So, I called mom and she's back at the house here in town (she's been at her new house in Chaffee for the last week getting it ready to move in, while I've been going over to the old house to get the mail and newspapers.)

Did I mention that?  Yeah, she got her half of the value of the house and she placed a big on a house in Chaffee, Missouri.   ( Read more... )

So, here's the deal, my stepbrother couldn't get off work in December (expect on Dec 18, the day after we were coming back from our trip to Branson), so we're having a late family get together/Christmas celebration January 2nd (later this afternoon, in fact).  So, I went out a few days ago to get some Christmas presents.  Since I had some extra ( Read more... )

So, let's see... we're having a Christmas party this Tuesday at the hotel for the staff and workers, that should be cool.  I think I might have mentioned it earlier... I'm going to be bringing the sodas, in fact I bought them while I was shopping yesterday.  It's funny, when I left that morning, I asked two of the girls who work with me (manager ( Read more... )

12/8/2008

Alright, going to do my patrol, be back in a bit.

Well, let's see here.. it's Monday, payday!  Yay!  I gotta try and figure out what all I need to spend bill wise and how much I MIGHT have left over for Christmas stuff, and other miscellaneous items.  In addition, my CD-ROM recently quit working, so I was hoping I might be able to get a ( Read more... )

One thing I miss about being a kid is being able to get excited about Christmas and my birthday. I've noticed something from watching my  nieces and nephews grow up.  When you're young and cute, EVERYONE wants to give you presents at Holidays and BDays, but when you get older it's like, "Oh, hey, Mike! Happy birthday!"

"Oh, wow.... a road map of ( Read more... )

Okay, so this Friday I got a rather nice surprise.  I went upstairs to watcha  movie with my mom and stepdad and they had a large rectangle package sitting in the seat with a card for me.  I'm like, "Whoa, what's this?"  Turns out it's a graduation present.  I open it up and it's a tripod.  And I'm thinking, "Wait... can't be... are they going to?"

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