Lazy afternoon

Sheila had a headache and needed some down time.



She claimes it worked well, her headache went away.

Bikers invade Greenville!!!

On Sunday the 17th of this year, witness claim "rowdy and ruthless" bikers stormed their neighborhood. No one was seriously injured with the exception and a few egos. The renegade group raced up and down the streets at well above the legal speed limit and had no concern for the local residents safety or comfort. Why they came and where they went, we will never know. We are just grateful that our community survived this encounter.

Here are a few pictures, IF anyone has any information on their whereabouts, please stay away and contact authorities!

Sheila, I miss you...Come home!

Today I accidentally microwaved a Pop Tart for 3 minutes instead of 30 seconds! The smoke was incredible!

pray for me & the house...I am doing (trying) laundry!

Jack Jack ate the fish, Muncie ate Jack Jack and dipstick ate Munchine! So we only gotta worry about one animal from now on!
Unless of course Dipstick gets food poisoning from eating Munchie who ate jack Jack who are the fish!!!


Just come home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Idle hands

OK, as I posted on Nov 30th, I said I would "attempt" to abstain from ALL secular influence! "So no secular music, no TV at ALL, no magazines, no movies and (the hardest) NO INTERNET!" ok I am 5 (out of 7) days into it and its confession time! I dropped Sheila off at the airport on Wednesday and came home and said goodbye to all my worldly media...So I thought!
confession #
1) Wednesday night I turned on music to sleep to and in the morning...I realized that it was country music!!!
2) Thursday, I am restoring my computer and needed to download drivers from the internet (its not entertainment so is that ok?)
3) Friday Brent ALMOST tempted me with Ultimate Fighting on PayPer View, but I resisted...Barely!
(turns out it wasn't on anyway (according to Jason...Cause I couldn't check online!)
4) Sunday night I went to eat with Randy and Jason after youthgroup and the restaurant had rock music and TV's playing everywhere (all though only sports was on but still!)

Over all I am not doing too bad, I have had No TV, no games (my psp feels neglected (although I do have the Bible on it so I read Gods word on my PSP!! How cool is that?)), no magazines, no movies, no websites (other than the above)(BTW, this is the hard one!), no newspaper (sorry Sandy & Jennifer, I will have to catch on the news later) and I haven't even been reading in my secular books...Oh wait...I DON'T READ! I haven't even gone through the mail.

So that's how that part went. This is what I said I would do "I want to spend this time, undisturbed, with God in prayer, reading, listening and seeking him". Ok, I didn't do great in the prayer even though I have been talking to God all day, I only had one night of "stillness" and by far it was the best night yet! Reading his word, all week long, I have a Bible in EVERY room and read every chance I got. The listening part was ok, I feel that without all this junk, it is easer to focus on God.

The rest of the time I had my work with M & C, Church to prep for and I made a little something for my wife out in the wood shop:

don't tell her, its a secret!

sorry about the poor phone pics, Sheila took the good camera with her

this is my little helper, he picked up the little pieces of scrap wood and took them off!

dang, now I have to mow around this thing!!!

Could I live this way? I don't think so! I could "do without" but avoiding it is very difficult. The "world" is all around us! The influence is too abounding and strong! We are supposed to live in this world but not be OF THIS WORLD. Living "in it" is dealing with all this junk and seeking God while being "of it" is loving this junk and choosing it over God, our family's and even ourselves sometimes.

Could you imagine, if all this secular and worldly stuff was replace by God's influnce and greatness, what this place would be like? I can...Heaven! And this is what we can expect "when we get HOME!"

Selfish post

Anyone out there who is NOT my wife can ignore this blog post!
So if you are not Sheila, stop reading and don’t look at my pictures!


Sheila, its been only one point five days and I want you back here. Jack-Jack is still running from the bedroom to the tv room looking for you (I have found myself doing it a few times also!)
I hope you get a lot done and STAY STRONG and determined down there. Focus on the task and DONT ask "should ya'll keep this", just get rid of it!
Alisha says to use the 2 month rule, "if you havent used it in 2 months...put it away or get rid of it". I tend to agree with her.
Derek just laughed and shook his head.
Kelly was about to fly down there to help you!

Here are a few of us that miss you:


Munchie misses you!


Fluffy misses you!


Brutus misses you!


Tang misses you!


Shrimp misses you!


They ALL miss you!


And of course I miss you!

Useless information

Did you know in MS Word that if you type in “xbox”, Microsoft will tell you that it needs to be capitalized because its a name BUT if you type in “playstation” or “gamecube” it doesnt! and the “Xbox” was the last one out on the market. Dont EVEN try "ipod"!!! (Apple Works doesnt even recognize that word)
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thought so!

well, I'm not really alone after all!

As my 1st day alone in this house came to an end, I realized a few things that make me thankful for my wife:
1) I am not alone, we have a cat, 2 dogs and about 10 tropical fish.
2) They take alot to take care of. (Sheila does most of it)
3) It is a lot of work cleaning up after myself! (Sheila does ALL of it)
a. BTW my dirty clothes didn't magicaly go from the floor to the hamper last night!
4) Food doesnt prepair itself!!! (Sheila does most of it)
5) In a king sized bed, all alone, I still sleep on my side?
6) THIS PLACE IS QUIET..."What was that noise?"
7) I dont like Microsoft anymore!
8) I want my wife back home asap!