The teams have reported for Spring Training and baseball season is officially started!
My 2012 season prediction, D-Backs all the Way to the World Series!
Go D-Backs!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Blessings
This is an excerpt from Russ Robinson's book, Walking the Parenting Tightrope
Blessings
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who won't survive the week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 20 million people around the world.
If you attended a church meeting without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost three billion people in the world.
If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over year head and a place to sleep, you are richer then 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and space change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.
You are so blessed in ways you may never even know.
Blessings
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who won't survive the week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 20 million people around the world.
If you attended a church meeting without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost three billion people in the world.
If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over year head and a place to sleep, you are richer then 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and space change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.
You are so blessed in ways you may never even know.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Out with the old, and in with the new
Well, I have been looking to upgrade my motorcycle for a few reasons lately, and this week it happened. The following story happened in a period of 48 hours.
Day 1 (afternoon and evening): I get a text responding to my Craigslist ad to trade my motorcycle. He asked what my CASH price would be. Since I needed a bike for getting to work, I threw out a number nearly 2 times the value of the bike. He took it. The buyer drove out to our house late at night, gave Kristi cash, then rode the bike home to Las Vegas. Good by to the Ninja. This i show it looked when it left my house.
Day 2 (morning): With cash now in hand, and a strict order from the CFO not to spend any more than I had in my hands, I began the search for a new motorcycle to fit my desires/needs better. I was thinking along the lines of an older Gold Wing since they are affordable around here and a dime a dozen. After expanding my search to include Phoenix and Las Vegas areas, I had found a classic Gold Wing in bright Yellow which had my attention. I don't want black, I prefer to be seen.
Before I knew it, a Las Vegas motorcycle had my attention. I texted the seller, explaining my budget, and he agreed to my price. The bike? A 2003 Kawasaki Concours with a lot of bells and whistles (Farkles in motorcycle terms, functional sparkles). This bike is awesome!
With over $500.00 in upgrades alone, I fell in love with this bike. I had a friend come with me and we drove to Las Vegas last night. After buying the bike, and loading it, we drove home through a blizzard which hit Interstate 40 area pretty badly. The storm slowed us down, but at 3:00 am we were safely home. We unloaded today, and the bike is now mine.
More fun trip reports and photos later, but I am headed back to bed.
Happy Valentines Day!
Day 1 (afternoon and evening): I get a text responding to my Craigslist ad to trade my motorcycle. He asked what my CASH price would be. Since I needed a bike for getting to work, I threw out a number nearly 2 times the value of the bike. He took it. The buyer drove out to our house late at night, gave Kristi cash, then rode the bike home to Las Vegas. Good by to the Ninja. This i show it looked when it left my house.
Day 2 (morning): With cash now in hand, and a strict order from the CFO not to spend any more than I had in my hands, I began the search for a new motorcycle to fit my desires/needs better. I was thinking along the lines of an older Gold Wing since they are affordable around here and a dime a dozen. After expanding my search to include Phoenix and Las Vegas areas, I had found a classic Gold Wing in bright Yellow which had my attention. I don't want black, I prefer to be seen.
Before I knew it, a Las Vegas motorcycle had my attention. I texted the seller, explaining my budget, and he agreed to my price. The bike? A 2003 Kawasaki Concours with a lot of bells and whistles (Farkles in motorcycle terms, functional sparkles). This bike is awesome!
With over $500.00 in upgrades alone, I fell in love with this bike. I had a friend come with me and we drove to Las Vegas last night. After buying the bike, and loading it, we drove home through a blizzard which hit Interstate 40 area pretty badly. The storm slowed us down, but at 3:00 am we were safely home. We unloaded today, and the bike is now mine.
More fun trip reports and photos later, but I am headed back to bed.
Happy Valentines Day!
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