Wow!

I had occasion to log into blogger account, and I see that I have not updated this thing in quite some time. Nor do I intend to as I am now using Word Press’ blogging software at my own site. It is by no means updated religiously, but this is where my newest posts will be. It is located at:

http://blog.daters.net

What brought me back here is that I signed in to leave a comment under my user name at a blog that my sister-in-law started to keep us (family and friends) up to date on what is transpiring with my niece, Faith. Please keep Faith and her family in your thoughts, prayers, etc.

Voices from the past

You know, it has been almost a year and a half since I have imparted my wisdom and musings to the world through this medium. And a welcome event took place which has caused me to add to this record. Does that sound deep and mysterious? It isn't really....

Okay, here's the thing--I work on computers all day everyday, I just don't want to come home and do it too. It just feels like work most of the time. Not to mention that my family demands a lot of my attention too, and they're just more important. But I still get the urge to reach out to cyberspace and see if my marks are still out there. They're there, but they are fading, so I must renew them. Like this blog for example, a year and a half! holy cow!

Well, since I left you all not much has changed dramatically. At work, we have had people leave and new people arrive. I now have a person to help me in my department. I still have the same job.

Trolling the web has revealed that diary-x.com is down and being re-vamped (boy am I glad I rescued my earlier blogs...) and "Small Town Sex" blog is no more. That's a bummer, I really liked it.

I re-certified in CPR, I just have to renew my cert in First-Aid now. Even though I am no longer a co-leader in my daughters Girl Scout troop and required to do so, I feel that it is good to keep up. Especially with a family and all....

My Mom and Dad are coming down from Iowa for a couple of weeks towards the end of June beginning of July, that will be nice, though stressful whilst we prepare. Right after that we are going to Connecticut to visit more family. I can't believe how much it is going to cost to get us there though, we could just use the money to get a new car or move or something!

The cool thing is that I heard from three of my former high school mates! For one whose friends have all left town and such, this is really cool. I look forward to discovering what they have been up to.

Okay, I'll leave you all with this disturbing image that I came across on MySpace:

Hazy reverberations

So I haven't written in a few days. And I really don't feel like writing much tonight...I have been trying to get into the Christmas Spirit, but it has been tough. Been working a lot and our place really is a pig stye, bringing all of us down. Why do we have so much crap and such a little place to live in!?

Got an email from our lost co-worker who ended up in Aussie. I feel better knowing that she is alright. This is a whole 'nother story for another time...

Our Savior is coming...I'm not ready yet....

Moving Day

Okay, so I am kinda grooving on this blogger.com thing. So much so, I decided to move my posts from DiaryX.com over here just to have everything in one place. I did like how I could have a different template with every post, but hey.... Blogger.com just feels like it has it's act together better.

So I got the posts up, I even played with the HTML code a little, so I got my fix in for that kind of stuff.

Well, the wife got home early from work today. I thought we could all go out and get some shopping done or something. I've been couped up in the house for the past three days with the kids while she has had to work. Normally she is off on the weekends, but with the holidays here, she is pretty scarce. Needless to say the kids have been driving me up the wall with their incessant arguing! It gets to be so aggrevating, so I welcome the opportunity for a change of scenery.

She's tired though and practally falls asleep on the couch. It's all I can do to get the kids to switch gears to get ready to leave. Takes an hour, but we managed to get out. We stop for lunch before we make it to Wal-Mart. We end up dropping a load on Christmas Decor.

The thing that kills me however, is that we somehow lost four hours of our lives in that place before we made it out to try a new place for dinner. Wild Noodles. Pretty good place, will have to make it back there sometime.

Well, we get home. I manage to get our son into the bath before sending the kids to bed. I was hoping for a little alone time with the wife after the kids went to sleep, but I just found her sleeping too. She must be really tired. Tomorrow maybe.... Not looking forward to going back to work....

So it begins....

Today, while looking for RSS feeds to download to my PDA, I came across a Blog that really caught my interest. It is a very upfront and direct site about a girl with a healthy sex life, Small Town Sex Blog. It really emboldened me to try the blogging thing again as an outlet for my own built up stress and tension. I really liked how MissyMae is so free and upfront about her feelings and posts, so I thought I would try the same thing.

Of course, all the names have been changed to protect the innocent and such.

Dissapointment

I haven't written in awhile, sorry. My daughter told me today that she doesn't want to have anything to do with the CATS program anymore. This really bums me out, because I felt like it would help to open doors for her as she gets on in life. But being only 9 years old, friends are more important, and one day away from them to pursue more acedemic pursuits is just to much for her to handle.

I don't get it! She doesn't really get along with her classmates. All I ever here about is how she is not going to talk to so and so any more....

This is just to depressing!

I Love My Wife!

You know, I was in such a hury to get an entry in and on to other things that I totally missed on getting it in here how much I love my wife, and what a total ASS I can be most of the time.

My Wife does so much to keep our family together. We made an agreement to take turns with the dishes, etc. We were going to establish a regimen. She can stick to that stuff, but it gets hard for me. We failed utterly in trying to establish any since of duty in our daughter. Every time we ask her to do something, we get the "You ask me to do everything, always!" tantrum. Our son is starting to get the defiant attitude of his sister down too.

I want to have us all going back to church, getting daily prayer into our lives. I want to start reciting the Rosary every day. Funny how things change when you "grow up" and start a family of your own. If only there was a way to remain a kid forever :)

Anyway, the Wife does so much around here, and we don't. We don't even say thank you. I take my wife for granted and I am ashamed of it. How do I change that. I love my wife. THANK YOU! But quit your job and find one where you can work days!!! If only it were that easy.

I know that she has her wants and desires. But she manages to put us first. She even asks me if she can buy underware and stuff for herself! Man that makes me feel like scum. Me? I'm always thinking about what I can buy for myself next. Why is life like that? All guys are like that. Always thinking about themselves. Where women are always putting others before themselves. Men are just genetically born to be pigs. It's in our nature to carve notches in our belts. It all about territory. It's our animalistic nature. But God gave us the minds to control that part of ourselves. Some are better at it than others.

I want my Wife to have the things that she wants. I want those things too. I am just amazed by her at times. I know that she thinks I only ever think about myself. I really doubt that she stops to think that I ever feel this way. But there are times when all I can do is to watch her and be amazed...ashamed at myself. I love you my Wife! I know I say that everyday. But I love you. Did I say that I love you!

Independence Day

Today? Busy. Did we get any ME time today? Of course not. How can they expect me to be a graphic artist and get all my new Sys Admin duties done as well? We hired two new Sales Reps, and a new Copy Center Tech. All of them need email addresses. One sales rep will be working out of her house, so I need to configure the network appropriately and punch holes in the firewall to allow her to use some of our software tools from home. Not to concerned about the firewall issue as that is all propriatary, and risk is slim. But where do I find the time? They all claim that they are computer illiterate, but already one has changed the background on her desktop of the new computer we bought for her. Funny that. I have to type up instructions on how to add a company email account to a home computer, but they know enough to change background images. Sorry, ranting again.

I have a new YMCA program guide to design. An older Y wants to compete with the new Y on the NW side, and since they cannot do it by having a new state-of-the-art facility, they want a kick butt program guide. The catch is, I only have two days to come of with an award winning design and set of proofs. Maybe if I had not had to re-format the hard drives and re-install software on a Mac and PC this weekend, I could have spent my Sunday working on that. As it was, I had to rush right out at 2pm today to get to the Red Cross. This was my first day donating Platelets and Plasma. I am a veteran blood donor, but I was still nervous. It went pretty smooth though. I got to watch Independence Day which was cool. Though it was still pretty difficult to sit still for almost 2 hours. I couldn't even move to scratch itches. The Nurses told me to let them know if any itches needed attention. NOT! I'll suffer through it before I ask someone to scratch an itch for me.

This was also the day of Lori's memorial service. It started at 5pm and I was just barely getting out of the Red Cross. I didn't want to be a latecomer though, so I decided not to go. This is four people, close to me in one way or another, that have died in as many years. I hope Mark and the kids are holding up okay. This is why a donate blood now. I have known three people personally now, who have had cancer and died from it. I think that cancer sucks!

I know tomorrow is going to be busy, and I better get to updating and balancing our checkbook. It is getting late, and I am pretty sleepy already.

The Living Dead

Okay, so if yesterday sucked...today sucks even more! I have to go into work sometime today. I will be re-installing software onto a few co-workers machines. This is really the only time I can do it, as we are just plain to busy to do it during the week. I guess thats part of being a Sys Admin. It wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that we went to a double feature movie last night, "Old School" and "Daredevil". They were cool. Thats the first drive-in that I have been to in like 10 years or so. We didn't get home until 2 a.m., and like always, the kids are up bright and early and arguing at 7 a.m.!!

Amaizingmail.com called the owner yesterday to advise him that they could not connect to the FTP server. Like that is automatically our problem. So the owner called me. This is the first time ever, since I set up all the servers at work, that I have gotten a call on the weekend to fix something. This happened just before I had to have my daughter to her Girl Scout cookie booth. I told the owner that I had to drop her off, and that I would scope it out as soon as I got back.

When I got home, I logged into the server, and everything appeared just fine. I ran a few tests and they all passed with flying colors. I called the owner back to let him know that the problem must be with their server. He was very appreciative and said that he would call them back to let them know. I really feel that Amazingmail.com is just to arrogant and assuming, that they feel like when they snap their fingers, they want us to "jump to it". I really hate people/companies that are that way. They are a great company, but with them, it is always someone elses fault that something went wrong first. It seems that they never feel like maybe they are the ones experiencing the problem. Like yesterday.

I was wanting to really get some PHP learning in today, but I don't think that is going to happen. Alyssa is already whining about making breakfast, and wanting to watch her movies, thereby antagonizing her brother, and upsetting her mom. I really have come to hate Sundays. Jodi is always in a bad mood on these days. I love my kids, but I am starting to really resent the termoil that they cause in our family. I really hate that Jodi doesn't seem to want to do anything about her schedule so that she can work a normal schedule like the rest of us. She would certainly get more sleep than she does now. We would spend more time together too, and get to do more as a family. And I feel that this would reduce a lot of the stress in our family. But she doesn't really talk to me about it, and all the hooks I throw out there to talk about it never seem to catch anything.

Tomorrow it starts all over....