Props to my Bro-in-law

I've gotta say a big thank you to Shon, who emailed me back and forth about 40 times wednesday afternoon talking about Quicken. Since taking over the financial responsiblities for our house (I was forcefully "nominated" by my wife...I love you honey!!), I decided to go with Quicken. My wife is a math whiz and can keep up with everything on paper, but not me. If I had to do the old fashion balancing in the register stuff, we'd be so far in debt it wouldn't be funny. I'm not as smart as her, so I'm going with the technology!

Shon was great at answering all my questions and tell me how it all worked. I appreciate it, and it helped me out tremendously. Just wanted to pass on my thanks for all the help!

Until next time...

Trey's Dedication

Trey will be dedicated at church this Sunday. We are so excited! The one thing we want more than anything for our son is for him to grow up in church knowing that Jesus loves him. We want to turn him over to the Lord for his protection and guidance. This Sunday will just be an outward expression of that desire. All the family is coming for dinner afterwards, so it should be a great time Sunday afternoon!

Until next time...

New Furniture!

We finally got some new living room furniture!! Woohoo!! I've waited a few days (we got it on Saturday) to talk about it because I wanted to make sure I really liked it. I do!! We got bomber jacket leather couches (sofa and loveseat), and I got a new leather recliner that I absolutely love! It's a little noisy right now, but veeery comfortable! We're tickled with it, and when our lamps make it in at the end of the month, we'll have a whole new living room!

Until next time...

Spring Yardwork

Well, it's that time of year again. Time to do the mulching, grass cutting, hedge trimming, yadda yadda yadda. I must admit, I'm not much of a yard freak, and I'm not keen on spending all day long in the heat getting stuff done. Although I do love the look of a great yard. I just can't seem to get mine in that kind of condition.

This year we're going to try a different approach. I'm going to pay somebody to do it!! I'm looking for someone to do a little landscaping and mulching for me to see if we can't make our lawn a little more pretty to look at. Hopefully this will be the year we'll make the cover of Better Homes & Gardens....yeah right!!

Until next time...

My TV pick for tonight...

Since I don't have a lot to write about lately...

8:00-- Flip This House on A&E..check it out...great show!

And at 9 or 10-- The Apprentice...I've really gotten into this one lately.

On another note, Trey is not feeling well again. I think he's got some bad allergies like his mom, or he's getting another cold. Poor guy!!

Until next time...

Survivor tonight!

Thursday night is here! That means Survivor! I know, I've already said on here numerous times that I'm a dork. I can't help it, I just love this show!

On a side note, check out the show American Inventor on ABC at 9. That is a really good show too! Kind of the nerd version of American Idol. It's produced by Simon Cowell, so I guess that makes sense. But, it must be good, cause it's pulled me away from CSI to watch it, so give it a shot!

Until next time...

Inspiration for the day

Just a quick scripture for today:

"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see." --Hebrews 11:1

Why must we struggle so much with faith? I know my faith has been strengthened immensely in the past year, but it's still a struggle. We should all aspire to have more faith.

Until next time...

Props to College Baseball in SC

Wow, can anyone argue that college baseball in South Carolina is tops in the land? As bad as I hate to give Clemson credit for anything, you've got the Tigers sitting at #9 in the country and coming off a weekend sweep of #19 Miami. Then, of course, you've got the Gamecocks at #5 in the country, also coming off a sweep...of #15 LSU. Both teams swept top 20 teams...ON THE ROAD. Now that's good baseball.

The Gamecocks and Tigers always field good teams, and it's nice to have a sport where both teams are really good and the rivalry can really mean something. For example, there was nothing better than beating CU twice in Omaha at the College World Series to send them home. Now THAT was fun!! The way these teams are playing so far this year, we just might be looking at another future Omaha matchup.

Until next time...