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It seems Trump is pardoning all the corrupt politicians. I just saw that he pardoned Rod Blagojevich, the previously convicted former governor of Illinois. I wonder how much that netted Trump—and which position he’ll fill in the administration?

I haven’t used Twitter in a while, but I downloaded my data one last time before deactivating my account. I was really hoping that Elon would get tired of it and sell, but at this point, he’s ruined it beyond usefulness—who would even buy it? WordPress is gone. Twitter is gone. What’s next?

Start of a new week. I am exhausted it was an usually busy day at work. I will probably sleep pretty good tonight.

My Cousin Cindy: My mother told me today that my cousin, Cindy Shaw Rounds, passed away in her sleep in Jacksonville at the age of 63, either last night or this morning. I will miss her greatly. I often saw and spoke with her at funerals for my great-aunts, uncles, grandparents, and at family reunions. I also have …

Gadgets, Data, and Doubt: 

Technology can be amazing and frustrating at the same time. It kind of reminds me of the media—hold on, you’ll see where I’m going with this comparison. I have a Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 and an Oura Ring 3. I wear both to track my sleep and heart health because I have sleep apnea and hypertrophic …

Beyond Politics: How to Build a Better Federal Government: 

I have a multifaceted plan to restore integrity to the U.S. representative governing system. While I am not naive enough to believe this could happen through Congress alone, I think it is high time the states called for a Constitutional Convention. Such conventions should likely occur regularly, …

The Road to Retirement: 

I was thinking the other day after my doctor said the colonoscopy went well. He removed one polyp, and it was likely benign. The pathology results confirmed that it was indeed benign. The doctor also mentioned that I won’t need another colonoscopy …

Went to the eye doctor today in a city one county over—took about an hour to get there. The doctor was friendly & thorough. He agreed my prescription was bad, fixed it, & now I have new glasses on the way. 💵💵 My new glasses will come in a couple of weeks!

Finally going to the eye doctor tomorrow for new glasses. So glad I am about to go crazy with this prescription it has been pretty bad.

18 years ago, I was diagnosed with and had a basal cell carcinoma on my back it was fully removed. Now, I have a yearly dermatologist appointment for skin checks. It was done today, and still noting of concern. Except my Notalgia paresthetica adding Capsaicin creme in addition to Sarna. #thankful

If a Democratic president attempted to exert the kind of influence Musk has over government payment systems, Republicans would be up in arms, demanding impeachment hearings. Musk wasn’t elected to anything, and in my view, his loyalties seem to serve only himself.

I watched an old episode of Laverne & Shirley today, and there was one scene that had me laughing nonstop. They just don’t make lighthearted TV like that anymore. We especially need laughter nowadays. #ClassicTV #TV #Nostalgia

Already thinking of next week got a busy week. So glad it was a restful weekend.

Self Hosting: 

Trying to self-host is a lot of work. I’m not a techie—just a wannabe techie with some computer skills. Mainly, I have enough knowledge to recognize patterns and handle simple tasks.

With the advent of ChatGPT (which I’ve found to be the best so far), I’m trying to step out of my comfort …

Been busy working on my Micro.blog site lately, and I think it’s shaping up nicely. I only have a couple more things I want to do. I’m no coder or developer, but ChatGPT has been a great help! #Microblogging #WebDesign #NoCode #AIHelper #ChatGPT

Blogging today: 

Blogging today is both more complicated and less complicated than in the past. What do I mean by this? Technically, there are more choices than ever before, which makes things both simpler and more complex. Options like WordPress, Google's Blogger, Bear Blog, Micro.blog, Hugo, Write.as, Scribbles, …

Currently reading: Who is Jesus– Really? by Josh McDowell 📚

Colonoscopy done for the next 5 years—only one polyp this time. The doctor is optimistic it will come back benign. Big thanks to the amazing staff at the TGH USF Surgery Center! 🙏 The best part? Being done and finally able to eat again! 🍽️ #Health #Colonoscopy #Grateful #Blessed

Throwback: A Hilarious Podcast Meme: Throwback: A Hilarious Podcast Meme This meme first appeared on Twitter a few years ago, and it had me laughing non-stop. If you’ve ever listened to podcasts, you’ll appreciate the humor—it’s just too good to keep buried in the archives. The creative genius behind this meme is Jonathan Ogden, a …

Just finished watching. Not bad, seen worse. #TheWildRobot #Movies #Entertainment #Streaming

Reflections and Routines: Thoughts Before Monday: This week, I’ve been reflecting on an upcoming medical procedure scheduled for Monday—a routine colonoscopy. While the procedure itself isn’t bad, I truly dread the day before. Preparing for it is unpleasant, but I know it’s necessary for my health. Since I’m high-risk due to previously discovered …

The #Samsungevent has great Jazz music very relaxing.

I don’t remember the whole day of the Presidential Inauguration being televised all day. You would almost think this is National Trump day. I just want some Local or World News not Trump News minutely. I been watching old TV shows all day.

January 1, 1977, I remember: January 19, 1977 I remember this day vividly. It was a Wednesday, and I was there, playing in the snow for a bit. I also remember waking up from my afternoon nap (I was in elementary school at the time) and wondering, where did the snow go? It had melted by the afternoon. That’s the only time I …

DSLreports.com apparently gone offline: I noticed a couple of days ago that DSLreports.com stopped working. I thought maybe they were doing some maintenance or having a problem. After a couple of days of trying and doing a little research, and admittedly finding no firm answer, the consensus is that it is offline and has shut down …

IFTTT: In my ongoing effort to learn new things and make better use of the tools I’ve already paid for, I finally set up my own IFTTT triggers. This was made possible with help from ChatGPT—another reason I’m considering paying for ChatGPT. If everything works as planned, I’ll only have one more issue to …

Spent about 6 hours fixing a mistake. Luckily it was easy to recover from, but I hate that when it happens. It was extra work I didn’t want to do.

I read today that Paramount+ will not renew the new Frasier. I think that’s a good decision—it just wasn’t as good as the original Frasier, and the laugh track button was overused. #TV #Entertainment #Frasier #Streaming

TV Series Post Just watched the season finale of Star Wars Skeleton Crew. Loved it and the whole series can’t wait for the next season to start. How can they have a hit series and then have something like The Acolyte which was just awful and didn’t fit into the universe. #TV #StarWars …

I don’t want to say this too loudly, but I’m enjoying using ChatGPT to help with my home server and website stuff. It’s helped personalize my Micro.blog site. I might end up paying for it to access more advanced features. Gemini, on the other hand, has regressed into junk. #Microblog #ChatGPT

Technology can be challenging: I’ve been trying to become more self-sufficient with technology lately. I’ve recently started dabbling with setting up a Raspberry Pi and self-hosting different services. I began with Pi-Hole because I’m just tired of all the ads. While this hasn’t eliminated all of them, it’s removed about 80 …

Finally made an appointment with an OD to get a new eye glass prescription. The last 2 prescriptions I have had have been done by the techs and they were off to begin with. My Ophthalmologist for my glaucoma doesn’t want to mess with eye glass prescriptions any more. Going to try Neurolens. …

Televison: My Television Habits Have Changed Drastically I was thinking the other day about how much television I used to watch. I used to sit down about a month before the new TV season began, just after Labor Day, and map out all the new shows—what nights they were on and when they were starting—so I could …

I really love micro.blog and trying to get everything just the way I want it. I got the post cleaned up but trying to set outside things up to take advantage of it. I just wish I was more tech savvy. #tech #blog #learning

Happy Birthday to my Mother! Many more to come. Enjoy your day at Disney World. #Birthday #Mother #2025

2025 has been a difficult year so far, particularly for California with the...: 2025 has been a difficult year so far, particularly for California with the devastating wildfires. I really hope the LA area gets the fires under control and that more people don't lose their lives or property. Let's pray for a calmer remainder of the year. #2025 #CaliforniaWildfires #Faith #Prayer

Want to read: Lost in Space: Infinity’s Edge by Kevin Emerson 📚

Done cleaning up my Micro.blog! Linked all original posts; couldn’t recover some YouTube videos or audio posts as they’re gone or private. This cleanup project was eye-opening—I had more posts than I realized! #Microblogging #DigitalCleanup #ContentArchiving

Well, early night for me. Back to work tomorrow and it comes early 😩 Guess this means the holidays are over for a while. Still, I had a great time catching up with family and friends. What was your favorite part of the holidays? #work #Monday #grind

Welcome to my inaugural post on Micro.blog! I’m excited to be starting this new chapter and exploring all that this platform has to offer. I’ve already imported my posts from WordPress, and I’m in the process of cleaning up some of the formatting, especially the images.#blog …

Coming Changes and Christmas: The 3 c's. I have my Christmas shopping done. I have all gifts bought and ready for the day. I had to decrease my spending this year, but hopefully everyone will understand. I have plenty changes coming to the website. Early next year you will see them if you come to the website. I plan on …

Thanksgiving is almost done for 2024.: Thanksgiving is almost done for 2024. I have been thinking of what I am thankful for this year. Number 1 thing I am thankful for is my salvation that our Lord and Savior Jesus gave us all. I am thankful for my family. I am thankful Jesus has improved my health this year through the knowledge and …

OK just watched Alien Romulus and I thought it was a great reboot to the series.: OK just watched Alien Romulus and I thought it was a great reboot to the series. Hope they continue with this new line. There were some nods to the original series and sequels with Sigourney Weaver. #AliensRomulus #Movies #nospoilers

Pi-Hole on duty: BeeStation, CGU and Raspberry Pi 5 in the Prionman 5. The Raspberry Pi 5 has come to the setup and Pi-Hole is on duty. So far it has been a little easier than I thought I would be. Ignore the cables. Cable management is not my specialty. I think it looks right at home with the CGU and next to the …

Trying to dust off the website: I am trying to do a little updating to the website and making sure everything is working. I am finding that things don't work the way I want them to. It is kind of hard when you aren't a website savant. I am working my way through I believe. If you look at the site you would say it is pretty minimal …

Suggestions Wanted: Anybody have any suggestions on what I should move to from WordPress? Show I go to a service like Micro.blog, Write.as? Should I go back to Blogspot? I don't mind paying a reasonable price. But I also would like to be all inclusive if possible. Also, any suggestions what I should put on my new …

Changing Times: Times are indeed changing and so has my blog theme. I went with the newest from WordPress and it is clean. See you thought I was going to talk about the election. I will in the future.... I am possibly moving away from WordPress. I don't like all the fireworks going on around it right now and don't …

Navigating Health Challenges: Weight Loss and Disney Trips: Hello everyone. It has been a while since I posted an update and thought I would cover the end of August 2024 and September 2024. Health-wise, I have actually not been great. I started Mounjaro to help with some weight loss and diabetic control (even though my A1C is not too bad: 6.1 as of my last …

A bad medical test today: Today I had an echocardiogram and I already have the results all though the doctor has not reviewed them as of this post. That is the beauty of MyChart you see the test results as soon as they are ready. My Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is getting worse. My septum is thickening even more and faster …

Network upgrades almost done: I finally purchased the last little bit of gear for my prosumer setup from Unifi. So everything should be upgraded and done for the next 5 to 10 years by the end of August 2024. I am looking forward to completing it and having all Unifi network gear. So far it has been good and I am learning alot. …

What a day from a simple upgrade: Well, today I woke up took down my old router the TP-Link Omada ER7206 v1.6 and install and setup my new Unifi Cloud Gateway Ultra. The primary WAN (which is Frontier Fiber) went smooth no problems. When I was setting up the failover WAN (Spectrum) man did I have problems it was not finding it even …

Home Network upgrades incoming: I hope to redo my network equipment before the end of the year. I am hoping to switch everything to UniFi. I already have the Cloud Gateway Ultra router. I am going to get 2 WiFi 7 AP's 2 switches one network extender (this is just in case) and 2 flex mini's. My whole system will then be UniFi from …

Interesting Newsworthy things that happened around our house: In the last 3 years some news worthy things have happened. For instance yesterday on my birthday in the afternoon I was helping my mother unload some groceries she had brought over and we both heard a loud bang and short after a loud scream by a women. A look at my mother and said what was that. …

My Birthday:  Today is my birthday. I celebrated by having a steak dinner with my family and bought myself a watch. I took today and tomorrow off from work. It was a good day overall. I am working on another post about something that did happened today. Not related to my birthday but interesting. Hope to share …

New Theme:  Well, I updated the website with a new theme. Let me know what you think. I think it looks good. I add a couple of plug-ins and widgets. I don't want to make it too busy. I did try another one before this one but I could not make it work. I went with this one instead.

Thinking for the future: Hope everyone is doing great. I am sitting here on a Saturday getting little things done and over with and checked off my list. I am also thinking of future problems. I have embarked on moving my email across many different emails to one centralized email address. Why for privacy and security. I am …

Microsoft gaming disappointment: I am disappointed with the direction Microsoft is taking with their gaming: A Review This isn't a complete takedown of Microsoft, as I admire them overall, alongside tech giants like Google. However, both companies share a penchant for shutting down consumer-oriented projects, which extends to their …

A-FIB: Well, it all started at around 4 PM on Saturday, December 10, 2023. I went into A-FIB and I don't know why. Almost 3 days later on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at around 12:30 AM, I went back into normal heart Rhythm. I am glad I didn't have to go to the Emergency room and that I had my Samsung …

Thanksgiving 2023: Happy Thanksgiving 2023. I hope everyone gets stuffed. I was thinking what I am Thankful this year for. Well, my salvation, my Lord, my family and getting up every morning and having a job that pays me for my work. Other than that not much. 2023 has not been a very cheerful year for me. My family …

New Integrations:  WordPress has tied into Mastodon. So I am going to try that. Lets see if it works. Just another way where I can follow myself :). No seriously this seems big and another step away from Twitter.

Need to do better: I need to do better at blogging. Sometimes I forget or think no one wants to hear about this anyway. Even though it does make me feel better when I type/write things. An update since Hurricane Idalia. We came through relatively unscathed and it appears that we just might not have a major storm hit …

Hurricane Idalia:  Well, Hurricane Idalia has come and is still hanging around (at least the effects). Hopefully, in a day or two it will be completely gone. We fair much better than we did with Hurricane Ian last year. Hope everyone is staying dry, as we are continually trying to do.

The Chosen:  I have been watching the series on Amazon Prime Video The Chosen. I am at the beginning of the second season. It is a wonderfully done series. It may not be exactly 100 percent accurate but the message is 100 percent accurate and on point. If you haven't watched it you should. Can not recommend it …

Everytime: Every time I have a holiday off and take additional time off my sister and youngest niece causes a raucous for the whole family and ruins it. Only some of the things I wanted to accomplish during this time off have been done. I did watch the first season of Silo from Apple TV and it was good. I …

Nothing much going on: Like the title says nothing much is going on right now. I did cook my dad his favorite for him an early Father's Day gift. Other than that it has been working, home rinse, and repeat. Update on the car the right front wheel bearing was the issue. The car has been solid and working great since then. …

Busy week for the Mitchell family: I just got new tires, alignment and a front brake job last month. This month it is a right wheel hub with wheel bearings. This was not cheap, but since I am not automotive/mechanically incline I have to outsource this. I pick the car up tomorrow and will see if the problem is fix. I will know right …

Big News: I have been teasing some big news for this month. Here it is. I have sold my 15.15 acres in Paris, Tennessee. I didn't want to say anything until it was finalized. I only had 8 years to go on paying it off. But due to life circumstances living in Florida and it being 14-16 hour drive away I had not …

Saturday morning blues: I am currently spending an early, beautiful Saturday morning at Ford for vehicle maintenance. Wish the car could drive itself for this so I could sleep ☺️.

Network Upgrades: Today I spent almost the entire day upgrading my network cable in the attic and setting up for bringing a backup internet connection online. While upgrading the network, I thought I had Cat5e Cable in the attic. It turned out to be Cat 5 and my Dad and myself installed it in 1995 almost 30 years …

Google Pixel Tablet: I saw the Google Pixel Tablet yesterday and was intrigued. But, I am shy of their phones and will be staying away from them after being burned with the Google 6 Pro. Even when I used that thing, I wanted to throw it from the go with the stupid fingerprint sensor. Back to the tablet I can see use …

May 2023:  So far the beginning of May 2023 is starting off interesting. I will be able to expand on more as the month goes on as things get done. For now, I am tired and heading to bed for the night. I hope everyone had a great day.

Mondays: Lately, the start of the week starts early and ends late and I am tired throughout it all. With that in mind, have a great week, everyone.

Still Learning:  I have spent all day learning how to update my website myself. It has been interesting and I hope it is improving. I am learning that WordPress has a lot to offer. After I get this down I my learn and create a completely static website. Well, that is it for now and the most I have worked on my …

Trying to learn WordPress by trial and error: I am finally trying to learn WordPress I have had this website for a long time. WordPress has some interesting features but you know what it would be easier if they had sort learning videos from the company. I wish there was a full-feature free personal theme too. I so miss Microsoft Frontpage. I …

Easter: Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Easter is a time of great celebration for Christians all over the world. It marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God, after he was crucified on the cross for the sins of humanity. This event is the cornerstone of the Christian faith and is seen as a symbol of hope, love, and …

ChatGPT: I asked ChatGPT to compose a poem comparing the lives of Jesus Christ and Alexander the Great. This is what it wrote: Jesus and Alexander, two great names, Whose lives and legacies forever remain. One a king of men, the other King of Kings, Both with armies and power at their wings. Alexander …

Mitchelltribe.social Mastondon Server: Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know besides Twitter I am on Mastodon in two places. I am on Mastodon Pixelfed that is supposed to be an Instagram replacement. I haven't started to use that yet as I am still trying to figure that out. My main account is on mitchelltribe.social. I watched a …

Merry Christmas 2022:  I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Remember this is the season we celebrate the birth of Lord Jesus. I hope everyone has a great Christmas and has a great time.

Christmas and the end of the year fast approaching: Christmas 2023 is fast approaching and so is the end of 2022. 2022 has been a mixed bag for me. This year for some reason has just felt weird. I am not sure why and really can't put my finger on it. Some of the year felt like it was moving a glacier speed and some felt like it was moving at warp …

Happy Thanksgiving 2022: Happy Thanksgiving 2022 everyone. I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving on Thursday and gets like the bird stuffed. I am looking forward to the next few days as I relax and have some time away from work. Speaking of taking time from work. I am using it to get caught up on car maintenance. I spent …

Post Hurricane Ian: Hurricane Ian has come and gone. Being born and raised in Florida this is the worst Hurricane I have experienced and we did not take a direct hit. We lost power for almost 48 hours. This hurricane had the highest winds I have ever experienced and the rain when it fell was immense and intense as the …

Hurricane Ian is upon us: Hurricane Ian is upon us. It is a dreary day today with occasional bursts of wind. Work told us we would be closed for the next 2 days. So I had to use my own Paid Time Off but that is ok I have plenty. I expect the weather will get worse later on today once the storm finally either goes north or …

The State of Things at Large: I have been wanting to type this post for a while. I am just frustrated with how things are right now as in society at large. Inflation and what will likely be a recession next year and where have all the people gone. I know we lost about a million people that died directly or indirectly from the …

First Hurricane Threat of the season: Well it seems that we have our first hurricane threat of the season. Hopefully we will dodge a bullet but we will have to wait and see. As far as me, I got my Covid-19 Bivalent booster shot and thought it would explode my heart. I went into A-Fib the first time that has happened in several years. I …

Happy 2022: Happy New Year and let’s hope 2022 is better. 2021 was a terrible year for me compared to 2020 believe it or not. Even though 2020 was the start of Pandemic it was a better year for me personally. As far as New Year’s resolutions I don’t do that but would like to read more this …

Merry Christmas Eve!:  Merry Christmas Eve to everyone! I hope everyone has a great day and remember the real celebration is tomorrow. It is a birthday celebration of OUR LORD and Savior Jesus. Without him everlasting life would be impossible. May everyone have a great, Merry and Blessed Christmas tomorrow.

My new computer: Well, it finally happened. I had to get a new computer. My old computer an Alienware Aurora R5 was on it's last leg. It had several problems and I was really worried it was going to give out. Now, I wanted a new computer with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with a NVIDIA RTX 3080 with all the trimmings. But …

Shortages Shortages and more shortages: This is the first time in my 52 years alive that I can remember everything and anything you want being on shortage. I am not just talking the latest tech, but yea I haven't been able to buy a new computer as there are shortages of components and the prices are way out of whack. I am talking food …

Pixel 6 Pro prelimiary review: I got the Google Pixel 6 Pro pre-launch as they were giving away free Pixel Buds and with everything in short supply now days I went ahead and got it. It arrived yesterday. So far, my biggest thing is that I wish Google would figure out a way I can say hi you know how I have the present phone set up …

Pixel 6 Pro:  I have been reading and looking at the new Google Pixel 6 Pro and I like what I see. I will probably not buy on launch but probably by the end of the year. I have loved all my past Pixel's. Can't wait to see the Pixel 6's.

20 years: I just realized I have been on Blogger for 20 years. I started in 2001 blogging. I am not a prolific blogger. But I try to keep typing a way. I was just amazed when I saw it has been 20 years. Blogger hasn't really changed that much. I do keep wishing I could have a desktop app to load more. I am a …

Things:  Things never stay the same like I want. I want all my tabs and settings and extensions on all my devices look like my main system unless I opt out that machine. Same with Onedrive and other services that sync things. They never say follow this template unless item or machine is opted out.

First Tropical Storm/Hurricane of the year:  Well, we will be experiencing our first Tropical Storm/Hurricane of the year, Elsa. It should be rather tame alot of rain and some wind, but Florida should be able to bare it. Hopefully this will be the worst of the season. Stay safe and stay dry if you can everyone.

4th of July 2021: Happy 4th of July 2021 to everyone. Hope everyone has a safe and Happy 4th of July. This year we are seeing the World rebound from hopefully once in a lifetime Pandemic. During this time my normal TV viewing habits have changed and I find myself watching less newer TV shows and series and more old …

What if?: What if you won the lottery? I always think this. I imagine depending on how much I won where I would live. Hawaii, French Polynesia, Corfu, or Crete. That is my shortlist. Each has its pros and cons. I lean toward Hawaii as it is part of the United States does not require a passport and the people …

Just thinking: I was just thinking I haven't posted in a long time. Nothing really worth posting. Other than I have gotten my Covid-19 vaccine, both does of the Pfizer. I have also been thinking lately about how I have been watching more oldie TV. I find the shows comforting and better than some of the junk they …

New Year's 2021:  Happy New Year! My first post of this year. It is after midnight and I am still up because we have fireworks going off all around us. I guess the neighbors shooting off fireworks thanks it good to keep going into the wee morning hours. Well, hopefully this will be it. Lets hope this is a great …

Last Post of 2020: Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Let's pray the Lord will Bless us all in 2021. My Mom and I were talking today. For our Family, other than my father losing his job this year, 2020 was not that bad of a year for our Family. We all had relatively good health and did not get COVID-19. So this year …

Merry Christmas!:  Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday King Jesus! Without you eternal life is not possible. Thank you for all you have done, are doing and will do. Enjoy your day everyone.

A sad day:  Christmas Eve is a sad day for me. I dropped my Pixel 4XL and the front screen has cracked. It is moderate and the phone functions. So I will have to spend the money and get it fixed 😞. Especially since I have at least another year.

Merry Christmas Eve!:  Merry Christmas Eve to everyone! Hope everyone is doing great. My family is doing as good as can be expected in light of everything. We are all COVID free which is great. Just wanted to remind everyone to keep in mind The Reason for the Season the birth of Our King Jesus. So while you celebrate and …

Season Finale's: I have to say Disney+ is a hit and the Series The Mandalorian is great. I just watched the Season 2 Finale and it was 9 out of 10. Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni should have been handed the keys to the Star Wars Universe. They have the best handle on the Star Wars Canon and tying all the Star Wars …

Post Haircut:  Here is my hair post haircut. I feel lighter and it is cooler. The barber is great! I still didn't feel safe too many people in there this time but we all had mask on, so I think it will be OK. We stated away from each other.

Pandemic Hair:  This is the longest and most out of control my hair has ever been. This is my pandemic Covid-19 hair. I will hopefully be getting a hair cut on Monday after work. It is way too hot for this long hair. 

Clothing Makers: Attention all clothing makers. When making shirt short sleeve or long sleeve, how about a pocket for men just one. I just it for my cell phone. That is all and Thank you!

Been a long time: It has been a long time since I post a blog. I really have just been working and trying to keep my sanity with the political theater lately. I have voted and it has been turned in and can't wait for the election to be over. I am also looking forward to Thanksgiving week. I will be off 4 out of the 5 …

Our Last Dog is Gone!: Petals are last dog would have turned 16 years in October of this year. We had to put her to sleep today as she was suffering from some kind of medical problem (either tumor or stroke). She was a great dog and was always happy to see anyone of us.

Enjoying Time Off: I have been off the last 3 days and have been relaxed. I have 4 days left. Wish it could be more, but atlast I cannot afford it.

Coronavirus Family Update Status: My family and I have been doing fine. We have not been sick other than I have a minor sinus infection. But again none of us have been tested so we don’t know if we are carriers. We try to keep away from everyone and only go out for work or the grocery store. I wish there was reliable testing …

Thank you: Thank you to all of you that have wished me Birthday wishes for my 51st Birthday. I can’t say it was much of a celebration in the light of being in a pandemic. But, the wishes were great and I wanted to thank you all. Thanks to my mother for one of my favorite dinners and the red velvet cake. …

End of an era: It is the end of an Era for the Mitchell Tribe as I have sold the Inverness Property I inherited from my Grandmother. I tried to hold onto it until I could fix it and improve the land with a new trailer but after 12 years and money lost I sold it. I remember spending my summers up there with my …

Wuhan China Virus (COVID19): Well, I hope everyone is doing great and keeping their social distance and washing their hands. The Wuhan China Virus is teaching us a lot as a Nation and People. Here is what I am learning so far. 1. Our Internet Infrastructure is not adequate if a majority of people are working from home. Congress …

Broadband in America: I have been thinking lately about a lot of things broadband related. If telecom and cable companies don’t start investing in building out high-speed internet they are going to lose. When Starlink and OneWeb and even if Kuiper gets up and running they are going to lose a good portion of there …

Welcome 2020: Welcome 2020 be kind to us and thank you Lord Almighty for another year in your presence.

Good Bye 2019: This will be my last entry for 2019, my 50th year on this Earth. This year has been a much better year than the last few in many ways and worse in some ways. Overall, I will say I did not mind this year. Not sure how 2020 will turn out for me, but I am hoping it will build on the positive things …

Google Thank You!: Google Thank you for completing RCS! You did it. Now just add encryption, but thank you!!!!

Season 2 of Lost in Space: I watched Season 2 of the New Lost in Space from Netflix. This is the greatest show Netflix has. It was outstanding. I can’t wait for Season 3 and hope I don’t have to wait another year. Netflix get to work or sell it to Disney Plus.

OK Google are you listening!: Google should shun the Carriers and just build or turn on their own RCS services and make a bold announcement about it. Then bypass the Carriers and bake in encryption and just make a true competitor and Android version of iMessages. It is time Google. OK, Google are you listening! Do it and show …

RCS Google now is the time!: Google now is the time to go full speed ahead and take RCS into your own hands and out of the carriers. You want to be Apple-like when it comes to phones well that includes RCS messaging. Bypass the Carriers and do it yourself like Apple does. This way it is own your own Phones by default and …

Google Please!!!!: Google the Pixel 4 disappoints. Please listen for the survival of the Pixel line. No, I don’t have the Pixel 4 nor do I want one. Why? No fingerprint reader. Face unlock/ID might be just as secure, but it is not 100 percent reliable. No FM chip. I know that streaming is your bread and butter …

Retirement: My permanent retirement is still a little ways off. Just wondering where I should retire. I have pluses and minuses for each one. Thinking of the list below. Does anyone have any thoughts and suggestions? My retirement will be mostly Social Security and will need my money to last, high-speed …

Microsoft's Surface Event: The highlight of this week was watching the Microsoft Surface Event. I liked and wanting everything they announced. My wallet says no and that is the final word. My head says get get get! I plan on waiting to see the reviews and hope that next year will be a better year financially so that I can …

Please Netflix: Please, Netflix you don’t have to add sex to every episode of TV Series. The storyline is strong enough without it and I personally don’t want to see it. Respect the storyline and people’s modesty.

Americans are stressed beyond belief in my opinion: Everywhere I go lately service is terrible. I went to CVS today to pick up my prescription which was only 7 pills for 15 dollars. I get home and look in the bottle and I have only 6 pills. So I called CVS they will have the other one ready for me. I am not making an extra trip until Monday after …

iPhone 11: Saw the Apple keynote yesterday. Was not impressed with anything except the new Apple Watch Series 5. I did like the new colors for the phone especially that midnight green. However, the new phones are not that inspiring. I like my Google Pixel 3. Let’s see what Google comes up with as I have …

Doctor's Visit today: Went to my Primary Care doctor. Have a lot of medical issues trying to work through them one at a time. But doesn’t help when a staff member sends you home with somebody else’s paperwork. Now, who has mine if anyone. Been a long week glad it is almost over. I need about a month off.

18 Years Ago: Do you remember where you were when 9/11 attacks occurred? I do. I was in traffic court in Plant City, Florida.I had just left when my mother called me to tell me about the first plane and then while I was on the phone with her she watched the second plane fly into the Tower. That whole day was a …

Back to work: Back to work tomorrow. It was a relaxing weekend, except for the leg cramps I had every night that I was sleeping. I played video games but not as much as I hoped. I was tired and decided to just relax. I did finally get to start Season 7 of The Walton’s. This month and next month will be a …

Hurricane Dorian: Praying for all the people in the path of Dorian. Cat 5 Hurricane.

Not enough time: I have a head full of ideas but not enough time to accomplish them or the strength. Wishing everyone a great Labor Day.

Weathermen: I think weathermen need to stop relying on computers so much. They have no idea what Dorian is going to do except the next few hours.

Labor Day 2019: Labor Day weekend 2019 is off to a good start. Got my oil change on my car and got most of my electronics updated and charged. Hurricane Dorian is going to miss us and I won’t have to use extra vacation time next week. I am in season 6 out of 9 of the Walton’s. The only bad news is I …

Happening Now: Happening now, stress and tension. Just when I thought everything was going great. The economy wants to tank. I am planning to be debt-free in just six more years if the economy holds it together. On a happier note, I finished The Durrell’s of Corfu and loved it. I am still watching The …

Want to visit Corfu: I really would like to visit Corfu Greece. I think I am going to start a Visit Corfu Savings Fund should be full in about 10 years 😀. I am hoping it turns out I really like the place as it may be a contender for retirement. 

Just thinking: Lately, I have been just thinking about moving out of the City the more and more I watch the Waltons. High-Speed internet for rural America, PLEASE!

Old TV Shows: I find myself watching more old TV shows lately. I have recently started to watch The Waltons. I remember them when I was growing up, but it was not the main show. I have really enjoyed watching Season 1 on Amazon Prime. I have been enjoying watching old shows on Over the Air TV shows like All in …

Cloud Computing: have been thinking a lot lately about how everything is or wants to go to the cloud. I think the only thing that should be in the cloud for sure is back up. Otherwise, I prefer to have everything locally. I know that companies are pushing us to the cloud/remote storage for subscription fees and …

End of April: April is coming to a close and this has been one of the better ones for me. I turned 50 and they had a surprise party for me at work. The only thing that has not changed and makes me sad is my finances. Gratefully, I only have 3 more years until this new car is paid off and my money problems should …

April 2019: April is my favorite month, but for the last few years it has been my worst as far as life itself. I have been sick the last few April’s in the beginning. Just want this year to be better and so far it is ok as I am not sick. I used to be able to take the whole month off and would. For the last 10 …

Cloud Computing and Cloud Platforms: I watched Google Stadia announcement today. I think this is a great idea but it suffers from one major drawback. Internet connections. A lot of people do not have high-speed internet and it is getting worse. If you do have high-speed internet, some people have data caps (which is ridiculous for a …

2018 Tax Return: Don’t know what all the fuss is about. I got back about 150 dollars less than less year, but have made more than that with the small increase in bi-weekly pay check. Taxes are taxes. I probably should make sure I zero out each year, but I use it as an emergency fund. I have also been sick. Sickest I …

2019 off to dud: Hello All, I am trying to blog more, but I just don’t have it in me lately. I have been so tired. I think it is my medication for my heart. There is nothing I can do though. I want to learn WordPress to update and move my website to that. I am also trying to get a loyalty discount from my webhost. I …

Happy New Year! 2019: Bye 2018 you were not that great. I lost my best friend Bella (my cat). Hopefully, 2019 will be better all around. This is will be my 50th year on this Earth and my 10th year at Moffitt. Hoping and Praying everyone else 2019 is 2 steps forward and no steps back. Cheers!

One of the few last post for 2018. This year has been a mixed bag of good and bad. I am hoping that 2019 will be better. On the financial front it is still a mixed bag too. Once my car is paid off I will be in a much better position. Cautiously looking forward to 2019 and what it will bring. Merry …

Bella, my cat: Bella, my cat was hit by a car this morning sometime around 5AM to 6AM. She died instantly. I will miss her so much and already miss her. I remember the day she just showed up to our house. She picked me to love like she did. I loved her so much. She had 2 litters of kittens while she was here. I …

What is going on with Corporations: Well, this is going to be a rant. First Ford is dropping sedans, which the Fusion, the one car I love and have bought new in the last couple of years will stop being made in 2019. Admittedly I would have had to buy a new car anyways since my last car died. I didn’t have to go with Ford, I went …

New Lost In Space: I am loving this new Lost In Space. Good job Netflix.

Just nothing New: Nothing new going on. Did binge watch "The Gifted" TV first season and loved it. Glad that it got renewed. Watching the new Star Trek Series Discovery. So far so good.

Our New Year's 2018 dinner.:  via Instagram

2018: This is my first post in 2018. I can’t say that I will miss 2017. Looking forward to a better year than I just left. 2017 was not a great year for me in so many areas. I am praying that 2018 will be much better. Happy New Year everyone!

Wondering what the New Year will bring: Hello everyone just wondering what the New Year will bring. Hopefully better than this year. Praying my sister situation improves more than mine.

Mom at my dad's company pinic.:  via Instagram

Hurricane Irma: Hurricane Irma came to visit today, here in Brandon, FL. As I type we are still experiencing it. It is getting worse, but not as bad as predicted. Thank you Lord. If it had been as bad as predicted who knows what may have happen. The State gave us almost no warning time if we wanted to evacuate, …

Our neighborhood hawk.:  via Instagram

One of the prettier rainbows I have seen. God's remainder of no more floods like the one in Noah's time.:  via Instagram

Hoping: Lots of stuff happening at work. Lots of changes with people not processes. Hoping it works itself out.

Nothing new: Nothing new lately. Just the same ole same.

My Birthday Yesterday!: I turned 48 yesterday. First, I want to think all of my family and friends for the great birthday wishes. Though no fault of theirs or anyone else it was probably the worst or at least in the top 3 worst of birthday’s. I was sick I have been sick for almost 5 days. I believe it is a virus some …

Happy New Year! Let’s hope and Pray that 2017 will be a much better year all the way around. Lots to look forward too!

End of 2016: Well, this will be my last post for 2016. What a year. It was rough and different. Rough because of my continuing heart problems. Different because I was able to get a new car. Let’s hope I can keep up with the payments in 2017. I really love it. My job seems to be going well and hopefully …

Cyroablation for my A-Fib: I had Cyroablation for my A-Fib after having another hospitalization in September of this year. I was at the end of the road for medicine. I had a top rated Cardio surgeon. The actual operation on my heart was a success. My heart is giving me no problem. I did wake up and it felt like it was on …

via Instagram

My dad schmoozing as normal.:  via Instagram

New Car: Well, it has been a weird year so far. My 2004 Dodge Durango gave out (blown head gasket, I think). So, like my brother, sister and sister-in-law, I got a new car (I had too). I got a 2016 Ford Fusion SE and love it. I has so many gadgets on it I am still learning what the car can do. Work is …

Bella my cat, sleeping.:  via Instagram

Bella relaxing on my chest with tongue out.:  via Instagram

Me on a beautiful Saturday:  via Instagram

Vacation day fun at home💭:  via Instagram

Vacation coming to a close: My vacation is over after tomorrow. I will miss the peace and quiet. I had a good time off and just relaxing. Hopefully, I will learn this Wordpress so that I can customize my website and finally get it running.

My niece and nephew. April 4, 2016.:  via Instagram

My 47th birthday selfie.:  via Instagram

Today I took a closer step to getting half way to 100. I am 47 today. Amazing!!! Thank you Lord!: Embed code not available from Twitter [twitter.com/MLM361](https://twitter.com/MLM361)

My birthday: Well tomorrow I get a little older. Not sure I am ready for it. 🎂

New Era for my phone communications: Well my Windows Phone 8 is replaced after 3 years thing Microsoft would build the platform. I now have an Android LG G5 and love it.

January is over: Hope everyone is doing great. I have been ok. However, the last couple of weeks, I have suffered to A-Fib events. The first one last just over an hour. I had one last night for almost 4 hours. They medicine works it just doesn’t seem to be lasting a full 12 hours. I am going to have to go back to …

Happy New Year of 2016: Hello Everyone, I hope everyone had a Great Christmas. I did. I praying 2016 is a great year for everyone!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

It was a Great Christmas: Merry Christmas everyone. Today was one of the best Christmas’ I have had in a long time. We had lasagna for Christmas dinner. My family came over. I received wonderful presents. Hope everyone else had a beautiful Christmas too.

Momma Christmas 2015:  via Instagram

My Mom and Niece Alexus Christmas 2015:  via Instagram

Alexus, Christmas 2015:  via Instagram

Taylor Christmas 2015:  via Instagram

My Nephew Maxwell, Christmas 2015:  via Instagram

Happy Birthday!!: Today is it. Today is the birthday of Our Savior, Jesus Christ! Without him we would not have be alive forever. Remember the reason for the Season, Jesus! Merry Christmas, Jesus! Thank you for all you did especially for me and everyone else. Without you I would not have everlasting life.

Remember:  Hello All, Like I have been promising I am trying to blog more. Remember tomorrow is Christmas! The day we celebrate the birth of Jesus, our Savior. Please remember that and Merry Christmas everyone.

Inverness Property: Merry Christmas everyone! I was hoping to announce that I had sold the property I inherited up in Inverness, Florida. However, the buyer backed out. There is still an issue with the contract that I can not really explain anymore on as of yet. However, I will say that this has been a really negative …

Have a Merry Christmas!: Hello all, I know I haven’t blogged in a long time or even updated my website. I am finding it hard to learn a new web design system. Blogging no excuse. But the main purpose of this blog is to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Remember the reason for the season, Jesus. Merry Christmas!!!! Quote of …

We are down to Four: My little dear sweet Katie died today 11/06/2015. She was hit by a car around 700 AM. She was so sweet and my favorite along with her mother. She always loved me and always wanted to be around me. I will greatly miss her. She was so gentle. We have one left out of the second litter, Junior. We don’t …

Just Released from St. Joseph’s Hospital: Hello All, I was in the hospital for 3 days this week. I had my first ambulance ride to the hospital. I suffered A-Fib. The first time, I really felt bad where I was worried. They were able to stop the A-Fib and put me on medication. At least it WAS NOT a heart attack or a stoke. Thanks to my …

Not much up!: Well, not much has been up lately. I have been working. No classes because I didn’t get education assistance from work this semester. However, that is ok because I need a little break. I have been reading a lot more lately and actually have been enjoying it. Unlike if I had classes and reading for …

Happy Birthday America!: Happy Birthday America! 239 years old and I am celebrating by playing World of Warships. Love that game. Quote of the Day: It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. --Herman Melville Psalm 33:12“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his …

Finally an update: I need to start blogging more. Lately, I fine myself in one thing or another. I want to start reading more. But, I am afraid both things will have to wait until a Summer class I might be taking. Just a quick update. Everything is fine. Except money wise. I am short there as always. Work is going …

Almost Easter and that means vacation time: It is almost Easter once again. I like to take my vacation time this time of the year. It coincides with a lot of other things. As far as work, my new position will cause me to come back to work the day after Easter. I generally like to be off on this day, but the timing makes it necessary for me to …

Merry Christmas 2014: It is Christmas time again. Remember the Reason for the Season and today. Happy Birthday, JESUS! Isaiah 9:6“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” …

New TV Shows for 2014: Well, I watched several of the new series. I do not like Red Band Society. I hope this one gets canceled. Gotham another one I don’t see surviving, although it was ok. I did like the new ABC Series Forever. As far as returning favorites, I think Sleepy Hallow is ok. I think CBS has the strongest …

This week: This week is a busy week. Working overtime every night except Friday night. Why not Friday night. Because we have our inventory at work on Saturday night. So, I will be at work on Saturday night. Quote of the Day: All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. --Jean de La Bruyère …

Weather outside: The weather outside is horrible right now. It is coming down cats and dogs. Also, I am sorry I have not updated the website. I am working on some strategies, but so far I am coming up on a black as to which program and language to use. I loved Frontpage. I wished Microsoft would not have stopped it …

More Cats: I know it has been a while since I last posted. No excuses. However, since the last post, we now have 2 dogs, 2 cats and 3 kittens. The kittens are ready to go if someone wants them and my sister has 5 kittens ready to go. Other than that work is going fine and I am doing ok. Just poor and broke. …

Cat: Just as the kittens died, this showed up. We have named him Fred and he has taken up residence here.

Kitten update: Well, we started out with 5 kittens. We are now down to 1 kitten and she is doing great. She went to the Vet for a check up due to a possible UTI. The Vet says little L is doing fine and that we are doing everything right. Unfortunately, the other four just didn’t make it. By the way L will be 2 …

Kittens!: A stray cat had kittens in our yard then abandoned them. There were 5 total. So, we have been trying to take care of them. Unfortunately, two died one today and one yesterday. But, three are surviving and seemed to be doing good. Hopefully they will survive they are very cute and I think I will keep …

It’s Official: It’s Official, the first full week of Fall classes has begun. I am only taking one class because taking more than one, drives me nuts working full time. Also, as soon as I decide on a new website design program, as all of my Microsoft Website design software is now obsolete, I will update my …

Classes start soon!: At the end of this month, thanks to my company, I will be back in class. I am definitely taking one course. I might increase that to two. We will see. Quote of the Day: Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive. --George A. Knight 1 Samuel 16:7“But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not …

Website: Hello all, I know it has been a while and one of the things I want to work on is blogging more for the rest of the year. The website my not be updated for a while as I am exploring different software options. But as I do update it I will keep you all updated. Quote of the Day: We need not all agree, …

Taco has died tonight.: My Dear Taco was put to sleep tonight. It was not planned. He started having seizures and they would not stop for almost an hour and a half. I could not see him suffer and the Emergency Vet stated it was for the best. He never did recover. I will miss him greatly. I lost Henry almost two years ago …

Tough Times at work over for now: Well, it has been tough at work lately. I have been working rare overtime to get the yearly inventory done and we finally finished last night. My batteries are still drained and I have to work through this week with only a little juice left. But, at least it will be back to normal routines and I get …

Hearth Catheterization: My procedure was done on Friday morning. I received good news, but still have many questions. No blockages were found. But, I still have my chest tightness, light headiness and short of breathiness from HCM. So, hopefully the doctor will have more for me when I go back for the follow-up. One good …

Easter 2013: Remember tomorrow when you are taking a moment before eating Easter dinner, that two thousand and thirteen years ago Jesus was born. One thousand, nine hundred and eighty years as of Friday, that Jesus died an extricating death on a wooden splintered filled Cross, paid our account in full from the …

What’s been going on!: Well, I was hoping that this year would be better than next. So far it has been a mixed bag. I was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Then I had a nuclear stress test done. It was discovered that the bottom right of my right is not receiving enough blood or oxygen when under stress. …

Merry Christmas and Christmas Eve: Merry Christmas and Christmas Eve to all my family, friends and everyone else. I will be working tomorrow morning and wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas tonight. Remember Jesus birthday is the reason for tomorrow! Quote of the Day: Light travels faster than sound so some people appear bright …

It figures: I just can't believe Hostess goes out of business and then give their execs pay raises. I can understand why the workers did not approve any deal. The workers sacrifice but not the upper management. Quote of the Day: A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down …

Happy Thanksgiving!: To all my Family and friends. I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. Let’s get stuffed for like the bird. Enjoy and remember this is the best time of the year. I am thankful for some many things. I thank God every day for what he has given me and I look forward to what is to come. I have …

Class is almost out: Well class is almost out. I only took one this semester. Next semester is going to be a killer. I will have three next year. But, this one class was an intro to art course. It was an online course and I have to say one of the best organized ones I have taken. The content was fresh, worked all the …

Still working and keeping busy: Still working and keeping busy. I did have a little time to catch up on Kitchen Nightmare’s yesterday. I don’t understand these people they know they are in trouble and then Gordon Ramsey comes in tells them what is wrong and they act like nothing is that it is Gordon Ramsey that is wrong. Still …

New Adventure tomorrow: Well, for my Introduction to Arts class I am going to the Tampa Museum. This will be my first time there. I am going when it is free. Also, I get to renew my concealed weapons permit tomorrow. That is not free unfortunately. Then my mom and me are going to dinner. On a different note. I know that …

Sorry…: Sorry I haven’t blogged in a long time or updated my website. I started classes this month and between that and work I have been extremely busy. I am going to try to get to the website later on this month. Well, as far as anything new. I had to give up cable and went back to over the air. I like not …

Here is a short video: Here is a short video I shot at Alexus’ birthday party. Alexus blowing out here birthday candles! Quote of the Day: If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car payments. --Earl Wilson Psalm 119:30“I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.” …

My little Nephew and buddy Max: Here is Max sporting his Green Lantern gear. Max in Green Lantern Gear VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Quote of the Day: If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car payments. --Earl Wilson Psalm 119:30“I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.” …

My Niece’s Birthday: My Niece’s Birthday! She turned 15! I hope you enjoyed it Alexus. Have fun seeing your dad. Alexus 15th Birthday Party at Beef's O' Brady VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Quote of the Day: If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car payments. --Earl Wilson Psalm 119:30“I have …

Just watched a movie: Just watched the War Horse. It was a very very good movie 5 out of 5 stars. Back to the grind tomorrow. Thankfully, it is a short week. Quote of the Day: Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence. --Hans Christian Andersen Romans 1:16“For I am not ashamed of …

News Update!: A lot has happened since the start of the year. I haven’t talked about it much, but I am now. I will be cutting my phone and cable service in the next two weeks. I have had to endure several pay cuts in the last few months. Work has had to lay off more than 200 people because of this IMPROVING …

Sick Sick Sick: Well, I have caught a cold from someone at work. Which is going to cost me a day of work. I woke up at 1 AM and by 3AM I could not take it anymore. I drove to CVS for something for my sore throat. I am miserable right now. Quote of the Day: Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to …

Read all about it! News! News! News!: Well sorry I haven’t blogged in a while. But, between school and work I have been busy. The semester has ended and I earned a B in my Technical Writing Class and a B- in my IT Concepts course. Work has been going poorly. My position was cut. However, they were able to keep me and move me from the …

It’s my Birthday!: Well, today I turned 43. Don’t feel older. Feel the same way I was when I was 42 or even 35. Hope everyone has a great day. It is hot and sunny here in Florida. Quote of the Day: It takes a steady hand to carry a full cup. --Anonymous Ephesians 1:7“In him we have redemption through his blood, the …

I remember this day!: I remember this day. I was in high school and heard the announcement over the loud speaker. 2 Timothy 1:9“He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,” …

Powerful message and movie: You have to watch this. This is God working in a powerful way. Be careful, some disturbing images but nothing but the truth. Quote of the Day: If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. --Francis Roberts Proverbs 21:21“Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and …

I am back for another semester: I started the Spring Semester last week. So far, so good. Let’s hope this Spring session flies. Some positives. My first “IT” class I am doing quite well. Also, taking technical writing. So far good. Let’s hope both stay this way. Can’t wait until April. I take my vacation and classes in the end of …

Watch some new DVD’s this weekend: I watched The Eagle, X-men First Class. Both were excellent movies.

Happy Birthday Mom!: It is my Mom’s birthday. Love you Momma!

Christmas Eve: Tomorrow we celebrate the birth of Jesus the Universe’s only true King. I can not help but reflect on what happened to me this week. I have been talking to a lady at work. She is a Jehovah Witness. They actually believe that Jesus is the son of God an actual son not God become human. They also …

Happy Thanksgiving!: I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving! This is kind of a bitter sweet one for me. This will be the first since my little buddy Henry passed away. I still hurt even after two weeks without him. He was such a loyal little guy. So, I just wanted to tell everyone to enjoy their Thanksgiving. We have …

My Beloved Henry Mitchell is Gone!: My loyal faithful dog Henry died today at approximately 11:00 AM. Henry had been in pain for the last six months, so today he is no longer in pain. I will greatly miss him he has been with me almost 15 years. His birthday would have been December 8. Colossians 1:9“For this reason, since the day we …

Dec 2, 2011 fast approaching: Cannot wait for this date. It will be the date I am finally finished with my first semester back. I have neglected a lot of things the last few months between work and school. But, it has paid off. I have A’s in both classes so far. Although, I think my ultimate score in English Composition 2 will …

I know, I know: I know it has been a long time since I updated my website. But, hopefully by the end of the month I can get to it. I just have been very busy with work and classes. Hopefully, next weekend I will finally have some time. I have a four day weekend next week. Hope everyone is doing great! Quote of the …

I saw this yesterday Incredible!: Well done, State Farm. As a customer, I’d like to say this was done with class. State Farm 9/11 tribute commercial

Work?: Don’t want to go to work today. Long week ahead….

What’s been happening?: What’s been happening lately? Well, a lot. I have been busy at work and college. I am only taking two classes this semester. But, it feels like a second job. I am constantly doing something for my English class and trying to squeeze in my Environmental Science class. I was going to take three …

Learning: Been up to reading and studying my Bible more and more each day. Just but the Word of the Promise (NKJV) read aloud which is a great way to supplement learning the Bible. Hope everyone is doing great. Been working a lot lately and studying. Classes are going to start for me on August 22, 2011. I …

End of an Era: With the launch of the last shuttle today it is an end to an era. I remember when I was a teenager seeing them test the Enterprise and then launching all the shuttles. I never got to go see a shuttle launch in person. However, from Tampa on many occasion I could step outside and it was just a few …

Well it has been a month of Birthday Celebrations: Here are a few pictures from my nephew and niece's Birthday celebrations, I attended this month. Happy 7th Birthday to Taylor and Landon. Quote of the Day: The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong. --Antiphanes, ancient Greek dramatist Jeremiah 23:24“Who can hide in secret places so …

Political System: Our political system needs major reform. I can not believe we let these politicians get away with almost literally murder. Quote of the Day: To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. --Theodore Roosevelt Mark 8:36“What good is it for someone to gain the whole …

Work, Work and more work: That is all that I seem to do nowadays. I thought when I left one job, via retiring and took another I would be working less. Not so. Only one good thing has happened. Once, I am done for the day. I am done. Don’t have to be worried about being called in or coming in on my day off. Speaking of …

Hope everyone is well: Hope everyone is well. I have been busy lately. Since, returning from vacation, I have been trying to catch up from work. Plus, I have been busy getting everything ready for me to start back to USF this fall. Here is a picture with my niece and nephew at Easter Dinner. Take care everyone and keep in …

Christ Lives: Remember Christ Lives, always has and always will.

Thanks for all the Birthday Wishes: Thanks to everyone for the Birthday wishes! 42 wow what an age. So many memories and so more to see and experience. Thanks Jesus, my Lord, for another year! Quote of the Day: Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. --Mark Twain Ephesians 1:7“In him we have redemption …

Looking forward to the next two weeks: Looking forward to the next two weeks to be over. Then I start my much need time off. Not going anywhere other than maybe to Inverness to check on that piece of property and put it up for sale. Other than that nothing new going on. Just trying to get all my ducks in a row so that I may be able to …

Looking forward to my staycation: Well, it’s almost here. I finally get to take some much needed time off. I am so looking forward to April 1st. But, next week will be trying. I work six days in a row next week. But, at least one will be all much needed overtime. Quote of the Day: Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when …

This is a great vantage point!: This is a great vantage point to see the last Space Shuttle Discovery launch. I’m glad this guy recorded it. Great capture from an airplane! Quote of the Day: I was so hungry I could have eaten a horse. But only pigs were available. —Anonymous 1 John 3:18 “Dear children, let us not love with words …

Remembering August 31, 2005: This was my first trip and first look at my now owned property in Paris, Tennessee. The video is really about an hour long. However, this is the first 13 minutes. This was also my first time using this video camera. I just learned how to import the video into my computer and was quite amazed how …

The dogs being lazy video: Here is the video I told about in the last post. I thought it was funny this morning. Dogs being lazy!

A great day!: Today has been a great day for me. I have gotten a lot done and the weather has been amazing. I even caught the dogs being lazy today. I took a video of them. I will post it up next. Quote of the Day: I not only use all the brains I have but all that I can borrow. --Thomas Woodrow Wilson Ephesians …

Update on 2011: So far 2011 has not been what I expected. It has been very bad financially mostly. I feel the brink my come this year. On a brighter note for this year, I have cleared a lot of junk out of my life and house. Quote of the Day: Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image. --Johann …

Welcome 2011: Well, it is another year. I pray this one is a lot better than last year. I was reflecting last night how if I was still in law enforcement, I would have only 4 years to go to full retirement. However, I don’t know if I would have lived longer than 5 years after that. I would probably be about 250 …

Merry Christmas!: Merry Christmas to everyone. Remember it is Jesus birthday and remember the gift he gave us (eternal life). Have fun and enjoy yourselves. I will be sleeping after a long night at work. Quote of the Day: If you’re looking for friends when you need them…it’s too late. --Mark Twain Luke 2:16-20“So …

Update on my right eye: I went to the Eye doctor on December 17, 2010 for a follow-up. As I reported on my Twitter account, the Xalatan is working and the pressure in my right is has dropped from 29 to 16.

Merry Christmas Week: It is almost Christmas! That is the good news as we celebrate our Lord, Jesus, birthday. The bad news is a work all the way to Christmas and not off until Christmas day at 7AM. Quote of the Day: An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly …

Website Updated for December 2010: My website has been updated for December 2010. Take a look. Quote of the Day: There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it. --William James John 10:7, 9-10“Therefore Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. I am the gate; whoever enters through …

Another amazing Video: Very talented! Very creative. I don’t know where these people have these creative wells at. Quote of the Day: Act as if it were impossible to fail. --Dorothea Brande John 8:12“[The Validity of Jesus’ Testimony] When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever …

I found this video: This video is also good. I tell you I don’t know how people become this creative. Hope he has found work from this! Quote of the Day: At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter. --Benjamin Franklin John 6:35“Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will …

This Acapella Group is Good!: I saw this on Yahoo! and watched the video it was very good. Hope you enjoy! This was good! Quote of the Day: At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter. --Benjamin Franklin John 6:35“Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he …

Bad News: Got some bad news today. First of all, I had my annual eye exam which was good, because it caught the pressure in my right eye which was 29 and the eye doctor has started me on glaucoma medication. No nerve damage and my left eye is completely normal. I go back in two weeks to get my pressure …

Favorite time of the year: This is my favorite time of the year. I have two this one from Thanksgiving to the Day after Christmas and the other time of the year that is my favorite is the last week in March until the second week in May. Hope everyone is looking forward to Thanksgiving. I know I am. Even though I will not be …

Website and Blog Page Updated!: Just wanted to let everyone know that my website and blog page have finally been updated. Quote of the Day: To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting. --Eric Maisil 2 Timothy 3:16-17“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for …

Glee: I like watching Glee for the talent. I don’t always like the song selection like the Britney Spears or Madonna shows. But, I do like the cast and some of them have great voices. I like this duet that Finn and Rachel did on the last episode. Here is a Youtube of it. Glee snipnet from the episode …

Having a Shaw Family Reunion today: We are having a Shaw Family reunion today at my Aunt’s house today in Lakeland. Shaw side is my Grandmother’s side. Never had one on the Mitchell side before. No nothing of the Mitchell’s except my immediate family and what I have learned on the dead one’s while doing a little Genealogy. Will post …

Finally got around to this!: Well, I finally got around to downloading this from my video recorder. Here is a short video of my Mom and Me at the musical Wicked! This is pre-opening and shot from our nose-bleed seats. We had a good time though. After my Mom stopped thinking we would fall. Mom and Me at the Musical Wicked. Tampa …

Complaining Neighbor: My Neighbor always complains and has reported me to Animal Control a couple of times because my dogs back in my own back yard in the day time. At night they are in the house. However, I bought a bark collar for them and they rarely are not wearing them when outside because of him. He even accused my …

One of my main men!: One of my main men/bud getting ready to go shopping with his Grandmother! I love this little guy to death. He is a blessing from the Lord and smart as a whip Sporting the Sponge Bob light up hat and shoes that light up and he is ready to spend. Has a dollar in his hand. Quote of the Day: Sharing …

What has happened to Customer Service?: I got my haircut today at a new place. I was scared to death to say anything. I thought that I would be bald by the time I left there. I will not be back. I spent $13.45 for a terrible haircut. That is why I do not like women cutting my hair. What happened to a regular haircut, above the ears …

Nothing much new: Been working a lot lately. Hopefully I will get to update my website this weekend. If not this weekend maybe next. Hope everyone is doing great!

Sorry I haven’t blogged in a log time.: Sorry I haven’t blogged in a log time. Been kind of busy with work. Never did I think retiring from one job and starting a new one in a new field would be so exhausting. Well, I am finally learning Microsoft Expressions Web. So, I am slowly and surely getting my old website back up into a new design …

The Lord Blesses: The Lord Blesses his people. The people of the South united in Prayer and the Lord answered by keeping the oil away from our seafood. He wants his people to be able to enjoy his creations he gave to sustain us.

Independence Day: Happy 4th of July to everyone! Remember Independence equals Freedom. Our fore fathers would love how their simple ideas have lasted. Just not sure they would approve of all the implementations of Our Constitution. Quote of the Day: A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false …

Starting New Shift Monday: Monday I start a new shift at work. I will be working permanent midnight shift 11P-7:30A. This means more money a plus, means I am working midnights again a neutral and I will have every weekend off. This is another plus. Other than that nothing much new. Except that I have been reading and …

Been sick: Have been sick the last three days. Had to call out from work the last two. Not 100% but about 85-90%. Will be back at work tomorrow.

Still working on the website: Well, I hope people stop by and liked how the redesign is going. I am almost done with it. Still may be a couple of months. I love technology. However, I hate having to use so many different programs for different things. This has been my second weekend off in a month. I can’t believe I have had two …

Well I have finally updated my website.: I finally updated my website. Not a huge update but did add a photo gallery and clean a couple of things up. Also, added a new radio program. Hope everyone enjoys. As far as everything else. I finally have a whole weekend off. This day is almost over and I wish it would slow way down. I also watched …

Well, Thanks to all those that said “Drill Baby, Drill”: I am a Republican and I am an American. However, I have always said this Country needs to be off oil. It should have been off of it years ago. I don’t like these oil rigs. Let’s do more electric, spend more on algae and hydrogen research.

Nothing really new: I am still alive. Losing weight and working. I have also been wanting to write a piece on politics. But, before I do that I need to work on my website. If I ever get a couple of days off back to back. I just might be able to. I have been listening to Dr. David Jeremiah and his series on Revealing …

Back to work: Work was work. It was an ok day for my first day back. However, the pollen laden air is giving me a headache.

It’s over: Well my vacation comes to an end today. Tomorrow I am back to work. I hate that it was so short. I turned 41 over my vacation. Did a lot of stuff I had been putting off. Except for working on my website. That is going to be a top priority the next two months. Well, I hope everyone is doing great. …

Neighbors: Why is it you can have one good neighbor on one side of you and in back of you and a very bad and annoying baby crier of a neighbor on the other side of your house. Had to finally tell that pesky noisy neighbor to stay off our property and complain to whoever he needs too about our dogs barking. …

My official weight: My official weight loss was 14 pounds in two months. That is probably low because my appointment was the last one of the day. But, I will take it and the doctor said “good job.” Isaiah 53:3-4“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men …

Well its almost over: The day is almost over. 330 PM and I am on vacation. Do have to go to the doctor’s for a follow-up. I will get the official amount that I have lost in weight.

I think this group is better than the Pro’s: I think this group is better than the pros that recently came together and performed. Most of the people in this video are amateurs — a couple are semi-pro. Enjoy! #Music #Faith #Talent #AmateurPerformance

Two Weeks until V Day: I have approximate two weeks until my vacation. I can’t wait. I want that time to go very very very slow. Will be working on the website then too. First couple days have some things to do off of my list. Then its free time. I am working all this weekend. But, at least I am back on day shift.

New Phone: Well, I renew my 2 year contract with Verizon Wireless. I got the Palm Pre Plus and love the thing. I have never owned a smart phone. I don’t know how I lived without one. I love this thing. Everyone should be it. Off of midnights now. I have a couple days off and it’s back to the day shift on …

Just Getting by!: Hello everyone. My eye is better. I have lost 24 pounds since the beginning of the year. I have a job and getting paid. So life is going ok. I have been on midnights this past week and will continue to be on midnights until next Friday. I have two weeks and I am on vacation. I hopefully will get to …

At Wicked: At Wicked the Musical.

My Eye My Eye!: I came back from lunch and a co-worker asked why my eye was bleeding. I thought he was kidding. I went to the mirror and sure enough my right eye looks like it busted several eye blood vessels. I don’t know how it happened. It doesn’t hurt. I can see fine. Just looks gross. I hate getting older…… …

Still living: Hello everyone I am still living. Just been working a crazy schedule this past couple of weeks. Also, been going to the doctors a lot. Trying to catch up from the year I didn’t have insurance. Will have a lot more to say tomorrow. Take care.

This day went by fast: My first of two days off went by fast. I had a teeth cleaning done today and then went to the dermatologist. He cut off a suspicious mole from the bottom of my right foot. One of these days I will get to work more on my new website. Not looking forward to going back to work on Thursday. As it starts …

Off to work I go: Well, I getting ready to hit the road. I have been working way too much lately. I do have a couple of days off this week. Hopefully, more time to work on the new website. Proverbs 21:21“He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. …

Blind Date: You might have noticed my post before the update on my website. I went on a blind date. She was nice. However, we did not connect. We really do not have that much in common. Quote of the Day: Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. --Dr. Laurence J. …

Still working on the new website: I am still working on the new website. It is going slow as I am learning a lot of new things. Also, you may have noticed that I have updated my blog. Blogger it seems is discontinuing the ftp service. So, I moved it over to a custom BlogSpot space. I have a lot more flexibility. However, I lose some …

At Macgroni Grille on a blind date.

New Cell phone?: I think I might upgrade to the Verizon Wireless Palm Pre Plus this year. It looks like a great phone. I thought about the Motorola Droid. But, I like that Palm Pre better.

Cold weather: I don�t know about all this global warming. It is the coldest I remember for sometime. Just wish I could see some snow. I finally have a new website program on the way. However, it will still be sometime before I update the website. I have to learn this new program. So, hopefully by June or July of …

Merry Christmas to all: Merry Christmas to all and Happy Birthday Jesus!

Christmas Eve: Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a great Christmas Eve. Remember tomorrow is Jesus birthday!

My Website: Well, I was hoping to update my website. However, I will have to buy a new program and that won�t happen until next year. Also, I will have a learning curve on it. So, hopefully by March or April of next year I will it updated.

Getting computer up and running: I have upgraded to Windows 7 Professional so I am still getting things loaded back. Hope to update my website in a few days.

Thanksgiving 2009: I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I did, even though I had to work. My mother my an excellent Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey and stuffing was just right. Psalm 136:1,26�Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures …

Tiger Woods: I have two theories about Tiger Woods accident. First one, him and his wife got into an argument and he decided to leave. He then tried to show her and tried to hurt himself. The second, He was leaving the home while they were still arguing. She was running after him and probably hitting the vehicle …

Nothing New: Nothing new lately. Just been working alot. My foot feels about 60% better. All the pain is not completely gone. In fact it has moved. Will be working the next eight days straight. Hope to get to the website after that. Take care!

Why are we thinking about pulling out of Afghanistan: I never agreed that we should have invaded Iraq. But, since we did, I thought we should stay because we created a great environment for terrorists. Now that we are finally making progressive, I believe we should start an orderly withdrawal. However, Afghanistan I agreed from the beginning we did …

What a week: Well, I am finished training. I start by myself on Sunday. And what a busy last three days this was. I am totally exhausted. I have one day to rest and then back to work I go on Sunday.

Last week of training: This will be my last week of training. I will finish my Chemo hood training this coming Friday. And starting on Sunday I will be working solo. Everything else has been going fine. Henry and Taco, my dogs are doing great. I have been losing weight and have lost 8 pounds. It is an exciting time. …

My Verizon Fios TV is in: My Verizon Fios TV is in and so far so good. The Tech was very good and professional. He checked every outlet to make sure the signal was good for every TV. Something Brighthouse never did and he found a couple of problems with a couple of outlets. Everything fixed and the best picture I have ever …

Hopefully?: I hope I win that powerball lottery tonight. I bought a one dollar quick pick. Romans 14:8�If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.� Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.

Well bye bye Brighthouse: The count down is on. Friday, I should have Verizon Fios. The only thing worrying me is the internet part. I already have their Fios Internet however, the have me slated for a new speed and they show it as a new install. I hope they don't mess up my e-mail addresses. Romans 14:8 If we live, we live …

First Week: My first week at Moffitt was great. Start my second week on Monday. There are only two things I do not like. First, my feet have been killing me. I have to get used to standing about 7 hours a day. Second, starts Monday, the parking. I will be parking a long way from the hospital. Other than that I …

First Day of Work: I love Moffitt. My first day was great looking forward to going back tomorrow.

Getting rid of Brighthouse: I signed up today for Verizon Fios TV. I am tired of Brighthouse pictures freezing up, crappy compression and terrible sound. So, I am giving Verizon a chance at the old TV. I love their Fios Internet, don't have problems with my home phone and my cell phone service is quite good from them. As of …

Trying to update website: Well, I am attempting to update my website. I have started work on it and hope to have it done by this weekend. My last free weekend before I start back to work. I am looking forward to work at Moffitt. I am officially an employee as of Monday, August 10, 2009. 

Exciting news ...: Well, I just got hired at Moffitt Cancer Center. I start August 10, 2009. Thank you everyone who kept me in their prayers. Thank you Mr. Witas, Mr. Johnson and Michele Hobbs, the HR representative. And the biggest thanks to the Almighty Lord!!!!

I have Graduated: Well, it is finally over. I graduated with honors. Now looking for a job. Hopefully I will find it soon.

This is funny but so true of America today.: America's corporations and its employees better wake up and provide truly exceptional service. The way people are becoming, we Americans will be laughingstocks of the world pretty soon.

Slow night at UCH.

Brazil: Well, I have been looking at Brazil lately. Would like to visit there. I have a passport that has never been used. However, finances will not hold up to such a strain.

What is up with the job market lately: Well, I thought things were getting better. Now, I am not sure. I will be graduating next month for my year long program. However, there are no job openings available on the near horizon. My bank account is getting real real real low. Only if my waistline would shrink as fast as my bank account.

Catching up on DVDs: Catching up on some DVD watching. Watch Flywheel and Facing the Giants. Both great movies.

Two down and Seven to go: Two weeks down and seven more to go. I must be walking ten miles a day. Yes, I said 10 miles. My feet are slowly becoming accustomed to it. However, for some reason they really hurt today. But, only have only lost 2 pounds. I have Oatmeal for breakfast, no snacking, then lunch about 2PM after I am …

Long Week: Had a long week and looking forward to next week. Had a great Pharmacy Technician Advisory Meeting on Thursday. Great food and great discussion.

Greg Pritchard - Britain's Got Talent - Show 5: This was unbelievable. I was shocked.

Awesome movie, so so dinner at Mitchell’s fish market.

Star Trek: Just saw the newest Star Trek! Awesome!!

Latest KFC Promotion with Oprah: Will this is a farce. Now KFC has Welched on their deal and Oprah played it along too. NO REAL Free meal for the grilled chicken USA. Last time I visit KFC.

Why: I have blogged about this before but, I have to let out anger again. How come when you owe companies they want their money today? However, whenever you have a legit reason and qualify for a refund they make you jump through hoops and paperwork. Then take a week or more to give you back your money? …

Having a hard time: Having a hard time getting in the mood to study for my last test. Have over hundred words to study in less than two days. I do not think it will happen.

PTCB Exam: Well, I passed the exam. I took me a little over an hour to do. But, I did it. Won't have exact grade until May 22, 2009. But, I am now a CPht. Plus, I only have one class exam left and my clinical.

I fear Chrysler is gone.: If this is the car Chrysler thinks that will save it. I think there is no hope. I would not buy this Fiat made car with a Chrysler icon on it. I would get a horse and buggy before I would buy this ugly thing. Gas efficient or not.

Telephone Bills and the fee/tax scam: How can a telephone bill go up month after month when you have changed nothing? Sure it only goes up by twenty or thirty cents here and there and it always seems to be in the tax section. Can they imagine one more fee/tax to come up with? My service is great Verizon but your nickel and diming is …

What is up with these rabid foxes?: Where did all these rabid foxes come from. Hopefully, they stay on the west side of the County.

Drunken Patron takes down the Scoreboard Lounge: Poetic justice. When I was a deputy I hated going in there or even to the parking lot. One of his own drunk customers took it out.

Susan Boyle on CNN: Here is Susan Boyle on CNN with Larry King. It is broken down into three parts. The first part is the interview. Second part: Third part: She sings My Heart Will Go On in this part a cappella.

This is absolutely amazing:  I feel like this lady sometimes. I can really relate and was absolutely on cloud 9 for her performance. And the judges were right and I have never seen Simon actually smile and pleased about a performance.

Non-family: Why does a husband of a cousin of mine think he can just barge into my room uninvited when I was showing my Cousin something and had no intention of showing the non-family member. It was nothing devious, sinister or crude. It was some information I only wanted to impart to my cousin. I personally …

Down with American Idol: Fox network needs to make sure that American Idol cuts on time. I missed a full 5 minutes from my Fringe show. Luckily, I caught it on Hulu.com.

Somalia Pirates: We need to do something about these Somalia Pirates. I say it is time to send in the Navy to patrol that area full time and a battleship to bombard their lairs on shore.

Cant believe it: Well, today was the half way point for my Spring Break. I really can't believe it. I wish it were longer. I also wish I did not have to take this Certification Exam.

Wow over a hundred years ago: This is thought to be one of the oldest videos ever to exist. You can download your own copy at the Library of Congress.

Thanks to my family: Thanks to my Mom and Dad for the lunch on my Birthday. My sister for the ice cream cake and my brother for the gift card.

Its my birthday: Well, its my birthday. Yep I am 40. Don't feel like it. Both physically and financially. Nothing big planned.

Losing the battle: Well, today was a bad day for me. Not at school that was actually a great day. But, the day turned south when I went to the doctors office for my 3 month visit. First, I am losing my battle with losing weight. I have gained 2 pounds. Secondly, my blood pressure has been borderline for years. Well …

My last fish: My last fish a Bahia Shark died. He or she not sure which one they were, was 6 years old and the last fish in our tank. So the little guy is gone. I will miss him.

Exciting week at school: It was an exciting week at school. We learned and operated on a machine called the EM24 by Baxa. Our school is the first school in the nation to have one. Usually you only find this machines in hospitals or home health care setting. By getting this training we are a step ahead of the competition. …

Busy weekend: It has been a busy weekend. I finally got my new monitor in. My old one gave up after 6 years. In fact, it would not even show anything today. I did not think the new one would be here until Monday. I went out the door and there the new monitor sat on the front porch. I was glad because without it I …

Blind Date: I had a blind date tonight. Mutual friends setup us up. I had a great time and this is my first blind date that was a hit instead of the misses I had on previous blind dates.

Joes Crab Shack: My Cousin Tina and her husband took my Mom and me to Joe's Crab Shack. The food was excellent. I recommend the place for the food. I had the crab of course. They make an awesome Lobster Bisque soup. However, we had to wait an hour and half to get a table and the service was not the greatest. That …

Space Shuttle Launch Seen from my house:  It was great. When I move from Florida someday this is one of the few things I will miss.

Website finally updated!: My website is finally updated and it will stay that way for a couple of months. Hope you enjoy. There are new features and pages. Have fun finding them.

Tennessee Property: I have placed these pictures on my web site on the photo album page. But, I thought I would also place them on my blog. These pictures are from 2006 aerial photos and where you see three bodies of water in a row that is my property. It is toward the upper center of the picture. All that cleared land …

My Nephew's Birthday!: Today is my nephew Maxwell's birthday. He is getting big for 2 years old.

It has been a year: A year ago my Grandmother was buried. It is a bitter sweet day. She was buried and today is my nephew's birthday. I am still handling the probate of my Grandmother's will and that has been going on for the last seven months. I can't wait to get that done.

Dr. Michael J. Breus: NyQuil and Nighty-Night Don't Mix for Kids:  Dr. Michael J. Breus: NyQuil and Nighty-Night Don't Mix for Kids This is a good article on how Benadryl does the opposite in kids.

Website: Hopefully next weekend my website will finally be updated for a few months. I have just been very busy with school. Speaking of school, I can not wait until July, 16, 2009. Graduation day. Halleluiah! It will be over. And hopefully, I will have taken and passed the Certification exam by then too. 

A sad lost for us all: Well, I just got the news that Paul Harvey has passed away. I've lost so many family members and familiar faces in the past three years—uncles, aunts, TV and radio personalities I grew up with, and my grandmother. His wife passed away last year, and I’m convinced that when a man loses his wife …

I watched the opening only and it was good: Here is the opening of this year's Oscars in case you missed it. Hugh did a great job. That was about all I watched. Then I had to study more.

CNBCs Rick Santelli: This guy is great. He should be U.S. Treasury Secretary. He is on the money. Watch this.

Back to School: Well tomorrow it's back to school. I have another big test on Wednesday. Only 5 months to go until graduation and hopefully a job.

American Idol: This year's American Idol is not that interesting this year. And on the weight front. I have lost five pounds over a week and a half. I am happy. Also, wearing one of my suits that I bought last year when I retired, tomorrow. Have a big function and test tomorrow at school.

Website: I know my website other than this blog, has been updated lately. I will try to get around to it either later this month or next month. I have just been very busy study for school and my National Certification Exam. As I will need a job desperately before the end of the year. 

Good Week? Maybe?: Well, as far as school goes it was a great week. I kicked butt on my tests. However, for the first time in my left I got a stye in my right eye. It hurts and itches like the chickenpox. Praise the Lord he gave me an excellent Ophthalmologist. She had her nurse return my call and had an instruction …

Wild week: It was a wild week at school. Had 3 tests. Last one I blew away. Glad of that. I will be inducted into the National Technical Honor Society on February 12, 2009 at 9AM.

Another day another study day.: Well, I am still recovering. I feel about 85 percent better than I did at the beginning of the week. Yet, I also feel tired. I guess because I am still studying.

Sick Sick and Sick: I have a wicked head cold. I haven't been this sick in a while. I feel like I have no energy to do anything but curl up in a ball. Ohhhhh to have health insurance!

Another day at school and me being sick too: Well, I went back to school today after the long weekend. It was alright. I had a test and did very well on it. Missed only one question. Probably had something to do with me only getting 2 hours sleep last night. I woke up with a sore throat yesterday and it continued all night and got worse. I …

Study Study Study: That is all I have been doing all weekend. I can't wait until July I should be done studying and taking test after test after test. I just hope I find a job then.

Just thinking: Well, I was just thinking of when I could update my website. It might be as late as March. With school and studying every day I keep pretty busy. I did join Facebook today. We will see how that goes. I am going to try to blog more often. As I have started using Windows Live Writer and it works great …

School going good: So far this year school is going good. I just hope there is a job for me when I am done. Did anybody make any New Year's Resolutions? I didn't I always say lose weight. I have almost given up on that.

Well today was my Mom’s birthday. I gave her a gift. Hope she likes it. Not much else going on. I did post something on New Years Day. However, it did not post. So I will post it again. School will be keeping me busy. We are down to two tests per week now and I have two projects I must do. …

Happy New Year to everyone! I hope 2009 goes better for you and me than 2008 did. Be safe everyone.

Well I hope everyone had a Merry and Great Christmas! I did not we will leave it at that. Can’t wait for Saturday though.

Happy Birthday Jesus.

This is a good song from this group. It is funny. New twist on an old classic. Listen all the way through.

I am almost done with my retail/ambulatory clinicals. Thursday is my last day. I will then hopefully have time to update my website for Christmas and get out my Christmas card. Hope everyone is doing fine. I am and so is Henry and Taco, my dogs. See all of you all later.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I know that I got stuffed. I hope everyone else did too. My clinicals are going great. I am off until Monday. But, can’t wait until I finish and get a job. So, I will have some of my retirement left.

Well I am glad I won’t be seeing any election commercials for at least two years. I voted for one candidate based on a single very important issue to me. I was really not impressed with either candidate this year. I look forward to when Huckabee runs again. I just got my first report card for …

You can vote however you like! : This is a great clip worth watching:

I have finally filled out my absentee ballot. School is going good and I will be starting clinicals next month. I have finally updated the website for the first time in a few months. It has been updated for Thanksgiving.

Yes I am still alive. Yes, I know the website has not been updated for a couple of months. Yes, I know I have not blogged in a while. I have just been very busy with this technical program. I have a test every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. I have an average of 30 words to learn generic and brand …

Well, I am getting real tired of politics and the politicians in this Country. I am not voting for Obama for sure and I don’t like McCain. I personally do not like either choice. However, I know where McCain is coming from. Obama is a great Orator but that is it. When pressed he is never …

Hello everyone, I started school last week. I am going to Brewster Technical Institute for Pharmacy Technician. So, far so good. I know I have not blogged or updated my website in a while. But, I have been pretty busy the last couple of months doing several things. Getting ready for school (i.e. …

I thought I would give everyone a weight update. Well, I have lost a total of 13 pounds in 2 weeks. I hope to have lost 25 in another 3 weeks. I know that I have not updated the website the last couple of months. I will get around to it. Hope everyone is well.

My neice’s birthday was yesterday and she is 11 now. We had a great party at my house today. All had fun and good food.

I started my diet yesterday. I am on the Slim-fast low calorie diet. I am trying to keep my daily consumption of calories between 1200-1500 calories. So far success. Although I have constant hunger pains and lately having headaches. I have increased my caffeine intake and that seems to help with my …

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July. We had a great meal here at home. Barbecue spare ribs, hamburgers, greens, squash casserole, baked beans and coleslaw all homemade. Have fun everyone.

Well, I just got a call from the dermatologists office. The area the cut from my leg was just a simple skin tag. However, the area they cut on my back was skin cancer and according the the biopsy it was the best kind of skin cancer that does not spread. Also according to the biopsy they cut out all …

Went to the dermatologist yesterday and he cut a piece of skin cancer on my back out. It was small and he said they will have it tested to see what specific kind it is. But, he thinks it is a basal cell carcinoma. He said this was good because if it is this type it was gone and it would not spread. …

I know it has been a long time since I updated my blog. I have had a lot happen in the last couple of months. First of all, I am no longer working at Walgreen’s as a photo specialist. I left to concentrate on Pharmacy Technician school coming up in a couple of months. I went on a vacation to …

My Grandmother on my dad’s side died on Sunday, March 9, 2008. She was my last surviving grandparent. The viewing is tomorrow, March 14, 2008 at 6PM for non family and 5PM for family at the Garden of Memories in Tampa. The graveside funeral is Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 10AM with a wake at my …

Well I finally got a part time job just to have something to do. I am working at Walgreens in the photo department. I am training this week. So, it has been hectic and more like full time hours. I hope to get into the regular rhythm of things next week so that I can update the web site. Also, Please …

Hello all! I know it has been sometime since I updated you all on my blog. I am starting to enjoy my retirement. I think it grows proportionally to the fact I am finally starting to feel much better from my sinus surgery. I had lunch with my good friends Linda and Heinz Asmuss the other day and we …

Well, it has been over a month since I have retired. What have I been doing? I had my surgery and have had a rough time healing from it. Other than that not much. I did apply for some part-time jobs just to keep me busy until August when I start Pharmacy Tech School. I also started walking and have …

Hello all! I know I have not updated you all in a while. I have been recovering from that sinus surgery. I have had some bad side effects and my recovery has not been stellar. I am still in recovery mode but last night was the first time I actually got good sleep and did not feel I was suffocating. …

Well, it has been a month to the day that I have had my sinus surgery. At first everything seemed to be going fine. Then just after the first of the year I have had a lot of trouble. I did have the feeling that something was blocked in my nose. The doctor took care of that several times by cleaning …

Happy 2008! I hope everyone has a great year. I am praying mine will be better than last year.

Merry Christmas to everyone and Happy Birthday Lord Jesus. Well, it is finally here. I have had a busy day. Went to a couple of family members house. Saw some people I haven’t seen in a while and had great food and fellowship. Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

It is Christmas Eve 2007 and I am in a little pain from my sinus surgery. I really want to blow my nose but cannot. I hope everyone else has a safe and great Christmas Eve. Remember the reason for the season the Birth of Jesus Christ!

Here is a picture of me two days after nose surgery. The packing is catching anything running from my nose. I know yuck. I have to change it about two to three times a day.

I took my exam on Wednesday morning. Thursday, I received a call and was told I did totally awesome on the exam. My name is going on the list for the Pharmacy Technician school starting in August of 2008. I prayed that I would do well and pass and the Lord answered.

I had my sinus surgery yesterday. It went well, except that I had to stay all day in the hospital. The doctor was worried about the anesthesia and my sleep apnea. I am in very little pain. But the best part is I can breathe again. I finally got released from University Community Hospital at 9:30PM …

I took my exam today for entrance into the Pharmacy Technician at a local technical school. I will know tomorrow how I did. I feel fairly good about it. Also, I am anticipating a good sinus surgery on Friday.

Well, it is official as of 16 minutes ago. I have retired from my law enforcement career of 18 years at 6PM tonight. I thought this day would come 7 years from now. However, I could not take it anymore. So after a lot of reasons and thought I decided it was time to go. I took early retirement. I …

I start my last two days at my job before my retirement on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 6PM. I am looking forward to it. I also have been studying for an exam I am going to be taking next week with my new career. Lets hope I pass, this will determine a lot. On the DVD front I watched Ghost Rider …

Well, I have updated the website. Most of you probably have noticed that I have a retirement date on my calendar. Yes it is official. I will be retiring after 18 years in Law Enforcement/Government work. I will hopefully making an announcement about my next career in the next few weeks. Until then I …

I will be trying The Shangri-La Diet after the new year. Here is more information on it:

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you get like your turkeys and get stuffed. I will making a big announcement on December 13. 2007 at 8PM so come back then. I will hopefully also get around to getting my website updated sometime in December.

UpdatesUpdates coming next month just before christmas. Take care.

Hello all. I know it has been a while since, I last updated everyone. I have been extremely busy with work and I will be taking early retirement, as soon as November if things do not change. I hope everyone is doing well. I will try updating my website in September.

I have been working alot lately. I haven’t had time to do anything. I did go to the doctor reference my hemmorhoid surgery. He checked me and stated everything is healing as expect. It was just going to take alot of time. I can’t stand work anymore. But, I drone on. I have bills to pay. …

Well, it is official I am sick of doctors, taxes and the rich. You know I am also sick of people wanting you to do your job and give them the excellent service they think they should receive. But, when expect the same thing you get anything but excellent service.

I wish to congratulate my friend Christopher Soleau. He will be retiring on July 12, 2007. He is taking a better job and will be successful at it, I know. Congratulations Chris! [Listening to: Flowers in October - Tim Janis - An American Composer in Concert (06:24)]

The website is updated! The website is updated, FINALLY! I know it has been a few months. But, I finally did it. I have been great the last few days. My surgery I had on April 5, 2007 is finally paying off. I have been going to the bathroom with very little trouble finally. I hope I don't have to …

Well, my brother tells me that Spiderman 3 is a great movie. I haven't seen it yet and it looks like it might be a while before I do. I have been working alot lately. Plus I am not completely healed from surgery. It only bothers me now when I go to the restroom. Other than that nothing much else has …

Well, today was the first day I saw the surgeon since my surgery. He advised everything was healing nicely and that it would just take time. He wants to see me back in two months. He stated by that time it should be completely healed. That was good news for me.

I know I haven't updated the website and added my vacation pictures. Still working on downloading them from my cell phone. I also have been in a little pain. So, I may not get to it until next month.

The surgery may have been a success. However, after that first day when I was all drugged up on pain medications, I began to hurt and we won't even talk about going to the bathroom. After using the bathroom, I have to sit in a tub full of warm water for about 10 minutes. I don't regret having the …

Feeling somewhat betterI am feeling somewhat better. The bleeding has gone way down. I have pain when first standing up and using the bathroom. The pain using the bathroom is harsh. I hope it will get better over the next couple of days. I will call the doctor on Monday and set a followup …

Surgery a success!My surgery was a success. It went much better than I expected. I had two external hemmrhoids, a skin tag and an unknown growth removed from my rectal area. The unknown growth is being sent to the lab. However, the doctor did not seem to be too concerned. I am in almost no pain. …

Hello all, I hope you like the couple of pictures I have uploaded. I have more I will upload when I get back home. I am typing this from Nashville, Tennessee. I am at the hotel. I will be leaving in a little while to go to the airport to take my flight home. I hope everyone is well. Also, 2 days …

A great view of my future homesite, on my Paris, Tennesse property.

Dover Tennessee:  Fort Donelson, overlooking the Cumberland River.

Good Morning, I will be on an airplane in a little bit. I am heading to my property in Paris, Tennessee. Remember to look for the photos. It looks like it maybe raining up there. This will be my second time only of flying. I hope it goes well. Take care to all.

Hope everyone is doing great. I am off to Tennessee for a few days starting Thursday. I will be back next Tuesday and then on next Thursday I get to go in for surgery. The only thing that bothers me is I am not sure how long if any I will be out of work. My time is almost gone. We accumulate time …

Took Henry to the regular Vet today. I had to postpone his annual visit because of his surgery. The regular Vet says Henry is in top notch condition. I would also like to for people that I know to give up Google and use Yahoo!. I own stock in Yahoo! so I am partial. But, with only about a couple of …

My sister-in-law, Nadia, vehicle after it was rearended today.

Well it was not good news today at the doctors. I will be going in for surgery April 5, 2007. I let everyone know what happens as the saga continues.

Well, I hope everyone likes the new look of the website. I will try to keep it updated more frequently. However, starting March 12, 2007, I go back to midnights 7P-7A. I go to the doctor tomorrow. I may need some surgery. I will let everyone know after tomorrow. My Grandmother is in the hospital. …

Website Update!The website update for March 2007 has finally been completed. Hope everyone is doing fine. I have been better, but surviving. Take care to all.

I know, I knowHello everyone,I hope everyone is doing great. I am doing OK. I have been very busy the last couple of months. I hope to update the website by the end of the month. I was going to try and learn a new program to update my website but changed my mind. I have had other things going on …

Well, I can't wait until next year!: Well, I hope everyone is well. If you haven’t notice the website has not been updated in a couple of weeks. It probably will not either. I am not in the Christmas mood. This year. We are having a lot of remodeling work done in the house and it has caused alot of chaos. We have not put up any …

The season is coming: My favorite time of year is coming between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hopefully, I will get a transfer in my job. I will keep you posted. Nothing new with me right now. Except on the medical front. I started taking a diabetes pill, Actos. Not that I have diabetes or pre-diabetes. But, my glucose …

Sick: Well, this time I am sick with a chest cold. This has not been my year in reference to being healthy. As far as work. I had today off because of overtime and the company not wishing to pay. I have a 4 day weekend. Which is good. Since I have been in bed sleeping most of the day and coughing. I have …

Birthday's: Today is my Dad’s 54th birthday. My sister’s was Tuesday. It has been a birthday week. Happy Birthday Dad and Stacey!!!

Nothing New!: Well, nothing new here. I have been out on Workers Comp due to the side effects of the medications I am on. I have another two weeks on the medication. I can’t wait until that day. I don’t like being on Worker Comp. But, as for right now I have no choice. I hope everyone else is doing …

Computer: I got my new computer last Friday, an HP, with an AMD processor. I thought about getting a Dell again. However, the quality of my last Dell I was never impressed with. So, far this HP is great. I hopefully will have it back up to where the old computer was within a couple of months.

Work: I have been out of work last Wednesday, today I went in for a couple of hours then left and will be gone again tomorrow. I had a blood exposure at work and taking the PEP (post exposure prophylaxis) medication. This medication makes my stomach sick/nausea. Now it is giving me diarrhea. So, until …

Why Why Why can't companies do better at providing support!: First of all this is going to be a rant. I was watching channel 52 ABC family, one of my new favorite shows of Kyle XY, and the the channel goes blank. So, I check the other TV. Yep, it is blank too. So, I call Brighthouse to let them know. After spending 15 minutes on the phone, I get this nice …

Computer: I just wanted to let everyone know that I will not be posting for a bit. My computer is failing. After about 5 years I guess it was bound to happen. The motherboard is going. So, I broke down and bought a new computer and it should be here next week. Hope everyone is doing fine. Take care and be …

Finally!: Well, the website is finally updated. It will stay that way for at least through September 2006. I have one more week before I am going to check on my property in Tennessee. I will post plenty of pictures. My Mom and Dad are coming with me this time. They want to check Tennessee out. I watched The …

Feeling Much Better!: Well, I was supposed to work all weekend. That didn’t happen. I went to the emergency room Thursday night and was admitted to the hospital. I finally got released on Saturday Afternoon. I even passed out in the emergency room and bit my lip. I don’t remember passing out. But, I do …

Busy! Busy!: Sorry everyone, I have been extremely busy and I was also doing a few minor upgrades to the computer. I will try to update my website for the next two months next weekend when I am off. Nothing new has been happening. I have been working a lot lately and just tired. I am going back to Tennessee as …

Big News!: Well, I have been waiting for a long time to let everyone know about this bit of news. I wanted to make sure nothing happened to stop or delay it again. I wanted to make sure the chicken hatched this time. Well, here it is a am the Proud owner of 15.15 acres in Paris, Tennessee. I paid $28625 for …

Uncle Homer: My Uncle Homer died on Monday of last week and we had his funeral yesterday. It was very good. I think the past part was the dinner after words at his sister’s house in Brooksville. It was more like a family reunion. I saw family I haven’t seen in at least 8 to 10 years.

More Movies: I watched Mine, Yours and Ours, great movie. Next up is Fun with Dick and Jane and that is all for the new movies. I am off to take my Tricor. The doctor put me on Tricor to try and lower my triglycerides, which are sky high. We will see if it is working in four weeks when I take my blood test. I am …

Movies Part 2: Well, I watched Good night and Good Luck, not a bad movie. I also have watched the new King Kong. I was not bad just a little long. I think the could have cut the scene with the bugs and made it a little shorter. That is what I am doing is watching DVD’s this weekend. The next one is Yours, …

Movies: Well, I just watched a second Nicholas Cage movie in the last two months. First was the Lord of Wars and it stunk. Tonight I watched The Weather Man and this one is a loser too. These last two movies of his stink. There is nothing but cussing and more cussing in these movies. I hope he can pull a …

Update!: Nothing new going on. Just been working a lot lately. Although I think I will have huge announcement coming up in the next couple of weeks stay tuned.

Happy Birthday to Me!!!: Well, today is my 37th Birthday!!! Thankfully, I did not have to work today. I just got finished watching the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I give it 5 out of 5 stars. I am looking forward to the sequels. I think these could be the Lord of the Rings. [Listening to: …

The day before!: Today is the day before my 37th Birthday. Just think I will be 40 soon. Unbelievable. Nothing new going on in my life. Just working hard and alot lately. I am finally being able to buy my retirement land where I wanted in Paris, Tennessee. It has been a long road and a complicated one. But, by June …

Long time: Sorry I haven’t blogged sooner. But, since being back from my vacation I have been busy. This is the first chance I have had to sit down and type something meaningful. I have updated the website. The new theme for this month is Baseball. I have tried to establish that through out. I had a so …

Returned from Tennessee: Well, I have returned from Tennessee. I will posting some pictures on next months website update. I did not find any land to purchase and I would recommend not going to Greeneville, Tennessee. It was a dirty city and area. The background of the mountains was the only good point. While on this trip I …

A Picture Share!: Snow in Asheville, North Carolina, at the Double Tree Biltmore. And right now it is 31 degrees.

A Picture Share!: Snow on the bumper of truck next to us.

A Picture Share!: Entering North Carolina.

A Picture Share!: Leaving Spartanburg, South Carolina.

A Picture Share!: Just entered South Carolina.

A Picture Share!: Just coming into to Savannah, Georgia.

A Picture Share!: Just enter Georgia on I-95.

Dr. Visit Today!: I went to the Doctor today as a follow up to my endoscope and colonoscopy. The verdict a polyp was removed from my colon and was benign. The growth in my stomach was Helicobacter pylori a bacteria that could cause me to have an ulcer. So, he wrote out a prescription for Prevpac. I take it for the …

Recovery and DVD day!: While recovering from yesterday, I have been watching DVD’s, catching up on the latest ones I have bought. So far I have watched: Batman Begins 4 out of 4 stars. The Interpreter 2.5 out of 4 stars. Stealth 1.5 out of 4 stars. Kingdom of Heaven 2.5 out of 4 stars. The Island 1.5 out of 4 stars. …

My medical situation!: I had to have an endoscopy and a colonoscopy today. This is after several months of my primary doctor telling me that my liver tests in my blood work were coming back abnormal. My primary doctor sent me for a ultrasound of the liver and then an MRI of my liver with another ultrasound. The diagnoses …

Sad day!: We learned that on Wednesday morning my Aunt Alva Jo had died at a Connecticut hospital. Aunt Alva Jo was diagnosed with liver failure last year. I will miss Aunt Alva Jo and my prayers are with Uncle Wallace and all the rest of my cousins in Connecticut.

A Picture Share!: My friend, Chris Soleau and Pluto at The Liberty Tree Tavern at Disney World Magic Kingdom (01/07/2006).

A Picture Share!: My Mom, niece Alexus and Minnie Mouse at The Liberty Tree Tavern (01/07/2006).

A Picture Share!: My niece and Pluto at The Liberty Tree Tavern (01/07/2006).

More DVD's Watched: I started to watch the DVD Sin City. This is a horrible movie. I give it minus 4 stars. I stopped it halfway through and immediately put it up for sale on Amazon. I was shocked when I sold it the same day. I will be working Wednesday and Thursday. I will be working Saturday night into Christmas …

More DVD's Watched and going to Disney!: I watched 2 more DVD’s today. I watched Fantastic 4 and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. I rate the first 3 out of 4 stars and the other 2.5 out of 4 stars. I have updated the website for Christmas. I have changed a lot of the music. Also, I am going to Disney World again tomorrow. If all goes well with …

DVD's and work: Everyone is saying what to the too have in common. Nothing. I watched a couple of DVD’s so far this week. I just finished watching Robots. I give Robots 3 stars out of 4. I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory earlier in the day and I only give that movie 1 out of 4 stars. The remake of …

Happy Thanksgiving Eve to all!: Happy Thanksgiving Eve to all! I am doing great. I lost my land I was trying to purchase in Paris, TN but it fell through. I look at this as a sign that the Lord did not want me in Paris, TN. I am still looking in Tennessee for property to retire on and will be making another trip in February 2006 …

New DVD's: I got some new DVD’s and so far I have watched Hitch (not great but not bad) and Star Wars 3 (Awesome Movie). I will keep everyone updated on the new ones I watch. Have a great Thanksgiving. I will be off for a change.

What's Going on lately?: Well, I have been extremely busy at work. Nothing different there. Everyone asks did you get your land yet. The short answer is no. It looks like due to Fifth Third Bank’s stupid advice I have lost by land. There is one last ditch effort in place. If it doesn’t work. I lose about $1100. …

Banks: Well, I am trying to buy that land in Tennessee that is shown on my webpage. I have been dealing with Fifth Third Bank for going on 2 months now. Still no deal. Well, today I was told that the loan has been approved all along. But, due to sickness at the bank or the appraisal not being done, we …

Sprint: My cell phone hinge broke on Monday. Tuesday, I went into the Sprint PCS store and I thought I would be in for a great debate and verbal argument over my phone. Nope, I was pleasantly surprise. They ordered me a new phone since it was under manufacture’s warranty and I added the total …

A recent trip to Animal Kingdom: Here are pictures of my two nieces when we were at Disney Animal Kingdom. We had a great time. However, it got very hot. Taylor love Eeyore.

A Picture Share!: Were at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

A Picture Share!: My nieces and Mom talking to Winnie Pooh.

Walt Disney World here I come!: Tomorrow, I will be going back to Animal Kingdom. I will post some pictures. Still awaiting on the final stuff for my Tennessee Property.

Back Home!: Well, got home from Tennessee yesterday. I found 15 acres for $28500. I am buying it and have already began the process. I will be making a Tennessee Trip page and posting pictures of my trip. Stay tuned.

In Tennessee: I have been in beautiful Paris, TN. This is my 3 day here and it is gorgeous. I have found the property I am buying. It is 15 acres even and is beautiful. I can not post pictures right now because my cell phone has no service up here except on roam and I did not bring the compact flash card reader. …

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A Picture Share!: Outside Chattanooga, a beautiful river.

A Picture Share!: I-75 in Lamar County Georgia. South of Atlanta. Not far to Tennessee.

A Picture Share!: In Georgia!

A Picture Share!: Going to Tennessee, just outside Lake City, FL.

Tennessee: I am going to Tennessee to look at land. At least 10 acres up to 15 acres. I have been preapproved. Yes!!!! Just got to find the right one now. I will be posting via cell phone and will be doing a lot of pictures to the blog. I am pretty excited to see my retirement area. As far as back here at home …

New Shift and New Life: I am working day shift now and love it. I have my same supervisor and she is great. I sleep a whole lot better too. Hope everything is going great for everyone. I will be updating my website this weekend.

Fianlly a chance: Well, I finally have a chance to make a post. It has been a while, I know. My Aunt Alva Jo is in the hospital. She is expected to live only the next few months. She has Cirrhosis of the liver and her liver is shot. My mother flew up to Connecticut this past week to be with her. I pick my mother up …

Lots of News! None that great!: The doctor himself called me on Monday at 5:01 PM and said that the liver ultrasound came out abnormal and the radiologist recommends me having a MRI of the liver. On top of all that I have a polyp on my gallbladder. The doctor said he is not worried about the polyp on my gallbladder but will …

What's going on?: Well, first of all, I like to say that I haven’t had a chance to work on the website yet. I have been busy today and haven’t been feeling well. I have had sinus problems. Second, I just got Verizon Fios (Fiber) today and so far I love it. The installation went great. The installation guy …

DVD's: Well, besides working overtime this weekend, I was able to watch a couple of DVD’s. I watched The Aviator, which I gave 2 stars out 5, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, 3.5 out of 5 starts, Cellular 5 out of 5 stars and Assault on Precinct 13, 4 out of 5 stars. Other than …

Finally something good!: I finally got my telephone problems worked out. On July 5, 2005 probably a whole new round of telephone problems will begin as I reordered the Fios (Fiber internet). Second, thing of good news, I got my second blood test results back. No hepatitis B or C and my Iron levels are in the acceptable …

This still is a bad month!!!: I can not wait for this month to be over. I am sick and tired of all this bad news. Today, I wait all day for the Verizon worker to get to the house to install mine and my dad’s new Fiber connection. We are supposed to get 2 separate connections. Well, the guy shows up at 4:30 PM and acts like …

A week of Bad News!: Well, yesterday was a day of bad news and today continued the trend. I went in for a physical back on June 2, 2005. The nurse from my doctor called me and woke me up after I had gotten home late and had only about 3 to 3.5 hours sleep when she called. She started out the telephone conversation Mr. …

New Glasses!: Well, I finally got my new glasses. I will turn on the web cam next week on my days off for the World to see!!!!!

Yearly Physical: Well, I went in today and had my yearly physical. The checkup minus lab work went great. The doctor said only without the lab results yet I need to lose weight. Other than that he would have to wait for the lab work. However, I am headed for blood pressure and possibly cholesterol medicine if I do …

Star Wars Episode III: I saw Star Wars Episode III on Thursday, May 19, 2005 and it was awesome. Friends and me are thinking of going again to see it at an IMAX Theater. I also found the time to do a minor update on the website, hope you find it interesting. This month is going to be a little hectic. Hope everyone stays …

A recent day at Disney's Epcot: A recent day at Disney World post Disney Vacation. Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Outside Mission Space: - - - - -Original Message- - - - - Outside Mission Space at Epcot. I went on it again and it was as thrilling as the first time.

Sorry!: Sorry it has been so long since I have blogged. I have been very busy in a two week period at work I have gotten 25 hours of overtime and work 109 hours during this time frame. I went to Disney World’s Epcot and Magic Kingdom yesterday. My mom and niece Alexus went also. It was very hot and …

Parents: I was supposed to go to Disney World with my niece and parents this weekend. I was looking forward to it. Then my father. He just bugged me to death and I remember he made my vacation not that great. So, I changed my mind. I will go later, I have a ticket that is good for a year and can go whenever …

Finally Something New.: Well, I am typing to you with a wounded wing. I injured my left arm at work on Sunday. Nothing too serious just a contusion to my left elbow and left shoulder. My left elbow and left arm are swollen right now. But, they are not as painful as yesterday. I was given two prescriptions by the Emergency …

Nothing New: Well, nothing new lately. Just humming along right now. Going to try to go to Disney World next Saturday. Not sure which park yet. Take care everyone.

Brighter days ahead and goodbye to some of my past: Well, yesterday I sold a good friend of mine my Ranger. I have had the Ranger with me for longer than I have had Henry. My Ranger was sold yesterday to very good people. I am going to be able to take the money at the end of this month and pay off a bill and a half. My goal of becoming debt free is …

Doctors!: I went to the doctors today. My blood pressure in my left arm was 150/104 by the nurse. The doctor came in and I was seeing him about a different problem. He checked me for that and then gave me refills on my prescriptions. But, I had to bring the blood pressure up to him. He took it and got a high …

Disappointed: Wednesday, April 6, 2005. We left and have arrived home from Disney World. I was disappointed with MGM and the Caribbean Resort. We did not have hot water our entire stay. It was luke warm. I like more hot than cold in my showers. MGM was kind of boring other than the 2 rides we went on it …

Epcot: I went to Epcot today, my first time there. I loved it. I went on the Test track and Mission Space. The hype leading up to the ride on Mission Space was leaving everyone scared including myself. However, once the initial part of the ride was over it was a great ride. I just wished it was longer. The …

April 4, 2005: Well, Monday was my birthday. I went to the Magic Kingdom on day 2 of my get-a-way vacation. It was very crowded. I got very embarrassed as my mom and dad took me out to dinner at Reb Lobster. First of all, my dinner was excellent. But, the surprise and embarrassment came as my mom told our waiter, …

Disney World Here I Come!: Well, as I write this I am waiting for everyone to finish loading up my new 2004 Dodge Durango, so we can head to Orlando on our vacation. We will be staying at the Caribbean Beach Resort from today until Wednesday. The plan today is to finally get there and go to the Animal Kingdom. Until 2P then …

New Website!: I hope everyone got my E-mail about and . Yes, is back. I stopped using Verizon On-Line’s home user website. I got 10mb of storage free but paid an extra $6.95 for 100mb more space. But, I was having a lot of trouble with it. So, I bought my own domain names and moved to hopefully a more …

Hello Everyone from Vaction Land!: Hello everyone. I hope everyone is doing great. I know I am. I have been lazying around on my days off. I will be going to Disney this weekend. The only negative is, it looks like I am going to have to board Henry. My sister and brother have let me down. So, that is going to be an extra expense I …

Vacation Time is Here!!!: Well, it is vacation time. It is also time for me to be sick again. It seems everytime I go on vacation I get sick. I have had a sore throat since Monday. It is somewhat better today but just by a little. Other than that I feel fine. I plan on catching up on some sleep today, tomorrow and Saturday.

Dinner: Well, I want to wish my friend and co-worker Shawn a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! He turned a whooping 31 years old today. We had a little celebration at a local restaurant. All had a good time and fellowship. 2 working days and Vacation time. Other than that a short weekend. Look for changes to my website in …

Vacation Looming: Only 4 working days to go before I am on vacation. I cannot wait. I also am planning a couple of online surprises after I go on vacation. Hope everyone is doing great.

Same Same Old: Just working. Nothing really new going on. I go on vacation at the end of the month and it will be a welcomed day. Henry is doing great. He goes to the Vet. on the 25th to get his teeth clean. Other than that really nothing new to talk about. Hope everyone is doing great.

Working overtime. Nothing else new.

Television: Well, I just got some bad news today. My favorite TV show Enterprise is being cancel in March. I hate that they are doing this. What are these morons thinking?

Nothing new here!: Well, as the title states nothing new. Just work. I had been sick but have recovered after a trip to the doctor for the right prescriptions.

Taxes: I hate taxes. I know they are necessary to run Government. But, lets tax those making over 250000 more than the middle class. I know someone will say we do. Bologna, there are too many loop holes. Lets go to a flat tax so everyone pays the same no matter if they make $1 or 1 million. Also, I getting …

Website: If, you noticed that my website had the Christmas theme back you were not imagining things. Verizon On-Line had a glitch. But, I have restored the website. I am thinking about changing to a better service. But, I only pay 6.95 a month to Verizon On-Line since I am a customer. We will see.

Sleep: I have been working so much lately, I have forgot what sleep is. I can not wait until March. At the end of March I will be going a real vacation. Am I going somewhere? Not sure maybe Disney World other than that not sure. But, I will be relaxing.

Sick: Well, today I had to call in sick. Once again my sinuses are acting up. Please some smart inventive Doctor find a cure for all sinus problems.

The Oppressed: I feel Oppressed. Oppressed by Corporate America!!! LOL!!! Someone at work told be because they were black and I was waiting and working hard that I was oppressing his people and forcing his people to sell stuff to my people. LOL. I told him he was crazy. I mentioned all this to because lately I …

Cellular Telephone Service: As I mentioned in my previous post I bought my self a SCP 5500 cellular telephone with built in camera. I discontinued my Nextel Service for several reasons. First and foremost cost, second the direct connect service on Sprint, called Ready Link is superior than Nextel’s and lastly since the …

Merry Christmas: Merry Christmas to all! I am having a great time with family and friends. Here is a list of Presents so far: Mom got me a Citizen EcoDrive Watch. Dad got me a EverStart Maxx Jump Starter Box. Sister and her boyfriend got me a wristband. Brother and Sister in law got me a Circuitcity Gift Card. …

Cold: It is cold today. It is 54 degrees right now….burr. I just finished watching The Day After Tomorrow. It was excellent a 4.5 star movie. It looks like a cold week. I am working overtime tomorrow and then working regular shift Wednesday. I took off this Thursday and next Monday. This will give …

Henry Update: Took Henry to the Eye Vet today and all is great. His pressure was 18 Vet said this was great. He discontinued his only pills. Finally great news.

Movies: Well, I had a weekend off for a change. I mean truly off. No overtime no nothing. I watched several 4 stars DVD’s. I watched The Chronicles of Riddick, Van Helsing and the newest Harry Potter DVD The Prisoner of Azkaban. I recommend them all if you haven’t seen them. I also caught up on …

Welfare in Amercia: I was reading a thread over at DSLReports.com about new low housing homes being built in Oregon and the State was requiring the contractors to wire the homes for either DSL or Cable and that these residents received free or heavily discounted high speed internet access. Well, this started a flurry …

All is well and boring!: I am taking a little vacation from work. I will not go back to work until next Friday. I have some odds and ends to do. Other than that relax is my key word right now.

The Election: Well, thank God Elections are over. I got so very tired of watching election commericals. The person I voted for (George Bush) won the election. I don’t necessarily like George Bush. However, I could not in good conscious vote for John Kerry. I did like John Edwards but, not John Kerry. Well, …

Still Nothing New: Nothing new with me. Just working a lot. Got over 3 hours yesterday of overtime and 4 today. I will have some exciting news hopefully next week. I will be working this weekend on Overtime. I am not sure when I will update the website. But, it will probably not until the second week of November when …

Nothing New: Well nothing is new. I have been working a lot lately. I mean a lot. I will be on this hectic schedule for another week and a half.

Lots of Overtime Work: I have been working alot of overtime lately. Hopefully, next month things will slow down. Henry is doing great. He still can not see. But, he is not in any pain. In dog years he will be a senior citizen on his birthday in December. I hope everybody is doing ok and I will be updating the website in a …

Hurricane Jeanne: Well, we are experiencing some of the worse that Jeanne has to offer. We still have power but we do have minor roof damage and the winds are continuing to pick up. Power has gone off and on several times. We have a lot of trees down too. I got off work early and have to go in again tonight at 6:00 …

Finally Great News!: Took Henry for his follow-up after surgery visit. His pressure in his eye is 10. Which is fantastic. The Vet said next week if his pressure is still that great his medication can start being reduced. The Vet said that we will know in about 6 weeks if he will regain any sight. If he does not at least …

Well, as I type this I am at work. I am working overtime. I need the money to help pay off Henry’s surgery bill. I can not wait until this year is over. As of next January (January of 2005) I will have only 10 years left to go and I can retire with full benefits. I am looking forward to that. …

Henry is Home!: I brought Henry home today and he is doing fine. He is still at his low level of sight he was when I took him into the Eye Vets. He goes back Thursday for a follow-up. I will be working a lot this week. So, this will probably be the last blog entry for a week. I might blog from work tomorrow not …

Henry Update Alert!: Henry has gone in for cyro to the eye procedure. He will have it done tomorrow and have to stay at the Eye Vets for at least two days. He has lost almost all of his sight. The Vet believes (as do I) that he is seeing shadows or has very diminished sight. This should be the last surgery for him if it …

Well, I think after Charley and Frances, Hurrican Ivan is going to spare us around here. I took this week off from work to recoup from a busy last month or so. I take Henry for a Vet Eye update on Wednesday. I will let everyone know what is going on then. Take care everyone.

Movie Critics: I don’t understand Movie Critics. I went and saw Alien Verus Predator today and I give it 4 out of 5 stars. I thought it was great. It was action packed and get my attention through out the movie. By the way I am highly upset at AMC Theatres. I had a coupon for a free ticket and they would not …

Henry is nearly blind. He has some vision but not much. He is using his sense of smell and hearing the most. When I go back to the doctor I am sure that he will have one surgery left to stop the eye from hurting. I don’t think it will have to be removed but another option will take place. I …

Henry Update: Well, I took Henry to the Eye Vet yesterday. He stitches came out fine and the Eye Vet says all looks well on that front. However, his right eye the pressure has increased to 40 even after the increase in medicine. Unlike his left eye though his vision is good in that eye and it is clear. The Eye …

Important Notice about Hurricane Charley: We are preparing to experience Hurricane Charley. I will be working all weekend and do not know my schedule because of Hurricane Charley. My sister, 2 nieces and Chris (my sister’s) boyfriend are at my house along with my mom and dad. They will be here while I am working. To all my family and …

Henry Post Eye Removal: Here are two pictures post left eye removal of Henry. He is improving each day. The pictures look pretty bad. But, I can tell he is in less pain. Now, I am working hard to save his right eye. The eye Vet has increased his medication to get his right eye pressure down from 30 back to 20 or below. …

2 Days before: Well, it is 2 days before Henry’s eye removal. I think we both are feeling a little anxious.

I have updated the website. I am not quite sure if I will be able to update it in August. I am working a lot of overtime next month. I will try though.

Henry Update: Today Henry had 2 Vet visits. The first to his regular Vet for his 6 month Proheart Shot (for heartworms). That visit with food and allergy medication along with the shot was $184. The second at the Eye Vet for his 6 month check up. We received good news reference the right eye it is doing fine with …

Well, I was supposed to work some overtime today. But, it got cancelled. Oh well, 2 more weeks and everything should be calming down.

Well, I just finished up working 7 days straight. I have to work tonight which is overtime. I work Wednesday and Thursday and then off for the weekend. I will update some stuff over the weekend.

Well, since I failed to win the Lottery last night, I will be back at work tomorrow. I have enjoyed my time off just bumming around. It will be awhile before I get to blog again.

Well, After working 6 days last week and 7 days next I slept all day. I have been extremely lazy today.

I was schedule to work overtime today but a couple of hours before I was supposed to go in, it was cancelled. I could of used that money too. Oh well! Life marches on. I am about 85% done with my peeling and only pain in my shoulders is left. I will be glad when this is over. I have to work all …

The burn marches on!: Well, the blisters you saw yesterday are gone. I did what they say not to do and popped them. I have to go back to work and did not want to have to worry about the blisters busting open. Take care everyone.

4th day and Counting: This is my fourth day with this sunburn. My face has improved greatly. My back does not bother me. However, I have 3 spots that are killing me. I have uploaded several pictures. The blue stuff you see is Aloe Vera. I have been putting it on since Wednesday. If it is not better by Monday, I probably …

I suffered through my training class yesterday. I am still hurting from my sunburn and have more blisters. I even have blisters in my hair on my head. Go figure that I wore a hat. Just in a little of pain. A little less yesterday and some good news. My face has started peeling and my nose looks a …

Ok I went boating yesterday with a couple of guys from work. We had a good time. However, today I am paying for it. I have a bad sunburn and a little blistering on my nose and shoulders. I hate that part. That is why I don’t like staying out too long in the sun. Yes, I did wear sunblock SPF …

I have training on Wednesday but the rest of the week I am off. I am going boating tomorrow with some friends from work. See you’ll on Wednesday evening for next post or maybe tomorrow night.

Well, nothing new to report. I was supposed to make up training today at work. But, I postponed it to next week. I have to work all weekend so that should be fun (not). Hope everyone is doing great. Take care all.

We had a surprise birthday party yesterday for my Grandmother at my Aunt’s house in Lakeland. Everyone had a good time. However, we went to eat at a restaurant called the “Red Barn” after words. Supposedly has great steaks. Nope it did not stay away from there. The food was …

Well, I now have a nephew. My brother and my sister in law had their baby on Thursday, June 10, 2004 in the afternoon. I had to work Thursday and have not seen the baby yet. His name is Daniel Landon Mitchell. All are doing great. As soon as I get pictures I will post pictures.

Well I just got home from seeing the new Harry Potter Movie. I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars. Very good movie and can not wait to buy the DVD.

Today is my mom and dad’s anniversary. They have been married 36 years. Today is also my grandmother’s birthday, she is 91. Myself, my niece and my mom are going to go see the new Harry Potter movie I let y’all know how it is.

Ok what a weekend. I had to work this weekend with the exception of Friday night it was a slow weekend on the work front. However, my DSL went down Friday and getting Verizon to admit it was their problem took my 4 days 3 of them with little sleep. I finally had to call one of the field techs that …

Uh I finally did it. I finished level 5 of Rogue Squadron II. Other than that not much going on.

Ok this weekend I got really ticked. Ticked at the Gamecube. I am trying to finish a level of Star Wars Rogue Leader Rogue Squadron II. I can’t get the prisoners safe. UGHHHH!!!!

My sister had another baby girl her second. Taylor Ann Mitchell (Cameron) was born on Sunday, May 23, 2004. Everyone is doing great!! Well, I took last night off and I am off all weekend. However, the next month will be long. I have a lot to do. I hope everyone likes the update to the website. Also, …

Ok whats up with people naming their babies stupid names? A friend of my brother’s, which I know, is naming his baby “Sailor” it is a girl.

It rain today which fit into my mood. I am just lazing around. Back to work tomorrow. This weekend flew.

My plans today, on this great day to be off, are to go get Henry his medicine for allergies and his special dog food. Then I am going to run to Staples and get some printer paper. Then I am doing absolutely nothing. I would go to the movies if 1 I had the money and 2 there was something go to watch. …

I saw a good movie the other day I had bought the DVD Seabiscuit and watched it I give it 4.5 stars. I am looking forward to the weekend. I am going to be lazy. I am still waiting on my money from the State of Florida. See you all later.

Ok what’s up? I have a serious sinus headache today. I have taken my medication to no effect. I hate my sinuses. What do they actually do? But, cause me serious health problems. If I did not have sinus problems I think I would be 100 percent healthy.

Well, I was a little under the weather yesterday even had a low grade fever plus a huge sinus headache. I feel 90 percent better today. I was taking Friday off as a vacation day but I am going to go ahead and go to work. Why is it when you owe some one or the Government money they want it right away …

Well, today was another lazy day. I did not get my hair cut today because my Cousin I did not come over today. Hopefully, Wednesday afternoon.

Well, I did some extracurricular activity for work today and I had a good time. I would like to thank my supervisor who bought us breakfast. Other than that I have been lazing around the house. The weather started to get a little bloomy which helped me in to a daze of sleepiness. I did watch two …

It has been a long month. Usually I take April off for vacations. But, this year I could not being I was still on probation on my new job. Well, as of April 28, 2004 I will be officially off probation and at my job for 1 year. So, I will take smaller little vacations over the next year. I am …

Well, this was one long week. I had a lot of training for my job. I will be off tomorrow and Sunday. Tomorrow my sister is having her baby shower here so we are going to have a lot of strangers and acquaintances over here. It should be good for my sister. But, since I don’t like parties I will …

Will be very busy for the next week. Hope everyone is doing great….Looking forward to next weekend I am off.

My Birthday today!: Today is my birthday. Of course my brother and his wife did not remember until my dad told them. I turned 35 today. As far as gifts here is a list: My friend Krystal Gift Certificates to Outback (Thanks Krystal) My parents A First Day Stamp Cover framed of the Original Star Trek (Thanks Mom and Dad) …

Well, finally a weekend off. I have a hectic schedule coming up this month. I will be working a lot of weird hours this month.

Work was crazy this weekend. I started coming down with a cold on Friday. Well it is in full rage today. Thank God I have 4 days off this week. I am going to the Eye Doctor for myself, a yearly checkup, on Thursday. So, I probably will be sleeping the rest of the day.

Well, I found out that I have a 106 dollars coming to me from the State of Florida. I got a letter the other day from a lawyer says the State has 106 dollars from UPS for me they could not find me. I fill out this paper work. They take 25% and I get the rest. So, I threw the letter away. I checked …

After a nine day hiatus I am back to work at 6PM tonight. Whoho!

Well, one more day and it’s back to work. Won’t be a big work week though. Only Wednesday and Thursday. Next week will be the big week. My big accomplishment on my 9 days off was finishing Star Trek Elite Force 2. Very hard game but on the last mission I had to cheat otherwise I would …

I was just sitting here thinking. I know that I have not been back to Church in a while. Not really because I don’t want to worship Christ. But, because of my job and because I always have been Introverted. I don’t like being around people. Especially, strangers. It takes a while to get …

Wednesday, it is back to work. Unless, I win the Lottery! Wouldn’t that be great. What would you do if you won the Lottery? I know what I would do!

Well, I had to take Henry to the Vet yesterday for an ear infection. It cost me 70 dollars. How and the world does a shot and medicine cost 70 dollars? Seems prices go up faster then by paycheck. Someone please explain that to me. I am off for another 6 days. Take care!

I have 3 more days of work and then off for 9 days. YEAH!!!!

Went to see the Passion of Christ today and it was an excellent movie. All unbelievers should be made to watch it. Should be mandatory at all schools and universities.

I went on a blind date this is probably my fifth or sixth one and all have one thing in common. They were not positive experience. I mean as far as the other company I was with the couple that set it up that was a positive experience. I enjoyed meeting my friend’s wife and enjoyed there …

Does anybody even read my blogs? I feel like I am ranting to thin air sometimes! Well, I finally got my hair cut today. I work tomorrow, Thursday and little bit on Friday. I also go on my blind date on Saturday. I don’t know if my website is worth it. I mean does anybody even view it?

This is incredulous! There is nothing on TV and I have watched everything on my TIVO. This should be criminal!!!! UGHHHHH I am going crazy!!!!

I am off tonight and tomorrow then back to the work world for 3 days of fun and money. I had to take Henry to the Eye Vet today. This was just a schedule follow up. But, last night something happened to his left eye while I was at work. I thought the glaucoma was back. His eye was shut up and the …

I am off this weekend but watching my sick niece. I am not well either. I feel fine except my right foot. This is the second time this has happened to me. I went to bed Tuesday night and woke up Wednesday morning and my foot was killing me and it had swollen up. I hurt so bad I was limping Wednesday …

Well, I am supposed to be getting my tax return this Friday. The little bit it is. I have to take Henry to the Eye Vet next Wednesday at 2:45PM. I ordered the new webpage software and it should be here by the end of the week or the beginning of next. So, I will be able to update the web page in the …

Ok, I took the day off boy am I glad I did. I had to go in for a few hours to work today but was not getting paid. This is the day we bid for the shift we want to work next year. I don’t have a lot of seniority so I got midnight shift. Which will be either 6p-6a or 7p-7a. It is going to be …

This STINKS!!!! I just got my second W-2 that I was waiting on. I did my taxes and I went from $2900 to $782. All I am getting is $782. This will get 1 bill paid off. Why are single people killed in taxes? I tried to itemize and no can do. Doesn’t add up to more than my standard deduction. All …

I am looking at buying a new computer toward the end of this year. Maybe, it depends on the financial outlook at that time. My new job still has not sent me my W-2. This is the last one I am waiting on. I am hoping to pay off at least 2 bills with my tax refund. The song that should be on the bottom …

Got some much needed rest today. It has been a busy week at work. Relaxing this weekend will be good. Henry is doing great. He just got his hair cut. I will be updating the website in the next month or so. I am working on several side projects. Take care to all!

My new work team seems to be a lot of good people. The new shift is doing good on the body. Off today and tomorrow have to run something over to the doctor’s tomorrow.

Well, I finished the fresh install of Windows XP and put the new Office 2003 on my system. I hope it holds all year. Seems to be working great. No bugs. Got my webcam picture back just have to start loading it up. They only thins is I have to get used to the Outlook 2003. Totally different …

Well, this is new. This is the first time I have called out of sick for an entire day at my new job. I have a sinus headache, low grade fever and an overall feeling of fatigue. I think it just the change in weather. Felt pretty good yesterday but woke up not to good. I think all the long hours I …

I went to the doctor yesterday for a yearly physical. So far, I gotten green thumbs but we have to wait for the blood test and another test because there was a little problem. However, the little problem so far is not a big problem and the Doctor just thinks it might be a benign problem. I …

Hope everyone had a great New Year’s. As for me, I lazed around all day. I have to go back to work a long weekend. Well, something no one has probably thought about it is time to file taxes again. I hope I get back some good money. I am hoping for anywhere from 1500-3000 back. I have big big …

Well, Happy New Year Eves to everyone. I hope everyones 2004 is great.

I am feeling better today no sinus headache. But, my right foot has been hurting since Friday. I have no idea what I did to it. It is still smarting today. I have been taking Alieve to help with the pain and swelling. Henry is feeling better also.

Well, it is official. I am sick. Not the flu just a regular old sinus infection/cold. Henry is also sick. His allergies are exploding. I had to take him to the Vet today and spent $43.50 for his shot and associated medications. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Both my days at worked were bad …

I am going to some training tomorrow. So, no work tonight. I hope everyone has a great Christmas. As for me I will be working Christmas Eve Night and Christmas Night. I saw DVD League of Extraordinary gentlemen and it was fair. I give it 3 out of 5 stars. Remember as of January 1, 2004 I will no …

Well, I saw the last of the Lord of the Rings today. Excellent movie except the very very end. I don’t wont to give it away but Why did Froto have to get on the Ship? And where was that Ship Heading? Where were the elves going? Someone answer these questions please or I will read the books to …

I went to our workgroup Christmas Party tonight. I had a great time. Thanks to all who put it together.

Well, yesterday was a fine day off I slept about 90% of it after getting home from work at 10 AM and I only got to claim 1 hour overtime the rest was on me I had some odds and ends to do that can only be done during “normal business hours”. Today I am going to our work group Christmas …

After years of being with Nextel I finally got my laptop and PDA to log on to the Internet via my Verizon On-Line Account. Thanks to the Customer Service Technician. Yahooo! My Christmas shopping is 95% complete. Just a couple of minor things to do. I paid cash for everything. Not going to be an …

Well, I hope that everyone had an excellent Thanksgiving! I did! The food was great! However, my 3 days off Friday, Saturday and today have been just OK! Today I don't feel especially great. I have a sinus headache. Well, I hope it goes away by tomorrow evening I have to go to work. Henry Update: …

I am after working Wednesday and Thursday for a total of 34 hours in a 48 hour period I am tired. I slept most of the day yesterday. I am off today through Wednesday. I have to get my teeth clean on Monday. Also, my computer speakers went out and Dell is refusing to warranty the speakers. They said …

Another day off. I love those. Not that I don’t like the new job because I do. Next month on the 28th will be eight months and still loving it. Henry Update: Henry is doing fine. I am going to be taking him to the Eye Vet next week for a follow-up check up and see what happens. Well, I …

Ok for all those who have inquiring minds…I did not have a blind date this weekend. My friend and his wife that were going to arrange it were not able to. His wife has been sick and not at work. I was informed Thursday of this fact. So, I have lazed around all weekend. I go back to work …

Well, the website is updated for Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has a great one. I will not be working on Thanksgiving Eve or Thanksgiving but have to work the day after, the dreaded start of Christmas Shopping season. Henry is doing great in his left eye. However, the Eye Vet on the day I bought him …

A fairly lazy weekend. Haven’t felt good so just stayed at home. Feeling somewhat better. Back to the work tomorrow. Should be a busy week.

Henry had to go to the Eye Vet. He has to have another shot in his left eye. The Vet stated he only had one other case where the shot to the eye did not stop the glaucoma. So I have to take him next week and pay another $200.00 to have the eye injected again. The Vet will just charge for the shot …

Well, tomorrow is my last day off. Actually, I am kinda of glad. I am looking forward to going back to work. I will have a busy week ahead of me. Saw a couple of good movies while I was off, I bought them on DVD. The In-Laws and The Matrix Reloaded. I also saw Boat Trip but I sold it on Amazon. It …

Well, I am off until next Monday night. I am going to recharge my batteries. I have updated the website again. I hope y’all enjoy! Henry is doing great just for everyone’s information. Friends from my old job no longer friends with very few exceptions. Why people want to start trouble …

Ok, Some new things on the web site. Added a new theme, reinstated the My Calendar page and other things. I have more web space too. Verizon finally lets you expand your web space, for an additional price. But, that price is not too bad. I have 110 megs of space for $6.95 a month. Will be adding …

Well, I want to update my website but Verizon is having trouble. Geez, what’s up with that I have been trying all day.

Another day off. Wow I am getting too lazy. Nah, actually I have had a touch of insomnia lately. Hopefully, it will pass as I finally get used to midnight shift work.

Well, I was absolutely lazy today. I have a long weekend starting Friday night at 6 PM. Henry is doing great and I am glad we are not in Hurricane Isabel’s path. As promised next weekend will work on updating website. The webcam is different story. The program I use to upload the pictures is …

Ok today I am really ticked off. First off all I had to work 3 and a half overs of overtime today. Second, when I was trying to sleep my Doctor calls with the results of my CT Scan of my sinuses. The results everything looks normal and sees no problems. Well why do I still feel lousy and I KNOW FOR …

Ok this is the first weekend I have had off in 2 weeks. I have enjoyed it. Henry is doing well. He is too cute. He is trying to be so brave about seeing and you can tell he is blind on that left side. He always turns right to meet someone now. I have picked my fall lineup television shows I will …

Henry Vet Update: Henry had his eye surgery procedure today. The left eye had a pressure of 41 after the procedure 10 and the left eye will be dead in about 3 weeks. The doctor said the right eye is doing great and should have no future problems. So I think I made the right decision. I had a CT scan …

Henry Eye Vet Update: I took Henry to the Eye Vet yesterday for a check up to make sure the pressure was staying down still. Well, no it was back up in the 40’s. So they medicine worked for a while. I have come to the hard conclusion that I am going to have to a procedure done just to his left …

Well, I will not be working 5 days straight. I was able to get Sunday night off. So, back to work Monday night.

Latest Update on Henry: I took him to the eye Vet today. Normal pressure in the eye should not be more than 20-22 according to the doctor. Last Saturday it was 50 in the left eye. Today in both eyes 4 so they need medication works. He has another appointment next week to check his pressure again and …

Update on Henry: The new medication seems to be working. He is keeping his left eye open and the cloudiness is gone. I think I might have advert a hard decision for a while.

On a lighter note. I received an e-mail, via Classmates.com, from an old high school friend that I haven’t seen in a long time. That was a nice suprise. It will be 20 years since I graduated from high school in 4 more years. Time flies. It doesn’t seem like that many years.

Well, I took Henry to the Eye Vet. today. The verdict….Henry has glaucoma in his left eye. His pressure should be in the mid teens or low 20’s but his is 50. I have some tough decisions to make if the 3 new medications I have to use on him do not work. Today’s visit $192.00.

Well, I am finally getting some days off. I had Henry groomed today. I also have to take him to the eye Vet tomorrow. He is having trouble with his left eye. Hopefully, it is nothing. I will let everyone know.

Latest News: It’s official I am done with my training and now onto the meat and potatoes of the job. My supervision approved me to work on my own today. Raining right now and it is making me sleepy. Henry is doing good and I off to play a game. Take care to everyone.

Sorry I have not blogged in a long time or update the web site. I have been very busy at my new job. I think the craziness should slow down and hopefully stop in the next couple of weeks. Henry is doing great. I have to get him groomed. I will probably take him this Friday. My sinus infection is …

Went to the doctor today. I was right a full blown sinus infection. The doctor is trying a different strategy. I will be on an antibiotic for 6 weeks to see if the infection will be knocked out and stay out. I hope so. I am tired so I am going to sleep early tonight. Might try to update my website …

Hey everyone! So, I have not blogged in a long time. Things are very busy at work now. I am getting close to my on the job training period. I should be finished the first week of September if everything goes well. I have had 4 trainers before the one I have now and they were all excellent. The one I …

MY DSL is back up and running. Hurrah!! Now, I just have to get everything set back up. I go back to work tomorrow and Thursday. So, I will finish everything up on Friday.

I was off all this weekend and it felt good. I go back to work. Expenses have seemed to be climbing. I am looking at cutting some of my monthly expenses. For example I have taken steps to reduce my monthly telephone bill including DSL from 130 to almost 80. Well, back to work tomorrow. The rest of …

Another 2 days off. I am taking Henry to the Vet today for his 6 month proheart shot and an allergy shot. I am also going to do a couple of errands. Was sick on Monday and work 3/4 of a day. Had to go home wanted to stick it out but just could not do it. Yesterday felt fine and work an hour and a …

Well, I am off this weekend. Just a note to all, you will not see Webcam updates for a couple of weeks or may a couple of months. I am going to be re-installing my operating system within the next couple of months. I am having a few issues that I created so I will be resolving them with a fresh …

Well, I am off the next 2 days and plan on doing nothing but relaxing.

Well, another day off. I did mostly nothing. It has been raining all day. Sunday is my last day of my first round of training in my new job. A good friend of mine today became Police Chief of Solcomb, AL.

Sorry I have not blogged in a long time. But, the new job has long hours and more days off to catch up on sleep. The new job is going great. Don’t know what I am going to do this weekend besides getting a hair cut and maybe mow the lawn. Dell finally replaced my hard drive. However, for some …

I watched a DVD today called “The Recruit” not bad. Give it 3.5 stars out of 5. Henry got groomed today and I spent over over $170.00 today. Grooming and food for Henry. My Dell computer is losing it’s hard drive. The hard drive is failing. I have contacted Dell because it is still …

Well, I am back to work tomorrow looking forward to it. This is a long week. I work Monday, Tuesday off Wednesday and Thursday then go back Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I have been hiccupping since yesterday. I think it might be from the medication I am on. It does stop when I a sleep. Thank God for …

Well, I went to the Doctor yesterday and I am on 2 antibiotics, a steroid, cough medicine and I continue to take my Clarinex. When I am done with the steroid I am to start taking my nasal spray again. I have a severe sinus infection. This is one of the worst I have had in terms of coughing and …

Well, I just finished my first week on the job training at my new job. I have been assigned a training person. She shows me how to handle different situations. She has been great. She is knowledgeable, friendly, funny and has a great personality. I feel lucky to have her training me.

Sorry I have not posted in a long time. I have been very busy with my new job. I just finished the class room training and start the on the job training on Wednesday. I like this new job a lot more than my old one. I am going to enjoy my next few days off. Take care to everyone.

Well, my weekend was ok. Spent it just relaxing. Still in training in my new job. I have this week and next week to go before I go to the 2nd phase of training. Just wished it was a little cooler. It has been very hot here lately.

My first week at my new job was just as I expected, training. I can’t wait until the training is done. Also, I should have enough deductions to do a long form this year and get a little more money back. Got to go do a little shopping for some new things for my new job this weekend. I am also …

I started my new job today. Everything was going fine until the last hour. I got a call from Personnel and said they did not have my initial application. I had to go down and fill out another one even though I could not remember all of the original information. They said that did not matter and that …

Update. I have finished all my projects as of Friday. I am free free to relax until I start my new job Monday.

Well, I was invited to a good friend’s house today for dinner. I had an excellent time thanks Irene, Ryan, Nicholas and Frank. Also, thanks to Krystal for listening to me while I was riding over there. I Nextelled her about an ex-friend.

Here is a picture of me and Henry today. Isn't he looking great from the last picture I posted. No more eye surgeries for him and his vision is improving greatly each day. Going to do some minor updates to the website this week. Next week I will probably not have enough time, with starting my new …

Well, I mowed the yard yesterday, cleaned my room today and got Henry groomed. Only 2 things left to do is to get my hair cut and clean my truck. Plan on doing those things on Friday. Start the new job on Monday.

Well, tomorrow is Easter. Just remember the Lord died and 3 days later rose to complete his promise to give us eternal salvation. Yesterday, we went to my grandmother’s cabin in Inverness. We had a good dinner up there. My Aunt Shirley made pork roast, green beans, sweet potatoes and etc. It …

Today was my last day at my current job. My fellow co-workers got me a shirt and a plaque. Thanks Robert, Edwin, Michael Meyer, Bill, Chris and Krystal for the gifts. They were great. Take care to all of you and great success to all of you in the future.

Well, today I talked to my grandmother. She sounds good. However, she thinks she might die this week. I told her that is nonsense. She is 90 this June. I told her it is not her time yet. I don’t want to lose her. I think she will be around for a while longer.

Well my POW page will be coming down. All the POW have been released. See this article for more information. This is great news. Also, why is it a lot of people are against this War? I favored the War. The only problem I had with it. This should been done 12 years ago the first time.

OK, Today is the day I have been promising you. I got my new job. I will be changing companies on April 28, 2003. I will be going from a State worker to a County worker. In the end, it means more money. No change in my retirement. It carries right on over.

Just got some bad news! My Grandmother is back in the hospital. Not sure what has happened yet. Will let everyone know as soon as I do.

Well, one more day and then back to work tomorrow. Not looking forward to going back. Especially since I have a lot of news happening regarding that topic this week.

My Nextel bill finally got straightened out today. I was on the phone with Nextel for about 20 minutes. Got a total of $134 dollars credited to my account. It only took a month. Why is it when you owe people or companies money they want it today? But, if you are owed money people or companies take …

Well, today was a big day. Got a call from my boss and got my transfer. I also have a big day tomorrow. The “BIG NEWS” is only 4 days away.

Today is my Birthday! Wow and I got to work. Nothing new. Still should have something real big too post next Friday.

Henry had another check up today. The Vet says everything is going great. Also, I paid for a service call mailblocks.com to consolidate all my e-mail accounts to fight spam. They are supposed to have a great way of doing this according to several articles I read. So far I am not impressed. Good …

As you can see Henry is wearing his collar. I call him White Vader after Darth Vader. Any way he is doing great and I am letting my beard grow. I am temporarily going back to work tomorrow for some overtime. But, will be going back full time on Friday from vacation

Henry is in a little pain today but he is doing much better. He is more animated today.

Henry had his surgery today. The Vet. said there were no complications in the right eye, like there were in the left eye. He still will have to stay on the glaucoma medication. Henry is somewhat active and groggy. His next appointment is Wednesday at 1:30 PM.

We are at WAR! For the second time in my lifetime a war has started and it happens to be against the same people as last time. Let’s finish this, this time. Henry has his surgery this Friday. I hope everything goes well. Please pray that everything does go well. Saw a movie today “The …

I went to the eye doctor today. My prescription did not change. However, the doctor wants me to come back in 6 months. The pressure in my right eye is slightly higher than it should be. She thinks it was just the dilation. However, she ordered more tests for me. When I come back in 6 months it will …

I worked a double last night. Have only had 4 hours of sleep. I had to take Henry to the Eye Vet for a follow-up. Some mixed news. His eye is looking good from the surgery and the other eye will be done next week. However, the doctor is keeping him, long term, on medicine for his eye for glaucoma. …

Well, it is official! I am getting FAT again. I have gain back 10 of my 23 pounds lost. My blood pressure is definitely weight related. It has gone back up in the border zone. The problem with the Atkins diet is that it works as long as you really really restrict the carbs. Well, I can’t keep …

I just found this Star Trek personality test and it was pretty close. Below are my results: Star Trek Personality Test – Results Myers-Briggs would say that you are an INTJ (Introvert, Intuitive, Thinker, Judger). In Star Trek language, you share a basic personality configuration with Jean-Luc …

I got my teeth cleaned today. Other than that nothing going on, except me relaxing.

I know that there is a problem when I post from Blogger it is not getting to my yahoo group or it is getting there but filtered out. So this I am trying to track down the problem. But, it is nothing I am doing. Be patient. Thanks.

Another week down. My niece, Alexus is sick. She has to see a specialist this Friday. They are unsure what is wrong at this point. She is running a fever. I am going to the Dentist tomorrow. Getting my teeth clean. Well, not much happening here. I have made some minor changes to the web site today. …

Henry got his stitches out today. He loves not having to wear the plastic collar. My dad bought me an early Birthday present. He bought me and my mother i95cl cell phones. Let’s hope Nextel does not mess up my billing. I worked another weekend of 17 hours on Saturday and Sunday. I am saving …

I worked 17 hours Saturday and Sunday. I am needing these two days off to recuperate. I will be catching up on sleeping, watching TV, playing games and eating. Henry is doing great! He gets his stitches out next week.

I thought that I would never see this again. Once in my lifetime was enough and it has happened again. I was a junior in High School back in January 28, 1986 in class when I was told about the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up during take off. Now 17 years later Space Shuttle Columbia blew up on …

I go back to work tomorrow. It is the start of the pay week. I will be off on Saturday and Sunday. Henry is doing much better he has another follow-up on Wednesday at 3:15 PM. I have a doctors appointment on Monday at 3 PM. Well, I hope tomorrow goes good for me. I am going to bed early tonight. …

Hurrah, the Vet said that Henry’s left eye is doing excellent. He is surprised by the great progress due to the complications he had in that eye. Next appointment next Wednesday at 2:15 PM. I am also broker then broke. I need my tax return which is supposed to be deposited on the 25th of …

Henry has a follow-up today I will let you know the outcome as soon as I know.

Henry is doing better. He is trying to scratch at his left eye. But, he has a protective collar on. He is eating and drinking and appears to be in less pain. He is also keeping the eye open and it looks good. Hope the Vet thinks so on Tuesday. Three weeks and the stitches come out of his eye. I will …

Henry had his follow-up check up. Doctor says everything looks good. He has another follow-up on Tuesday at 2:15 PM. He finally ate a little while ago.

Henry is home right now. He does not look bad. He has stitches in his left eye and eye lid. He is still very sleepy. I will put his medication in his eye later. He was very happy to see me. He was wagging his tail while trying to close his eyes. He has a follow-up appointment tomorrow at 11:15 AM. …

Henry’s surgery had complications. Only one eye was done. However, the doctor says that he will recover. The other eye will have to be done either next week or within a couple of months.

Henry is going for surgery tomorrow. He is currently at the Groomers. I hope they call me soon. I have to get him feed so he doesn’t eat after 8 PM. I hope everything goes excellent tomorrow. I will update everyone as soon as I know.

Henry’s surgery is scheduled for January 24, 2003. I have a very busy week ahead. Have a new CD from Mercy Me. “Spoken For” is my favorite song on it.

I took Henry to the Vet Ophthalmologist yesterday. The bad news is he definitely has a cataract in the left eye. The worse news is he has a small developing one in the right eye. The even worse news is that it will cost $1800 to have both eyes done. So, I will be doing that in February. Off until …

This news with Henry is not starting my New Year off on the right foot. I hope that God provides some financial answers for me.

I received some very very bad news today. I had to take Henry to the Vet today for his annual. I was supposed to take him on Wednesday the 8th but noticed something wrong with his left eye Friday. He had a gray tint to his left eye. So, I called the Vet and had to take him in this morning. He has a …

This is my last post of this year. The next time I post it will be 2003. I hope this new year goes better for me. This year was more bad than good. I am hoping to change jobs or at last change locations in my current job. I am hoping to get more bills paid off and lose more weight. Thinking of going …

I hope everyone’s Christmas was great! Mine was not bad. I had to work but it was slow. My brother’s birthday is tomorrow. Happy Birthday, Daniel! I will be changing the website after the New Year. Going to put up some updated pictures. Take care everyone.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TOO EVERYONE! REMEMBER THE REASON FOR THE SEASON! JESUS!

I went and saw Star Trek Nemesis and Lord of the Rings Two Towers yesterday. Both were excellent movies. 4 out of 5 stars on both. Look forward to buying both on DVD.

Today is Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas to everyone. I do not have to work today. I have Christmas Eve off and do not have to go to work until 10 PM tomorrow. I will tell you that I will be glad this year will be over in a few days. This has not been an amazing year for me. However, I do think next …

Back to work tonight. Not looking forward to it. Have been under the weather lately. But, have to go to work to earn my Christmas Holiday. Did not get a chance to go to the movies this week. Going to try to see Star Trek: Nemesis and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers on Monday. Got a free ticket for …

This is my only day off. It will be another 5 days before I am off again. Bummer. The new Tivo is working out great. All of my Christmas shopping is complete.

Well, I am off until Friday. I look forward each day to my time off. Nothing special going on just relaxing.

Well, I sold my ReplayTV. It is already boxed and shipped and I have my money. Now, to buy my Tivo. I am so stuffed it is not funny. Had a great time at my grandmothers. Going to the movies tomorrow.

I off, off, off until Saturday. I wanted to take this time and tell everyone I wish that they have a great Thanksgiving! I have finally had it with my ReplayTV. The thing works and works great. However, it hates my cable connection. It did not record my shows tonight Everwood, 7th Heaven and CSI …

Well, just wanted to drop a quick note to let everyone know that I am doing fine. I hate work though. But, what is new there. I just read a news story that confirms everything I have been thinking about since the 9/11 attacks. I believe that the Saudis were involved in this attack. Meaning the Saudi …

This was a trying week. Seven days straight. I worked a whooping 20 hours yesterday. I hate work more and more each passing day. Luckily, I don’t have to think about it until Friday and then I have only a four day work week. I will be off most of next week.

Got Henry a much need grooming today. Also, caught up on my TV shows yesterday. I watched several good movies today. Left Behind 2: The Tribulation Force, Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones (man Yoda can fight) and Sum of All Fears (excellent movie). Seven day work period coming up. Next Tuesday will …

Happy Day off for me. I am doing fine and I hope everyone else is. Off today and tomorrow then start a 7 day stretch. Nothing much happening today. Hope everyone is doing great. I am.

Voted today and did other errands. I will be working overtime on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday will be a long day as well. On the financial front I am doing miserable. Hence, all the overtime. This will be a bleak Christmas for me. I have already informed my family. I told them not to expect much …

Tomorrow is Voting Day. Who will I vote for? I tell you Wednesday.

Got my test results from the doctors office reference my physical last week. Good cholesterol is low. Bad cholesterol is only 201 not bad and my triglycerides are good. The doctor said everything look good just a little exercise and stay on my low carb diet.

Happy November everyone. I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. I took Friday off and I so happy. Still have to work Saturday and Sunday but that is ok.

My website has been updated. Have added some new things change somethings around. Lets see if anyone notices. Don’t bother looking right now. Won’t be up there until Friday.

Yesterday went for my physical. Doctor gave me a very thorough examination. He said everything on physical inspection looked good. My blood pressure was 116/86. They took 3 vails of blood and urine. They only call if something is wrong. But, I will probably call them to see how the results were. I …

Finally, my last day of work for the week has come and I am now enjoying two whole days off. I am going to the doctors tomorrow for my physical and I am going to get a flu shot while I am at it. Working on improving the website. Going to try to post on Friday or Saturday at the latest.

By the way I forgot to mention on the weight loss front, I am down 20 pounds. This Atkins diet really works. Another benefit is my blood pressure is way down too. I have a physical examination on October 28. We will see how my cholesterol levels are doing on this diet.

This has been another trying week. Some good news though. I have been feeling quite good physically and have been looking for places to retire. Yes you heard me to retire. Long term planning. Looking at northeast Georgia. 3 more days of work to go.

This weekend has gone by too fast. Unfortunately, I have to go back to work tomorrow. This will be a seven day stretch for me.

Well, I have been back to work for 2 days and it stinks. This job really bites the dust. I got overtime today so I am going home early tomorrow.

Almost completely recovered for my return to work on Monday. TechTV will host a Microsoft Live event this weekend. It should be good.

Doing much better today. Except when I checked my mail. I got a notice saying my health and dental insurance is going up starting in January by $5.00 a month. I know this may not sound like a lot. But, add that to the $6.00 a month auto insurance increase and you see a trend. All the while my pay is …

Been lazy all this weekend. Recuperating. Still no more pain pills. Might be able to shave a week off of sick leave and comeback next Monday, the 7th. Also, got some bad news about a job I applied for. Did not get it. Looks like I am locked in at my current employer for another 12 years and 5 …

Feeling better today. No pain pills in the last 12 hours. I think my website is all done at this point only thinking of adding one thing and it will probably not be until a little later.

Feeling better. Still a little loopy. Have made some updates to the website since I have a little time. Can anyone find them? Let’s see. Added a new feature have been wanting to add for a few months now. Going on the weekend. Hope everyone has a good one. My turn on the web cam this weekend. …

I can now post via my cell. This should provide fresher content.

Well I think I have all the kinks out of the new mitchell-report problems. Let me know?

I am now testing the blog to mitchell-report link. Let me know if any subscribers get it. Thanks

I am doing better. Still a little loopy. Since I have a little time have added a couple of new things to the web site. Can you find them? Let me know what you think.

Surgery went well. I am groggy still and have a slight headache. But, everything went better than planned.

Tomorrow is the big day. I have to be at the hospital by 6:15 AM. Also, my address site of Michael@michaelleemitchell.net is up and running.

Today was actually not a bad day at work. I got everything I wanted to accomplished done. Two days to go to the day of surgery. I did get some bad news on the financial front. My car insurance is going up $6.00 a month. That may not matter to most people and seem a lot. But, everything is going up a …

Some of the new TV Season started this week. 7th Heaven was excellent. A new series on WB called Everwood was excellent. Enterprise season premiere was excellent. So far looks like a good TV viewing season. Had a big disappointment this weekend, Jason was kicked out of the Big Brother 3 house. Saw …

Why do I have to be so mistreated? I was called back to work unfairly on my day off and suppose extended weekend. Why you ask?, For what I call over reaction to a situation that could have been easily explained to everyone (blowing up a minor fire into a raging inferno). Well, I am totally hoping I …

Well, I got the SonicBlue ReplayTV yesterday. So far I have to say TIVO is better. TIVO implements it’s system in a more user friendly way. SonicBlue is not a bad company. The ReplayTV does have 3 things I really like. Such as, Ethernet connection to update instead of telephone line, …

Hello everyone, First of all I have made some bad financial choices in the past couple of weeks. I purchased a real web site (or at least I thought) from Web Extreme it costs me $157.00 dollars and after the first year it would have been $132.00. I had a minor problem at first and this was miss …

Well, I have surgery on the 26th of September. I will be out of work for 2 weeks. I go for my pre-op stuff on the 19th. I sold my laptop and my TIVO. I bought a SonicBlue ReplayTV. I hope it will be in this week. Watched a couple of pretty good movies last week. Hart’s War and Black Hawk Down. …

Happy Labor Day! The day that all of us working stiffs get to rest. Well, not me. I had to work until 7 AM this morning. But, I have the rest of today off and tomorrow. Big things in the works for the next month or two. Can’t explain right now. But, hopefully soon.

Well, unfortunately I start midnights tonight. For the next 28 days my life will come to a busy zombie movie. Work, sleep, eat, doing employment things for a new perspective job and more work. But, I have a good concept that I wish I could market. A PC that is running some operating system (Linux, …

Well, money, money and more money. That is what I need. I just read on the MSNBC site that a job satisfaction survey show more than half of people are disgruntled with there jobs and there co-workers among other things. Well, I am disgruntled with my job not necessarily because of my co-workers but …

Thursday and Friday were bad days for me. Looks like I will be staying at my current job until retirement. Second, on Friday I went to the Doctors I need surgery. Albeit minor I will still need to have it. I will probably get it the first week in October or the last week in September.

Why do people in this world think that they have to be fake? I will leave that at that! I am done with overtime this month. I also go for an interview for my new job prospect tomorrow. I hope it goes well. I am off work Friday because I have to go to the doctors. I will probably turn on the webcam …

Another week done. I was off yesterday but had to work overtime on Tuesday and did not get off from work until 8 AM Wednesday morning. I slept only for 5 hours and was like a Zombie the rest of the day. I took a couple of extra days off this coming week (which starts Friday). I watched the Lord of …

Tomorrow it is back to work. I will be working hard the next two weeks. Have some overtime planned to pay off debt and the hunger is subsiding. The new diet is working.

I will try to make this short. Since, I have been up for almost 24 hours straight working. I have been very busy. I have started the Atkins Diet. I started it last Sunday, July 21,2002. I have lost 8 pounds. I am extremely hungry all the time. You are not allow to have but limited carbohydrates for …

Hello everyone, it has been a long time. Nothing new. I will be working a lot more overtime in the next couple of months. Why? For 3 reasons. To pay off bills to get out of debt and to get a house. Second, saving money in case my new job comes through. Third, to save money for Christmas. If I …

Sinus infection is subsiding thanks to antibiotics. Well, I am enjoying my 2 days off. Hopefully, this will be a slow week. Sunday, which was my Friday for work, was extremely busy. Went bike riding tonight with my Dad. Went bicycled 2.5 miles.

It has been a few days since I posted. I am currently living with another sinus infection. I went to the doctors today and have been put back on antibiotics. I made out like a bandit today. The doctor gave me a lot of samples. This is great since my fund intake is a little low right now. I am almost …

Well, I got an extra day off this week due to some overtime. I have to work on the 4th of July. So, I hope everyone else enjoys there Independence day.

Another week down. Soon I will be at my current job for 12 years 6 months. I will have only 12 months and 6 months to full retirement. Tough week my sinuses have been killing me. I have been trying to run and I just made a couple of doctors appointments for me and a Vet appointment for Henry for …

Oh, I forgot to mention I saw Training Day with Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington. I hated it. It had some good parts but overall 1 star out of 5. I also found a good website Spun.com . It is a place you can sell DVD, CD or games that you don’t want. I bought The Beach a couple of years ago. I …

Well, my weekend was uneventful. I have my application for my new job almost done. This week should be it. As far as my job now I will be starting a seven day stretch. I am also starting a work out routine with a co-worker. So, I probably will not be updating the Blog for a week or so. Take care …

My last weekend off. Then I work a seven day stretch. I will be lazy all this weekend. May take in a movie.

Well, rented from Blockbuster. Have not done that in a long time. I had a five dollar gift certificate. So, I used it. We got Corky Romano, Vanilla Sky, Spy Game, October 11, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. So far we watched (we being my mom, dad and me) Vanilla Sky and Corky Romano. Vanilla Sky …

Raining today. Perfect day for rest, sleep and games.

This week is over. I got very frustrated at work this week. I worked overtime everyday except for Monday and Wednesday. I am looking for the next two days to go very slow.

Not a good day at work. I was bored and then to top it off I worked 4.5 hours of overtime that I will not be paid for.

Well, the first day back to work today was a typical Monday. It will take me a week to catch up. Garbage in, garbage out.

Saw Attack of the Clones today. Excellent Movie. I would recommend seeing it. I plan on buying the DVD. Back to work tomorrow. Going to be a busy week.

It is a Saturday and watched an excellent DVD called behind Enemy Lines. Going to go watch Attack of the Clones tomorrow. Back to work Monday. Unless, I win the Lottery. Post pictures of our trip to Disney on Photo album page 1.

Back from Disney. Had a so-so time. Yesterday was extremely hot. I have turned the Webcam. Will post pictures from the trip later.

Gone to Disney World will be back sometime Friday.

I went bicycling today. I went with my dad. He bought us all bicycles, in an effort to lose weight. We went about 3 miles round trip. Man I am tired. I am including a link to an excellent song and singer . He has a voice I wish I had. His name is Josh Groban. He is being introduced as the Pavarotti …

Well, everyone I am off until Monday morning. I can’t believe it. I got through a most difficult month at work. Now, I will get some most needed rest. I can also clear my mind to think about the future. I will turn the webcam on tomorrow. I am still praying to win the lottery.

Hope everyone enjoyed the new webcam picture. I turned the thing on for the first time in a while. I am thinking about quitting my current job and taking another job. I will take an approximately $3000 pay cut for a couple of years. However, in the long run will make more money. In fact within 3 …

Well, I saw the season finale for Gilmore Girls, 7th Heaven and Smallville. They were all excellent. Next season should be great. It will take all my patience to wait for next season. Hopefully, the new TV Season will begin in August. Well, I have not won the lottery yet. So, back to work tomorrow. …

To catch everyone up to date. I saw Spiderman last week. This movie is awesome. I can’t wait to get it on DVD. Lately, TV has been good. I saw Spiderman then watch a miniseries called Dinotopia. That was excellent too. Also, my favorite TV Shows are airing there Season Finales. Unfortunately, …

I have been back to work one day and wish that I could win the Lottery. I don’t know how I will make it another 12 years until I can retire.

Well, I have gotten a Gamecube game console. I like it. I am playing Rebel Assault 2 on it. The graphics are good and the game play is challenging. Go back to work tomorrow not looking forward to that.

Sorry it has been a long time since I have updated the blog. I have been extremely busy at work. Nothing new on anything really. Other than I have been trimming expenses. I will probably update the website at the end of the month. Take care to all for now.

It has been a while since I have Blogged. I am back to work have been since the 19th. Work is work. I am still hoping to win the lottery.

Feel 100% better. I am still not 100% but feel like it. I should be ready to go back to work from one of the worst vacations ever.

On another thought no one responded the other day about the TV question. Why do I have 500 channels and other than what’s listed on my TV Page there is nothing to watch? I think it is a big conspiracy between my job and the TV industry. That way I would rather work than continuing flipping …

By the way can someone answer this question for me. Why is it when I go on vacation I get sick? Why can’t I get sick while working that way I can use the sick time allotted to me? Please someone figure this out and answer it for me.

Well to the doctors I went today. Verdict. Still sick. Still have the bronchitis and now have a very bad case of sinusitis. Back on another antibiotic, steroid, cough medicine and a steroid nasal spray. Good news is that the bronchitis is getting better. But have had setback due to sinusitis. I have …

Off to the doctors I go tomorrow. I still have this cough. You may have notice the comments part of the blog are gone. I was having issues with the service I am using for the comments. I will work on it and hopefully have them back up by next week.

Another 11 days and I have to go back to work. Oh well, it has been a terrible vacation. Being sick and losing my voice. I have another doctor’s appointment Thursday and we will see what we will see.

Here it is Friday and again nothing to watch. Nor is there anything I think that is good at the movies…..

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to watch on TV on Thursday nights? I have the Dish Network Satellite with over 500 channels and there is nothing.

Today was an ok day for me. I am slowly improving. This thing is nasty. I hope no one else gets this.

I still have no voice. But, I am feeling a lot better. Well, tomorrow is supposed to be a special day. We will see. I have updated some parts of my web page. I am thinking about adding a calendar. Let me know what you think. Also, I need to catch up on my TV watching. I also need some sleep so I …

Each day I am growing in strength. I just wish my voice would. Now not looking forward to going back to work.

Well, feeling much better. Just need my voice to get back to normal. As of today I have 16 days until my vacation. I keep hoping I will win the lottery so that I don’t have to go back.

Just to let everyone now. The antibiotics have kicked in. So have the steroids the doctor put me on. I feel about 50% better. I hope to be up to a 100% by Thursday. I am starting to get my voice back. It is still rather raspy though.

It is official I have bronchitis. I went to the doctor today. I am on three medications. An antibiotic, a steroid and a decongestant. I feel miserable. You know when you say someone looks miserable. You do not know what miserable is until you have had this. I don’t know if I will be adding any …

Yesterday and today make me think I am going to die. I have a chest cold and it has brought be to staying in bed. One minute I am hot with sweat pouring off of me the next freezing cold. This is the second cold I have had this year. I haven’t had this many for a long time. What a way to spend …

I hope everyone has a Good Friday. I am on vacation so I know I will.

Well another day another day lazing around. Just what I needed. I helped a friend get her old computer up and running. She now has two bullet proof computers. She should be set for sometime.

Quiet day. Played a couple of computer games. I have the webcam on for a while.

I am off for 3 WEEKS. I am loving it already……..

Another week has passed. I am off for the next two and half days. Starting next Sunday I am off for three full weeks.

My Niece picked the theme for the sight this month. She liked the Festive Citrus Punch Theme. So in keeping that I changed the Blog page accordingly. I am off until Wednesday. This was a long week. Felt like I was working for a month. End of this month vacation time.

Wow, what a day. This was a long day. Attorney’s I say get rid of the bunch. This is a seven day work week and only day two of it. 12 years 10 months to go to full retirement. That is 154 paychecks getting paid monthly. You saw it right I get paid once a month. My niece is here tonight. She is …

Received some bad news from work today. This will definitely make a difference in my budget.

Another weekend is here. I look forward to it for the time off. However, TV stinks on the weekend. In fact, it stinks from Thursday nights till Monday nights. My viewing is featured pack on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I start of with 7th Heaven on Monday followed by Third Watch. On Tuesday it is …

Today I had to keep my mind on work. If I started to think about Camelot I started to get emotional. So, I kept my mind on my work. It was a good day at work. I got a lot accomplished. Looking forward to this weekend.

Today was a good day a work. However, when I got home it was not good. It started out good but turned horrible. I had to take my Mom and Dad’s dog Camelot to the pound. He had cancer. He was starting to suffer. He was not eating, drinking or using the bathroom. I had to take him so they could …

Well, it is back to work tomorrow. Not looking forward to this week. It shall be busy. Had a rainy weekend. Played some online games. Some of those people are something else.

Well, today was a lousy day at work. This capped off a lousy week. I am off this weekend. I have no over time to work. So, I am going to relax. Next week promises to be just as busy and probably lousy. I have until the end of March before I go on 3 weeks of vacation. Going to game online this …

Today was a lousy day at work. I got written up for non-sense. I mean I don’t mind taking punishment for my actions. As long as my actions are wrong. But, when it is non-sense and not fully factual I have a problem. But, with a new regime you get people who like the last regime focus on the …

Hope you enjoy my redesign of the website. Let me know…..

I finished two days of grueling overtime on my days off. I will be working 10 hours Monday through Thursday. I can’t wait until next Friday at 2PM. I will be off for the entire weekend.

Well, it feels like the movie Groundhog for me. I have to work the next 7 days straight. I cannot wait until next Friday. Also, can someone answer a question for me. Here is the question: How come when you help family it always comes back and bites you in the rear end?

Well, I had to get new glasses today. I think the eye glass industry is a monopoly. The have you over a barrel. No matter which eye glass store you go to they are all expensive. We need the guys that prosecuted Microsoft to look into this.

Today was not that bad of day. Much better than yesterday. Nine days to go before I have a day off.

Why do some people, especially people with money, have to be such jerks. I had a good morning a bad mid morning and a great last two hours of the shift. We are getting a lottery pool together at work. I hope we when. I have 12 years and 11 months to go before I can retire. It cannot get here fast …

I have added a guest book. Hopefully, more changes to come in the future. Hope you enjoy.

I have updated the blog and the changes are final.

I have added comments to the blog so that anyone my make comments try it out.

Well, day was my first day back to work in 5 days. I did not want to go. But, it was a so so day. I have to work 12 days straight until I get a full day off. I am working overtime to earn extra money. Well, this is it for today.

Well, as you can see I have updated the blog. I can now send an e-mail to anyone who wants to see the updated blog. E-mail me if you are interested. I go back to work tomorrow. I am not looking forward to that. Well, I am going now I am going to eat dinner.

Man I fell asleep last night early. I woke up early today. I am getting back to a normal schedule.

Well, I am finally off midnights. Yesterday at 6AM was my last day. I stay awake all day and got some sleep last night. I believe I should be back to normal by Friday. Today is errand day. I took Henry (my dog) to the groomers yesterday. I am taking him to the Vet today to get his teeth clean. Then …

Well today is my last day off. Tomorrow night it is back to the organ grinder. The Vet wanted to try Henry on some new food. She said that they have had good results for dogs with food allergies. However, he is worse. So, it is back to Duck and Potato. I will get it next week when I take him in for …

Well, I have been working the midnight shift. I am off in 8 minutes. I will be sleeping well today. Computer is doing great. Camelot is ok for now. Henry is ok. My Mom and Dad are ok. My family is doing ok. I had two numbers out of 6 on the lottery. That was a little disappointing. How I would love …

Well, I have a wireless network up and running. My new computer which I just got a little over a month ago started to have a lot crashes. I found out it was from Microsoft Agent Software. This piece of Software is not compatible with Windows XP. I had to wipe my whole hard drive and reinstall the …

Well, I feel a little better. I am about back to 65%. If I can only get rid of this headache and cough now I will be back at 100%.

I have been sick since last Thursday. Each day I have gradually gotten worse. The cold has moved from my head to my chest. I hope it improves and I stop coughing.

I start midnights tonight at my job. I can’t wait. A friend loaned me the DVD Fast and Furious. I am glad I would not buy this movie on my own. I just did not like it. It has some good moments but overall no good.

Well, the webcam is back up and running. Everything is progressing nicely with the new computer. Now if I can only get that new job!!!

Well my computer is getting put back together. I think that I will have all my programs loaded back within a month or two. All mission critical stuff is on my new computer.

Well as you can see I have updated my website. I am starting to design it where only a couple of pages will change each month and the theme. I will be dabbling with using frames. Hope you enjoy. Also, I hope to have good news on a new job front next month.

Well, my web site will not be updated for Christmas and probably not for New Years either. Sorry! My new Dell is not here as of yet. They are supposed to ship Friday. However, I don’t think it will happen. I have also realized that a laptop is good only for mobility. I would not use it for a …

Sorry I haven’t blogged in a long time. I just sold my desktop computer. I bought a new laptop and have a new desktop on the way. Maybe by Christmas I can update the site. Take care to everyone and have a Merry Christmas.

Finally have my computer upgraded to the Final Version of Windows XP Pro. I have reinstalled all my essential software. However, in wiping the hard drive I lost all of my save photos. I forgot after the 4th time doing a clean install to figure out two pieces of hardware that did not want to work to …

Well it has been a long time since I blogged. Well, nothing new going on. Just wish I could win the Lottery. Major update planned for the website in November.

Well, Today is my day off along with tomorrow. Man am I glad. Since I have been back to work it has been crazy.

Well, it is back to work tomorrow. Not looking forward to it. Work piles up while I am gone. It will take me at least 5 hours to catch up.

Started planning for Christmas today. I am saving money now. The past couple years has been skimpy. But, I am starting early this year to include everyone.

Well I am vacation from Yesterday to Thursday. What a relief. I needed a break. I put in 13 1/2 hours of overtime last week. But, I have had some restless nights since Tuesday.

I have updated my website. I hope everyone likes it. I borrow stuff from other websites and did some on my own all together it took me about 4 hours.

Well, I have been glued to the TV like everyone else. I cannot wait to see vengence. I think it needs to be quite soon. I will continue to pray for those in New York and Washington D.C.

Well another work week down. I am thinking about taking a big action but cannot reveal it. Still weighing all options.

I have been extremely busy the last few days. I will be busy tomorrow. Luckily I am of on Monday and Tuesday.

I am thinking about switching next year when my contract is up from Verizon DSL to Wildblue satellite service. I am not having problems with Verizon DSL and like it much. However, the Wildblue is supposed to be faster. I would like more personal web space too.

Well, I kept getting called by Eckerd Corportation Today. It was a fax machine. It called me for over an hour. I would answer and it would be that stupid fax. So using my caller ID I called the number and got some very rude lady. I explained what was happening and she said what do you want me to do …

Well, today at work was going fine until about 12:30 PM I had a flat. The floor jack I used slipped from underneath the vehicle. The vehicle went plummeting down to the surface. I got heat exhaustation. However, a nice man and his wife saw my situation and stopped to help. All got fix and I made it …

Well, I have been tired the last couple of days. Work has been exhausting. Not to mention I have to get these turbinates microwaved. Hopefully that will stop my headaches. Well, tomorrow is my last day of work until Tuesday. I was planning to work my overtime Tuesday but will do it on Wednesday …

I have a question, here it is: Why can’t people take responsibility for the actions?

Well I have been working a lot lately. It is going to be a rough month. But, next month I have a week’s vacation.

I am playing the online game Majestic by EA. It is kind of overwhelming. You need about a two month vacation to really play this right. One month to play and then another to recover. So far I give it a mixed review.

Well, it is my day off and going to play some Star Trek Away Team…….

Well, I tried to watch a DVD called “The In Crowd” half way through I said enough. It is an awful DVD. I wouldn’t recommend this one.

I now can blog and have Windows XP installed. Now to get my computer back to normal. I like Windows XP. Can’t wait for the final version so that I have all my drivers.

I am using Windows XP and like it. Now I have to get all of my computer up and running…..