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Wednesday, April 27, 2005
American Cities that Best fit me.
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Busy, Busy, BUSY - Highlights
Hey - We've Moved!
-- My folks from Colorado visited. (They brought us a used truck they're getting rid of and helped us move.)
-- Our House Sold (We closed on it still owing almost $2,000 but better to be rid of it than still owe over $76,000.)
-- Life at work is still in a mess.
-- Life at home is MUCH better now that I can join my family for breakfast and lunch and have time together after work instead of driving.
-- My grandma's paralysis is getting better so she can eat and drink now and can actually keep stuff down.
-- My oldest daughter turned 4 years old. She is getting so BIG and is still incredibly PRECIOUS!!!
-- Still got LOTS and LOTS to do, boxes still stacked around the house, gotta get a back sidewalk in to cover ALL the dirt (and mud when it rains), and gotta get things at work under control, as much as I possibly can!
I'll try to be more faithful at blogging now that my 2 1/2 hour commute has come to a close!
-- My folks from Colorado visited. (They brought us a used truck they're getting rid of and helped us move.)
-- Our House Sold (We closed on it still owing almost $2,000 but better to be rid of it than still owe over $76,000.)
-- Life at work is still in a mess.
-- Life at home is MUCH better now that I can join my family for breakfast and lunch and have time together after work instead of driving.
-- My grandma's paralysis is getting better so she can eat and drink now and can actually keep stuff down.
-- My oldest daughter turned 4 years old. She is getting so BIG and is still incredibly PRECIOUS!!!
-- Still got LOTS and LOTS to do, boxes still stacked around the house, gotta get a back sidewalk in to cover ALL the dirt (and mud when it rains), and gotta get things at work under control, as much as I possibly can!
I'll try to be more faithful at blogging now that my 2 1/2 hour commute has come to a close!
Cool Linguistic Profile!!!
I just love some of these things!
Thanks Cheryl!
Thanks Cheryl!
Your Linguistic Profile: |
50% General American English |
20% Dixie |
15% Upper Midwestern |
15% Yankee |
0% Midwestern |
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Unique Flashilight!
So last night I stay up later than Doreen and when I went to go to bed it was DARK in our room. I didn't want to wake her up - so instead of turning on any lights I just flip open my phone and voila - enough light to get me around without stubbing my toes or crash into things and wake Doreen up etc. It was very cool.
We got a TON packed up today. Just a little more to do and we'll be ready to go. Our house in Chattanooga is not, however. Our deck is not done - so we can't get the final house inspection. The sidewalk isn't in and neither is the carpet - so we're just waiting - and packing!
Hey - y'all have a GREAT week!
We got a TON packed up today. Just a little more to do and we'll be ready to go. Our house in Chattanooga is not, however. Our deck is not done - so we can't get the final house inspection. The sidewalk isn't in and neither is the carpet - so we're just waiting - and packing!
Hey - y'all have a GREAT week!
Friday, April 08, 2005
A Nap - 1st time in a couple of weeks
If you've read any of my blogs over the last few months, you've probably noticed - I LOVE to take naps.
Lately, because of the crazyness of my life, that luxury has woefully been missing.
Well, I snagged one today. Yeeee hawwww!
At work - we're still working on getting the TV studio done. That is all fine and good, it needs to be completed. However, we have little or no equipment. I've been asking my boss for 2 weeks to order tripods and batteries for the cameras and some other very essential equipment. It hasn't happened.
Yesterday I asked him to order the equipment this morning and he said - lets finish the "green wall" (A chroma key wall just like weathermen use.) I said, "we're going to get this set done and not have any equipment to shoot it. Let's order the equipment first thing - then finish the wall as the company packs up and sends us the equipment while we're working on TV studios." He finally relented.
So - for an hour, I tried tracking him down to actually order the equipment. I think it finally got done, I had to leave. I'm praying it got done! :) We need that equipment if we're going to actually be a TV studio! :)
Well - I ran by the house, which the excavator showed up Thursday and got the final grading of the land done. Yeeee haaawww! The carpenter is coming in Sunday to build the deck. The carpet isn't in yet, but that should happen this next Wed & Thur. The sidewalk should be put in on Mon or Tue this week too! It's coming together!
Anyway - Thursday after the excavator did his thing, Doreen got a friend to watch the kids and met me at the house. We put down 150 pounds of grass seed and 15 bails of straw. We started at 5 and she left at 7, and I finally got done about 8:30. WOW! :) Hope the rain Thur night and Friday helps it grow like gangbusters! :)
So, back to today - I stopped by the house and the painter was finishing up the exterior trim and I popped in for a moment, then headed home. Got home as the family was finishing up lunch and then Doreen had to go to a Dr appointment, so I put Natalie down for a nap and then Joelle and I crashed for a couple of hours. Boy do I feel a TON better!
On a Sad note - Dad called me last night to let me know that Grandma isn't doing so well. She recently had a stroke and has been struggling with pneumonia lately. So they ran some tests and found that her 'valve' (not gonna try to spell the actual medical word for it! He, he, he!) when she eats isn't completely closing - so she's getting stuff in her lungs. Then the 'valve' between her esophagus and stomach isn't closing completely either. So she's getting stuff from her stomach in her lungs as well.
The long and short of it is - my dad and his sister have decided not to use 'heroic' methods to prolong her life. She won't leave an IV or feeding tube in - so they'll let her eat and drink and do the best, with hospice, to keep her comfortable in her last few days. I guess they're guestimating she's got about a month. She's 93 and had quite a very full life - so this is very sad. Not only that, we have to be planning to attend a funeral in Lincoln sometime in the very near future! Sad!
Hey, we're hoping to move on Friday - anyone wanna come help??!! :)
Have a blessed weekend!
Lately, because of the crazyness of my life, that luxury has woefully been missing.
Well, I snagged one today. Yeeee hawwww!
At work - we're still working on getting the TV studio done. That is all fine and good, it needs to be completed. However, we have little or no equipment. I've been asking my boss for 2 weeks to order tripods and batteries for the cameras and some other very essential equipment. It hasn't happened.
Yesterday I asked him to order the equipment this morning and he said - lets finish the "green wall" (A chroma key wall just like weathermen use.) I said, "we're going to get this set done and not have any equipment to shoot it. Let's order the equipment first thing - then finish the wall as the company packs up and sends us the equipment while we're working on TV studios." He finally relented.
So - for an hour, I tried tracking him down to actually order the equipment. I think it finally got done, I had to leave. I'm praying it got done! :) We need that equipment if we're going to actually be a TV studio! :)
Well - I ran by the house, which the excavator showed up Thursday and got the final grading of the land done. Yeeee haaawww! The carpenter is coming in Sunday to build the deck. The carpet isn't in yet, but that should happen this next Wed & Thur. The sidewalk should be put in on Mon or Tue this week too! It's coming together!
Anyway - Thursday after the excavator did his thing, Doreen got a friend to watch the kids and met me at the house. We put down 150 pounds of grass seed and 15 bails of straw. We started at 5 and she left at 7, and I finally got done about 8:30. WOW! :) Hope the rain Thur night and Friday helps it grow like gangbusters! :)
So, back to today - I stopped by the house and the painter was finishing up the exterior trim and I popped in for a moment, then headed home. Got home as the family was finishing up lunch and then Doreen had to go to a Dr appointment, so I put Natalie down for a nap and then Joelle and I crashed for a couple of hours. Boy do I feel a TON better!
On a Sad note - Dad called me last night to let me know that Grandma isn't doing so well. She recently had a stroke and has been struggling with pneumonia lately. So they ran some tests and found that her 'valve' (not gonna try to spell the actual medical word for it! He, he, he!) when she eats isn't completely closing - so she's getting stuff in her lungs. Then the 'valve' between her esophagus and stomach isn't closing completely either. So she's getting stuff from her stomach in her lungs as well.
The long and short of it is - my dad and his sister have decided not to use 'heroic' methods to prolong her life. She won't leave an IV or feeding tube in - so they'll let her eat and drink and do the best, with hospice, to keep her comfortable in her last few days. I guess they're guestimating she's got about a month. She's 93 and had quite a very full life - so this is very sad. Not only that, we have to be planning to attend a funeral in Lincoln sometime in the very near future! Sad!
Hey, we're hoping to move on Friday - anyone wanna come help??!! :)
Have a blessed weekend!
Saturday, April 02, 2005
House selling scare...
So today we went to Sabbath School, church a meal afterwards, then spent some time in a planning meeting for our upcoming VBS in June.
After the meeting I spent some time recording some local WKPJ ID's with some church members and kids on our LPFM station. It was cool. Joelle & Natalie did GREAT and it was extremely cute.
So we got home mid-afternoon and Natalie was sacked out - so we put her in bed and then started a fire in our fireplace - it was VERY COLD out today. Joelle played with a bunch of different things and Doreen and I snoozed in front of the fireplace.
A while later, we all woke up and at that point Doreen noticed our answering machine had a message and it was our realtor asking us to call. I almost had a coronary!!!
So Doreen called and the realtor said that the family who bought our place had a couple of concerns...
...aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
...but that she'd made a couple of calls and found the answers to their questions and they were happy again.
Oh My Word.
Gotta get this house in Collegedale done! Gotta Get moved. Gotta close early!!! :)
So - the 'tease' for the 11p news just came on and mentioned they'd talk to people about what the Pope of the last 26 years meant to them. That prompted Doreen to ask what the pope meant to me. My response - pretty much nothing. I couldn't think of anything that 'he' as a person meant to me.
I vaguely remember the previous Pope dying and the HUGE 'to do' they had as a memorial service - then the announcement of this guy. I've been interested in a few of the writings coming out of this Papacy - on how Evolution and Creation can basically both be believed - for one. But other than that - not much.
So did this Pope mean anything to you?
Well - the rest of this weekend has us cleaning up bricks outside and cleaning up the messy, MESSY floor inside!
Hope yours is good!
After the meeting I spent some time recording some local WKPJ ID's with some church members and kids on our LPFM station. It was cool. Joelle & Natalie did GREAT and it was extremely cute.
So we got home mid-afternoon and Natalie was sacked out - so we put her in bed and then started a fire in our fireplace - it was VERY COLD out today. Joelle played with a bunch of different things and Doreen and I snoozed in front of the fireplace.
A while later, we all woke up and at that point Doreen noticed our answering machine had a message and it was our realtor asking us to call. I almost had a coronary!!!
So Doreen called and the realtor said that the family who bought our place had a couple of concerns...
...aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
...but that she'd made a couple of calls and found the answers to their questions and they were happy again.
Oh My Word.
Gotta get this house in Collegedale done! Gotta Get moved. Gotta close early!!! :)
So - the 'tease' for the 11p news just came on and mentioned they'd talk to people about what the Pope of the last 26 years meant to them. That prompted Doreen to ask what the pope meant to me. My response - pretty much nothing. I couldn't think of anything that 'he' as a person meant to me.
I vaguely remember the previous Pope dying and the HUGE 'to do' they had as a memorial service - then the announcement of this guy. I've been interested in a few of the writings coming out of this Papacy - on how Evolution and Creation can basically both be believed - for one. But other than that - not much.
So did this Pope mean anything to you?
Well - the rest of this weekend has us cleaning up bricks outside and cleaning up the messy, MESSY floor inside!
Hope yours is good!
Friday, April 01, 2005
M-Day April 10??? C-Day April 18!!!!
Hey y'all - TGIF.
How are ya!
We're good - very, VERY GOOD! (I'll get into that in a minute.)
Our brick masons got done Thursday morning! Hurray!!! They actually got done with the front wall Wednesday and then Thur morning finished up all the window sills.
So Thur and Fri morning I've been leaving 2 hours early and getting to the house just as it gets bright enough outside to see and I've been picking up broken, cut, and partial bricks and hauling them in the wheelbarrow over to a 'brick pile.' (Gotta get them cleaned up out of the 'yard' before final grading so if we ever do landscaping - we won't have to dig up bricks to put stuff in! *GRIN*) The catch is for the last two days it's been raining, raining and and RAINING. So I've been doing what I can - completely soaked - then change in the house and hop in the car and head to work on time. Haven't gotten it all done yet - but Sunday, hopefully, we'll get it finished up.
Last Monday and Tuesday our carpet was supposed to be put in, but thankfully when it showed up at Lowes - it had 3 huge holes in it - so they had to send it back! Hopefully it'll get done by Wed this week! I'm thankful it didn't get put in because of ALL the rain, the contractors finalizing stuff inside have tracked mud, red mud, everywhere. It would have gotten EVERYWHERE and been a pain to clean up. So I know I may have 'complained' at the time - but now I'm thankful!
By the way - The plumbing is DONE, just waiting for the inspection, the electrical is DONE, just waiting for the inspection, the building is DONE, just waiting for the inspection (And carpet! He, he, he), and the mechanical (Heating & A/C) is all but done. Just waiting for the 'rain' to let up to place the 'compressor' in the back. :) Then we're just waiting for our excavator to do the final grading of the dirt and prep the ground for sidewalks and bring in the gravel for the driveway. The One final thing we've gotta get done is the deck on the back. That's ALL! We've come a LONG way baby!
So we're hoping - weather permitting - to get most of that stuff wrapped up this week and we're really, REALLY hoping to be able to move Sunday April 10. Actually we NEED to move on April 10. It really is a MUST to move on April 10... because today our house sold. PRAISE THE LORD.
That's right - last night Doreen got a call from our Realtor that our home was going to be shown about 1 today. (It was the first time it's been shown since we listed it March 1) So among everything else we had going on - Doreen got the house lookin very, VERY good. So I went to work and then met Doreen and the girls at the church in the afternoon to clean it. On the way home, 3 minutes from it in fact - the realtor calls and says the people who saw our house want to make a 'CASH' offer $9,000 under what we were asking. So we talk numbers for a few minutes then we turn on our road and I pull over and Doreen pulls up next to me - and I pop out of the pick-up and run to her window and while I'm on phone we discuss numbers and we then make a counter offer. We run home - drop off the pick up and back into the van (Where our girls are thankfully spending a few moments in 'la-la-la, sandman land') and head to Vonore for haircuts for Joelle and me.
The realtor calls again for some more negotiation and really the only change is she forgot to tell me the 'buyers' would like to have our corner curio cabinet in the kitchen. We agree as long as they accept our counter offer and 3 minutes later we're in her office - sign the paperwork to begin the process, (The buyers signed and were satisfied so we close April 18) we talk for a few minutes - then off to get the haircut I've been trying to get for about 3 weeks. (I look like the shaggy-DA, he, he, he!)
Can you believe how that came together? Me either! :) Can you believe our house is sold? Me either!! :) Can you believe how good God's timing is? Now that I look at it, I can. I just need to learn to have that 'faith' as I look ahead and not see how things are going to come together.
We'll be about $1,250 short of what we owe on our home. We'll have about $250 in closing costs - so we're going to have to rob a bank for about $1,500 to make this all happen - but, Lord willing - we'll get 'er done!!! (BTW - That's a JOKE FOLKS - we're not gonna rob a bank. He, he, he)
Oh by the way, one reason we MUST move on the 10th - is because we have some other friends, he works the same place I do - and this morning, about 4 hours before we did, sold their house under just about exactly the same circumstances. Their house had been listed 40 days before it was ever shown, they got a cash offer yesterday, countered yesterday evening and this morning the offer was accepted and so they sold also!!! Can you believe it? So they're moving April 17. (They close the 18th as well!)
Pray for us - we have MUCH, MUCH, MUCH to accomplish in the next week!
By the way - this is NO April's Fools. I would not 'Fool' about this. This is just a HUGE blessing!!!
How are ya!
We're good - very, VERY GOOD! (I'll get into that in a minute.)
Our brick masons got done Thursday morning! Hurray!!! They actually got done with the front wall Wednesday and then Thur morning finished up all the window sills.
So Thur and Fri morning I've been leaving 2 hours early and getting to the house just as it gets bright enough outside to see and I've been picking up broken, cut, and partial bricks and hauling them in the wheelbarrow over to a 'brick pile.' (Gotta get them cleaned up out of the 'yard' before final grading so if we ever do landscaping - we won't have to dig up bricks to put stuff in! *GRIN*) The catch is for the last two days it's been raining, raining and and RAINING. So I've been doing what I can - completely soaked - then change in the house and hop in the car and head to work on time. Haven't gotten it all done yet - but Sunday, hopefully, we'll get it finished up.
Last Monday and Tuesday our carpet was supposed to be put in, but thankfully when it showed up at Lowes - it had 3 huge holes in it - so they had to send it back! Hopefully it'll get done by Wed this week! I'm thankful it didn't get put in because of ALL the rain, the contractors finalizing stuff inside have tracked mud, red mud, everywhere. It would have gotten EVERYWHERE and been a pain to clean up. So I know I may have 'complained' at the time - but now I'm thankful!
By the way - The plumbing is DONE, just waiting for the inspection, the electrical is DONE, just waiting for the inspection, the building is DONE, just waiting for the inspection (And carpet! He, he, he), and the mechanical (Heating & A/C) is all but done. Just waiting for the 'rain' to let up to place the 'compressor' in the back. :) Then we're just waiting for our excavator to do the final grading of the dirt and prep the ground for sidewalks and bring in the gravel for the driveway. The One final thing we've gotta get done is the deck on the back. That's ALL! We've come a LONG way baby!
So we're hoping - weather permitting - to get most of that stuff wrapped up this week and we're really, REALLY hoping to be able to move Sunday April 10. Actually we NEED to move on April 10. It really is a MUST to move on April 10... because today our house sold. PRAISE THE LORD.
That's right - last night Doreen got a call from our Realtor that our home was going to be shown about 1 today. (It was the first time it's been shown since we listed it March 1) So among everything else we had going on - Doreen got the house lookin very, VERY good. So I went to work and then met Doreen and the girls at the church in the afternoon to clean it. On the way home, 3 minutes from it in fact - the realtor calls and says the people who saw our house want to make a 'CASH' offer $9,000 under what we were asking. So we talk numbers for a few minutes then we turn on our road and I pull over and Doreen pulls up next to me - and I pop out of the pick-up and run to her window and while I'm on phone we discuss numbers and we then make a counter offer. We run home - drop off the pick up and back into the van (Where our girls are thankfully spending a few moments in 'la-la-la, sandman land') and head to Vonore for haircuts for Joelle and me.
The realtor calls again for some more negotiation and really the only change is she forgot to tell me the 'buyers' would like to have our corner curio cabinet in the kitchen. We agree as long as they accept our counter offer and 3 minutes later we're in her office - sign the paperwork to begin the process, (The buyers signed and were satisfied so we close April 18) we talk for a few minutes - then off to get the haircut I've been trying to get for about 3 weeks. (I look like the shaggy-DA, he, he, he!)
Can you believe how that came together? Me either! :) Can you believe our house is sold? Me either!! :) Can you believe how good God's timing is? Now that I look at it, I can. I just need to learn to have that 'faith' as I look ahead and not see how things are going to come together.
We'll be about $1,250 short of what we owe on our home. We'll have about $250 in closing costs - so we're going to have to rob a bank for about $1,500 to make this all happen - but, Lord willing - we'll get 'er done!!! (BTW - That's a JOKE FOLKS - we're not gonna rob a bank. He, he, he)
Oh by the way, one reason we MUST move on the 10th - is because we have some other friends, he works the same place I do - and this morning, about 4 hours before we did, sold their house under just about exactly the same circumstances. Their house had been listed 40 days before it was ever shown, they got a cash offer yesterday, countered yesterday evening and this morning the offer was accepted and so they sold also!!! Can you believe it? So they're moving April 17. (They close the 18th as well!)
Pray for us - we have MUCH, MUCH, MUCH to accomplish in the next week!
By the way - this is NO April's Fools. I would not 'Fool' about this. This is just a HUGE blessing!!!
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Cool Day
So today, we went to Dollywood. Don't ask how I got the day off. Just glad I could work it out.
That place is soooo cool. There is so much to see and do - no way to take it in all in one day. Right now they've got a theme called "festival of the Nations." It is awesome. People walking around in costumes from across the world and music, shows and food to match. It was way awesome!
The girls enjoyed some kiddy rides and a fun ride on the train that WE ALL thoroughly enjoyed!
A friend and I went on the Tennessee Tornado. A 120 foot high roller coaster that gets up to 70 Mph with about 4 G pulls and takes 108 seconds to ride. We did 3 flips and a couple of corkscrews - yeeeeehaaaawwww! Fun, fun fun!
It was good not thinking about work today! :)
by the way - our brickwork on our house is almost done. Everything but the window sills are finished. Praise the Lord!!! Those should be finished up - barring rain -tomorrow!
Anyway - we picked up season passes today at Dollywood - come on down and lets go play!
:)
That place is soooo cool. There is so much to see and do - no way to take it in all in one day. Right now they've got a theme called "festival of the Nations." It is awesome. People walking around in costumes from across the world and music, shows and food to match. It was way awesome!
The girls enjoyed some kiddy rides and a fun ride on the train that WE ALL thoroughly enjoyed!
A friend and I went on the Tennessee Tornado. A 120 foot high roller coaster that gets up to 70 Mph with about 4 G pulls and takes 108 seconds to ride. We did 3 flips and a couple of corkscrews - yeeeeehaaaawwww! Fun, fun fun!
It was good not thinking about work today! :)
by the way - our brickwork on our house is almost done. Everything but the window sills are finished. Praise the Lord!!! Those should be finished up - barring rain -tomorrow!
Anyway - we picked up season passes today at Dollywood - come on down and lets go play!
:)
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Short Respit
Waaazzz Uuuppppppp?
What are you doing?
He, he, he - loved those commercials.
Well - I've become a middle manager. Yuck! I'm managing 3 film students, 2 broadcasting students and one graphic animator. They're doing most of the work and I'm just the 'guide' on how we need things to look, what the message should be, and what kind of response we're hoping to generate.
I wish I could go back in time and just keep doing the radio production director thingy. You know - really - I thoroughly enjoyed that part of my work. Maybe this is because of the commute, of all I have to do in 'birthing' the TV thing for my company, little or no time at home, trying to get a house built and to just live a life.
Do I keep having the same complaints every time I post? Sorry - that's just what I'm feeling and experienceing right now.
So, last Friday I was able to pick up the countertops for the kitchen. I get them back to the house and the first two fit perfectly. The third however, while it did fit, the wall splash and the end cap were backwards. So I had to run back to the store to get 'em to fix it and get me a correct one. Today I get a call - they're in - so I go to pick them up. They made the fix EXACTLY the same as the incorrect ones. AAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
So, she gets on the phone - talking with the vendor and says it's 4 to 6 weeks to get them here. Immediately - I say emphatically "No - not acceptable." So she has to call another vendor and says, "2 to 3 weeks, better?" My reply, "Better yes, still it's unacceptable." Our house will be done by then, Lord willing, and I want it done not having to 'wait' to get it finished! So we end up settling on a week and a day or two.
A highlight of my day was a phone call from home. Doreen say's "Joelle wants to talk to you." So I talk with her for a few minutes and then Natalie and they're pretty much just babbling, but I catch words occassionally - very cute. Then talk with Doreen for a little bit - and just before hanging up she says, "Joelle said, when's Daddy coming home." Very precious! Definetly a 'highlight' of a very blah day.
Another, house construction story - the carpet layer calls Sun night and the carpet laying process will begin Monday. He'll call me to 'meet' and open/unlock the house. So he calls and says, we've got some bad news. They unrolled the carpet at the store to cut it to size, no good dry place to do that at the house yet, and they found 3 big holes in it from the manufacturer. AAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!! Part 2 It all boils down to the carpet being put in at least a week to 10 days.
By the way, the ministry I work for and have helped move, which is still 'off the air - with our live programs, (every thing is a re-broadcast)' since Jan 19, (Which is a VERY SAD commentary on the planning of this transition) we hope to be back on next week. We've 'assembled' most all the equipment have 3 more items to come in and getting the satellite dishs aligned should be all we need to flip the switches off in Vonore and on in Collegedale. Please pray it'll all happen. That'll help one issue that needs help! :)
A good house construction story is that the brick layers have returned today and gotten just less that half of the final side that needs to be done. HURRRRAAAAAAYYYYYYYY! They claim they'll be done tomorrow night or early Thursday morning. Yyyipppppppeeeeeeeee!
Of course that means, Thursday, after they finish - I've got to get the extra brick laying around picked up and moved to our brick pile and the rest of the 'trash' cleaned up so it doesn't get turned under in the final grading and in the way later on.
I've got to squeeze that in between, work, a TV production meeting at 1p on Thur, and a radio board meeting for WKPJ. (Our LPFM in Athens, TN)
Tomorrow, I gotta work early, early AM - then home to meet with our family and friends and head to Dollywood. (Gotta fit in a little fun in life, especially one that is extremely challenged right now.
Hey - y'all have a blessed day!
What are you doing?
He, he, he - loved those commercials.
Well - I've become a middle manager. Yuck! I'm managing 3 film students, 2 broadcasting students and one graphic animator. They're doing most of the work and I'm just the 'guide' on how we need things to look, what the message should be, and what kind of response we're hoping to generate.
I wish I could go back in time and just keep doing the radio production director thingy. You know - really - I thoroughly enjoyed that part of my work. Maybe this is because of the commute, of all I have to do in 'birthing' the TV thing for my company, little or no time at home, trying to get a house built and to just live a life.
Do I keep having the same complaints every time I post? Sorry - that's just what I'm feeling and experienceing right now.
So, last Friday I was able to pick up the countertops for the kitchen. I get them back to the house and the first two fit perfectly. The third however, while it did fit, the wall splash and the end cap were backwards. So I had to run back to the store to get 'em to fix it and get me a correct one. Today I get a call - they're in - so I go to pick them up. They made the fix EXACTLY the same as the incorrect ones. AAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
So, she gets on the phone - talking with the vendor and says it's 4 to 6 weeks to get them here. Immediately - I say emphatically "No - not acceptable." So she has to call another vendor and says, "2 to 3 weeks, better?" My reply, "Better yes, still it's unacceptable." Our house will be done by then, Lord willing, and I want it done not having to 'wait' to get it finished! So we end up settling on a week and a day or two.
A highlight of my day was a phone call from home. Doreen say's "Joelle wants to talk to you." So I talk with her for a few minutes and then Natalie and they're pretty much just babbling, but I catch words occassionally - very cute. Then talk with Doreen for a little bit - and just before hanging up she says, "Joelle said, when's Daddy coming home." Very precious! Definetly a 'highlight' of a very blah day.
Another, house construction story - the carpet layer calls Sun night and the carpet laying process will begin Monday. He'll call me to 'meet' and open/unlock the house. So he calls and says, we've got some bad news. They unrolled the carpet at the store to cut it to size, no good dry place to do that at the house yet, and they found 3 big holes in it from the manufacturer. AAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!! Part 2 It all boils down to the carpet being put in at least a week to 10 days.
By the way, the ministry I work for and have helped move, which is still 'off the air - with our live programs, (every thing is a re-broadcast)' since Jan 19, (Which is a VERY SAD commentary on the planning of this transition) we hope to be back on next week. We've 'assembled' most all the equipment have 3 more items to come in and getting the satellite dishs aligned should be all we need to flip the switches off in Vonore and on in Collegedale. Please pray it'll all happen. That'll help one issue that needs help! :)
A good house construction story is that the brick layers have returned today and gotten just less that half of the final side that needs to be done. HURRRRAAAAAAYYYYYYYY! They claim they'll be done tomorrow night or early Thursday morning. Yyyipppppppeeeeeeeee!
Of course that means, Thursday, after they finish - I've got to get the extra brick laying around picked up and moved to our brick pile and the rest of the 'trash' cleaned up so it doesn't get turned under in the final grading and in the way later on.
I've got to squeeze that in between, work, a TV production meeting at 1p on Thur, and a radio board meeting for WKPJ. (Our LPFM in Athens, TN)
Tomorrow, I gotta work early, early AM - then home to meet with our family and friends and head to Dollywood. (Gotta fit in a little fun in life, especially one that is extremely challenged right now.
Hey - y'all have a blessed day!
Friday, March 25, 2005
Still alive - barely! :)
Hey, hey, hey!
How are y'all? (Warning, Guilt trip ahead he, he, he...) for those of you who don't know, you can just hit the comments button at the bottom and jot a line or two! :)
We're exsiting right now. Looking forward to the time when we can 'move' home! The place we're living now has really become a place of temporary residence. We've got a bunch of stuff packed up in boxes and ready to move. Still got more to pack - but we're making progress.
Still waiting on the brick layers. It's been three weeks since a brick has been laid on the exterior of our home. Some stuff has gotten done inside. (Blinds hung, toilets mounted, furnace hooked up.) But the plumber, electrician, furnace guy and final grading and the driveway has been all put on hold until the brick-layers are done. Ouch!
Can't wait to get moved though. Today was a 'taste' of what it'll be like to be a family again. I got home at 4:30pm (Yes, that is VERY early! The last two days, gone by 6:45 and home well after 8pm with extra stuff I've had to do.) We ate as a family. (Lately, I've had my breakfast in the car on the way down to Collegedale and lunch at the office and whatever I can snag or is leftover on the way home.) The girls caught me up on ALL going on with them. I shared some stuff happening, mostly good - some challenging, VERY challenging.
Then we went outside, filled our corn crib and bird feeder. Joelle got her bike out and I hopped on the girls scooter and up and down and around the driveway we went. Then down the subdivision and back, then down the cul-de-sac and back. All over the place. Doreen and Natalie walked with us one trip.
Then bath time for the girls and worship and bed-time. (Only my second worship with 'em this week with them. Boo hoo.)
Now Doreen and I are enjoying a 'Gaither homecoming' program and so I thought I'd take a sec to blog then time to crash!
Tommorow, we'll go to church. (Doreen's got 'Call to Worship' and I'm tellin the children's story.) We'll stay for potluck, home for Sabbath afternoon 'lay' activities, then over to some friends who invited us for supper. Looks like it'll be a GOOD day!
Then Sunday, we'll do some 'Easter' activities for the 'Pesters'. We'll pack some more boxes and just have a good family time together - not driving anywhere, no pressure, no stress, a little 'work,' but mostly just being together as family.
Oh yeah!
Have a blessed weekend and a happy Easter!
How are y'all? (Warning, Guilt trip ahead he, he, he...) for those of you who don't know, you can just hit the comments button at the bottom and jot a line or two! :)
We're exsiting right now. Looking forward to the time when we can 'move' home! The place we're living now has really become a place of temporary residence. We've got a bunch of stuff packed up in boxes and ready to move. Still got more to pack - but we're making progress.
Still waiting on the brick layers. It's been three weeks since a brick has been laid on the exterior of our home. Some stuff has gotten done inside. (Blinds hung, toilets mounted, furnace hooked up.) But the plumber, electrician, furnace guy and final grading and the driveway has been all put on hold until the brick-layers are done. Ouch!
Can't wait to get moved though. Today was a 'taste' of what it'll be like to be a family again. I got home at 4:30pm (Yes, that is VERY early! The last two days, gone by 6:45 and home well after 8pm with extra stuff I've had to do.) We ate as a family. (Lately, I've had my breakfast in the car on the way down to Collegedale and lunch at the office and whatever I can snag or is leftover on the way home.) The girls caught me up on ALL going on with them. I shared some stuff happening, mostly good - some challenging, VERY challenging.
Then we went outside, filled our corn crib and bird feeder. Joelle got her bike out and I hopped on the girls scooter and up and down and around the driveway we went. Then down the subdivision and back, then down the cul-de-sac and back. All over the place. Doreen and Natalie walked with us one trip.
Then bath time for the girls and worship and bed-time. (Only my second worship with 'em this week with them. Boo hoo.)
Now Doreen and I are enjoying a 'Gaither homecoming' program and so I thought I'd take a sec to blog then time to crash!
Tommorow, we'll go to church. (Doreen's got 'Call to Worship' and I'm tellin the children's story.) We'll stay for potluck, home for Sabbath afternoon 'lay' activities, then over to some friends who invited us for supper. Looks like it'll be a GOOD day!
Then Sunday, we'll do some 'Easter' activities for the 'Pesters'. We'll pack some more boxes and just have a good family time together - not driving anywhere, no pressure, no stress, a little 'work,' but mostly just being together as family.
Oh yeah!
Have a blessed weekend and a happy Easter!
New and Unknown Occupations
Now I know why I'm so tired.
I've got other jobs, doing some moonlighting as a...
Race Driver?
Football Player?
(Bad) Poet?
I really wished I could remember any of these jobs because some of them look like a LOT more fun!
He, he, he!
I've got other jobs, doing some moonlighting as a...
Race Driver?
Football Player?
(Bad) Poet?
I really wished I could remember any of these jobs because some of them look like a LOT more fun!
He, he, he!
Friday, March 18, 2005
I've not had enough time to 'post' the things I'd like to lately. So, here's a few pictures for you to enjoy because as they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words." By the way, this pic was taken at a location that was 300 yards from the 'capitol' of the Cherokee Nation, Tanasi. Of course this is where they got the state name of Tennessee.
Monday, March 14, 2005
More Stories & Stuff
So yesterday Joelle was going potty. (A great way to start a story eh? He, he, he!) After she finished I helped her wipe and we use a 'special' wet-wipe. So after she was done, she went and squatted over the 'heating' vent and said, "Gotta use air to dry off. I'm done now." Waaaa ha, ha, ha, ha! I just died laughing!
Then there was the morning I woke up about 3am and felt 'Doreen' scooted ALL the way over to my side of the bed. So I got up and went to the restroom, came back and tried to climb in bed and found, Joelle, all sprawled out on my side. So I tried climbing back in and scootin' her over, but alas - I ended up with about 6 inches to sleep on. Not good. I dond't want to wake her/them up - so I went to go lay down on the futon for the rest of the night. Turns out that Joelle woke up in the middle of the night with a leg hurtin. Doreen put some 'goop' on it to 'help' her feel better. Then Doreen let her crawl in bed with us. (Of course this is an event that very RARELY happens.) Still, it was cute!
So this weekend was good for us. Sabbath was a good day at church, then naps after potluck - then some good friends came over for the evening. It was VERY enjoyable.
Sunday morning we got up and had a GREAT breakfast, then for the 3 hours Doreen and I were packing like CRAZY trying to get ready to move. We packed and packed and packed. We got lots done and are feeling a little more prepared to move. Course we still got LOTS to pack - but we'll make it happen over the next 3 weeks or so.
Well, it's back to work this week. One word really sums it up. Yuck. In the car at 6:45a, home by 7p (hopefully). Not the ideal. No family time. If I could enjoy my work more - with the changes - it's not as enjoyable as it used to. So, right now, I'm living for weekends and for our house to get built so live can get more back to normal.
By the way - the electrician is close to being done and the painter will be wrapped by Friday. The plumber will be finished this week hopefully. Wednesday, the gutter guys will get those done. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday - weather permitting and Lord willing the bricks will be finished. Then we'll be just that much closer to being able to move! Yeeee haaaaaaw!
Ok - you can wake up now, you've waded through this!
Blessings to each of you!
Then there was the morning I woke up about 3am and felt 'Doreen' scooted ALL the way over to my side of the bed. So I got up and went to the restroom, came back and tried to climb in bed and found, Joelle, all sprawled out on my side. So I tried climbing back in and scootin' her over, but alas - I ended up with about 6 inches to sleep on. Not good. I dond't want to wake her/them up - so I went to go lay down on the futon for the rest of the night. Turns out that Joelle woke up in the middle of the night with a leg hurtin. Doreen put some 'goop' on it to 'help' her feel better. Then Doreen let her crawl in bed with us. (Of course this is an event that very RARELY happens.) Still, it was cute!
So this weekend was good for us. Sabbath was a good day at church, then naps after potluck - then some good friends came over for the evening. It was VERY enjoyable.
Sunday morning we got up and had a GREAT breakfast, then for the 3 hours Doreen and I were packing like CRAZY trying to get ready to move. We packed and packed and packed. We got lots done and are feeling a little more prepared to move. Course we still got LOTS to pack - but we'll make it happen over the next 3 weeks or so.
Well, it's back to work this week. One word really sums it up. Yuck. In the car at 6:45a, home by 7p (hopefully). Not the ideal. No family time. If I could enjoy my work more - with the changes - it's not as enjoyable as it used to. So, right now, I'm living for weekends and for our house to get built so live can get more back to normal.
By the way - the electrician is close to being done and the painter will be wrapped by Friday. The plumber will be finished this week hopefully. Wednesday, the gutter guys will get those done. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday - weather permitting and Lord willing the bricks will be finished. Then we'll be just that much closer to being able to move! Yeeee haaaaaaw!
Ok - you can wake up now, you've waded through this!
Blessings to each of you!
Friday, March 11, 2005
Cute Daughter Stories + Some Bonus Stuff
With SOOOO much going on lately - I've not been blogging nearly as much as I'd like to. And since I've been so busy, Doreen's been extremely busy taking care of EVERYTHING around the house - stuff that I typically take care of - that she hasn't even had a chance to 'guest' blog for me a couple of the following stories. Hope you enjoy these.
Doreen and the girls were next door at her folks one morning talking with her parents and the girls were in the back room playing nicely. (Now the reason the toys were in the back room and not in the living room like ususal is because the Otto's have listed their house with a realtor and so to keep it looking clean - the toys have been banished from the hearth to the back room.) Sandra happens to have a small sewing desk in that room as well. So eventually Natalie comes out with a 'lock' of her hair in her hand. So Doreen's trying to figure out if Joelle pulled it out, or if it just fell out etc. Natalie kept saying, "Put it back, Joelle cut, put it back, Joelle cut." Then they figure out that Joelle swipped a pair of sissors out of that desk and snipped a lock of Natalie's hair. He, he, he! Needless to say - Joelle was corrected and encouraged 'strongly' never to do that again! :)
One afternoon the Pester clan decided to go for a swim. Doreen made it a 'play' day inviting two other families and kids to join us. We had a LOT of fun swimming, playing and talking etc. Some of the kids got up on the 'starting blocks' and were jumping off 'em. Well Natalie wanted to try it - so she climbed up. (It's only about 2 or 3 feet off the water.) She was a bit hesitant at first, then jumped and came up out of the water laughing. She wanted to do it again - so she clambored up and immediately jumped. It was cute to watch. Then she wanted to jump of each of the small platforms along the edge of the pool and promptly did so - all 8 or 10. (However many there are! GRIN)
This morning I went to work at the "Vonore" office for a few hours to get some important stuff done. (Since we're still not moved yet, we still have an office in both locations.) Then I came home, picked up my family and we headed to the church to meet with 3 other guys to finish fine tuning of the dish and a couple of other things that need to happen to get our radio station finished. We got it all done, and now we've only got 3 small things to purchase to finalize stuff - but we are on the air and hooked up with the Satellite Radio Network I work for. Praise the Lord, we've got the hard stuff done.
Anyway, while we're there, Doreen walks into the studio with a funny grin on her face and then tells me this story. Joelle walked up to her and said, "Mommy, I went tinkle." Doreen thinks she means she had an accident in her panties, but they're bone dry. She looks around the corner of the van and Natalie has her pants around her ankles squating saying, "Mommy, I went tinkle." Doreen knows that Natalie didn't have to go because just 5 minutes before, Natalie went on a regular potty. Then right next to where Natalie is, Doreen spies a little 'puddle.' Then it comes together - Joelle did go tinkle. You see, last Sabbath on our walk - we were 10 min from the van Joelle told us she had to tinkle - so Doreen, since no one else was around, helped Joelle go potty in the woods. So after this episode, after we both had a big laugh - we had to tell Joelle - that's for emergency purposes only. When a potty is around then we use it! He, he, he!
Well - I better wrap up and get to bed. I need the time to relax cuz I'm so incredibly SORE - ALL OVER - from all the work yesterday! I've been doing a LOT of manual labor recently, but yesterday was way over the top!!! :) I'm gettin' older and it'ts taking longer to recover.
By the way, we've got Our House listed - please pray it'll sell quickly, VERY QUICKLY! :)
Have a blessed weekend!
Doreen and the girls were next door at her folks one morning talking with her parents and the girls were in the back room playing nicely. (Now the reason the toys were in the back room and not in the living room like ususal is because the Otto's have listed their house with a realtor and so to keep it looking clean - the toys have been banished from the hearth to the back room.) Sandra happens to have a small sewing desk in that room as well. So eventually Natalie comes out with a 'lock' of her hair in her hand. So Doreen's trying to figure out if Joelle pulled it out, or if it just fell out etc. Natalie kept saying, "Put it back, Joelle cut, put it back, Joelle cut." Then they figure out that Joelle swipped a pair of sissors out of that desk and snipped a lock of Natalie's hair. He, he, he! Needless to say - Joelle was corrected and encouraged 'strongly' never to do that again! :)
One afternoon the Pester clan decided to go for a swim. Doreen made it a 'play' day inviting two other families and kids to join us. We had a LOT of fun swimming, playing and talking etc. Some of the kids got up on the 'starting blocks' and were jumping off 'em. Well Natalie wanted to try it - so she climbed up. (It's only about 2 or 3 feet off the water.) She was a bit hesitant at first, then jumped and came up out of the water laughing. She wanted to do it again - so she clambored up and immediately jumped. It was cute to watch. Then she wanted to jump of each of the small platforms along the edge of the pool and promptly did so - all 8 or 10. (However many there are! GRIN)
This morning I went to work at the "Vonore" office for a few hours to get some important stuff done. (Since we're still not moved yet, we still have an office in both locations.) Then I came home, picked up my family and we headed to the church to meet with 3 other guys to finish fine tuning of the dish and a couple of other things that need to happen to get our radio station finished. We got it all done, and now we've only got 3 small things to purchase to finalize stuff - but we are on the air and hooked up with the Satellite Radio Network I work for. Praise the Lord, we've got the hard stuff done.
Anyway, while we're there, Doreen walks into the studio with a funny grin on her face and then tells me this story. Joelle walked up to her and said, "Mommy, I went tinkle." Doreen thinks she means she had an accident in her panties, but they're bone dry. She looks around the corner of the van and Natalie has her pants around her ankles squating saying, "Mommy, I went tinkle." Doreen knows that Natalie didn't have to go because just 5 minutes before, Natalie went on a regular potty. Then right next to where Natalie is, Doreen spies a little 'puddle.' Then it comes together - Joelle did go tinkle. You see, last Sabbath on our walk - we were 10 min from the van Joelle told us she had to tinkle - so Doreen, since no one else was around, helped Joelle go potty in the woods. So after this episode, after we both had a big laugh - we had to tell Joelle - that's for emergency purposes only. When a potty is around then we use it! He, he, he!
Well - I better wrap up and get to bed. I need the time to relax cuz I'm so incredibly SORE - ALL OVER - from all the work yesterday! I've been doing a LOT of manual labor recently, but yesterday was way over the top!!! :) I'm gettin' older and it'ts taking longer to recover.
By the way, we've got Our House listed - please pray it'll sell quickly, VERY QUICKLY! :)
Have a blessed weekend!
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