Life in Stressville

Took this at ZOO

2010-01-20T13:04:00.002-05:00

Jossy with her new toy ball

2010-01-20T11:48:00.005-05:00

2009-10-02T20:04:00.002-04:00

Geocaching

2009-09-11T18:53:00.002-04:00

kitchen

2008-11-23T18:19:00.001-05:00

Retiled the kitchen counters.
They came out good..
lots of work but worth it.

TV stand

2008-07-04T22:27:00.003-04:00

video from the zoo

2008-01-01T21:47:00.000-05:00

We had a great day even with rain the rain.

my stats block

2007-10-13T11:41:00.001-04:00

new site image

2007-08-11T17:04:00.002-04:00

Geocaching

2007-06-09T09:53:00.001-04:00

Treasure Near Your House! Can You Find It? - A funny movie is a click away

another day

2007-05-08T20:19:00.000-04:00

It looks like its been a long long time without updating this blog so I will just put in a few words.. The boys have become skateboard nuts.. and there's not a single day that goes by without one of them telling me how he fell or did a new trick.. So far they are doing good... so far this year Mat has hurt his knees, and his ankle and Sean broke his wrist and his ankle both requiring casts... Chris has not had any major skateboard related injuries but did this past week his hand with a pipe that he was hitting a tree with causing a run to the ER for 8 stitches.

Work has been about the same... not much news there.. I'm dealing with a bad back that causes a bit of pain when ever I do any lifting or prolonged work that involves lifting or bending. I have completed therapy and after the MRI it was determined that the only think they can do for it is to tell me to learn to live with it.. I have three disks in the t4-5 area that show bulging and deteration as well and arthritis on the spine. oh well life sucks.

Happy Easter

2007-04-08T11:41:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone.

Crazy cow

2007-04-08T11:33:00.000-04:00

Removed this video because it wont shut up... LOL

Happy New Years

2006-12-31T14:17:00.000-05:00

To all my friends and family

2006-12-24T15:24:00.000-05:00

Life continues

2006-12-03T15:14:00.000-05:00

another great weekend..

Well lets see.. Friday night Sean went to his friends house and never returned its Sunday and he's still not around.. Then yesterday I opened the freezer in the garage and find out that the electrical plug was somehow hit and unplugged just enough to turn the freezer off but still look plugged in. Im not sure how long it was off but the turkey was completely thawed the roasts and everything else were warm so it was all put into the trash, about $200 in meat just what I need to do. Oh well its about par.

update Sean was home Sunday night... and things are back to normal.

HAVE A GREAT TURKEY DAY...

2006-11-23T22:13:00.000-05:00

Try this recipe and see how it turns out for you

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken or turkey
1 large lemon, cut into halves
Sprig of rosemary
Salt and pepper to taste
Butter or olive oil, whichever you prefer

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Rub butter or oil over the skin of the chicken/turkey until it is completely coated.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and any other seasonings you prefer.
Take a knife and gently separate the skin from the breast meat;
Slide lemon halves under the skin with the peel side up, one on each side. This way the juice from the lemon will release into the breasts.
Place sprig of rosemary into the chicken/turkey.
Cover and bake for 30-45 minutes.

Remove cover and continue to roast until juices run clear, basting every 15-20 minutes.

If you've followed these steps correctly, your chicken/turkey should look like the one in the picture.

Bon Appetit!

5 Years

2006-11-19T09:35:00.000-05:00

Well last week I was handed my 5 Year employment gift package and stuff. The company put a bunch of money into this one and the people I work for just blew it. First off we had a meeting to tell us we had some important meetings Monday and Tuesday about all our benefits , health.. dental vision etc. Then the CEO and his stooges hand out plastic bags to people they call out. its our anniversary awards etc... still in the bag. never opened.. I opened mine and find a very nice acrylic placket and 5 year pin in one package that Would have been very nice to present. also there is a large letter mailer type cardboard envelope, I openedc it and find that the company has set up a gift selection that you can choose from.. VERY NICE package.. Corporate spent big money on this one.. TO BAD the local management didn't give a crap enough to open the package that was labeled for the presenter.. they really blew it.

Long day

2006-11-06T21:53:00.000-05:00

Well the delivery of the washer/ drier and dishwasher got here early this morning and I was able to get to work and punch the clock only 15 minutes late... so my boss was happy to see me. I got home and went right to work setting up the washer drier .. then had dinner and tackled the dishwasher,. this one took a bit longer than I expected but its in and working fine.
now i need a hot shower. I got several loads of cloths done and they are going much faster than the old machines.

A day of caching

2006-11-05T15:37:00.000-05:00

Yesterday the twins and I attended Second Annual Florida Finder's Fest (Geocaching Event) We had a great time. We had to leave the house at 6:15am and stopped to get something to eat prior to hitting the road for the 2 1/2 hour drive south to the   Ocala National forest. WE arrived at the event to find a large group ready to enjoy the day of caching and getting to know others. The boys hit it off right away with some of the kids that were there, and they decided they wanted to play and not go on the caching/ hiking part of the day. We hiked about 5 miles of the Florida trail, found ten event caches and had a great time.
We didn't see any wildlife but saw plenty of sign.
Its true bear's do Sh#$ in the woods, and I have photos to prove it.

New car

2006-10-31T20:31:00.000-05:00

This is what i was able to get today.. its a 2005 Taurus with 30K miles.
Drives great and will do good on gas. Feels a bit strange after driving vans all these years..

Life can suck at times

2006-10-30T21:53:00.000-05:00

Well today proved to be the next major problem..

On the way to the store with the boys tonight.. the transmision on the van blew.. I was stranded about 2 miles away with only reverse. I made a call to Jim ( Paintfiction) and he stopped everything he was doing and drove over and gave me a tow home. I owe you one Jim. Thanks.

2006-10-30T06:14:00.000-05:00

Pissed off.

2006-10-29T18:18:00.000-05:00

I am so Ticked off right now... this weekend sucked..

Saturday tried to fix the dishwasher that was not pumping water for the last two day and found that the motor and pump assy was shot and the main shaft seal was leaking on the motors electrical.. so I broke down and ordered a new one from NEX...

Well tonight I put my work cloths in the wash and they finished but were soaked.. no spin cycle.. So i break out the tools and open front panel to see a very hot transmission then i look at the control panel and hear a fizzling and see Blue/white smoke the main board fried I pulled the plug quick and it stopped..... looks like board shorted out .. at least it didn't happen when I was away and burn down the house..

Thank god for credit.

Life is so unfair..

Ghosts

2006-10-28T15:53:00.001-04:00

A few weekends ago several cachers and I went to St Augustine and took the night ghost tour It was a blast..
I took photos all over town and in a few we found what the tour guides called ghost orbs... the photo above was taken at the location of the original gate into St Augustine and shows one such orb.. the photo before and after did not show this so the chance that it was dust is almost eliminated. In the close up you can see how it looks like its moving from left to right.

Ghost or not.. who knows but it was still a fun night out.

IPOD

2006-10-25T18:44:00.000-04:00

I now have a IPOD Video that was given to me by a friend.. Its great and with a 30gig drive it will hold a very unrealistic amout of music, movies, pictures and other files.

At the moment I have 317 songs. 114 videos they are TV shows or Full size movies.And thats not even half the capacity.

BD party.. seans friend..

2006-10-25T18:39:00.000-04:00

Sean went to a friends BD party last weekend and this was his outfit.. The jail bird...

Everything else is going good. Not much news.. SSDD

Catchin up. .

2006-08-09T20:14:00.000-04:00

On the road

Well I have not updated the blog in a very long time so im going to add a few things .. In June I went home with the boys to visit there grand parents and the rest of the family. The drive started out with great weather and not much news..

This was our first long trip that would involve caching and i had spent several days working on what caches to go after. I had loaded maps for the trip on 95North from Jacksonville FL to Delaware and had the rest of the trip in the laptop. We drove all the first day stopping about once an hour to get caches. this was great it gave us all a break and let the kids burn off a bit of energy. We made it to Delaware the first day. and to Massachusetts the second day..
after much rain and traffic.

We had a great time visiting with my parents, even took dad out caching we had a great time being home andthe boys got to see quite a bit of the area because we went and got several caches while we were visiting family.

Heavy rain on the way north.

Dad caching for his first find. A full size cache in the woods of a local park.

Found this sight while looking for a caching in one of the biggest stone walls I ever seen.

Was not what i would call an easy find..but Matthew made the grab.

This was a great view of the conneticut valley in Massachusetts. The oxbow is in the back gound.

While we were visiting in Maine at my sisters we found this thing sitting on the bush . It was about 4-5 inches long.

We had a great time enen got to go to the races.
And whats a trip to maine if you dont visit the local ER for a few stiches. Matthew just had to find a way to get us to log a cache with the line.." on the way home from the ER"

After our visit in Maine we spent a day with my parents then headed home. The return trip was uneventful and we did stop and get a few more caches..

The total numebr of caches for the trip was 47. The miles driven was around 2600. The number of fights the boys had in the van on the road only 2.

Over all a great trip.. and well worth the drive.

Yard work accident

2006-05-07T20:45:00.000-04:00

Spent the day working in the front yard, had the three boys working with me. The boys raked up all the old leaves and junk out of the garden, while I used the pressure washer on the house and walkways. Then I decided to trim all the bushes in the front and that large bush on the side of the driveway, when I got to that one I used the multi-folding ladder as a step ladder and climbed up and cut the side and top close to the driveway then I moved it to get the next area, climbed up and the dam thing folded out from under me. What a fun time that was, I had a running hedge trimmer in one hand and was falling backwards towards the driveway, thinking this is going to hurt and trying to control the trimmer. After a short fall I landed on my butt/back and I think the boys were quite scared, I told them I was fine and got up and went inside to get a drink. Then went back out and finished the yard at a bit slower pace. Now that I’ve stopped things are hurting a bit more but I’m on ice and will be fine, it could have been a lot worse.

the tooth

2006-04-19T18:54:00.000-04:00

Well yesterday I felt a sharp edge on one of my teeth so when I got to a mirror to get a good look at it today I saw that a good part ( maybe 25%) was gone.. just my luck.. so I called the dentist and they had only one opening at 1030.. well no problem ill go get it cleaned up and filled then get back to work.. well the dentist gave me a choice.. $882.00 to fix and cap or $85.00 to pull it.. you can guess what I did. No I'm not happy and now I will have to use my next years tax money to get a bridge but I don't have much choice if I want the kids to eat. They gave me lorcet and that's made me sleep so will see if I get any sleep tonight.

And then there were three

2006-04-12T19:10:00.000-04:00

Well things have been a bit difficult around here the last few months. Michael has been coming and going as he wanted and not calling. After much loss of sleep I told him to pick what he wanted to do, live here under my rules or I would find a place for him. The next two days he skipped school, so I made a very difficult phone call to my ex and asked if she felt she could take mike for a while. Maybe this would help him decide what he wants to do in life. On Saturday I put him on a plane to Connecticut to live with Donna for a bit. Not sure for how long but at least until June if not longer.
The last few days have been quiet different around the house. It seams a bit quieter, and the twins and Chris are getting along better, not great but better. I guess it will take some time to get used to things. I hope Mike understands that I did this to help him, to maybe open his eyes to life and what he needs to do. I can hope but I’m not sure.

Bike Caching

2006-03-20T18:14:00.000-05:00

The boys and I have started to ride bikes.. and to go caching at the same time.. the last two weekends we went to different parks and cached while on mountain bikes.. its a great time and the boys love it.

Just another weekend

2006-02-18T19:45:00.000-05:00

Just another weekend that nothing is happening. The boys are about the same, Mike is still causing me way to much trouble. He got into trouble at school last Monday for fighting and is now suspended till. I don’t know when. He used racial slurs and is now in even more trouble. He’s also took something from my friends house so now I can’t trust him at all.

I got my tax $ and spent some time to day catching up on bills etc, and its all gone already. That has to be a record. But I do have money set aside to go home this summer.

The Flu has arrived

2006-02-04T22:02:00.000-05:00

Wow another week has gone by. Only a few things have happened.
I finished the new table top that I made to replace the glass one that Chris broke while I was at the hospital with Sean. Then work was the same as always. More B.S. oh well life goes on.. Mike woke me up this morning at 4 am to tell me he didn’t feel good he had headache, Fever and sore throat so I’m guessing flu. Other than that we are doing well.
Sean and Mat like there new paintball guns they got for there birthday, to bad I keep them locked up.
Will add more as things change.

Replacment

2006-01-28T21:04:00.000-05:00

table top after second coat of poly

The Birthday party that didnt happen

2006-01-23T09:28:00.000-05:00

Well the twins had there birthday on Friday the 20th. I had to get some Medical tests done so I took the morning off to take care of that. Around 12pm I received a call from Sean telling me he hit his head playing football at school. He didn’t sound good so I went right away to go get him.. When I saw his eyes I knew something was not right and headed off to NAS hospital to make sure he was ok. During the ride there he started to complain that he could not see. Then started the nausea and being sick. When we got to the ER at NAS he was disorientated and his speech was a bit slurred. I had to almost carry him into the hospital and after telling them what happened they took him in right away.. his speech changed to unintelligible and he was fighting the DR’s attempts to get him in the bed and checked out. They and I had to hold him down to get his cloths off and to get an IV into him. He’s one strong little guy, He was lifting the guy up with his legs and the guy was laying across them. They started to sedate him so they could manage to get him into a CT scan and it took 3 doses of one med and two more of another to get him calm enough. After the scan they called Wolfson’s Children’s hospital to arrange transportation so Sean could be treated and checked by pediatric neurologists. When the ambulance arrived Sean was still a bit combative so they had to restrain him to the stretcher for the ride. I was going to follow them to the hospital but they took off with lights and sirens so I let them go ahead and meet them at the ER for Wolfson’s hospital. He was still combative with the staff there and needed to be sedated some more. During the insertion of the new IV to replace the one he pulled out in the ambulance I was holding his right arm from his left side and he saw my arm in front of his face so he proceeded to bite my arm .. I now have a 4 inch black and blue circle on my arm to prove he’s got some strong jaw mussels. They did a second CT scan and he was admitted to the ICU for the night. All tests were good. He spent that night and the next day in ICU and was then admitted to the a private room on the 6th floor for another night and day. We got home Sunday afternoon and he will have to stay home for the week and see a doctor on Friday before he can return to school.

I'm back

2006-01-12T19:18:00.000-05:00

The last few weeks have been a bit rough. So I wasn’t posting. Michael is now home and safe and everything’s back to normal. Or, as normal as things can be in this house. I am now the designer for USAGeocoin and have been doing coin designs during the week. It looks like ill be able to make a few $ doing this and every little bit helps. So far I’ve done 4 this week. I even had to fill out TAX papers so I would say that makes me a employee of some form.

New offers coming in.

2005-12-29T22:39:00.000-05:00

Well this weeks been fun..
First was Christmas with just the boys and myself..nice day didn't do much.
Then I got word that USA Geocoins posted the 2006 geocoin with my design . Many positive comments in the forums and else ware.
Then I get a email from the guy at USA Geocoins wanting to know if I would be interested in being his designer if he opens the business to making personnel coins....I said yes....$$$$$....
And today I got an offer from "The Caching place" to do design work for them as they are swamped and need help with there overflow. So im waiting for them to replay to my email about $$$ and a few questions.
I will let you all know what happens.
Instant fame, love it.

Merry Christmas

2005-12-24T19:04:00.001-05:00

The boys and I wish everyone a

Merry Christmas.

We hope you all have a great day.

Today's misfortune

2005-12-16T22:02:00.000-05:00

Today was not to bad as far as the day goes. I worked and then went home..looks at what the boys did as far as cleaning goes and then went to check computer stuff. Chris came in hopping and bleeding on his foot. I guess when Sean cleaned the bathroom he broke some glass and Chris found it with the bottom of his foot. Was borderline as far as needing a stitch so closed it myself and will check again later. So far he's doing ok. And for your sake no photo this time :-)

Another day ..another problem..

2005-12-15T22:26:00.000-05:00

Well yesterday I woke up with a rash on the back of my neck. I thought it was like Matthews but after looking at it I could tell it was different. I called the Dr and got a appointment and she said it was one of three things so I'm taking medicine for all three. Just what I need more pills to take.. Fell like a drug store as it is. today I took more meds and its getting a bit better. tomorrow is Friday and ill be glad when the weeks over. This working on Sundays starting to get old fast.

$

2005-12-13T19:46:00.000-05:00

wohoo.. I got a nice surprise today I received a check in the mail for one of the coin designs that I made..
I can not say who or what company but it will only be a month or so until I'm able to say and show everyone the coin.

Another missed work day

2005-12-12T15:57:00.000-05:00

Another great day in my life….NOT …

Woke up and got ready for work then got the kids up When I woke up Matthew he had a rash on his face, neck , right arm, and a few spot on his chest. So I called into work and took him to the DR. She thinks its viral so gave him some meds took a culture of his throat to test for steep /mono. After that we took the van in and had to get two new front tires, the driver’s side was out of alignment again and had worn the tire to the steel belting so I didn’t have a choice. We got something to eat and then went to Wal-Mart across the street to drop off Matthews broken glasses to get replacement lens and to look around. While there I found the newest game out “Quake 4” so I figured id get myself a early Christmas present. . We then went back and they were done so other than the cost it was a relatively painless car repair, also now that the tires are new and balanced the van drives better and does not vibrate at 60+ like it did.

Christmas Tree

2005-12-08T18:36:00.000-05:00

Here are a few shots of the tree going up this last weekend. Chris helped me put it up he did almost all of it.. I set upt he base and pole he did all the branches then i did the lights and he decorated it...He did a good job, even if his feet were dirty ( First picture) LOL

Another slow week

2005-12-07T20:52:00.000-05:00

Not much news this week. The vans still running good and we have gone back to using the Acetone. Will watch the mileage and see how much difference it makes this time. The boys are doing good nothing major there. We got there progress reports and they are all doing well in school. The report cards should be coming out in a week or two.
Looking forward to going to a caching event this weekend it’s the annual toys for tot’s event all afternoon then dinner.

Another busy DAY

2005-12-02T07:00:00.000-05:00

Looking like a busy day.
Matthews got a follow up appointment at Nemours children’s hospital for his migraine. Then I have to go to Michael’s school for a meeting. There was an incident at the school and Michael was present one of the students had a knife, I still don’t have the full story so will find out more later. Then mike has a 5 pm appointment with the counselor and after that I’m supposed to go caching with Steve and the kids while the caching women folk have some kind of sale party, not sure about the caching but will see.

Oh and I’m supposed to fit in some workday in the middle of all this.

Caching and stuff

2005-11-27T20:58:00.000-05:00

Caraloopy came over yesterday morning around 11ish and we headed out to get the last two caches that she needed to hit 900. the big one was Coon Condo Low rent and it was just as fun as we expected .. maybe even a bit easier than we thought it would be.

After that I went home and did a few things around the house..nothing major.. The van is running much better..I found a vacuum line that was disconnected and after putting it back on the van runs much better. now I just need to get the tires balanced.

2005-11-26T10:21:00.000-05:00

It’s been a long time since I spent a full day caching and yesterday I had a great day caching with Caraloopy and the twins. We started out by going to Krispy Kream Donuts and got some fresh HOT ones for brunch…yummmmmmmmmmmm……. shhhh don’t tell the DR .. then on to Hanna Park to try and clean out the caches there. We found that almost all of them were hiking caches on some of the nice back woods bike trails and after the first wrong turn or two I didn’t feel so guilty about the donuts the hikes worked off what ever they gave me. It was a great day and we had fun laughing and talking about everything and anything.

While out there ICM came by and gave me two of each of the coins I designed for him.WOW do they look nice after minting even better than I thought they would come out. So that means I now have 6 designs minted..I’ll try to post some pictures or scans below if i can.

We continued to cache and finally quite after 9 pm and that was more due to the twins needing a break than us wanting to stop. When we got home Loopy only needs 2 more caches to hit 900 so we are going to go out today and try to get two more and make her 900^th cache Coon Condo Low rent, A very challenging cache that can only be gotten to at low tide. At least we hope we can get to it. you might be able to see some pictures of a failed attempt at this cache HERE about the third one down " LazyCachers"

2005-11-24T15:28:00.000-05:00

We had fried turkey...
wow was it good..
I dont think I will ever cook another one in the oven..
A 10 lb bird only took 35 min to cook and it was very moist and not dry at all.

Happy Thanksgiving

2005-11-23T21:41:00.000-05:00

This weeks news and stuff in general

2005-11-20T16:04:00.000-05:00

Another week has gone by and we are getting closer to the holidays. This week, Chris, Sean and Matthew are off of school for the entire week Michael is off starting at noon on Wednesday and ill be off Thursday and Friday. I got a small turkey from work for the holidays its about 10lbs so should be enough for the 5 of us. I think its great that they are giving out the turkeys as a small thanks you to the employees and I there are many places that don’t do anything so ill just say Thanks and let it go at that.

Next weekend it will be time to start putting up the Christmas decorations and tree so we will be busy Saturday I have to work Sunday so will have to get it done early.

Tomorrow is Mom and Dads anniversary,  51 years. That’s a long time but I’m sure they will say the time just flew by. Right after the kids moved out that is. HaHa

Congratulations.    I hope you have a nice day.

Still working on coin designs one of these day ill post all the ones that I have designed and were minted..

Other than that everything’s just about normal..

Changes at work and other rambleings.

2005-11-13T09:57:00.000-05:00

On friday we had a meeting and were told that stating moday everyone willbe on a new time schedual 8am - 430pm.. and that sucks... I have to pick the kids up at 4 . to make a long story short i talked to the director and he will let me leave early If i work Sundays to makeupthe 5 hours each week... OH JOY i now get to work 6 day weeks... One day I hope these kids will appreciate what im doing for them. At the moment i dont think they care about anything, everything for them is a game, Money grows on trees, the house will clean itself and they can do anything they want until they get caught. Moneys been very tight but we are making it, not sure how but we are. The vans still not acting right just hope it lasts until i can get it into the shop. Mike and I both need to get some dental work done but thats going to have to wait also. One day ..........................at a time.......... how does it go.

God grant me the serenity
to except the things I can not change
the currage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.

Remember all that serve

2005-11-11T20:26:00.000-05:00

Work sucks.

2005-11-11T18:16:00.000-05:00

Well we were all told today that our hours are now changed. We will ALL work 8 to 430... and that sucks becaues i cant work till 4 with the kids in privet schools...I talked to the boss and he said I had to work Sundays to make up the hours.. As of this week I get to start working 6 day weeks ... oh what joy... at least ill be getting full pay checks fora change. Other thant that not much news.. the boy us are doing good at school...

its monday

2005-11-07T17:41:00.001-05:00

Well the boys survived the weekend. I even gave in a bit whent he house was clean and let them go fishing for tw hours Sat night. i thinkit was more for me then them but we all needed it..Sunday I started back up and had them finish the yard work. Things are better and quite a bit cleaner. The TV is still out so they are still cleaning but its not as bad as it was.

I'm starting to get feedback on my new cache Evil to Extremes #200 Its going to be interesting to see how this goes.the first team tolook spent 2.5 hours and didnt find it...LOL ...

its monday

2005-11-07T17:41:00.000-05:00

The boys pushed there luck

2005-11-05T16:54:00.000-05:00

Well the boys did it.. I'm sick and tired of the house being a mess. S0 when I got home last night I let them have it with both barrels. I took the cable off the TV. I took the phones off the outlets. I took all there radios. I took the game boys and other electric games. I even told them nothing from me till this house is clean, That includes hot water. We will have to see what that does. I've spent today walking aound the house telling them whats not clean. They are getting sic of hearing me bitch, but thats just to dam bad..
This morning I had to drive to HopeHaven to pick up the kids Prescriptions, Chris was out. On the way I was thinking about my geocaches and decided that I would Try t hide 4 more today and then post my new supper evil, everyone will hate me cache, for my 200th cache. I have been working out the details for over a week and it should be good. I figure It will rivel one called "Shelter II" I'll let you know how it goes. I dont want to give to much away. There are spys the read here..LOL

Great I tryed to post this and the site is down for maintenance till 2 PST oh well I'll save and post it later.

Halloween..

2005-10-31T19:56:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween

Well Sheena had her 21st Birthday today so I tool her that I'd watch Carlee so they could go out . you know dinner and first LEGAL drink. Well They all arrived somewhere around 6 dropped off carlee and headed out. Carlee decided to make up for the last visit where she was an angle and she pulled out all the stops and let me know who was going to be the boss tonight. She took a short nap and then sat at my computer keyboard for a few min. I even got out my old one so she could have fun beating on it. That's when she started to fuss a bit. But nothing I cant handle..

I'm just glad Sheena and Tony had a good evening out.

I let the boys go Trick or treating on there own this year.. for the first time ever... They did good and came home with a ton of candy..I didnt get any pictures this time...but they didnt want to dress up to much anyway...

NEFGA Halloween event

2005-10-30T08:43:00.000-05:00

We had a blast at the event last night, we started with putting on Halloween costumes and heading out to do a bit of pre-event caching to clean up a few that we needed to fined in the area of the event. We meet up with Caraloopy and Somedude and then The suzyQ's went and did a few caches and meet up with The brown family and at the last cache we saw The PetsAllOver family. So we headed to the event with a caravan of cachers. The weather was a bit cool but not cold so everyone had a good time doing the night caches as a large group. Then we all went to dinner at "The Loop". Over all it was a fun event. and a good night of caching.

Another day ..

2005-10-26T20:16:00.000-04:00

I got an Email from USA Geocoins and they want to use my design work for there 2006 and future coins. They are even offering $ MONEY $ for my work... It will be interesting to see how that goes, I did a few more designs for them and sent then tonight so will be interesting to see what they think.

The kids are all good.

Sean hurt his ankle i think its a sprain willsee how it is in the am.

The vans still doing good. Milage looks to be staying about the same will know for sure when i fill up this weekend.

Baby sitting for a friend. and life goes on.

2005-10-24T22:16:00.000-04:00

This is Carlee, I watched her for the second time tonight and she was very good for me. The first time i watched her she cried for almost 2 hours this time she talked, played and seems happy. She must be getting used to me.

Matthew is doing good the hit in the head didnt last long and the next day he was out running and playing then today he woke up with another headach. He still went to school even though i gave him the choice to stay home. At 1145 am I got a call to come pick up Chris Sean and Matthew, they had a fire at the school and had to send all the kids home so i got to leave work and bring them home and then drive back to work. at least I only lost about 30 min.

Other than that everythign else is going ok..

vet sp right

2005-10-23T17:26:00.000-04:00

vet coin

2005-10-23T17:20:00.000-04:00

Gas Mileage improvment.

2005-10-22T20:05:00.000-04:00

After much reading and looking at all sides of the story and more reading i decided to test a new gas mileage improving method..

Yes I know what your thinking... But its true..

I went from 13-15 MPG to a whopping 19.81 MPG
in one week.

The magic formula is Acetone 100% pure

I add 2 oz of pure Acetone to each 11 gal of gas.. or 4 oz per tank.

You can read and research this online.. there are many sides to it..

I decided if its good enough to soak your fingers in it and its sold in a plastic bottle I'd give it a try. I saw an almost immediate improvement in the engine idle smothing out and a noticable power increase.

Rough night and Stupid school.

2005-10-21T20:50:00.000-04:00

Got a call from Matthew at school today at about 1:45pm , telling me he had a bad headach. I talked to Ms Pearl ( the office lady) and asked if he had been given the medicine/asprin that i had given school for his migrains. I was told yes and I told them to give him another. When I arrived at the school I went in to get Mat and heard Mrs Walker say to Mrs Ojo to tell me about the incident . I was then informed that he was hurt while running at full speed into another student running at him.. they collided quite hard, during a relay game.

Why was I not informed by the school?

Why did Mat call but not the school?

Why was I informed as an after thought?

This is total Bull shit.. and I'm pissed..

Its now almost 9pm Mat still has a bad headach and has been vomiting most of the evening. I'm watching him and checkng for any other symptoms so far he's doing ok..but im worried.
Guess ill be up most of the night

I also fell and hurt my right shoulder and wrist but thats nothing at the moment, Mat needs a place to put his head and if he knew it hurt me he woudl not do it.

will see what tomm and tonight brings.

Report cards

2005-10-20T09:51:00.000-04:00

The boys are doing much better this year in the new Privet school they are attending due to the McKay scholarships...
Sean made A -B
Matthew was much better than last year only one low grade in Math
Chris would have made all A-B's but had a C in Pre Algebra and English.

Michael even had a much improved report card even with the problems with the director. his report card was all passing with only 1 D in Math.

So it looks like the McKay Scholarship had done what it said it would moving my kids from a failing public school system and placing them in a environment that they can learn in..

2005-10-19T19:27:00.000-04:00

Tired ......just got in and its been a long day...... Dr was not to happy with my Cholesterol numbers so guess ill have to do somthing about it... Its that of die, the way i feel at this moment i think ill pick die till i get enough rest. LOL

The highlight to my day today was sitting and talking with my friend for a bit when I picked up Michael..

I have such a fun life...guess ill not say to much.
I was once told if you can't say anything good you should just keep your mouth shut..

so with that thought in mind..

fmmmuh hmunnh hmmms ssuusns sm mmms

good night.

A day of driving again.

2005-10-18T18:55:00.000-04:00

Ok I have figured out how to post pictures the easy way...( thanks sheena) and the picture above is my track log for todays driving. Its about the only way to beat traffic and get to work on time. I tried to go down Beach Blvd yesterday and it took almost an hour to go from University to Kernan so I changed it and this works out ok.. I'm up at 5am out the door with Mike at 545am take him to Rebekahs and return home to get the rest of the boys. So he's gone and I'm back at home to leave at what was the normal time. then i do it all in reverse at the end of the day. it gets me home between 530 and 6 pm.

So far Mike seems to like the new school. Day two went without a hitch and we shall see how he does. The vans still doing ok, need to figured out what wheels causing the vibration and se if I can get it balanced again. But thats another story for another day. I'm tired and done for now.

Have a good one all.

Michael's Day

2005-10-17T19:23:00.000-04:00

Today michael started school at "The broach school".. a private school down by univercity blvd and beach blvd.. what a way to start the day.. got up at 5:30am and left the house at 6:40am and drove Chris, Sean, and Matt to there school, then drove mike to his and then on to work I was able to punch in at 840. thats a lot of driving for one morning and then at 3:30pm I had to drive the same route again... They ( the school) told me they are trying to get approval to run a shuttle van to this area but no word yet on when it will start if ever. My friend Rebekah is letting Mike go to her house after school and starting tomm. I'm going to try to drive him to her house early around 6:15-6:30am then come back to the house and get the others.. I hope that early enough if not ill adjust the time till we get it right...Gas is going to kill me...other than that everything else was about the same.

2005-10-16T18:20:00.000-04:00

side one of my geocoin

2005-10-16T18:19:00.000-04:00

side two of my coin.

2005-10-16T16:03:00.000-04:00

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Starting a new project is fun...Not

2005-10-16T13:45:00.000-04:00

Well this has been a humbling experience this has taken me twice as long to setup and get started than I thought it would, Guess I'll have to get a pro to give me a few pointers ( Sheena ) hint hint...

Today had been a work day started out with knowing that I had to replace the breaks on the van so after getting the parts I needed Sean said he would help.. ok all we need are a few tools..This is when I got to start all my tools were a mess.. and many of them missing.. the boys have been working on there bikes and things and my tools are missing.. so after 20 min of trying to find the right tools (wrench or socket ) i went tot eh neighbors and borrowed his..after that was only 30 min of work..
After the van was done Sean wanted me to fix his bike.. installed new back tube, repaired broken shifter, adjusted rear derailer and off he went.. .

2005-10-16T13:34:00.000-04:00

StressMaster

First entry..

2005-10-16T13:00:00.000-04:00

This is a first for me.. so we will see how this goes.. lets just call this the test post.