Monthly Archives: June 2008

Honey, we’re just in time!

We climbed into the truck and began out trek to Nashville to attend a wedding this weekend. Both the bride and the groom are from families that we have known and loved for more than 25 years. In fact, my … Continue reading

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Welcome to AT&T

After dropping off my son at wrestling practice, I went to Starbucks to drink coffee and work on my blog. As soon as tried to publish a post, a window popped up to log into AT&T’s wifi. I thought, “You … Continue reading

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I just wanted to…

All I wanted to do was get an ice chest out of the storage facility. That is all that I wanted to do.  As I did, I noticed that two small boxes were wet! Hmmm, that’s funny. I don’t have … Continue reading

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Do I look that stupid?

After dropping my wife off at Costco, I headed to the storage facility to get a cooler to carry food in for our drive to Nashville, TN tomorrow. On the way, I thought that it would be good to get … Continue reading

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I’m paying for it

My morning run did not go too well. Well, two of the three components of running were not good! My will was so-so. My lungs were fine. However, my body it T-I-R-E-D! MY legs felt like columns of cement. (Please note that I … Continue reading

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Why did I do that?

I stayed up working on my e-mail database until 11:00. When I went to bed, I couldn’t sleep.I went out to the living room to see what my wife was doing. I ended up watching City Slickers with her and my … Continue reading

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Returning Apple computer

The people at the Apple store determined that the my new laptop is defective so I have to ship it back to Apple.

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Why am I surprised?

This morning, I told my wife and son that I had a present for them! I brought in the box that held my new computer so that they could have the pleasure of opening it. They were excited to open it. … Continue reading

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The harsh realities of life

My son came home like an excited kid who had just lost his puppy dog. When I asked him what about his internal conflict, he told me the following… Today, as he filled out a job application, the boss told … Continue reading

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Today’s First Victory

The birds woke me up at 4:00 this morning. I felt like I had been drugged. That hadn’t change much by 5:30 when I drug myself out of bed and put on my shoes to go run. I gradually woke … Continue reading

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