End of '07. In with "08!!!

Well it has been another good year. I think everyone would agree that at some point things could have been better. But all in all things were good. We had two healthy babies this year and everyone else still has their health. I guess that is the main thing. Money will be a problem forever. We have to many kids that will only cost more as time goes on. So I am a realist about that.

I am not sure what kind of resolution to make. I really cant think of a single one that I have kept. So not sure if I will even try. If I do it will be either to be healthier or to finish things that I start. Nothing that exciting. We had a great Christmas as we had about 20 people at our house for Christmas Eve. It was real nice. Anybody who has always dreamed of having a big family get together for the holiday's, let me tell ya, it is all that. Got to see my new neice Lilly. She is adorable. All the kids had agood Christmas however the 2 older ones have not really used their mega gifts that cost us out the ear. I hate that with a pation. It is something that they asked for to. I guess that I am not suprised though. It always goes that way but trust me this will be the last year that they get something with that cost again.

Going over to a friends house for New Year's. Supposed to be alot of people there so it should be fun. And comming up right around the corner is my babies birthday. So let the partying continue. I have consumed enough alcohol to run a battleship for a day. I guess that is about it. Not a very exciting blog but had to do one sooner or later. I hope everyone has a Great '08.


lj

Happy Anniversary baby!!!!!

Well today is 3 years for me and my poppers! Only feels like it has been 6 months. I guess it is like ridding the most exciting ride in a theme park. Because you wait in line for you favorite ride and it never seems long enough and you cant wait to get back on it again. Everything has been so great it has just flown by. Now my first marriage felt like it would never end. But I just cant get enough of you Jenn. I am so happy and I owe it all to you. You are truly the best and I thank you for the past 3years and a few months. I love you with all my heart and look forward to the years I am still on this earth. Just be patient with me as I am now calling our dogs different names. And don't worry, Melissa and Megan may try to get me but they will only get me physically, you will only have my heart. I love you baby.

LJ

Fun weekend milestone week ahead

Well my wife had her CHristmas party this weekend. It was a good party and as usual Brad took care of his people yet again. And I am one of those guys who may have been spoiled by the trips to Memphis and to Branson. But he could easily just had out bonus checks or not even do that. He takes the time out of his life to feed, entertain, and bring holiday spirit to his employees. And trust me, comming from a company that thinks very little of its disposable employees, it is very refreshing to see a boss interact with his employees. Congrats to Brad.

I hit the big 3-0 this week on Friday. Could it be the halfway point for me? Who knows what the medical future holds but I am sure 60-65 is going to be very close to the end. But who cares. I am still here today so that is all I need to worry about. Family wants to have a party for me but I am just as happy sitting at home with my kids and wife and chillin. That is my gift. That is when I am most happy. And on the 17th I am celebrating year 3 with my love, Jenn. So that will be nice to. I love the shit out of her. 3 years in and it still feels so new for me.

On some other good news Bubba has signed a one year deal with Sirius. So that was great news as well. Raw celebrated its 15th year last night and it was a real good show. Good to see some of the old guys back on TV. Hulk Hogan, Sgt. Slaughter, Ric Flair, Trish Stratus, and many more.

Well time to be getting ready for work soon. Gotta make chocolate milk and some bottles.


LJ

Friday. How sweet it is!

It is finally Friday. Now granted I do not have tomorrow off but this is the last of my late nights for at least 4 days which is nice. Wife is having her Route 66 party tonight and her company party on Sat. night. I am not going to be able to attend the one tonight just shy of a miricale but will be at the one Sat. night. I think I may be looking forward to an after party more then the party itself. But I am thankful that her boss does care enough to throw out a nice party for all his employees twice a year. Not many places do that anymore.

I am thinking that we are going to get our shopping done this weekend as well. That is gonna be fun. I cant wait to see the faces of the kids this year. Gonna be fun. Lacey I think is really gonna enjoy it.

Well I am missing my baby. Havent really seen her for a week so it will be nice to be with her Sat. night and Sun. . I hope that everyone had a good week. And hope they have even better weekend.

Common sense prevailes again.

Well for now the dreams of being the next big radio star are on hold again. Just as I was done with my first day of class and going through the 6 plus hours I looked around and realized it ws my day off. And it was gone. What happened to my 2 little guys? My 3 girls? My wife? It was mearly one day of prep and one day of class to realize I have not said more then a few passing words to my family. Then it hit me. I wsa chasing a dream. Could I have achieved it? Yes. But at what cost? Missing the boys first steps? Missing another episode of Sponge Bob with my little princess? Not being there for my baby to vent when she needs it the most. Maybe ....just maybe.... my dream does not come in the form of a radio mic. Could it be that my dream comes in the form of two boys that have smiles to share? Could it come from a little girl that needs chocolate milk and in that sweet voice says " thank you daddy"? From 2 ladies that need a wrestling buddy? Or in the form of a life long dream that came 3 years ago on the 17th of this month, my pillar of support and best friend, my wife Jennifer? Yes. My dreams have already came true and I elect not to miss out on it. Thank goodness I cmae to my senses before I got to involved. Maybe someday but for now I am gonna live out the dream I am in now.

I had a great weekend. Much needed R-N-R. Not to mention the great date night I had on Friday. My wife look great as only she can. And as we poured down the booze and had a great little 2 person party, I was lost in the eyes of my best friend on this planet. We played some cards, drank, smoke, rolled the sex dice, and had some mind blowing sex. And as usual she performed like the hell cat that she is. Love it. I was full- hot for her and it was that great kind of sex where you feel a major heart attack comming on shortly after. Well I guess that is enough for today.

LJ

Thanksgiving eve

Well it is the day before Thankgiving and it is nice to see that the weather is getting into thanksgiving form. Sat at home today with all the kids and kicked back again. Other then that nothing else to really update on. I am in the school from what I understand. I was told that I need to get my cam and mic and get ready to start. After the holidays he is going to email me with a start date. So here it goes. Cant wait to learn how alot of this shit is done. And then apply all the knowledge from the school to the bullshit that comes out of my mouth. Should be some form of radio gold. Well till next time.

LJ

2 blogs- 2 days? No doubt a record for me.

Well sat at home and chilled with the little ones. I love these days alone with them. And I get Sara tomorrow as well. So it will be cool tomorrow as well. Cleaned some today nad listen to some radio online. Also sent in some more paperwork for this school I am wanting to get into. I am starting to get that first day of school, butterflies in my stomach. Not at the fact of talking in front of people hopefully down the line. But at the fact that I am about to actually pursue a dream. I mean think of it. How many people actually take a chance and do it? I cant think of anyone that I know. I mean this is a big fuckin deal my friends. This will either be my sucsess story to tell my grandkids or the talk I give to my kids on how at least I tried and failed.

I am sorry this has been the brunt of my blogs lately but I mean it is on my mind. And if all goes well I could have completed the 600 hour course around July or August. Whats that mean? That means that maybe within the next few years I can pollute the airwaves with my voice and knowlege( or the lack of). Either way win lose or draw I am in fact going for it.

And I guess my little devil and angel on my shoulders are telling me ...... EVERYBODY famous or sucsessful had to start somewhere. I know for the handful that have made it there are billions who have failed. I guess that is the rush of it though. What if you maybe....just maybe..... sneak into that elite few of the handful? Needless to say I will still be her bloggin like a mother when I am 70, with my wife, 5 kids, all living in a single wide with the 45 cracked out prostituting, red neck grandkids. Future looks good baby!!!!!!!

LJ

Thanksgiving week... full steam ahead!!

I guess there is not a whole hell of alot to blog about. Didn't sleep well last night. And it never fails you get your best deep sleep about 20 minutes before the fucking alarm goes off. Oh well. However, I am very excited about the 3 day off deal that I got starting tomorrow. No have nothing big planned but will enjoy just screwing around with the kids. Hope to get the wife in the woods one of those evenings.

Thanksgiving will be nice. We are going to Bull Shoals this time. We normally have it at our house but Grandma cant make it. And if she ain't there then we bring the party to her. Not that this is a huge deal but this will be the first time, I think ever, that I have not had thanksgiving with my mom. She has to work. Again no biggie but a first non the less. So for the 3 day off nothing big. But that Friday after is the biggie for retail business and we are gearing up for it. Should make some bank on Friday. And God knows we could use it.

I am seriously pursuing Broadcasting courses. And as long as I can get the funding for it then I am gonna take the course. I am not quiting my job babe. But I am gonna see if someone may need some part time help. Cutting commercials, fill-in's, live broadcasts whatever. So I will just have to fit it in around my big boy job as I take a step in pursuing my dream. So baby look at it as I am getting a second job. If nothing else the peanuts that I will be working for part time might be enough to buy our smoke for a month.

And that is why I love my baby. I know deep in her stomach she thinks I am either not gonna finish this, or this is a waste of time, or thinking I am gonna drop my real job and then we can only have the wrappers of the ramen noodles for dinner. Not the case. I will never quite my Lowes job until someone else can match the money. And in this area that just will not happen. And baby on the bright side, and I am thinking big here, there just may be a day when we are moving to a bigger city doing the radio deal. So who the hell knows. Life is a highway so the song says. We are driving on it in the old grocery getter, 5 kids in the back, and taking it one speed bump, one rest stop, one DWI, one road header at a time. I love the ride no matter how bumpy.

Past 4 days

Well another year of deer camp gone by. No deer to show for it but still get that warm fuzzy feeling each year. It is not just the thrill of the hunt or the company of good friends. It means so much more to me. It takes me back to the times I would go with my Dad. He ran our deer hunting like a military mission. Now I am a bit more relaxed then Dad was however the passion is there just as much. I can remember being about 7 or 8 and Dad had just bought me a 20 guage double barrel shot gun. And I would tel Dad the deer I had seen in the wood. He would ask " why didnt you shoot it"? I would come up with a list of reasons but none of them were the true one. But leave it to a Dad to know. He called me out. He put a bottle on top of a fence post and told me to shoot it off. I would simply tell him I dont want to. ANd it was then he knew I was terrified to shoo the gun. I was affraid it was gonna knock me on my ass and hurt. Well after about 30 min I gave it a try. It did hurt but I knew I was gonna survive.

My Dad was such a die hard. We would leave at 4am get in the woods. come out about 11am. have some lunch at the truck. then go in the woods we we were gonna be in the evening catch a nap in the woods and wake up and hunt there till after dark. come home have some dinner, play ards, and off to bed by about 8 pm. And we would do this for almost 7 days straight. And to go that long with no deer is really a bumber. So this weekend we would still be up by 4 and out in the woods when it is still dark. But we would come home for lunch then back in the woods by 130 or 2. and stay out till dark. We did get to bed early. Had to. Yesterday I was on fumes. We did soooo much walking then sitting, my feet and back are still not speaking to me.

And some people may not get it. It is the trill of the hunt. But there is more to it. At least to me. for example the time you get settles in the woods and there is dead silence, the little things you hear are amazing. A grasshopper jumping sounds like a freight train. Or seeing the animals playing. Not to mention the time you have jsut to yourself to think. THink of the past, present future. It is some of the best therapy. Everyone needs to go to a place for about 3 hours at least once a week in dead silence and just reflect.

Well I guess that is it for this post. And Melissa and Megan, please quit blowing up my phone. There is no need to fight over me. And a special shout out to Megan for comming up to Springfield to babysit me in my room on Tues night. Although I was a bad boy the punishment fit the crime and I thank you for that.

LJ

Dreams? Are they achievable?

You know I have been listening to Howard Stern and Bubba the Love Sponge on a cult like basis. And I reflect back to the many times someone has told me that I would do great as a radio personality or commentary. Shit like that. And the more I have been listening the more I realize I would love to do broadcasting. I am sure that anyone who knows me knows I love to talk. Now whether I have anything to say or not has never been of relevance but I still spout out at the mouth. And as much as I could picture myself behind the mic at a radio station, internet radio show, or calling a ball game, I realize there is a family here counting on me to provide.

So , when you come to that point when you have the ambition to give it a try and you are ready to take whatever steps are required, how do you talk yourself down? How do you say I am going to abandon what I think I could really be great at? I guess that point comes when you look into your kids eyes and realize you have to put a roof over their head and feed them. So do you just spend the rest of your life dreaming? Do you roll the dice and give it a try? I mean everybody had to start somewhere. Right?

I don't know. I am making good money now, and if I were to pursue I would have to have online classes which I have bombed at before. But I think this is something I would really enjoy. Better then that I know I would love it. Something different everyday. And I get to talk. I cant think of any other talent I have that I could do better. And I am sure that you would agree. Like I said before you may not like the content but I always have something stupid to say.

Anyways for now it is a dream. But I am looking into things. And maybe down the road just maybe, you could be hearing my voice at a football game, on a local radio station, or and internet station. And all 1 or 2 of you can say....." I was there at the beginning when this asshole was talking about it on his 2 person blog". ( my wife being one, My stalker being Megan and maybe even my SUPER stalker Melissa). Well I guess my wife talked me into blogging again so I will be back in either a day or so. Could be a 3 month deal again as well.


LJ

Finally Friday

Well off the bomb of my last blog I hope to be better this week. This week flew by. Comming off a real shitty week as far as hours go I topped it off with the worst day I have had as far as customer complaints as well yesterday. Going 16 days with only 2 days off is so brutal. Not to mention the getting up at 600 am and going to bed around midnight or 100 am. It tkaes its toll. Fast. Only good thing about closing is I gt to spend some time with the kiddo's. They are growing so fast and they are to that age where they are sooo curious about everything. Lacey is starting to play a big sister roll with the boys even at the age of 2. She will have great mother instincts when she gets there. And Sara is just the crown jewel. I mean she is not only a big help, smart, respectful, sweet, beautiful, she is everyting and anything a Dad could ask for.

I absolutly hate that I havent seen Jenn for about 1 week. I always miss her so bad. Love that tonight I get to see her. I love her so much. And baby our Saints are tearing it up. They are on fire and I think we will have a lot to cheer about this year. Thats right. Who dat? And as I got up this morning I notice I have several more toys to clean up. I dont know who I have to thank for doing this to me....... I mean for the kids but thank you.

Summer Slam is this weekend. I rememeber as a kid loving Summer Slam fro mall the good matches but hated it cause I was back in school. Should be a pretty good show Sunday night. I am ready for our little tri pthat we have comming up. It will be so nice to get away. Plus it will be nice to see my brothers and sister. I am only dreading hauling these kids so far. I hope all goes well. It will be a long drive and I am braced for that.

I guess comming off of my long part of the schedule I always think of the little things I love about my baby and miss the most. These are such trivial things that I look forward everytime that I am around her. These I guess are little things that if something were ever to happen to her these are things that I would always rememeber.
-wathching her undress to get into bed
-looking at her 3 year old " i didnt do it look" when she burns a meal
-getting into her car and her telling me to "shut up" beforeI comment on the fact there could be a Cuba refugee living in there
- drinking alone with her
-having her tell me no cereal or snaks right before bed and then giving in( real arm twister)
-seeing her face as I destroy her at a game we played
-watching her celebrate when she happens to win one
-sitting outside and just talking with her over a smoke and a drink
- skinny dippin( oooo lala)
- walking in to talk to her in the bathroom nad her telling me to get the hell out
- watching her play with the kids
- seing her intensity as she cracks crab legs open then indulges in every bit
- proving her wrong in a debate and listening to her excusses how she could have been right
- watching her have sex with another woman. nevermind was a dream
- her proud face when she remembers to bring home the 40 coffee cups from work

These are jsut a few of the goodies I love. Small and meaningless to most but things I cherish everytime they happen.

Till next time,

LJ

Nothing better then todays headlines for this blog.

I am not sure if it is the lack of sleep or I am at a loss for words but only thing I can think about to talk about is todays new's stories. So I will give my outlook on them. Yeah I know pretty boring but I always love to hear what other people think of what is going on in the world.

Trapped miners: I have always belived that it is better to be a "realist" then an " optimist". I find it hard to belive that they are alive down there right now. Granted the news today does paint a slightly better picture still just look at the facts. Yesterday they found the mine to be in good shape, the geophones have detected some sound down there for about 5 minutes, and there appears to be some drinkable water down there. But now we are going on 10 days down there. No food. The water is not like a pond it is just small amounts of running water. Oxygen is a rare commodity if there is any at all. Folks these guys are dead. And you will see a long list of people who will inspect the mine, and try to place blame. Bottom line, this is just the nature of the beast. These guys all know the risk. They get paid accordingly. Unfortunate, yes. And if I was a family mamber I would expect the worst and hope for the best. Under promise and over deliver should be the tone the mine owner and rescue teams are using. If I was running the PR for this operation then I do not think I would have disclosed the fact that noises were found. It confuses. They even said could be an animal, rocks falling, anything. I do hope they find they find them soon. Dead or alive.

Wrestler found dead: Now anyone who has read my blog knows I am a die hard fan of wrestling. And this is the worst form of a witch hunt I have seen in a long time. Of course everyone has heard of the Chris Benoit murder/suicide. Yes he wrestled for WWE at that time. Yes, he took steroides. But the facts of that story are he was a fucking nut. Didnt talk to people, was abusive, and had some personal demons. Fact, the toxicology show a track of steroids but not near enough to have " roid rage". ANd you think if he just shot up and had a " roid rush" The guy would have put Bibles next to them? Or live in the house with a dead body for almost 2 days. No he was just sick in the head. Now then lets fast forward to today. A wrestler by the name of Brian Adams is found dead at the age of 44. Loaded with steroids, drugs, alcohol. Yeah probably and over dose or heart failure. But what gets me is the headline reads " another WWE wrestler found dead" . He has not been employed by WWE for 6 years or so. He fractured his spine so I am going to guess he was getting his steroides legally for that. So now any person tht is not a fan of wrestling is saying burn the WWE they are killing guys. WWE has ahd nothing to do with this guys for years. What about the promotion he last worked for in JApan? Why not post their name in the headline. He has been retired for a few years. And if I had to make an educated guess he used to be on top of the world. And when you sustain an injury that takes you out of the sport you love you will get depresed. And if you are taking drugs and such mixed with depression, bad things will happen. I would be willing to bet that if you polled all the wrestlers who have died prematurly they would tell you wrestling had nothing to do with it. They loved the business and wish they could still be in it. Do you see Universal Studios or other movie companies getting the blame for Phil Hartman or Chris Farley dying? Nope. The media has an easy target and if it sells, you will get a sicking dose of it.

Michael Vick: I hope this asshole burns at the stake for what he did. If you havent seen the photos of the dogs that were recused from the house you need to google them. It is enough to make you wanna slap the black off his dumb ass. He gets everything he has comming to him. His career is done and he better be as fast as he was on the field. Because there will be many boys chasing him in the showers where he is headed.

Well that is it, getting ready to go have lunch with my great freind Don. Where he and I will debate why my dmocrates will destroy his republicans next year.

LJ

I see trees of green, red roses to......

What a wonderful world. I noticed my wife listed some things that made her day. Well I am gonna go one step further and list some of the things in life that I love. Everyone has these and I would love to see some comments back on what yours are.

- smell of puppies breath.
- the feel of a crisp fall morning.
- smell of the woods on opening day of deer season.
- smell of fresh cut grass in the evening sipping a drink.
- Alaskan King snow crab
- unplanned sex
- new car smell
- pat on the back for a job well done
- first big snowfall of the year
- being snowed in with the one you love
- 1st regular season football game
- staring at Jenn while she sleeps
- poker old school style. ( not overly holdem)
- seeing an asshole get theirs
- seeing someone who struggles, overcome
- Monday Night Raw
- seeing children smile
- babies laugh
- a dance with my daughters
- parting hard, drinking smoking, darts, skinny dippin, ect... all with just my wife
- having spare cash just to blow ( been a long time since that has been poss.)
- going on a real vacation ( this year looks like it might happen)
- big cedar lodge
- mowing the grass
- hot tubs
- my inlaws
- beaches
- steak,potatos, asparagus dinner
- smell of burning leaves
- being held by Jenn out of the blue for no good reason
- riding a 4 wheeler

Those are some of the things that come to mind. I really cant wait for fall to get here. Alot of those things seem to come in the fall. Get to take Jenn hunting for the first time so I am stoked about that. Football will be in full swing, weatehr will be cooler, jst cant wait for it to get here.

Some things I hate:
- Liars
- summer heat
- people who are phoney
- mean dogs
- most cats
- stale chips
- asshole co workers
- price of gas
- most republican poloticians
- being broke all the time
- closing late at night
- things not organized
- tempratures over 85
- death of loved ones
- people who harm children
- todays cars and trucks
- gas prices
- taxes
- womans period
- snobs
- rude customers
- stereotypical rednecks
- arrogant yankees
- people who complain about money that have plenty of it
- people who abuse unemployment, welfare, ect
- people who force their belifes down your throat
- companies that screw people out of their life savings
- rapid inflation and a 15cent an hour increase every 4+ years to compensate
- men who abuse women
- suicide
- drunk drivers
- people who abuse animals ( damn you Michael Vick)
- mower cutting uneven
- steping in dog piss or shit first thing in the morning

I probably could go on and on with this one but I guess that will do. Love you baby!!!

LJ

Random thoughts.....

Is to honest to much? If someone asks me a question I am going to give the brutal hard truth for an answer. I would like to think that even though they may not want to hear it, they would respect the fact that I am as honest as it comes. I know I would want the same.

Should I be worried that I am getting like your average old person as far as memory goes? I can remember 1995 and earlier like no problem. Even yesterday will hang with me for a day or so. But 2 or 3 days + and I am lost. Please tell me I am not the only guy still hangin in his 20's that has this problem.

If your significant other was lying in a deep sleep and started to play with themself would you have concern?

Notice as time goes on friends are sort of treated like cloths. I mean after you look in your closet and realize you have not worn that in some time, you decide to get rid of it. That shirt may have some great memories and you may have worn that shirt everyday but you realize it is not "in" anymore or it just doesnt fit your lifestyle. You realize that you need to do less laundry and need more room in your closet for other things. I dont think that you dont like that person anymore or they are a bad person but you just dont keep in touch and realize between work and family that they just dont fit in the closet anymore. And some of those shirts I thought would hang in the closet for a while if you know what I mean.

There are bold pen people and there are fine point. There are blue ink and black ink people. Ball point and gel. For me I am a blue ink, bold print, and side twards gel unless I am using carbon copy paper.

I am very proud of the fact that the wife and I have merged into the New Orleans Saints football team. Comming from the Cowboy's and the Bear's ( respectivly) I have agood feeling about OUR team. But should I find my loving wife is straying for the Bear's the I am going to give her a beating much like the rest of the NFL will put on the Bear's.

Where has the time gone? already been 6 years since 9/11, 12 years since Oklahoma City bombing, 13 years since Bill Clinton's 1st term, 9 years since my firstborn came into this world, 12 years since out of high school, 15 years since my " first time", and 3 years since the the hottest, long legged woman I have ever seen became my life, my world, and my purpose for being alive. I love you baby!!!!

LJ

Slave for a day? What should one do?

Havent we all wanted a slave for a day? Well how about for 5 day's? Now with all those days to fill up what would one do? I am looking for some good suggestions from fellow bloggers. I can think of the regular goodies to come up with but would love some input. I mean some creative idea's. Now I know she is a great friend to most of you but be true to the cause. I know that if I were the slave you guys would be shooting out some pretty tough task's. I am asking for the same. If any of you need some strong advice I would be more then happy to help. Now as a fellow blogger I am looking for some help here. Cant be cruel. Love her to much to toture her. But some fun loving things.

Now that she has seen the title to my blog already and broken the cardinal rule of NEVER READ ANOTHER PERSONS BLOG UNTIL FINISHED, I am already in the dog house. Needless to say she lost a bet fair and square and has been a very good sport so far. Because betting is about as serious as it gets in our house, it would be a mojor war should one of us welch on a bet. Again I do not want to abuse it cause I have to live with her. But all I ask is for some good ideas from you people. Help a blogger out here. I look forward to the comments.

LJ

Shave or not to shave? That is the question.

What is it that makes a girl like a guy with facial hair? Is it the tickle when he goes " down south"? Is it because it gives him that tough grizzly woodsy lumberjack look? I am not sure. I know that I go back and forth between shaving, full beard, and goatee. I like the full beard because there is almost no shaving at all. Saves money on razors and time in the mornings. On the same hand it does after time make me look like a bit scruffy like I just found civilization. Then there is the goatee. Now I like this very well. A nice even balance between keeping a clean face with a hint of tough guy facial hair. Only problem is and it is the same with the beard, the "platinum" highlights add at least 10 years to me. And I am really not that vain, but even after a while I start to look in the mirror and wonder where all the years went. Then the clean shave. I love it. Looks good. Feels clean. And makes me look my age-ish. Of course there is the cost of razors and the time in the mornings. But I really like it. Now I am sure I wil lgive into my wife and grow something back. And I am sure tha I will be ready for it but of all the options I do know that when I shave, that day I feel so much younger, cleaner, and more comfortable. So I guess I know why I like all the diffrent types facial hair/ clean shaving. But I would love to hear why women like their man clean shaving or with hair. And baby if you are the only one who reads this, ask some of the ladies to comment on it and post it so I know it is comming from them. Be honest and dont bull shit me. I wanna know why you like the facial hair or hate it.

LJ

Girls always patting on the back.

I was reading my wifes blog and usually check the comments as well. And it got me thinking. I am sure that this will cause most of you girls out there to wanna argue with me but if you are honest with yourself you will know it is true. And maybe most of you havethe answer to it.

Why is it that girls are always haveing a personal pep rally for each other. I mean it is really quite sickening at most levels and maybe it isbecause I am a guy and dont understand. But even for the littleset thing you girls are ..... " you go girl, you are the best and the world loves you" or " that a girl, put your big girl panties on" whatever the hell that means.

And again I am not tryingto pick fights, just trying to understand, but I thought that women were equals. On some level superior. And I would agree with that. Women are on the forefront of many important things in the world. WE are about to have a woman president and I am gonna be proud that i voted for her. But I think women are acting alot like some African Americans.

Women seem to always play the " we are the underdog" card even after you burnt your bra's. Just like you find some blacks that still think that whites owe them the world. There is a saying... confidence breeds sucsess. Women dont need the you can go girl mentality. girl power. How many guy power shirts you see out there? It is because it has been installed in the minds of everyone that men are superior. We have dominated the white house. Why? there are jsut as many men that vote as there are women. THere should have been a woman running for President every year for the past 30 years.

women need to stop playing the underdog card. If you best a guy at something be it a game, be it a political race, a job promotion over a guy or anything that strengthens the fair gender dont be suprised. Act like it is something you knew was gonna happen. The stong do not survive, the smart do. I will take brains over brawn any day. THis is one of the features that make Hillary such a great woman. She is not running as the first possible woman president, she is running as the confident best choice. Her confidence inspires me and it should be a measuring stick for how all women should act.

So save the "you go girls". Keep your " I am with you sister". Keep these firey statments in your head. Because in my eyes and eyes of maybe male bosses, peers, friends all it is saying I am walking into this meeting, conversation, debate, challenge thinking I do not belong here and should not win this but thanks to girl power I got ya. It plays the underdog card and in any kind of fight the underdog may get lucky a time or to but the confident one will come out on top more times then not.

This is not, and i repeat, NOT a girl bashing blog. Just some personal friendly advice on how to strengthen your slot in the world. I think women are in so many more ways much stronger then men. They may not be lifting the 200lb moving box but they are smart enough to get the furniture dolly and move it with ease without breaking her back. Women and men equal? Of course but maybe it is time that you guys show the confidence that says " you are not in my league" without saying a word.

LJ

So many fires....so little water!!!!

Whats the cure? What is the cure to all the problems people face today? I know everyone has their own problems but this is my damn page so I get to talk about the things that are an itch I just cant seem to scratch.

It seemed forever that I waslooked to for alot of answers. Even at the age of 17 and on, people like my Father, mother, brother, girfriends, friends and total strangers always would come to me for answers. I had them. I was a great listener. And many times even suprised myself with the results of my advice. But where did all the answers go? It seems that as the days go by I seem to get dumber.

I am not sure if it was the "ol school" upbringing my father had given to me that made me wiser. Or if it was the failed attempts of relationships peple had that I seen crumble that I learned from. Or even the total inner explosion of my brother and the " me-me-me" personality of my mother. But somewhere between 9 and 26 I was the fountain of great information. And then it just was gone. Just like someone clapped their hands and thelights went off.

I guess that with all those answers a confident man stood behind them. I felt untouchable to failure. Immune to pain. But when my business started failing and the loss of my father, my crytonite had been found. I am human. And as I a will oftn do I will refer back to a westling analogy. The Champ had finally checked out. I had lost it all. I a matter of a few months. Gone.
I drove 50,000 dollar trucks. HAd the toys: 4-wheelers, boats, cassic cars, ect. All gone. I was human. Maybe for the first time in my life.

Now, feeling I have lost all the answers, nd having noone to get them from, I am at the base of a huge mountain looking up. And that is okay. I am appreciating things I once missed. Noticing that the best things in life are in fact free. And at the base of that mountain I have my strength. My wife. And it may sound mushy and tupid, but I do feel that we will climb it to together. Because of OUR strength we can do it. I may not have all the answers bu I know that Jenn and I an figue them out together. And maybe.......just maybe just when someone thinks THEY have the answers.........WE will change the questions!!!!!!

Enclosing, I am in fact still the champ in my life and plan to be for the next 50 years God willing. And all I can hope for is that my meory will not fail me. Please let me forget the hate my mother has, the self destruction of my brother, the self pitty of some friends, and let me remember the love and support of my in-laws, the leadership and flawless fathering of my Dad, and the warm embrace, endless love, and infinate wisdom of the greastst woman on the face of this planet and any other discovered, my Wife.

LJ

Have to get on here.........cant let wife one-up me!!!

Well I guess since the Queen of my little castle is on here I have to follow suit. Cause everything she can do I can do better. ( I olove you babe). I know I do not need to run down the long, long, long list of things that I dominate you at but just in case you forgot, darts, horse shoes, poker, baseball ( cards), softball, monopoly, yatzee, risk, golf, wheel of fortune, family feud, thumb wrestling, and the list goes on.

Now with all that being said, I can not tell storeis or feeling as well as she can. I can't use the proper spelling or grammer like her. I will miss type often. I guess you would say I am the common man of typing/blogging. And to be honest I never knew what a blog was till I seen this.
But I am sure that anyone who will be reading this anyway knows who I am, how I talk, and what I am about so I am not to worried about it.

Well about me, I am a 29 year old, married father of 5 kids, 1 stepdaughter. Owner of three dogs. And work at Lowe's in Mtn Home. I love everything about my life. ANd I can thank 1 person and one person only for that and that is my wife Jenn. As the heading of this thing say's, I am the King and Champ. Mainly because of her. Now you have to understand that I am a huge wrestling freak. But like in any sport there is always a champion. And every morining I get up and see her next to me, it feels like when you are the Super bowl champ's in front of all their fans holding up the trophy. Or I feel like Hulk Hogan holding the championship belt in front of all his fans after winning the match. I may never put on another football helmet, and I will never lace up a pair of wrestling boots. Put I promise that the spotlight is always shinning down on me and she is the reason why. Some people in life will have a best friend they can always count on. Some will have a true love of their life that makes thier heart melt. But you know you hit the jack pot when you find the one that is both. And I firmly belived she saved my life. Literally.

August 1st is right around the corner. What is special about that day? That is the worst day in my life. A day I will never forget. The day my Dad passed away almost 3 years ago now. Some people see me now and all my hapiness but it did not used to be like that . I had to go to the ER for a suicide watch. I called my doctor and talked to him,(he was good friend of the family). And I am not telling all of this for some sympathy it is leading up to something. And this was when Jenn and I were just seeing each other. But she was there for me through the whole thing. From the call from my mom telling me she could not find dad, to the 911 call I made. Throught the hour+ wait on the dock as the divers went down to see if he was down there. And ever to watch the boat carry my Dads body to the launch ramp, place him in the hearse and drive right past us. She was there with my hand in hers. And at this point i was coming out of a nightmare of a relationship so I wasnt sure about women nor did I have much interest of getting burned. But she was always there. It was never about her either. She never brought up a single need she had, what she wanted to talk about. And if there was just silence she would let it be she would not jsut ramble on. I would honestly bet if she was not there at that time I would be partying with my Dad right now. Jennifer was my strenght. I had nobody when my dad dies. I was not close to my mom. My best friend at the time was sleeping with my slut of a girlfriend that I had just left. Jenn you are the reason that I am still here. ( I am sure some wish you would not have come) hehe.

Once the acceptance of my fathers passing started to set in I began to notice what was in front of my face. Like I said before I can not put things in fancy terms but it was alot like sitting outside in the morning watching the sun come up. you just are looking around at all the pretty trees and stuff then all the sudden the sun is in the sky. It is right there. And that is how she was for me. Once the complete depresion started to fade I started t osee what I had right in front of me. And I think for once I wasnt taken by looks first. I realized that she had put me first. And she was pouring out all her emotions and I was not giving anything back. Not because I didnt like her but because I had so much on my mind I was in overload mode. If I was her I would have bolted. She built our relationship. And she built this great thing that we have now. And I am so thankful to God that this is one " golden" opportunity that he did not let pass me by.

And the rest is history. I guess I could type all day on this but I gotta leave something to type about another time.

Llew