Semi Annual post

Where do I start? I can't start from the beginning because I have forgotten it. Somewhere in the middle? I guess so. You can always ask questions if you want and I will try to answer them. Maybe. Yes I wear underwear! Mostly... Sometimes they are even clean!

So beginning of October I decided to use the Jeep Liberty in front of me as a brake. I recommend not trying that yourselves. It worked, but it left an impression on the hood of my Envoy. As well as the fenders pushed back into the doors and the rest of the front end crunched back where it isn't supposed to be. Lots of liquid all over the ground where it isn't supposed to be. Thankfully nobody was hurt, and the Jeep didn't have whole lot of damage, and he didn't crawl out holding his neck and back.After a week the insurance company let me know that they were totaling it. I wasn't real thrilled to hear that, but when they told me how much they were giving me for it, I got much happier. I was guessing they would give me blue book value, turns out they gave me fair market value for my area, which was almost twice what I was expecting. Yay me. So I went truck shopping. I had been looking at used Chevy trucks and had sort of narrowed it down to three. I decided to go look at the GMC dealer and see what they had on the lot. I got to talking with one of the salesman and found out that with my military discount and the current incentives, it was cheaper for me to buy a brand new 2012 model. Umm, ok. So now I am the proud driver of a 2012 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab. Black. Now I have Nerf bars and under seat storage compartments and remote start key fobs on my amazon wish list.

This past weekend I was doing some finishing work in the basement when I went to move a wire, I pulled the staple out and it just fell out. Not good. So what do guys do? I poked the 2x4 and my finger went into it almost to the second knuckle. Lovely. Went after it with a hammer and then decided we needed to call a bug guy. Yep, termites. Lovely. So we are going to have to decide on a company to handle the termite spraying and then I have to get all the damage fixed. I had a drink that night.

I am also thankful that all this politic crap will be done with tomorrow. At least it is supposed to be finished. Hopefully you voted.

Tell your Pookie you love them and make a nice day!

Whoa!

Time sure flies when you aren't paying attention. It is hard to believe it has been 10 months since I last posted. Yes I am still alive. Wondering why I haven't won the lottery yet though. When I do, I have a private island already picked out. Only costs $10,000,000. It has a resort already built and can have everything back up and running in a day. 511 acres. It should do for me. I'll make it a Caribbean nudist resort. Just so I can see all the rich old ladies naked. Cause I am still perverted like that.

I miss HNT also. Hated to see it end. I reckon people still do it, but Os isn't the main man nowadays. All things must end though.

Other fun things, couple weeks ago I got really drunk and told a few people to fuck off. Evidently I also asked my mother-in-law to take her teeth out and blow me. My father-in-law fell out of his chair laughing. I got so raunchy my friend had to tell his teenage boys to go downstairs. That's a new low for me. They thought I was hilarious. Told me I should do it more often. I didn't realize I was that uptight.

Last Friday another big step in life happened for me. I took myself out of the gene pool. Wasn't a lot of fun.The appointment was for 1700, I didn't get in to see the doctor until 1845. Then it seemed like he was enjoying himself as he "checked me out". Then he stuck a needle in to the boys and numbed me up. Or so I thought. Evidently he thought so too. He did one part with the laser then moved to another spot and wouldn't you know it, he found a spot that wasn't numb. Can you guess what I did then? You got it, I yelped like a little girl and jumped about two feet straight in the air. He apologized and stuck the needle back in and numbed me up some more, then went back in with the laser and got that side done. Then he started on the other side. He got the first part done and then he found the other spot that wasn't numb. Jumped again on that one. Afterwards he told me to hold the gauze and left. The nurse came back in about 10 minutes later and told me I could get dressed. I put the jock strap on and was ready to leave. Glad I don't have to do that more than once.

That brings us up to date for the last couple of weeks. You'll have to guess about the missing months in between. Tell your Pookie you love them and make a nice day!

Work

Today was a good day and a heartbreaking one also. Today I started a new job. Only took 11 months. So glad I finally have a job, and I like the people there. Unfortunately we had to say good bye to our foreign exchange student today. She went home to China. I didn't realize when she was here how much she had become part of our family. When we sat down to dinner and had the empty chair is when it hit home that part of our family was now gone. She has been accepted to a boarding school in New Hampshire so she will be coming back to the US and for the short breaks she will come visit us. We are talking about hosting another student next year also. It was a good experience for us and we have great memories because of it. That is all I have now.

Make a nice day.

F Georgia!!!!

I am so sick and tired of Georgia being the craphole it is! I got a speeding ticket last August. I paid the fine and moved on. I decided to transfer my Florida license to here so I can get tags for the cars cause evidently it is against the law to have out of state tags here. Went up and got my picture taken and everything, they gave me my temporary paper license and told me the permanent one would "be in the mail". Fuckers lied!!! Turns out there is another fee for a "superspeeder" that they don't tell you about and now I don't have a license, because they suspended my license! I was able to get on the website and look at it and now it says my new Georgia license was denied. So now I have to go in and to the DMV and try to get a license again. Which they will probably try to charge me for again. I hate this fucking state!

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!

Hobby

I finally finished the first chainmaille bikini for Gorgeous. I figured I would post it so everyone can see how productive I am over here in Kosovo.