Day 14 . . .

Day 14 . . .
Originally uploaded by SoullooN

Our family dog is a true blessing and much fun most days. Today she was laying around, what a wonderful life. I took the shot with the Christmas tree in the back ground. I would not mind a dogs life apart from the food and the restroom facilities. To eat, sleep, play and all that seems like a wonderful life. O well, I will never know. Peace

Day 13 . . .

Day 13 . . .
Originally uploaded by SoullooN

I missed posting my day 13 until today. Hi, and welcome to my little slice of this world called the net . . . I enjoy this shot, i especially love the Camaro ornament, wishing one was in the garage as well as on the tree. I am enjoying break thus far, looking forward to the days of joy with family. have a blessed day. Peace

Day 12 . . .

School is out until next year. I just like the way that sounds. It is so nice to work in the school system. I am blessed to be able to work with wonderful students and colleagues. I am however also looking forward to the next two weeks including Christmas and New Years. I am adding my photo for the day . . . It is full of books and many wonderful words. I love books and I will be adding some of my thoughts and favorites in the coming days. Have a wonderful evening. Peace

Day 11 . . .

Here I am again in the final moments of the day adding my blog and my 365 photo . . . I enjoy so much of my moments that it is hard to fill in all the blanks. It was nice to be with the students today at school. My photo today comes from Art class. It is nice. Color is nice. I like living in a world of color. Even though the coming months will be dull and grey many times here in Michigan, I will look for the joys found in the colors that I am able to see.

After School today, it was nice to come home and take a nap. Wow, what a nice thing to be able to sleep soundly for a few moments in the afternoon. I was very tired during school after lunch. I even dreamed a little, though I do not remember the dream.

Tonight I had a sub board meeting. It was quick and uneventful. I am enjoying being part of the Board. Have a wonderful evening, and a great sleep . . .

Day 10 . . .

Today is my daughters 16th birthday. I am so proud of her, and thankful for her. She is a blessing in our lives. What a wonderful thing to watch your children learn and grow as they move up in years. I am thankful to be able to be a father and a teacher to each of my children.

Have a wonderful day . . . Peace

Day 9 . . .

Today was a wonderful Tuesday . . . and the halls of the High School are alive with the Winter Holidays . . . you see there is no Christmas, it is now holidays. But I will not go on that soap box. It is a winter celebration. Have you ever looked into the history of the celebration of Christmas? What is it with the focus on Jesus Birth day - Christ Mass? I do not see Jesus Throwing himself a big Birthday bash, nor do I see any of the early church celebrating this as a holiday. I would like to know more about the history behind Christmas and the church.

Today I had fun working on recovering from my own foolishness of procrastination . . . I balanced my check book after a month. I had a months worth of receipts to enter into the book. Lucky me, it only took 4 hours of work. But I am now done. Procrastination sucks, and I will again make an agreement not to do it ever, ever again.

Well, I am ready to hit the hay, Read some proverbs along the way and learn. Peace

Day 8 . . .

What a wonderful day, this, the final Monday of School for the year 2009. I just can not believe how fast the year has moved. I am thankful for this moment. I will blog more later. Give me a topic, and I will try to post some thought about it. Peace

Day 7 . . .

Today is day 7 of project 365. So far I have enjoyed the project. It is fun taking photos each day and posting them. I do want to learn to take better photos and I do want to get a new camera some day. It is fun to have a hobby in photography. The story behind toady's photo is . . . Ben, my youngest son loves Elvis and he asked me to take a photo of his Elvis ornament and post it as my photo today. So I did. I think it came out OK. Well, have a wonderful night. Peace

Day 6 . . .

Saturday . . . All day was taken up with the AT&T U-Verse guy installing the new TV, Phone, and Internet in our house. It is nice so far. But all day, it was crazy. I went to load my blog and photos for the day and all of a sudden, we had no power. I was bored and took a flashlight and began to make some crazy photos on a tripod. My son Josh helped me out and they came out kinda cool . . . I will a a couple here . . .

I liked these photos of the singing angles in the spotlights. The power outage lasted until 2 am and I had the generator running. I put all the equipment away and made it to bed around 4 pm, after a little bit of TV watching. Needless to say I did not get up for church today. I missed out on being with my Church family. I will go to bed sooner next time, power outage or not. Have a wonderful day. Peace

Day 5 . . .

Tonight I am tired and I just want to go to bed. Enjoy the moment. Thank you for reading, I will get back to myself and blogging in the next day or so. Peace

Day 4 . . .

This is the fourth day of my project 365 . . . I am having fun so far, but I already have camera envy and I want to learn to take better photos. I am posting here, and on flickr and on a site called 365 Project. I am working on a pumpkin roll for my mom. I have to go to bed soon, but I wanted to add my photo for today . . . Peace

Day 3 . . .

Today was a fun day. School went well with the students. Then I was able to go with Nikki and get her level 1 learners license at the Secretary of State. She was excited, I am nervous. Then off to help dad with his new washer. I was able to relax at home and rest. It is nice. Ben is off to 5th grade camp for the rest of the week. I hope he is having fun. I had another photo that I thought I might use for Project 365, so I will include it on the bottom for you. The one on the top is the one I chose for today. Peace

Day 2 . . .

We only have so many moments that make up a lifetime of activity. Think of it this way, If I live to be 70, which I hope I do, I will have lived 25,550 days not counting leap years. That makes up a total of 613,200 hours . . . or 36,792,000 minutes . . . or 2,207,520,000 seconds . . . Why is it that we measure moments by time? We are in such a hurry so often . . . It is amazing how much time and the tabulation of time impacts our lives. No matter what you believe, we live in a world that is governed by time and the its constraints. We have times to wake up, times to go to bed, time to shower, time for education, times for driving. Think of all the times you have to keep up with, even times to watch the biggest loser. Okay, we have an appointment with time, it is all the time.

I began this 365 project with the hope that it will help me find the lost me. Find the man that is trapped in this body. I know you may not believe what you read here, but I am ready to climb out and get what remains of my life back. I am blessed, and I am thankful, but I am tired of carrying this weight inside and out. I am ready to embrace the me that is hidden here somewhere in my soul. I have enjoyed walking on the treadmill for a total of 40 minutes these past two days. I am on the move to a new me. Each day, each step, each movement is one small step for a new me. I look forward to what today will bring. Peace

Day 1 . . .

I thought I would start my 365 where I begin each day and end each night. Home . . . there is no other place quite like it. Home is where I find rest and renewal. Home is where I enjoy my family. Home is so much more than just a house. Home is time shared with people close to you. Home is a gathering place where meals are enjoyed. Home is also a place where lessons are learned. I am blessed to have a home. I am thankful to have a wonderful family. I am ready to share this journey with you . . . Thank you for taking a peek into my story . . . Peace

I'll Give You All I Can...

I'll Give You All I Can...
Originally uploaded by Brandon Christopher Warren

I cam across this photo today on flickr and I thought it was wonderful. I have requested premission from Brandon to use this photo for my blog back ground for a while. I encourage you to enjoy the great photos on flickr. have a wonderful evening . . . Peace and again thank you Brandon

A date which will live in infamy . . .

Yes, today is that day. . . December 7, 2009 . . . I Hereby ask me, myself and I to declare a war upon the forces that tend to bring me down. I have continued too long in the ways of the current, it is time to step up and move toward a new Goal, a new Hope and a renewed vision of Me. I am tired of being overweight, and there is no one else who can change this thing for me. I am tired of being down on me from the inside, so a full waged war on negative self talk begins today. Now is the time for me to act! I want to again be able to fit into my wedding band, I am proud of my friend, lover and wife . . . I want the world to know that I am taken and thankfully so. I want my kids to see in me a man who is governed by love and lead by the spirit of God . . . I want them to be able to look at their life and say our dad gave his best, his all for the things he believed . . . I want to conquer my slide to lazy and procrastination . . . and begin to live consistent and stay on top of the challenges that I face. Yes the task before me is daunting, just look at me, I do not even know how I have let this come to be, but it is here, now, that I declare war. I can not, must not labor the past, it is what it is . . . I must forgive, and never forget the things I have learned there, - but press forward to the new moment which is defined by today, the now . . . I must focus upon the now, the things that must be done today in order for the tomorrows of my life to be different, lighter, fuller of life . . . I will begin a Project 365 online and flickr and post a daily photo and a note . . . I will also chart my course of activity here online as well . . . I am blessed, and I know the days will be tough, and that I must get up and get busy each moment. I am ready . . . Lets go . . . Peace

You may never know . . .

When you are moved to do something nice for someone, or to say something nice . . . Make sure you act on your internal motivation. You may never know just what an impact a kind word or a little deed will have on another . . . Let me share this little story with you . . . I have a friend and a teacher in one of my students. My friend challenged themselves to work hard above and beyond the other things pressing in on them during the month of November and took on Nanowrimo. It is a 50,000 word novel challenge that is to take place beginning on November 1 and must be finished and submitted by November 30. Well, they were able to finish the challenge. I decided to bring them a small card and a couple balloons to celebrate their accomplishment. I have told you before that I love balloons. They are colorful and bring cheer into life . . . To go on, the small token of congrats and excitement of a task completed went farther to encourage and bring joy into the monotony of daily life. I have been encouraged by their blog about this little thing as well. I share this with you again as a motivation to be kind, play nice and love those near you . . . Who really know what person needs a little encouragement, and you know what, you may benefit the most by being kind. Give it a try. Have a wonderful day.

Cool photo . . .

Originally uploaded by Ponygraph

I do not know how people are able to capture such cool photos, but this photo is so cool. Is that good overuse of cool . . . Peace