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Hooked to iPhone

Dave — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:28:40 +0000

So I have not posted here in about a year? Why? one word made of two – facebook. With the app to post there directly I had given up my old blog. But now that I have found the worpress app, thanks Kim! I might be posting here more often…

Facebook meet WordPress

Dave — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:39:22 +0000

So I decided today to link my blog to facebook. Whew, there are some junky written programs out there. I am hoping that the one that I settled is working…

Facebook-Worpress Working

Dave — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:27:54 +0000

So I decided today to link my blog to facebook. Whew, there are some junky written programs out there. I am hoping that the one that I settled is working…

So Bright

Dave — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:36:36 +0000

It is so bright outside, I sit here trying to get the energy to go do something, but the snow and cold seems to zap me. I think I am bored.

The Brothers Haier

Dave — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:34:35 +0000

Do you own a Haier appliance? Did you notice thier corporate logo? If not, check out this nice blog write-up on the Brothers Haier...

Rebuilding Year

Dave — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:57:44 +0000

That is the phrase that some coaches use when their team is in the shitter, and now they are attempting to not become the worst team in the league. Well, that is the slogan that I am running with this year. Kim and I have been through a lot of crap in the past couple of years, and I feel this is our ” rebuilding year”. We lost our first pregnancy, we bought a shitty house, my job started sucking, and it seemed that everyone that I was around was having issues.

However this is the year, the year for a turn around. I feel that there has been some great progress in my life this year. The kids are finally out of baby stage, and are getting bigger. The house is almost done, or at least to the point we can start projects other than heating, water, flooring. Kim and I are on a good wave length and I feel that our trust of each other has tripled. My work was headed in a bad position, but now it is turning around. I went camping last weekend, and it was a nice relaxing fun filled time, with memories of college days.

Remarkably, and to my amazement, I have lost 45 pounds, and not finished yet. I have had to buy new clothes as the others were falling off of me. I feel accomplishment.

I love all my friends and hope the same is felt. In the past few years it seems that Kim and I both have neglected them as all the junk we had going on. We are having good parties again, and enjoying everyones company, as well as meeting some new and interesting people that are cool to hang out or go out.

It seems as some of the people that I am around are getting older, I feel like I am getting younger. This is good.

So if this is our rebuilding year, I expect next year to kick some serious ass…

Dance Like No One Is Watching

Dave — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:23:33 +0000

Found this on a site, thought it should be shared.

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.

The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza.

He said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time…and remember that time waits for no one.

So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until
you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you’ve had a drink, until you’ve sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

Thought for the day: “Work like you don’t need money, Love like you’ve never been hurt, And dance like no one’s watching.”

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Off to interview

Dave — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:30:16 +0000

Well, Kim is off to her interview. She is quite nervous, after not working at a company for so long. I think that herding small children is a very difficult job, and should pay more. That said, looking into daycare options, that sucks. Her sister is going to watch the kids if she gets the job, but it makes it very difficult to leave the kids everyday and go to work. I know as that is what I do almost everyday. I miss out on thier misadventures and the trouble that they are getting into. It makes me sad, that at the end of the day after dealing with grown up children, I lack the energy to do all the household chores, and swing and play baseball with the kids. I hope that Kim gets the job, it stresses her out not financially contributing. that doesn’t bother me, I love that she is raising our two rugrats. But I want her to be happy and feel accomplishment at the end of the day. Not to mention the current phase of my job, who knows what will happen in the coming year…

Long ago Today

Dave — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:30:17 +0000

Well, it seems as an eternity since I posted to this thing. Well time to dust off the dirt and get back into it. I had thought of joining the twitter crowd, but that seems not my style. Don’t know what my style is, but I might figure that out someday.

The kidos…

Dave — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:13:39 +0000