Why is it when you’re little you have taking naps. Even to the point will defiantly stay awake refusing to go to sleep. But when you’re an adult would give anything to be able to lay down for 1 – 2 hour during the day and take a long nap.

But isn’t that the way a lot of things are. Most of us are in such a hurry to grow up and move away from home and then once we do look back and see how great we actually had it. Cut the grass and take out the garbage, and maybe fill the ice trays. Every now and then clean up after yourself. In return you have room and board, laundry service, cloths, shoes, medical, dental, and sometimes get an allowance of some type. You have a chauffeur service to run you around to where you need to go.  You have really no responsibility other than minimum chores. But you can’t wait to be out on your own, doing whatever you want. Then you realize you would do more when you lived at home. lol

We all go through this and most kids don’t understand when I tell them….Don’t ever voluntarily leave, make them pack your bags and throw you out. Eat Mama’s breakfast for as long as you can. Once you leave, you can never go home again.

We all have them, and some we wish we didn’t have. Some we are proud of and other ashamed of. I often wonder if others remember things the same way I remember them. Unfortunately or fortunately they don’t. I’ve talked to a few different friends about things that happened years ago and we each have totally separate memories of the events. I guess it’s whatever you focused on.

I have these little vague memories of things that I’d done in the past, yes regrets. When I say past some over 40 years ago. I often wonder do the other people still remember them or is it a memory that they’ve forgotten?

I pulled a chair out from under this heavy set girl in the 5th grade. Well she had taken my chair so technically I just took it back. She fell on the floor and rolled around. She said that she had an operation a few weeks before and was hurt. I got into some trouble and felt bad for doing it, 38 years later I still feel bad.

Then I got into an accident and a lady hit the side of my car. A police report was done up and she admitted to hitting me. Then when her insurance company called she had changed her story. I sent them the police report and they paid so no big deal… but the story wasn’t over. Her insurance sent me a check and a statement of her account of what happened. She said she was driving down the road and I swerved over into her, it was me who caused the accident. Then I started retracing my steps… I’d just got out of school at noon to drive to my vo-tech school which was downtown, about 12 miles away. It was pouring rain and the run to my car got me drenched. I got in my 1976 Camaro and headed down the highway. I then remember me combing my hair and looking into the mirror… oh shit… I may have swerved into her. I was in the middle of combing my hair looking into the mirror in the rain when the accident happened. I knew I should have returned the check called her agent and explained what had happened. But being a kid and greedy for money I didn’t say anything and kept the check. I often wonder if her car got fixed, did it cause her insurance to go up, etc. Did if have some type of “Butterfly Effect” on her. I’ll never know but often wonder about something that happened 34 years ago now.

Does anyone else do this?

Here is what I get from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations.

“Dear Friends,

Here at DBPR, we strongly believe that Florida’s greatest investment lies in the education of our youth. The department makes it a personal goal to engage students who are pursuing a future in one of DBPR’s professions or businesses. In an effort to help ensure that the future licensed professionals of Florida are the best and the brightest, the Board of Accountancy annually provides a scholarship opportunity for minority accounting students throughout the state.

Each year, the Clay Ford Scholarship program awards scholarships to minority students studying to become certified public accountants in Florida. I’m pleased to announce that, since the program’s implementation in 1999, more than $1 million has been awarded. “

First off, they’re not my Friends… second why not to deserving students? But NO, Minority students. Again I’m white so my children wouldn’t qualify for this… But if I said up a scholarship program for WHITE students only you bet your ass the racist pricks would be all over me.

How much more racist can the Florida Government become? We’ve got to get Rick Scott out of office now. Why would he allow and encourage this type of conduct from his staff? Well bet the farm he won’t get my vote…!

Someday’s you work hard all day and at the end of the day you feel good. Today is not one of those days. I feel wore out, tired and hurt. My tooth, back, and shoulder all hurt. I’ve taken a couple of pain pills to easy the pain but so far it hasn’t really helped. ouch…

Well I got up at 6:30 am this morning and started teaching. It’s now 10:24 pm and all I have left to do is my blog and vlog, which I want to do more than have to do.

The boys are off house setting a friends house, My oldest daughter is spending the night with her cousin, so it is just My wife, Isabella (the baby), and myself at home this evening. I hope I sleep like a rock and get so great sleep and rest. Next week I have to teach, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and have a meeting on Friday. But, I’m OFF next weekend so I’m going to rest and get some of the thing I want to do done. We’ll I will work if anything comes along, but I’m sort of hope that it doesn’t but won’t turn down the money if it does. LOL

I love my family, every single one of them even though they can be a pain in the ass.

It is a great song but it’s way more than that. When you’re in the military you make friends for life. I was in peace time Army and I have some of the best memories and consider some of the people my best friends. Even though I’ve been out of the Army for 26 year I still think of the friendships that I made. I guess when you’re with people 24/7 you become very personal with them. You talk about family, friends, women, the future, and everything else. I’ve seen places that I would have never seen if it had not been for my time in the military. I saw a lot of Kansas, Missouri, Germany, The Netherlands, and Austria.  I was at 2 Oktoberfest in Munich, and went to Dachau Concentration Camp. I went white water rafting in the Swiss Alps and saw David Bowie in Paris. We road trains all over the place from city to city. We made a bunch of friends and ate many different foods.

The thing about it was I hated the Army. I hated getting up at 5:30 everyday, and hated running in PT. I always thought myself way smarter than 90% of the ranking NCO’s. I counted the days from the time I was in basic training of how much longer do I have before I get out. If it had not been for my stupid sense of loyalty I would have smoked some dope and got thrown out. But, because I a commitment for 4 years I honored that commitment. I was EXTREMELY happy when they announced a 60 early release in Jan 1988. If you were not going to reenlist they were letting you out 60 earlier than you original ETS date. It was truly a prayer that had been answered. Now 26 years later I look back on those times as some of the best days of my life. If I could do it over again, I would never join… it’s a love/hate thing.

Realistically I went in because of a girl, Jennifer Gerloch. I’d join and get through basic and when that was over she’d be 18 and then we could get married and move to Kansas to live. But under a month into basic training she told me it was off and that she had found another dick. She truly broke my heart and I was stuck in the U.S. Army for a long 4 years of my life. Maybe if I had went in on my own or for other reason things may have been different. Who knows, it’s all hindsight now and I’ll never know. May 22, 1984 – Sept 1, 1984 was the longest 3 months of my life. Going through basic training with a broken heart is nothing I’d wish upon anyone…

1. Solar Powers Cloths Dryer – My grandmother called it a cloths line but it’ll save more money than you think. Watch your meter when the dryer kicks on… how fast it moves.

2. Turn A/C up to at least 77 degrees, and if it’s a little cool open the windows and shut the A/C off.

3. Programmable Thermostat – you may spend $100 on these but you can raise the temp in your house when everyone leaves and an hour before you get home have it start cooling again. Then at night after everyone is asleep you can have it raise a couple of degrees. Once programmed it works automatically. You can save $100 per year with these.

4. Caulk around all your windows and doors. So much energy is lost through the small cracks that add up.

5. Weather Stripping around exterior doors. If you live in a home more than 10 years old check all the weather stripping. It’s an inexpensive fix that could keep your energy in and insects out.

6. Low Flow Toilets and Shower heads. Use a fraction of the water to flush the toilet instead of the old 5 gallons at a time. An inexpensive toilet is only a little more than $100. At least have one in the family room where everyone goes constantly.

7. Low Energy light bulbs. We’ve slowly changed ours out throughout the house and have noticed a change in the electric bill. Especially those lights that seem to always be on… those are the most critical.

8. Hot Water Heaters – you can adjust the temperature on your hot water heater to warm instead of scalding hot. Also, if you can put a timer on it where it shuts off during the day when you know nobody is there and will not be taking a shower, you’ll see a decrease in your bill.

9. Insulation – there isn’t much you can do for the walls, but the attic you can. Go up and see if all the insulation is still where it is suppose to be. Don’t pack it down, insulation is suppose to be loose. If you can put the spray foam on the underside of you roof it will make a huge difference. Also, while your up there check the attic fans and get that hot air out of the attic.

10. A/C Ducts? How old is you home? The A/C ducts are probably the same age. Get some tape (from a supply house) and buy a cheap smoke machine at a party store. Set the smoke buy a return and go up in the attic. If you see smoke you have a duct leak. Tape it down or replace that section of duct work. At some point it may be a good investment to call someone and have the duct work redone.  You can also have a duct test ran to show you what your system is like. YOU’LL BE SHOCKED! 

1. Always use the bathroom when your out somewhere. It their septic, water, and paper being used.  If you’re a family of 5 that’s a lot of TP paper!

2. Mooch every possible meal that comes along. Go to every party, gathering, wedding, or anything else were food will be provided.

3. Unless you sweat or working outside you should be able to wear the same pants and shirt more than once… at least a couple of days wear out of them.

4. Cold Showers… conserve on hot water and everyone will take a quick shower.

5. Use the Library as your source of entertainment. Books, movies, audio CD, and much more at no cost.

6. Yellow is Mello, Brown goes down

7. Schedule your runs when out… stop by the store, Walmart, etc. when your coming home from work or already out. 1 run per week, instead of multiple runs.

8. Encourage your kids to spend the night with friends.

9. Set outside on those hot windy days and turn the A/C off.

10. Always make a challenge on how to feed a family of 5 on a $10 dinner… It can be done!

Every month I do up an 8″ x 10″ photo of the month. I have to have it by the 7th of each month to display for the month. So it’s 12 new photos in the frame per year.

I use to keep them in my office and then we moved them onto the bedroom. Once my new frames arrive we are moving them downstairs into the family room.  I still want to keep the same idea and change them out on the 7th of every month. They have to remain PG-13 rated because they are up for the world to see.

This is the first one I’ve done with my motorcycle…lol