Thursday, January 31, 2008
31 0f 31
| Time flies. It has already been 31 days of blogging everyday this month. I think for the most part I had some good blogs but as Juan said it started to feel like a chore so the material was lacking for me. I will never forget this month thats for sure. Will definitely have to look back and read all my blogs. From the get go I have said that I hope all of us who participated in the ABAD could get together and just hang out. I am thinking maybe a bowling night or afternoon. We can work it out in the next few days. Hopefully, we can blog more often now. Like we did when we first got going. Aside from being the last ABAD, tonight was also the last night of revival at Harvest Baptist Church in Edinburg. Tim Ruppard preached another great message. Apparently the beginning of the year is when revival meetings are held so this is now my favorite part of the year. We should be having revival at our church soon also, so I am looking forward to that. On the way back from Edinburg, and Wallbangers, Juan was talking about how he feels uplifted when being around preachers and missionaries. When I am around them I sometimes stop and think about how I never would have thought I'd be hanging out with Preachers and their families. I never thought they'd want to be around a person like me. But, most of all, I never would have thought someone like me could know for sure where I will be spending eternity. Even though, I fail Him, fail myself, and fail others, by the Grace of God I know where I am going. Because as He said in Luke 5:32 "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." You too can know, that you know, you're going to heaven for it is written, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved". Romans 10:9. Because, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life". John 3:16 Praying for you. |
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tired
| Well, we on our last couple days of the ABAD. I'm wore out. I didn't think I'd want this to end but, yep, I can't wait til February 1st when I wont have to be blogging 30 minutes til midnight. I feel really tired for some reason. Maybe it's because I didn't get my afternoon nap before church. Rob came over and I was helping him with a school project that involves my network at work. Turns out we have a huge network with lots of computers. Glad I could help him out. Church was really good. It was about the only time I didn't feel tired. Okay, maybe I yawned once or twice. But it was really good. I need to knock down some of them walls. Afterwards a few of us went down to Dennys and had some good fellowship with the DeLeons and the Preacher and his wife. Glad Juan and Deedee made it back safe from Louisiana and with lots of funny stories and pictures. Can't wait to hear more. So here is the blog for the day before the last ABAD. |
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Twice in one night
| It is a pleasure to be broadcasting live from San Benito, Texas from the comfort of my own home. What? Yes, unfortunately this is not digisal. This is Adriana Sujey Bustamante de Villegas, AKA, shimmyliciousadri or Adriville :) Greetings!! On a last minute situation, Sal has asked me to assist him tonight. Doesn't he know what kind of pressure he is putting me under? Fortunately, I work well under pressure (I think). I do have to admit that I'm not a poet like him, so please bare with me. What I would like to do tonight is thank Sal for introducing me and most of us that are reading this to this wonderful world of blogging! I wonder who introduced him? Many positive things come out of this. Not only that, but at times we can release our frustrations and in turn get good advice. Like I've said before, now I have more friends!! It is fun!! Even my husband Abel likes to check what is going on with Mr. Wallbanger's. For the record, I have 3 minutes to post this, my second blog for the day!! So I would like to close this broadcast by saying...Sal (J), keep on doing exactly what you do. God made you the way you are for a reason. If there is anything that needs to be adjusted, he will take care of it all! He loves you! |
Monday, January 28, 2008
Good Times
| Had me some good times tonight. Drove over to Edinburgh for a revival meeting at Harvest Baptist Church and then fellowshipped at Wallbangers. Ain't nothing like Wallbangers and good fellowship. It was great sitting and eating with three preachers and their families. I just pray and ask for your prayers for me. So that I can read my bible and be a testimony to others because as many have told me people are watching me and listening to me. Hopefully, I can make it out there tomorrow night but gas is a killer! and one more thing. Happy Birthday to Rob. I hope it was a good one. Labels: birthday, church, fellowship, preachers, revival, wallbangers |
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Church
| Been going to church all week and its been awesome. Central Baptist Church in Harlingen had revival with some great preachers. Both messages preached at my church, Grace Baptist Church, were awesome as well. Preached on hell, and wouldn't you know it, three got saved from eternity in the lake of fire. I couldn't help but think that the revival meetings my preacher went to fueled his preaching and thus lead to those souls getting saved. God knows what he is doing. I sat in Juan and Deedee's usual spot and I liked it. If only I got there early to steal it from them every time. Looking forward to the revival meetings at Harvest Baptist Church in Edinburgh on Monday and Tuesday. We already planning on going to Wallbangers afterwards on Monday. God willing. |
Saturday, January 26, 2008
I Got Nothing....
| I got nothing to blog about tonight. Nothing witty, nothing funny, nothing cute, sweet, or anything of nothing first create. Sometimes I will just think of a few words for a subject and just let it rip or I'll get a subject from someone and go with it but this night I got nothing. I wanted to call in and just ramble on for your listening pleasure but I did not have the words. I wanted to go through my photos but that PC is still dead. I wanted to invite a guest blogger but there is no time. I wanted to write my innermost thoughts but the wheel is broken. I wanted to inspire you but I must first inspire myself. So, I want you to inspire me! Labels: inspiration, nothing |
Friday, January 25, 2008
Distracted
| I've been accused of noticing to many things or being to observant. Sometimes this is good because I score some brownie points, but it's also bad because I see and hear things I shouldn't. When I need to concentrate on something, like reading, learning, or PREACHING, I get easily distracted and I hate it. If I hear a noise or see something move out the corner of my eye I lose focus and I hate it. At church, I sit pretty close to the preacher but there are still people in front of me to the left, the right, and the middle and many times I catch myself wondering what they doing, what they fiddling around with, what they whispering and things of that nature. The same thing happened to me at revival tonight. I was hearing whispering from behind me, movement from the far left, and fussing around from the front. I was getting mad at myself and I just wanted to go up and sit on the very front row! Aside from that, it was great peaching. Labels: church, distractions, revival |
Guest Blogger
| Well, I wish it was my idea but smiling Adri thought of it. She thought it would be cool if we all do the switch-a-roo and guest blog on each others blogs. It be good just in case we are going to miss the deadline or if we want to take a day off. So she added me as an Author to her blog. I am just waiting for the go ahead from her to let me do it. So if you want to let someone else blog for you one day or two add them as an Author in the settings for Blogger. It should be under the Permissions tab. You have to know their email address to add them. I was going to think up of some rules to nazi this but who cares. Add whomever you want to add and just let them know when its cool to blog. |
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Road Trip!!
| So DeeDee and Juan are on their way to visit my Bro in Louisiana. It's funny because I have been getting a lot of grief because I don't go visit my brother but Juan does. I'll see him when I see him. ANYWAY, their trip has got me thinking about the road trips my parents and I would take to visit their friends in Florida. The last time I was over there was the summer between 7th and 8th grade. It was a long trip. To this day my dad and I laugh because I rode in the back of the truck under the camper for a long time and we were supposed to use these walkie talkies to communicate but we never used them. BUT, on the way to Florida, somewhere in Louisiana, while I was riding in the back, in the middle of the night, I heard a bang and then a loud clangity-clang noise. It was LOUD and scared me to death. Turns out the drive shaft fell out. So there we were in the middle of nowhere, in the black of night, on the side of road. My dad grabs his Mag-Lite flashlight and starts to walk the way we were coming. He is looking for the universal joints that hold the drive shaft up. He found most of it. When he put it back on it wouldn't hold so he stuck a nickel in there. Temporary. Word on the CB Radio said there was a small town just up ahead so we cruised it and sure'nough the town popped up out of nowhere. We spent the night at some motel and the next morning my dad fixed the drive shaft in the AutoZone parking lot. He still has that nickel. The whole rest of the way my dad was worried about his shaft and I was worried we'd be out of gas. It was funny. Also, in that road trip was when my dad introduced me to the music of George Jones and the best country song ever. The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song). My dad got the tape at some gas station and I can even remember standing in line getting it from the little carousel thing on the counter. We must've heard that tape the whole rest of the way to Florida and back because I still know most of the lyrics to the songs on that tape. I am pretty sure my dad still has it. At some point we upgraded to the CD and its sitting to my right in a CD case. I even ripped that CD and it's on my Zune. When we got to Dade City, Florida we stayed at some motel across from a gas station that had a cow on their sign and boy did they have the best hot dogs. Got to find that place one day. Those are the most memorable moments of that road trip. I vaguely remember another trip when John was with us. I only remember bits and pieces. Like getting an Alf puppet at McDonalds and John giving me all his onions from the Big Mac. Now I hate onions. What a nice trip down memory lane. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
It's Just A Phase
| Growing up we all go through phases. Some more extreme than others. People go through a Gothic phase, a kicker phase, sports, and other such things. I've gone through my fair share of phases. The longest lasting phase was the drinking. I think I started drinking when I was 18 or 19 and that lasted for about 8 or 9 years, off and on, but I've quit that, thank God. Rob always busts my chops about how when he first met me I was smoking cigarettes. That lasted about a week. Gross stuff. Although, I think I have had more cigars than cigarettes but that was way over 10 years ago. I called that my Antonio Banderas phase. Aside from that most of my other phases are want phases. Those are the phases where I want certain things for a good while and when I don't get them I go on to want other things. A few months before I started looking for a house I really wanted a 2005 Harley Davidson V-Rod. Oh man, I love those bikes. Most Harley riders don't like those bikes because they say it don't sound like a Harley. I would say it's a cross breed of a crotch rocket and real Harley. NICE bikes. One day I was doing my business and it occurred to me that I should be looking for a house and not for a death machine. 6 months later I moved in to my home. Recently, I really wanted a dirt bike. It must have been because I was riding Dale's dirt bike over at his house / hanger. I almost took Rob's off his hand but that fell through. Was looking around for a bit that never went anywhere. A whole year before I got my SS Trailblazer I really wanted one. Rob can testify that I never shut up about it. So happy I got it, but not happy with the payment nor the gas mileage. :-( So anyway, I am sure I missed a few wants. Now I just thank God for everything I got and for everything I don't. |
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Tug
| Oh man, the tug. Man it's an awesome feeling when you start feeling God tugging at your heart. Preaching at Central Baptist Church during the revival meeting tonight was awesome. The tug brought the lump in my throat, the tears in my eyes, took me to the front and put me on my knees. When I got back to the pew I could barely stand. Had to sit for a few seconds. It's awesome when God gets personal. Brother Phil Dunn preached a message that I wished all my lost loved ones and saved loved ones would have heard. He preached on burying your past at the church. Pretty much speechless about the whole thing. Looking forward to Brother Tim Rupert preaching at our church tomorrow night (Grace Baptist Church). He preached Revival last year at our church last year and it was great. Will be praying. Labels: church |
Monday, January 21, 2008
15 Minute Blog
| I had a good serious face blog all worked out in my head but then I got to chatting with @juandeleon1021 and it all fell apart. Lots of blogging material came about from our brief chat. Here is a quick rundown of the conversation. Talked about:
Labels: blogworthy, chat |
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Sundays
| Growing up, I hated Sundays. No matter how great Sundays were, in the back of my mind I knew that the next day was a school day. And boy did I hate school. My neighbors at the time can tell you about my mom screaming at the top of her lungs trying to get me out of bed on school days. Then when I got a Monday through Friday day job as I got older I still felt the same about Sundays. Had to go to work the next day!! But then I got saved and boy did my view on Sundays change. Sundays are the best now. I get to hear the Word preached, hang out with some awesome people and I get to hear some awesome worship singing. I believe the Lord keeps the best vocalists in the world to sing his praises. That means you KIM!! And not to mention Jacob Crisp when he was down here for Thanksgiving. He makes that piano sing! We just have a whole mess of talented people in our church. So yeah, you can say I love Sundays. Maybe not as much when its cold though. ha! |
The Colder The Lazier
| Since Friday after work I have been spending most of my time under the sheets keeping warm. So much time that I didn't wake up before midnight to make my blog for the day yesterday. I woke up in the middle of the night reaching for my phone to see what time it was and when I saw I was way over due I just went back into hibernation. So now that I have fallen behind does that mean I can't Nazi everyone else?? Of course not! Anyhow, the sun is out now but its still cold in the shade. Just got out of church. Had some great North Carolinian singing and a wonderful message. Let's see what the Lord has in store for the rest of my day. |
Friday, January 18, 2008
If I Could Say One Lie Tonight....
| If I could say one lie tonight it would be about the incident upstairs. It wasn't me! It was like that when I came home! I always wondered what was underneath that red carpet in the restroom. Tonight I found out. And you know what it cost me? My futon. So whenever Rob finishes his room at his house he is taking it with him. You know what plumbers charge this time of night? Thanks Rob. Don't know where I'd be without your help all the time. Having friends is so important. But its the quality of the friend not the quantity of friends. I may not have many friends but I can sure count on the ones I do have. I only wish they could say the same about me. I'll fix that printer Juan!! I'll give you a ride next time your car leaves you stranded in the rain Rob!! Tonight, I am going to get me a new friend. A mop. |
Thursday, January 17, 2008
I Can't Walk No Line
| Alright, this is kind of dumb but it's all I got. I am to cold to get really inspired. Anyway, so today, yet another person says that I have a walk that says that I think I am all that. Throughout the years I have been told similar things, that I walk like I own the place or that I am conceited or stuck up. Apparently ,how I wear my sun glasses also generates this image. I am just left wondering how it is I walk. After I got this comment tonight I text a friend who I think would give me an honest opinion. She sees me walking around all day at work. At first she says she sees nothing odd about my walk BUT after awhile she then says that I have a glide in my walk as if I am lite on my feet. Whatever that means! I am going to question more people about this. Aside from being conceited I have also been told that upon first meeting or seeing me people thought I was really mean, a serial killer, a drug dealer (mostly because of the vette), and more recently, a satanic. So I think I need a new walk. Labels: walk |
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
11 Years
| You know, it has been 11 years that I have been on the internet. I got online at my house for the first time using a WebTV in 1997. A small box that hooked up to your television and phone line to get you online. Rob got one first so I had to have one too. That thing had no CD ROM nor a Floppy Drive. I think I might have used that for a little over two years before I got a real PC in 1999. I still have that PC and I am using it to write this because my newer PC is on the fritz. Still going strong! It's has been cool to see the web evolve all these years. I remember trying to watch music videos on the WebTV. If it worked it would take forever to play since it was coming through a phone line. And now we can watch full length movies and TV shows thanks to site like QSS and Hulu. I have seen regular chatting go from just text, to voice, to video. Whats next? Smellavision!!? The coolest thing to watch evolve has been Google. I remember reading about this search service in PC Mag or was it Maxim? Maxim used to put out Best of the Web inlets in their magazines. Anyway, Google is huge now. Not just search anymore. So when people get a computer for the first time I kinda feel bad for them because there is so much out there now. It's easy to get overwhelmed. Anyway, the best part about this is that I have made some friends that I am still in contact with from the ole' WebTV days. They can be found here now. I am a contributor to that blog but have not written anything yet. One day I'll write about the yatta references in my blog and that one. See ya in the next 11 years!! |
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Half Way There....
Monday, January 14, 2008
Let's Bowl
| After reading one of my brothers blogs this month about bowling, I kinda wanted to go bowl. Well, wouldn't you know it, the church decided to have a bowling night this past Saturday. A few of us went out there and since Adri knows everyone from the blog I invited her and her family too. I had a blast and I hope everyone else did too. I videoed a few of the nonstrikes and below is what I put together. While putting this video together I felt like bowling again so I asked Rob if he wanted to bowl one game tonite. He said yes, but of course when we got there it's closed on Mondays. Pffft. Next stop was the bowling alley in Brownsville but that was a no go. Check it out: |
Sunday, January 13, 2008
January 12, 2006
| Was supposed to put this up yesterday but got caught up with the Sweet Things. Don't remember whose idea it was but here is Rob being paintballed by me back in 2006. What do you say Rob? Make another video to commemorate the 2 years? Oh, and the best part of the video is at 20 seconds. |
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Sweet Things
| You know what I am talking about. Those lovely things couples say to one another. Whether it be softly in the ear or subconsciously out loud for all to hear. I have a few friends who are lovey dovey like this all the time (you know who you are) and I joke that it makes me sick. Well, it does make me sick. Love sick. Out of love sick. I guess I just miss it. Just like I miss saying I love you. I used to like to say that I was a student of human behaviour. My classroom was any public area with plenty of people living their lives. Restaurants, businesses, Wallbangers. My favorite type of people to observe were love birds. These are the people that go on about themselves as if they are the only people in the room. Paying attention only to the one in their arms. It's beautiful. Nowadays these are the only people I take a moment to observe. I guess for the same reason people watch movies or tv shows of people doing things they'd love to do. Racing, football, super hero movies. I see these love birds and I wonder what kind of sweet things they whisper to each other. I wish I could speak their language. |
Friday, January 11, 2008
NonGamer
 I am no gamer that's for sure. Whether it be sports, video games, or of any other sort I am just not into it. When it came to video games I guess you can say I was a normal kid growing up. I had the Sega, then the Nintendo but my liking for it stopped somewhere around Super Mario Brothers 3. I think I got into cars around that time. I really wanted a Camaro like my best friends Marshalll and Rob.When people find out that I am into computers, people usually assume I am a gamer but I can't remember the last time I played a game on this PC besides those simple games I have on this site. HERE. Recently though I have been furnishing my home with games here and there. My den is turning into a game room of sorts. First the Foosball table, then the basketball game. Well, in my garage, in one of the cabinets I had stored the first Sony Playstation and a Sega Dreamcast so I got to thinking that it would be cool to get those connected in the garage. I have a lot of PS1 games and Dreamcast games are available on the internet. So when I told my folks my plan they told me about my old TV that is not being used at their house. So I brought it home and stuck it in the garage. I got the cables I needed on the cheap at the flea market and Rob got me a cool 5 video splitter. I was missing one controller for the Dreamcast and one of the controllers on the PS1 was busted. eBay to the rescue! It took forever to get here but in the picture above you see two PS1 controllers, a Dreamcast controller, and a gun for the Dreamcast, which was not listed in the sale. All for .99 cents plus 7 dollar shipping. If I stay in this house longer and if I can save up the dinero I would like to turn the space above the garage into a real game room. If I move from here then hopefully I find another home with plenty of rooms. Who wants to play me? |
Thursday, January 10, 2008
I Dare You To.....
| I dare you to be nice to someone you dislike very much. I dare you to put someone else's happiness above yours. I dare you to just listen. I dare you to keep that criticism to yourself. I dare you to think before you speak. I dare you to put yourself in their shoes. My place of employment is not that big. It is just a two story building. Over one hundred employees I believe. I can't tell you how many patients are in the building at any given moment but I can tell you that it is a building that is filled with people, persons, lives, and souls. Each and every one with a unique outlook to life and their own lives. We get so caught up in our own business that we forget about everyone else. When I was young I had this silly notion that I was the star of a movie or TV show and that these other people around me were just extras. It was not until I got old enough to stop being so selfish that I realized that the world does not revolve around me. I try to be courteous and nice to people around me but I fall into my own traps where I can be mean and selfish again like I was when I was little. To the people that I am close to, and to an occasional stranger, I try to offer them something most people don't. An open ear and a silent mouth. People just need to be heard at times. But I don't just hear them out, I try to actually LISTEN to them. Hang on every word. Let the world revolve around them for a change. Even if I don't say a word I always get a thank you for helping them out. Try it. I dare you. I know, I'm trying. |
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
When You're Strange
| I heard an old song today that had the verse "the world is full of stupid people" but do you know what other kind of people this world is filled with? I'll tell you. Weird People. I went to H.E.B. today to get a rotisserie chicken and I saw two weird guys. One is an older weird guy. He kinda looks like Groucho Marks (without makeup) and a slimmer Albert Einstein. He is ALWAYS there and he don't work there either. He is either sitting in the deli area or walking around, talking to himself. Why don't they kick him out? The other weird guy looked like him sorta. Only whiter and wore big aviator type glasses. He was behind me in line and saying weird stuff to people and blowing his nose and he was buying like five bags of Funyons, Bread, and Onions. Weird! Although, at the last minute he put back the funyons because according to him it was just air in those bags. Do you think these guys know there is something weird about them? They have to know right? And if they do know at what point did they come to realize "Ok, I'm weird, so I'm going to H.E.B. and weird people out". But now that I write this I thought of something Anthony Hopkins said in the movie Proof. He said a crazy person would never admit that they are crazy. So, someone out there has to please tell me if I get weird, or am weird. |
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Elvis
| Elvis and his twin were born this day 73 years ago. Only Elvis survived. People ask me all the time why I am such an Elvis fan, and I just say that my mother listened to his music while I was in the womb. I was probably influenced to be a fan by my dad and my brother. I recently realized that I probably got my manners from Elvis. I love to watch documentaries on him and I saw many of them as I grew up and he was always so courteous to others. So I am sorry if I say excuse me every time I leave the table at lunch or dinner. Blame Elvis. I have never celebrated his birthday in some weird, fanatic, Elvis freak way but yesterday I got the crazy notion to make Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwhiches a-la Elvis. So I did that today. Sure, they weren't exactly like his but hey, I am not the King of Rock N' Roll. Some of my fellow Jackles joined me and others did not. I don't know about them but I had a great time but I was tired by the time they left. Luckily, I didn't have to give them the boot prematurely and I do have ways of getting rid of people you know. ;-) |
Monday, January 07, 2008
Beauty
| It has been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or to be funny, it has been said it is in the eye of the beerholder. To me, beauty is in the heart of a loved one. Just like it is said, she or he has the kind of face only a mother could love. Many times you see beautiful people with not so good looking people and others are quick to say things like, what does he or she see in them. I believe as people get to know each other and gradually fall in love the more handsome or pretty the other gets. It is a two way street though. When one falls out of love with someone or is deeply hurt by another he or she becomes ugly in the eye of the beholder. That is when people start to say, I don't know what I ever saw in her or him. IT WAS LOVE! You were seeing them through the eyes of love. So next time you see a couple and one is not as good looking as the other think twice and think for one minute about how much they love each other. And don't ever tell a guy or girl that has recently been heartbroken, oh, he or she wasn't good looking enough for you. That is nonsense. |
Sunday, January 06, 2008
What I Need To Do
| So this blog a day is really great. I don't know exactly how everyone really feels about it. Maybe I analyze or read into things to much but I see some great things happening behind the scenes. For example, Juan is always talking about how he misses and wants to go visit my brother in Louisiana and recently he was telling me how he didn't want to just show up or ask if he could go because he knows how busy they are up there. He was pretty much waiting for an invite. Well, I think, that thanks to this blogging and all the commenting he got that invite and that's awesome. Another good thing about this is that we got Rob blogging more. It is usually hit and miss with him because of the things he has got going on. Hopefully he keeps it up even though now he is back in school and hopefully he will go meet everyone and the Lord in church soon. Lucy and Deedee are blogging again like they used to and even Kim is back in the game even though she is not doing the blog a day thing. And that is awesome. Adri didn't need any encouragement; she is always blogging. :-) But I keep thinking about something else I should, I mean, something I NEED to be doing everyday. And that is reading my bible, daily. Last year our preacher gave us a handout that is supposed to help us read every day by checking off the daily readings. I started off good but I stopped and never started again. I can't help but feel, I mean, I know that I am losing out on blessings for not being in the word like I am supposed to. So I am going to start reading my bible daily again and not just for the month of January, and not just for the year of 2008. Watch my Jaikus for when I am reading. Lately, I have been finding myself in situations where I say to myself "if you were reading your bible you would know what to say." So, I kindly ask for your prayers. It's going to be a great year. |
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Foosball Carnage
  About a week or two ago, Juan and I were battling it out on the foosball table again when the unthinkable happened. As Juan spun his man to make a goal from the opposite side of the table he started to yell, STOP, STOP, STOP. I freaked out. I didn't know what was going on because I was in full defensive mode. Then I saw the carnage. The humanity. The dismemberment of one of his men. Like the scene of a seven car pile up; we could not look away. The player is now in the process of reconstructive surgery due back at an unknown date and all games have been suspended. |
Juan's Z71??
If Juan had his Z71, I am sure it would look like this. |
Friday, January 04, 2008
Last Minute Material
| It's funny, with this ABAD we got going on I am always on the look out for Blog Material. I have a good funny story to tell but I don't want to get dooced for it. So I will save that for the next fellowship. It was a pretty uneventful, busy day at work. Got some rough news today at a meeting though. Cutting costs. Cutting pay for awhile :-(. I know what I need to do and start doing again faithfully. Tithing. Towards the end of the day while discussing certain religious denominations with the big cheese my friend Eddie text me if I want to go to Wallbangers this evening, since he owes me. Thirty minutes later I finally manage to get the "yes" out. Dalia, his wife, who works with me, joked that he was only going to buy me fries because supposedly he wasn't able to watch a complete movie on QSS, which is what I helped him with in order to get free Wallbangers. He tells me we would head out at 7:30 or 8:00. So naturally, I took a nap. My phone was on the verge of death so it wasn't ringing but when I finally woke up at 8:12 I saw a missed call and a text from them. So they came for me. BUT as I was trying to change, phone calls started to come in from left and right and my dying phone couldn't handle it. I managed to answer one call and it was a nurse from work. I had to help a doctor with his PDA, which he uses for dictation, for about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, Eddie and Dalia, were waiting for me outside. Finally, we left. Wallbangers was great, as always. On the way back, and on the final exit, and as I asked Eddie for permission to ask his 18 year old daughter out, we spotted something peculiar. See the photos below:   All I had was my camera phone. Now I know to carry my real camera with me at all times this month. This couple had tried to pull in to the gas station but did not notice there was a HUGE gap between the concrete so it fell in. They were trying to push it out but it was front wheel drive so that was a no go. As we stopped to check it out the people offered Eddie five bucks to pull them out. He warned them that it was going to do some damage but they were too drunk to care. So Eddie tied the chain and yanked that little car out on the second attempt. Needless to say, Eddie turned down the five dollar payment. |
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Get In and Get Out
| Been having some issues with my garage door lately. On its way down it will decide to go back up. Most garage doors have a sensor so that if a dog or someone were to walk out or in while the door is going down it will go back up. So I thought something was in the way because it has happened before but that wasn't the case. So something else is causing this. Then I noticed that one of the rollers has lost its wheel so I went out to get one at Alamo Door Supply. This isn't the first one I buy. So I head out there and as I am pulling up to the parking lot an older man is pulling up in front me hauling a welder of some kind on a small trailer. I see him and I think to myself , I better get in there before this guy. He looks like a talker. So I park illegally and walk inside as he is parking legally. I show the lady what I need and she calls out for the guy to bring me one. I think I only uttered one word. And in walks the man a few moments later. Sure enough, the dude won't stop talking about how he couldn't find the place, wasted 10 gallons of gas, he is hauling a trailer, he is building a shed, yatta, yatta, yatta. I was very annoyed. I kept giving him my back as he gave the lady behind the counter his monologue. The guy from the back brings my roller, I pay the five dollars, and I walk out. Some people just can't get in, get what they need, and get out. |
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
364 days Left
| 364 days left in this year. Well, today isn't over yet. Anything can happen between now and midnight right? I really dislike this time of year. I am totally against cold weather. I see no benefit whatsoever. Unless you count Winter Mexicans as a benefit. I think its cheaper to warm houses then to cool them right? Correct me if I am wrong. So that might be a benefit because my electric has been cheaper now a days. I have been told and I have admitted that I am very lazy and with the addition of this cold weather I might as well just lock all my doors and board up the windows because I do not come out much during this time of year. I also don't spend much time awake for that matter. For example, on Tuesday I got up in what I thought was the early morning to relieve myself and as I went back to sleep more I saw that it was 11:30am already. Otherwise I would have just kept on sleeping! I don't know how to say this but I hate being told that it is going to be cold the next day. Because once I am told it is going to be cold, that's it, it's going to be cold no matter what. I don't watch the news, I don't read the paper, and for sure I don't have Weather Bug on my computer so when it comes to the weather I like to take it one day at a time BUT people ruin it by telling me it is going to be cold. Otherwise, it would have just been a normal day. How weird is that huh?? Before I end this I want to mention the time a big storm was rolling in, and I guess it was going to be pretty bad because my friend Pat from work text me to tell me about it. In the text she said that she knew I did not have a TV so I didn't know about it. It was funny. I'm going under the covers now. |
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Day 1 0f 31
| So with this here blog post I start my blog a day for the month of January. I linked those that are going to try to do this also on the sidebar. Anyway, enough with the formalities. Today starts a new year and so far so good. Way better then last year. I can tell you where I was, what I was doing and why I was hurting. But I wont. That is all in the past. Every new year people make resolutions but I hardly every do BUT last year I made one and it didn't happen. Just about the only thing I want to try and do different this year is eat out less and keep up with my ugly yard. The before and now pics of my yard are very disappointing to say the least. In fact, I should be cutting the grass today. So once again. Happy New Year and let us know if you doing the blog a day! |