Astros '09

Well here we are, a little late again with the blog page. Sorry. It's Baseball time again for T.J. This year he is on the Astros and his game is up a little. I have had to ask for help in teaching him the basics again because he doesn't want to learn from Dad. Are all kids that way? Was I? I can't answer that but it seems to be the way that it is, at least for us it is. Never the less, he is haveing alot of fun and I guess that, that is what matters. At this point we are 5 games into the year and in first place. We lost our first game due to "jitters" I think, and have yet to loose any other. I think that our Mgr. is to be praised for that. He is a great Mgr. and has the do it right or don't do it at all attitude. I am the #3 coach responsible for the outfielders and pregame streching & warm ups. I am looking forward to the first place trophy this year. Last year we took second place with the Diamondbacks.

Going to the races!!

T.J. and I go to the races every year. This year was special though, as we got to bring along some friends. Daren and his daughter McKenzie came with us this year and we all had a lot of fun. We got tickets on turn #4 where the crashes happen, but , they closed the section so we were rerouted to turn #1 where not much at all happens. That didn't cloud our day though. We had a good time teasing T.J. and McKenzie about being "close" friends. On the ride there McKenzie proved that she can hang with the best of men by dropping a rose to kill. It was nice to see at the track, they lowered the prices of beer by a dollar this year to help us out during these tough times!!? What the he#@! ok but it was nice of them...

Tore up house!

I bought this D.R. Horton home in 2003. I didn't get to move into it untill 2004 because the workers would all go to Mexico every two to three months and stay for weeks at a time.(that's what they told me.) So my completion date kept getting pushed back and back and back again. Anyhow, I am now finding out that D.R. Horton got a "great deal" on plumbing. They put all this great plumbing into the homes. The plumbing broke in several homes and now they have to go back and replace all of it in every home that they put it into. The only reason that I am not upset about this is because I don't have to pay for it or go through my insurance to get it done. That would have been a hassle beyond! They came in and tore the place up! These are some shots of the holes they cut all over the house. They finished today with the painting so now I can put the house back in order. Yah!

This is a little late but that's ok. Little bro's birthday. Little bro. turned 39 on Feb. 10th. T.J. baked his cake as he did mine. He wanted to attempt a dbl. layer cake. So that's what we did. It turned out ok as far as taste goes but it didn't look the best. The house nearly caught fire with all 39 candles lit. It took some time to light them too.

Where does the time go!?

Yes folks, another year has passed. I find myself a year older and a little wiser. I think we all wish that we could have stopped at 29 but let's think about that for a moment. Had I stopped at 29 would I have T.J.? No I wouldn't have the person that I hold dearest to my heart. That point alone say that we need not go any further. I am glad that I am getting older, I am glad that I am getting closer to living with my Lord in the Heaven, in the space that he promised me. I wouldn't be as smart as I am now, or as strong. 2008 was a hard year for us, but we are still makeing it through with baby steps and are looking forward to a much better year in 2009. Who knows, I may even find a special person this year to enjoy life with. (besides T.J.)

I had to work on my Birthday this year but that's ok because the one person that I wanted to spend it with was in school. I really enjoyed my day this year because my brother and my son baked me a cake that we all enjoyed very much. It almost started the house on fire because of all the candles but we caught it in time. (HeHe) The cards I recieved were the best yet. T.J.'s is here for viewing because when he got it for me at Wally-world, My brother put it in the cart faced forward. T.J. reached into the cart and turned it around, when asked why he did that he said "cause it's a little dirty!". That cracks me up. We ended the day with one of my favorite dinners, Pizza and beer. We played cards and watched a movie, and I fell asleep in my chair. Thanks folks!!

just like home

The best snow storm since 1974, so they said on the news. At 11:00 PM. we had 3.6 inches of snow. How awesome is that? I had an outside post today at work. I went to lunch at noon and there was nothing comming down from the sky at that time. When I got back from lunch though, it was a whole differant story. This all started between 12:00 and 1:00. By the time I got home from work at 2:45 (extra 20 min.) there was about .25 inches of snow on the ground. By the time I picked T.J. up from his mothers house it looked just like home. We had fun, and I hope it's still here tomorow so we can play in it some more!!!

Ho Ho Ho Time

What an awesome day!! I love having so meny great days so close together. Our day started out with me on the phone with my insurance friend Melissa. We got the Celica insured, and off we went to the D.M.V. to register it. We had just gotten onto the freeway when something just didn't feel right with the front end. We pulled over to the side of the road to check it out. All it was, was a flat tire. First timer with low-pro tires, didn't know/do now. So I pull into a Church parking lot to change it and discovered that I don't have a lug wrench. What does Doug do when he has car trouble? You got it, call Daren! Mr. good wrench comes out and lends a hand.(good luck has started) Again we're off to Register it. It's 2:30 PM now, we just can't seem to find a smog shop that's open. That's ok, we're having fun tooling down the road in our now legal car. (I have a moving permit.) We drove by the Shell Station at Russell and Mtn. Vista and they were open. (more good luck) Now it's off to the D.M.V. We get there and run inside thinking that we're running late. Nope we had plenty of time.(luck is holding out) AHHH nobody in the first line WOO HOO this shouldn't take long at all! I explained what I was there for and the guy gave me a number ticket, #466, I looked up at the board and they call # 466!!! Can you believe that, 15 second wait at the D.M.V.!!! NEVER IN MY LIFE... (WHAT LUCK!!) THIS IS AWESOME! I gave the lady at the desk my paperwork, she does her thing and says "that'll be $46"!! That's it?!! 46 dollars? This is an awesome day! The whole time T.J. is with me and jokeing and haveing a good time with his Dad. So we're off to get a new tire. First we head to Discount tire, cause that's where I get my tires. Closed!! "What the H*!!" The sign says they're open till 5:00. It's only three! Oh well. We then went down to Big O, which I never go to, long story. But this time the guy sells me two for one!! Oh somethings wrong here, this never happens to me!! But today it did! WOO HOO! So, to end this awesome day T.J. and I went home to trim the Christmas Tree. We had a ball doing that too. Yes Sir, life is good...

The reunion

What an awesome time! I just love these two guys soo much. It truely is a shame that we can't get together more often. But as life has it, we all must choose our own path and go down it alone, striving to reach our goals in life and take care of the little one's that God has intrusted us with even if it seperates us from the ones we love. My grandfather has been known to say, " If you have one single person in your life that is a true friend, your are very lucky". I my self have several, I feel that God has put these people in my life for a reason. I don't know what that reason is, nor do I care what the reason is, I just can't thank him enouph for them!! I hope that God will bless other people as much as he has blessed me. My Love.

Old friend comes to visit

Back in the mid 90's at work I came in contact with a fellow that became a close friend over the years, Chris Mitchell. 4-4.5 years ago Chris took his family to live 3000 miles away in North Carolina. Every once in a while we will chat on the phone to keep in touch. Last week Chris called to say that he was comming out to visit. His grandmother is ill, for fear that he might not see her again, he felt that he needed to come to Vegas for her. T.J. and I got the operturnity to have a quick dinner with him last night, and plan to do lunch today. I hope that Vincent will be able to join us, as I have not seen him in years either and he just lives on the other side of town!! It was fun to see Chris and T.J. together, Chris hasn't seen him since he was just a toddler. That was fun. I think it been almost as long for Vince.Today should be fun!

D.A.R.E.

What a great day! We woke up a little early and were able to take our time getting T.J. to school. We arrived a little earlier than normal which T.J. loves because he gets to play with his buddys before they go in to class. I left, only to return 2 hours early to watch T.J. graduate from the D.A.R.E. program. He was so excited about this and you could see it in his face. He couldn't stop talking about it.
I am so proud of my son! He did well. He set out to finish this and did. Alot of credit goes out to Henderson Police Officer Avila as this was his first time teaching anything. This took 10 weeks out of his life and even though he you could see that he was nervous, you could also tell that he truely enjoyed the kids he taught.