What Your Birthdate Means

Your Birthdate: May 7

Born on the 7th day of month gives you a tendency to be something of a perfectionist and makes you more individualistic in many ways. Your mind is good at deep mental analysis and complicated reasoning. You are very psychic and sensitive, and you should usually follow your hunches. You may not take orders too well, so you may want to work alone or in a situation where you can be the boss. This birthday gives a tendency to be somewhat self-centered and a little stubborn.

He, he - this is really pretty accurate, except for the point of of deep mental analysis and complicated reasoning or that I'm very psychic. My hunches of late haven't been that accurate either. Oh well! The rest isn't far off though! :)

Give this Birthday thing a try and see what your birthday means! :)

8 Hours

That's all I've got left here, 8 hours of work at LifeTalk.

I have NO idea of what I'm going to do today - this is a HUGE lame-duck situation! Nothing to do nothing to schedule nothing to plan. Nothing to clean-up, did that already!

Anyway - so I'm just biding my time to finish out here.

Hallelujah! :) I'm ready for a new chapter in our lives!

Write to ya from 'freedom' tomorrow!

He, he, he!

Weird

This pic just kinda blew my mind!

What Does Your Name Mean?

STEVE
S is for Smooth
T is for Thoughtful
E is for Edgy
V is for Vivatious
E is for Easy

What Does Your Name Mean?

Countdown - 48 hours

Oh man - I cannot wait. 48 hours left of my time here. And it's definetly time to go.

My soon to be boss came upstairs yesterday and dropped two bombs on my guys. I couldn't believe it. I feel bad for them - but happy that I'm outta here.

Later!

3 days or Moves into 1st Place

Three more days, then I'm awayyyyy! Oh yeah!

Mon, Tue & Wed are the last days I've gotta work at my old job. I can't wait! Seriously - I cannot wait! This has been coming for a while and I don't need to deal with the junk that's flowing around here anymore. I mean - one of my guys asked how things will be handled around here now and my soon to be former boss said, we'll have to think about it. He's known for 2 weeks and should have a plan - don't wait until next Monday to start thinking about it. But, I guarantee you - that is exactly what will happen.

Oh well - such is life - I feel bad for my guys, but happy for me!

My picks of yesterday's NFL games moved me into first place in the family's ESPN's Pig-skin-pick'em game. Oh yeah. :) Going for a 4th straight family championship. (Hopefully!!! *grin*)

You all have a very, VERY good week!

Out!

Match a Celebrity Music Taste - BlogThing

Check this out! :) Not sure if I quite agree with it - but the computer says so! :)

Your Musical Tastes Match: Nicole Kidman

See her whole playlist here (iTunes required)

What Celebrity Matches Your Taste in Music?

A Sunday Out

We didn't feel like hanging around the house this morning - so we grabbed our gps, some waypoints and went Geocaching. This was a find in a very peaceful cemetery. It had a beautiful view too!

Tonight we're going to the fall orchestra concert at Southern Adventist University. We had a sample of it yesterday and church and the girls seemed to enjoy it - so we'll take their Sabbath bag and enjoy some beautiful music tonight.

Have a great weekend yourself!

Former Professor & Friends

This weekend we had a Southwestern Adventist University Alumni Reunion Potluck here in TN. It's a thing they do, going around to different areas having alumni meetings trying to keep the University in the mind of the alumni - mostly for donations, but also just to keep in touch. Bob Mendenhall - my former Broadcasting professor - was one of the represenatives here and so it was fun catching up with him along with two other guys who graduated with the Broadcasting degree that I work with. It was a LOT of fun visiting!

Adventurers OR Being Inconsiderate

Hey, hey, hey - what do ya say?!!

IT'S FRIDAYYYYYY! Oh yeah.

Today I did my last radio show. No more radio for me - probably for a very long time. How sad that conditions have forced me to resign from a place where I have the potential to do what I love. Sad, sad, sad. Oh well - moving on...

Tonight Joelle was invested into her first Adventurers club. It was a precious service and she was a saint sitting up front. I was extremely suprised and proud how well she did - especially with a couple of kids around here not behaving as they should. One boy was making so many faces, it was quite humorous - but I'm glad it wasn't my daughter. She was perfect. (Check out the pics - further down this page - of her in the cute little uniform.)

A great end to a busy week. Trying to get everything done I need to at work to leave a clean break. 3 days left. PTL!!!

So what is it with people being so blasted inconsiderate lately? I just don't understand it. Case(s) in point...

#1 - This week my family and I went up to a 'park,' for a day to get away. Joelle's been begging, I had a day coming and we just needed to get away. So while we're there - we have to take the girls to the restroom a number of times. When I take them, I obviously have to take them into the stall. What is the deal with guys leaving the seat down and making a HUGE mess?? Hello - it takes all of half a sec to lift the lid. Uh DUH!! And what part of "If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and clean the seatie" is so hard to do. Not to mention it is really, REALLY gross. Come'on guys who leave a mess - be considerate and clean it up.

#2 - Yesterday, we went to the grocery store to do our weekly shopping. Get into the store and start down the main isle with Joelle in the cart. 4 People just standing, in such a way to block the entire isle, are doing nothing but talking and being in the way. This is a MAIN isle - hello. Two other people besides me get 'behind' them and can't get through because they're being so incredibly inconsiderate. Uh - MOVE IT! A polite 'excuse me' was uttered - and NO response - so we had to go around. And that was just the beginning. Three other times last night - people would just 'stop' right in the middle of whatever isle we were in and leave me no way around while they looked for whatever they were looking for. Aaarrgghhhh! Have we become such a self-centered socieity that we no longer care about those around it - even in the super simple things of just stepping out of the way so people can get through?

And I'll stop here - after this one.

#3 - When we got to the grocery store, it was raining lightly, and Doreen started down a row to park so we could go shopping. We sat waiting for about 3 minutes while someone - who was 'waiting for a front-row' parking spot. Finally we backed up, went down a couple of other rows and finally found a spot. As we walked inside - the same car was sitting waiting for the same spot - meanwhile blocking up the entire row so that other vehicles wanting to get through were blocked in behind it. That is flat out pure, unadulterated inconsiderateness.

Sad - sad - SAD!

Tomorrow we have a reunion of sorts. Our college almamater is having a SAU potluck reunion of alumni after church. So we'll be there - to visit with my college counselor and wife and others, just for the fun of it!

Have a GREAT weekend!

"Ten-Hut!!!"

Tonight Joelle was invested into 'Adventurers,' the pre-curser to Pathfinders. It was very precious as she got all decked out in her uniform at home and then later waited in the room with all the other Adventurers to march in to the sanctuary. Boy, it's been forever since I was in Pathfinders - I really miss it. It was part of my life for so long, with my folks being leaders and then getting into it myself when I was old enough, then helping out by becoming a junior counselor. Gonna have to get involved with my daughter! :) (I pulled out my JMV and AJY scarves and sash with all my honors on it. Can't wait until Natalie's old enough and the 4 of us can work on it together.)

Investiture Candle

During the investiture, the kids put their names on an altar, then were giving a candle to bring to the parents as a reimder of us all, to daily commit our selves to God and to keep an eye on the Fire of our lives. It was a very precious service. I can't believe my little girl is growing up so quickly!

The Change... The Story

<--- This is going to be my new boss! :) Well in a sense, but I'm not kidding. I have resigned from my current place of employment. I used to LOVE going to work, but over the last year, things have just gone into the pits. It is extremely sad some of the things that are going on there and where it is being taken.

So, last February, I decided to put in an application at McKee Foods, Little Debbie's parent company, as one of their drivers. When I put the application in, my prayer was that if they called it was meant for me to accept the job. At the beginning of Aug, they called for an interview. Then a week later I was given a road Test and passed with flying colors. After we got back from Colorado they called for a 2nd interview, then I took a drug screen, which DHL promptly shipped to the wrong state and was lost. So I had to go back in for a second drug screen test, passed and was offered a job Friday morning. So Friday afternoon I handed in my resignation.

I tell ya what - it was like a HUGE Gorilla jumped off my back. So, if I can survive during the next 7 days, I will be free!

Anyway, Mon Oct 17 is my first day of orientation. I've got a week of orientation, 5 weeks of training and a 4 month probationary period. Shouldn't be a problem though.

So I'm in the same boat - basically - as Cheryl.

To a happy life!!!

OUT!

Te' ta Te'

Ok - here's a shot of me in a KC hat. (GASP - Horror of horrors) So now, since I had to go through this once - I'm 'willing' the Broncos win every time they meet, cuz I don't want to have to wear it! Waaa ha, ha, ha, ha!

Fun, fun, fun!

Broncos vs Chiefs Bet

Ok - so I've got a friend who is a HUGE Kansas City Cheifs fan. We keep in touch via e-mail and are constantly talking football, especially KC vs Denver. Last year we traded hats. I sent him a Bronco hat and he sent me a Chiefs hat. We've got this running bet that when the two teams square off - the losing team's fan has to send the winning team's fan a photo of himself in the winning team's hat. (Now in all fairness, I need to post a photo of me in the KC hat after KC whupped up on Denver the last meeting of the season. I'll try to remember to do that this week.) It's a fun way to 'bet' with him and make the two games a year they meet even more interesting!

Since the Broncos thoroughly beat the Chiefs last week, here's my friend (His face has been fuzzed cuz I didn't ask his permission to post the photo.) in the Bronco hat. Of course - check him all decked out in a KC jersey with a helmet.

He, he, he! I love sports!

Foster Falls Fun

Sabbath we went to Foster Falls to hide a GeoCache with some friends - then we hiked down to the bottom of the falls and enjoyed the view and the water.

I also must give kudos to my oldest daughter, I didn't think she was going to make it - but she climbed back to the top, all by herself. That was amazing!!! :)

Have a GREAT day!

Floatin'

Here's Joelle just having a bit of fun floatin' on a boogie board at the base of Foster Falls. The water was COLD Sabbath. I waded in it - but didn't go in farther that to the tops of my ankles - just too cold! :)

Just doing a bit of caching

Change - Hint # 3 and final

Literal OR Change - Hint 2

Sandra, my mother-in-law, just told me a hilarious story this evening.

The melted siding was making a noise banging up against the side of the house at my in-laws place one night. She happened to be up and an unusually large noise scared her. As she was telling Doreen the story, she said, "It scared me so much, I almost jumped out of my skin."

Joelle was sitting there listening, and turned to Sandra and said, "How do you do that?"

He, he, he! Precious!!!

So this weekend was very, VERY good!

Sabbath found us at the Ooltewah church, then lunch at our place with some friends. Then we drove out to Foster Falls, with our friends, to place a cache. Here. It was a blast and we found a GREAT place to put it. We took some time and played in the very cold water at the base of the falls, then headed home. On the way back home, we hit a couple of caches. One was in a restarea disguised as a 'fake' bird house. Very, VERY unique.

The girls were bushed - and barely made it home, awake. They had a little snack - then we put them to bed and they crashed.

Sunday had us sleeping in - ah yes. Then we had a relaxing meal, tinkered around the house - then headed for a Geocaching club meeting. Our first. At the beginning it was little uncomfortable - meeting ALL the new people - the we just fit right in and were on of the crowd. We had pizza, home-made ice-cream and lots of good conversation. The girls had a blast with all the dogs around for Joelle to enjoy. (Natalie even enjoyed some of them!!) They got to play on the jungle-gym and train.

We bought a Geocoin. It's trackable on geocaching.com and so we'll hang onto it and trade it out etc. They also gave us a GEOSET hatpin. Geocachers of South East Tennessee. It's a GeoCaching club. Cool.

The neatest thing about the event was Joelle won her first Door Prize of her little life. She got us another TN geocoin. You should have seen her grinning from ear to ear as she walked up to get her prize. Boy, was I proud daddy - seeing my little girl. She's growing up. :(

During the event a small group of us went and found another couple of caches - then we headed home after stopping at a 'Case' sale at the Village Market - the campus Grocery story that had veggie meat on sale - for a great price.

Then home for an afternoon of football, YEAH the Broncos kicked butt today, relaxing and visiting with my in-laws. It was good. Very, VERY GOOD!

Wrapping this evening up with blogging, watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Sabrina.

Ahhhh - what a weekend!

So back to work tomorrow - for another, 7 days.

Have a GREAT week!