20 Years

This coming June 11 will mark the 20th anniversary of my grandfather's death. I had a dream about that day. Something is going to happen.

Lion Dream Again

I have been having a lot of dreams about lions lately. They never attack me but are always trying to get me in some kind of trouble. The lions never succeeded.

I think I recently found out who the lion is and have gotten rid of it. Now it all makes sense! Things worked out perfectly.

Sorry lion, it didn't work!

South Park

I try not to get too much philosophy from South Park but this week's episode really hit a nerve with me. It really pointed out something that has been bothering me for a long time.

In the episode, Kyle says to Cartman "Your ego is so out of whack that it will do whatever it can to protect itself and people with a messed up ego can to these mental gymnastics to convince themselves they are awesome when really they are just douche bags."

This is so true. Some people just can't accept who they are or what they have done and have to do these mental gymnastics to convince themselves they are not to blame or not as wrong as they really are.

Lions and Tigers

I had a strange dream yesterday. I was at the house I grew up in. I have had a few dreams about this house lately. This one was strange because I had a lion (mountain lion) and a tiger as a pet. I let them out to run around but all they would do is chase and eat the neighbor's cats and dogs. When I tried to call them in, they wouldn't come in. The animals were nice to me so I had no fear of them.

Strange....

One Big Family Part 2

Well, we finished collecting all the things for the family members overseas in Iraq or Afghanistan. We collected over 900 pounds of items such as toothpaste, soup, shaving cream, soap, playing cards, granola bars, candy and a whole bunch of other things. There were 130 boxes being sent to about 15 service members. I'm really proud of my coworkers. Dave, Mark and Karen lead the way and the rest of us came through. The postage is over $1,500 and through donations from 3 of the unions, the Sr. Plant Manager and other employees we will be shipping them out.

Above are some pictures of the 2nd graders that came at 6:30am to help pack the boxes. Thanks to them too!!!! They were able to make a difference in some one's life at such a young age. Some day they will realize how much they really helped.

Borrowing

Ok, let's say you buy something. Then, someone borrows it. If you want it back, should they return it right away or should they use it as long as they want then return it?

I guess it all depends on how you were raised.

Busy Weekend

I had a busy weekend. On Friday my son came home from school and told me he got an A+ on his reading test. This was great because when he moved back here from the Philippines he needed help with reading. I am so proud that he has excelled and is now doing great. He really wants to impress his older brother. I'm glad he has such a positive role model in his life.

After that I took them to get a haircut. Big brother is coming on Saturday and they want to look good! hahaha. When I looked at my daughter I saw that she had 11 inches of her hair cut off. After the initial shock I asked her why she had so much taken off. She said she wanted to donate it. Some places will accept hair if it is long enough and make wigs for people with cancer. I was so proud of her. I didn't think that a 6 year old would think that way.

Finally, on Saturday my oldest came home. I haven't seen him since November. He will be home for 2 weeks. It's great having him around. I wasn't able to spend a whole lot of time with him while he was growing up because I had to work so much overtime and at night. I really regret that. If I could do it over again I would spend more time with him and less time doing something I hated. I'm glad the lack of me being around as much as I would have liked to didn't affect him as much as it could have. He's an amazing person.

Saturday night there was a birthday party. The woman turned 50 so she got a lot of gag gifts. It was a good time.

I got some bothersome news but nothing I cant work out. Something is always happening so I am used to it by now.