And So Life Changes

hey everyone,

I know I have not updated often, or recently because I had no idea where my life was going.... Now I know where, but still figuring out the how.
I have a new position I am starting on March 2ND in Lexington KY for IKON. I am going to do the Trifecta of company's bought by Ricoh. So that being said, i have to turn in all my tech when i leave this job on Friday. No Laptop, (home computer is grounding out on something), No Blackberry, no cell phone (besides the wife's). I have to turn in my inventory, tools and other things as well. I am excited and yet worried about all this, but I know it will all work out.
I am bummed that I will not be here for the band "One Source", or for all the things i had planned in Scouts and with the SAL, (sons of the American Legion). I did so many cool things with those organizations and with the people I met doing them, and I will definitely miss all of them. I am planing on staying in contact with most of them through E-mail and phone calls. I have met some wonderful people, and I will miss them. But in these times, (as in any times) I have to worry about income, and my family, and I feel this is the best thing to continue to support them.
Please continue to pray for me and my family as we make this life changing transition, and if you are one of the friends I have mentioned above, please don't write me off, or stop calling me. I will miss each and every one of you. I will be back on the tech waggon after the move, or as soon as I fix the computer or buy another one. I will have access to my E-mail though my wife's phone, so continue to write. Once I am back up I will send out another blog to everyone, here.... and this page will get a small update as well. Later days all!

Family and American Legion Stuff

Hey all,
Going out with the family today to hob nob around chattanooga, go to a fabric store (none in dalton for some reasion) and then come back home, make dinner and go to band practice tonight around 6:30 - whenever. Want to get my bass fixed, it has a peice broken (the nut for the people that know what I am talking about) the rest works, but one of the guys in the band works as a repair guy and will make e a new one if I bring my bass, so that is what I am doing tonight. Then church on sunday, and getting our car for pinewood derby cut out on monday. I love that my regular life is still going, and I should hear from the Lexington job by early this comming week. I am sure the delay is due to the ice storm that is rocking there world up that way.
Also my Sons of the American Legon post 112 here in Dalton won the Kerby Kepler award for helping vetrans, it is a national award given out to the best squad report in the country, big stuff in the leagion for us. So I will post a picture of us with the award once I get a chance. Hope everything is good out there in computer land. have a great day!!

Best wishes to everyone out in computer land,

Something is Knocking

Hey all,

I have the interview tomarow. I am going to drive strait there (leave at 6am, arrive around noon) and do the interview. Then a drive home, and i will stop if i get tired. Yay, 10+ hours driving. I know I am going to get a offer, but I am not sure if i will take it. If they do offer more money, I guess I will be taking the job. should be a interesting day tomorrow.
So that is what is going on, whatever happens in the next 30+ Hours will determine what is happening to me and my family for the rest of my life. No pressure or anything. Check here or with my twitter updates to find out more. Also if I take this new job, I will lose the laptop and blackberry I use to do updates to this blog. The home computer is also offline currently as well, bad main board. I may be able to repair it but I will need some supplies to do that. Everyone have a great week, and wish me luck.

hey everyone,

well January has been strange, we have been understaffed at work for the past 2 weeks, And I have been sick for the last 2 days.
I did have some good news on the job front, I have a interview next week Friday in Lexington KY for a high end color tech position with IKON. It could be a great opportunity for me. I will drive up there and check the place out. I have as many questions of them as they are likely to have of me. this may be the job I have been looking for. I also got a call from a IT staffing company in Indianapolis, I have to call them tomorrow and see what they have to offer.
That is about it for me right now, remember my wife's b-day is next week wed. she will be over 30 soon. :)

New Year, Oh Dear!

Hey all,

I am still recovering from the new years cold, If I get my one cold a year out of the way early, it will make the whole year easier. So I have been a bit sick the last few days, but I am already feeling better. Did not do much for the new year, went to dinner with the Grey hairs at cracker barrel, came home, went to bed. I do have some resolutions, and If I put them on here, they may mean more... so here goes. 1. get a new job - duh. 2. lose weight, I think getting down to 250 is a good start. 3. finish the rehab on the knee, even 1 year out it is still not back up to 100%. and 4. become a better musician. Last but not least though it may be the easiest, 5. I want for Skyler (with my help) to finish his wolf badge for scouts before the end of January.

These are not imposable, I know that the last is going to be easy, the first maywill mean moveing, 2 and 3 are connected, doing to work for one will lead to the other. and number 4, very doable, just pick up the Bass and practice.

I may have a chance to buy some speakers for my PA, (church bought new) something I would love to do, then just a moniter and it is ready for whatever I need it for. I want to have a total setup at my house so I can have people come over and jam without haveing to bring anything. (this is including the equipment that is out of state being added, the piano and bass amp are required) oh and a drum set too, but that is for another year, or at least another house. Cant stop a dreamer!!

On the job front I did get a call for a job in Lexington KY, just a lead, still waiting on the service manager there to call. I would be working on the high volume copiers, both color and black and white. so 90 CPM and higher B&W and the big production color printers. it would also be a small raise for me, I put down I wanted 50k and they talked about 44k, not bad. that would put me ahead on my financial success meter (makeing 1k per year I am alive would pay basic expenses, I could earn 34k and make ends meet, but not thrive) I am hopefull, lexington is closer to Michigan and Indiana where my and my wifes familys are from, and make visiting more frequent, ie 3 or 4 times a year instead of once a year. (and likely a drop off of the kids at the grandparents every summer for a week or so) that would make everyone in my family very happy.

On the Socuts thing, My focus for the next bit is on Skyler makeing it to wolf ASAP! I have been focusing on the whole pack this whole year, and with the possibility of not being here to see them graduate. I am thinking about what would happen if we moved, and thus Skylers move up the ranks is the most important, and the rest of the den second. so I made a list, he is already more than half way there, and a little nudge form me is all he needs to go over the top. He is cooking a meal for the family tonight, we are haveing chicken drumsticks and corn on the cob, cooked on the grill by Skyler, in the rain. I will advise him of course, and a good meal will be had by all. a few discussions on some topics he may not be prepared for, and that is it. Most kids are not ready to explain what duty to god is, and how to do your duty. noone ever said being a scout was easy.

Well I could ramble on all day it seams, best I get off this thing, refill my coffie and get on with the day. Happy New Year to everyone.

They did it!!!

Well it is about time! If the New England Patroits can go 16-0 then why cant the lions go 0-16 (0-17 they lost the last game of last year). So they finaly completed the goal of the Ford Family, the worst team of ALL TIME!!!  I dont even blame the players, this is management from start to finish. alot of these players could go somewhere else and play and do a great job, but the owners and the coaches have gutted this team on defense, and they think they could still win. Just a pridiction, next year they will use there 1st round draft pick on...... a wide reciever. I see a 3-13 season next year, which up till this year, I thought was the worst a team could do. thanks Lions for proving me wrong.

I dont know how it happened, but I am already a twitter addict and it is only day 2. we will see how it works long term. BTW, you can see my twitter post's here on my Blog, somewhere over there -------------------------------->

Dinner is on the way

Merry Christmas.....  If a picture is a thousand words, what does this one say...

Solstice

Hi Yall,

First I would like to say happy Solstice! All rejoice at the return of the sun, the life giver of our planet! It is sure a cold day here in Georgia, temps are in the teens and I had to put the liner in my leather jacket. It was a great weekend and I am looking forward to a wonderful Yule/Christmas/Hanukkah whatever your religion likes to call it.

First thing on my mind from this weekend is music. Visited Dave Simms place on Friday to lay down a bass line on the songs we are working on. (Dave's My Space page is here) had a great jam with him and got one track put down. That song is sounding good, cant wait till we get the drummers track down and start finalising it. We are planing on recording the Piano part this weekend (Pam's My space page is here) on Friday or Saturday, then we send them out to the drummer and get his take on the stuff, then back to us for final tracks with his drum part in the background, lots better than the click track we are working with now. Most of the songs we are working with are written by Tyler (his my space is here) These are some talented people and I am lucky to be playing with them. We have hopes for this thing going somewhere, and regret that soon I may not be able to play with these people. But things being what they are, if a opportunity comes up, move I will. But we had a great practice on Sunday after church, The drummer Joe and I put down a groove that we rocked on for a half a hour and then we reworked a song to be a bit faster. Great times!

Second thing I want to talk about is my family, got to hang out with them for a while on Saturday. my wife bought a video game and sold it to my youngest. So we spent most of Saturday, playing "Lego Indiana Jones". The boys had a great time with that, and we watched "Home Alone" because my wife thought it would be good for my oldest to see how a kid can be self reliant without his parents. we snuggled and played and had a good time! So looking forward to giving them gifts and playing with them during this upcoming 4 day weekend! Between us, Santa, and my parents I am sure they will have a great day.

Well I best be getting off of this thing, stuff to do. so if I don't get a chance to get on here again, everyone have a Christmas and new year!

Starcraft 2

oh my word, it has finaly arrived and it is so worth whatever money you may need to pay to get it. find it here.