Top 5 New Years questions, with 25 bonus questions.

1. What did you do in 2007 that you had never done before?
Sling shot over the Gulf of Mexico

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No, and no. You just set yourself up for failure.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My boss' daughter and a friend from church had one.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Mr. Bobby Hill, my boss' husband

5. What countries did you visit?
USA

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Patience and the courage to do Gods work.

7. What dates will remain etched in your memory and why?
December 26, read my blog to find out why.

8. What’s your biggest achievement of the year?
Holding down three jobs at one time, although it wasn't something I planned on doing.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not being more obedient to God with my finances.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not really, got a little ill after my flu shot.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Obtained our new house, its a lease.

12. Where did most of your money go?
Bills, bills and food.

13. What did you get really, really excited about?
Roomba, once again read my blog.

14. Compared to this time last year are you?
a) Happier or sadder?Other than Christmas debt, I am much happier.

15. What do you wish you had done more of?
gone to Six Flags more often

16. What do you wish you had done less of?
Dirty dishes and Trash.

17. How will you be spending New Year’s Eve?
Safe at home

18. Did you fall in love in 2007?
I fell in love 365 times in 2007, every time I woke up and saw my wife.

19. What was your favorite TV program?
Football and Nashville star.

20. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Hate is not a word in my vocabulary.

21. What was the best book you read?
I don't read much, so I guess the Bible would be at the top of the list.

22. What did you want and get?
Bigger house, got it.

23. What did you want and not get?
2nd car

24. What was your favorite film this year?
Little Miss Sunshine (I like random movies)

25. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
Did nothing, just turned 32.

27. How would you describe your personal fashion in 2007?
Jeans and a T-shirt.

28. What kept you sane?
Christ.

29. Who did you miss?
Some old friends from Trane.

3O. The person you want to thank for helping you through 2007?
Jesus, My Wife, My Mother and Father-in-Law, and 4 kids.

Thank You
To anybody I left out of the posting, please don't be offended.

Time Wasted

When I was a little boy back, in the early 80's, my cousin would bring over his Atari. We would spend hours upon hours playing games like Asteroids, Battlezone, Missile Command, Pong and many more I can't remember. Eventually I saved up enough money, after mowing my neighbors yard for a whole summer, to buy the "Nintendo". I owned games like Excite Bike, Tecmo Bowl, Mike Tyson's Knock Out, and, of course, Super Mario Bro's. Now, my kids are where I was at 25 years ago, playing video games, and making it a goal to conquer the game as soon as possible. We got Guitar Hero III for the older kids this Christmas. They have pretty much moved form easy to medium in about a week. So, I found my self last night needing to practice, because we like to battle against each other. I played for about an hour and a half, making my way though songs on easy and medium. I just can't get my pinky finger to hit the blue chords. Anyways, I just thought I would share the frustrations knowing that my pinky finger is holding me back from being an all time Guitar Hero III legend!

Headlines I Missed in 2007

I came across a video on Yahoo odd news, I found it a little interesting. With in the video I remember hearing about a particular story that I though should blog about.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- A Marshalltown woman faces charges of stealing three rolls of toilet paper from the local courthouse and could get prison time. NewsChannel 8's Katie Piper caught up with the woman accused of stealing the toilet paper. Courthouse employees said they thought something was up. "They said they seem to go through a lot of toilet paper at the courthouse," said Marshalltown Police Chief Lon Walker. Marshalltown police said one of the employees caught Suzanne Marie Butts, of Marshalltown, taking the two-ply from the women's bathroom and called police. The courthouse parking lot attendant said he knew about toilet paper going missing. "I've heard they call it the toilet paper caper," said parking lot attendant Gene Seim. Police said they caught up with Butts outside the courthouse Friday, and she was hiding the toilet paper in her shirt. Butts told NewsChannel 8 that it was the first time she had stolen toilet paper and that her attorney said not talk. "He told me not to ask any questions until he's with me," Butts said. The courthouse workers told police they suspected something was up. "She's facing three years incarceration for three rolls of toilet paper," Walker said. "Normally, that would be a simple misdemeanor," Walker said. Police said that on Friday, Butts was arrested on charges of stealing $30 from a family member. That makes four theft charges against her. A judge will decide what punishment fits this crime.

Now Clueless

The majority of my day I wasn't at my desk at work. It seemed we needed to get our files ready for 2008. So in turn, it was hard to be able to write during business hours like I normally do. My wife blogged about what we, or I, did Thursday night. Kinda interesting if you didn't do anything last night. Now tonight we stayed up and played Clue for about 2 1/2 hours! The time we spent wasn't bad ... it's when you're sitting on the floor for hours and everything below your waist starts to fall asleep. I won 3 out of eight games between the four of us, and I am very tired. So till the morning when I find something retarded to blog about.

Thank you, God, for my kids.

Yesterday, when I got home I had a "Father moment" I will never forget. Typically my youngest daughters come running to the front to greet me everyday. For some reason, Wednesday, December 26 of 2007, was different. Princess JL, my two year old, came running full blast around the corner from the master bedroom yelling into cupped hands, "Princess JF, Princess JF, Daddy's home. Princess JF, Princess JF, Daddy's home". Now, Princess JF was upstairs playing with her brother and older sister, so once she heard Princess JL proclaiming that I have arrived, she let out a scream and started to run across the upstairs and slid down the stairs. The part I won't forget the most is that little Princess JL could not make up her mind to come give me a hug or wait at the bottom of the stairs for Princess JF. She finally came and gave me a big hug and a couple of her "Princess JL kisses". Princess JL can be a real brat a majority of the time, but lately she's done some really cute things.

My sha-Roomba

"iRobot delivers innovative robots that are making a difference in people’s lives. From cleaning floors to disarming explosives, we constantly strive to find better ways to tackle dull, dirty and dangerous missions—with better results." That is word for word what iRobots web site says about their products. My mother & father in-law got me a Roomba vacuum cleaner for Christmas. Now granted, this "state of the art" vacuum cleaner doesn't disarm physical explosives, but it will hopefully ease the tension of me blowing up when I get home and the flooring of my home is covered with junk. I hope that my Roomba accepts its mission to keep my floors clean and fluffy. Thank you, you know who you are.

Keep in Touch...!!!

For the past couple of weeks my wife and I have been collecting clothes from people for the homeless. Staci would put a posting on http://dallas.craigslist.org/ asking people for unwanted clothing, blankets, back packs, shoes, etc, and I would pick them up. Well, yesterday a group of 12 of us went to Downtown Dallas to pass out the items we had been given. My father-in-law works downtown a has gotten a feel for where the majority of the homeless men and women hang out. We had a lot of women's clothes this time compared to the time before. As soon as we pulled up in front of the community resource center, they all flocked to the vans we were in. In the gold van we served sandwiches and chili, unfortunately though we did not have enough food for everyone. Even though we didn't have enough for everyone I believe that everyone was just glad we came down just to see them and serve their needs. God brings us down a certain road to prepare us for different obstacles in life. I pray for the people we saw yesterday and I hope they are getting prepared, because change is right around the corner.

I AM OUT OF HERE ! ! ! !

I'm so excited today is Friday! This is not just any Friday ... it's a Friday before a four day weekend. So, I'm sitting here at work not really doing too much, matter of fact, I just got done eating lunch that my boss brought in ( THANKS, ROBYN ). Now that I think about it, I had plate of spaghetti at home in the fridge ... good thing I forgot it. How do you like that for random? I hope every person that reads this pointless blog has a blessed holiday weekend. Peace in Jesus, Amen

Moment of Silence

Sometimes I don't know if I completely agree with the wars & battles we fight. I do know that I am thankful for the Men and Women that stand and fight for our freedom here in the United States. Sgt Samuel E Kelsey was KIA December 13th in Tunnis, Iraq. He is a cousin of my wife and will be missed by many friends and family members. This here is moment of silence for a great young man. I have heard so much about you ... Thank You.......................

Who & What Happened

Ok, over the past couple of days I've been setting up this blog. And, in the process I wanted to have a slideshow on the sidebar. In the process of doing so I came across some family members that I have not seen since I was a young boy. The thing is, is that all I did was use my last name as a keyword for photobucket.com, and this shows up. I didn't recognize anybody until I real started looking, I know who some of the adults are. But the kids in the picture I haven't got a clue, I plan on finding out. Anyways, Honey, Richard and Mike I want to give you the spot light on my blog, just because you showed up whether you wanted to or not.

It all started here...what?

Welcome to my blog, from here on out it will be random instances or strange things I want to share with the rest of the world. I am a married gentleman with 4 kiddos, I work at a business in Richardson TX. And other than that you will find out more about Me through my pointless blogging. Happy reading...cts