Vacation

I think in the profession I am in that I should be given the same vacations as a college student. I literally have just sat here and stared out the windows for two weeks. In my field of work a week before Christmas all of the Hispanics that are working here in Dallas go home to Mexico for two weeks and all the construction work comes to a grinding halt. It sucks but I guess the work force is being listened to, or they all save up their two week vacations for this time and never miss work during the year. I am complaining but all I want is to just have the long weekend this week. Everyone else is going to have Friday off why not me too? I want to just sit at home or go hunting but NOOOOO. I have to sit here and count how many ford f-150's pass in front of my store. 157 so far today.

The visit from my father in law has been very enjoyable. We are sharing custody of him with my wife's sister. We cam to the conclusion that Marilyn and I get him holidays and weekends Sue get him while we are working. Jk its all in fun. I hope he feels that he has gotten enough quality time with his kiddos.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME. I literally just got a call from my wife and She gets FRIDAY OFF TOO!!!! I hate my life right now. I work with stupid rednecks and I don't get the day off. I need that day off for mental health. ok I am done I don't have the energy to write anymore.

Peace

Christmas Is Close

Today is another crappy day. I moved here for sunshine not clouds. Blech. Well the dogs have kind of come into their own and are getting better. Even though Frankie threw up a tile separator the other day. I hope he doesn't have a belly full of them. I think they are helping potty train our little princess. We have left her out with the others and the haven't been any accidents. YEA! I completed my gift shopping and wrapping yesterday. Thank goodness. Marilyn, me, and some friends went and saw "yes man." Sunday night, and it was really good. I recommend you see it, it was some of Jim's best work.

Marilyn and I are going on a cruise with our friends from Kansas City and it is only 47 days away and today we picked our excursions. In Jamaica we are going to go river rafting. In the Cayman islands we are going to just go to the beach and I am going to try and get a couple boxes of cigars. Then the next one is my new favorite and I am really excited about it. We are docking at Cozumel, Mexico and then we get on a ferry and take a 45 min trip to the Yucatan peninsula. From there we hop in a jeep and go 4X4ing to some old Mayan Ruins and then eat authentic Mexican food and hit the beach. The places they take us are going to be awesome. We get to go into a cave and swim in a pool the old Mayans used to cleanse them selves. I am super pumped about it. Bravo to Marilyn for picking this one.

Marilyn's dad comes in Christmas evening and we are so excited to have him. He such a cool guy and we always have a really good time with him. Have a merry Christmas everyone if I don't see you.

Peace

And it starts.

Well puppy invasion started off with a bang. We got the first dog at about 8:30 and the seconds parents left about 9:00. At 9:05 Frankie barfed on my rug and the other one licked it while Marilyn screamed and I yelled at her to clean it up. Then after that it was smooth sailing ... or so I thought. At about 5:30am my wife woke up and asked if I farted. I said no and asked why and she said "oh no!", the pug had erupted in the crate without warning. Not the best start to a day but I have no choice. Let us hope that this is just cause they were nervous about being in a new place.

Yeah for Friday.

Gloomy

Today was a cloudy just yucky day. Me being sick and the day sucking really took away all my energy. I am really looking forward to bed and starting a new day tomorrow. Hopefully the sun will be out.

Last night I hung some curtains for my wife. I was not the nicest about it cause I was running a fever but I can only take her begging me for so long. I must admit they look great. Now we have to save up and buy new furniture to match it all. We got a killer deal at Linens and Things. They are going out of business so I highly recommend you get out there and take advantage of it.

This morning I got in my garage and saw all the things I have "accumulated" from my friends. I think instead of Christmas presents I will return all their stuff. I would have a ton more room in there.

T minus 27 hours until puppy invasion '09. pray for us.


Peace.

Christmas

I found myself realizing how much I don't get excited for Christmas like I used to. All my old excitement was about the gifts and now days I really don't care as much. I mean of course I would be upset if I didn't get anything but it has become more of a burden then a sense of joy. I know that sounds bad because what I should be celebrating is Jesus. I Do know what this Holiday is all about but man it is amazing how the stores really make it about gifts. Why is it that Red and green are all you see from Halloween to New years? What do those colors have to do with anything? Any way I got my wife some really good stuff I hope she likes it.

I went camping this weekend again and it was way awesome. I got to shoot all my new guns they were awesome. My first shot with my rifle was right on but when I got back to 150 yrds it needs sighted in a little bit. I didn't bring enough rounds after playing around to sight it in all the way, but I think next time that is all I am going to do. I need to go to a range with a holder so I have no control of the gun at all. I found a cool web site to order cheap ammo which will help this cause.

I hurt my back this weekend and have been nursing that which sucks. I hate how a hurt back takes you out of everything. This is such a big pain. Some times I feel when I move like I just disconnected my spinal cord. (OUCH!)

IT SNOWED HERE TODAY!!!! I miss the snow from home and today was a good moral booster all around. I love snow (in small amounts). This also shows that people in Texas panic like crazy when its cold and wet they don't travel any speed between 10 and 75mph. They are either slamming on their brakes to slow down or crawling along. They wouldn't last 1 minute in Colorado. Which was -8 on Sunday props to the Arctic weather. Sorry mom you need to move down here we had our low for the year 26. (shiver)

Long time

Once you get out of the habit of blogging it is really hard to get it up and running again. I Have really done a lot the last couple weeks. My moms visit was a huge success. She had a great time and really loved the property. I got spoiled like crazy and loved every minute of it. I am officially ready to hunt I have all my guns and camo and just need to go shot a little to get used to the new guns. I am going camping this weekend and I may go sit out for a while and see if I can get a look at any bucks. Just to see. My wife and I are in the Christmas spirit and cant wait to celebrate our Saviors birth. all our friends and family are leaving and we are going to have a house full of doggies. I am a little worried about taking care of all of them. I hope I don't forget to feed one and I hope that they all will be ok with each other for a week. At least they are all cute. Church is going good and I am feeling the real story of Christmas. I feel like I have so much to say that it would really take a new server to get it all out. I will do my best to start keeping up with it. I hope every one is enjoying the Christmas Season.

Peace Drew