A Boring Life??

Dear friends,

It has been many days since my last post and for this I apologize. It seems that things were so busy for a while that I got out of the habit of writing on a regular basis. I also began thinking that nothing really significant was going on in my life, so why bother with taking your time to read rambling from a boring life. I sat back today and realized that I really have been lazy. It is easier to sit in front of the tube than to share with friends via my blog. I also realized that I have in fact had a rather eventful life for the past 30 days. I will try to recap my life and forgive me if I get a date wrong, etc.

December 22nd: Drove straight through from Cumming, GA to Dallas, Tx to spend the holidays with my family.

December 24th: Witnessed the first white Christmas in Dallas since 1910.

December 25th: Enjoyed Christmas with my daughter and her family. My first Christmas with our newest "Baby Mary".

December 25th: Drove part way to Oklahoma City in slush, ice and snow. We spent the night in Gainesville, Tx. and enjoyed IHOP for dinner. I realized that I had eaten breakfast three meals in a row.

December 26th: Arrived in Oklahoma City. OKC had an all time record snowfall 14". My son's driveway had 4 to 5 ft. snow drifts. Temps were in the teens for a high. We celebrated a late Christmas with my son and his wife Jama and daughters Avery and Reagan. It was a time of joy. My daughter Holly and husband Mike and daughters Mary, Anna and Ellie joined us. It is a rare treat when all my kids and grandchildren are together at one time.

December 27th: My power window became inoperable (in the open position) while paying a toll at the toll booth. Drove around OKC in frigid weather with the windows open.

December 28th: Spent the day trying to get the window fixed. I finally was successful.

December 29th: My sons car had recently been pushing snow during the blizzard and lost a serpentine belt. To get to the belt the bumper had to be removed as well as a front tire and wheel. This was all done in cold temps. We finally decided we did not have the tools to do the job and had to reassemble the bumper and wheel and called a wrecker and paid a mechanic to fix the problem.

December 29th continued: My son's sink stopped up. We crawled on the roof and tried to unstop the vent, then tried to unstop the drain outside (in frigid weather). My son's father-in-law joined the fun and we disassembled the sink trap and unplugged one drain. In the process we broke a compression ring. Luckily there was a spare in the garage. We put it all back together and discovered the same problem with the other sink. Again we broke the compression ring...this time no spare. Drove 25 mile round trip and bought several compression rings and we cleaned the drain, reassembled and all worked well.

December 29th Continued: Celebrated my wife's 60th birthday and daughter-in-law Jama's (not sure how many) birthday at a great restaurant in OKC.

December 30th: during the evening I contracted a stomach virus. We had two rooms at the Hampton Inn in OKC (long story why we had two rooms). My wife and granddaughters were thankfully in one room and I was in the other. I spent six hours on the throne with a trash can in my hands (and read a good book in the midst of this problem). I don't need to describe what was going on but it was not a pleasant experience.

December 31st: We left for Springdale, Arkansas with clear roads to visit my dad and his wife. It was an uneventful trip. We had a nice dinner with dad and my brother and a nice visit with Dad and his wife. We spent the night in the Hampton Inn and were both asleep well before the new year.

January 1st, 2010: We celebrated the new year by driving straight through to our home in Cumming, GA. This was about 800 miles.

January 2nd/3rd: We crashed to get over the trip. Watched a few ballgames and slept.

January 4th: Back to work in order to get some rest and of course to get caught up on projects after being off for two weeks.

January 7th: Off on a deer hunting trip with customers in South Alabama. Up every morning at 4:30 and to bed at 10:00 PM. No deer were present on the 7th or the morning of the 8th.

January 8th: Shot the largest deer in my life. 11 Point buck. The deer had a lot of character. The rack told stories about the battles this buck endured to reach a ripe old age. I actually dreamed the night before about this deer coming out of the woods. The reality was exactly like the dream. I felt a spiritual connection with this animal. It took a couple of hours to regain my composure after taking the deer.

January 9th: Back home again

February 3rd-4th: Preparing to go on an annual Quail Hunt.

Other than all these events it has been kind of boring. Sometimes we need to sit back and think about our lives and how really full they can be. It is a shame that we neglect to tell our stories.