So it's been raining non-stop for about a week here, and it looks as if it isn't going to be letting up anytime soon. I was driving home from work last night, and I saw a city dump-truck with a snow plow on the front of it. I thought to myself, "that's odd, I never expected to see that on the California coast." Well, it took me a second to realized that he was, in fact, plowing MUD off of the road.....on account that it's been raining so much that there were mudslides all over the highway! I'm really starting to think that we don't belong on the west coast...... =)
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
That doesn't happen every day.....
So today began with an interesting start. On my way to work today, I helped pull a woman out of an overturned Suburban in the middle of the highway. Thank God that she was okay (albeit a little shook up), but it was still a pretty adrenaline-pumping experience nonetheless! I didn't actually witness the accident happen, but the best I can piece together is that she was traveling in the opposite lane as myself, got cut off and was forced into the sandy median. When she tried to correct herself, the tires dug into the soft soil and the car rolled. I happened upon her as soon as she came to rest on her roof, and stopped along with 4-5 other good Samaritans to help pull her out. What really irked me is how many people are perfectly willing to drive on by even after witnessing something like that happen. I hear the lines at Starbucks are terrible, though, if you don't get there early enough in the morning.
All ended well though, and I suppose it could have turned out much much worse. She didn't have so much as a scratch, although her Suburban was a little worse for the wear. All I have to say is that Someone was looking out for her today..............
All ended well though, and I suppose it could have turned out much much worse. She didn't have so much as a scratch, although her Suburban was a little worse for the wear. All I have to say is that Someone was looking out for her today..............
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Welcome to 2008!
Well, it's been a while since my last blog post so I thought that I would give y'all an update.
The turn of the year saw Jessie being sent off to ASBC training at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. She will be there for five more long weeks, learning whatever it is new lieutenants in the Air Force learn. Jessie was selected as the leader of her Flight (about 14 people), and is already enjoying long hours of studying in her room everyday. When they're not studying, they are running! So, if you have a few moments of free time, give her a call....I am sure she would love to hear from all of you. For the mean time I am all by myself, but keeping occupied nonetheless. I have lots of little projects around the house, not to mention fixing up the Rodeo a bit. Also, my job is really taking off, and I have been working a lot of overtime lately. It's not too bad though, as I am starting to find my niche at C&D and am really starting to enjoy what I am doing. It looks like they will be sending me to Brazil sometime in the near future to work with our customer Embraer. We haven't worked out all the detail yet, so more on that later....
It's January and our garden is alive and well (sorry to all of you who are suffering through the Ohio snow)! We've already harvested some zucchini, and we have some broccoli and carrots that are about ready to eat as well. Our orange tree is blossoming too, although I think that it is a bit confused since it's not really supposed to do that until the spring.
We finally found our answer to the awful California-stale bread in the supermarkets. A few weeks ago we discovered a little local bakery after church called the House of Bread. They make dozens of types of fresh bread every day, and they are quite delicious. And since the crappy bread is $3-4 a loaf anyway, paying for bakery bread isn't really any more expensive! It's our new favorite place. =)
On a more serious note....
For those of you who are they praying type, please include Jessie's uncle Jim and his family in your prayers. Jim was hospitalized last week suffering a near-total memory loss. He has made some improvements, but doctors are still unsure of what has caused this strange occurrence. Please pray for Jim and his family, as I am sure they will need all the help they can get in the coming days.
Well, I believe that is all for now. I hope that 2008 has found you happy and healthy, and that it will bring much to look forward to for you all. Until next time.....
The turn of the year saw Jessie being sent off to ASBC training at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. She will be there for five more long weeks, learning whatever it is new lieutenants in the Air Force learn. Jessie was selected as the leader of her Flight (about 14 people), and is already enjoying long hours of studying in her room everyday. When they're not studying, they are running! So, if you have a few moments of free time, give her a call....I am sure she would love to hear from all of you. For the mean time I am all by myself, but keeping occupied nonetheless. I have lots of little projects around the house, not to mention fixing up the Rodeo a bit. Also, my job is really taking off, and I have been working a lot of overtime lately. It's not too bad though, as I am starting to find my niche at C&D and am really starting to enjoy what I am doing. It looks like they will be sending me to Brazil sometime in the near future to work with our customer Embraer. We haven't worked out all the detail yet, so more on that later....
It's January and our garden is alive and well (sorry to all of you who are suffering through the Ohio snow)! We've already harvested some zucchini, and we have some broccoli and carrots that are about ready to eat as well. Our orange tree is blossoming too, although I think that it is a bit confused since it's not really supposed to do that until the spring.
We finally found our answer to the awful California-stale bread in the supermarkets. A few weeks ago we discovered a little local bakery after church called the House of Bread. They make dozens of types of fresh bread every day, and they are quite delicious. And since the crappy bread is $3-4 a loaf anyway, paying for bakery bread isn't really any more expensive! It's our new favorite place. =)
On a more serious note....
For those of you who are they praying type, please include Jessie's uncle Jim and his family in your prayers. Jim was hospitalized last week suffering a near-total memory loss. He has made some improvements, but doctors are still unsure of what has caused this strange occurrence. Please pray for Jim and his family, as I am sure they will need all the help they can get in the coming days.
Well, I believe that is all for now. I hope that 2008 has found you happy and healthy, and that it will bring much to look forward to for you all. Until next time.....
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