Our daughter got a big surprise on Friday night … a young man by the name of Darren, surprised her by asking her to spend the rest of their life together as husband and wife. They have been dating for some time now and will make a great couple. We are very happy for them both.

They were giving a concert at our church and singing many of the songs that they had wrote together … at the end of the concert, Darren thanked the 150 people that were their and turned to ask Marissa the question. It took her about 1/2 a second to say yes.

The date will be July 24th 2010 here in Gresham.

Have a great day

David

So my wife and I decided to invest in the most expenses thing we own, our home. A month and a half ago, our bank “gladly” gave us some money to pay off the other bank along with some extra cash. With that money, we decided to invest in the house … Even though we will be doing a few cosmic changes, most of the money will be spent on system’s that hopefully will save us some money in the long run.

So in came a new heater/heat pump compo, new windows, more insulation up stairs and new insulation under the house. With the new windows comes new blinds, some painting and a few little changes.

Some of the cosmitc changes will be new flooring, concret pad next to our house and new counter tops.

These will be nice and will bring new excitment to our home as well.

Pictures to follow.

Have a great day.

One of my summer projects included removing some plants that have been hanging around since we had the home … change is good …well as my son and I started in … without warning …I got stung by a bee … in the lip.

Well I took it well .. keep moving along … nothing changed for about 5 minutes .. but I can tell it was starting to swell ….

My son came back from another place in the yard and he could stop from busting up … I had to see … so I looked into the mirror in the truck and this is what I saw. (see photo)

What a funny looking site …

And what did my wife do when she got home … love and concern … no … she laughted harder then my son did.

all in a days work

Have a great day

David

So after 30 years … alot of gray hair and some wonderful time spent away from the group of young people that I hung out with for some 10 years … we are hooking  up again.

Should be a fun day … I will let you know how everything went … take some pictures and share with you all when I get back

Have a great day

David

So I had another theme I was running with, but it didn’t allow widgets. Something I wanted! I just had a few moments to day to find another them that was simple but would allow the widgets and plug ins.

What have I added? Well most of everything in the side bar … I did loose something that came with the original theme, but the value of adding plug in’s was big for me.

There you go!

Have a Great Day

David

Around the brown house, we have been talking about getting a rug cleaner. With a little puppy that loves to dig in the garden and then run in the house … well, you can guess what happens to the rugs. So, my daughter calls me up and says “Dad, I found a nice rug cleaner at a garage sale, and the sign says it as only been used once”! Right, I thought, only once … sure. Well, I was in the neighbor hood so I decided to check it out.

When I arrived and inquired about the rug cleaner, this story followed. May I say right off the bat, I beleived this gal because this might of been something I would of done. It seems that her husband bought it for her for a Christmas gift. She wasn’t really thrilled about it, but tried it out. For her, it was to much work, so she was selling it. I believed the story.

So I get home to tell Donna … guess what I bought you today! No not really. I don’t think I would do that to Donna.

Have a great Day

David

There was a rich man who died in London many years ago. He left a large endowment to a hospital in England. His will stipulated that, as a condition of the gift, his ashes be brought to the board room for each board meeting and placed at the head of the table. For more than a century the secretary of the board added to the minutes of each meeting the words, “Jeremy Bentham, present but not voting.” He was here, but his presence didn’t make a difference. When we are committed to denying ourselves, taking up our crosses and following the Lord that kind of commitment will make us different will result in our lives making a difference.

Have a great day

So, the next best social networking tool they tell me is Twitter. From what I hear, there are big time sides being taken over this thing. On one side, there are those that would say … way to much info. Why would I want to know what someone is doing every single second of the day. “Sitting down to coffee …. heading out to work …. meeting my sister for lunch” why do we need to know all this. Well, I can see this side’s point. I wouldn’t want to know either.

The other side, as a good point as well … they call twitter, the mini-blog site or the digital headliners. With it’s 140 character limited the goal is to be short and swift … to bring others to another place .. wither that is information on the fly or enticing me to read on.

Well, don’t tell anyone, but I’m testing this stie out … I couldn’t use my name (someone else beat me to it … common name challenged) so I used a nick name I used in a sports fourm when my kids were in school.

I’m also using one for our church … for folks to get quick reminders of events and prayer request directed to their phones.

We will have to see where this all leads me.

Have a great day.

Today is a great day to go golfing. Going to have a good time with a friend of mine, the greens and 18 holes. Have a great day, David.
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After coming into the house a couple of day’s ago, my son and I heard a loud bang in the garage … when I heard it … I knew what it was …. one of the large springs that helps us bring our single garage door up and down. This is the fourth one we have replaced in the last 10 years.

Talking to the tech … he says that each spring is rated for 10,000 lifts. So accourding to my calulations, that is about 10 to 12 lifts a day. Wow, I need to start using the front door. At $125.00 a spring … I really need to use the front door.

Have a great day.

David