Thank you 9/11

Thank you 9/11

The challenge of this day is to remember. It is easy to remember where you were at, what you were doing, and what was happening. But can we look back and remember what we can be thankful for?

Thank you 9/11

Thank you for those that lost loved ones, your loss is great and I have prayed that time has taken the pain away, but others are reminded to be thankful for the loved ones we have around us now.

Thank you for reminding us that we have the freedom to pray.

Thank you for the public servants of the police, fire department and many more that went out that day to do a job, which reminds us that the job they have is also a duty to us.

Thank you for 9/12, which reminds us of the next day seeing all the flags waving with American pride, knowing we would overcome and “our flag was still there”.

Thank you to those who started to search for survivors, which reminds us that when this country has a tragedy, all differences are put aside and we band together to help each other, Like “One Nation Under God.”

Thank you for reminding us that we live in a great country, that we have the freedom to have a different opinion than our neighbors and still live in peace.

Thank you to those who found a cross under the debris and stood it up as a symbol of Hope.

Thank you for reminding us that we live in a country that allows us to raise a cross and freely worship it.

Thank you Todd Beamer for saying “Let’s Roll”, reminding us of the American spirit of fighting for what is right no matter the sacrifice.

Thank you to Todd Beamer’s family

Thank you to President George W. Bush for repeating those words “Let’s Roll.” Taking the fight to the terrorist and protecting this county.

Thank you to the military for taking action and making us feel safe.

Thank you to the families that have; a son, daughter, mom, dad, wife, and husband which are serving in the military. Your sacrifice to us does not go unnoticed.

Thank you to all military Past and Present, that we have the freedoms that allow us to say “God Bless America.”

Thank you President Barack Obama for continuing the fight and keeping this nation safe.

Thank you for May 2, 2011, the day our military took down the main terrorist.

Thank you 9/11 for reminding us how important our government leaders are.

Thank you also for reminding us that we have the freedom to vote for those leaders.

Thank you to all that kept on living, going to work, paying bills, going out on a Saturday night date, getting married, having babies, etc… “The terrorist did not win.”

Thank you 9/11, we now have 9/12 and beyond to be thankful for. To remember how great our country is, the people who protect it, the people who live here, and the freedoms that we have. Like saying “God Bless America”

Lamentations 3:21-23

Yet I called this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Pepper Spray and Kittens in this Crazy World

It goes without saying that this world is a crazy place. Probably because there are just some crazy people in it, just look to your left and to the right you’ll see what I’m talking about. If there is no one around, take a look in the mirror…. There ya’ go.

My wife likes to go running at the park across the street. So being the protective husband I am, and not being able to be with her all the time, I bought her some pepper spray for a little protection. I would hope I wouldn’t have to worry about anything bad happening, but like I said this is a crazy world we live in. While my wife was running one day she came across some kittens that were in a storm drain.

Enter Crazy person number one; some cruel person just decides to dumb these kittens in a park to fend for themselves. I wish I knew who they were so I could shove them in a storm drain and walk away. So my wife calls me up and tells me about the kittens. I tell her to leave them there and either call animal control, or one of the kids that practice football there will beg their parents to take them home. I also agreed to go check on them that night when I got home from work. So we go to the park after diner to check on the kittens, and there they were lying around on the parking lot. The parents and kids were leaving and just walking by the kittens as if they didn’t exist.

Enter Crazy people number two through at least 15; these people didn’t care that these little kittens were just lying there almost dehydrated and starving. You would think one of these people with their many bottles and coolers of water would have given something to these helpless animals. On top of that their little punk kids were trying to scare the kittens by screaming and jumping at them. The parents just let them do it and did not saying anything. The Bible says spare the rod, spoil the child. I was looking for my rod for both the kids and the adults. So we caught one of the kittens, the other one was too scared and ran back into the storm drain. We took the one home and got it some food and water, and then we went back for the other thinking it might not be as scared when there were not as many crazy people at the park.

Enter Crazy person 16; myself. So here I am about 9:00 at night chasing a little black fur ball around the park. Thinking to myself; I was crazy thinking that my wife would ever just leave these kittens out here, I was crazy thinking that they would never end up at my house, and now we are going to be known as the crazy cat people of the neighborhood because we are going to have four cats (we already have two) running around our place. Now I just have to convince some other crazy person to adopt one of these kittens. What type of crazy world do we live in that the same place where my wife needs pepper spray to go running there are cute little kittens running around?

Back to school

Remember going back to school as a young kid and your first assignment was to write a report on “What I did over the summer.” One year I was so excited to report that my parents got me a tent and I camped in my backyard almost every night. Since school has started back for most kids I thought I would give my summer report.

Over the summer I went to work every day and on the weekends I; put screen boards on the back porch, mowed the lawn, cleaned the garage, put up a ceiling fan. We did go to the beach for a week, but after that; we had to replace the pool pump and AC unit, my battery died on my car and I hit my head on a rock while tubing down a river. When did I become an adult and my summers quit being fun. I think I’m going to pitch a tent in my backyard this weekend and get some of my old comic books and a flash light.

Welcome back to school kids. I am a little jealous that I don’t get to shop for back to school supplies. I miss getting a new box of crayons and picking out a cool lunch box.

Long Summer

I originally started this blog to just keep things separate from my other two blogs (Gabbin-bout-Grub) and The Bachelor Pad). So I don’t write here often, but this summer has been long. Kids would probably love to have a long summer. But, when adults say something is long, that is never a good sign.

First, before we go on our vacation we have been having trouble with our neighbors kid a.k.a. Satan JR. He seems to think it is fun for him and his friends to throw their liquor bottles in our pool. Well I think it would be fun to put my fist in his nose, but doesn’t mean I should do it. So we spent MONEY to put a big fence on the neighbor’s side of the pool. We get back from vacation, ready to enjoy the privacy of our pool and we have a leak in our pool filter. Call a pool guy to fix it, he makes it worse and tells us we need to get a whole new filter and pump. Luckily he never charged us for his visit of making matters worse, because he couldn’t fix anything. But we had to spend more MONEY for a pump and filter. So after waiting two weeks for our new pool parts we had to spend more MONEY on chemicals because our pool was so green from not having the filter running for two weeks. So we get our pool up and running in time for one of the hottest days of the year, when our AC unit breaks down. Guess what? We have to spend more MONEY to get that replaced.

So not only is a long summer not a good thing, but it also means you have to spend a lot of MONEY. Hopefully we won’t be in for a long winter.