In My Own Little World!

Thats right folks, the New Year is upon us, for those of you that have Resolutions that they are going to try to keep to in 08, I wish you luck! Mine were pretty much decided for me, thats what happens when you get married! Everything is divided right down the middle, 80 - 20, 80 percent that she makes all the decisions and 20 percent that you will disagree at some point and sleep on the couch!

All kidding aside, I have a few resolutions that my wife and I have agreed on. First and most important is that we get this dammed house remodeled and on the market by the time she graduates. I told her that starting Tuesday we were going to be working on this house everyday after work till it was done. She agreed and wants out of here as bad as I do. I just wish she would quit looking for houses that are outside of our agreed upon price range. She seems to have it in her head that we can afford a three hundred thousand dollar home just because one of her coworkers can. I am the voice of reason here screaming that its not going to happen. Plus, when we go to look at houses next year, I'm the one that's driving! So obviously the next thing on our list is to get into a new house next year. We are hoping to have it set up so that by Christmas we are in the new home with the old one behind us. It's going to be a lot of work but it will be worth it in the end. The last and final thing that my wife is trying to instill upon me is that I stop drinking so much Pepsi! She doesn't understand that I am not going to be able to just stop, I have been drinking Pepsi since I was a little kid. I have not gone longer than a few months without caffeine in my system. Plus, if I was in the desert and I was given the choice between Pepsi and water, I was choose Pepsi every time. I am a Pepsi addict and I have no problems with that. I know of course that it is bad for me and that I would probably live a longer and healthier life if I stopped, but who the fuck wants to live forever. I don't smoke, I don't drink alcohol, I am trying to get us to the point that we don't eat out so much (thats more of a financial thing) and I think that I am ok in life having this one vice left to me. However, I am going to try! I told her that I couldn't make any promises and she has said that I am already setting up myself for failure. I wish she could see my side of the subject. Its going to be painful for me to quit, physically painful! The caffeine withdrawal and the headaches from quitting are going to drive me mad! But we shall see what the outcome is for the future of my Pepsi addiction. Stay tuned, my next post might be from the county Jail because I went on a withdrawal induced killing spree!

Well Christmas is gone and the New Year is upon is. Now all the stores are starting there "After Christmas" sales and the masses are flocking to them with mouths agape and exchanges in hand ready to brave the wandering lines of returns and grouchy clerks. Well not me! I got everything i wished for and more. i got to spend time with my family and got a few gifts as a bonus.

This Christmas i believe I was given a task. My sister in law is very troubled. She has no concept of family or love or care for the feelings of others. At Christmas she stated that she "wanted to just hand out everyone's gifts, let them go to there respective corners and then they can all open them in peace and tell everyone Merry Christmas and move on, because lets face it. Christmas is all about getting gifts!"

I could have strangled her. I wanted to lash out but i refrained myself. I tried to patiently tell her that this is not true and she was deluding herself if she thought that this is the way things are or will be. She was asked why she wanted to do this and her reply was " I don't want people staring at me while I open gifts, that way they dot see the disappointment on my face when I don't like it". That pretty much put me on tilt. It was nice to know that she tried to get Matt and Jude to do the same but they wouldn't allow it either. I made sure that she opened her presents last so that everyone could watch. What can I say, I'm just an ass I guess.

I am happy that the New Year is coming. I wish I could find a new job to go with this new year and I hope that the last interview I went to will pan out. I really want this job but I am concerned about the aptitude test. I don't test very well. If I don't get this one then I will continue looking and hopefully I will get one that is good. I want a place that i can make a career at. I am tired of these "jobs", I want to find a place to retire from. Its so hard because for the first time in my life, I am over qualified for most things. I have never had this problem and never thought I would.

I guess I will just have to wait and see what the new year brings. With any luck i will win the lottery and will not have to worry about it. I can take care of my family, invest and do everything that I always wanted.

Happy New year to all.

Well its that time of year again! The Holidays are upon us and the commercialization of a long standing religious tradition is once again blatantly thrown in our faces with TV spots, Radio ads and now Online Spam. The Christmas music has been playing since shortly after Halloween, the people flocked to the after Thanksgiving sales like the drones that they are, responding to the mass media that filled there brains weeks prior to the 2nd most commercialized holiday of the year. And now with one day left to shop the "Last Minute Sales" are flooding the airwaves enticing folks to spend even more money (that most of them do not have) to satisfy the cravings of friends and family all in the name of........oh that's right. Christmas isn't about counting our blessings anymore, its not about family or tradition or spending time with loved one's that may not have much time left on this good earth. No, its about products, selling, MONEY! I remember that when I was growing up, my family would look forward to Christmas not because it was a time to give gifts to everyone (we didn't have a lot of money in those days and my parents did whatever they could and we were very grateful for what we got) but because it was one of the only times of the year that we would all get together as a family and spend a significant amount of time with each other. To this day we still hold that tradition strong. To us Christmas is about family, being thankful for the lives we have and for what we can share. I cringe every time around this year because I see more and more people falling out of this tradition and falling deeper and deeper into that pit that commercialization has dug in the souls of humanity. I weep for what the world brings, but in my heart I know that the family I have and the values we keep will hold us together through anything that life has to throw at us.

I hope that this makes you think and I wish everyone a very safe and Happy Holiday and a blessed New Year.