Don't Blink

..."Don't blinkJust like that you're six years old and you're taking naps and youWake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wifeDon't blinkYou just might miss your babies growing like mine didTurning into moms and dads next thing you know your better halfOf fifty years is there in bedAnd you're praying God takes you insteadTrust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you thinkSo don't blink...

-kenny chesney

This weekend was not bad at all....

Friday, Jo and I went to the fair for the first time in our relationship. It was a blast. It was expensive but a still a blast. We got to see Little Big Town in concert for free and to no one's suprise they were very good live. We rode the rides until Jo got sick ;). We stuffed our faces with home-made potato chips covered with ranch dressing and bacon, along with the always amazing funnel cakes, and apple dumplings with vanilla ice cream. The temperature was cool all night which made it very comfortable. It was overall a wonderful night that I will never forget.


Saturday, I slept till about 9:00. That is all I can get to now-a-days. I started my day off by turning on ESPN College Gameday. Then , it was time to begin "Fall Cleaning". I do not think my room has ever been as clean as it is right now. It is amazing how a clean room will make you feel.
After cleaning, Jo came over scrapbooked with my mom. As for me....well it was pretty much college football for the rest of the night and what a night it was!


Sunday, was another sleeper. I got going about 9:00 and layed around and watched cartoons and old tv shows until the NFL preview shows started coming on. It was fab!! Then,Jo and I went to town and I got a green light up pumpkin for my room...ha... I am so festive! It was overall a "restful" sunday except for watching the Falcons defense blowup and loose the game later that day.


...and now it is Monday, the beginning of Fall, and the last week at my current job. It was a great weekend but it went by soo fast. Life is fast. I am reminded of that even today as I hear whispers of people talking of a young death in the office. It reminds me to cherish every moment that I have with loved ones around me and to remember that life can be taken just like that...so don't blink

VENT!!!!

• Mike Vick is a horrible QB. You do not want him as your QB. He did killed the dogs and you know it! Amazing that a idiot football player can cause so much junk.
• The Florida student who got tasered this week....DESERVED IT. If you act a fool in front of a U.S. Senator and do not cease when authorities tell you to...then for the safety of the senator they must use any means necessary for you dumb butt to sit down!!
• Racism in America is not as big an issue as everyone makes it. It is, except for a few nuts, extinct. But, if you keep making a big deal about "little things... then....it will recreate itself....I am sure.
• I am close to not supporting the way the war is being handled in Iraq....actually...I am very close to thinking this country is falling apart. God please help us :(
• Fantasy Hockey is soo hard...
• Lawn Care and Construction are modern day slave trade businesses.... where is the NAACP for that..lol.
• Sean Hannity needs to take a break...the Liberals are getting to him
• Isn't great that all of the rich people have watered their pretty green lawns and played in their nice blue pools so much that now their boat docks sit in mud and lake houses property value has gone down... because of low lake levels...now they want the blue collard workers to come up with a solution.
• Being gay is not normal...but I would love to help you get things "straight"...not support you.

Well that is enough complaining for know. Sorry I had to release some thoughts.

GRANDE WEEK END

This weekend is going to be great! It's getting there that is the hard part.

Friday, Jo and I are planning on going to the North Georgia State Fair. Believe it or not this will be the first time we have been to the fair together in our almost 4 year relationship. So, needless to say I am pretty stoked about the whole thing.

Saturday,we "MAY" head to Helen, Ga for Oktoberfest. I have never been to it before. Well, I have never been to Helen before. So it should be interesting to see what it is all about.








and....

Sunday, we have to day off so we may go to North Pointe or something. We were going to travel to Perry Nobles church, but that would have been a ton of mileage for one weekend...I don't know it is still up in the air.

I love big weekends. It makes the long drawn out work week worth all you put into it. I hope you all also have a wonderful weekend!!

Here are some predictions for this weekends football matchups:

LSU (#2) over South Carolina(#12) - Spurrier needs a quaterback to hang with these boys.

Michigan over Penn State (#10) - I honestly believe the first two weeks were flukes.

Alabama (#16) over Georgia (#22) - Alabama's offense with Roll over a weak Georgia "D" ;)

Georgia Tech over Virginia- Despite Tech's history in Virginia...they will win this year!!

TOSS UP....WHO WINS THIS GAME????
Kentucky (#21) at Arkansas

Things that I miss..that make me happy.

I miss:

• The old Nickelodean. You know the one with Doug, Ren and Stimpy, Hey Arnold, Rugrats, Rocko's Modern Life, Camp Anawanna, Wild and Crazy Kids, and all that other cool stuff from the 90's.
• MTV when it played something other than reality shows and hip-hop music videos.
• Staying home from school and watching all the kids shows that came on during the day.
• After School Program, Scholastic Book Fairs, P.E., and all the other fun stuff from elementary school.
• Friday night football games when PCHS was actually good.
• Saturday football games when I was in the middle school marching band. I was in the best middle school drum line this side of Georgia. yessss.
• Sunday school, sitting in church with the whole family squeezed on the bench, lookin foward to what mom had planned for lunch, and then taking a nap.
• LIFE WHEN IT WAS NOT SO HARD.

Memories are great. This blog was great for me... I sometimes forget about all the wonderful times in my past that have made me who I am today. It helps me realize all of the awesome things God has done in my life to make me happy.

I feel bad. I always seem to talk about the dark days of my life on this blog. So I figured I would reflect on the things that made me happy in the past and kinda bring memories out of the cellar that is in my head.

The Fog is Lifting ;)

The past month has been eventful. It seems that God has provided me a new job and a new career opening. The paper work and stuff has to be filled out before I can start. So I must wait a little longer and make that long drive to Northridge Road a few more times.

My application also has been accepted to participate in the Paulding County Reserve Fire Fighter training program. It is the first of many steps you have to take to become a "career firefighter". This is one of the biggest opportunities that I have had in a while. Well....that and where I am about to start working. This could potentially jump start my career into a place where I find satisfaction at the end of the day. Please keep praying for my strength through all of this.

Life has its twist, turns, mountains, and valleys. Half the time I have no idea where I am going lately....its like a bad fog. I can feel the warmth of the sun creeping though it all. My surroundings are starting to lighten up and I can see a little further...my God has never left me.