If I died today

I think Kristy would not fix the dent in the wall I made with my head in the kitchen. It would be a strange topic between her and any date she has. "Oh that is where my husband smashed his head into the wall." And the guy would be wondering just what kind of guy was this husband that left a dent in the wall with his head. Maybe he would think he had much more going for himself than his predecessor. I'm still not convinced it needs to be replaced right away, it's just a dent. Most people don't even notice it, or at least they haven't said anything about it. It could be that they already know how it got there.

52% more since I started

Today I realized that in my current job my average yearly raise is 13%. Not bad eh? Maybe it's a little more since it isn't even July yet, but I don't anticipate any unscheduled raises until next March.

Here are the RSS feeds that will make it possible for you to keep up with all the blogs & comments easier. Gabe & Laura's blog doesn't support RSS :( I would suggest loading these feeds into a feed reader such as Google Reader and making a folder for the blogs and a folder for the comments. The whole point to this is so that you don't have to visit each blog to see if there is anything new, and you don't have to look at each post to see if anyone has commented in it. Instead you just click on Google Reader and see what has been updated on one consolidated page, the only down side is that you have to set it up for yourself, but that also means you can add other feeds from your friends sites like Alysa or Christie or your children.

http://looneywarden.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
http://biffybrownsblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
http://matthaynie2.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
http://web.mac.com/williamcassidy/Williams_Site/Williams_Web_Log/rss.xml
http://web.mac.com/sariahcassidy/Sariahs_Site/Sariahs_Web_Log/rss.xml

http://looneywarden.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default
http://biffybrownsblog.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default
http://matthaynie2.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default

Don't forget you can add authors to your blogs if you want to share them with a spouse that doesn't write very often.

I had a good birthday

I had a good birthday. The house is full of flowers and cheesecake. Kristy got me a new belt and a football. Plus my job has been cool too. I made a virtual server running CentOS and installed squid and snort on it...that has got to sound really weird. Anyway I'm still configuring squid and snort. I got my squid book today in the mail too! Plus today Joe paid for my lunch at Squeelers!

Sick Girls

The girls have been sick for the past few days so I took most of the day off today. Kristy left to go shopping and visited some friends. I feel like a lousy Mom. I guess that doesn't make me much of a father either. I'm still not sure about this blog. Earlier today I was "under investigation" apparently it thought I was a spam site or something. Also there is just entirely too many pictures getting posted, maybe I need to have my own site if this kind of shenanigans keeps up. Plus it looks like it's going to be pretty involved to get a page to aggregate all the comments like I had on my old site, if it's even possible to do across multiple sites.

January Visit 2

January was a good month for visitors. Here's Nana, Papa, and Florence coming to see us...dress up, the zoo, and more. Julie wanted Papa to hold her all the time.

Amber playing

When Amber plays she likes to line things up in a row. How many care bears can one Amber hold?

I like the picture feature of blogger

Amber and Florence are buddies. My camera battery died so I don't have pictures of all our South Bend adventures.

My Little Pony

Here's the stage! :) This was Amber's first play. :) She loved it.

Giving it a try.

So here's a new adventure in our blogging lives. Let's give it a whirl. This is one moment from my last trip to South Bend. Nana took me and Amber to see My Little Pony at the Morris Civic Theatre. We had so much fun! Amber kept saying, "Beautiful."

new blog

Hey John Merritt made me this new blog, it's pretty cool. I think I'll keep it. Thanks John!

attrition

I think I know more people that used to work for my company than people that currently work for my company.

Amber's first scripture & prayer in primary

Today Amber gave her first prayer in primary and she gave the scripture: She said, "My scripture is about Jesus, 2 Nephi 21, chapter 9... And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they will hearken unto his voice." I'm not sure if anyone else understood it, but she did it. She wasn't scared or grumpy about it, she's such a sweety. She did an awesome job. We practiced and when I prompted, "And he"...she added, "cometh" without help! Congratulations Amber, your getting so big, I can hardly believe it!

Yes the comments are broken

Again, I would prefer seeing no comments over having to parse through the profanity that was being spewed in every minute. This time I don't think I'll be fixing it. So feel free to start looking into another blog host. I suggest Blogger.com It's almost spelled like booger.com which would be funny. I was about to say not to bother me about the website cause I'm really pissed off about it, but HA, you can't cause it's broken!

The flying festoon

Oh I'm going to ride on The Flying Festoon -
I'll jump on his back and I'll whistle a tune,
And we'll fly to the outermost tip of the moon,
The Flying Festoon and I.

I'm taking a sandwich, and ball and a prune,
And we're leaving this evening precisely at noon,
For I'm going to fly with The Flying Festoon . . .
Just as soon as he learns how to fly.

This poem by Shel Silverstein reminds me of what I do at work, because of all the things I'm expected to do...
that I've never done before.

All knowing & all powerful

I was wondering if I would loose my job if I left the church. But I can't see it happening like that. I don't think the Lord is so temperamental. I think he is would continue to love me even if I wanned from his teachings. I'll bet that is partly why people think there is no God, because we are not familiar with being loved on such a pure level. And in addition to that we're not always in line with his teachings so sometimes he implements some very unexpected ways to get us back on track.