This weekend is homecoming. We’re having a big bonfire and all kinds of craziness in the name of school spirit. Well, it has to do with spirits alright!
Happy Birthday, Vicki!
A friend of mine is quietly celebrating her birthday today.She does not know that everyone at work knows it’s her birthday and we have some surprises in store for her all day!
Happy Birthday, Vicki!
Labor Day – No Pay
The Labor Day holiday was supposed to be something nice for all the people who work hard in America. I work damn hard and could use a holiday. The only problem is that I don’t get paid if I don’t work. So a holiday is no good for me unless I’m working and collecting overtime pay. The company has cut out all over time pay, so there you go – it’s not much of a holiday for this working man.
Official end of summer
Well it’s Labor Day and everyone looks at this three day weekend as the official end of summer. Really it doesn’t become Autumn for about two more weeks but this is probably for most people that have children, their last chance at a beach weekend. If you don’t have kids in school, then it doesn’t really matter, now does it?
Tomorrow is Easter Sunday
Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays. Just knowing that Jesus arose on that holiday gives us all hope. It’s like the trees and everything else arises every spring giving us hope for a warm spring and summer. It’s life renewed. It’s salvation at it’s most remarkable. When Jesus arose from the grave, he not only appeared to his disciples, he appeared to American Indians, and others on this earth giving us all hope of salvation. Not many people know that or believe it but it has been told by many tribes through out the generations that followed. So here’s hoping you have a blessed Easter and realize the love that comes from this holiday.
I have a surprise for my wife
Easter will be coming soon and when the children were all still living at home, we always planned a ‘spring break’ vacation. Since the children have moved out, we haven’t done that and she mentioned that she misses that the other day. Well I have a surprise for her for ‘spring break’. You can find some amazing prices for a cruise right now and I have found a great deal on a cruise for just the two of us. It will be sort of a second honeymoon too since our anniversary isn’t very far away either.
I’m a smart man and I know that if I am going to make this as special for her as I hope it will be, then I better let her help pick out the cruise!! Carnival cruise lines has some great cruises like to the Bahamas, or the Caribbean or even Hawaii but I think I’ll leave it all up to her as to which cruise we choose. Besides, it’s going to be fun picking out the perfect ‘spring break’ with my wonderful wife. She deserves so much better than I can give her but I thank God everyday that she chose to be my wife. I am a lucky man and I know it.
HOPE for the New Year
HOPE is a four letter word but not one people use enough. HOPE is the one thing we all have when we have nothing else. HOPE gives us all a reason to keep trying. HOPE give us all a reason to keep reaching for more. HOPE is something you will have when you have nothing else left and yet HOPE is one four letter word that people don’t seem to believe in anymore.
I have so much HOPE for the new year. I have so much HOPE for the world and my little part of it. All I can do is try to make my little part of this big old world a better place and with that HOPE, just maybe it will spread. When the white man first came to this country, Indians were looked upon as savages. We all were peace loving people and willing to fight to keep what was ours. That’s nothing more than the white people are guilty of too but we learned to live together and the world is a far better place for it.
My HOPE for the new year is that the world, or at least America, will still keep learning that we are all God’s creatures and all want the same basic things. Those things are respect, honor, and to be able to take care of our families. These are simple things in all reality and should not be so hard to obtain. Through the great wisdom of God and our own people (meaning Americans) we can again find peace and prosperity. This is my HOPE for the new year for not only Americans, but for the world.
Lego Christmas Party
All of us coaches and mentors decided to get together and have a Christmas party for our Lego team. It’s a Lego Christmas party and what a party it was too. We all chipped in together and got each of the kids a nice Lego set like the ‘Indiana Jones’ sets or the shark attack set. I can’t remember what the proper name is for the sets but the kids loved them.
We have set up to meet once a month all year long until the announce what the next challenge will be for next years competition. They we will dive in head first into the project and hopefully do better next year. Each of us adults involved is trying to drum up mentors, money to help with projects, and even food donated for our meetings. I figure if Dominoes will give us pizza once a month then Pizza hut will another month. Can’t let the competition beat you out on doing something good for kids education, ya know.
Well I feel so much of the Christmas spirit this year that I know in my heart it will be full of love and joy. Those are far more important than any present you can give.
For the kids on my team
I wanted to get the kids on my First Lego League team something special for Christmas. They worked so hard that I feel they need to be rewarded for their efforts and to let them know I care and appreciate how hard they worked. If I was a wealthy man, I would get each of them a Lego Mindstorm NXT of their own but I’m not.
You know, there were several people that helped with the team and 3 of us coaches. I just might call each of them and see if maybe they could help get each of the kids one of their own. That’s not a bad idea. In fact, I’m going to get on the phone right now and see if I can make it happen. I could afford to buy one and maybe even two. If the rest could afford to give the money for at least half of what one costs, we just might be able to pull it off.
What to get my wife for Christmas
I really made a bad mistake yesterday. I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas. I thought I was all finished with the Christmas lists we used to get from the children…………..who am I kidding? I should have said I’m used to getting Christmas lists from the children but this year, my wife handed me a list of what she wanted.
It started out simple enough, she wanted a gift card to go buy her some new clothes. That sounded easy enough until I noticed that it said $500 should just about cover it. Next was a new necklace. I thought “I can do that” until i noticed off to the side that it should have at least 1 carat worth of diamonds in it or just a 1 carat diamond would work.
I was afraid to read any farther after that but I am a curious sort of guy and I just couldn’t resist. The next item was to totally redo the bathroom in our bedroom. HUH? She wants a new Jacuzzi tub, new fixtures, new vanity, new mirror, new everything in there. Of course after that came that we would have to redo our bedroom to match the new bathroom because the two rooms have to FLOW, as she put it. FLOW!!!! OKAY!!
She said if I wanted to really make her happy, I would redo the kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, tile floor, new cabinets, new sink, new fixtures and a totally new kitchen in other words. My thought then was “Who does she all of a sudden think she’s married to? Bill Gates or Donald Trump?”
While I’m sitting there reading this unbelievable list of what she wants, she comes into the room and just stands there and looks at me. I looked at her with total disbelief when she busted out laughing. She said she only wanted for us to go on a cruise somewhere, just the two of us and have a second honeymoon. That wasn’t on the list and then it hit me. Yeah, she got me but good!!!!! The list was a fake. I have a great wife!!!! Cruises are really cheap now so I’m cruise shopping.