We had some friends over for supper this evening. While we were eating they told us a story of an experience their 22 year old son had.
He was on the phone with a friend in Kentucky who he had met through another friend. While they were talking, she interrupted and said, "Shoot." He then heard tires squealing, her screaming and a big bang, then silence. He said, "Hey, you ok? You there?" After a long pause she said, "No, I'm not ok - I just got in a wreck. Gotta go " and hung up.
Freaking out he tried to call back - nothing. So later in the day he sent a text message - no response. He sent an e-mail that evening (that's how they usually communicate) and nothing.
A couple of days later she wrote an e-mail saying she was ok.
Yesterday he talked with her on the phone. She started the conversation by saying, "I killed my car, but I'm fine." Turns out, she missed seeing a car when she pulled out and got T-boned on the driver's side of her car. She was pinned in the vehicle and had to be cut out by "the jaws of life." She was pretty brused up, had a nasty case of whiplash and shot nerves, but otherwise fine.
That just blew me away. Imagine being on the other end of a phone call with the person you're talking to getting into a pretty big wreck. WOW!
That is freaky!!!
Drive safe ya'll - especially when I'm on the phone with ya! :)
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
2 Snakes OR The Flu Bug has Bitten
I don't know what the deal is, but Joelle is an expert at seein' snakes.
The other afternoon when she walked out of our house she spied a snake about the size of a pencil. I picked it up and it tried to bite me - it was so small it could barely get it's mouth open enough to get my finger. It was a pretty aggressive little bugger, and I wasn't sure if it was poisionous or not - so after Joelle held the tail and Natalie touched it a few times - that snake lost it's life.
We were down in Chattanooga at our property a day or two later and Joelle and Doreen spotted a garden snake that was about 2 feet long. I picked it up and the girls both handled it and what-not. Then we put it back down - far from where we were checking our building site out.
Maybe I've got a "Snake Hunter" on my hands - one that'll have a Southern accent instead of Australian! :)
Natalie caught a little flu bug. On Monday I got home and Doreen was outside with the weedwacker, Joelle was playing inside and Natalie was taking a nap. So I went in, changed, and started playing with Joelle. After a while I heard Natalie start to cry - so I got her up from her nap and her face was beet red and she was HOT. I took her temp and it was about 101.6. So I got her a drink and a cool rag for her forehead and neck to make her fell better. She just wanted to be held - so I did that. Doreen came in and we talked about it - I called the Pediatrician - who told us to pump her up with drugs and ride this little flu out, and to make an appointment for the next day. So I had to run to Wal-mart to get some kids Motrin and Tylenol. We used all we had up after Joelle came come from the hospital. The pain med they had her on was making her freaky - so we switched to kids Motrin and she did MUCH better. Before we gave Natalie a dose, we checked her temp again and she was up to 102.2. So we drugged her up - gave her a nice long, warm bath and put her to bed for the night. She slept like a rock - didn't hear from her AT ALL!
Yesterday, she was feeling MUCH better, but not 100% yet. Man these kids bounce back from stuff quickly! :)
Joelle, Doreen and I got our hair cut on Friday, getting ready for our trip. We discussed with the lady doing our hair about Natalie's - but decided not to cut it. My boss came in to get his hair done after we left and found out we'd talked about cutting Natalies hair. (BTW, he's one of the Good Guys in this world and I LOVE working with and for him!) He joked around with me on Sabbath that he'd told Valerie that he'll pay her double what we'd be willing to pay her to NOT cut Natalie's curls. That was hilarious! :)
She does have VERY cute curls and we're not planning to chop them for a while! :)
Have a Wonderful Wednesday y'all!!!!
The other afternoon when she walked out of our house she spied a snake about the size of a pencil. I picked it up and it tried to bite me - it was so small it could barely get it's mouth open enough to get my finger. It was a pretty aggressive little bugger, and I wasn't sure if it was poisionous or not - so after Joelle held the tail and Natalie touched it a few times - that snake lost it's life.
We were down in Chattanooga at our property a day or two later and Joelle and Doreen spotted a garden snake that was about 2 feet long. I picked it up and the girls both handled it and what-not. Then we put it back down - far from where we were checking our building site out.
Maybe I've got a "Snake Hunter" on my hands - one that'll have a Southern accent instead of Australian! :)
Natalie caught a little flu bug. On Monday I got home and Doreen was outside with the weedwacker, Joelle was playing inside and Natalie was taking a nap. So I went in, changed, and started playing with Joelle. After a while I heard Natalie start to cry - so I got her up from her nap and her face was beet red and she was HOT. I took her temp and it was about 101.6. So I got her a drink and a cool rag for her forehead and neck to make her fell better. She just wanted to be held - so I did that. Doreen came in and we talked about it - I called the Pediatrician - who told us to pump her up with drugs and ride this little flu out, and to make an appointment for the next day. So I had to run to Wal-mart to get some kids Motrin and Tylenol. We used all we had up after Joelle came come from the hospital. The pain med they had her on was making her freaky - so we switched to kids Motrin and she did MUCH better. Before we gave Natalie a dose, we checked her temp again and she was up to 102.2. So we drugged her up - gave her a nice long, warm bath and put her to bed for the night. She slept like a rock - didn't hear from her AT ALL!
Yesterday, she was feeling MUCH better, but not 100% yet. Man these kids bounce back from stuff quickly! :)
Joelle, Doreen and I got our hair cut on Friday, getting ready for our trip. We discussed with the lady doing our hair about Natalie's - but decided not to cut it. My boss came in to get his hair done after we left and found out we'd talked about cutting Natalies hair. (BTW, he's one of the Good Guys in this world and I LOVE working with and for him!) He joked around with me on Sabbath that he'd told Valerie that he'll pay her double what we'd be willing to pay her to NOT cut Natalie's curls. That was hilarious! :)
She does have VERY cute curls and we're not planning to chop them for a while! :)
Have a Wonderful Wednesday y'all!!!!
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
1 of 3 Pics
Here's our Friday and Saturday afternoon outside 'gear' we were playing with. Natalie's becoming a regular Barry Bonds! :) Glad he doesn't play ball with a binky though! :)
2 of 3 Pics
Here's our DVD collection. The top row is 'Ours' and the bottom shelf is our 'kids.'
My Favorite of our owned DVD's - Italian Job
Kid's Favorite - Care Bears
(BTW - Pic 3 will have to come later. Gotta wait for Doreen to once again make the bread/peanut butter/ syrup concoction! :)
First Thing that Comes to Your Mind
Here's something to think about from Luna. I stole it from Cheryl who stole it from Aimee.
- Courage:: Our Military
- Stamina:: Marathon Runner
- Leader:: Communicator
- Idea:: Need More
- Rockstar:: Not much of a life
- Dew:: Mountain
- Guards:: Michael Jordan
- Lenny:: & Squiggy
- Alliance:: Survivor
- Cigarettes:: Stupid, both Manufacturers & Consumers
Saturday, October 02, 2004
3 Hour Nap OR Saturday Sillyness
Hey,
Hope you are having a good weekend??!!!
Ours is good. Friday afternoon we got everything done early and so we were just lazing around the house, so we took Joelle's big pink ball, a Nerf football and T-ball set outside and just ran around kicking and hitting and throwing stuff all over the place. It was, well - a ball! :) (I know that pun was a groaner - but look it up, that's the definition of a pun!!! LOL)
Sabbath morning - was ok. At church I was basically the superintendent for Sabbath School. It was bad, because I put off until Friday planning things, but good because the Pastor had an hour DVD he wanted to show. It all worked out nicely all in all.
Church was a challenge for the girls to sit still. That really wears us out! We're trying though. We hosted the meal (not a potluck week) for the visitors and those members who wanted to come and brought some food. We had a good time eating and talking - then homeward bound.
We get the girls and stuff in the house, put everyone down for naps by 2:15p and nothing wakes us up (Joelle gotta go potty) until after 5:30. Yeah baby. A 3 hour nap - oh boy I ain't gonna get to sleep tonight! :(
So we grab a quick meal of popcorn and this bread/peanut-butter/syrup concoction Doreen makes and eat while watching VeggieTales - Sumo of the Opera, then we go outside with the same gear and have a ball. The girls weren't having as much fun though. Oddly enough they seem tired a bit.
I make a suggestion to Doreen that we get a DVD for tonight, so it's close enough to sundown, pack all our stuff up, jump in the car and go get "13 going on 30." Very good movie. A lot like Tom Hank's "Big," but with a MUCH better ending! :)
We let Joelle stay up with us and watch it. Hope we don't pay for that tomorrow.
We've gotta go down to Chattanooga and see what's happening on the Land. More work has been done on the foundation and plumbing I think - so we gotta snap a few photos and make sure it has been done right - then we'll probably hit a park - maybe a meal and get home in time for football and NASCAR! :)
Good Sat nite all!!!
PS - Just for fun, here's some Saturday Night Sillyness Think of three photos you'd like to see posted to this blog. (Things around our house or whatever. Make sure it's rated "G" stuff! LOL) When I have enough requests, I'll post them!
Hope you are having a good weekend??!!!
Ours is good. Friday afternoon we got everything done early and so we were just lazing around the house, so we took Joelle's big pink ball, a Nerf football and T-ball set outside and just ran around kicking and hitting and throwing stuff all over the place. It was, well - a ball! :) (I know that pun was a groaner - but look it up, that's the definition of a pun!!! LOL)
Sabbath morning - was ok. At church I was basically the superintendent for Sabbath School. It was bad, because I put off until Friday planning things, but good because the Pastor had an hour DVD he wanted to show. It all worked out nicely all in all.
Church was a challenge for the girls to sit still. That really wears us out! We're trying though. We hosted the meal (not a potluck week) for the visitors and those members who wanted to come and brought some food. We had a good time eating and talking - then homeward bound.
We get the girls and stuff in the house, put everyone down for naps by 2:15p and nothing wakes us up (Joelle gotta go potty) until after 5:30. Yeah baby. A 3 hour nap - oh boy I ain't gonna get to sleep tonight! :(
So we grab a quick meal of popcorn and this bread/peanut-butter/syrup concoction Doreen makes and eat while watching VeggieTales - Sumo of the Opera, then we go outside with the same gear and have a ball. The girls weren't having as much fun though. Oddly enough they seem tired a bit.
I make a suggestion to Doreen that we get a DVD for tonight, so it's close enough to sundown, pack all our stuff up, jump in the car and go get "13 going on 30." Very good movie. A lot like Tom Hank's "Big," but with a MUCH better ending! :)
We let Joelle stay up with us and watch it. Hope we don't pay for that tomorrow.
We've gotta go down to Chattanooga and see what's happening on the Land. More work has been done on the foundation and plumbing I think - so we gotta snap a few photos and make sure it has been done right - then we'll probably hit a park - maybe a meal and get home in time for football and NASCAR! :)
Good Sat nite all!!!
PS - Just for fun, here's some Saturday Night Sillyness Think of three photos you'd like to see posted to this blog. (Things around our house or whatever. Make sure it's rated "G" stuff! LOL) When I have enough requests, I'll post them!
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Two Weeks and Counting OR Down to One Cast
Hey y'all,
How are ya??!!
It's sure nice to have my wife back. She really enjoyed the MOPS Convention and learned lots of good stuff and was blessed by the musicians they had every night. (Point of Grace headlined the event then they had Erin O'Donnell and another group - don't remember the name) The only complaint she has was they ran the 6,000 attendees ragged, hustling from one seminar or meeting to another going to late at night and up early starting over again. On Sunday after she got home, most of the afternoon she slept, the girls played with their toys and I watched football. Oh yeah! :)
Well - as of Tuesday (Sept 28) it's two weeks until our fall vacation in Colorado for 9 days. (We arrive on Oct 12 and leave Oct 21) Yeeeehaaaawww. I can't wait to get my first altitude headache! :) I can't wait to relax. We've got TONS of things going on, and to just be away from it all will be VERY cool. Hope to play a round or two of golf - to go to Ouray and swim in the hotsprings - maybe visit Telluride again to ride the gondolas (that's so relaxing and peaceful) - to watch a Bronco game - watch a few of my brother-in-law's movies I've not seen Scott - and to just CHILL. Can't wait for the cousins, Brian, Bekah, Emily and Sarah to get to enjoy time with Joelle & Natalie. I can't wait to fly out there. I LOVE flying - so any trip I can fly is enjoyable, even though we've got a layover in Chicago at O'Hare Int'l Airport - which I have heard is hard to get through. Oh well! We're 'a' comin' guys. See ya soon!
Joelle got her 1st cast of on Tuesday. The little trooper did GREAT! She'd been saying the day or two before that she 'can't want her cast off.' That's Joelle'ze for don't. She did great right up until we got out of the car and just before the door to walk into the clinic. She started crying and Doreen calmed her down and we went inside, checked in and they sat down to watch some cartoons. Then we were called back to the 'room.' The nurse walked in and Joelle started crying again and cried the whole time they were cutting through the cast with the saw/vaccuum. (that can't cut through skin) After the cast came off she was fine until the tech walked in to pull the tow pins out of her elbow. More crying as he pulled the pins out. The thing was she cried - but that WAS IT. She didn't fight, flail or scream bloody murder. The tech told us that Joelle was one of the best of 'her' age to have something like this done. She was very brave. He cleaned up her arm and Doreen and Joelle went to x-ray while Natalie and I waited in the room. They came back and Joelle was fine. She was talking and laughing and really seemed to enjoy having her arm free of the big bulky cast. Occassionally her arm would float up to her head without her realizing it - that was hilarious to watch!
She's doing great now and really getting used to being back to normal. Her 2nd cast comes off Friday, Oct 8 - the Friday before we leave for Colorado - so that is a GOOD thing!
Well, that's about all for now!
See ya 'round like a donut!
How are ya??!!
It's sure nice to have my wife back. She really enjoyed the MOPS Convention and learned lots of good stuff and was blessed by the musicians they had every night. (Point of Grace headlined the event then they had Erin O'Donnell and another group - don't remember the name) The only complaint she has was they ran the 6,000 attendees ragged, hustling from one seminar or meeting to another going to late at night and up early starting over again. On Sunday after she got home, most of the afternoon she slept, the girls played with their toys and I watched football. Oh yeah! :)
Well - as of Tuesday (Sept 28) it's two weeks until our fall vacation in Colorado for 9 days. (We arrive on Oct 12 and leave Oct 21) Yeeeehaaaawww. I can't wait to get my first altitude headache! :) I can't wait to relax. We've got TONS of things going on, and to just be away from it all will be VERY cool. Hope to play a round or two of golf - to go to Ouray and swim in the hotsprings - maybe visit Telluride again to ride the gondolas (that's so relaxing and peaceful) - to watch a Bronco game - watch a few of my brother-in-law's movies I've not seen Scott - and to just CHILL. Can't wait for the cousins, Brian, Bekah, Emily and Sarah to get to enjoy time with Joelle & Natalie. I can't wait to fly out there. I LOVE flying - so any trip I can fly is enjoyable, even though we've got a layover in Chicago at O'Hare Int'l Airport - which I have heard is hard to get through. Oh well! We're 'a' comin' guys. See ya soon!
Joelle got her 1st cast of on Tuesday. The little trooper did GREAT! She'd been saying the day or two before that she 'can't want her cast off.' That's Joelle'ze for don't. She did great right up until we got out of the car and just before the door to walk into the clinic. She started crying and Doreen calmed her down and we went inside, checked in and they sat down to watch some cartoons. Then we were called back to the 'room.' The nurse walked in and Joelle started crying again and cried the whole time they were cutting through the cast with the saw/vaccuum. (that can't cut through skin) After the cast came off she was fine until the tech walked in to pull the tow pins out of her elbow. More crying as he pulled the pins out. The thing was she cried - but that WAS IT. She didn't fight, flail or scream bloody murder. The tech told us that Joelle was one of the best of 'her' age to have something like this done. She was very brave. He cleaned up her arm and Doreen and Joelle went to x-ray while Natalie and I waited in the room. They came back and Joelle was fine. She was talking and laughing and really seemed to enjoy having her arm free of the big bulky cast. Occassionally her arm would float up to her head without her realizing it - that was hilarious to watch!
She's doing great now and really getting used to being back to normal. Her 2nd cast comes off Friday, Oct 8 - the Friday before we leave for Colorado - so that is a GOOD thing!
Well, that's about all for now!
See ya 'round like a donut!
Friday, September 24, 2004
On Being A Single Dad
My wife has left me...
...for the weekend to attend a MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers Convention). Basically it's just a bunch of moms who get together once a month and have a time of worship, a social time and a time to have the kids babysat and just chill. It's a pretty good deal - anyway, Doreen was invited to one of the National Conventions this group has - that was in Nashville, TN this weekend. So she and 3 other ladies left out Thursday afternoon.
I talked with Doreen this morning and she said that the meeting the night before was awesome and that the musical group, Point of Grace were fantastic in person. We've got two of their CD's and she got 'em autographed. Pretty cool eh?!!
They had a bunch of seminars they were going to attend today and another meeting with another group of singers tonight - so she is really enjoying her time...
...now for me on the other hand :( ...
...just kidding :) - I am enjoying my time with the girls. And for the most part they're being little angels. Though, we're all looking forward to the time Doreen get's back late Sat night though.
My girls are "Mama's" girls at heart, but they're doing all-right with just Dad around.
Although - today was pretty 'hairy' there for a bit.
My in-laws came over to see some pics I took yesterday of the blocks that make the foundation for the studio/apartment we're/they're having built in Chattanooga.
I was actually down there to spend the afternoon at Southern Adventist University representing LifeTalk Radio at a "Meet the Firms" fair. Basically Juniors and Seniors were walking around looking for internships and/or job possibilities after graduation. They had quite a group of businesses represented there and a BUNCH of students came through. I almost had laryngitis at the end of the day from talking so much. Good thing I didn't have to say a word on the hour trip home. Just listen to my Sirius radio and drive. It was a good experience though, especially since it looks like after we move the LifeTalk Radio Network from Vonore, TN to the campus of SAU after the first of the year, I'll be in charge of the 'internship/practicum' program. It'll be good to help students get some quality 'hands-on' experience.
Anyway, I've digressed a bit! :) After the in-laws visited for a bit - by the way, they've been home from 2 weeks - they drive for FedEx Custom Critical an expidited rig. They're doing great and seem to really enjoy what they're doing. They've been there 3 years and just this season were made part of the 'white glove' division. They do some pretty exclusive stuff. Last year when they New Jersey Devils won the Championship in the NHL they hauled 3 pallets of Devils Championship hats the night before the final game was played. I asked why they didn't try to snag a hat or two at the origin - but they passed on that chance. Bummer I say. But anyway, they're headed to FedEx Custom Critical HQ in Green (Akron) OH - to take training to haul explosives and nuclear stuff. WOW.
Doh, that's digression #2! I'm getting bad in my old age! :)
After they visited, i had to swap carseats in vehicles and zip the girls over to a babysitter so I could get to work between 11a and 1p - when I help co-host a live radio program. It's a lot of fun, but it makes my Fridays a nightmare when things are out of the ordinary - like when Doreen's at a convention! :)
So I got to work, tried getting all caught up - and preppin for the show and then afterward doing 2 things I HAD to get done, then getting back and getting the girls and heading home.
Both of them pertained to getting things finalized for an LPFM training session we're having on Monday and Tuesday. LPFM is Low Power FM Radio. We have 5 new stations coming on by the end of October and so 11 people from those 5 stations will be here to learn how to operate a radio station. It's basically a crash course - a cram session - and then most will spend hours with us on the phone once they get back home and get the station on the air. :) Most of us at LifeTalk teach these new people "our" expertise at LifeTalk - so I teach them from 8a to 10a on Tuesday the editing software. They make spots, record stuff in and learn the basics of editing and try to do some 'hands-on' stuff with the software to get comfortable with it... it's a challenge - but fun to teach.
Dog-gone-it - digression # 3! :)
Well, back to my day, the night before, Joelle woke up at 1op and was restless, crying for Mama and needing to go potty and water until 11:30p - so both our sleeping was not as quality as it could have been - so we all took an hour and a half nap. Both that felt so good - I didn't want to get up - but I did, cuz it was time for supper and time to get Joelle up so she'd sleep tonight - of which she's have a struggle actually falling asleep right now! :)
After supper - we went to the park to get some wiggles out. That helped!
Bathtime was a nightmare - can't just throw both of them in one tub and wash 'em down right now cuz Joelle's gotta to have 'bags' on her casts and gotta keep Natalie from pouring water down her arms. So I did 'em separately - Joelle watched Care Bears and I cleaned Natalie, then Natalie watched Veggie Tales while I bathed Joelle in the tub with the bags and then washed her hair in the the kitchen sink.
A good day - a challenging day. Makes me thankful for a spouse to help 'wrangle' our kids. I don't think I could do this single parent stuff too much. I'd have a nervous breakdown. It also gives me great respect for those who end up forced into single parenthood. It's a little different for those who choose it - #1 What in the Heck are you thinking for A- Yourself and B- your kid, it's too much. #2 It's just a HUGE responsibility to be everything to a child.
God knew exactly when he made parents a pair.
Anyway - y'all have a VERY good weekend!
...for the weekend to attend a MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers Convention). Basically it's just a bunch of moms who get together once a month and have a time of worship, a social time and a time to have the kids babysat and just chill. It's a pretty good deal - anyway, Doreen was invited to one of the National Conventions this group has - that was in Nashville, TN this weekend. So she and 3 other ladies left out Thursday afternoon.
I talked with Doreen this morning and she said that the meeting the night before was awesome and that the musical group, Point of Grace were fantastic in person. We've got two of their CD's and she got 'em autographed. Pretty cool eh?!!
They had a bunch of seminars they were going to attend today and another meeting with another group of singers tonight - so she is really enjoying her time...
...now for me on the other hand :( ...
...just kidding :) - I am enjoying my time with the girls. And for the most part they're being little angels. Though, we're all looking forward to the time Doreen get's back late Sat night though.
My girls are "Mama's" girls at heart, but they're doing all-right with just Dad around.
Although - today was pretty 'hairy' there for a bit.
My in-laws came over to see some pics I took yesterday of the blocks that make the foundation for the studio/apartment we're/they're having built in Chattanooga.
I was actually down there to spend the afternoon at Southern Adventist University representing LifeTalk Radio at a "Meet the Firms" fair. Basically Juniors and Seniors were walking around looking for internships and/or job possibilities after graduation. They had quite a group of businesses represented there and a BUNCH of students came through. I almost had laryngitis at the end of the day from talking so much. Good thing I didn't have to say a word on the hour trip home. Just listen to my Sirius radio and drive. It was a good experience though, especially since it looks like after we move the LifeTalk Radio Network from Vonore, TN to the campus of SAU after the first of the year, I'll be in charge of the 'internship/practicum' program. It'll be good to help students get some quality 'hands-on' experience.
Anyway, I've digressed a bit! :) After the in-laws visited for a bit - by the way, they've been home from 2 weeks - they drive for FedEx Custom Critical an expidited rig. They're doing great and seem to really enjoy what they're doing. They've been there 3 years and just this season were made part of the 'white glove' division. They do some pretty exclusive stuff. Last year when they New Jersey Devils won the Championship in the NHL they hauled 3 pallets of Devils Championship hats the night before the final game was played. I asked why they didn't try to snag a hat or two at the origin - but they passed on that chance. Bummer I say. But anyway, they're headed to FedEx Custom Critical HQ in Green (Akron) OH - to take training to haul explosives and nuclear stuff. WOW.
Doh, that's digression #2! I'm getting bad in my old age! :)
After they visited, i had to swap carseats in vehicles and zip the girls over to a babysitter so I could get to work between 11a and 1p - when I help co-host a live radio program. It's a lot of fun, but it makes my Fridays a nightmare when things are out of the ordinary - like when Doreen's at a convention! :)
So I got to work, tried getting all caught up - and preppin for the show and then afterward doing 2 things I HAD to get done, then getting back and getting the girls and heading home.
Both of them pertained to getting things finalized for an LPFM training session we're having on Monday and Tuesday. LPFM is Low Power FM Radio. We have 5 new stations coming on by the end of October and so 11 people from those 5 stations will be here to learn how to operate a radio station. It's basically a crash course - a cram session - and then most will spend hours with us on the phone once they get back home and get the station on the air. :) Most of us at LifeTalk teach these new people "our" expertise at LifeTalk - so I teach them from 8a to 10a on Tuesday the editing software. They make spots, record stuff in and learn the basics of editing and try to do some 'hands-on' stuff with the software to get comfortable with it... it's a challenge - but fun to teach.
Dog-gone-it - digression # 3! :)
Well, back to my day, the night before, Joelle woke up at 1op and was restless, crying for Mama and needing to go potty and water until 11:30p - so both our sleeping was not as quality as it could have been - so we all took an hour and a half nap. Both that felt so good - I didn't want to get up - but I did, cuz it was time for supper and time to get Joelle up so she'd sleep tonight - of which she's have a struggle actually falling asleep right now! :)
After supper - we went to the park to get some wiggles out. That helped!
Bathtime was a nightmare - can't just throw both of them in one tub and wash 'em down right now cuz Joelle's gotta to have 'bags' on her casts and gotta keep Natalie from pouring water down her arms. So I did 'em separately - Joelle watched Care Bears and I cleaned Natalie, then Natalie watched Veggie Tales while I bathed Joelle in the tub with the bags and then washed her hair in the the kitchen sink.
A good day - a challenging day. Makes me thankful for a spouse to help 'wrangle' our kids. I don't think I could do this single parent stuff too much. I'd have a nervous breakdown. It also gives me great respect for those who end up forced into single parenthood. It's a little different for those who choose it - #1 What in the Heck are you thinking for A- Yourself and B- your kid, it's too much. #2 It's just a HUGE responsibility to be everything to a child.
God knew exactly when he made parents a pair.
Anyway - y'all have a VERY good weekend!
I know people like these! :)
Stupid Quote
New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season:"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."
Fact of the Day
Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.
Crazy Law
It is illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday in Connecticut.
New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season:"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."
Fact of the Day
Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.
Crazy Law
It is illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday in Connecticut.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Dental Medication Hangover
Oh man,
I tell ya - I'm not sure which is worse right now... the headache from having the filling come out of my cavity or the headache from having a Kenworth Parked in my mouth for 45 minutes, with laughing gas (which is not so funny by the way when you're getting shots in the mouth LOL) and having my teeth contorted in odd ways and stuff.
I just hope it'll feel better tomorrow and then no worries about it after that! :)
Doreen left for the Nominating Committee a few mintues ago and just called and asked how fast we usually travel down this particular road? She said 55 right? Frankly - I don't pay attention, I just drive! :) Well, she got pulled over for going 55 in a 35. When the cop asked for her license, registration and insurance she got flustered and a 'bit' emotional finally found it for him. He looked it all over and then let her go with a verbal warning.
Doggone-it, that's gender profiling??? Why couldn't I have had a female cop let me off instead of met getting a $90 ticket? Why, why, WHY????
Well, I'm glad we didn't get smacked cuz out pocketbook couldn't have taken another 'hit' like that one! :)
I tell ya - I'm not sure which is worse right now... the headache from having the filling come out of my cavity or the headache from having a Kenworth Parked in my mouth for 45 minutes, with laughing gas (which is not so funny by the way when you're getting shots in the mouth LOL) and having my teeth contorted in odd ways and stuff.
I just hope it'll feel better tomorrow and then no worries about it after that! :)
Doreen left for the Nominating Committee a few mintues ago and just called and asked how fast we usually travel down this particular road? She said 55 right? Frankly - I don't pay attention, I just drive! :) Well, she got pulled over for going 55 in a 35. When the cop asked for her license, registration and insurance she got flustered and a 'bit' emotional finally found it for him. He looked it all over and then let her go with a verbal warning.
Doggone-it, that's gender profiling??? Why couldn't I have had a female cop let me off instead of met getting a $90 ticket? Why, why, WHY????
Well, I'm glad we didn't get smacked cuz out pocketbook couldn't have taken another 'hit' like that one! :)
To Pull or Not to Pull, That is the Question
Get this,
Sunday evening I was flossing like a good boy. As I pulling the floss out from between two teeth, it hooked on a filling I've got and pulled it half-way out.
YUCK.
It didn't hurt, but I felt really funny. I finally got it 'bit' down to where it didn't feel weird, and yesterday morning I called my dentist and got an appointment for this afternoon (Tue) to fix it.
That is about one of the yuckiest feelings I've had. I've been getting really irritating headaches over the last 5 days or so, soooo I'm hoping that it is due to the fact that this filling was starting to come loose.
I guess we'll find out after it's fixed.
Thursday, I've got to go down to the campus of Southern Adventist University near Chattanooga, TN and spend the afternoon at a Job Fair they're having called, "Meet the Firms" to represent LifeTalk Radio.
We don't have any jobs to offer or any other opportunities, but management sees it as good PR to be there to hob-nob. So I gotta spend the day in a suit and a tie talking with soon-to-be college graduates. Hope it's fun.
While I'm at Southern, Doreen is taking off for a weekend at a MOPS (Mothers Of Preschoolers) convention in Nashville, TN. She's going to drop the kids off at a babysitter and I'm going to pick them up as I return home.
Should prove to be and interesting end of the week and weekend! I'll let ya know how it goes.
Can't wait to get to the dentist! Chop, chop!
Sunday evening I was flossing like a good boy. As I pulling the floss out from between two teeth, it hooked on a filling I've got and pulled it half-way out.
YUCK.
It didn't hurt, but I felt really funny. I finally got it 'bit' down to where it didn't feel weird, and yesterday morning I called my dentist and got an appointment for this afternoon (Tue) to fix it.
That is about one of the yuckiest feelings I've had. I've been getting really irritating headaches over the last 5 days or so, soooo I'm hoping that it is due to the fact that this filling was starting to come loose.
I guess we'll find out after it's fixed.
Thursday, I've got to go down to the campus of Southern Adventist University near Chattanooga, TN and spend the afternoon at a Job Fair they're having called, "Meet the Firms" to represent LifeTalk Radio.
We don't have any jobs to offer or any other opportunities, but management sees it as good PR to be there to hob-nob. So I gotta spend the day in a suit and a tie talking with soon-to-be college graduates. Hope it's fun.
While I'm at Southern, Doreen is taking off for a weekend at a MOPS (Mothers Of Preschoolers) convention in Nashville, TN. She's going to drop the kids off at a babysitter and I'm going to pick them up as I return home.
Should prove to be and interesting end of the week and weekend! I'll let ya know how it goes.
Can't wait to get to the dentist! Chop, chop!
Monday, September 20, 2004
We're Back On-Line FINALLY
Our computer is back from the hospital and completely healthy and bug free.
THANK HEAVENS.
This weekend was absolutely awful. Every evening I check my e-mail and blog and family blogs to just keep up on everything and I couldn't do that - it was torture. I just ended up wandering around the house looking at things trying to figure out what to do.
I went to bed early EVERY night, in fact every night I got 8 or 9+ hours of sleep. Man that felt great - but I MISSED MY COMPUTER.
One night I wanted to check the weather and the other I wanted to check my Pigskin Pick'em team to see how I was measuring up (I tied with first with my Bro-in law Bro Tim) and I'd sit down at the computer and nothing, NOTHING. AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
We'll it's back now and I can get back to a NORMAL life. Wheeewwww!
Later y'all!!
THANK HEAVENS.
This weekend was absolutely awful. Every evening I check my e-mail and blog and family blogs to just keep up on everything and I couldn't do that - it was torture. I just ended up wandering around the house looking at things trying to figure out what to do.
I went to bed early EVERY night, in fact every night I got 8 or 9+ hours of sleep. Man that felt great - but I MISSED MY COMPUTER.
One night I wanted to check the weather and the other I wanted to check my Pigskin Pick'em team to see how I was measuring up (I tied with first with my Bro-in law Bro Tim) and I'd sit down at the computer and nothing, NOTHING. AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
We'll it's back now and I can get back to a NORMAL life. Wheeewwww!
Later y'all!!
Friday, September 17, 2004
Good News
We had a Dr's appointment with the surgeon who put the bones in Joelle's arms back together.
They took x-rays and he says everything is on schedule and looking just fine.
In fact if things continue to progress as quickly and as well as they have then Monday, Sept 27, she'll get her right cast removed and the pins taken out of her elbow.
Can you believe it?
3 weeks to the day from the accident, the broken elbow will be healed and doing just fine, working normally so she can feed herself, get her own drink of water and turn the lights on and off by herself again.
Wow!
I tell ya - these kids heal SUPER FAST!
If I'd have fallen and just cracked bones, I'd be in casts for the next 3 months probably.
Thank God for the quick healing, and the ability of these little ones to bounce back from something like this!
God truly is good!
Have a GREAT weekend!
They took x-rays and he says everything is on schedule and looking just fine.
In fact if things continue to progress as quickly and as well as they have then Monday, Sept 27, she'll get her right cast removed and the pins taken out of her elbow.
Can you believe it?
3 weeks to the day from the accident, the broken elbow will be healed and doing just fine, working normally so she can feed herself, get her own drink of water and turn the lights on and off by herself again.
Wow!
I tell ya - these kids heal SUPER FAST!
If I'd have fallen and just cracked bones, I'd be in casts for the next 3 months probably.
Thank God for the quick healing, and the ability of these little ones to bounce back from something like this!
God truly is good!
Have a GREAT weekend!
Ivan & Rain Rain Go Away OR Scardy-Cat Tennessians
Well, Ivan has reached us here in Tennessee. It started raining, a soft drizzle yesterday morning on my way to work at 4:50a. On the way home it turned into a "driving drizzle" but nothing of signifigance. Yesterday evening the wind started to pick up and the rain has become very steady for the last 12 hours. Guess it's supposed to get a little worse and a little heavier today, Friday, but oh well. We haven't had rain in a while, so this isn't all bad. We're supposed to have heavier winds today, but nothing like they had in Atlanta, GA yesterday. A guest we had on one of our live call-in programs said the rain was driving and winds were gusting to 50mph. Wheeeew!
Now, let me tell you about the Scardy-Cat Tennessians we live around. I really enjoy living here. If I can't be in Colorado, I would rank TN in the top 5 of places I'd like to be, but one thing I can't understand about those who live here. ANYTIME bad weather comes through - their is a rush on Bread, Milk & Water at the stores and they start shutting Schools, Activities and the Local Gov't offices down. We've got flood warnings right now because of the rain from Ivan blowing through our area. As Doreen and I watched the Survivor Premier and the Apprentice last night - at the bottom of the screen they started showing a list of schools, gov't offices and activities that are going to be closed or cancelled today due to the weather.
WHAT??????
What in the HECK is that??? It's just RAIN folks! We get it here ALLLLLL THE BLASTED TIME. And sometimes it's EVEN HEAVIER THAN WE'RE PREDICTED TO GET FROM IVAN? Come 'on people get real!!! I tell ya these people are real pansies!
It probably wouldn't bother me that much but every winter we've been here it has shocked the heck out of me when we get a prediction of 2 inches of snow - they practically shut east Tennessee down. A FLIPPIN PREDICTION of 2 inches of snow. NOT ACTUALLY ANY SNOW, JUST A LOUSEY PREDICTION and they practically shut everything down. These people would never make it in Colorado or any of the states North of Kentucky who average a whole heck'of'a lot more snow than that. And MOST of the time, we barely get the 2 inches when predicted. I tell you, it is absoutely ridiculous! Crazy!
Last winter their was a prediciton of snow and so they shut everything down, it was the day we left to spend a week in Central Minnesota with my wife's sister and family. When we got up there 22 hours later they had 9 or 10 inches of snow just laying around, slush on the roads and packed snow on the gravel road back to my sister-in-law's place. I couldn't help but shake my head in amazement at how Tennessians are such cream puffs. Like WOW!
They're stereotyped to be these stout red-necks that can handle pretty much anything, but when it comes to precipitation, especially the white stuff, they're yellow bellied chickens.
My, my, my!
Tisk, tisk, tisk!
See ya!
Now, let me tell you about the Scardy-Cat Tennessians we live around. I really enjoy living here. If I can't be in Colorado, I would rank TN in the top 5 of places I'd like to be, but one thing I can't understand about those who live here. ANYTIME bad weather comes through - their is a rush on Bread, Milk & Water at the stores and they start shutting Schools, Activities and the Local Gov't offices down. We've got flood warnings right now because of the rain from Ivan blowing through our area. As Doreen and I watched the Survivor Premier and the Apprentice last night - at the bottom of the screen they started showing a list of schools, gov't offices and activities that are going to be closed or cancelled today due to the weather.
WHAT??????
What in the HECK is that??? It's just RAIN folks! We get it here ALLLLLL THE BLASTED TIME. And sometimes it's EVEN HEAVIER THAN WE'RE PREDICTED TO GET FROM IVAN? Come 'on people get real!!! I tell ya these people are real pansies!
It probably wouldn't bother me that much but every winter we've been here it has shocked the heck out of me when we get a prediction of 2 inches of snow - they practically shut east Tennessee down. A FLIPPIN PREDICTION of 2 inches of snow. NOT ACTUALLY ANY SNOW, JUST A LOUSEY PREDICTION and they practically shut everything down. These people would never make it in Colorado or any of the states North of Kentucky who average a whole heck'of'a lot more snow than that. And MOST of the time, we barely get the 2 inches when predicted. I tell you, it is absoutely ridiculous! Crazy!
Last winter their was a prediciton of snow and so they shut everything down, it was the day we left to spend a week in Central Minnesota with my wife's sister and family. When we got up there 22 hours later they had 9 or 10 inches of snow just laying around, slush on the roads and packed snow on the gravel road back to my sister-in-law's place. I couldn't help but shake my head in amazement at how Tennessians are such cream puffs. Like WOW!
They're stereotyped to be these stout red-necks that can handle pretty much anything, but when it comes to precipitation, especially the white stuff, they're yellow bellied chickens.
My, my, my!
Tisk, tisk, tisk!
See ya!
Thursday, September 16, 2004
UNCLE!!!!
I GIVE UP! After battling a week and a half to get some worms and virius off my computer and failing miserably - I finally shut it down, disconnected all the cables and took it into a local computer shop to fix. Man I HATE paying someone else to do it, but I was fighting a losing battle.
It had gotten to the point where I'd get all sorts of warnings that I've got a virus - I'd have to hit the OK button 25+ times for it to go away, and then 3 sec later it'd pop up again. Then I went from having 2 critical problems, to 4 to 6 to 12.
So I know when I'm whipped - I took it in and should be getting it back, virus free, today or tomorrow.
Then I can get back on-line at home so Doreen can enjoy the internet and I can keep connected! :)
It's been a rough two days. Typically, after we put the girls to bed - I'd jump on the computer and check up on the e-mail and stuff and haven't been able to do that. So lately, I've been wandering around the house wondering what to do. Sad - I know! :)
It had gotten to the point where I'd get all sorts of warnings that I've got a virus - I'd have to hit the OK button 25+ times for it to go away, and then 3 sec later it'd pop up again. Then I went from having 2 critical problems, to 4 to 6 to 12.
So I know when I'm whipped - I took it in and should be getting it back, virus free, today or tomorrow.
Then I can get back on-line at home so Doreen can enjoy the internet and I can keep connected! :)
It's been a rough two days. Typically, after we put the girls to bed - I'd jump on the computer and check up on the e-mail and stuff and haven't been able to do that. So lately, I've been wandering around the house wondering what to do. Sad - I know! :)
Some PUNS for Your Day
Hope these bring a smile to your face (or maybe a grimmace!) :)
I took a part time job as an opinion poll sampler.
On my very first call, I introduced myself, "Hello, this
is a telephone poll."
The man replied, "Hello. This is a street lamp."
Relief: What a tree does in the spring.
A bill collector knocked on the door of a country debtor.
"Is Fred home?", he asked the woman who answered the door.
"Sorry," the woman replied. "Fred's gone for cotton."
The next day, the collector tried again "Is Fred here today?" "No,
sir", she said, "I'm afraid Fred has gone for cotton."
When he returned the third day he humphed, "I suppose Fred is
gone for cotton again?"
"No," the woman answered solemnly, "Fred died yesterday."
Suspicious that he was being avoided, the collector decided to wait a
Week and investigate the cemetery himself. But sure enough, there
was poor Fred's tombstone, with this inscription:
"Gone, But Not for Cotton."
A college senior took his new girlfriend to a football game.
The Young couple found seats in the crowded stadium
and were watching the action.
A substitute was put into the game, and as he was running
onto the field to take his position, the boy said to his girlfriend,
"Take a good look at that fellow. I expect him to be our
best man next year."
His girlfriend snuggled closer to him and said,
"That's the strangest way I ever heard of for a fellow to propose
to a girl. Regardless of how you said it, I accept!"
An elephant is drinking out of a river when he spots a turtle
asleep on A log. The elephant ambles over and kicks the
unsuspecting turtle clear across the river.
"Why did you do that?" asks a passing giraffe.
"Because I recognized it as the same turtle that took a nip
out of my trunk 47 years ago."
"Wow, what a memory!" says the giraffe.
"Yes," says the elephant. "Turtle recall.
I took a part time job as an opinion poll sampler.
On my very first call, I introduced myself, "Hello, this
is a telephone poll."
The man replied, "Hello. This is a street lamp."
Relief: What a tree does in the spring.
A bill collector knocked on the door of a country debtor.
"Is Fred home?", he asked the woman who answered the door.
"Sorry," the woman replied. "Fred's gone for cotton."
The next day, the collector tried again "Is Fred here today?" "No,
sir", she said, "I'm afraid Fred has gone for cotton."
When he returned the third day he humphed, "I suppose Fred is
gone for cotton again?"
"No," the woman answered solemnly, "Fred died yesterday."
Suspicious that he was being avoided, the collector decided to wait a
Week and investigate the cemetery himself. But sure enough, there
was poor Fred's tombstone, with this inscription:
"Gone, But Not for Cotton."
A college senior took his new girlfriend to a football game.
The Young couple found seats in the crowded stadium
and were watching the action.
A substitute was put into the game, and as he was running
onto the field to take his position, the boy said to his girlfriend,
"Take a good look at that fellow. I expect him to be our
best man next year."
His girlfriend snuggled closer to him and said,
"That's the strangest way I ever heard of for a fellow to propose
to a girl. Regardless of how you said it, I accept!"
An elephant is drinking out of a river when he spots a turtle
asleep on A log. The elephant ambles over and kicks the
unsuspecting turtle clear across the river.
"Why did you do that?" asks a passing giraffe.
"Because I recognized it as the same turtle that took a nip
out of my trunk 47 years ago."
"Wow, what a memory!" says the giraffe.
"Yes," says the elephant. "Turtle recall.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Back in Time OR Like Father, Like Daughter
My family just scanned and sent me a couple of photos from my past to show Joelle, my daughter.
I can't wait to get home this morning and show her these photos from when I was a youngin'.
The 1st photo was from 1976, (Englewood, Colorado) is from a bicycle collision with a friend in a wagon going down hill. We were both going opposite directions on the same sidewalk and both turned into the driveway to avoid running into each other. I t-boned the wagon and flew over the bike, the wagon, my friend and landed on the concrete and broke my left arm. (This was late on a Friday afternoon while my folks were working on a camper-top for our little Toyota Luv Truck. We didn't realize until HOURS later, (supper time) that I was still having intense pain. So we went into the Doc's office, had it x-rayed and set and cast.
The 2nd was from 1982 (Miamisburg, OH) - again on a Friday afternoon. Mom was in baking a cake for the weekend, Dad who was an OR Nurse was called in for an emergency surgery. I was out with a friend jumping a ramp. We were in the middle of the driveway and Dad told us to put it away, we did - he took off to the hospital - and we put the ramp back up and commenced to jumping again. The ramp was the problem though. We had two stacks of house bricks, 3 high stacked side to side. That might have worked for a while, but the really bad part was we were using 2 boards for the ramp. Those two mixed together means big trouble!!! :)
I hit the ramp at high speed, the boards split - I hit the bricks which toppled and stopped the bike, and again - I went flying over the handlebars and landed on my arms and face very akwardly. My right arm was a 'compound fracture.' The bone broke through the skin and my left arm I cracked one bone and broke the other.
Mom, rushed me to the hospital where dad was working. (Who did you leave the girls with ma?) He had to come OUT of surgery (NOT A GOOD THING) and come down to the ER. I had to tell him how it happened. (OOPS) Later that night I had surgery to clean the wound on my right arm and to set them both.
I spent the next few weeks as the 'field goal' at our local school!
I can't wait to get home this morning and show her these photos from when I was a youngin'.
The 1st photo was from 1976, (Englewood, Colorado) is from a bicycle collision with a friend in a wagon going down hill. We were both going opposite directions on the same sidewalk and both turned into the driveway to avoid running into each other. I t-boned the wagon and flew over the bike, the wagon, my friend and landed on the concrete and broke my left arm. (This was late on a Friday afternoon while my folks were working on a camper-top for our little Toyota Luv Truck. We didn't realize until HOURS later, (supper time) that I was still having intense pain. So we went into the Doc's office, had it x-rayed and set and cast.
The 2nd was from 1982 (Miamisburg, OH) - again on a Friday afternoon. Mom was in baking a cake for the weekend, Dad who was an OR Nurse was called in for an emergency surgery. I was out with a friend jumping a ramp. We were in the middle of the driveway and Dad told us to put it away, we did - he took off to the hospital - and we put the ramp back up and commenced to jumping again. The ramp was the problem though. We had two stacks of house bricks, 3 high stacked side to side. That might have worked for a while, but the really bad part was we were using 2 boards for the ramp. Those two mixed together means big trouble!!! :)
I hit the ramp at high speed, the boards split - I hit the bricks which toppled and stopped the bike, and again - I went flying over the handlebars and landed on my arms and face very akwardly. My right arm was a 'compound fracture.' The bone broke through the skin and my left arm I cracked one bone and broke the other.
Mom, rushed me to the hospital where dad was working. (Who did you leave the girls with ma?) He had to come OUT of surgery (NOT A GOOD THING) and come down to the ER. I had to tell him how it happened. (OOPS) Later that night I had surgery to clean the wound on my right arm and to set them both.
I spent the next few weeks as the 'field goal' at our local school!
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