Category: Blogging

1.  Homestead ARB FL officially got down to a bone-chilling 50°F on Monday morning, and 51°F this morning, but now the warmer air has made its comeback via the northeasterly breezes off of the ocean. We may lightly tap the upper-50s for an hour or two tomorrow morning, but that’s about it. I’m ready for the more normal South Florida weather.

2.  I’ve received 15 Christmas cards, and I’ve sent out 20. I still have a few more to send out. I better hurry. Christmas is exactly one week from today !

3.  My little buddy ‘Boots’ died exactly 7 months ago yesterday. He was my best friend, and the coolest cat that ever lived. I have a little memorial that I set up for him a few days after he died at the edge of one of my living room couches on top of his favourite sleeping place. That will stay there indefinitely in his loving memory.

4.  I cheated today. I ate a half-pound double-cheeseburger and fries for Lunch courtesy of my good friends over there at Wendy’s. It’s not part of my diet, but I was craving it. Is that so wrong ?

5.  Travis wants to see pictures of me on this blog. I don’t know why. He knows what I look like. Seriously though I do plan to add a few pictures of me real soon. I don’t have many to choose from. My picture keeps getting taken at Sunday morning service and at various other Life Pointe Church functions, yet I never see them. Maybe I can get some of those pics to post ?  Jesse ?  Terry ?

6.  There’s only one type of battery that I will buy, and that my friends would be the Duracell battery. You know that it’s the copper-top battery. No other battery looks like it – or lasts like it.

7.  I had to deal with just a few tailgaters to and from work and to and from Lunch today. It wasn’t enough to make me add another exciting chapter of ‘The Road Rage Files’ on this blog. It was merely enough for me to think about it and mention it here.

8.  I mentioned ‘Boots’ earlier – the coolest cat that ever lived. And then there’s ‘Fluffy’ – the most lovable cat that ever lived. This weekend marks the 24TH anniversary that me and my little brother found and rescued that little Manx cat from the harsh Winter elements of outside. I’m planning a nice blog entry this weekend to remember that very special day in which ‘The Fluffmiester’ entered our lives.

9.  A few of my co-workers think that those who spread the Word Of God (instead of keeping it to themselves) are radicals. That’s right. I’m a radical, and so was God, Jesus, and the Disciples. Thanks for the complement !

10.  This blog will set a new record high today for visitors hitting it. If you discovered it by accident and you stuck around because you love it then tell all of your friends about it. THANKS to all of you for spending just a little bit of your spare time each day by learning what’s going on in my Life today. I am enjoying the Renaissance of my Life, so you came at a very special time.

• Travis got a decent haircut.
• Paul wants you to enjoy a Christmas song.
• Jesse asks 31 ‘What If’ questions.
• Kelly got Travis to dress up in a coat, suit, and tie.
• Stephen skipped his early morning walk this morning because he stayed up late last night.
• Phil wants you to check out ‘Twas The (Politically Correct) Night Before Christmas’.

1.  I do my best thinking and dreaming while in the shower, and while driving to work in the dark in the morning. I wish I remembered more of my thoughts, hopes, and dreams from the morning later on in the day when it’s more opportunistic for me to seize more moments.

2.  When me, my Mom, and my Dad first moved in to our new house in Lanham Maryland in February of 1975 the very first beverage that I drank in that new house was a can of Dr. Pepper. I don’t think that I’ve had a Dr. Pepper since then.

3.  My favourite person in the entire world is my brother. I’ve known him since November of 1980 even though he was born 5½ years earlier. I say that because before November of 1980 I wasn’t allowed within a 50-foot radius of him.

4.  I promised to make Ela the subject of the 4TH ‘Grab Bag O’ Thought’. (I just got off of the telephone with her.) A Tuesday afternoon is simply not complete until she has called me to inform me of the obvious – that I’ll be serving The Lord at Life Pointe Church on Sunday morning. Ela is one of God’s great gifts in my new Life.

5.  A nice way to wish me a very Merry Christmas during this festive holiday season is to feed me food.

6.  I’m about a day away from reestablishing contact with a former co-worker, friend, and practical mentor of mine from 20 years ago when I first started working at the air base in Homestead. It seems that he’s a good friend with a current co-worker of mine. We discovered that we have a mutual friend just this afternoon. It’s a small world after all !

7.  My electronic thermostat is set at 74°F 7 nights a week from 7 PM until 6 AM the next morning. I like it like that.

8.  From 1975 to 1980 I was a Cub Scout, a WEBELOS Scout, and a Boy Scout. Fellow WordPress Blogger Stephen Hollifield is bringing back memories of those memorable scouting years with all of his recent blog entries of late regarding hiking up in the mountains with a 20-pound backpack. I think I can. I think I can !

9.  It’s ironic, but one of my favourite Christmas songs on the radio is actually a really sad one – “I Hate Christmas Parties” by Matthew Thiessen & The Earthquakes (a side-band of Relient K). You can see the music video here. Everytime I hear it it invokes memories of Christmas past for me. It gives me the chills. It brings tears to my eyes. I can relate.

10.  A & W Root Beer‘s got that frosty mug taste ! 

1.  Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad – I’ll be hanging out with my loving Life Pointe family on Sunday morning for about 4½ hours, and then again for another 2½ hours in the afternoon at a new membership luncheon. I’ll post 5 of my thoughts regarding the exciting events of the day early on Sunday night.

2.  The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club – It’s either Panda Express or China Yan on Monday for Lunch, so I’ll be looking for that thought-provoking fortune cookie message to post on here for all of you bonafide club members worldwide.

 3.  Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts – It’s our hottest, craziest, and most spontaneous weekly blog entry on here. I have no clue what 10 miscellaneous items I plan to blog about until I actually sit down at my computer on Tuesday night to do so. Who knows what could happen when I let my fingers do the talking !

4.  The Road Rage Files – Chapter 17 – It could happen !

Be sure to stick around all week long here on ‘The Major’s Life Blog’.