Monthly Archives: January 2009
I’m back in the saddle again
I have completed my first week of work and have already started affecting change. However, I can’t take much credit. It seems that the people who have worked there for many years were all hoping for some changes but were … Continue reading
Thanks for a life well lived
A great man died on Wednesday. His funeral will be tomorrow night. You can read the obituary here. I came to know him through the kindness of God. Gene Burgin was the father of Sandy Burgin. Sandy Burgin married David … Continue reading
Young people!
Ever time I have seen my son wrestle has been in a tournament. Tonight, I watched him wrestle in a dual meet for the first time. A dual meet is one school vs. another. He won his match but he didn’t … Continue reading
Definitely not that!
My first day of work went without a major event. It seems like it is going to be very much like what I have done for the last 11 years except a little less hectic. I have to work on … Continue reading
Her prayers were answered!
The hullabaloo had a happy ending!…but not without a little twist. This morning we received “official” notification from the high school that the Great Books tutorials will be “acceptable” to the school district. I put those words in quotations because … Continue reading
The history of man from a different angle
I received a PowerPoint slide show in an e-mail from my father-in-law recently. It is just too funny, especially in light of some of my recent posts. If anyone knows who wrote this, I will be glad to give them … Continue reading
Out with the old
Since I start my new job in three days, I am pressing the family hard to get our house in order. We finished taking the Christmas decorations down today and hauled the tree off to a recycling place. The neighbors below … Continue reading
And they’re off…
I started the new year off early this year by taking my youngest daughter’s friend to the airport at 4:15 A.M.! Because of this, my wife and I were in bed well before midnight on New Year’s eve. Somehow, the … Continue reading
