| More of "I have my life back!" |
| 06.28.05 (8:41 am) |
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Things are continuing the same way now that my ex and I have "officially" switched the kids for the week. He and his mom have had a real wonderful time together (first time in YEARS) they have been going to his Grandma's who lives on a lake and swimming in the afternoon, then playing cards with Grandma and mom for hours! He has not given her one bit of trouble or backtalk, even about taking his meds. She is very happy with how things are going. My kids are both teenagers and this is time normally when this kids get independent and challenge parents anyway so we are going to expect some challenges/disruptions/ba d behavior from them. The nice thing is we now can tell the real difference between the disorder and the kid more clearly! One more thing. We had an appointment with the tdoc the other day. I was first and explained the huge change we'd seen and she was encouraged. I did tell her I thought there was come cognitive dulling with this combo, and he had a "drugged" look. She laughed (good hearted, not in a derogatory way) You know she says this is most likely one of the first times you've seen him in a calm state and your so used to him in an agitated state you've forgotten how he is supposed to look, he's most likely showing you his "normal" face! to which after I thought about it, I laughed too! She then took him for a 1/2 hour, and when they came out she did this wide eyed look at me (behind him so he could not see) and gave me the OK sign with her fingers! Then told me how he'd learned to play backgammon and after the third game beat her time after time! The obvious message was "NO cognitive dulling here"!!!!! |
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| I've gotten my life back - for now at least! |
| 06.28.05 (6:59 am) |
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Folks, its been 3 full weeks now that my son has been on his new meds, Lithium and Abilify. He has been like a totally different child! "Normal", funny, easy to get along with and very compliant with my wishes (takes his meds no questions asked) and he obeys his mother too, and really gets along with her! OMG, it has been so very peaceful all the time I could really get used to this!! He seems to be much more self aware. He told me he has stopped getting mad so easy and he likes that! He also realizes that his teasing of the cats was way over board and it was not right, he is going to treat them better from now on, just pet them. Like this all came out of the blue, no prompting from me! I told him too that I really felt this mew meds were working for him. We've not fought I've not had to get mad and we've not gotten into any fights over things. I praised him for doing such a good job, and he was proud of it!! Then this morning I hear things rattling around in the kitchen about 5:30 AM, so I get up to see what is going on, here he is making breakfast for both of us!! Bacon, hash browns with scrambled eggs with ham and cheese! He pours me a cup of coffee and tells me to sit down and have breakfast!! Then he talks to me about his plans for the day of going to the library and getting some books to start and doing more reading instead of playing his X-Box all the time!! OMG, knock me over with a feather!! Wahoooo! I've gone through enough med changes to know this may be temporary, but I'll take it while it lasts!! |
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| I'll try this - Five More things |
| 06.24.05 (12:03 pm) |
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10 years ago: Dealing with 2 young kids (5 and 3) Deciding to leave a job that I’d held for 19 years for one with better pay. 5 years ago: Dealing with being laid off work after being employed for only 5 years at a large company. Becoming a Mr. Mom, and working around the house. 1 year ago: Discovering the single life and apartment living after my divorce the year before. Yesterday: Sweating my ass off on a long bike ride in nearly 90 deg. weather getting ready for the Senior Olympics. Today: Working on finishing the project at work which is due on July 1., basking in my recent engagement to my fiancée. 5 Snacks I Enjoy: 1) Ice Cream 2) Chocolate 3) Homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies 4) Strawberry Shortcake 5) Cheese Cake 5 Songs I Know All The Words To: (but only if I am listening to them at the time.) 1) Gold dust Woman – Fleetwood Mac 2) Find the Cost of Freedom – Crosby Still and Nash 3) Restless – Alison Krauss 4) Terms – Sarah McLachlan 5) White Flag - Dido 5 Things I Would Do With $100,000,000: 1) Pay off my debts 2) Buy a second home in a tropical location 3) Buy a home so my fiancée and I can live together 4) Travel round the world 5) Donate to Heifer International and other Charitable Organizations 5 Locations I’d Like to Run Away To: 1) Netherlands 2) Aruba 3) Hawaii 4) Korea 5) Florida Keys 5 Bad Habits I Have: 1) Too predictable 2) Let the dishes go too long 3) Procrastinate 4) Spend too much time on Tblog 5) Don’t eat right 5 Things I like Doing: 1) Making dinner for my fiancée 2) Riding/racing my bicycle 3) Traveling 4) Photography 5) Sailing 5 Things I Would Never Wear: 1) Ear ring(s) 2) Body Piercing 3) Tattoo(s) 4) Cowboy boots 5) Wing tip shoes 5 T.V. Shows/Networks I Like: 1) CSI 2) CNN Headline News – Robin and Company 3) Food Channel 4) Discovery Channel 5) OLN – Tour de France 5 Movies I Like: 1) LOTR 2) Star Wars (all 6 of them) 3) Men of Honor 4) Samurai 5) The Aviator 5 Famous People I'd like to Meet: 1) Lance Armstrong 2) Eddy Merckx 3) Colin Powel 4) Nicole Kidman 5) Donald Trump 5 Biggest Joys at the Moment: 1) My fiancée 2) Friends 3) My kids 4) My house 5) Starting a new job position after nearly 30 years in QA. 5 Favorite Toys: 1) Digital Camera 2) Computer 3) Cell phone (w/ web access) 4) CD Player 5) DVD player |
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| Five things I miss from my childhood |
| 06.22.05 (6:56 pm) |
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I've been tagged so here goes: Here is the list I was tagged from: LoriSchuster BilllyRyan MerMaid TrekGuy Basild Anastacia IckyDane 1. Spending a week at my grandparent’s home during the summers. Every summer when I was a kid my Grandparents would invite each grandchild to spend a week at their home to be with grandma and grandpa. Only one child at a time was allowed for several reasons actually. One was that my grandparents really didn’t want to take care of more than one at a time, no fighting with siblings this way. And it gave them time to focus on just one child and make the child feel special, and spoil them a bit too! 2. Feeling un-pressured, very loved, and secure all the time by someone else older and more responsible, my parents. My childhood was a very happy one in which I was allowed to be a child, run, play, goof off (mostly during the summer), just be a kid! There were no constant activities, or pressure to become an adult, and few distractions other than the TV and an occasional movie. 3. Having an imagination, and being able to be lost/consumed in it and all it’s pleasures and freedom. While I still have an imagination, it is no longer as vivid or do I use it as frequently as I did when I was a child. I miss that, and try as I may I can’t recreate that feeling/freedom or ability to get lost in world of my own making! I think so many adults have lost this ability. Oh a few still have it, the ability to get lost in that imaginary world. Poets, artists, writers, but sadly for many of us this is lost never to be regained! 4. Spending time in the woods/creeks/fields near my home discovering the wonders of nature and the outdoors. Oh don’t get me wrong, I still love the outdoors and I’m outside all the time, but it was that sense of discovery and wonder looking into a stream for the first time seeing the creatures, the stones and sand, the plants and discovering that world for the very first time, a time that will never come again. 5. Riding in my dad’s '67 Rambler station wagon traveling to the east coast and then the west coast with my parents and brothers. We did a lot of traveling in that old station wagon. My dad built a car top carrier and put all our camping gear in there and drove us around this country of ours and showed us the sights! We saw the mountains, the oceans, the big cities on both coasts that we’d only seen in magazines and on TV. What a wonderful machine it was to take us all those places!! I'm going to pass on picking 5 more!! Sorry I'm just bailing on this one!! |
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| Off to Houston |
| 06.20.05 (2:51 am) |
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Good freinds, this week I'm off to Houston to do some training for a group of the salesmen and women in our Houston office. I'll be gone early today, Monday, and will return home on Wednesday late. I'm not sure if the hotel has Internet connections as I did not make the reservations. otherwise the hotel would, for sure. But the company decided that since there were going to be nearly 20 people giving presentations from all over the world they'd rather have us all in one hotel and to coordinate the arrangements themselves. I know I've been tagged to do a childhood meme, and I've already got ideas for that, as well as some of you to link to, but that is going to have to wait. Talk to all of you when I get back, or sooner if conditions allow. |
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| What's your Expression number | ||
| 06.16.05 (3:25 pm) | ||
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Got this from Alms, so I thought I'd try!! Got to say seems hokey but you know most of it fits!!
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| One Year Anniversary Dinner |
| 06.16.05 (6:59 am) |
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Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the first date my GF and I had together. My GF and I had planned a nice dinner at the same restaurant we met in for the first time exactly one year ago, June 15, 2004. We planned to meet at 7:00 PM each arriving separately, exactly the same way and time we’d met before. The place is a local brewpub known for it’s excellent micro-brew beers! I was going to sit at the bar as I had but when I got there at 6:30 PM (I hate to be LATE for anything) the place was packed so I asked to be seated right away. The hostess seated us near a window where we could look down one of Kalamazoo’s main streets. The booth we’d sat at last year was already taken. I ordered one of the specialty beers, Raspberry Wheat Ale, and waited for my sweetheart to show up. I had told the server that this was a special night, a one-year anniversary and that I’d like him to take a picture of us so we could remember this date. I showed him how to use the digital camera, which is a simple digital point and shoot. She got there about 7:00 PM and looked for me at the bar, but then saw me sitting at the table. She came over and sat down, she was dressed in these great light cream colored Capri’s, with a tank top covered with a light sweater (our temp had dipped into the high 60’s after days of near 90 deg. heat). She had these great dangly earrings and looked even more lovely and youthful than the day I’d met her! The server came over to take her drink order, and after she’d ordered the same drink I had, I asked the server to take a picture of us. As he took the camera and got ready to take the shot I said, “Wait, Wait I have something else I want to do!” I pulled out a small package out of my cargo pants and handed it to my GF. Here eyes got as big as saucers, and I took the top off to reveal an ENGAGEMENT RING! “Will you marry me??” She was tearing up as she said, “YES”, I got up and leaned over the table and gave her a kiss, when the server took his picture.
Then I stood straight up and announced to the whole restaurant, “Folks, I just asked this young lady to be my wife, and she said YES”. The place exploded in applause! She was embarrassed but very happy!! We’ve talked about getting married before but because of our family situations don’t really see us living together or getting married for several years. But what I did tell her is that the ring was a symbol of my commitment to her. She is the only woman I want and no matter how long it takes I’ll stick by her and love her.
The server came back to the table and told us that because of our engagement he was going to give us our drinks and dessert “on the house”! And as others who were in the room when I announced our engagement left they would come over to the table and congratulate us and shake our hands! All and all it was a very special night!!
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| Dilbert Dictionary |
| 06.16.05 (5:56 am) |
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Dilbert's newest additions to add to your vocabulary for the office environment, = Assmosis: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss. = Blamestorming: Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible. = Seagull Manager: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps over everything and then leaves. = Salmon day: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end. = Chainsaw consultant: An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee head count, leaving the brass with clean hands. = CLM (Career Limiting Move): Used among microserfs to describe ill-advised activity. Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM. = Ohno-second: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. = Umfriend: A sexual relation of dubious standing or a concealed intimate relationship, as in "This is Dylan, my ... um ... friend." = Xerox Subsidy: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace. |
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| What color is your heart?? - Quiz results |
| 06.15.05 (4:13 am) |
Oh this is sooooo right for me!!! Your Heart is Red What Color is Your Heart? brought to you by Quizilla |
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| Save NPR and PBS |
| 06.14.05 (5:59 pm) |
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Here is a mesage from moveon.org about one of the funding cuts Congress is wanting to make, help stop this by signing the petition at Moveon.org. You know that email petition that keeps circulating about how Congress is slashing funding for NPR and PBS? Well, now it's actually true. (Really. Check the footnotes if you don't believe me.) Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS: http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/" title="http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/" target="_blank"http://www.moveon.org/publicb... A House panel has voted to eliminate all funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch. The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year—$100 million—and end funding altogether within two years. The loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur," and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships. If we can reach 250,000 signatures by the end of the week, we'll put Congress on notice. http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/" title="http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/" target="_blank"http://www.moveon.org/publicb... Thanks! P.S. Read the Washington Post report on the threat to NPR and PBS at: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745" title="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745" target="_blank"http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745... |
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| Tyler is Missing!!!! |
| 06.14.05 (5:16 am) |
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On Sunday I was working around the house and I decided that my normally indoor cats might enjoy some time outdoors. Mg GF and I had looked at the back yard and figured that the wooden fence was tight enough that the cats could roam and not get out. So as I sat and ate my lunch on the back porch I let I was done with my lunch so I got up and went inside, confident that I could leave for a few minutes and OMG, how could I tell “J” my friend that I’d lost her cat? “J” has just had a baby back in January and did not want a cat around with the new baby and was looking for a good home when I said I’d take him. She was relieved, she knows I love cats and would take care of him. And now I might have to tell her I had lost him, I was sick to my stomach. My son went over the back fence and looked all around in the woods behind the house for nearly 45 min. and no sign of So I went on my typical 30 mile ride, it was lovely sunny hot and humid day, I got a great workout and came home dripping with sweat, ah perfect workout! As I pulled up into the drive I thought I saw a shape under one of my bushes in the front of the yard. I got off my bike and called “ Well, of course I HAD to tell “J” about he whole adventure on Monday. As I told the story she was worried but I quickly told her I’d found him, she was very relieved, too, that all had ended happily! |
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| Inspired! |
| 06.13.05 (6:17 pm) |
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I must admit I've been rather busy lately, however from time to time I do get a break and have a chance to think. Two weekends ago there was a large art fair held in I've also taken some time to look over one of our own member's (chicalookate) blog - Spitting Milk Out Your Nose, and the Flickr displays of her photography. I was talking to my GF and as we often do we were discussing our interests and plans for the future such as how we are going to spend retirement (remember I'm 53 and plan to retire at 62, so it is none too far off to plan). I told her that I wanted to really take up photography again, that I think I'd like to get a better camera and perhaps travel to see far away places and take pictures. Perhaps even down the line take a class to really learn some technique. Well, I've decided why wait! I've really started to take my camera with me where ever I go and snap shots I like and do some experimentation. So please take some time and look at my Flickr photos. You'll find links to my account in the right hand column of my blog!
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| Dearest Readers |
| 06.13.05 (6:02 pm) |
| I've been somewhat more absent lately, and with good reason! Rather than explain here please read: Living with a Bipolar Child, my other blog! |
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| Praying |
| 06.10.05 (3:45 am) |
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OMG is Tblog really back up?? Dare I hold my breath?? Couldn't sleep so I'm here at I pestered a few of you with emails! I just can't stand it when I'm out of touch! :(
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| Share the Music! |
| 06.08.05 (12:03 pm) |
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OK I'll take Almshvn up on her challange. For those of you who like Gaelic music there is none better to listen to than Gaelic Storm! Listen to #11 Cailin Deas Rua! This is my favorite Eric Satie composition Satie, arr. Agresta: Gymnopodie No. 1. Thanks for the idea Almshvn!! |
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| Knowing you limitations and abilities |
| 06.06.05 (7:19 pm) |
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My good friends, I've had some time to think about things (life, happiness and the future) in the past several days, and nights too (going to bed too late and not being able to sleep, sometimes the mind works overtime). Sunday night was one of those times. I've had several things on my mind lately some dealing with my personal life, some in my business life and my athletic life too. This posting is about my business/professional life. I'll have more to say in days and weeks upcoming on my personal life and athletic life too, so stay tuned. I was thinking late Sunday night about my work life and where I am and where I'm going professionally. For the most part I've been successful. In my 30s and 40s I was a manager for a small corporation. I held several positions managing from as little as 2 employees to a dozen later on in my employment. I've made a nice steady advance both in responsibility and pay over the years, but most of my working life was in Quality Assurance. Lately I've gotten out of that field and have had an opportunity to work in IT (Information Technology, A.K.A. the computer department) and in Finance dealing with compliance to the new Sarbanes Oxley (SOX for short) law. However it has come time to make a decision. The president of the company wants me to devote time to the IT project full time, and to do so for the next possibly the next 3 to 5 years. While it is exciting to think of doing something so vital and important to the company it involves a skill set that I’m not 1.) good at, 2.) not very confident of my own abilities, 3.) working with a totally new group of people and trying to get them to buy in to the project and work diligently in trying to complete the project. As I thought about it I was forced to face myself and assess my strengths and weaknesses, my current personal life and where I am at in my career. While I can and do exert my own will and become forceful when I have to it does not come easy or natural to me in my business life. I know that on the IT project I’ll have to be much more of a forceful leader and also work with many people I don’t know, and rely on them more than I’m comfortable in doing. I’m much more of an appeaser, a compromiser and work better as a team member rather than the team leader. I also work best when I’m working with those I know and have assessed their abilities. If given the choice of working on a project in which I have to completely depend on others performance then I’m at a disadvantage, I feel apprehensive. Can I get them to work on this; can I get them to finish on time, and with the proper detail and completeness? If I need others help, but in the end can accomplish it with minimal help of others and rely on my own abilities and work to complete the project (even if it means I’m doing other work) then I’m more comfortable and happy. I’m also looking at retiring in about 8 years. I’m had my time to be aggressive and be a manager and “run the show”, so now it is time to do what I feel comfortable at doing and can feel a sense of accomplishment when I’m finished. So after assessing those limitations and my abilities I’ve decided to tell my boss I’d rather take the Finance job and work with SOX. I know I’ll be less likely to end up feeling all “tied up in knots” inside it I do. I feel like my abilities and limitations have been correctly evaluated and in the end be happy to come to work each day. |
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| What kind of Rock Chic are you? |
| 06.06.05 (1:42 pm) |
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I was asked to take this "Rock Chic" test so here it is! Nice cleavage - no??  Which Rock Chick Are You? |
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| New Rim and Wheel |
| 06.05.05 (5:07 pm) |
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For those following my tale of the bike rim we have a happy ending! I picked up my new rim rebuilt into the rest of my wheel hardware and now is a complete wheel again! I took it out for a ride on Saturday morning for a fast 35 mile ride and it performed wonderfully. Very smooth and rolled very fast! I sped through the ride and felt great when I got done. Here are some pictures of the broken rim and the new finished wheel.
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| OMG They Actually LISTEN |
| 06.03.05 (4:19 pm) |
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Parents and all who read my Blog faithfully know I have a Bipolar son who tests my patience on almost an hourly basis some days. You also know I have a teenaged daughter, who as most teenagers tests my patience frequently too. This week I have my daughter and my ex has my son. He has been pretty well behaved as a matter of fact. I've not had to go over to her house even once this week to get him out of bed because his mother can't or he will not budge for her. Anyway, L has been a real peach this week, lovely to talk to and helpful and talkitive. She has dinner with me and talks about school and friends. She always says "Love you" when she is done talking on the phone and kisses me good night when I go to bed around 9:00 PM. I did a bad (or maybe a good thing) last week by finally nearly 2 years after my seperation (and subsequent divorce) sitting down and listing all my debts, average monthly spending for bills and necessities, and my paychecks. Lo and behold no wonder I never have any money!! After all the NECSSSARY things are paid for and my credit card bills I'm in the hole $40 each month!! OMG this leaves NO,and I mean absolutely NO frickign money for eating lunch out, or dinner for that fact or ANYTHING ELSE, like movies, or books etc. Well, I've been canceling lots of things I've grown accustomed to. I took my cable and reduced it from digital expaned basic w/ PPV and one movie channel, to basic cable (6 channels, almost all local TV stations plus TBS), canceling my families cells phones, only going to the store once a week and buying groceries (including lunches) with no extra trips to the store we run out we are OUT, no more eating lunches out or dropping in for a quick cup of Starbucks at Barnes and Noble! Well it is working I've got more money to pay down my credit cards. OK, OK, I'm coming to the point! I used to GIVE my kids allowance (so they can learn how to handle money) equal to 1/2 their ages every week. Well I decided to stop that, now it is work or have no money! I've posted a list on the fridge (where else parent right??) with jobs the kids can do and dollar amounts for each job. Some are work $4 and others $8, some can be done only on certain days, and some have to be done every day. The catch is that they can only do jobs up to a total of $12, so far so good. Well today my daughter wants to go to the movies with a friend, so she been doing jobs all week and has bumped up against her $12 limit. She calls me at work, Daddy I want to go to the movies tonight, can I do more jobs to get more money? Why I ask. Well the movie costs $5 and I want snacks. Yes, so use your $7 for the snacks. Buuuuutttt, daaaaddd that is not enough, I need more! Can't I clean the bathroom ($8 job) today? No dear that is only a Sunday job, we don't need to clean the bathroom more than once a week. DDDDDDAAAAAAAADDDDDD!!!!& nbsp; That is NOT fair!!!! Honey, just like I had to change my spending habits and cut back on stuff so I can pay my bills and still have money left over for other things you should too, don't spend so much on snacks! ARGGGGGGGGGG, DADDDDDYYYY Smack down goes the phone! Huh, guess she didn't like my suggestion!! Oh well! So I drive home and she greets me at the door, Hi Dad, come see my room I cleaned it. So I go and look and sure enough it is sparkling clean. We talk some more and I go and get something to drink, but she doesn't say anything more about doing more jobs for money. Well it's killing me, so I ask. What did you decide honey? Dad your right, I'm just going to scale back my snacks and I can do the movie and a snack just fine on $12!! Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather! Damned if she didn't listen to me and come to the correct solution!! See parents you can talk and they will listen, teach and they will learn!! Whaoooooo! I'm one happy Dad!! |
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| Cracked Rim |
| 06.02.05 (11:05 am) |
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I went for a bike ride on Tuesday evening after work. As usual I was doing a longer route again of about 35 miles. It seemed like the bike was making a bit of a noise, like thump, thump thump, only very quickly like it was something with my tire or wheel. Being a driven athlete (wouldn't have guessed that right?) I kept up my pace and finished my ride. When I got off I looked at the front tire and wheel, nope nothing! Then at the back wheel. Yup, my rim seemed to have a buldge in it, as I looked at it closer I noticed it was cracked near one of the ferrurls where the spokes attach! Damn, a cracked rim. I took off the wheel and put it in my car to take to the bike shop. After looking at the rim the shop owner said he could NOT warrently it for me as I've had the bike 3 1/2 years and the rim has nearly 12,000 miles on it. However he made me a great deal and new rim plus his labor for a total of around $100!! This is a great deal as a complete wheel set (front and rear wheels) from the manufacturer would cost nearly $375. The only problem is now I'll have to wait till Friday to ride again, which will put my training for the July Senior Olympics a bit behind schedule! |
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| Work vs. Prison |
| 06.02.05 (8:10 am) |
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Just in case you ever get these two environments mixed up, this should make things a little bit clearer. IN PRISON..........you spend the majority of your time in an 10X10 cell. AT WORK............you spend the majority of your time in an 8X8 cubicle. IN PRISON.........you get three meals a day. AT WORK...........you get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it. IN PRISON..........you get time off for good behavior. AT WORK............you get more work for good behavior. IN PRISON..........the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you. AT WORK............you must often carry a security card and open all the doors for yourself. IN PRISON..........you can watch TV and play games. AT WORK...........you could get fired for watching TV and playing games. IN PRISON.........you get your own toilet. AT WORK..........you have to share the toilet with some people who pee on the seat. IN PRISON..........they allow your family and friends to visit. AT WORK............you aren't even supposed to speak to your family. IN PRISON.........all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required. AT WORK............you get to pay all your expenses to go to work, and they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners. IN PRISON..........you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out. AT WORK ...........you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars. IN PRISON .........you must deal with sadistic wardens. AT WORK...........they are called managers. |
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