless.
More on the house in a day or two.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Almost there
Got the finalized plans for la casa today. Looking forward to finally getting bank approval via our builder. We should get the word tomorrow, God willing.
He wants to get started the end of this month, so we'll see how that pans out.
He wants to get started the end of this month, so we'll see how that pans out.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Building with ADHD boy
Our builder is anxious to get started on the house, so he's doing a construction loan so we can get the ball rolling. Contract should be ready this week, and he should be able to start next week.
VERY excited about it.
VERY excited about it.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Changes in latitude
Well, my first two weeks of work are going well. I started nights last night, I I didn't feel or look like something that came out of a George Romero movie, like I thought I would. It's cool, because I'll be cross training tomorrow and Thursday nights.
Of course, working nights means less time with la familia, but that will all work out in the end, and well worth it.
I feel like a grown up now, since I signed up for the retirement plan at work. That, plus our saving like Ebenezer Scrooge on Black Tuesday (yes, I'm mixing metaphors, but deal with it!!) should see dividends much sooner than later.
The most exciting thing, though, is that we have been "pre-approved" for our house loan. We have the blueprints almost done, and we have a plot of land reserved for us. It's in what will be the fastest growing area of our town. But for now, it's in the middle of BFE.
The Boss is already picking things out with which to decorate the house. We spent an hour and a half in the blue home improvement store (just because we had the monkey twins with us) and she started stressing about wall paint. Me, being a guy, just smiles and nods. I might bring up the fact that at least ONE wall has to be taken up by a Dallas Cowboys fathead.
I'll post some pictures once the construction starts.
Of course, working nights means less time with la familia, but that will all work out in the end, and well worth it.
I feel like a grown up now, since I signed up for the retirement plan at work. That, plus our saving like Ebenezer Scrooge on Black Tuesday (yes, I'm mixing metaphors, but deal with it!!) should see dividends much sooner than later.
The most exciting thing, though, is that we have been "pre-approved" for our house loan. We have the blueprints almost done, and we have a plot of land reserved for us. It's in what will be the fastest growing area of our town. But for now, it's in the middle of BFE.
The Boss is already picking things out with which to decorate the house. We spent an hour and a half in the blue home improvement store (just because we had the monkey twins with us) and she started stressing about wall paint. Me, being a guy, just smiles and nods. I might bring up the fact that at least ONE wall has to be taken up by a Dallas Cowboys fathead.
I'll post some pictures once the construction starts.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
New start
New year...new job. My old one sucked so bad I can't even describe everything that happened. Suffice to say, I'm done with it and have a new job in a reputable place that won't pay me with paychecks that will bounce, we'll have equipment that works, and I will have insurance and benefits. Plus, I get to wear scrubs....some of the most comfortable clothes ever invented.
Also, we're planning on moving out of here by June or July at the latest. We have a builder, we've been pre-qualified for a loan, and now we just have to find a lot to build on. Things are looking up.
Oh, yeah, I got my paycheck cashed, finally...had to threaten to take action against them to get it done, though. Scumbags.
God is good.
Also, we're planning on moving out of here by June or July at the latest. We have a builder, we've been pre-qualified for a loan, and now we just have to find a lot to build on. Things are looking up.
Oh, yeah, I got my paycheck cashed, finally...had to threaten to take action against them to get it done, though. Scumbags.
God is good.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
That long?
Wow....has it really been a month and a half since I last posted? I guess I have been busier than a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest. Sorry, folks.
Let's see, my life has pretty much been going to work, coming home and playing dad, sleeping, and eating. things at work had gone FUBAR for a while, but the dust is settling. Just so much drama going on. I am doing what my wife told me to do...keep my head down, nose clean.....and butt cheeks clenched!!
I am also thinking about starting up my column again. I had fun writing it, and some people liked reading it. So, I think it's about time to start it up again. Right after the new year.
My boys are almost 5. Makes me feel old.
I need to keep up with this more.
Let's see, my life has pretty much been going to work, coming home and playing dad, sleeping, and eating. things at work had gone FUBAR for a while, but the dust is settling. Just so much drama going on. I am doing what my wife told me to do...keep my head down, nose clean.....and butt cheeks clenched!!
I am also thinking about starting up my column again. I had fun writing it, and some people liked reading it. So, I think it's about time to start it up again. Right after the new year.
My boys are almost 5. Makes me feel old.
I need to keep up with this more.
Monday, October 08, 2007
My new football hero
Nick Folk, kicker for the Cowboys.
Last second field goal from 53 yards to win the game, and go to 5-0.
Australia did give us something good.
Last second field goal from 53 yards to win the game, and go to 5-0.
Australia did give us something good.
Monday, October 01, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Freaks and Geeks
No, this isn't about that old TV show. It's just something I was pondering this past weekend when my wife was watching her (un)reality TV.
I've noticed it all along, but especially now since I have gotten stronger in my walk with Christ. That is, how many of these shows today are not about being the real you, but what the world wants you to be. To be "of this world" instead of "in this world". Why not be yourself? Who cares what Hollywood thinks? I don't. I don't like seeing who is "wearing" whom on awards shows. As they say in Spanish, "no le hace". I do we net doesn't matter.
A guy who has another blog asked a question, "What if you dressed tacky and no one noticed?" Well, here's what would happen. If it were a designer, then it would be newest fad. In fact, that's happening.
However, I have bigger questions: Do we need Armani and Gucci and all of these other designers to dictate our happiness? Do we need the money and cars and beauty and what we can possess? Or do we need to dig down in our own lives and see what we really need to be happy?
Where is your happiness? What truly makes you happy? Keeping up with the Jones? Or is it the calmness and serenity of having Christ in your heart, as it is with me? The knowing that, once you "shuffle off this mortal coil" as Shakespeare said, you will have happiness and bliss for eternity? If you're not a believer, I challenge you to ask some of the hard questions. If you are, do what I need to do...start showing the grace of God in your life. Start now. Let people know, through compassion and love, that you care for them. And that it comes from being a follower of Christ.
Remember that Christ is protecting us. Remember John 17:15-17.
Be In this world, not of it.
I've noticed it all along, but especially now since I have gotten stronger in my walk with Christ. That is, how many of these shows today are not about being the real you, but what the world wants you to be. To be "of this world" instead of "in this world". Why not be yourself? Who cares what Hollywood thinks? I don't. I don't like seeing who is "wearing" whom on awards shows. As they say in Spanish, "no le hace". I do we net doesn't matter.
A guy who has another blog asked a question, "What if you dressed tacky and no one noticed?" Well, here's what would happen. If it were a designer, then it would be newest fad. In fact, that's happening.
However, I have bigger questions: Do we need Armani and Gucci and all of these other designers to dictate our happiness? Do we need the money and cars and beauty and what we can possess? Or do we need to dig down in our own lives and see what we really need to be happy?
Where is your happiness? What truly makes you happy? Keeping up with the Jones? Or is it the calmness and serenity of having Christ in your heart, as it is with me? The knowing that, once you "shuffle off this mortal coil" as Shakespeare said, you will have happiness and bliss for eternity? If you're not a believer, I challenge you to ask some of the hard questions. If you are, do what I need to do...start showing the grace of God in your life. Start now. Let people know, through compassion and love, that you care for them. And that it comes from being a follower of Christ.
Remember that Christ is protecting us. Remember John 17:15-17.
Be In this world, not of it.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Hooray
So, at my job, my boss was a complete idiot. We never got even the simplest things for the office or for anything else for that matter. He always had to try to micro-manage and wouldn't let anyone in management (including myself, when I was in management) to do anything without his say-so. And he always said "No". Things would break down, there would be in-fighting, and people would call off of work, and it would be his fault. Of course, once he was called, he would swoop down and "fix" everything that HE messed up. Just so he could tell the owner "see what I did".
Basically, he was running this company into the ground. He had been boss for 18 months, and was the worst boss I ever had. And that is saying something. Anyway, no one liked him or respected him, and there was a black cloud over the workplace. He was a chancre on the buttocks of life.
We were audited by a government organization and in the midst of it, our PR person notified us that the boss had a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him, and that it was "a strong case". So, after all of this, he was FINALLY fired. The owner told us that, even though we had no office supplies or any other supplies, that this man was given money every week for incidentals.
I smell embezzlement.
So, I found out he was fired last Friday, my birthday. I look forward to going to work now.
I got some cool stuff for my b-day besides that. So, I'm going out of Labor Day weekend not too depressed. Although it was raining and I have no place to bird hunt. Cest la vie.
Basically, he was running this company into the ground. He had been boss for 18 months, and was the worst boss I ever had. And that is saying something. Anyway, no one liked him or respected him, and there was a black cloud over the workplace. He was a chancre on the buttocks of life.
We were audited by a government organization and in the midst of it, our PR person notified us that the boss had a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him, and that it was "a strong case". So, after all of this, he was FINALLY fired. The owner told us that, even though we had no office supplies or any other supplies, that this man was given money every week for incidentals.
I smell embezzlement.
So, I found out he was fired last Friday, my birthday. I look forward to going to work now.
I got some cool stuff for my b-day besides that. So, I'm going out of Labor Day weekend not too depressed. Although it was raining and I have no place to bird hunt. Cest la vie.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Can you feel it?
It's coming. I can feel it coming on like a bullet train. When it's here, I am hooked.
Can you feel it?
It's FOOTBALL SEASON!!
Can you feel it?
It's FOOTBALL SEASON!!
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Earth Day
I am the son of a farmer. I am an outdoorsman, meaning I like to fish and hunt, camp and hike.
For farmers and outdoorsmen, EVERY day is Earth Day. Remember that.
This Live Earth crud, it's meaningless. What good is awareness if you don't actually do anything. Like any other of these concerts, it's an ego trip. Something to say, "Look, I care. I sang a song and said don't trash the Earth. I am a good person." Then they drive off in their SUVs or fly in their private planes and think they actually made a difference. All because they said they care.
Hypocrites.
I at least respect Ed Begley, Jr. for practicing what he preaches, even if he is a nut.
Remember all the Brouhaha over the Bush twins' partying and getting drunk? How Bush was such a bad father, etc., etc? Where is that over L'il Algore's drug use? All we get is sympathy for him. Can you say "double standard"?
I never commented on paris Hilton because I don't give two dead flies about her.
For farmers and outdoorsmen, EVERY day is Earth Day. Remember that.
This Live Earth crud, it's meaningless. What good is awareness if you don't actually do anything. Like any other of these concerts, it's an ego trip. Something to say, "Look, I care. I sang a song and said don't trash the Earth. I am a good person." Then they drive off in their SUVs or fly in their private planes and think they actually made a difference. All because they said they care.
Hypocrites.
I at least respect Ed Begley, Jr. for practicing what he preaches, even if he is a nut.
Remember all the Brouhaha over the Bush twins' partying and getting drunk? How Bush was such a bad father, etc., etc? Where is that over L'il Algore's drug use? All we get is sympathy for him. Can you say "double standard"?
I never commented on paris Hilton because I don't give two dead flies about her.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
USA Day
Happy Independence Day. Not just another holiday. God Bless America. We are still the greatest country in the world, like it or not. We have our flags out...do you?
I just saw the first part of the Boston Pops fireworks thing on an alphabet network. The host was (Scotsman) Craig Ferguson. A Brit-type person hosting a commemoration of an event where (most of) our ancestors kicked his ancestors' arses.....
Ironic.
I just saw the first part of the Boston Pops fireworks thing on an alphabet network. The host was (Scotsman) Craig Ferguson. A Brit-type person hosting a commemoration of an event where (most of) our ancestors kicked his ancestors' arses.....
Ironic.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Viva La France?
Before you think I've lost my mind, I just want to clarify that the only good thing to come out of France ever is Tony Parker...point guard for the San Antonio Spurs.
At this writing, they are 3 points up, and 2:42 left. IF they win, they'll go up 3 games to 1.
I think I'm looking at a San Antonio/Cleveland Finals. The Cavs had a great final minute or two against the Nets tonight.
At this writing, they are 3 points up, and 2:42 left. IF they win, they'll go up 3 games to 1.
I think I'm looking at a San Antonio/Cleveland Finals. The Cavs had a great final minute or two against the Nets tonight.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Stuff
Well, it's Saturday, and I don't have to work...at least at my place of employment.
I'm doing the whole hosuework thing because of the whole Mother's Day thing tomorrow. If I can, I'll post something for all the Moms out there.
Game 3 tonight between the Spurs and Suns. San Antonio had better show up, instead of the Memphis Grizzlies, who inahbited their bodies in game 2. We'll see what happens.
The boys watched SpiderMan last night, and they've got their web-slinging form down pat.
I'm doing the whole hosuework thing because of the whole Mother's Day thing tomorrow. If I can, I'll post something for all the Moms out there.
Game 3 tonight between the Spurs and Suns. San Antonio had better show up, instead of the Memphis Grizzlies, who inahbited their bodies in game 2. We'll see what happens.
The boys watched SpiderMan last night, and they've got their web-slinging form down pat.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Long time no see
Well, sports fans, sorry it's been a while, but I have been working 12 hour days and being extremely tired. Some things happened at work and suffice to say I am earning my keep now. So, let's see what's been going on.
Dallas and Houston lost in the 1st round of the playoffs, so da Spurs are the only Texas team still alive. We'll see how they do this next round. Hopefully, they won't pull a Dallas and (chortle) lose. But, they're playing Phoenix, and they're better than Golden State. But, apparently, so were the (chuckle) Mavericks. Until Game seven of the first round. I finished celebrating yesterday.
The Texas Rangers suck (yet again). Let's not go there.
Connor learned a new joke, and we have heard it about a million times now... (stop me if you've heard it): Why is six afraid of seven? Because seven eight (ate) nine!!
I'm also trying to lose weght. Key word: TRYING. I have the willpower....I just like tasty food. Anyone who has it, give me some good recipes that make all low-fat food taste like chocolate cake.
Oh, yeah, best thing...I finally have A/C in my truck after 3 years!! YAY!!
More things to come, and I'll post more.
Dallas and Houston lost in the 1st round of the playoffs, so da Spurs are the only Texas team still alive. We'll see how they do this next round. Hopefully, they won't pull a Dallas and (chortle) lose. But, they're playing Phoenix, and they're better than Golden State. But, apparently, so were the (chuckle) Mavericks. Until Game seven of the first round. I finished celebrating yesterday.
The Texas Rangers suck (yet again). Let's not go there.
Connor learned a new joke, and we have heard it about a million times now... (stop me if you've heard it): Why is six afraid of seven? Because seven eight (ate) nine!!
I'm also trying to lose weght. Key word: TRYING. I have the willpower....I just like tasty food. Anyone who has it, give me some good recipes that make all low-fat food taste like chocolate cake.
Oh, yeah, best thing...I finally have A/C in my truck after 3 years!! YAY!!
More things to come, and I'll post more.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Work
I'm back in the workforce, and I am in charge!! Supervisor....I ran into someone I used to work with, and she called me jokingly (I hope) a "Stupidvisor".
I'm tired every day, but it's a good tired. More later. I'm tired.
I'm tired every day, but it's a good tired. More later. I'm tired.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Annoying ads & the move
Sorry....no YouTube here or anything. Just an observation.
I was watching TV, and an ad for Boniva came on with Sally Field saying, "A friend of mine told me she had to set aside time every week to take her osteoporosis medication." I was thinking, "Yeah, that extra 15-20 seconds of opening the bottle, taking the pill, and closing the bottle is WAY too time-consuming."
Anyway......
We finally moved into "The van down by the river". It will feel more like home when my better half puts up the curtains. It doesn't even seem like a mobile home...or at least, it didn't until the other day when we were leaving a big-box retailer, and there was a semi with a trailer in the parking lot. Logan gasped, pointed to the big rig, and said, "Mommy, that looks like our house!!"
Sadly enough, he's right.
I was watching TV, and an ad for Boniva came on with Sally Field saying, "A friend of mine told me she had to set aside time every week to take her osteoporosis medication." I was thinking, "Yeah, that extra 15-20 seconds of opening the bottle, taking the pill, and closing the bottle is WAY too time-consuming."
Anyway......
We finally moved into "The van down by the river". It will feel more like home when my better half puts up the curtains. It doesn't even seem like a mobile home...or at least, it didn't until the other day when we were leaving a big-box retailer, and there was a semi with a trailer in the parking lot. Logan gasped, pointed to the big rig, and said, "Mommy, that looks like our house!!"
Sadly enough, he's right.
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