Underground Car Guy

Again I have limited access to the Internet.  But this time is a little different, because I do have my laptop and I am able to have apps that I can load on it that I can use without the Internet at times.  I have Microsoft Word, which allows me to write things down.  It is hard to do that at times on a phone.  I also have the LDS Gospel Library on my computer.  This allows me to do my daily scripture study, and then I can make notes in Word from my studies.  But my Internet usage is about three hours a day, six days a week.  I just got my phone turned back on.  There was a misunderstanding on when the payment would be there, and even though I kept good contact with them, they turned off my serve and would not turn it back on until they received the payment.  I am not complaining, because I really can see their point of view. I did not have a phone for 10 days.  I was going through some things at this time, and having a phone would have really helped out.  Most of the time, I

The Tie of the Day September 28 2003 IRB Rugby World Cup Tie This tie represents all the teams that played in the 2003 IRB Rugby World Cup, held in Australia.  No I did not go to any of the matches; I bought the tie online, during the tournament.  The countries flags are in the shape of the Rugby Ball.  The Countries playing that year were Australia, South Africa, United States, Wales, Italy, Canada, Argentina, England, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, France, Fiji, Romania, Namibia, Uruguay, Samoa, Japan, Tonga, and Georgia.

The Tie of the Day September 21 Winnie the Pooh

Sometime I wonder if my prayers are in vain.  I wonder why, I have been praying so hard, and praying with real intent, why are my prayers not answered?  And why does God not answer mine prayers when he answers others, or so they say. I have been told to pray harder, or that I have not been asking the right question of the Lord?  That I am not exercise enough faith? And even been told to change the way I pray?  That one really gets me, because what do I change up?  What am I saying that is wrong to God?  But how do I change, when I have no idea what I am doing wrong.  I was in a long distanced relationship with a woman, who always encouraged me to pray for what I needed.  I have been praying really hard the past year for a job, but nothing has come.  The past few months have been great, because I have had a lot of job interviews, but no offer for jobs yet. I use to pray with the woman I was in a relationship with, over the phone.  At times it felt really weird, because, w

In getting back to reading the scriptures, I have been reading the Bible as my daily scripture study.  I have always liked the stories from the Bible and find the history very interesting.   So last week I was a little disappointed when I read the story about the Tower of Babel.  I can’t tell you how long it has been since I last read the Old Testament, but it has been a very long time.  So somewhere I got in my mind that this was a really big story, that God came down and rained terror on the people for building the tower.  That he came down and destroyed it.  But when you start reading Genesis 11, I did not get this from the writer at all. In Verse 2, we learn that this is in the land of Shinar.  The next verse, we learn how they make bricks and use slime as mortar.  It is in verse 4, that the city and the tower are built. In Verses 5-8, this is where the Lord comes down and sees what the people are doing.  That they were of one language and one in building the tower, a

All my life I have wanted to be like everyone else.  I wanted to be normal.  But some will question what true normal is.  I can remember being young, that I knew, I was not like everyone else.  I was born with both physical and some mental deficits.  Everything on my left side is about 1/2 inch short than my right.  I also have a weakness on that side.  The mental is dyslexia. I remember as a child, have to wear braces on my legs.  I do not remember how long I was wearing them, but I do remember seeing them in my closest when I was about 6.  When we moved to Arizona, I remember being called out of class and have people make me preform exercises to see what my range of mobility was.  Going to the nurses office every year for the scoliosis test was fun.  They would look at my spine and then say, oh it is the Close kid and that was it. My left foot turned in, and there was no heel tow action in it.  Over time, I learned how to turn it to look normal.  If I get tired I do limp.  But,

When I went looking for my favorite scene from Notting Hill, it has it listed as the best proposal ever.  But I do not see it that way.  I always saw it as someone asking to love them.  Just a simple request, but I think it is something that we are all looking for.  I know that is what I have really wanted for the last two years, and I thought I had found that 8 months ago. She came into my life last November, asking me if I was this creepy missionary in our mission (Ireland, Dublin Mission).  But we continued to talk.  I was not looking to getting into a relationship at all. At the time (and still don't) really do not have much to offer.  I have been somewhat under employed and now going through a divorce and losing a house.  But she pushed and pulled, and a relationship started. By the end of January, I am divorced, and the conversation moves to I think we are perfect matches and that you should come up.  I had no way at paying at the time so she paid to fly me out

The Tie of the Day September 14 Flames I guess this can really been seen as a metaphor for my life.  Either things are going up in flames or I am rising like a Phoenix from the ashes of the flames.

As I sit here today, I remember this day as the world some what stopped!  The noise of aircraft gone from over head.  Going to school and discuss for the day was New York, in my Congress Class.  American Flags popping up all over the place and on cars.  Wondering who and why?  This was my September 11th 13 years ago today. But today I write this blog about myself and the none sense that is my life.  As of last week I went over 200 post.  Working on a blog about Noah, and also one about his genealogy. I am living with an friend now, and I have Internet service as well as some cable service.  I miss playing the Xbox, but now I have room to do more stuff. Job search sucks!  I may have to move out of town.  Lived in Mesa for Thirty six years.

The Tie of the Day September 11 One of my regular ties.  I think it is from the George Forman Collection.

The Tie of the Day September 7 Flogs

Today I am moving.  My Internet access will be limited, so my post to my blog my not be so often as before.  I am fine, but when I can use the Internet, it will be at the library, and that has a time limit.  So anything that I post in the near future will be something that I wrote before and paste to my blog. Thanks for all the support and reading some of my no sense.