Day One Hundred Eighty Six - HAPPY HALLOWEEN

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!! oOooOOoOooOoOOoOOOOOOoooOOOO Spooky day :D


Today has been Awesome!!!  I'm gonna cut this blog short.  I woke up early this morning, but I did not walk.  I figured, it's Halloween so I'm gonna take it easy today.  What I did do, however, was get my butt outside and finish my yard work.  I didn't finish it yesterday because I slacked off.  So, this morning I finished it all up.  I cut all the weeds and raked them up.  While I did that, Lisa got cleaned up, then she came outside and decorated our place.  Oh Wow it looks so nice out there.  She hung spiderwebs all over the porch and alongside the house.  She hung pumpkins and even made a statue with a pumpkin head out of my ladder.  It looks really neat outside.  Later, I put in a red porch light so add to the effect.  It looks so nice out there right now. 


So after that, we headed up town and stopped by the church to drop off some things.  We also got pizza from Little Ceasars.  Lisa wanted pizza today.  She was feeling pretty good, much better today.  Her nose wasn't running nor was her head stuffy or anything.  It seemed like it was going to be good.  On the way home from town though, it started up.  She was feeling miserable.  It all went away when she ate though, which I was so thankful for.  We watched 'Ernest Scared Stupid' while we had lunch.  It was a fun Halloween afternoon together!  She's at work right now.  I sure wish she was off.  I hate spending Halloween alone, but actually it's not bad so far ;)


After she went to work, I headed up to town and bought some candy, in case of trick or treaters.  I lit up the front yard and got everything ready.  It looks so nice out there now!  I'm spending the evening here at home, alone.  I'm talking with friends on Facebook and posting pictures.  It's going great. I'm watching scary movies now.  So far, I've watched 'Trick r Treat', 'Carrie', and now I'm watching 'An American Haunting'.  I'm going to log off now because I want to carve some pumpkins.  I have 3 pumpkins that I got from Grandpa's house earlier.  My uncle got some and said we could have'em.  So, I'm gonna do that.  I haven't carved pumpkins in years.  I hope they come out Awesome! 


Ok that's it for the night!  Happy Halloween, everyone.  Enjoy and Be safe out there ;}

Day One Hundred Eighty Five

Up and at'em early this morning!  Lisa went to school early.  I did my 3 miles.  Feelin great too.  Those walks really get my heart going and fully wake me up.  I gotta say though, it's getting pretty nippy out there in the mornings.  I could sure use some gloves because my hands get pretty cold heading out there.


When I got back from my walk, I started cleaning my front yard finally!  I'd been wanting to do that for a while now.  Being as how tomorrow is Halloween, I really need to finish it all up.  There are so many weeds that popped out everywhere in my front yard mainly because of all that rain we got not long ago.  Anyway, I did that immediately after coming home from my walk.  While working, Lisa came home and that's when I stopped.


I got cleaned up then she and I were supposed to go out and shop for a Wood Pellet Stove.  I really wanted her to be there since it would be hers too.  I wanted her to have a say in which one we get.  Well we ran out of time so we didn't get to do that.  I figured that maybe tomorrow morning we could go and do it since she doesn't have class.  Well, that plan was shot because before Lisa went to work, my mom called me and asked me if I had looked around for one.  I told her not till tomorrow and she seemed disappointed.  So, since I'm a nice guy lol, I went out this afternoon by myself and checked around for a good one.  Man those things are expensive.  My dad was also out there looking himself.  He's off all week and since he already got his deer on Tuesday, he's free to just goof off the rest of the week until next Thursday I believe, then he goes back to work.  Anyway he was out there too.  He looked around.  The only one we saw that looked like a good deal was at Lowes.  It was a pretty nice stove and was on sale for $991.  That's pretty cheap.  These crazy wood pellet stoves run between $1600 and $4000.  Damn things are not cheap!!  So that one was good.  What happened next was a true blessing from God.
My grandpa decided he wanted a NEW pellet stove, so he went out and bought a brand new one.  He's gonna sell his old one for just a couple hundred.  We're talking $200 to $300 bucks.  That's it!!!  And he heard we were looking so he mentioned it to my mom.  They gave me the option so I took it!!!  This evening, my grandparents held a birthday dinner for my mom and my aunt.  Today is one of my auntie's birthday.  Mom's was yesterday so they had both their birthday dinner's together.  That was really fun!  Not the whole family was there, but a lot of them were.  Of course, again my sister didn't show up.  We've gotten so used to her not being there though that in a way she's just becoming a memory.  Someone we once knew. 
Anyway Grandpa told me about his pellet stove and how to take care of it.  He's gonna clean it up good and put a new gasket on it, then when he's ready, he's gonna take it out and put his new one in there.  Then, they'll help me install it here at my place.  So, hopefully in a couple weeks, I'll have a toasty warm home and really enjoying a warm winter ;)  So can't wait! 


The dinner went great!  My mom and my auntie got lots of presents.  Everyone bought them gifts.  They had good food, but I didn't eat that much.  I'm still watching what I eat and I don't eat that much.  I totally discipline myself when it comes to food and sweets, especially sweets like birthday cake and stuff like that. 


So yup, that was my day.  Gonna relax the rest of the evening because tomorrow is HALLOWEEN!!!  OooOOOoOOoOOOooo I'm lookin forward to it ;)  Ok, Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Eighty Four

Up early today and did my 3 miles!  Got some good exercise in.  On a happy note:  TODAY IS MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY!!!!  WOOHOOO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!! :D


She'll probably never read these blogs lol.  But if she does, she'll know I was mentioning her!  The bad thing about today is that Lisa woke up sick :(  She is really not feeling well.  She's a real trooper though.  She still went to class.  She's such a dedicated person and so ambitious. 
Anyway when I got back from my walk, I got ready then I headed into town.  I first went to the Chamber of Commerce and registered our church for the Christmas Parade which is happening on Dec 4th.  It was really cool because the lady there told me that she was glad we were entering again this year and that she always enjoys our floats especially because of all the kids we have on the float.  So that really made me smile.  Last year I wanted a Castle on the float so me and my grandpa built one and everyone decorated it up with lights and made it really beautiful.  This year, the theme is 'A Country Christmas'.  I'm sure we can come up with somethin Beautiful ;)
Anyway, after I left the Chamber, I headed back to Walmart with my "wrong" BlueRay.  I take it inside and stand in line forever, it seemed.  There was this woman who was exchanging clothes or somethin and the girl working Customer Service was suuuuppppppeeerrr slow.  Oh man, then these crazy old ppl walk up next to me while I had been standing there for about ten minutes.  When the girl in front of me gets her turn, that old woman next to me tries cutting in front of me so I hurried up ahead of her, then she gets mad and starts mumbling to her husband that I "cut in line".  AAarrrrggghhh!!!!  You crazy old woman, didn't you see me standing here BEFORE YOU GOT HERE!!!!???  Ugh, that made me mad.  Anyway, the point is I gave them back that BlueRay I bought last night.  I told them that the wrong movie was inside that crazy cover.  They politely asked me to go get another one and to make sure it was the right movie, so I did and they just exchanged it :D  Woohoo!!!!  I didn't have to pay any extra, they just exchanged it evenly.  I guess that was because technically it was the store responsibility to be selling the right products.  How that crazy Adam Sandler movie got into the wrong slipcover is beyond me!  Some idiot worker must've done it, or maybe it was like that from the factory.  Whatever the reason, I hope it doesn't happen to someone else. 


After that, I bought Lisa some soup and crackers.  She's really not feeling well still.  She's beefing up on the meds and trying to get over this thing.  I think she has a sinus cold, from what it seems.  I hope she's better by Halloween. 
So after we had lunch, Lisa rested for a bit, then she headed to work.  Oh earlier this morning, I called my mom and both Lisa and I wished her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  She was really happy and was laughing.  I'm glad she seemed to have a great day.  Anyway, after Lisa went to work, I stayed around the house for a bit.  This evening, dad called me and asked me to come to dinner with them.  They took my mom to Applebee's.  I just had me a huge chicken salad!  Soooo good.  Really nice looking waitresses there too.  I was exchanging looks with two of them.  Nice ;)  After dinner, my mom dropped a HUGE bombshell surprise on me.  She said she was going to buy me a Wood Pellet Stove!  I was so happy and thankful.  I've been wanting one of those for years now and I keep wanting to save up for one, but with so many bills and responsibilities we just couldn't do it.  So she wants me to shop around for one and find a good one.  I told Lisa and she was very happy and excited.  Now we won't freeze this winter lol.  I usually use a propane heater for heat and I'm tired of using that.  I have a furnace in my home but that crazy thing takes way too much propane to run it.  I have to fill my bottle outside about 4 times during the winter when I used that thing.  That's over $400 per fill too so yeah that really takes a chunk out of my wallet.  I wanted to use a Pellet Stove because they're much safer and way warmer.  My furnace was crap!  Took forever to warm up the place.  Anyway, that's the story there.  Mom is going to buy us one and I am so thankful.  God truly watches over us.  I'm so thankful to God that He blessed me with a very wonderful family!


They dropped me off back at home, since I rode with them and I drove my truck back to their place and we had a birthday cake for mom.  We all sang her Happy Birthday!  It was such a great day.  I bought her a funny Garfield card lol.  She really liked it!  Oh...the bad note of the day was that my sister DID NOT SHOW UP!!!  Dang I couldn't believe it.  I told my dad that she wouldn't show up.  That was so disappointing.  I mean, missing her own mom's birthday just because of this crap choices she made in her life.  Ugh, I am so disappointed in her.  I pray for her everyday though and I hope she gets out of this darkness that she's lost in, someday soon.




Well, that was the day!  I'm so tired now and ready to just relax and eventually fall into a deep sleep and dream of some super HOT woman ;)  Until tomorrow.  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Eighty Three

So today was pretty Awesome!!  I didn't walk today.  Reason for that was I got up late, which didn't wouldn't have stopped me anyway, but before I was gonna head out, I got a call from my dad.  This was this morning after 9am.  HE GOT A DEER!!!!!!  Omgosh he actually got one and brought it home ALL BY HIMSELF!!!  Dang he really shoved my words down my throat.  I was so so proud of him.  He was really happy and proud of himself and he very well should be!  He calls me up and told me that he got up early this morning while it was still dark and hauled his camp trailer out there to the mountain.  He just parked it, then went out hunting.  Said he had planned to set everything up when he came back for lunch today.  Well I guess he saw some deer on the way up the mountain so after he parked the trailer, he got his rifle and drove back down to where he saw those deer.  Off in the distance, he saw Two Buck and jumped out, got off the road, took aim and took a shot.  He put it down!!  He cleaned it out, then SOMEHOW dragged it back to the truck and SOMEHOW loaded it up in back of his truck by himself lol.  I was totally amazed!!  I kept asking him if his heart was ok or if he felt any pain.  He was really proud and said NOPE, no pain!  He felt a bit of something early on, but it went away.  That was just soreness of his chest which is normal whenever he lifts anything.  But he loaded it all up and then went back up the mountain, got his trailer hitched up, then came home the same morning he went out!  Whoa!!!!  I'm so proud of him.  My dad is Superman!!!!!!!!!


Anyway, dad told me to keep a look out for him and to head over to his house to see his deer when he got home.  That's why I didn't walk.  I just waited for him to come home.  While I was waiting, this is something I wanna share.  I had this sweater that I found amongst my clothes.  I found it sometime around the time I first moved into this place I'm in now.  I was rooting thru my clothes and found it.  It's a brand new black sweatshirt.  I don't remember if I'd mentioned this in previous blogs, but anyway I never wore it because it was waaayyyy too small and tight on me.  I remember putting it on and it was so tight, it couldn't pull down over my stomach and it was really tight that you could see my whole stomach shape and it was too short.  All in all, it did not fit me for Nothin!!!  I was so scared to put it on because of how small it was on me.  Well, I almost threw it away because it wouldn't fit.  However, something inside me said NO, KEEP IT!!!  So I did, just in case.  I left it folded nicely and in my closet.  Well, recently I came across that sweater because I was trying to find something nice to wear.  I pulled it out and remembered how small and tight it was.  This is a full on review of what Fyrescape has done for me ;)  I put that thing on....and IT FITS ME!!!!!!  Oh my goodness, it fits me so well that it's almost baggy now!!  Actually, it is baggy.  Not really baggy, but definitely a very comfortable baggy!  The arms are super baggy and loose and the part that goes around my stomach has lots of comfortable room.  It's a beautiful beautiful sweater!!!!  Reminds me of when I wore sweaters all the time back when I weighed 168lbs.  Oh my gosh I was so happy when I saw that it fit me that I literally almost cried some happy tears lol.  I have lost so much weight and my body is so much more lighter and roomier than it's ever been before!  Literally, I'm smaller than I've been in Years!!!  It's Awesome.  Anyway, I wore that sweater today hahaha!!!  I actually wore it and I looked really really good in it.  Lisa saw it and she said I looked Awesome!!  I'm actually wearing it to town and everything.  That makes me so proud and so confident.  Anyway, that's a lil something I wanted to share.


Yup, I wore that sweater today.  I wore it when I cruised over to my dad's house when he rolled in.  I saw his deer.  It was a really nice fork.  He almost had four points on one side.  Big, full grown buck.  Nice rack on his head.  Really great deer!  He called my mom and told her, she was so happy and glad he was home safe.  He told me his story and I was so proud of him.  I took a few pictures of him with his deer.  We talked for a bit then he headed up and went to take it in to the meat processor.  The meat should be ready in a few weeks.  So that was a happy note.  He also invited me and Lisa to their place this evening for dinner.


Before going to dinner this evening, Lees and I did our laundry.  I hate doing laundry :(  Boring!!!  Especially when there's a woman there (like today) who takes up about 9 dryers with each dryer only having a few clothes in there.  Dang no consideration for the other ppl trying to do their laundry.  She must think that only her time is of importance!  Ugh I hate that.  Anyway, that was the blah moment of my day. 
This evening we went to dinner at dad's.  My sister was there!  I was so glad to see her.  I literally haven't seen her since July.  She's been living a really disappointing life, doing some bad things and neglecting the family because of her choices.  I've gotten after her.  I mean, I will always love her because she's my sister, but I will NEVER accept her choices nor will I ever support her lifestyle.  I'm not going to get into that.  Just know it's bad and I don't agree with it.  Anyway, she was there at the dinner tonight.  It was nice, though she hurried off just after she finished eating.  She didn't stick around to talk or converse with all of us like she used to.  That was disappointing!  Anyway, the rest of us had plenty of laughs and good food though.  Mom cooked deer liver, which is the specialty amongst all us hunters in the family ;)  She burned her arm cooking it though lol.  The oil splashed up on her arm while she was cooking it and it left splatters of burn marks on her arm.  It was good liver though.  Even Lisa liked it and she's not really into deer meat.  Dad was bugging me about my hunt which starts this coming Saturday after Halloween.  I'm not really looking forward to it because I'm completely out of money.  I hate not being able to contribute anything when someone takes me hunting.  My hunt is from Nov 1st thru the 5th.


Anyway, that was my day.  Busy day actually and eventful ;)  Oh one last thing...So I go to Walmart tonight and I buy that movie, 'The Purge: Anarchy'.  I'd been looking for that movie for a while but Walmart did not have it in BlueRay.  I kept looking but they were sold out.  So tonight, we went back up there to get some things and I saw it there finally.  BlueRay edition, just the one I wanted.  Had the fancy slipcover and everything.  So I take it and when we pay, the movie was only $14. I was like, Whoa!  Because it's a new release movie and it must've been on sale or something, so I thought.  I get home and I pull the movie out of the case, ready to watch it.  When I take the slip cover off....it's some stupid Adam Sandler movie called Hotel Transylvania or some crap like that.  Now how the hell did that get in there?!!  I was so pissed off.  I finally find the damn movie and it's the wrong movie.  I didn't want to drive all the way back up there, plus it's late so they probably won't help me or else they'll take forever trying to fix my problem.  Damn!  And I thought I got it for cheap.  I'll have to take it back tomorrow.  They'll probably charge me the remaining cost too which sux.  Oh well.  Ok, that's all I've got now.  Long day huh?!  Hahaha.  Well, goodnight!

Day One Hundred Eighty Two

Got up today kinda late!  Yup late start for me.  I was up late last night, which is why.  But, I didn't let that stop me.  I went out and did my 3 miles.  It's funny how I'm not doing six miles.  All summer long that's what I did.  Every day Same thing.  Ugh I swear ever since that Chama hunting trip...my damn knees have really been acting up.  Pisses me off!!  Lisa is telling me to go easy and so is my mom.  That's why I'm only doing 3 miles, for those interested.  Actually, my mom is saying I shouldn't even be walking, but no way man.  I need to do this, otherwise my body will probably get lazy.  I have been so active and especially these last two weeks.  Crazy busy and though I didn't walk much last week, I still got plenty of exercise in.  Fyrescape hasn't stopped, nor will it Ever!  Not even on April 29th of next year! 


So while I was walking, I saw something strange.  My dad's truck was at his house, so he obviously wasn't hunting...yet his trailer was gone.  Strange!  I've no idea what's up with that.  Maybe he took his trailer out there yesterday and decided to come home today or maybe it was because he didn't have anyone to go with.  Dang my dad is the hardest working guy I know.  I'm serious!  That man has inspired me to always try and do your best and to keep on keepin on no matter what!  I gotta say though, he's just being stubborn now.  He's still healing and I keep telling everyone, including him, that he needs to go easy on the hunts and all that until he's fully healed from his heart surgery.  But of course, he doesn't listen.  That's my dad :(  Anyway, I hope he's ok. 


Well the rest of the day was absolutely dull.  Nothin to report.  Did some cleaning up and now I'm ready to watch some movies, then head to sleep.  Another day tomorrow ;)  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Eighty One

Today was great!  Compared to last week, it was nice and relaxing!  I got up and did 3 miles.  Nice walking again because last week was so busy I didn't get to walk.  Still exercised, especially setting up Hallowed Eve, but it wasn't the same.  Took both my dogs out and we had a good walk.


My dad went hunting again....apparently tomorrow he's going to haul his camp trailer out there...by himself tomorrow!  Dang I swear, I don't know why my brother won't go with him.  I wish somebody would.  Me, honestly I'm just so tired from last week and to go all the way out to the mountains and all that all over again, ugh I don't know. We'll see what happens though.  I sure don't want dad goin out there alone :(  Today was great though because my Uncle found out that he was hunting and while we were cleaning yesterday, he asked mom how she thought dad would feel if he went with him.  My mom was excited and really wanted him to go.  My uncle loves hunting and he could practically live out there in the mountains.  So last night while Lees and I were watching the movie, I got a call from my dad.  Thinking he was hurt out in the mountains, I ran out of the theater and called him back.  He was home, thank God, and was trying to get a hold of my uncle.  So I guess that all worked out.  Dad went out there with him this morning.  When I was on my walk, I looked over toward my dad's place and my uncle's car was parked there.  That was a hint of good news :)


Church service was Awesome!  I got there a lil late though.  Pastor mentioned Hallowed Eve 7 and told everyone how great it went and that everyone had fun.  He had just finished talking about it when I arrived.  Once I walked into the sanctuary and sat down, he right away put me on the spot and told me to say a few things about it and he wanted me to announce our next project, which was the Christmas Float in the parade next month.  That's the next thing I'll be putting together.  So, I announced that and made the plans of what we're goin to be doing.  It was good!


Well the rest of the day was full on relaxation.  I got to be lazy and just hang out.  Now, I'm goin to just watch a movie then head to sleep.  Another week to go before Halloween!  I'm lookin forward to Friday.  I have no idea what I'm gonna do, but it's sure to be a pretty good day ;)  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Eighty

Busy day!  Very busy day.  Well it was fun too.  Anyway, I got up early this morning.  I did not walk today because we had to get situated at church.  We headed to the church and got busy cleaning.  That was so much work!  We spent all week decorating and getting everything lookin nice!  There must've been about 50 balloons hanging in the air across the sanctuary.  Everything came down and that huge Obstacle Course out back, all that came down.  Lots and lots of work!  We were the first ones there, then after a while everyone showed up to help.  It took a couple hours but if everyone weren't there with us, it would've probably taken all day!  Funny how I didn't see that annoying kid there!  He lives down the road apparently but I guess since he saw us cleaning up, he didn't want anything to do with that!  Argh!!!!  Makes me mad.


Anyway, we had somewhat of a scare.  Across from the church building, this guy was walking and was probably drunk.  He looked like he was really staggering around.  He fell over and didn't get up.  Someone called it in.  A cop showed up and checked him, but I guess he wasn't moving or something.  Then another cop came.  After that, the paramedics and a firetruck arrived.  I don't know what happened to the guy and I sure hope he was ok.  Crazy!  It happened just when we finished up and were ready to leave. 


After that, my mom took Lees and I out to lunch.  It was nice!  Afterwards mom went to the grocery store to pick up some things.  Lees and I went back home and gathered all the trash because most the trash from the Hallowed Eve event, I had everyone load it in back of my truck.  So I had to make a trip to the trash dump and get rid of everything.  After that, Lees and I headed back to the church and finished moving some stuff around that we had forgot to do this morning.  So, we were pretty much there all day cleaning and getting everything nice and ready!  Church will be spick and span for service tomorrow.


To reward ourselves for our hardwork, Lees and I went to a movie tonight.  We watched 'John Wick' with Keanu Reeves.  Dang, that movie was Awesome!!!!  I wanted to watch it yesterday but didn't get to because we were so busy.  It was really good.  We both enjoyed it.  Total action throughout the whole movie.  Keanu Reeves is an Amazing actor and he can really bring out some violence on screen but he does it in a really calm, cool way.  It's Awesome!


Well, that was my day.  I'm tired and sore, especially from lifting those heavy wooden pews.  I constantly lifted.  Lisa got tired and switched turns with my uncle who dressed as Shredder.  He got tired too.  So I'm pretty sore and just worn out from a long day!  I can't wait to go to bed now lol.  Finally get to mellow out.  Today, my dad went hunting!  I thought he was going to help us clean up, but I guess he headed out by himself this morning.  Oh man I'm so angry at him.  He's still healing up and especially after that episode he had in Chama, I really didn't want him going out there alone, for cryin out loud.  Argh!!  I sure hope he's ok.  I'll be worried about that all night now.  Ok, time for rest.  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Seventy Nine - Hallowed Eve 7

THIS IS...THE DANCE!!!!


I said that this morning haha!  Well today was the day.  Hallowed Eve 7.  Oh man, all I can say is that is was a BLAST!!!  It was so so so successful and everyone had a very wonderful amazing time!  The games were a success!  There were so many kids there and people from all over town.  Visitors from other churches.  Oh man it was so fun!  The theme of Hallowed Eve 7 was Ninja Turtles.  Every year we have a theme.  Last year it was Super Heroes.  This year, Ninja Turtles.  Every game had a Ninja Turtles theme to it.  I also had the obstacle course out back with I called 'Leo and Raph's Obstacle Challenge'. Oh man I can't tell you how much fun everyone had on that one.  Even the adults got into that.  My mom and our Pastor's wife raced each other and that was the BEST one of all.  Ppl were laughing, screaming, yelling and just having a super fun time.  The next best one was the one I called, 'Shredder's Gauntlet'.  It was a modified "cake walk" game but I had the numbers scattered all over the sanctuary.  Pastor ran that game for me and he made is so fun!  He had all the kids screaming and laughing.  It was fun and funny!  Lots of prizes and treats given away.  Next was the 'Ghost Hunt'.  Me and Lisa ran that one.  Everyone had a great time in there trying to find tokens.  When Pastor went in there, he was crawling around on the floor trying to find them hahaha.  Everyone was complaining about that and tripping over him lol.  My mom and dad did face painting and that was so cool because all the kids had their faces painted.  They did great work too, even my mom who complains that she can't draw.  All the other games were fun and everybody had a great time.  I held two separate costume contests.  One was the regular contest for everyone who was dressed up.  The second one was the 'Hallowed Eve Costume Contest'.  That one was for everyone dressed for the theme 'Ninja Turtles'.  There were so many cool costumes.  Most kids were dressed as turtles, but my uncle came dressed in a homemade Shredder costume!  Oh man that was so cool!!  He made his helmet and blades out of cardboard and had a purple cape on lol.  That was Awesome!  He definitely would've won the costume contest but he decided not to enter, I'm guessing either because he was too shy or because he wanted it to be only between the kids.  It was very Awesome, that whole thing.  The winner of the Hallowed Eve Costume Contest got two whole pizza's and a turtles dvd.  The second place got a Ninja Turtles action figure.  As for the food, we had so much food there.  Only problem, I did not get to eat.  I had a few bites but I swear I was so so so busy the whole night.  Before the event started, I was running around trying to finish setting everything up.  Since I was the host, I had to open the event and introduce all the games and contests to everyone.  After that, Pastor gave a small message on the Halloween holiday and how it relates to Christians.  Very interesting stuff.  Before Halloween became what it is today, it tied into a Christian thing.  It's pretty neat!  Look that up and read about it sometime.


Anyway, so I was so busy all evening long.  I didn't get to eat anything and oh man was I tired by the end of the night.  I was being pulled in so many different directions.  Everybody wanted this and that.  I had to make sure the games were going right and make sure that everything was ok.  I oversaw the Obstacle Challenge to make sure they ran it right out there, as well as the Gauntlet game.  Oh yeah, one slight problem we had was that annoying kid I mentioned all week.  He was there, obviously along with his sister.  Now his little sister, we had absolutely No complaints about her.  She was an angel.  Him though, oh my gosh that kid was horrible.  He had fun, yes, but the other kids were complaining about him.  He cheated on a few games and he snuck into the 'Ghost Hunt' game twice.  I only pick a certain number of ppl to go in there because of the space.  Well after I did that, he snuck in and found a token, then he came out.  So the little brat ran up to the prize table (without me knowing about it) and took his pick of a prize which was wrong because I pick the prizes for everyone since I was running it.  So he picked his own prize and ran off with it, then he comes back.  I did not know he had done that so when I came out, I go over there and pick out a prize and gave it to him.  I didn't even know he snuck back in there, nor did he tell me that he had already picked a prize.  So, the little punk got 2 prizes!  Oh man afterwards, the other kids came up to me and said that he snuck back in and that he cheated.  Later, I found out about the prize theft that he pulled.  I was very upset and so were the other kids.  He also kept bugging me about everything and wanting specific prizes.  I flat out told him No because everyone gets whatever I give them.  He's no special case.  Anyway at the end of the night, he left with lots of candy and lots of prizes.  Who knows what other mischief that kid got into because I wasn't watching him the whole night.  He was being disruptive out back during the Obstacle Course Challenge too.  He was the first one to race in there and then he kept wanting to go back in and do it again.  I kept telling him NO because we had so many kids and everyone wanted to try it so we had to limit everyone's turn to just once!  Plus, everybody got a red bandana or a blue bandana when they completed the challenge.  So yes, that kid was so so disruptive.  As much as he was there bugging everyone, I sure hope he starts coming to church service every Sunday.  I don't want him coming around only when we're doing something like this.  He needs to be there all the time.


Anyway, the night ended and everyone was tired and wiped out.  Since all the food was gone and we didn't get to eat hardly, I took Lisa to get some food afterwards, then we came home.  I definitely got plenty of exercise today.  I had never been so busy and running around so much than I was today.  This morning we finished setting up and Lisa finished up the Ghost Hunt area.  Grandpa and I finished the Obstacle Course.  Grandpa made me some golf clubs out of wood for the Obstacle Course.  One thing was my mom kinda halted everything.  Grandpa wanted to buy some beef and cook hamburgers for everyone.  Well he asked my mom about it (why, I don't know) and she said No and that we're keeping the menu simple.  I got mad about that!  I told him that she wasn't running this evening I WAS!!  So I texted everyone and told them that they could bring anything they wanted and that we didn't have a set menu or anything.  Grandpa was pretty happy about that so we went into town and bought some hamburger patties then he went home and cooked them all and brought them to the event this evening.  Lisa and I finished the decorating, then we headed to Walmart and bought everything we needed.  Afterwards, we came home and got dressed up, the headed back to the church.  Oh and this morning, I wanted to buy some straw bails, but they were out of them where I went, so instead I bought hay bails for the photo area.  It worked!  I also bought some blocks so we could use them in the Obstacle Challenge since we were short a few. 


Well that was my day and that was the Hallowed Eve 7 event.  This year was so fun and everybody had fun!  I'd have to say that it was the Best one yet!!!  For next year, Pastor is already talking with me about it and he wants to help me make it even Bigger!  I'm lookin forward to that one for sure.  We'll make it a Master Event ;}  Ok, I'm super tired.  I'm going to relax and then tomorrow morning, Lees and I are goin back to the church and we're gonna take Everything down.  The members are goin to meet us there too and we're gonna clean the place up.  Lots of work.  Ok, time for bed.  Gonna dream about how much greater I can make it next year, with God's help and ideas.  God bless! 


Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Seventy Eight

Wow, today was...whoa it was really busy!!  I did not walk today, but instead as soon as I got up, Lisa was already gone for school.  I got ready, then headed to the church.  I got there before anyone else.  I started finishing up the Ghost Hunt area.  While I was working on that, grandpa came and immediately started working on the face painting booth.  I wanted a little room in the back of the sanctuary so grandpa took measurements and started building it.  I kept work on the Ghost Hunt.  Soon, Lisa came by after school let out and we got right to work.  Busy busy busy! 


We finally worked on the balloons.  Of course, I had to go and gather them all up because of that annoying kid who was there last night!  The balloons were everywhere and he apparently popped some of them.  I also cleaned up the sanctuary because it somehow got really messy.  Our decorating is really detailed.  We used actual tree branches so there were broken sticks everywhere as well as popped balloons and pieces of black plastic and fishing line all over the place.  It was crazy!


Lisa hung the balloons just the way I figured she would.  We put them up over the ceiling and had them hanging down in a long line across the entire sanctuary.  It looks so nice in there!  All the games are set up.  This evening, my dad came by the church along with my brother.  Right away, dad and I started setting up the obstacle course out back.  That contest is going to be so fun!  The thing we worked on right way was the maze.  I wanted to build a maze that the contestants are going to have to race thru.  We used chairs for the walls and corners.  It was so fun to build.  Dad helped me with that.  We thought up a good design for it and just used chairs and string.  That took a couple hours because it was a very detailed maze.  To make matters even more difficult...that crazy annoying kid came back.  He kept wanting to go explore in the church because we had it all decorated.  We kept trying to chase him off in a polite way because nobody was going to be there like the past two days.  It was just me, grandpa, grandma, Lisa, my brother and my dad.  That was it!  No one else was coming.  So anyway, this kid kept bugging us.  I let him in the backyard because he wouldn't go away, but that was a mistake.  He kept trying to come into the maze we were working on but we kept chasing him out because we didn't want him figuring out how to get thru it then cheating tomorrow night.  He's just so annoying!  He wouldn't listen either.  Even my dad was losing patience with him.  Eventually it started getting dark and he was still there, then his little sister showed up.  They kept wanting to go into the church but I wouldn't let them.  Finally, because of how dark it got, we chased him home.  They're just kids and they did not need to be out away from home that late.  One of the members walked them home to make sure they got there safely.  Oh man, that was a chore though.  Anyway, we got the maze done, then set up the other things for the obstacle course.  Now all we need to do is add a few more things, but grandpa and I are going to do that tomorrow morning.


Well, I'm finally home now.  The church is just about done!  Everything is decorated and it looks Amazing over there.  We just have to put cardboard boxes in the Ghost Hunt and add some straw bails to the photo area, then finish the obstacle course, and we are completely done!  I'm so tired.  Boy this week as been busy.  Tomorrow is the day!  Let's hope it goes Awesome!  For now, I'm going to relax and fall into a deep sleep.  Until tomorrow, Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Seventy Seven

Up kinda early today.  I squeezed in my 3 miles today.  Really wanted to get that over and done with.  Afterwards, I cleaned up and headed to the church for another long day of decorating.  Lees met me at the church.  She had to go to class this morning so before she left, we had some leftovers from the food from last night.  Sandwiches!  It was pretty good.  There was lots left so we had that.  Afterwards, she left for school.  I sat there and finished my food, then I headed into the sanctuary and started decorating. 


There is so much left to do.  Lisa has a good vision of what she wants.  All those balloons pastor blew up, they're all still on the floor.  Lees knows what she wants to do with all that and I'm guessing it's to tie them together and hang them from the ceiling, which will look amazing!  All the members came back to the church this evening.  We were supposed to have Wednesday night service, but because we had so much decorating left to do, Pastor cancelled it and decided we need to get everything done.  My mom bought Little Cesars Pizza tonight and everyone who showed up had a great meal.  I was so busy thought, I only had a couple slices.  Everyone was calling me in different directions again.  They all wanted to know exactly how to do things.  I had no problem with that though.  It's my job.  We go just about everything done, including the photo area.  That place was fun to build because we had to redo it a couple times lol.  Pastor decorated that area and put spiderwebs all over the wall and put a million staples in there.  We were all confused trying to fix it hahaha.  All in all, everyone had a great time! 


Tomorrow, my grandpa is going to be there early and we're going to build the face painting booth that my mom and dad are going to be running.  That and we're going to work on the obstacle course out in the back yard of the church.  Lees and I got that perfectly planned out and now all we got to do is get it set up.  That's going to be fun!  Lisa is off tomorrow, Friday and Saturday so we're going to have a full day of decorating tomorrow and hopefully finish everything up because Friday is the day of the ball and we don't want to be at church all that day decorating, which is how it's been the past few years.  It's very different this year, though.  We have so much help and our new Pastor is so enthusiastic and helpful.  It's just a real blessing to have him there.


Before we got to the decorating, I got all our members into the sanctuary and I ran everyone thru all the games and contests we're going to be having.  I sat everyone down and explained what we're doing and who was all going to be running what.  Everyone got the idea and now they know what all is goin down that night.  I've gotta mention, there were these really annoying kids who showed up at the church tonight.  One was a boy, he must've only been about 10 years old.  He was so disruptive and very annoying.  I didn't mind him being there, but he really just got in the way.  He was a kid who lived nearby.  His little sister came by also.  Anyway tonight while I was explaining the games to everyone, he and his sister were bouncing the balloons everywhere, getting them all over the church and being loud and disruptive.  The little girl was ok, but the boy just would not listen.  That was a real test of my patience lol.  Hopefully I don't have to deal with that kid much!




Well...I am super tired and sleepy again.  I've been so wiped out the last two days.  Spent all day and evening at the church and now it's so good to be home finally.  I'm going to relax, wind down and just enjoy being home.  Tomorrow, well we're at it again ;}  Two more days!  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Seventy Six

Oh man...I'm so tired!


Ok this morning was good.  Since I didn't get in a walk yesterday because of that whole fiasco, I did 3 miles today!  That felt good.  Afterwards, I got cleaned up then headed to the church and started decorating.  I have several games and contests that I need to build up before Friday.  So all afternoon and all evening, I was at the church decorating.  Lisa was there with me too until she had to go to work.  My mom and grandma went up and bought sandwich stuff and snacks to feed everyone because this is the day I scheduled on Sunday at the meeting to be for decorating.  We had lots of church members show up to help.  It was so wonderful!  Our Pastor showed up and it was funny seeing him sit there blowing up balloons all evening hahaha :D  Everyone had a great time!  The church is looking so nice.  My grandpa and I decorated the back room for my contest I call, 'Ghost Hunt'.  I first had that contest last year and everyone loved it so this year, we're doing it bigger and better!  Anyway, we decorated the whole back of the church for that, hanging black plastic and covering up everything.  Everyone else decorated the sanctuary as well as the kitchen area and the photo area where we're going to be taking pictures of the families.  It's all lookin very good!


I didn't leave the church until around 9pm tonight.  Oh man I'm tired.  I was running the whole thing over there tonight.  Telling everyone what I wanted and working in the backroom.  Everyone was pulling me in different directions asking how I want this and how I want that.  Busy busy!  So now, I'm just going to relax.  I really can't begin to describe how tired I am lol.  I so want to sleep, but I need to get some things ready for tomorrow.  Another day closer to Hallowed Eve and another super busy day tomorrow!


Well, time for some z's now.  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Seventy Five

I was up early today because I needed to get to the church and start decorating.  Before that, however, I was all ready to and do my 3 miles.  I get dressed and I'm heading out.  Just then, Lees comes out of the shower and asks where I'm going!  I tell her, then she says that we were supposed to get decorating right away.  I was happy because she had class this morning so I didn't think I was going to have her help.  Anyway, I turned right around and changed again.  Well...the sucky thing is we didn't even go to the church right away lol.  She had to leave for class after I had taken a shower so putting off the walk was completely pointless.  I was already all cleaned and smelling good so I didn't want to go and get all sweaty.  So, instead I waited until she got home from class, then we headed to the church and moved the pews.  There are about 10 long wooden pews in the church.  Every year, we stack them over in the far side of the church sanctuary so we can have the room we need for the festival which I call, Hallowed Eve.  Every year, I add the number to the title to show which year we are in.  This year, it's 7.  This is our seventh year putting this thing on and it is very exciting!


So we move the pews!  Now before I mention this other thing, I'd like to point out that recently I had a huge mistake hit my financial situation.  I took my car to the crap Mister Muffler place and ended up basically flushing over a hundred dollars down the toilet.  So because of that, I was just about out of money.  I needed to get thru this whole week too and I won't have money until this Friday, the day of Hallowed Eve.  Well, after we moved the pews my grandpa showed back up at the church.  He was there working before we had actually got there but he left about a half hour later.  Well he shows back up at the church just when we were done stacking all the pews.  Just randomly and for absolutely no reason whatsoever, he pulled out $100 and gave it to me.  Just handed it over to me and said, "enjoy it son."  I was so so so happy, I almost shed a tear.  God is truly Great!  He watches out for us all the time.  Somehow, he touched my grandpa's heart and my grandpa just handed over some money to me to help out.  Lees and I were so thankful.  We know exactly what we're going to spend it on too and that is some groceries.  We are so out of food lol.  That and we're going to use some of it to get some things we need for the games and stuff.  That'll help us out so much!  So on that note, I just want to say that God is Awesome!!  Put your faith in Him and pray everyday.  Trust me, He will Always be there for you if you just put your faith in Him!


After Lisa went to work, I stayed home until around 7pm tonight.  Then, I headed back to the church and spent the evening there by myself clearing off the stage.  Tomorrow we're going to be decorating all day, well I will be anyway.  I need to have everything cleared off good so we can just get right to work.  Afterwards, I picked up Lees from work and we went to Walmart to get some food.


So now, it's pretty late and I'm super tired.  Time to get some sleep!  A really long and busy day is coming tomorrow.  Gotta get energized ;}  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Seventy Four

Today was pretty busy!  My Halloween festival kicks off today!  I just gotta say I won't be walking too much this week.  All my exercising is going to be during my decorating and heavy lifting, constantly moving around, and crawling up and down ladders all this week.  I'm going to be super busy!  It's all part of my Fyrescape Journey, though.  My exercise comes in all shapes and forms.  This week, next week because of Halloween and then the following week will be my second hunting trip.  Wow, that's so much!


Today I did 3 miles.  I so want to do more but my knee really needs to strengthen up.  Ugh I swear that whole Chama trip really banged up my knees.  Since then, things just haven't been right.  Lees told me that I really need to go easy on my knees.  So, that's what I'm going to be doing.


Anyway, after church service, we had a late late business meeting.  Lots of ppl were gone too, which worries me.  It's just been really busy for everyone, but that sure is NOT stopping me!  I have a huge responsibility in putting this festival on for our church and everyone is counting on me.  It's all for God too.  For His church and to bring more ppl to His house, hopefully it'll attract more members who will stay to learn more about Him and come closer to His word.  That's the real point of anything I do for the church, such as this festival.  Lots to do and I do it for a very good reason.  It's also nice to fellowship and get everyone together to have fun!  That's the Awesome thing.


Well, that's really all I have for right now.  I watched a really horrible game...my Giants faced off against the Cowboys.  Oh my gosh I can't begin to tell you how disappointed I am because they lost.  I really hate Dallas.  Arrrggh I know my Giants are better than that!  For some reason, they're just half assing it out there.  Pisses me off!!!  On a brighter note, I made a new friend today on a different social site.  I was messaging her all evening and it was really cool.  She lives here in the same area as well, which is Awesome!  It's always great to meet someone new and local.  We'll see how that goes in the time to come.  Well in the meantime, have a great evening!  Goodnight ;)

Day One Hundred Seventy Three

Woke up a bit late this morning, but I still went out and did 3 miles.  I think I'm going to do only three miles for a while now.  I'm going to add more exercise and weightlifting to my routine daily.  I'm also wearing a knee brace on my right side now.  I hope to get a better one soon.  I'm just wearing the same one I wore out in Chama.  So far, my knee has felt great today.  Yesterday, dang it was really aching, but today it's been pretty good.  I've gotta say though, doing 3 miles is too easy.  When I'm done, my body can and wants to do more.  I can't wait to really step it up.  One thing I'm slipping on is drinking water!  I was doing good for a while at downing a gallon per day, but lately I've really stopped doing that.  I'm trying though.  I have my own gallon jug I keep in the fridge.  I'm trying very hard to finish that whole thing each day.  Right now, I think I've only finished half so I'll see what I can do. I still have two hours left in the day lol.


Went to the church today to see what things ppl have bought for the Halloween Festival this Friday.  So far, it's lookin Awesome!  Sux though because Lees is working all week and won't be off until Thursday, which is not good.  She and I were supposed to spend the whole day decorating on Tuesday but now that plan is shot.  I'm sure we'll get it all done though. 


Well I am really sleepy.  I battled a painful headache all day long :(  Ugh, I hate waking up with those damn things then to have them all day long.  That's how this one was!  I took four Tylenol pills today and that did nothing for it.  I'm totally out of Aleve.  Those are what really helps me.  The Tylenol don't really do anything for my headaches.  My head feels better now, thankfully.  It finally went away about 2 hours ago.  So, I'm going to just relax a bit and slowly fall asleep.  My eyes are really heavy.  So, definitely lookin forward to tomorrow.  Time for rest.  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Seventy Two

Ok, last night Lisa brought something to my attention.  I told her my knee was really acting up.  She felt it and said that I could have injured something something, I have no idea what it was.  She's taking anatomy classes at the college, gearing up for her nursing courses.  Anyway, she said that if it is injured, me doing 6 miles everyday would possibly worsen it.  Now it doesn't take a genius to believe that it IS a possibility for that to happen.  So yeah, needless to say I was kinda scared.  My right knee hasn't really been right since Chama.  I think those steep slopes really did me in.  I remember climbing up those steep slopes and my knee cracking with every step up that I took.  My midway thru the week, my knee was feeling pretty worn out and sore.  Anyway, because of that I only did 3 miles today.  I'm thinking of just cutting my walks to 3 miles and doing some knee exercises and try to build up strength in my knee again.  Lisa suggested that.  I think that's a good idea.  I'm going to wear a knee brace and only do 3 miles per day, but I wanna make up for the other 3 miles so I'm going to do daily DDPyoga and/or a Bowflex workout, then constantly lift weights.  I really wanna push my workouts into the next level and start really getting more out of it.  I've lost plenty of weigh with the walks/runs I've been doing everyday since April 28th, now it's time for other things.  So, that's my plan.  I wanna start venturing into other parts of exercise.  I've never kept up a constant DDPyoga workout.  Being as how my knee is not too hot, that would actually be great for me.  Zero impact on your joints AND you're working your entire body!  I remember doing DDPyoga for about a month when I first bought it and I could feel the flexibility in my body starting to come to and I could feel the weight loss.  So yup, I'm totally looking forward to that!


Halloween is approaching.  Lots to do concerning my Halloween Festival at my church.  That's really going to take off after Sunday.  So much to do!  Lisa and I had a talk about some plans we're going to make for Christmas also.  She's going to put in a request for time off the week before the 25th and we're gonna probably go out of town and do some shopping, or maybe just travel somewhere we've never been around the holidays.  That would be so fun!  We shall see but it definitely is exciting!


Ok well there's not much else for me to say right now.  I'm going to relax a bit, then hit the sheets.  I'm pretty tired and my knee could definitely use some rest.  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Seventy One

Woke up early this morning and did my 6 miles!  Dang it was definitely tough today.  Took me a while too.  I think it was because my ankle is kinda acting up.  The part of it that I twisted at Chama, that was feeling kinda sore today after my walk.  Maybe I should just do three miles tomorrow, but I don't know.  I love the feeling of tiredness because it reminds me that my body is really killing it out there.  At Chama, those were the best feelings.  I was sweatin so bad out there because I pushed it everyday and I loved it.


Today we headed to the church and started cleaning out the back room for one of the contest games I'm having back there.  It's getting exciting.  The meeting last night was really Awesome and everyone was excited.  I think this year is going to be really Awesome!  We're not going to start decorating until after Sunday because of service, but we've got the whole week so I know we'll get it done.  After leaving the church, we went and got some fish for lunch.  All in all, it was a really great day!  The tough part of it was that I had to take an icy cold shower lol.  Oh man, that water was super freezing.  Well ok not super freezing, but it was pretty cold.  Imagine taking a cold shower, NO HOT WATER, on a cool October afternoon.  Brrrr yup, pretty darn cold.  That was me.  I kinda had a headache before I got in.  Well once I got out, headache gone ;)  That was the upside to risking that crazy shower. 


Anyway, the rest of the day was pretty good.  Looks like Lisa got off early tonight.  She's heading home now so I'm going to kick back and finish watching some scary movies that I bought recently.  Lookin forward to tomorrow ;)  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Seventy

Woke up early this morning and did my 6 miles.  It was great and I'm feeling good.  Tired, but good.  I've really kicked it into high gear.  Dang I tell ya though, it sure is getting cold outside.  I'm wearing a sweater now for my walks.  There are some upsides to this because I don't sweat as much.  Over the summer, I had to get up at 5am to get my six miles done before it got too hot outside.  Now, at 5am it's still dark and the moon is still out lol.  So, I get a bit more sleep now.  I don't head out until 7am.  By then, it's bright out but the sun doesn't start to rise until around 7:20am.  The downside is that it's cold now and it's only going to get colder as the months progress.  Soon, winter will be here and then when it's those icy mornings, I'm going to want to stay inside where it's warm, but I really need to fight those urges because I need to keep up my exercises all year long.  Fyrescape is for a year and there's no time off.  Only time off is on the Rest Days I have and whenever we happen to go out of town.  That's it!  If I'm home, no matter how hot or how cold it is, I've gotta get my butt out there and get it done!  That's the discipline that I've got now, thanks to God.  I've prayed many times and asked Him to give me the strength to always get out there and it has happened.  Now, I crave that exercise.  If I go a day without, I get worried.  Two days without it, I get scared, so the following day I'll really push it harder than before.  So cold days or not, I'm going to always get the job done ;)


So I called a meeting at church this evening.  We've postponed it for two weeks now because there was so much going on in everyone lives.  But being as how the Halloween festival is Next Friday night, we need to get busy and start planning and organizing.  So after church tonight, I called a meeting.  We had some food also.  I got everything laid out and organized with everybody.  Ppl have volunteered to help and bring stuff, it's so awesome!  This year it's really going to be great, I think.  Anyway, we had lots of laughs and everyone was in great spirits.  That's such a blessing when ppl are like that, rather than stressed out and worried.  Those kind of feelings and attitudes and never good and they don't help anything.  They only make things worse.  Happy, excited, anticipating and helpful, those are the feelings and attitudes we need especially when we're this close to the event.  That's where everyone is now and it's great!  I'm really looking forward to next week.  It's gonna be Awesome!


We crud, I forgot to record IMPACTwrestling!  However I did watch it again on YouTube.  Such a great show.  I'm really looking forward to the coming months and what they have in store for the future!  The company is really looking bright, I don't care what anyone says.  Well, it's time for me to turn in so have a great night ;)

Day One Hundred Sixty Nine

Woke up early today and did my 6 miles.  It was tough and my feet hurt, but it felt good to get it done.  I was really worried about missing yesterday so I wanted to get it done right today.  Cody and Cooper were happy out there.  They always have a great time walking with me.  They're such obedient dogs too.  They run off sometimes, but they always come back.  Other than that, they stay right there with me.  Cody has gotten really good about staying by me and not running off after vehicles because he knows he'll be punished if he does that.  When he ran off before and didn't come back for a while, I would leave him home on my future walks.  He hates that and goes crazy, crying and everything when I leave him home.  So now, he listens to me and doesn't run off.  Cooper is always a good dog.  The only time he'll run off is if Cody does.  Other than that, he stays right next to me.  It's great to walk with them every morning.


Well the good Lord watched out for us today.  We finally got money :D  Lisa and I came up with a plan to pay her school later and use the money we got saved up.  So, with that now we can buy groceries.  We also treated ourselves out to a movie today.  We went to watch 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'.  Oh my gosh, you have to go see that movie if you haven't!  It is such a wonderful Awesome funny laughter filled great movie ;)  I really enjoyed it!  We were laughing so hard it was crazy.  Lees and I were the only ones in the theater along with a girl who was there by herself.  I'm sure she was laughing too but she sat way up at the top row and because we were laughing really hard, we didn't hear anything.  It's a great movie!  I'm definitely buying that one when it comes out on Blue Ray. 


Afterwards, we got some groceries, then we headed over to Subway and treated ourselves to some sandwiches.  It was such a great day!  The rest of the evening, we stayed at home.  Lees did her homework and I just watched movies and relaxed.  It was a very wonderful day.  Lookin forward to tomorrow.  Ok, Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Sixty Eight

Today was a horrible day!  First off, Lisa told me that she needed to go to the college and study this morning so since we only had my truck and her car was in the shop, she asked me to take her.  So I put off my walk this morning to do that.  Well, Lees ended up not waking up until way late so she called off her study date.  Aaarrgggghh!!!  So I missed out on my walk for nothing :( 


Not only that, I was busy the rest of the day!  First, about 9:30am, Mister Muffler called and told me they looked at the car.  The crazy guys told me it was the damn Crankshaft Position Sensor...WHICH WAS THE EXACT SAME THING AUTOZONE TOLD ME!!!!!  That wasn't the kicker though.  What was, was that they wanted to charge me $343 to fix it!  I'm like, WHAT?!!  So I told them No and that I only wanted to pay for the test they did.  Well, the damn diagnostic test ran up to $107.  I was so pissed off!!!!  Those punks charged me $107 to tell me the EXACT SAME THING that Autozone told me for free.  Oh man, now I am so scared because that took a huge chunk out of the money I had and we haven't bought any groceries.  We're also completely out of food too!  So, my grandpa came by again and he helped me tow the car back to my house.  Afterwards, Lisa took my truck to work.  So after she left, I sat around for a bit and finished up my lunch, then I borrowed my Grandma's ride and headed up to Autozone.  I bought that Crankshaft Position Sensor with the last of my money, then I took it home and I replaced the damn thing myself.  Didn't cost me a dime for My labor!!  I got that thing changed out in ten minutes.  Can't believe those ripoffs at Mister Muffler wanted to charge me three hundred dollars to do that!  I am Never Ever EVER going back to that cheapo business ever again!!!!  They completely ripped me off big time and they didn't do a damn thing to my car.  I am so mad about that!  Well, I got the car running, then I took it up town put my last 7 bucks into it for gas, then I took it to the car wash and washed it up really good with some spare quarters I had.  I even washed the engine really good.  I washed all that old oil buildup that is all over in there.  Now that engine looks really clean!  I'm so proud of the work I did.  When Lisa came home, I surprised her.  She was jumping up and down happy!  Right away, she took her car for a test drive and we went flying down the road.  She is very excited to have it back.  She said she missed it so much and hated driving my truck around haha. 
One thing Mister Muffler did tell us that I'm going to take into serious consideration and planning, was that my timing belt may need to be changed soon.  I have been down that road before so I know I need to always keep an eye on the timing belt.  If that damn thing goes out and breaks, you're lookin at a new engine right there.  That happened to my truck about 2 years after I bought it.  Timing belt broke, had to get a whole new engine.  Crazy!  So, we're going to start saving up and try and get that thing replaced.  I'd love to learn about it and try to do it myself.  That'd be Awesome!  We'll see how that works out there.


So now, I am totally out of money!  One thing though, I'm not too worried.  I prayed to God and I know that He will provide.  He's Always looked out for me and Lisa.  We put all our faith in Him and He is always there for us.  I urge everyone to do that!  Believe in God and Always put your faith in Him.  Trust me, He will never ever let you down :)  Ok, it's been a long day!  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Sixty Seven

Today was pretty good!  Woke up a bit late this morning, but did 3 miles.  I couldn't do the whole six because I had church today.  We were supposed to have a meeting because I needed to update everyone on the Halloween Festival for Next Friday...but it was postponed again :(  Darn!  Oh well, I'm sure we'll get to that again soon enough and I'm sure we'll get by.  It'll be fun!


The walk this morning was good.  I need to start doing it earlier.  Dang I haven't been walking as much as I'd like to.  That's because I've been so busy the last few days.  I can't even seem to keep up with my blogs, which is why I always post them a few days late.  I need to keep caught up with them.  This week I'm hoping to make the change back to the way it's been all summer, but we'll see.  I've gotta go pick up the car tomorrow, which I'm scared about.  I sure don't want them telling me it's the timing chain or anything major like that.  Hopefully, it's something small.  Then, I've got the Festival planning to do.  Since we didn't have the meeting today, I'll be busy with that throughout the week.  That's gonna be crazy!  So, I'm going to really try to do six miles every morning this week, but if not six, definitely three.  That and some serious weightlifting!  I've been lifting my 30 pound dumbbell and really building up strength in my arms.  A few months ago, I bought my grandpa a 20 pound dumbbell because he said he wanted to build up his arms.  At first it was too heavy for him, but now you should see his arms.  They are muscular lol.  I was surprised so bad.  He showed me one day and flexed his arms and you could just see the muscles flaring!  That was Awesome, so I'm really gonna build up mine.  Lots to do!


Well looking forward to getting the car back tomorrow.  I'm very hopeful that they give me some good news.  I hate waiting!  That's one thing about Mister Muffler.  They're never open on the weekends!  I mean, seriously doesn't everyone want to bring in their cars on the weekends because that's the only real time they'll have to do that because they work during the week!!  I always thought that was strange of them.  Seems like they'd get more business on the weekends than during the week.  Every time I had to go there was always On the weekends so they'd make me wait until the following Monday, which is exactly what I'm doing now.  I just really really hope they give me good news. 


So I watched IMPACTwrestling's Bound For Glory pay-per-view tonight!  Oh man, I really enjoyed it!  I wished Lisa could've watched it with me, but she was working so I watched it alone.  It was pretty good!  It took place in Tokyo, Japan.  They had some really great matches.  It was an interpromotional event between TNA and Wrestle-1 in Japan.  Awesome wrestling!  Those Japanese wrestlers are some talented individuals.  It was well worth the money and I was very satisfied especially to support my favorite wrestling company, TNA.  What I hated about this evening was I was following the NY Giants game against the Eagles.  In case you don't know, I'm a die hard New York Giants fan.....and I was so so so sad by that humiliating defeat!  We got our butts handed to us in that game :(  Dang, I don't know what the heck happened.  Not even one point!  That was so bad.  There goes our winning streak.  Now I'm so worried about how they're going to be playing in the future games, especially since we lost Victor Cruz.  Him being out with that injury is really going to take it's toll on is soon enough.  Damn!  I hope it gets better.  I wanted to see them shoot for the Superbowl again this year.  Was hoping to see my dream superbowl matchup between the NY Giants and the Denver Broncos.  Oh my gosh how that would be an Awesome game!!!  Both Mannings head to head on the biggest night in Football.  Maybe, just maybe ;)




Ok, that's about all for today!  Just this week and next week until my Halloween Festival at church.  I'm lookin forward to it very much.  Looks like lots of planning this week, then next week, we'll begin decorating and setting up!  Should be Awesome!  Goodnight.

Day One Hundred Sixty Six - REST DAY

Today was a very lazy day for me!  Slept in this morning, which felt great.  I wasn't really planning for a rest day today, but being as how I woke up late, I went ahead and took one.  It felt great to sleep in!  I guess all the worries of the car really got me in a relaxation mode.  Taking the car in yesterday, even though they didn't get to it right away, that really took a load off.  I hope they get it all figured out and it doesn't cost me much on Monday!


The rest of the day was Awesome!  We watched 'Dracula Untold' today.  Oh wow that movie was so cool!!!  That guy, Luke Evans played an Awesome Dracula.  It was a really neat storyline.  We both enjoyed it very much!  I sure wouldn't mind seeing it again. 


After the movie, I bought us some lunch at Taco Bell because Lisa had to go to work.  I took her in, then afterwards I went to the car wash and cleaned up my truck.  It was really cool there because while I was washing, this girl came walking by my isle.  She was a really attractive girl.  She was looking at me and stealing glances.  I was doing the same with her.  She looked a bit too young for me though because she was there with her dad.  It was nice to see that.  She would look at me, then I'd look at her and she'd quickly look away.  Yet she's often steal glances at me and we'd exchange smiles.  I like when that happens.  Always have ;)


Earlier today before the movie, I really cleaned up my truck inside.  I fixed my back side window.  I really think someone tried breaking into my truck, that's why it was open like that.  Made me somewhat worried so now I'm going to leave that thing closed.  I'm guessing it happened sometime over the summer.  I also put back together my dash and my stereo, which I'm still going to get it looked at soon and hopefully installed.  I hate driving my truck and not listening to my music.  Anyway, this evening I did some more work to it and I got my heater running!!!  Oh man I was so super happy about that.  I honestly thought that thing was dead in the water and I needed a new heater core.  Nope!  I worked on it and got it running all by myself.  I still need to fix my vents because they seem to be stuck in one spot, but the air is hot and that's what matters.  When I went to pick up Lisa from work, she was really surprised to get into a warm truck and have a nice warm ride home.  It was really nice!  Next summer I know I'll need to charge my A/C because that thing just blows out warm air.  I'm totally out of coolant there.  So, that's the plan!


Well that was my rest day!  I had a great day.  Good movie and great happenings afterwards with the girl at the carwash and the fixing my ride ;)  One thing weird though was tonight while I was working on the truck, there was this weird screaming coming from afar.  It was a woman screaming, but it was a deep scary scream like you'd hear in a horror movie!  It was coming from over toward the highway but I couldn't tell exactly where it was.  Everyone in the area heard it.  Hopefully it was nothing bad and that it was just someone messing around. 


Ok, time to get some sleep.  I'm totally beat!  Another day tomorrow.  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Sixty Five

Woke up early this morning and did 6 miles!  I wasn't planning on doing the entire six, but I did anyway and got it finished.  Super tired though.  It really wore me out.  Afterwards, I got home and cleaned up, then Lees and I headed into town and payed some bills. 


The rest of the day was pretty dull.  Lisa had to go to work and we had plans on watching Dracula Untold, but it's showing at the theater which doesn't have early showings on Fridays which sux, so instead we bought tickets for tomorrow the first showing.  I'm looking forward to that!  Looks to be an Awesome movie. 


After taking Lisa to work, I called my grandpa.  We were so worried about the car.  I wanted to take it to Mister Muffler this morning so we hoped that it would start up and it did!  I had that thing running for about 5 minutes.  We were just getting ready to take leave...then it shut off and wouldn't come back on.  Aaarrrgggghhh!!!!  So frustrating!  So I didn't get to drive it over to the shop.  Anyway, so when I called my grandpa I asked him if he could help me tow it to the shop.  He agreed and so he came by and I hooked up the car to his truck and we towed it up town.  I was hopeful that they'd look at it right then and there real quick...but that wasn't happening.  Instead, they just had us push it into their shop and they'd leave it there all weekend and get to it first thing Monday morning :(  Oh man, well atleast I got it over there.  Makes me feel better knowing that it'll get looked at rather than it just sitting there.  I texted Lisa afterwards and told her.  She was very happy that it was going to get it looked at.  I told her by Monday we'll know for sure what's wrong with it and hopefully get it running.  So, good things for sure ;)


Well that was pretty much my whole day.  Busy, it seemed!  After taking the car up, I took my mom's van up to town and put some gas in it.  Then I took it over to the car wash and cleaned it pretty good.  That's just me!  If I borrow something from someone, I take it back with gas in it and cleaned up really nice.  My mom was very thankful that I did that.  I took it back and parked it at her place, then I walked back home.  So, I got in some more walking tonight ;)  Now, I am completely worn out so I'm going to relax a bit then head to bed.  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Sixty Four

Woke up early this morning to do my 6 miles...but instead I did not!  Lisa's car wouldn't start.  She came out just before I was going to leave for my walk because she goes to school early today.  Nothing!  She was so worried and stressed.  That damn car, of all times for it to go out.  She can't miss any days from school either so we were in a bind.  So I had her ask my grandma if we could use her ride to drop her off.  I ran inside and changed out of my exercise clothes, then I took Lisa to school using my grandma's ride.  After dropping her off, I headed home and called my mom to ask if I could use her van.  She agreed, so I took grandma's ride back then I walked over to my mom's and picked up her van.  I'm so thankful she let us use it. 


So yes, it was a pretty busy morning!  I didn't get my walk in, but I got to pick up Lisa in a warm vehicle.  I really wish my truck was good, but it's not.  The damn tire is flat and it's out of gas.  Not to mention, my darn heater doesn't work...so ugh :(  It's so stressful right now.


Anyway, I took Lisa to work and picked her up in my mom's van.  After picking her up, we headed to Walmart where we bought some of the things we needed.  Lisa bought me that movie, 'Edge of Tomorrow'.  That is such a great movie!  Can't wait to watch it ;)  Well, it's gonna be a busy day tomorrow.  I've gotta try and take the car into Mister Muffler so they can look at it, and I'm going to have to get my truck tire fix and get it gased up.  Oh man, so much to do!  Ok, Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Sixty Three

Today I did not walk!  No way was I going to go down to the ditch road after last night.  After those crazy gunshots, I sure didn't want to find a dead body and end up getting blamed for it like you see on the movies lol.  So I just stayed home this morning.  After Lisa got up, we went for a drive in the truck down to the ditch.  My mom asked me to check on her dog too because I guess she (her dog) vomited when my mom was petting her this morning.  So on the way to her house, we went down to the ditch to see if there was anything strange or suspicious.  The crazy cops never called me back!  I thought they were going to, but they never did.  Well we found the gun shots, or rather the shells.  They were shotgun shells.  There was six of them and they were on the side of the ditch road that I walk on so it was definitely a good idea I didn't walk today.  There was also some broken beer bottles on the road so I moved those off before we left.  I don't know what the heck went on down there, but I guess it's safe to say that nobody was shot because with a shotgun...yeah I'm sure we'd have seen something.  Anyway, that was crazy!  So tomorrow, I'm gonna be back at it for sure.  The coast looks clear ;)


Lisa's car is giving us problems :(  I hate that!  Well the rest of the day was pretty mellow.  We just stayed home and relaxed.  I spent the day watching movies.  This evening I watched IMPACTwrestling.  It was a really great show!  It's so good to have my Directv back on so I won't miss my shows now.  Things are looking good.  Well, that was my day.  Ready to get back to exercising tomorrow, now that there are no dead....well nevermind lol.  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Sixty Two

Crazy day!  I got up early this morning.  I headed out and did my 6 miles.  I did something different today though.  I went on a different route than usual but still did the same distance.  Oh man, that was not a good idea.  I usually do 3 miles, then I'll rest for about 10 mins and stretch out my legs, get off my feet, then head out again to finish off my six miles.  This route ended up causing me to do the whole thing non-stop!  Dang, my feet were really worn out by the time I got back.  I need some better padding in my shoes if I'm going to be doin this.  I added some running in there also so that made it more challenging, but I got it done ;)  Cody did the whole thing with me.  Cooper didn't.  Poor dog, he was so tuckered out by the end of the 5th mile that I took him home then finished it out with Cody.  Cooper is smaller and for some reason, he's chubby.  He's got a round belly.  I call him a butterball lol.  I need to get him on a diet.  So he sat out the rest of the walk and Cody came with me.


I did some weightlifting today which really helped out.  I wasn't feeling sore from yesterday which was great!  I'm going to keep that up.  I haven't did a bowflex workout in a while so I'm going to start that up again.  Yoga is good, but my feet were hurting way too bad to do that today.  Doing 6 miles really does take it's toll.  I've been doing that all summer.  Three weeks of not doing 6 miles, that really took it's toll also.  That first week I was hunting so I didn't do 6 miles.  Instead, I was hiking those mountains for 8 hours everyday that week.  The second week we were home, but my ankle was swollen because of my accident out there, and my knee was hurting so I had to stay off it.  The third week I was walking again, but in order to strengthen myself up again and not push my knee or my ankle, I only did 3 miles that whole week.  Now, the fourth week, I'm back to 6 miles but I tell you it's really tough lol.  Feels great when I'm done though, my legs are on Fire in a good way!


Ok now for the crazy part.  We went to see that movie, Annabelle, today :O  I've heard a lot of ppl say that it was stupid...boring...not scary.  My brother and sister apparently both said that.  Well, I watched it today and let me tell you...IT WAS SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I can't say that enough.  I mean, I've seen lots of scary movies.  I love them!  There are very few movies that can really get me going.  I never sit there and try and act like a tough guy and say, "that wasn't scary" or start criticizing it just to act tough.  A lot of idiots do that and it's stupid!  I mean, if it's not scary, then fine!  You don't need to go plaster it all over the evening news.  Damn, scary movies are supposed to be fun to watch!  That's why they exist, for our entertainment.  I watch scary movies to get scared, as everybody does.  If it's not scary, I'll still enjoy watching it.  I won't go around telling ppl that I didn't get scared.  That's stupid!  Anyway, this movie Annabelle, I was genuinely scared :(  It scared the hell out of me.  There's a scene in the movie where the woman finds this baby crying really loud, then sees something stand up behind it in the dark....then this thing chasing her up the stairs....oooooohHhOOOh dammit it freaks me out just thinking about it!  I was breathing so heavily in there.  Honestly, I've never been that freaked out in a theater.  Never!!  I have gotten spooked, but not that scared.  That was really creepy!  I think that hit some of my deepest fears, that whole elevator scene and her getting chased up the stairway.  That did it for me!  So anyone who says that Annabelle wasn't scary, well you are either lying, or you're so scared that you don't want to be scared so you won't allow yourself to be.  So, you wanna show how tough you are, watch that movie BY YOURSELF, IN THE DARK, REALLY LOUD and without your cell phone or any other distractions.  Do that, then you come out of there laughing, you can come to me and tell me it wasn't scary.  So yeah, that was my whole take on that movie.  Creepy!!!!


Now the other part of my crazy day was tonight!  Lees and I were watching a movie...


(by the way, Lees is NOT my girlfriend! She's just my best friend and we're actually related in some way, but I'm not sure exactly how. She lives with me because I have a 3 bedroom place and it's just me plus I've been taking care of her since she was a teenager when her mom basically chose to kick her out because her boyfriend didn't like her (Lees).  He actually told her mom to choose, him or her daughter, so her mom looks at Lisa and says "goodbye" and called the cops on her to kick her out on the streets since she was 18, but she was still in high school. So the cops came and chased Lisa out of her own house while her mom stayed upstairs screwing her boyfriend. I lived in Albuquerque at the time. None of Lisa's family would take her in.  They kept tossing her from place to place.  Lisa was on the verge of giving up, so I moved back here.  I took her in.  I put her through her senior year of high school and I paid for all her graduation stuff and even bought her a class ring.  Afterwards, I helped her get a vehicle and a job.  She's been here with me ever since.  Wherever I am, she is.  We are solid partners, in a non-romantic way.  That's the short story of us.  I've always been there for her, and she's been there for me.  Right now, she's going to college to become a nurse.  She's doing so good and is one of the top students in all her classes and she's a member of the National Honor Society of Leadership!  I'm so proud of her.  I'm thankful to God that He put her in my life.  We are best friends!  That's why I'm still a single guy too.  Everyone thinks she and I are a couple just because we're always together so the ladies stay away from me lol. Oh well, that whole situation will work itself out in time.)


...and Cody was barking, so was Cooper.  So thinking there was a stray outside eating my cats' food, I went out there.  Lisa came with me and we were looking around trying to see if there was anything out there.  We both walked over to Cody and while we were standing there, we heard a loud gunshot down by the ditch, which is where I do my 6 miles every morning.  A few seconds later, there was another shot, then another.  Six shots total and this being 10pm at night, that was pretty alarming!  So I called the cops.  I told them there were some gunshots down by the ditch toward the river.  They said they were going to send an officer down there.  So, I waited.  I saw a vehicle come up from the ditch some time after, and leave.  A while later, the cops showed up.  They had their spotlights down there and they were driving all around.  They are still out there right now shining their lights everywhere.  So, that being said, there is NO WAY I'm going to go on my walk/run tomorrow.  My luck, I might find a dead body and get blamed for it lol.  So hopefully they look around and if there's any crazy changes, they should call me. 


So yeah, that was my day!  Now I'm going to keep an ear open and try to get some sleep.  Hopefully it's nothing but seriously, ppl shouldn't be shooting guns down there!  I mean for crying out loud, there's ppl who live up here!  What if one of them bullets come up toward the homes.  Crazy!  Ok, more to report tomorrow.  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Sixty One

Today was the day!  I started up my 6 miles again ;D  Oh man did it kick my arse!  Not only did I walk, but I added some running in there as well.  Crazy!  My legs are still pretty strong.  I really worked up some heavy breathing.  I haven't felt that since being out there in Chama and hiking those slopes.  By the time I was done, my feet were really worn out and hurting, but a good kind of hurt.  I enjoyed it.  Looking forward to tomorrow's run. 


I'm really trying to push myself to do more.  I want to really pick up my weightlifting again.  Weight training will really build muscle which will help you to lose weight that much quicker.  That is very true!  I hear that all the time, but I know now that it really does work.  I'm lifting 30 pound weights on each side of my arms and doing reps behind my back as well.  That really worked my muscles in my arms.  I was feeling it this evening.  I'm going to do that everyday and really build up my strength.  Work my way up to 50 pound weights with each arm, then 70. 


The rest of my day I kept stretching.  My knee is feeling really good.  No signs of pain or strain.  Honestly, ever since I aced my sandals, I've been feeling great!  My knees have not been acting up.  I can feel that sharp pain inside, but only if I step on it wrong or put my weight on a certain part of my knee.  Then I feel it.  Other than that, I'm good.  I threw those damn sandals away!  Never gonna wear those again.  Only time I'll Ever wear sandals is if I'm at the beach and walking around in the surf.  Other than that, No way man! 


Ok, I'm pretty beat.  I'm gonna relax and just enjoy the evening then head to bed.  I can't get up at 5:30am anymore because it's still dark and cold out then.  Seasons change!  Now I'm up before 7am and head out about 7.  By then, the sun still hasn't started rising, but it's light out.  When is daylight savings time?  Gotta keep an eye out for that ;)  Goodnight!

Day One Hundred Sixty - REST DAY

Rest Day!!!  Woohoo ;}  No honestly I didn't really want to take one, but I did anyway because I had church this morning.  Plus, I woke up kinda late anyway.  My back was all stiff and so that just made me want to stay in bed.  Brrr it's really getting cold at night here.  I'm still lost in July so this cold weather is taking a while to sink in. 


Church today was good!  Everyone is getting excited for my Halloween Festival I'm throwing on the 24th this month.  I got more ppl helping and signing up for things so I'll be pretty busy with that throughout this week.  Lots to do and lots to get ready for, then I got my deer hunt coming up the first week of next month.  So I've also gotta get ready for that too.  Crazy busy month it's goin to be.  I'm also going to enter our church into the Christmas Parade again this year.  Maybe our Pastor will really like to participate.  He's been such a blessing to our church.  He's done some great work since he joined our church over the summer.  We're looking forward to many more Awesome times with him and his family. 


The weather was kinda nice today.  It got pretty warm in my house so I had to open the windows and it quickly cooled off.  Guess I'll have to unhook my Air Conditioner this week.  I don't think I'll be using that bad boy anymore until next summer.  The nights sure are getting chilly.  Ok well, I have absolutely nothing else to say lol.  So, hasta manana ...or atleast I think that's how you spell it.  Goodnight ;}

Day One Hundred Fifty Nine

Today was pretty good!  Got up and did my 3 miles.  I know I'm ready to get back to 6 miles so we'll see how it goes on Monday!  I really wanna start pushing myself again.  My knee is feeling pretty good.  Actually it's been feeling better ever since I aced the sandals and started wearing shoes everyday, even when I go outside just to feed the dogs.  Shoes do wonders!  Now I want to get me some really good ones.  I think that'll do wonders for my knee and even my back.


So this morning after exercising and taking a cold shower, which I'm really getting tired of, we went to watch, 'Left Behind'.  It was pretty good.  I never watched the old version with Kirk Cameron, but Lisa did.  She said that this new one wasn't as boring as that one.  This one was more action.  Good message in there BUT they left out some important parts.  In the movie, the Rapture happens and nobody knows what's going on.  They're just goin crazy wondering what happened to everyone.  Confusion and whatnot.  Well, I talked with my Pastor because I was confused because in the Bible it says that the trumpets will sound and Jesus will come down to earth.  Well, they left that part out of the movie.  He said yes, that part happens DURING the rapture!  So yeah, being that as it is, everyone will know exactly what's going on unlike in the movie.  So that was probably my only real complaint about it.  Otherwise, it was good.  Hollywood really takes these movies to the next level and adds or pulls certain things from it.  They did that with that movie, Noah.  Pastor says he doesn't watch these biblical movies ever because none of them ever stick to the bible.  He used that movie, Noah, as an example.  He said that movie was Way crazy and NOT like how it says in the Bible.  So yeah, I don't think I'll be watching anymore of those religious movies.  I'll stick to the Bible stories and what God's word actually says.  Hollywood just wants to make a buck so they have to do whatever they can to keep the audience interested.  Pastor did say, however, that the movie 'Heaven is for Real' was really good.  He said that was a very moving story and he really enjoyed it.  I have yet to see it.  I almost bought it when it first came out, but I hadn't watched it yet so I decided to wait until I did see it.  Now, I wish I had bought it.  I'll have to check that out soon.


Well, that's really all I've got for today.  My knees are feeling great so I really want to start doing more exercising.  With the holidays fast approaching, I really want to get my body slimmer.  Need to discipline myself being as how all those holiday treats will be everywhere.  Honestly though, I don't think I'll have much of a problem in that area.  This evening I had dinner with my mom and brother.  I told my mom that I haven't had a candy bar since April.  That's the truth too.  I have not ate a chocolate bar or any candy for that matter, since my Fyrescape started.  She even offered me a Milky Way but I said No Way man!!!  Gotta keep that stuff out my bod ;)  I haven't had McDonald's either or any fast food hamburger.  I've been pretty good at keeping away from all that stuff.  Wow, I haven't really thought about it until now.  I'm doing pretty good.  So, IT IS POSSIBLE!!!  I don't wanna hear that you think it's not possible to stay away from that stuff.  It IS!!!  So just get out there and do it!  That's what I keep trying to tell my mom and my brother.  Get out there and Do It! 


Ok, enjoy the rest of your night!  Goodnight ;)

Day One Hundred Fifty Eight

I woke up pretty early this morning, but I had only got 4 hours of sleep.  I was up late last night watching, Trick r'Treat.  Good Halloween movie!  I'm getting into the spirit of that.  My Halloween festival at my church, that's really coming along good.  I think it'll be great this year.  Anyway, I did 3 miles this morning.  Lees came out with me today.  Cody and Cooper were also there.  They loved getting out.  Dang, my dog Cooper has really put on weight in the last month.  I don't know why, he doesn't seem to eat a whole lot.  I need to take him in and get him check out.  I still need to put him on dewormer meds.  That and I think he's due for his shots.  When I got him, I wasn't told when his last set of shots were.  I'm guessing it's been a while because I don't think they were taking care of him anymore.


Well, the rest of my day was kinda busy.  Lisa and I are goin to watch a movie tomorrow.  We're gonna go see that movie, 'Left Behind'.  I just hope they stick to the Bible when telling that story and don't go adding anything crazy or extreme just to get ppl to by tickets and go see it.  That is a very serious story being as how it comes from the Bible so they need to take it just as serious when making it into a film.  I didn't watch it, but I hear that movie, Noah, was very Very BAD!  They added some really crazy stuff to it and made it all weird.  It apparently didn't even stick to the Bible story. Crazy, so I was kinda skeptical about this one, Left Behind, but ppl are saying it's a must see, especially for the non-believers.  So, being as how we're Christians, we'll go check it out.  See how it is.  Hopefully it inspires ppl to want to live better lives and doesn't just scare ppl.  Telling the story of the rapture and everything else, that shouldn't really be meant to scare ppl.  Some out there use that to scare ppl into doing what they want.  Me, I don't believe things should happen that way.  It should be properly told to give ppl faith and teach them to put faith in God and live their lives properly.  That's what we all need to do anyway.  So we'll see how it goes tomorrow.


Well, I want to really start adding more exercising into my daily routine.  I think my knees are ready for that.  I feel I can walk more, but I really want to be able to run so I don't wanna push myself before I'm ready.  I still get these funny feelings in my ankle, the one I twisted out in Chama.  I need to be careful.  Today, my other ankle on my left foot was acting up.  I must be walking wrong or something.  I need to be careful and yup, I need some better shoes.  So much that I need to do.  Ok, that's all I've got for today.  Hope everyone had a wonderful day!  Be safe and Goodnight! ;}