2006

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

ALCOHOL

This is a song written and sung by Brad Paisley that I thought was pretty clever and funny. This song is found on Brad Paisley's latest album time well wasted. I will warn you this is country music and I know that there are a lot of people who hate country music but Brad's music is very well written and entertaining. If you are interested in listening I've put a link to his website.


02. Alcohol
Brad Paisley (ASCAP)

I can make anybody pretty
I can make you believe any lie
I can make you pick a fight
With somebody twice your size

I been known to cause a few break ups
I been known to cause a few births
I can make you new friends
Or I can make you say bad words

1st Chorus
And since the day I left Milwaukee
Lynchburg and Bordeaux France
Been making the bars lots of big money
And helping white people dance
I got you in trouble in high school
But college, now that was a ball
You had some of the best times
You'll never remember with me
Alcohol
Alcohol

I got blamed at your wedding reception
For your best man's embarrassing speech
And also for those
Naked pictures of you at the beach

I've influenced kings and world leaders
I helped Hemmingway write like he did
And I'll bet you a drink or two that I can make you
Put that lampshade on your head

2nd Chorus
'Cause since the day I left Milwaukee
Lynchburg and Bordeaux France
Been making a fool out of folks just like you
And helping white people dance
I'm medicine and I am poison
I can help you up or make you fall
You had some of the best times
You'll never remember with me
Alcohol
Alcohol


Repeat 1st Chorus

Countdown to Christmas!

Let the reindeer games begin!

I hope everybody is enjoying the Holiday Season (which includes Christmas)

Abi, my 4 year old came to me and wanted me to help her write a letter to Santa Claus and here it is:

Dear Santa,

How are you doing? Are you feeling well? Is you reindeers ok? Will you bring me presents? I wish you a Merry Christmas. I want a bicycle and an American flag. I bet you have a great ride. Are you doing well Santa? Are you not sick? Make sure everybody in town gets lots of presents and I hope everybody in the world gets lots of toys. I wish that you and me could have breakfast and lunch together and Christmas cookies and have fun together playing in my room and meet and play with my brother in his room.

(She told me to write the letters NOST and I asked her what it meant) nost – playing and resting

Please won’t you meet my mom and dad?

Please don’t even think about Monsters Inc.

Will you watch TV with me and my brother and sing along songs and don’ forget to watch princess movies. Play with my Grammy and Gramps and Gramps will tell funny jokes and I’ll get him to say funny ha ha to you Santa. Welcome Santa to our house. Love, Abi

P.S. You don’t want to be like Monsters Inc.

I was proud that she included her brother in the letter and I think she has watch Christmas shows too much. Who says town anymore?


Abi preformed in her first ballet Christmas show and she did great!



I did a dance on mommy’s plant somebody snitched on me.




I heard on the radio that Christmas is considered one of the most depressing times of the year.

I can understand why it can be depressing.

Lonely
Missing love ones who are away or have passed on

I miss family at Christmas time but I have memories of the good times that we had together.

This brings up the age-old question

Is it better to love and lost than not to love at all?

If you don’t put yourself out there to love someone than you’ll probably be alone.

Lonely
or
Missing love ones

Love one another

Remember those who are gone and cherish those memories

Cry!
It’s ok, that’s how we heal




JOY TO THE WORLD!

That's the song that Clark Griswold sings in Christmas Vacation when turning on his Christmas lights.

I felt kind of like Clark when putting up my lights. I finally got them to work just the other day. I put them up on Thanksgiving Day. It's a long story but here they are


my lights







my lights on drugs






I hope everyone has a safe Christmas and New Year's Eve.



Merry Christmas!

Let the healing process begin

I drank a cup of hot chocolate the other day. It was a small cup but it's a start. I'm still a little nervous and still having flashbacks. The burning of the tongue is hard thing to overcome. I see hope of a large cup in the future.    

Good-bye!

My friend and co-worker for nine years is leaving today to go to Texas.He is doing it all for love. He will be missed! Team HR will not be the same. Good-bye Kevin also known as Schmev, Steven, Johnny.

Few of my favorite things not necessarily

The other day I was listening to Christmas songs on the radio and they played the song My Favorite Things from the movie Sound of Music. This song is considered a Christmas song because it mentions snowflakes and sleigh bells I guess. I said all that to say this, it started me thinking about not my favorite things but some of my favorite things that I miss sometimes. The key word is sometimes, some of these things are things that I wouldn’t want back necessarily but they are good times that are nice to reminisce.

*****WARNING*****WARNING****

JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED THE PREVIOUS SENTENCE, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT I WOULDN’T WANT BACK NECESSARILY BUT THEY ARE GOOD TIMES THAT ARE NICE TO REMINISCE.
          
         My Grandpa Citty
When he would come over on Christmas mornings when we were little to see what we got from Santa Claus.

     Sitting around and just talking to friends to midnight or beyond.

Kevin and Heather Hahn – Kevin was a youth minister when I was in the singles group and him and his wife and some friends from the singles
group would sit around and talk and laugh all night.

The singles group – Shan, Mark, Ryan, Greg, Karl, Kari, Kristy, Robert, Eric, Marci, Reed, Mike, Bonnie and of course my lovely wife Susan
There were others that stopped in from time to time that we fun with them too

The time before I knew of the dark side of this world.
When everything was innocence.

When I was single. ******WARNING***** please check the disclaimer
I would not want to be single again but I sometimes miss having time that it’s just me (this will also make the things I don’t miss list)

When it was just Susan and myself. ******WARNING***** please check the disclaimer
With all that I went through this year there is no way that I would want to be without my kids. I had lots of fun when it was just the two of us that’s all I’m saying.

My cousin Mike
     Mike could make me laugh so hard one minute and make me so mad the next
     We just don’t see each other anymore. He has his life and I have mine.
     We would go to the racetrack every Friday night (another thing I miss)

My life before February 2nd 2005     
     It just doesn’t feel the same.
     I have bad feelings towards people and organizations
     I feel like putting my little boy in a bubble so that he won’t get hurt

Susan’s grandmother
     I liked how she made me feel inside

Eating after eight o’clock
     These days you never know how the stomach will handle it

Shooting hoops
     Used to do a lot of that back in the day

Playstation 2
     See: shooting hoops

Clint McCutchen
     See: Susan’s grandmother


There are more I’m sure just can’t think right now. Look for part 2 coming soon to a blog near you.


If you have a list please comment    

The gallery 2

The gallery

I asked my 4 yr old

I asked my 4 yr old if Jesus was here what would you tell him or ask him.

She replied, “I’d ask him to play Hungry Hungry Hippos but he might be scared to play it.” “I’d ask him to play with my doll house”

I think this is why Jesus loves the little children. They don’t want things from him just some quality time with him.

thou art

My lovely art

The sky is falling!

CHICKEN LITTLE

It's very family friendly and funny movie.

Warning: There are some intense scenes (for children) with aliens attacking but not to bad.

I gave it two wings up!

Why are you yelling!

Here is something to think about…


If you were put on an island where no one could hear would you

1. Learn sign language


2. Just yell all the time

Sometimes it is good to adapt to our surroundings

Sometimes it is good to stand-alone