Downstairs has dried out, and we are looking at cheap heavy duty carpet since we will make new carpet a selling point if/when we move ( Read more... )

Worked almost everyday between christmas and new years.

Finally shot the armed guard tests for both OR and WA, passed both.

snow has finally melted, but basement got some water that seeped in from the ground being so saturated, so now we need new carpet.

Work is OK, I really enjoy my job. I was supposed to take an armed guard test shoot on Friday, but the weather shut that down. I have been assigned a car that is in pretty decent shape, but it had totally shitty tires on it that had almost no tread at all. In the recent winter weather we've had, they were useless. "Some of the the tires on this ( Read more... )

Been at the new job for a little more than a month now. The people I work with cut corners, don't do their job, and blame others when something goes wrong. I am simply keeping my head low and doing my job the best I can.

This may not work out so well in the long run, but it is amazing how much a cash-able paycheck can raise one's morale!

I left the old job, boss was a pain in the ass. I felt like a fish that was hooked by the jaw, and the fucker that had me hooked would reel me in, then let the line out, just to reel me back in. That fucker still owes me more than $2K ( Read more... )

In other words, if people only spent what they could really afford, and as a nation and a culture, we used only the credit that we could really afford, we'd all be in better shape ( Read more... )

Woke up at about midnight to the song of a coyote howling somewhere close to the house (maybe within 100 yds). I grabbed a gun and went outside. The goats were spooked and instinctively huddled together for safety. I cast my spotlight around and spotted nothing out of the ordinary. The goats were certainly very frightened, and would not make a ( Read more... )

I want to quickly reach a greater level of effectiveness and responsibility in my job. The position I hold requires it ( Read more... )

I can also be found on Facebook. If you now my real name, I can be found easily.

Linda bought me a palm centro. It's nice, and I can live with the little keyboard OK. I'm actually pretty stoked about the whole idea of moving into the 21st century and it's technology.