A little trouble getting in the Spirit
I have to admit that this year I have had trouble getting in the Christmas Spirit. Not with the true meaning and spirit of Christmas the birth of Christ but just with I guess the secular Christmas stuff you might say? I am having trouble expressing this thought so before I twist this around to where no one can understand it let me just say it this way
The birth of Christ our savior I am good with.
The spirit of giving this time of year I am good with.
Everything else large and small in between I am just kind of blahhhh.
I can’t really explain why I have been blah this Christmas. The blessings that my family and I have received this year are truly too numerous to count. Maybe I am just tired and really need the next 13 days that I have planned off we’ll see. (but back to the point of the post)
Then we get to today, when I received the video below in an email today from a friend. It just made me smile and just kicked me out of my Christmas Blah.
So if you are experiencing the Christmas Blah this year I hope it does the same for you.
Thanks Kathy Smith for yanking me out of the Christmas Blah.
A surprise in a Christmas Card
While opening the mail today I received a little surprise. In the Christmas Card from my Uncle Phillip and Aunt Delores they stuck in this old picture.
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I can not tell you the last time that I thought about Trigger the horse in the picture. He was kept on my grandfather’s Farm in Jackson County.
Thanks for the old memories and bringing a random smile to my face today.
Quotes
“All man’s troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room” Blaise Pascal
“In God we Trust; all others must bring data” W. Edwards Deming
Quotes
This particular quote comes from me. After I said it last Sunday night Jess stopped, wrote it down, and told me I needed to add it to the website.
“Sometimes you just have to shut your cake hole and know your blessed”
Jake Stapleton November 11th, 2009
and no the context will not be shared
Today is 3 years
Yep its hard to believe that three years ago today we moved into what was then our “new house”. Since then we have remodeled the entire house finishing up the inside during my vacation in October of last year. Which was not all that bad when you think about all the days I have been on the road. Technically we have been in the house 1095 days and of those days I have spent about 225 nights on the road. So if you do the math I have been gone 20% of the time that we have owned the house (29% of the time if you just count business days).
Enough math now the important bit. Like any good homeowner I have before and after pictures showing all the work. Sure I could just post the pics but a movie is always better enjoy!
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