Love

I have been thinking lately about a story that my Grandfather told me shortly after Grandma passed away. They were married for 57 years, and I know he missed her terribly after she passed away. Anyway he was telling me about when they first got married back in the Great Depression. The first morning after they were married, Grandma proudly made breakfast for Grandpa like she would for the remainder of her life. Eggs, bacon, toast and coffee. I remember laughing very hard when Grandpa informed me the he always hated coffee and could barely stand it, but I stopped laughing and got a tear in my eye when he told me he drank the coffee and ate his breakfast every morning when Grandma made it because he loved her too much to hurt her feelings by telling her he hated coffee. I think that is probably a pretty good description of Love.

Tell your Pookie you Love them, drink the coffee and Make a nice day!!

Mud wants to grow up

I wish I could keep my little girl little for a few more years. She wants to grow up so bad and be bad. I got up early this morning before the kids left for school and she was dressed in tight black skinny leg jeans with black stripper heels. I looked at her and told her no and she knew right away I was talking about the heels, and started her argument with, "I've worn them to school before and they are ok!". Not with me they aren't. Maybe next year when I am more used to the idea of her growing up. Right now I am not ready to let her wear the stripper heels to school as a freshman!

Just shoot me now. Make a nice day.

Unemployed

Here it is almost Halloween and I am still unemployed. How do people do this? I have applied for every job that I think I can even fake knowing how to do, and yet, nothing. I guess I can't stress enough to any of the younger generation, GO TO COLLEGE AND GET YOUR BACHELORS DEGREE AT LEAST!!!!!

As an upside to all this free time I have on my hands, I have finished one room, got all the electrical and drywall done in another, and I am working on the electrical in yet another room in the basement. I need to get the drywall up so I can put doors in. Mud isn't happy not having a door for her room. Oh well, she'll live without it for awhile. She has the basement to herself for the most part.


I just thought I would let everyone know I am still alive. Tell your Pookie you Love them and Make a nice day!

Good Day?

We took the rugrats to Six Flags White Water today. Was supposed to be a great time. Due to the number of people there and the fact that they lost power to most of the water pumps, it wasn't. Then when everyone was leaving they were giving out rain checks because of the power outage. Every single person that was in any line at all in the park was there waiting to get one before they left. Took forever to get out of the park and that was skipping the rain check. Yeah, great time. I honestly can't recommend the water park to anyone. Maybe some other time, but I doubt it.

On the job news, I am still hunting for a job. Have gotten into a habit of looking at Monster, USAJobs, and Hotjobs every morning. I apply for all of them that I think I am capable of doing. So far I am just a reject. Haven't found any IT jobs in my local area yet, but I am keeping an eye and ear out for any possibilities.

Go tell your Pookie that you love them and Make a nice day!

Scaredy cat

I am at the point where I am scared to death. I start my terminal leave on 2 July which means I won't have the same income when my retirement date of 1 Sept rolls around. I NEED A F'in JOB!!! How do people do this? I have been thinking that maybe it would be a good idea to try to cancel my retirement and stay a couple more years. Then again I want to live with Gorgeous and the kids for once. Anyone know of an IT job in Atlanta for a retired USAF guy with 22 years of experience, a CISSP certification, and a Top Secret clearance? This uncertainty is scaring the crap out of me.


Make a nice day!

HNT

It has been 5 years since Os started this craze of HNT. It has been a while since I participated. I got lazy. Sue me. Anyway, Os emailed and asked if people would be willing to participate this week for the 5 year anniversary by posting the first one you did and then a recreation of it. So here is the first HNT I did.

Here is my recreation

I really need to get some sun...


Tell your Pookie you Love them and have a very Happy 5th HNT!!!

Home

I finally made it home. Spent a couple weeks with Gorgeous and the kids and now I am back in Alabama. At least for 6 weeks. Then I will be retired. Scares the crap out of me. I need to find a job so I can pay the bills when I am retired. It would be better if I just won the lottery for $40 or 50 million. I think I could make ends meet with that.

HNT turns 5 years old on Thursday. Os has made a special request for it and I believe I am going to play along.

Look for me Thursday.

Make a nice day!

Passing time

So here I am, a month away from going home. So far time seems to have flown by for me. There have been issues at home. Some good, some bad. I put in my paperwork for retirement, which was accepted. Now I worry about whether or not I will get a job that will pay all the bills and also be able to keep that job in this economy. So many worries.

I found out the other day that my replacement got canceled. I'm not sure if they are sending someone else or doing away with my position. I have been told that I will be going home on time regardless. I'll see if that holds true.

I am progressing with chainmaille. At least playing with different patterns and such. I have finished the bulk of my shirt. I still have to attach the sleeves which are currently short sleeves. I think I will make them long at some point, not sure when though. I also need to fill in the neck area some to give it a nicer appearance. I hope I can fit it in my luggage when I head back. At least if my bag is too heavy I can take it off and wear it. Might give the security folks a headache, but fuck em. I don't give a rats butt about them.

Ya'll make a nice day.

Birthday

Well I finally did it. I hit the big 40. Managed to get by with no party , no black balloons, nothing. Hehe. I guess when you go to the other side of the world away from family and friends you can do that.

I have some friends that I went to high school with, twins, whose birthday is a week after mine. I emailed one of their daughters with "helpful" suggestions about gifts and decorations for a party. I'm waiting for a knife in the back from them next week at this time.

Show your Pookie how much you Love them and make a nice day!