Breaking up is hard to do!

Well the week is over and Saturday is here. At night, we have enjoyed the AIM video conferences with our daughter in Merida Mexico and watching some of our favorite shows; House, 24, Greys Anatomy, CSI, and Numbers.


Yesterday Louie (our small Bichon) was take to the groomers in White Marsch and looks so much better. He is trying right now to find a way into my lap as I am typing this.

Also yesterday my youngest daughter was sad since her friend broke up with her. It hurt my heart to see her this way. I let her know that we understand that this hurts since we had dated others and had break ups many times before my wife and I found eachother. I said there wikk be more ups and downs before she finds the right guy God has intended for her and that these experiences will make the time with the right guy that much better. Still, I am sad and hurrt for her.

Well another week down and January is almost over. Time flies faster as you get older.

44th President

Well, it was a mad dash yesterday from getting of a business call at 11:30 to run over to the Rally Point on base to eat lunch and watch the inaugruation. Although I didn't vote for President Obama, I felt it was a major historical event that will probably be the bigest in my lifetime.

I pray for his safety and leadership. I enjoyed the entire TV coverage and look forward to the changes in US attitudes towards other races (from all sides). 20 years in the Navy so I have a shelter life regarding racism since it wasn't tolerated.

May God watch over you and your family Mr. President!

Saturday

Well, it was 5 degrees yesterday when I got up at 8 AM. The heat never seemed to shut off. As the day passed we experienced a warming trend to the low 20's. It was 27 degrees this morning.

Yesterday was filled with a full recovery of the laptop I am using right now. I started with making sure I had all the personal files copied to the external hard drive and then went for the jugular. A complete reimaging of the hard drive back to the factory settings. Then reloading Norton, the printer and AIM. Now the computer seems to be working as it should. Prevoiusly we would constantly get errors that Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer and several others failed and required restarting. I am glad to be past that.

It is Sunday morning and we are off to church.

Amazing Facilities

Today at work we had the opportunity to tour the new NIAID IRF and NBACC Facilities at Fort Detrick. The hosts were very gracious and provided an awesome tour. We saw the new high tech labs that will support critial research for our nation.

The purpose of the visit was to provide us with an understanding of the significance of what our facility supplies in support of these facilites. It was a good day.

Sunday Lunch

On Sunday we attended chuch at the 10:30 Service, followed by a meeting for the youth and their parents about summer missions trips. Afterwards, we went to Foster's Grille
in Urbana at the at Turning Point Plaza, 8925 Fingerboard Road, Urbana, MD 21704
240-699-0194

The food was okay, we each ordered something different. For those who are new, when you order you get a drink and fries with that. So when you order a basket of fries in addition to your meal, you have too many fries. The Strawberry Milkshake was very thick, which I like, but wasn't very strawberry in flavor.

So I would go back for a similar meal, but if I had the time I would drive further into Frederick for a better meal.

Saturday Night's Alright

Yesterday afternoon brought Raven's Football. It was a tense game and fun to watch. Watching with friends over was enjoyable. Football also brings food. We had chips and the taco bean dip, melba toast and a spread to put on it provided by Nancy that was excellent, oh and don't forget the hot wings. They were okay, but I think they have been in the freezer a little long.

The the game...13 to 10 Ravens over the Titans. It was a great game. We had a blazing fire in the fireplace and plenty of excitement. What a great game.

Change in Dental Plan

Happiness is measured in so many ways. One thing that can contribute to your happiness is having a Great Dentist. The Dentist is a necessary evil and having a great one makes the trip a lot more bearable. As I mentioned in my eearlier blog about finding a Dentist, make sure your dentist is in the plan you have. Dr. Tate wasn't in the plan so, last year we selected another Dentist Office in Frederick. It took us three months to get set up with our initial visit and then two weeks before the visit the Dentist's Office called and cancelled over the answering machine and asked us to call the office and reschedule.

So, when the time came to make our medical election coverages came, I got out of the HMO and into the PPO. It costs us a little more a month, but here it is January 10th and both my wife and daughter have had there initial visit and my wife a follow-up. My wife loathes Dentist's Offices and going to the Dentists and the experience has been great for her. I look forward to my visit on Tuesday. Wait did I say Tuesday, I called last week to reschedule my Wednesday initial visit and they got me in Tuesday.

There is a lot to say about this office. If you don't have a Dentist you should call Dr. Tate's Office.

First week back after the Holidays

I have to say that it was a great two weeks off at Christmas. What made it even better was leaving the plant in great hands and being able to return and get caught back up within two days.

One day this week, the Frederick County Public Schools had a two hour delay. Unfortunately for my daughter we didn't get the message until we got to school. She was a good sport about it and I took her home for her mom to take her later.

Yesterday, I was able to leave work on-time. Again, this is due to the great people at the plant. I got home and shortly after dinner didn't feel well. I headed to bed at my ususal time, 10:00 PM and once prepared to hit the hay, felt like I was going to be sick. Well, I was, had it coming out both ends. Trash can in one hand and sitting on the toilet. My wife came up around 11:00 PM and saw I wasn't doing well. This is where I passed out on the toilet in between episodes.

I haven't been sick like that since I was in college and that was for a different reason. So I stayed home from work today since the remaining night I didn't sleep well and I was afraid I might give it to somebody.

I am feeling much better and even had lunch. I thank God that this didn't happen at work...passing out on the toilet would have been very imbarressing.

Go Ravens beat Titians. That's what I'll be doing tomorrow if you had any doubts.

New Years....

Well, I had the past two weeks off and have to say that I enjoyed every minute of it. The time off came to an end on January 4th when we took my family drove to the airport to send our oldest off to Mexico. She is studying abroad for this semester and won't return until late May.

My wife, youngest daughter and I are already planning a trip to visit. You should check out her blog. Merida Mexico Blog.