Pieces

I have been trying to find some other songs to post the lyrics to. RED has one album out at the moment. I'm telling you, if good Christian rock music is what you like, buy this CD. If you buy this album, you will not be disappointed, I guarantee it. Anyway, there are some really good songs on the CD, one that stands out for me is number six, Pieces. Here are the lyrics.

I’m here again

A thousand miles away from you

A broken mess

Just scattered pieces of who I am

I tried so hard

Thought I could do this on my own

I’ve lost so much along the way

Then I see your face

I know I’m finally yours

I find everythingI thought I lost before

You call my name

I come to you in pieces

So you can make me whole

I’ve come undone

But you make sense of who I am

Like puzzle pieces in your hand

When I see your face

I know I’m finally yours

I find everything

I thought I lost before

You call my name

I come to you in pieces

So you can make me whole

I tried so hard

So hard

I tried so hard

Work, Work, Work

Well, it hasn't slowed down around the house yet. Sometimes I feel like time is like the clocks in the picture. It's all going so fast that even the clocks are getting tired.

Last week our landlord had a new roof put on the house. That was three days of noise. I started my six days a week on Monday. I found out that I will be on this schedule until the beginning of November.

Somewhere in this new work schedule, I have to find some time to get all of my readings and homework done on time. The way it's set up with the online courses, I have a discussion question that I have to answer on Thursday, and another one on Saturday. Then I have a paper I have to write that is due by Sunday night. That's it, every week for eight weeks and then the class is over. Also, don't forget the two or three chapters in my textbook and the the readings in my Bible I have to finish before I can start to do the work each week. I know, it doesn't sound all that bad, really not much work involved... on my normal work schedule. I have three days off every week to get the work done. Now, I don't have that and it is going to be this way until the end of the class.

If someone has any idea how I can get two more hours out of those sad looking clocks in the picture, please let me know. I think I need it.

Bradley At 4 Months

I thought instead of posting a bunch of pictures, I would post a short video. Here you go. Enjoy.

One of those weeks

Well, it was one of those weeks. You know what I am talking about, the week that nothing seems to go right. The one where everything seems just fifteen degrees off. Yeah, we had one of those weeks. It started on Saturday night. I felt great, Christy and I had decided to go to the Saturday night service at church. The church had a guy speaking that was the MC for Promise Keepers in Fresno last month. I wanted to go here him speak so, Mikey was off with his grandparents and we dropped Bradley off the the infant care at the church.

We went to the sanctuary to listen to the speaker, Rick Rigsby. He spoke for a little over an hour. He is amazing, I hope that if anyone has a chance to see him speak they take it.

Then, Sunday comes around. I am changing the oil in the cars when I hear from Christy that Mickey has the Chicken Pocks. I finish with the cars and a little while to the evening, Mickey has an accident involving his potty seat. I am not going to go into detail here, but let me say that it involved a trip to the ER. Everything turns out okay there, but Tuesday has yet to rear its head. Tuesday and Wednesday, all in all, turns out to be okay. The only real problems I had on those two days was trying to take care of both kids, watch Mickeys band aid, and try to get my home work done. Thursday, I had to go to work, but I came home because I felt sick. Sure enough, head cold hits that nigh, but not before Mickey as to go back into the ER to get his bandage fixed up.

I am glad to report that today has been a good day. I feel better, chores are done, Mickey is doing better and I have been able to work on homework. Now the only thing I am facing is the fact that I am going back on six days a week at work until my boss finds someone to hire in the new position opposite me. Well, wish us all luck in the coming weeks.

Here It Is

I had a hard time finding the elusive DV Cable needed to transfer video from my camera to my computer. I looked everywhere for this little jewel. I finally found it at Radio Shack. Let me tell you. If you are looking for any accessory for anything at all. You will find it at Radio Shack.

So now, without further delay, I give you my first video. I chose this video because I told our friend Katy that we had wished she could have been there. But, she lives is Texas of all places and missed the event. So, I told her that we would record Bradley's dedication so she could see it. Well here it is. Enjoy everyone.

Harry Potter

I am not what you call a big reader. At least before the last two years. In school, I hated to read. I couldn't even get through a book that was required reading. It took along time before I really started to enjoy reading. A friend of mine gave me the first Harry Potter book, The Sorcerer's Stone. I have to admit, I didn't want to read it.

I started as soon as I got out of bed one morning. That way, if the book was bad, I wasn't wasting a day. Needless to say, I was done with the book that evening. I just couldn't put it down. You could really tell it was a children's book. It had a simple feel to it.

Lucky for me, when I started reading the books, the first six were already out in stores. So, I started reading the books. I was happy to see as I went on, that Rowling's started to write the books for a more adult audience. I read the first four books rather fast. I finished the fifth book as the movie came out this last July. I just got through the sixth book this last weekend. If you have not yet read these books, I recommend you do. They are well written with plenty of adventure. I just started the last book in the series yesterday. I will post about it when I am done. It may take me a bit longer to finish, seeing as though I have to balance school reading with reading of pleasure.

Bradley

This last Sunday, Christy and I, had the honor of dedicating Bradley to our Lord Jesus Christ, in front of our family and congregation. I could not have asked for it to go any better. We had our friend and Worship Pastor Mark Kounter do the dedication. I think some of our family took pictures, and I had my Brother-In-Law shoot some video. I will post all of that when I get the chance. I need to get a DV Cable for my camcorder so that I can transfer the video to my computer. I just want to thank our friends and family that prayed for everything to go well, the amazing Mark Kounter for doing everything he has done not only for me, but for my family as well, and our Lord Jesus for taking Bradley into his heart as he does so well.

School!!!

Well, it is official. I started school today. Although, it doesn't feel like I did, mainly because I don't go to "school" so to speak. Taking classes online is like getting exited about a package you are going to get in the mail, then waking up the next morning and remembering you got it yesterday and it is sitting on the table. No climactic anything. No, hustle and bustle, no new faces... nothing.

I can't complain. I don't have to worry about finding my class in time, fighting crowds, or trying to kick someone out of a chair that is mine because I am in the class and they are crashing the class. Man I hated those first couple days of school. All I have to do is sit down in my living room, turn on my laptop, connect to the Internet, and check my online student portal. Easy peasy, lemon squeazy.

One think however, that does tend to suck is the fact that you don't have a bookstore that you can run to after class when you realize you forgot to buy a book. Guess what, I did that. I found my books through the schools online book store. There were two books listed. One was the text book, the other was a Bible. (for those who do not know, I am taking a New Testament History class, hence the Bible) I thought to myself... "self, you already have a great study Bible, you don't need to buy this one." Guess what, I did need to buy that one. I downloaded my course syllabus this morning and sure enough, I needed it. I picked up my other book Saturday. But now, I will not get the Bible until Wednesday.

Man I hate that. Oh well, I guess that is what I get for thinking.