Long time no see. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Life has been a little intense since I last wrote in this blog. I've had a son leave and return from a mission, another one leave on his mission, oldest son got married, and more excitement than I care to mention.
Church callings. Yipes. That's been a roller coaster too. Hard to believe that craziness.
But life is good. Really good. Why, you ask? For me, because I have the grounding effects of my belief in Jesus Christ. I've learned that trials are meant to try to knock our focus away from Christ and his teachings. They do that for a reason - to see if and how long it will take us to re-focus upon Christ and regain the appropriate perspective. The quicker we regain focus, the better perspective we have on life and the quicker we learn from the trial.
Last March I lost my job - again. I've been through 2.5 layoffs during my 23 years in the IT industry. The 1/2 layoff was while I was employed at a certain company who went through round-after-round of layoff and my rattled nerves got the best of me. I jumped ship before they sank into oblivion. All-told, something like 1,500 people were let go before I left.
Anyhoo, I am gainfully employed again and loving life. I think I will try to stick with the 25-year plan with this company and just retire when I hit 70. Sounds like a plan.
I think I will do something I used to do on this blog and just post a bunch of random items that have happened over the past couple weeks.
1. We skyped with Blake this past Monday.
2. We attached the laptop to the TV and it was like he was in the same room.
3. Technology is amazing and makes our lives incredibly easy, compared to the old days.
4. For Christmas I got a pair of expensive hiking boots.
5. We got them on a major sale for about 60% off retail price.
6. At Cabela's.
7. I recently built a new reloading table.
8. I reloaded over 700 rounds of ammunition in a 2 week period.
9. On a single-stage press.
10. That's a lot, BTW.
11. I recently received a collectors edition of LDS scriptures that I value more than almost anything.
12. I went to Firestone this morning for an oil change on my lunch break.
13. When I got there, they did not have me in their calendar correctly.
14. So I am going back Friday morning.
15. For a FREE oil change.
16. Woot.
17. I am speaking in stake conference in 10 days.
18. Good times.
19. Marshall is sick and has a little cough.
20. We saw "The Greatest Showman" last night.
21. Great movie.
22. We got a dog in October.
23. Labradoodle.
24. More lab than doodle.
25. Sheds like a %*#&^@.
26. He's Oggie.
27. Still a puppy and a little dumb at times, but can do every trick in the book.
28. Super energetic.
29. Cute.
30. I have several people who have made me offers if I decide not to keep him.
31. I get my children to obey and be nice by threatening to sell him.
32. I would never sell him.
33. But they don't need to know that.
34. #KidJail
35. #InsideFamilyJoke
36. #ILoveLongHashtags
37. #JustinTimberlake #JimmyFallon
38. Ending this blog on a weird number of entries. 38....39, whatever it takes.
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