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Hi folks,
I have been scarce of late, and perhaps longer.
Tired most of the time. Don't get enough sleep, don't feel rested when I do. Trying various things, more exercise, better diet, yadda.
Tim turned 4 back on the 15th. he has gone over 1 year NOT in the hospital for the first time in his life!
Abby is 1 year removed from her open heart surgery, and doing very well.
The other 3 boys are growing like weeds.
My wife is enjoying knitting and cross stitching.
Home schooling is going well.
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I was ready to quit my job at the end of the year. I wanted to move back to NC. WE returned to the church we had left a while back, to be part of the solution. it is going well. I am growing more patient as time goes by.
I decided at the first of the year to revisit "seek first the Kingdom..."
MY attitudes have changed a great deal as a result.
I want to be a better servant. I am going to stay at my job, because they are taking care of us during the recession, and because i am still learning, and because i want to give my kids some stability as they grow up. Other than Tim, they all should be through HS in 10 years. If the Lord permits, I will be 54 then, with more skills, experience, and wisdom, and better able to strike out on that stage of my journey as an engraver, and perhaps as an artisan in other ways also.
I am slowing down on the mundane side work. I want to do stuff at my own pace, and grow my skills more. Learning to budget the past few months has showed me that earning my way out of financial trouble is less desirable then just spending more carefully. We actually had money for my wife to go to a used curriculum sale, and we don;t even normally buy our books until late August, or sometimes later... when we have the money!
Small, obscure stuff to you folks, perhaps,but big for me. wasting time and money has been a blight on my life for a very long time.
So when i clean up a few more jobs, I'm going to take a bit more charge of what i do, and when i do it. I have stuff I have promised to do for others, (non paying gifts, etc.) that are long overdue. I need to honor those commitments. I need to engrave another Khukuri, like i keep blathering about.
In spite of my tone, i am very optimistic about the days ahead. This has been a good year, we are enjoying our new puppy, and i am looking forward to being more involved in better and better things in life, as the Lord allows.
This is the only forum on the NET where i could post such things. Even if folks cared on other paces, (and I'm sure some would) it would just seem out of place.
I'll still have my funks, but they don't last as long. This IS the only forum where i can talk about all of my interests to some degree, and i always get quicker and more interesting replies here, as opposed to anywhere else.
Oh well, enough of the sentimentality!
A lot of my efforts mean less time for the net, but I have spread myself too thin even in that regard. Forum clutter can ruin your life, same as other things!
Thanks for the always open door, and for the listening ears.
See y'all more soon!
Tom
I have been scarce of late, and perhaps longer.
Tired most of the time. Don't get enough sleep, don't feel rested when I do. Trying various things, more exercise, better diet, yadda.
Tim turned 4 back on the 15th. he has gone over 1 year NOT in the hospital for the first time in his life!
Abby is 1 year removed from her open heart surgery, and doing very well.
The other 3 boys are growing like weeds.
My wife is enjoying knitting and cross stitching.
Home schooling is going well.
........................................................................................................
I was ready to quit my job at the end of the year. I wanted to move back to NC. WE returned to the church we had left a while back, to be part of the solution. it is going well. I am growing more patient as time goes by.
I decided at the first of the year to revisit "seek first the Kingdom..."
MY attitudes have changed a great deal as a result.
I want to be a better servant. I am going to stay at my job, because they are taking care of us during the recession, and because i am still learning, and because i want to give my kids some stability as they grow up. Other than Tim, they all should be through HS in 10 years. If the Lord permits, I will be 54 then, with more skills, experience, and wisdom, and better able to strike out on that stage of my journey as an engraver, and perhaps as an artisan in other ways also.
I am slowing down on the mundane side work. I want to do stuff at my own pace, and grow my skills more. Learning to budget the past few months has showed me that earning my way out of financial trouble is less desirable then just spending more carefully. We actually had money for my wife to go to a used curriculum sale, and we don;t even normally buy our books until late August, or sometimes later... when we have the money!
Small, obscure stuff to you folks, perhaps,but big for me. wasting time and money has been a blight on my life for a very long time.
So when i clean up a few more jobs, I'm going to take a bit more charge of what i do, and when i do it. I have stuff I have promised to do for others, (non paying gifts, etc.) that are long overdue. I need to honor those commitments. I need to engrave another Khukuri, like i keep blathering about.
In spite of my tone, i am very optimistic about the days ahead. This has been a good year, we are enjoying our new puppy, and i am looking forward to being more involved in better and better things in life, as the Lord allows.
This is the only forum on the NET where i could post such things. Even if folks cared on other paces, (and I'm sure some would) it would just seem out of place.
I'll still have my funks, but they don't last as long. This IS the only forum where i can talk about all of my interests to some degree, and i always get quicker and more interesting replies here, as opposed to anywhere else.
Oh well, enough of the sentimentality!
A lot of my efforts mean less time for the net, but I have spread myself too thin even in that regard. Forum clutter can ruin your life, same as other things!
Thanks for the always open door, and for the listening ears.
See y'all more soon!
Tom
Sometimes "keeping the faith" isn't just about our personal walk. Sometimes it means keeping enough to lend others when they've run out. :thumbup:
