What you think does matter

Encouraging words for you and me. When you have kids, or when you think about your own life: it sometimes becomes overwhelming - thinking about tomorrow. Be tomorrow the next day or the far off future, it's hard to see what you want to come about .... especially if you don't have a plan. Because tomorrow and the future seem so far away we tend to look at it in terms of "it will never come" or "I can wait because I have time". Which is a mistake. Take it from a dad who had all these plans for his daughter only fourteen years ago. I thought of college,a car, savings, and so many things.... now fourteen years later I realized I am not financially prepared to pay for her college, she wants to learn how to drive and i am not even sure I can get her a car? I know, no one can predict the future - who knew the recession would come, the real estate bubble, and all the rest. But I didn't get prepared, 14 years is a long time and even if I would have just put $100

US teen runaway mistakenly deported to Colombia ? This burns my butt.... First, she was not mistakenly deported. If you read the whole story she was arrested for stealing and she gave a false name. She then was prosecuted, charged, went thru deportation process, arrived in Columbia took her papers, accepted the help and started working at a call center [ without even knowing how to speak Spanish mind you ] and never once told anyone "hey, I am an American citizen". How is that a mistake? What really burns my butt is that this kid proves the retardation that happens in this world and in any government. You are sent back to your country [ in this case falsely because she lied about who she was ] and what does Columbia do - hey you broke the law but come here we are going to welcome you home, give you assistance and give you a job - do you speak Spanish? No, it's OK no one really cares at a call help center.... Give me a break..... Not to mention that she is pregnant? So, di

Let me share some friendly advice: How private is your Bathroom? How private is your bathroom? Family advice think twice. I remember when I was a kid my older sister played a horrible mean joke on me. When I was a child [ wow I sound old ] I had this fear of someone walking into the bathroom when I was using it - you know …. #2.… The whole idea was dreadful to me. I didn’t even use the bathroom when I was in school because people - you know - they can hear you. For crying out loud, people sit in the stall next to you. But one day I am nervously using the bathroom [ don’t forget I was a child, I believe about 7 or 8 ] and my older sister decided to burst into the bathroom with two of the next door kids, just for kicks, you know - torture and embarrass your little brother. Possibly scar him emotionally for life, no biggie - all in fun. So lets just say it took me for ever to get over that one. So why do I bring it up? Because today I was at work and my office is in this small cross hal

Why do people think that FREE means Cheap? I still keep up with all the best cellphone that come out. I still work part time at a cellphone company - so trust me when I say I know about the best cellphones, the cheapest cellphone and the cellphones I wish they would never had invented. A Free cellphone does not have to be a Cheap cellphone It’s no surprise - in case you didn’t know: You can get a Free cellphone [ smartphone, Droid ] online. But don’t let the Free price tag cuase you to fall into the cheap cellphone category. And when I say cheap cellphone, I mean cheap. No my friend, all smart phones are not created equal. If you came up to me and asked me which cell phone in the smart phone category can I get for free - I would point out several. For instance you can get the Incredible 2, the Revolution, the Bionic all of these are good Droid smart phones that you can get online for - wait for it: FREE. If you asked me which of the FREE smart phones are cheap as in quality - I would p

Horny Animals - Thinking of Funny Memories of you and me ..... Once more into the breach... ok, once more into the good old memories... New Years Eve always has a way of making me think about the past. While most people are thinking about the upcoming “New Year” on new years eve and all it's possibilities, I spend it reminiscing about the by gone days. Maybe it's because I want to make sure I don't forget the past, or because I want to make sure the future will be better than the past [ you know measure up to expectations ]. But I was thinking about this funny moment we shared a couple of years back on a camping trip. If you've read my blog for any length of time – you know that I love camping and have been doing it for years. Camping in my opinion is the best way to spend time with the family and kids. I have many great memories about camping. This particular memory that I remembered, I thought I just had to share with you [ ofcourse I had to draw a cartoon comic to g

How to install a new Toilet ??? … for christmas??? Strange Christmas gift #2 I will give you the steps to replace and install a new toilet bowl but first let me explain the above first. Ok, this one will take some time so lets start at the beginning. There we were enjoying christmas break. The children anxously waiting for christmas to open the presents, the granparents had just finished moving down and they ask a logical question: “I believe the new rule is we only buy gifts for the children right?” We have a large family so we established a rule that all the adults would only buy gifts for the neices, nephews, only children. Because it can get very expensive to buy gifts for everyone. So, the response was “yes only the kids”.... no problem right, simple and clear cut. Well, the grandparents have been staying with us because their house was not finished [ which is ok with me ] but, the toilet started leaking. Water occassionally just seeped out from below the toilet which cuased it no

Strange gift for Christmas: #1 Ok, Christmas is over, most people have already gone through the ritual of returning or exchanging the gifts they … umh didn’t like? Couldn’t use? Thought down right hideous? So I decided to share with you a couple of Christmas gifts I thought were kind of strange but did not or could not return. I am going to separate them into two separate blog post because… I need more content? No, because one gift I personally bought and didn’t think nothing of it until I saw the Christmas day pictures of me and my son. Now I have shared you most of you that my son is a military buff. He wants to go to the army, be a marine, fly a airforce jet - everything with him is about shooting, blowing things up and car chases… not sure how that slipped into the military theme but he is a boy. So here I am, a dad looking for a Christmas gift that will give me the biggest bang for my buck. You know - something he will love, enjoy and use for a long time [ I hope ]. By the way, m