Ahhhh …

I got a massage yesterday. Back in November I bought my wife and mother-in-law gift certificates last year for massages as a Christmas gift. And since I bought two massages I got a third at 1/2 off … I was treating myself. I had to use the gift certificate before Sept. 30th.
Jo asked what was [...]

Training, sir.

Remember the movie Stripes? Bill Murray goes military? There’s a scene that comes to mind .. the platoon has been up all night training so they don’t fail BASIC.
General Barnicke: Where have you been soldier?
John Winger: Training, sir.
Soldiers: Training, sir.
General Barnicke: What kind of training?
John Winger: Army training, sir.
Soldiers: Army training, sir.
General Barnicke: Are you [...]

Hurricane Ike Clean Up

I want to start off by saying that in no way to I understand the true effects of a hurricane. But I understand the effects of tornadoes and high winds, and the wake of destruction they leave behind. We have been blessed time and time again when it comes to sever weather disasters. We’ve only [...]

Hurricane Ike

This is the first time I can ever remember really feeling the effects of a hurricane (other than the usual thunderstorms and rain). We had winds. High winds. Straight line winds. 75 to 95mph winds. Sustained for 8 hours. We had the hurricane without the rain. Power lines, phone lines, cable lines you name it [...]

Lack of motivation

I can think of a hundred different reasons to not exercise. And some days I look for them. Yesterday was one of those days.
I used to work from 6am until 2:30pm Monday through Friday. Back in January or February my boss asked if I could change my start time to 7am and stay until 3:30pm. [...]