Appreciation

Something so many people in this world are lacking…myself included, I know I take so many things for granted in life. I don’t really take the time to think about the people and just say thanks.
My wife, God knows without her I probably wouldn’t be writing this at the moment and who knows where I would be, what I would be doing…Honey, you are appreciated for everything you do for me and the kindness you show to everyone you meet. I don’t know a more kind, generous person. YOU KICK ASS!
My kids, once again, I have the best kids in the world, I suffer whenever we are apart, believe it or not I think about you everyday and I want to thank you for being an inspiration to me, you are truly the reason I wake up everyday and put this uniform on…Love yas!
My father, Dad, you have been a rock in life, I know the emotional stuff doesn’t get said, but it doesn’t have to, this past time we spent together was very meaningful, you are something to be marveled. Thanks for being there when I need you most!
Mother, Mom, the caretaker, protector, giving of life and everything you had, you are the framework from which I have grown. I don’t think I could ask for a better mom, I have told you before, and you know I can’t thank you enough for all you have done and still do today, thanks for everything!
My old and new friends, I have so many acquaintances, but so few friends, some people would call this a flaw, but I just don’t worry about making friends like I should I guess, but the few that I do call friend, you know who you are, and I would like to thank you for being kind and putting up with me…peace!
Feeling in a bit of a happy mood I guess, I have no clue why, because I just got off of work after a month vacation, who knows…but thanks reader, you the one taking your time to read what I have to say, it gives me some kind of satisfaction to be part of someone’s thoughts, even though I don’t know you, you rock!

May Day

Been quite a while since the last post here on this blog. In a way I have lost a lot of ambition to post anything new since life is going like it always does, one day at a time, just how I like it.
I have occasionally pondered what I would write here and not once did a moment of clarity arrive or anything…but today I came across a site and found this posted on a blog I read sometimes and had to share it…I thought it was very original and well, funny…here it is….

From the blog of Akasha (World of Warcraft player):
“It’s like the joke where if you are dating someone and you want them to fall in love with you, every night when they go to bed stick a nicotine patch on their arm and remove it each morning before they wake up. That way, if they ever break up with you they will get this weird craving, think it’s love and come running back.”

Link Here

Now that is something I have never thought of before and it just might work…if you have someone who you think would try to leave you for some reason or another, who knows?

Aggravation is probably what I have had with the pains and aches I have with this body of mine. Of course the docs on the base here are pretty much clueless, I have my second appointment this week to have my shoulder checked out, I hate being broken…it is not my style, I have always considered myself a superman if you will. Never having a broken bone or anything major like that, and now I have a torn muscle in my leg and the old snowboarding injury in my shoulder is giving me hell. Well, hopefully I will be back to 100% soon enough.

The remodeling of the abode is going well. The Master bedroom and bathroom are pretty much complete, all that is left is to fix a minor leak in the drain of the tub and some outlets, trim and stuff…turned out nice.

Our biggest issue now with the house is the deck, a support board fell off of it a few weeks ago one day when we were standing on it, scared the shit out of me…so that needs fixed. There are quite a few piles of old wood and crap piled up that need to go as well…and of course the basement has yet to be touched…

The new guild I started in WoW is going good I think. Everlasting Guild We have around a total of 30 players who play on a usual basis and about 5 or 8 that are my second in charge. We are still a young guild and only have 3 level 60 players in total, end game raids and stuff like that aren’t a major priority and the first meeting I tried to have didn’t get any participation. It will take time, but we have a bank I use to sell and buy items, works out well enough to keep a profit going. Made it a point to knock out as many quests as possible this weekend with Malun and hit level 51. Maxed out my tailoring skill to 300, I need to make another run into Uldaman to see my enchanting trainer to get that up some more as well…it all takes money and items.

Work is going good, taken over the Licensing office here and been getting up to speed on everything. Even with my profile for limiting what I can physically do, I still go to the PT sessions we have every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, well mainly because my boss asked me to go, but also because I do want to get better eventually and I think some slow paced exercising will help out. The big deal coming up this month is what they call the Joint Services Open House, it is basically an Air Show and everyone has to work over the weekend, big deal, I worked almost 7 months straight my last deployment…heh We shall see how that all goes down.

My kids are getting so big..Cody turns 14! OMG! I am getting old! Ashton is going to be 11! Jeez, where does the time go? Who knows….

Until next time, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!

Updates on Everything

It has been a while since my last post here, so much has been going on that I lose track of time…and I don’t call people I should…I really need to have a phone permanently connected to the side of my face so I think about it more…oh well, shit happens, life goes on.
And, I will start out by saying the house remodel project from hell (HAHA!) is going quite well, nothing extraordinary expensive has popped up, yet, fingers crossed, and things look much better, at least we are transitioning from the early 80’s to at least the early 00’s. On that note, we have a couple contractors hooking up our bathroom with new drywall, doing lots of rewiring, they replaced our old ceiling fan, which to me turned out to be the best investment we made so far, besides the kitchen appliances of course. The next big project involves tearing down the wall in between the front 2 bedrooms in order to move the master suite in there along with rearranging the bathroom, what we have now is a tiny toilet/sink area and then next to that is a tiny closet size shower, it will be turned into a bigger room with a nice size tub, no whirlpool, but at least enough room for 2 people to fit into comfortably. My wife has been priming and painting faithfully, I have to give her props, cause I don’t think I would have the endurance to paint all that she has so far, it looks great…carpet and tiles for the floors is another thing we are doing…got to tear out the old stuff which is glued down to the subfloor! AHH! Need to replace our sliding doors, front door and put some plywood down in the attic to aid in eliminating the cold and will be hot drafts due to the ceilings being drop ceilings…good in theory, not in application I suppose. The fireplace works, with the wood insert, but was modified for easy movement, there is plastic casters on the bottom, but that leaves a good 2 inch gap underneath it where cold air flows right in, it is stuffed with the old nasty insulated ceiling tiles we took out of the kitchen…oh yeah its great…
Hmm, gutter went up over the deck area, not an expert at it, but enough caulking and the awesome new tool, the rivet gun, saved the day there, have to make some modifications for the drain, and check on a small leak we have…the list goes on and we haven’t even started on the basement yet…that will be fun though…it is my domain, with the rearranging of bedrooms and the grand creation of my home theater! Yes, it is will be mine, oh yes, it will…
On gaming news, I am playing World of Warcraft and enjoying my new character, Malun, human warlock, I play on the US Blackhand server, after all the patches and updates, I was off and running in a matter of an hour or so, stupid me, when I cancelled my subscription with Blizzard, I deleted almost all of my stuff and or sold it to give to my guild members, well, I didn’t know that they just suspend your account, and my characters from last year are still there, so I got a loan from the guild to get new gear, thank God I didn’t get rid of my mount…jeez…so yeah, I tried out some battlegrounds with my level 60 nightelf warrior, it is fun, the wait sucks sometimes, but enjoyable, trying to accumulate some wealth again by farming for coin and doing some raid runs for some better gear…I am a noob right now when it comes to the gear I wear…oh yeah, can’t forget about my level 42 dwarf hunter, giznad, he is fun, I still have the lvl 42 rare red wolf from the badlands, he is cool, green eyes, he looks like he has rabies…well, things are going at work, had my 2 weeks off and came back for 2, knocking out some reports due on some guys I supervise, taking 3 more weeks this month, hope to spend some time with the kids…get a lot done on the house and of course spend some quality time with Ronda, my wife, wish her a Happy 40th Birthday on the 5th of March!!!
Yea! You are only as old as you feel, I feel like I am 80 somedays….

Another Wednesday…

First of all I want to say that I am a bad man, I fucked up yesterday and somehow my beeoch, Maggie, beagle was locked in the garage…I have no idea how it happened, but when my other dog, Raz, mutt was whimpering and stuff I thought he had to go outside, I let him out and he came right back in, I don’t know, maybe he is smarter than he appears, but I fed him and thought, where the hell is the beeoch? Instead of looking for her I spaced it off, yeah I need to work on my priorities…jeez, anyway, the wife came home and found her out there, I was asleep allready, I thought it was a dream or something, but now that I am thinking about it, it was real…so here is the W T F?!?! for today, to ME! I am a dumbass loser who has no concerns for anyone around me….that is what you would think, I really do care, I just am absent minded about a lot of stuff…I need to work on that…

I haven’t posted any pictures of my family lately, so here are some of Cody and Ashton last year—

Cody is crazy…

Ashton having a serious thought…

What’s up?

Back home in Indiana with my nieces…