Day 231

There were a couple things I wanted to talk about, but when I sat down to write, I blanked out. You're welcome.

School starts next week for me. I am looking forward to it, but I still have to figure out how many classes I'm taking. I am registered for three right now, but I might drop one. My intention was to work part time, and do part time school. Taking two classes would allow me to pick up more hours at work should they come available.

I have to get up earlier than usual in the morning, so I'm heading to bed now. I feel like I could sleep for 5 weeks.

Thanks so much for stopping by and reading. Love you guys. Take care!

Day 230

Hey, 230! As I've said before, reaching increments of 10 makes me happy.

Day off today, and I'm in a coffee shop. Ha ha...I'm checking out a place called Collective Coffee, on 20th street in Saskatoon. It has one of those mini garage door style doors (which I love), opening it up to the air. They also have a regular door to the side, for when the winter hits. The decor is really nice as well. Their espresso and coffee beans are supplied by Intelligensia out of Chicago. Pretty tasty stuff, if you ask me. Anyway, I'm still partial to Museo...but maybe I'm biased. Both places putting out good product, and I always support small local businesses, even if they are competing. There is definitely a lot more room still for quality coffee bars in Saskatoon....like, for quite a few more, if you ask me. Also, there needs to be a guy/girl to go around teaching other coffee shops some skills and tips, etc to improve their stuff.

Anyway, not sure what else to write about at the moment. Life seems like it's going pretty good these days. At least, my definition of pretty good. Actually I would say it's going really well. I'm looking forward to starting a regular class schedule, and working around it, and continuing honing my skill behind a camera. I mentioned previously, I think, that I purchased a flash. I'm looking forward to using that more, especially off camera. My in-law's have a nikon flash as well, so I'll be able to use my camera to control those and do some different lighting stuff. I don't really know the first thing about flash/strobe photography, so I'm basically a blank slate. Well, I shouldn't say blank...my friend Jason Finkbeiner of Jay Scott Photography has been slowly teaching me about lighting and using flashes off camera. I say slow because I'm a bit of a slow learner at times...especially with stuff that's so technical. The artistic side might be a bit easier for me to learn...but the technical stuff is a bit of a challenge. Anyway, please stop by Jay's site, and if you're so inclined, comment and like his stuff.

I also want state that when I say that my life is going well these days, I don't really mean that my life was terrible previous to now. I didn't feel good, and there were a few things that could have been going better...but I always knew that my life itself was nothing to complain about, because I had breath, and had a wife who loved me, and friends and family who did as well. Anyway, hope that makes sense. Maybe it's just a bit easier now, because certain things have improved. I think I'm just thinking in type. Something to think about, anyway.

Thanks for stopping by again. Love you all. Take care.

Day 229

Last sleep at the acreage, and Tuesday morning I will finished packing up and doing laundry then I'll take our stuff back to the apartment. Looking forward to being in our own place again, even though it's nice to be in a house.

Tuesday and Wednesday are my days off this week. Days off have meaning again in my life, which is a very good thing.

I'm going to sit down tomorrow and blog a bigger one I think. Our days have been pretty full for the last week, hence the lame blog posts.

Take care, all of you. Thanks for stopping by. Love you!

Day 228

Okay, sorry about the late post. I sat down to write this last night, and for some reason the server couldn't be found. Not sure if there was anything I could have done about that, but here we are.

Work has been good. I've enjoyed learning how to work in a small business setting, which is fun in many ways.

Last night as I was enjoying supper with my wife's family, I realized I was thinking about work, and wanting to go back and get better at it.

I think I'll stop there. Ha, I can hear chickens roaming around the yard.

Take care everyone.

Day 227

Late, and I'm super tired. I worked this afternoon, and went to a wedding reception tonight. Overall it was a good day.

I'm going to leave it really short, because my mind isn't firing on all cylinders at the moment.

I hope everyone of you is doing okay. Leave a note to say hi if you'd like. I check them regularly, and will reply, unless I miss a comment for some reason.


Take care, and thanks for reading.

Day 226

Tonight a strange thing happened to my wife and me. My wife was busy during most of the evening, so I hadn't seen her all day. When the time came for me to pick her up, I was really looking forward to seeing her. I missed her. Anyway, Throughout the evening, I started feeling a bit sick, and frustrated with not finding/not wanting to find dress clothes. What I didn't know at the time, my wife was having a bit of a rough night as well, for various reasons. Anyway, short story even shorter, even though I missed her and was looking forward to seeing her, we ended up having sort of an argument. Turns out that both of us just wanted the others empathy, but neither of us were offering. Anyway, we worked it out, and things are just fine, like I know they'll always be. It just sucks when it happens!

Well, work again tomorrow, then a wedding reception. I miss the ceremony, which is okay with me, because it's going to be hot in that church, and it'll probably be a longer service, being catholic and all (no offense to Catholics...but your wedding ceremonies are much too long). I do, however, get to go to the reception and eat food. Good deal for me.

That's all I think for now. Thanks again for reading my daily blog. You're the best! Love you.

Day 226

Well, the birthaversary, or annibirthary, or whatever you want to call it, is basically in the books. Started off dropping my wife off at work, and coming back to the acreage to tend to the animals. After a while, I went back in to the city, where I picked up a flash for my camera. From there I went to work and had a good busy 5 hours there. After work I went for supper with my wife, then went for a hair appt for her, then met for ice cream with my parents-in-law. I can't tell you why the day was so good...it was just good. I feel satisfied after a day like today. Maybe I'll figure out how to explain it another time. For now, it was just a good day.

I was scared to turn 33. Jesus was about 33, and he changed the world. I have done nothing of the sort.

Okay, really though, I've been thinking of what my 33rd year will have in store for me. I got to thinking about changing the world, and how I could do that. Then I got to thinking, I could do that on a person by person basis. So, simply, but not easily, I want to positively change people's lives this year. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to do that yet, but that's what I want to do. (Note: I didn't say saves people's lives, I said positively change...this doesn't necessarily have to mean in a huge way...just a positive one). I'll keep you posted on this.

To my wife, on our anniversary...you're the best. These last 4 years have been great. Marriage isn't always easy, but with you it's always rewarding. I love you I love you I love you. Thank you for your willingness to understand, and your patience.

Thanks for reading. Take care!

Day 225

I'm not sure what to write about at the moment. Well, I have stuff I want to write about, but it's a bit late now, so I'll just do it tomorrow morning. I will say, goodbye 32. Nice knowing you. You haven't been very nice to me, but I'll forgive you.

Also, to my wife, I love you so so much. Happy anniversary (which I'll wish you when you wake up). Best 4 years of my life. I'm so happy and thankful that you're part of my story.

I'll talk more about both in the morning. Take care. Love you guys!

Day 224

Tuesday night, and it's really quite here. My wife and I are house sitting out an an acreage just out of the city. This isn't the first time we've stayed out here. We really enjoy it, for the most part. They have lots of animals to take care of, and hang out with. It's not just a boring old regular house. They have a lizard, a tortoise, a rabbit, a dog, a cat, and nine chickens. They had a fish as well, but it died when we house sat last time. It wasn't our fault, I promise. My wife also had to give the tortoise antibiotics via needle every day while. That was interesting. The tortoise (Pokey) is healthy now. All of the animals are, thankfully.

Did you know that chickens put themselves to bed? All we need to do it open the coop in the morning, and close it in the evening....OH, and the instructions the owners left said to ward of coyotes. They have a sense of humour. Well, if I had a rifle, I would love to ward off coyotes. As it stands now, they have a nice variety of chickens to feast on back there. Have at it, coyotes.

I think I'll stop there for now. Thanks so much for reading. Take care! Love you!

Day 223

Well, it came and went - my first day at the new job. I really enjoyed it for the most part. My brain needs to condition itself to remember orders and a few other things, but overall I really enjoyed it. This may not sound like a big deal at all to many of you, but my espresso shots were quite good, as was my milk. The first latte of the day impressed my boss and his sister, who also works there. Good start!

This fall is shaping up to be the best one in a while. I'm really excited to be doing part time school while working part time. I've never done that before. I've done full time school, but don't have the capacity to do work as well as full time school. Almost all my attention needs to be on studies. I know there are people out there that talk about how they took a million classes and volunteered at 16 different places and worked and reared children and still had time to go to the movies and on weekend trips and never did homework on Sundays. Good for them. That is all.

I think I'll start working on my BC trip videos again, and after that I want to do short vlogs more often. Look for that in the not so distant future.


I'll leave it at that for now. Thanks for stopping by. Take care of yourself! Love you!

Day 222

Sweet...222.

Today was a good day. Church was good. A last minute bbq was good. Late afternoon nap with my wife was good. Visiting with friends who we are house sitting for this week was good. Good hard laughs and giggles with my wife before bed was good. Praying together afterwards was good. It was a good day.

Tomorrow I will have my first day at my new job. I'll keep you posted on how that goes. I'm sure it will be fine, because they are good people there.

Thanks again for reading. Take care of yourself. Love you!

Day 221

Went to a wedding today, and it was really fun. The reception was one of the better ones I've been too. They had great food, great treats, a candy buffet, and something called Open Photo Booth. Basically, a guy had simple white paper backdrop, and the groom supplied props, and people posed how they wanted, as much time as they wanted. The photos were uploaded immediately onto facebook, on to Open Photo Booth's facebook page. Right after you got the photo taken, the photographer had a really nice printer printing off 4x6's to give to the guests. It took a while for people to start getting creative, but man did people start to get creative...and yes, at times inappropriate! Ha. Good times. It is a great idea, and a real money maker, I'm sure. Something perfect for a photographer who likes to interact with many people, and just have a fun time. the printer is 1700 dollars, though, so it's not a cheap start up! I feel like I'm just rambling.

Some else cool happened today as well. I got to see an old friend who I haven't seen in over 10 years. It was really neat to see him again (and see his wife and kids as well!). I hope it happens more often. Super nice people, and when I was sitting there chatting, I realized why I was friends with him back in the day. Good people...that's why. If you're reading this, D, thanks for the text today. I'm glad I saw you guys.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by again. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to read what I have to say.

Speaking of taking the time from your day...if you feel like it, could you let me know what keeps you coming back here? What sorts of things to you hope I talk/write about? What sort of things do you wish I would write/talk about less? I remember the suggestions that a couple of you made a while back, and I still think about them. Don't worry, I'll get on the eventually. But if there's something that keeps you coming back, I'd like to know, so I can do more of that. Thanks for your input!

Take care, all. Love you guys.

Day 220

Another increment of 10 completed! I love that feeling. I've done it 22 times so far. Yay me.

I think I've mentioned in a previous post how I look forward to autumn, for a few reasons. I don't know if I said this, but I'm also expecting more out of myself this year (I'm referring to school years,  as I'm in school still). I took this last winter semester (January - April) off, thinking it would be an exciting time. I wanted to work, Jenn and I were going to start trying for a family, and I planned on enjoying not being in school for a little while. Well, if you've been following this blog for a while, you will well know that my semester didn't turn out like I was hoping/planning. In fact, parts of it turned out the opposite. For example, we tried for a baby, and our baby died. I wanted to enjoy the semester off, and I fell into a depression, and spent a lot of time crying or feeling a pretty deep sadness. Anyway, I'm not feeling sorry for myself anymore...just recapping and explaining so I can talk about something else.

One of the things I haven't really talked about in this blog is work. Many of you may know this already, but to make a long story short, before I started looking for work for my time off of school, my depression started creeping up on me. Along with that, my self confidence and self worth plummeted. To my surprise (sort of), when I started looking for work, I would feel anxious, panicky, afraid. I started thinking that no one would hire me, or that I wasn't good enough. So, because of that, I was paralyzed in a way. Paralyzed to my apartment, or to my couch some days. Sigh. Anyway, I haven't worked for a long time. It's not something I'm proud of or wanted to happen. I've always worked or went to school. I haven't done nothing like that. I mean, these days I've been trying to keep myself busier with photography and errands and stuff, but it wasn't good enough for me. It was one of those things where something leads to another thing and then that thing gets perpetuated, etc etc. Not an excuse, really...but it happened. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that after the long road, I was finally able to find a job. It'll be part time while I'm going to school. I'm happy I have it, even though I've been experiencing a little anxiety about it. That's okay, though. That will pass, because not having a job has been a small time in my life compared to the grand scheme of things. This is the start of expecting more from myself, as I mentioned above. I'm excited that things are changing. I'm thanking God for giving me strength to get through my low season.

So, I understand if you're having mixed feelings about what I just told you. It's hard to explain why I went through what I went through. I'm sure there are all sorts of explanations. I'm not looking for them anymore, really. It's done. It was one of the biggest embarrassments in my life for these last months, and one of the things that I needed to overcome to get this stupid monkey off my back, so to speak.

Thanks for reading, and supporting me, and crying and laughing with me. Okay, I'll stop being cheesy. Take care, all. Love you!

Day 219

I am definitely getting a bit weary of doing this blog. I'm not going to stop, but man, I need to do some new material, or find something exciting to blog about. It's starting to become an exercise in will power.

My wife is bowling tonight, which will be fun for her. I will probably just hang out, maybe rent a movie that my wife would not usually watch with me (either scary, or a violent action movie, or something else not really of interest to her), or find someone to drink beer with, or go and make a couple pictures. I don't know yet.

Wedding this weekend, which should be a good time. I'm sure I know quite a few people going, which will be good. It's always a bit of a bummer when you're seated at a table with all people you don't know. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind meeting new people, but for a wedding reception, I like to sit with people I know, then meet new people throughout the night. Whatever happens, happens, though. It's not my day, it's the bride and groom's day. It will be good.

I'll stop there, I think. I hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for being patient with me as I struggle through a slight lull. I have some ideas written down, I'm just not doing them. Ha ha.

Take care. Love you!

Day 218

Wow for some reason I forgot to do yesterday's post. I'm losing my rhythm these days. I'll get back on it, really.

I've been encouraged with my photography, lately. I finished and delivered another set from a shoot I did last week. It was a unique shoot, and I was wondering if they would like the photos. Turns out they did, and I'm feeling good about it. I think my skill is growing slowly, which is exciting.

This morning I'm taking our car in to get checked out. While we were in Calgary, a piece fell out from under it. It looks like it got really hot and brittle and broke off. I think it's a bracket thingy that holds some kind of line in place. Anyway, it shouldn't have broke off, and hopefully the cost is low. Who knows.

Okay, sorry again for the late post. I'll post later today (but not really late) to catch up. Take care!

Day 217

Another day finished. It was an okay day overall. There's a potential development in my life, which I'll fill you in on later. I know when I do that it annoys some of you...but I'm doing it anyways. It's like me saying I have stuff on my mind but won't talk about it now. Ha ha. Oh well.

School starts in a few weeks, which I'm looking forward to sort of. I think I'm taking 2 classes at least, and maybe 3.

I'm still not sure taking this last semester of school off was the best decision, but I did it, and there's obviously no looking back. Many of the things that made this last winter and this summer so difficult weren't in my control, so I can't really blame myself. Grandma died, I fell into a depression, we lost our baby, and I've struggled with self esteem and self worth more than I ever have. And even if those things aren't in my control, I'm not blaming the world or god or any external force for the stuff I've gone through. It just happened, and I've either worked through it, or am working through it. I've learned a lot about myself, and about other things. I've learned that my wife seems to have endless love and patience for me. She believes in me after all the struggles I've been through, and the endless days I slept half the day away and cried the other half away. She made the phone call to the doctor for me, and encouraged me through my healing. She is the best wife I could ask for. I don't deserve her, but I have her. She is incredible.

So hopefully this coming season brings good things. I will be praying for a good autumn and semester at school. I'll be praying for my depression to stay away. I'll be praying for strength for others in their depression and anxiety.

Thanks for reading again. Take care. Love you.

Day 216 - Confession time

Okay, this is actually today's post.

I will keep it short, but here's the brief low-down of what happened.

I was complaining about the heat, as usual. In a few different statuses, a person (who most likely none of you know, and it wasn't any of you) kept on saying something like it's going to be hot for a long time. Not a huge deal, but I sort of poked back (should have said joking or whatever, but I didn't) in a more-aggressive-than-necessary way. Well anyway, this started a back-and-forth that lead to him defriending me on facebook. Sigh...how childish on both of our parts.

Anyway, I while later, but on that day, I wrote a message saying that I was  very sorry it had to lead to that, and that I had a complete lack of judgement and shouldn't have been so dumb, but I guess the damage had been done, and I was accused of being unstable, creepy, lacking dignity, etc. I really tried to resolve it peacefully, but this person didn't want anything to do with that. The insults kept coming, which maybe I deserved. My big mistake was getting involved in the first place. I'm very embarrassed, and even though this person really isn't a friend anyway, I am sad that something like this happened...especially because I could have prevented it.

I'm old enough to know better, but I suppose I have my moments of weakness. It's probably something to do with my over sensitivity toward being bullied, and if I sense that someone is poking at me, I get upset. Teasing, okay, fine...I can handle that...but if I'm not sure, I'm afraid at times I won't really err on the side of caution. PLEASE don't get me wrong...this isn't an excuse. It's something that I need to work on.

Maybe a lot of you don't see the big deal. That's fine. I'm a pretty sensitive person, in case you couldn't tell. I love people, and strive (most of the time) to have good/civil relationships with others. Of course I have messed up lots. Probably some of you reading this are scoffing right now, because I've been a jerk. Let me know! Sometimes I'm oblivious.

This has been a ramble. Share your thoughts, if you'd like, about this stuff. Sorry if you thought better of me. I'll work on it. I really will.

Day 215

I know, this one is late by a day. By the time we got home, I was too tired and not in the mood to write a post. I'll let you know what is on my mind in today's post (remember this is yesterday's post). Let's just say that I had a complete lack of judgement on facebook the other day, and I am being called unstable and someone who lacks dignity and creepy and all that stuff! Fun times! If I wasn't able to remind myself that this person doesn't matter to my life and that he is now just being mean and insulting, I would be more upset than I am now. It's more just me being upset with myself at the moment. It's not who I am. I can't believe I even got involve in such a stupid thing.

Thanks for stopping and reading. Take care.

Day 214

I don't really have time for a big post. Being a short trip, I won't be ripping you off for long. I'll be back Sunday evening, so no worries. As if you're worried.

Had fun doing photos the other evening. It was quite a bit different than usual, as we were in an area with very high grass, lots of trees, strange props, and tons of mosquitoes. We managed, though, to have a decent time, and to get some shots. Now we'll have to see if they like them.

Okay, I have to get going. Thanks for reading. Love you! Take care!

Day 213

Friday, and we're off to Calgary. My sister told me it was supposed to be around 26 on Saturday...the day we're supposed to go to the zoo. I guess you can't win them all. It'll suck, but I'll try not to think of the heat. Instead, I'll try to drink lots and eat as much ice cream as I can. :)

One place I really enjoy going to when I'm in Calgary is Peter's Drive Through (or is it Drive In? I can't remember...oh well). Their burgers are great, and milk shakes are fun, because there are sooo many flavours to choose from or mix and match.


I'm really tired...it's bed time. Thanks for reading. Take care!

Day 212

Yes another video of our trip to B.C. Are you getting tired of them yet? I probably have enough footage to make a few more. I'll probably make them and post them regardless of what you say ha ha!

My sister comes into the city tonight, and I think we're checking out the exhibition tonight...at least for the food if nothing else. The rides don't interest me at all, except to look at them. I want to do long exposure shots of some of the rides, but would like a wider angle lens first. (inner voice) - "Self, make due with what you have, and make beautiful photos". Sigh...okay.

Let's see...the fair food I like? Mini donuts, elephant ears, fresh lemonade...probably lots of other stuff I'm not thinking of. Needless to say, it's not a very healthy night.

What's your favorite fair food? Seriously, tell me your favorite fair food in the comments.

I hope you enjoyed the video. When I'm finished making the BC videos, I'll probably be using my other Youtube account, and they will be more typical of what a vlog consists of, instead of just footage of scenery, etc.

Take care! Love you!

Day 211

Very short blog tonight. Day went well. My wife and I had supper at friends house. It was really tasty, AND we didn't have to cook, AND it was fun to just chat and get to know them as a couple. Triple whammy.

I'm pretty excited about our trip to Calgary this weekend. I don't get to spend a lot of time with my sister without her kids around, so this is a great opportunity. My wife and my sister get along well, and for my sister it's a rare chance for her to see how goofy and funny my wife can be.

I'm uploading another BC video tonight, and will post it tomorrow most likely.

If you haven't yet, and have a google account, don't be afraid to become a "follower" of this blog. Why, you ask? Because I'm all about the numbers. Ha ha. Seriously though. Do it.

Thanks for stopping by again, and again, and again, etc. I really appreciate it...really. Take care!

Day 210

Woo hoo, day 210. It doesn't really mean anything, but I like reaching increments of 10. This video is more from our vacation in B.C. Basically I recorded random pieces of our trip, and tried to piece them together somewhat chronologically. Enjoy.

Oh, and take care.

Day 209

I am trying to upload a video to post on the blog tonight, but it's taking forever, and I want to sleep at some point. I guess I'll just post it for tomorrow.

We had a really fun supper tonight on a roof top patio with my brother and sister-in-law. It was a mix of serious discussion and laughter. I really like roof top patios.

This Friday my wife and my sister and I are heading to Calgary area for the weekend. I'm looking forward to hanging out with my sister and seeing friends of ours who just moved to that area. Also, my wife and I try to get to the Calgary Zoo once a year. Well, at least we have since we were first married. Four years running. Not that big of a deal I suppose, but a little tradition of ours anyway.

I'm going to bed now. The video is uploading to youtube, and I'll link it to the blog tomorrow sometime. Thanks for stopping by. I still plan on doing a few of the things suggested a while back. Should be interesting when I get around to it.

Take care!

Day 208

I guess, I suppose, if it has to be, the end of another weekend.

The last few days has been fairly productive though, which has been good. It's the sort of productive mixed with doing fun things in between that makes it good. That make sense?

I had another photo shoot this weekend. It was fun, and challenging. The young boy was very energetic, and not super into getting his photos taken that day. I definitely learned a few lessons about photographing kids. Lesson one: faster shutter speed. Lesson two: always be ready. Lesson three: bring stuff. I'm sure there are more lessons, but those are three big ones. Always a learning experience. Doesn't make me a bad photographer. It doesn't make it not a photographer. It makes me a learning photographer. Yes, I'm inexperienced...but that just makes it more exciting for me. I refuse to believe that I need to be technically perfect, or artistically perfect to be a good photographer. That stuff will get better over time. I love doing it, and I love challenging myself to get better and better.

I think that's it for now. I uploaded some video tonight, but it's too late for me to edit one and upload it onto youtube. It's actually a pretty long process...lots of waiting.

You all take care of yourselves. Thanks so much for stopping by again and reading.

Day 207

Saturday was good. Went for coffee and lunch with my wife at a place called Il Secondo. It's a place I keep forgetting about, then when we're out and about on a Saturday morning in the Broadway area, we remember and get excited and go. They are a bit expensive, but very tasty. Their pastry and baking and coffee and espresso is all quite good. Their pizza is fire baked in one of those old school stone and brick fire ovens. I asked if I could come in and photograph it sometime, and he seemed interested. I took a card, and will email them at some point.

We went and saw Crazy Stupid Love tonight. I really really enjoyed it. Steve Carrell and Ryan Gosling are good together. It was a funny movie about serious things. Seriously one of the best "romantic comedies" (if that's the right genre) I've seen. Afterwards I was giggling to myself at random times as I thought of parts of the movie. I usually never do that.

Well I think I'll go to bed. Church in the morning. I have to be there early because I'm doing the music. Thanks for reading. Take care.

Day 206 - B.C. Part 1

I know this video isn't the most exciting, but it's a bit of what we did when we were in B.C. the other week. I have at least a couple more videos to make. They might be a bit more interesting, but who knows! You don't have to watch it, if you don't want to.

Looking forward to the weekend. I'm hoping it's pretty productive, but also that my wife and I have a good time hanging out together. A good mix, maybe.

We're pretty excited for next Friday (the 12th). My wife and I are taking my sister to Calgary area to hang out and just get away. My sister almost never gets away, and has to care for 3 boys. We took her to Edmonton a couple years back, and that was fun. My parents are willing to take her boys for the weekend, which is so so nice of them. I'll keep you posted about that trip.

I'll leave it at that. Thanks so much for stopping by. Take care of yourself.

Day 205

This picture is from the fringe festival in Saskatoon. Every year, they have dancers (belly dancers, to be more specific) do different dances. It's super colourful, and pretty entertaining. These are just a few of the dancers, and I'm not sure what kind of dance it is. I like the way it looks like they're dancing for the camera.

I want to go back to the fringe before it ends (I think it ends this Saturday). I wasn't pumped about how most of my photos turned out. Many of them were boring, or not close enough, or weren't framed well, etc. I need to be more aggressive/less shy about getting in there and making a good shot.

I hope you're doing well these days. I know a few of you have some pretty stressful things going on these days. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I love you and god loves you.

Thanks so much for reading. Take care.

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Day 203

I've been up reading through some power points and now it's late and I'm tired. I should really try to do this blog earlier in the day, so you get more out of me, and more time to read it on the actual day...instead of the day after. I'll give that a try.


I hope you're doing well today. I've been doing fairly well. I haven't had bad bouts of sadness lately, which is good. I've been attempting to make positive progress in a couple key struggles I've been dealing with over the winter. It's a challenge, but I've been moving forward.

None of us are perfect. We all mess up. I do, however, hope you've been making progress in those areas in your life that you've been struggling with. It's a long road, and it sometimes feels impossible. I don't think it is, though.

Thanks for reading. Take care.

Day 202

Hey everyone. It's August already!

My wife and I were talking about august this evening. My wife talked about how August is the month when she feels the most expectation. I agreed. August brings the expectation of new things more than any other month for us. It brings the expectation of autumn. It brings the expectation of new programs, classes, etc. It brings the expectation of something, anything. It brings the expectation of winter. You know what I mean...when those nights start to get a chill...that sweet sweet chill. One of my favorite things of the summer. Sorry, but it really is. It's when I can start sleeping well again.

Anyway, we both like August for that reason. For us, new things start happening just after August.

I hope you're expecting good things this August.

Take care, thanks for reading.

Day 201

It's been a fairly long day, and it's late again. Sorry for the lame post. I'm really hoping to get some video up this coming week, and some more photos as well.

I hope your long weekend is going swimmingly. Thanks for reading. Take care.