Friday, November 28, 2003

christmas in comfort

in case any of you are making a religious (or other significant) trek to the hill country tomorrow, we will be at the christmas in comfort "thing" on saturday. dianna will be making her cakes, deserts, and various crafts along with goods from my in-laws who are equally as talented. of course now that i think about it, maybe that makes sense being that they are all family...hmm...maybe i better go take a nap and sleep on that one.

anyway if you like bubbly bath kinda stuff here is what you might see.

Monday, November 24, 2003

still here!!

ok, just in case some of you are wondering...yes, i am still here.

you ever get in one of those places where so much is going on in your head that you can't stop to write it all out? that's where i am. i have some things i need prayer for. if you'd like to pray then please do. the Father has my requests so just mention me, dianna, or tyler and the Father will know what to do with your prayer. - don't need any calls on this one - really, just some general type of stuff.

on another note - i really want to learn html. i am open to attending classes in san antonio or on-line or whatever. if anyone has any recommendation on where and how to do this please let me know. ok, this one can be prayed for specifically.

breathe deeply! live deeply!

Thursday, November 06, 2003

with or without you

ok, so have you ever had one of those dreams where you are sitting in church (or school) in your underwear? you haven't - well, me neither. so let's pretend like we have. anyway imagine if a house could have the same dream. alright unless the dream is a sponge bob cartoon, a house doesn't normally have undergarments, so imagine that the tree is somewhat the metaphorically equivalent item in relation to the house as clothes are to us. ok, this is getting boring - just look at the damn pictures.

house with tree

house without tree

of course i could have also said with or without a lawn, with or without tractor ruts, with or without the $ 500 it took to do this, with or without the broken water lines, with or without the fine from the city for tearing up the street with the backhoe outriggers, with or without the doctor visit to treat a scratched eye from a falling branch. seems like not too long ago i had a similar roofing adventure in which i promised never to do something like this again. where were all of you guys to kick me in the butt to bring that pain back to memory? oh well. i'm about to remodel my kitchen, someone please stop me!

Tuesday, November 04, 2003

another interesting day in the world of telecommunications as i battle with our HR department in regard to sick pay. it seems that the department of labor rules say you can't not pay salaried (exempt) employees for sick time if in fact you don't pay them OT. imagine that, an employer can't have it both ways. of course do i make an issue of it and get fired in the process or sit and be quiet and take it like a cellmate? hmm, i don't see why the cry for justice has to only involve african AIDS babies that no one cares about. shouldn't justice also include the salaried staff of a company that give their life every day to help someone else achieve their dreams?