Real Quick

Real quick I want to blog something that has been on my mind since I last blogged, I will be leaving to my Parents house in a little bit to eat dinner. Oh yeah I was thinking about shoes, the shoes my dad got me, & preacher preached on something about shoes I don't remember what. Well I was thinking of the shoes he got me @ H-E-B, yes H-E-B. I once was asking him for some converse shoes the old school ones high top and all. Well we went to buy groceries one day & they had a bin full of shoes for 5 bucks each pair, & my dad asked me if these were the shoes I was asking for. I told him well kinda that they looked like those but were not the same thing, they were imitations. So he said they are the same thing & he bought them for me I was so embarrassed to wear them , but I wore them because he bought them for me within 2 weeks I kid you not those things just came apart it was so funny good thing it happened @ home instead of school. After that he said he would buy me the real thing I never got them though. When I went to get my first brand name shoes I got some shoes called L.A. Gear they were the in thing when I was in Jr high, then I moved up to another brand called British Knights, & I wasn't even British, then Adidas black & white of course, then Reebok, then Nike Air they had to Air, he he. I don't know where this blog is going I am just rambling on OK. Then in High school tennis shoes of course, but got my first pair of Red Wing boots oh wait I don't even remember if they were red wings they were the brown ones everyone was wearing, man I cant remember the name of them, yeah I think they were red wings, anyway enough about shoes & boots maybe it might make you go shopping, laters

Box Fan

Last night I got like 3 hrs of sleep the Lord had me praying all night yet I didn't wake up tired. I prayed for everyone I could think of, so you guys were in my prayers last night. As I lay there it was kinda hot & I didn't want to turn on the A/C cause my wife gets cold. I thought of the humming of the Box Fan going took me back to the days when I was growing up. We used to live out in the country & that was when we would sleep with the windows open . Our front door for some reason, some one gave my dad a sliding glass door so he put it in the front door. I used to sleep on the top bunk till I was a teenager, then I used to sleep on a cot in the kitchen slash living room. Well I used to sleep with the sliding door open I would just leave the screen door open, with no worries of anyone coming in it was weird now that I think about it. My dad would leave his car open all the time with the keys in it, I think he still does. We moved into a really small house my dad was building with only one real bedroom. We would stay in this house, & it only had that black tarp paper the one that they use on the roof. My dad wrapped the house in this stuff, but we had windows, hehe. There was nothing really keeping anyone from tearing a hole & coming in the house. I would lie there in the silence of the night listening to the night birds whistling really nice & echo like crazy. The night was so still I could hear the cars passing on the main road. I remember my dad would bring home $120 dollar check for the week I don't know how we made it back then I was in Jr High. My dad build that house with his sweat I guess that is where I get all my ability to just do it, even if I have never done it before, like fix the house, the cars, plumbing, electrical, all that good stuff that makes me feel good when I finish doing something. I Have to give my dad credit for giving me the example of being a hard worker. I know we didn't have much money, but my dad would takes us out to eat every Friday, which was payday. We would love to go to Peter Piper Pizza it was my favorite growing up. I remember when my dad would buy me brand name shoes so I can have something nice, even if it meant for them to be broke the rest of the week, I was a spoiled brat. My dad never let us go without anything . I remember we had no electricity, & when he would get up in the mornings to go to work he would hook up a car light bulb to his car, & that was the light my mom had in the kitchen when she made him breakfast & lunch for the day. I remember having to take a shower with cold water, because I didn't want to wait for my mom to boil me some water. Those were the good ol days, man I thank God for all the little things I have in my life, my family & I are so blessed. I remember my dad had no radio in his car he had a am/fm radio he would put batteries in, it was so small it had 1 speaker only. We had a battery alarm clock to get us up in the morning, to get ready for school. We would only get one change of new cloth per school year, we would have to recycle the cloth from the year before. I would try to mix & match all the option I had with the new shirt or new pants, weird huh. We have come a long way & sometimes people say they have it bad, pffft, is what I say. All we do in this world is want & want never get enough. Never happy always wanting. I am glad for my house I am tired of fixing it , but when I am done I can sit back & enjoy a cold cold, Gatorade. I have failed God in that , in being a good steward, & taking care of the house & yard he gave me Sorry God, I will do better with things you give me. That is all that is in my head for tonight, Night all, Lots of Love for you all.

Kisses goodnight

The other day I was getting upset @ the boys for always stalling before going to bed. The boys have a bed time @ 9PM on Mon-Thurs, but it seems they end up going to bed till 11 PM. Mike has a habit of coming to the living room putting away his glasses on the entertainment center so he wont forget them for school the next day. Then he will remember he has to take a shower, & then he will bring his shoes to the living room. The David gets up in his tidy whites or lighting McQueen under wares, he gets up to take a drink of water or a drink of milk, or sometimes he just takes a swig out of the half gallon jug of milk. Then they have to kiss us goodnight, because if they forget they will get up in the middle of the night to kiss us goodnight. It used to bug me because I just thought they were stalling to go to bed, but then I got to thinking, Man what if they stop giving me those kisses goodnight I would miss them so much. I love my boys so much I love it that they still call me "daddy" some day it will just be "dad". Till that day I will take all they will give me, I know they love me they hug me all the time & kiss me on the cheek all the time. When I drop off Johnny @ his house he always gives me a kiss on the cheek & says "Bye Daddy I Love You" & I always say "I Love You Baby, & Behave". The other day I walked over to the boys room to check on them like I always do & so does my Wife. I covered them up, & then when I covered Johnny he looks @ me & says "I Love You Daddy", Oh man right in the heart, So I say to those goodnight Kisses bring them on I will take them all the time that I can. Night All