I'm gonna do it!

Thank God for decent Jury Clerks!

I called her this morning, and explained why I missed my jury selection, and she was so understanding! I was so happy! My next date... well I guess I shouldn't post that here, so no biggie. But I'm not really in trouble. *YAY*

I'm getting a new schedule come March, and I thought it'd be better, and it is, but not as good as I thought. I'll be working from 10:30am t0 7:30 pm M-F! The only problem is with bussing. Even that early, I'll get home around 9pm... >:( But, if I work just a half hour of OT each day, it'll only be 20 minutes to wait for the bus... Go figure...

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I heard something last night on a repeat of the Bob Davis show on one of the local Talk Radio stations that I like to listen to when I can. It kind of intrigued me. There was a study that people with more money were happier than people with little money. But Bob asked the question: "Is it that money buys happiness, or that happy people just draw money to them?"

That really got me intrigued. Could my outlook on life be causing me to fail constantly? Can I really put that much faith in the Biblical adage, "As a man thinks, so is he"? Could God mean that litterally?

I think I'm going to put that idea to the test. I'm going to honestly try to be thankful for everything that happens to me; to see the good in all things. I'm going to count how God has blessed me every day. I'm going to praise Him for the good in my life, and stop dwelling on the bad. I'm going to try to keep my mind on "whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable...anything...excellent or praiseworthy". I'm going to see if God will bless me for this contentment. Not to test Him, because I know He's able, but to test me, and see if good things come to me.

Hey, it's worth a try...

(P.S. Thank you for being such a great mom to my kids, my darling wife! You are the reason we have such good kids, my love!)

The panic of the masses

...Why does everybody seem to think it's the end of the world when something bad happens to them, and it's really funny when something bad happens to someone else? Wouldn't the world be a better place if those things were reversed?

Think about it...

Jury Duty

...If it's so blamed important, why don't they do something to remind you, like the library does when you have a book in... A simple automated call couldn't hurt, could it?

Ok, now I'm truly a geek

Ok, I must admit that I was sort of skeptical about this blog. Who would think that good Wil Wheaton would have a blog open to just everyone? But there it was, WWDN, in all it's glory.

For those of you who don't know, Wil Wheaton was the star of Stand By Me and a was in a little TV show called Star Trek: The Next Generation as the young Wesley Crusher. Now I'll warn you, he sometimes uses a bit of coarse language, but what do you expect from an ex-to-hopefully-future-Hollywood star? But he's genuinely putting down his thoughts, and gave a wonderful review to my favorite TV show, Heroes! The man likes good TV, at least!

Anyway, if you know of the guy, you might like to check it out....


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And for some depressing news...

I missed Jury Duty because I was sick. That's not the depressing part, but I forgot to call to let them know I was sick!

I'm really stressing about it, because I don't want to go to jail because of Contempt of Court or anything... I honestly wanted to go, but did just about everything wrong... I don't want to go to jail, or pay a huge fine or anything... I worry...

*sigh*

I suck at life...



(P.S. My wife is the greatest! I'm so thankful because she keeps an even mind, even when I'm freaking out... Thanks, Hon!)

My late Thanksgiving list

I Thank GOD for:

My awesome mother! She's the best cook in the world, and she means more to me than I can ever say... And even if I could say something, it wouldn't be nearly enough.

Thanks for Broadband! Makes life so much easier.

Thanks for "Heroes" on Monday nights on NBC, because it's one of the only shows my wife and I have in common...

Thanks for "Doctor Who" for the same reason...

Thanks for my kids, who always manage to make me smile, even when I don't want to...

For my great job!

For the people I deal with every day, because with out them, I'd not be getting paid at all...

For Woodland Hills Church, who has directed me in the right direction for going on 4 years now...

For Ken and Dawn Kelly, for opening their home to our family...

For music, and all it can express that words cannot...

For true and honest love, without which my life would be meaningless, (and without which, I'd probably be somewhere I don't want to be.)...

For sunflower nuts!

For cold winters and unbearably hot summers to help me enjoy Spring and Fall all the more...

For hot chocolate...

For big Thanksgiving Turkeys...

And more I can't think of now...

Sorry...

maybe more to follow later....

Why doesn't "Climate Control"...

...really control the climate? Seriously, right now I'm burning up, and when I was previously sitting elsewhere, I was freezing!