I finally paid my bills.

I hate when I get so far behind that I get charged late fees... not because I don't have the money...because I don't have the time to open them/billpay them all.

Tonight I'm caught up.

Bought a new book to start after I finished the three I'm currently reading.

I am so full I can hardly move !!

We had the Company Thanksgiving dinner tonight and I was a little too thankful..........

Found my license after weeks of searching...

It was in the back pocket of jeans that have gotten too big.

Hey...There's two praises!

Or at least one fib, judging by your eating habits recently

Today I went to the Texans' game vs. NY Giants. The people who were supposed to go backed out on me at the last minute (due to other unforeseen obligations) making it difficult to find others who could drop what they were doing and go to houston. I did find them tho... we could leave and get there just before it started and not have to drive very fast. About 45 minutes into the trip, Wayne (yes, the one who had a heart attack a few weeks back) asked me about the parking pass.

I had forgotten the parking pass and the tickets back in Beaumont.



We had no choice but to turn around and go back. When we got back in town one of the guys decided he woud stay since we'd be missing the whole first half and he had work to do.



On the way back to Houston we had to stop in Anahuac to pick up Wayne's brother-in-law. Turns out Wayne's dad was also able to go, so we had a full trip after all.

The first quarter of the game lasted almost a full hour, letting us able to get there at the beginning of the second quarter - we ended up seeing almost the whole game (all the good stuff anyways), the Texans played well and won , and Wayne, his bro-in-law and Wayne's dad got to go to their first game at Reliant Stadium

Wayne has been instrumental in my getting a nicer job and getting in on the ground floor on a better position coming up, so I was more than happy that things worked out to have a great time all around. Thank you God for grace and faithfulness in even the little insignificant things /

it was a good game. I just went nuts with all the penalties but I saw tow good things!

1. The defense turned it up a notch, they played the game they were capable of. 2 interceptions and tons ot 3rd down stops along with tremendous pressure on the QB.

2. The Offense woke up. The Giants defense shut Carr down but the offensive line was able to capitolize on an actual running game. For the first time they opened up holes for the RB to hit!!!

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Praise of me own!! Dena held an open house and she got a lead on her first customer, and she gets to answer phones in the am. (praying for success!)

The running game will pick up a bit if they ever try to run more than off the left tackle 9 out of 10 running plays were left. Whoever's doing the play calling needs to find a new job... Their 4th quarter offense is usually better than the other 3 combined

Great news on Dena's job... I am sure she's putting a lott effort into it

Start my new job in the morning... headed off to

ok praying for multiplied sleep and a great first week!!!


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YES only two more days til vacation!!


Whatever will you do without me for a week and a half??? (please don't answer that it would disrupt my rose colored view of myself!)

In case I miss ya Steve, have an awesome Thanksgiving. Kiss that woman and those babies for me. We leave tomorrow night for Alabama and won't be back till Monday.

Praying for a great start Allen, and better opportunities to follow. Thrilled for Dena, Steve, I have to give her a ring.

I have a second interview at 5:30 today, please pray for God's will.

Thanx All... I love you guys.

Got to work this morning and couldn't find anyone... Someone showed up 10 minutes later and led me into a room where everyone I'll be working with was standing in a circle and praying to open the workday. I walked in just as they were finishing Some had tears in their eyes, so the prayer had to be good.

Amazing...

have a great thanksgiving Steve, I'll miss you

Awesome Allen...we have a prayer group that meets each morning as well. Nothing better than starting the day by giving it to the Lord. /

Had my second interview tonight. Seems they have an entire "Search Team" that participates in the interview process. I will know tomorrow if I moved on to the next phase. I was very happy with the interview, but they had poker faces...

The position starts after the first of the year, so my pension vesting won't be an issue. One favorable thing was they asked me if I had any vacation time that I might be able to begin training ahead of time.

We'll see...

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Steve:
ok praying for multiplied sleep and a great first week!!!


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YES only two more days til vacation!!


Whatever will you do without me for a week and a half??? (please don't answer that it would disrupt my rose colored view of myself!) </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Have a great time!

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by embie:
Had my second interview tonight. Seems they have an entire "Search Team" that participates in the interview process. I will know tomorrow if I moved on to the next phase. I was very happy with the interview, but they had poker faces...

The position starts after the first of the year, so my pension vesting won't be an issue. One favorable thing was they asked me if I had any vacation time that I might be able to begin training ahead of time.

We'll see... </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Great news!

Wooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Only twelve more hours of work til vacation!!!!!!

(darn the luck I can't finish it all tonight!! )

I got the call from the church today, and I didn't go on to the next interview.

Thank you Jesus for closing that door. /

The next open door must be great

I made it in time for the prayer this morning... pretty cool, all work days should begin in prayer with your co-workers.

Sorry Embie.
All things for a reason.

Good work Allen on being on time.... I'm getting worse and worse with being on time for work.... it's these late hours I keep.

I'm in the middle of a BIG project at work.. one that comes up twice a year.

Spent a very productive day in the field making sales calls. This was my last day to "get it all done".

I signed THREE very important contracts and there will probably be TWO more with a few phone followups in the morning.

The results of my efforts help 700 local Churches, Schools and Civic Groups (always non-profits) raise needed funds. To date we've raised 10 million dollars for these local charities.

We provide the means for church building funds... little league uniforms.... school trips.... missions trips... etc...

So there's good Karma in the fruits of my labor.

I'm just so giddy and happy after my 14 hour day I had to share.

Congrats!!!!


It feels good to help!

3.5 hours til vacation officially starts!!!!!!!!!