Time, Where did it go? And some random thoughts

I can not believe that it is December 22nd. This year has flown by. I have a lot to be thankful for this year. I have a better outlook on life. I still have a wife who loves me. I'm still doing great with my weight loss. I have my health and a job. Wonderful friends. The only thing that is missing is an addition to our family. I don't blame God for Sheila and I not having any little ones yet. I know that God will bless us when he is ready. I know that there is a reason for everything. It's not for us to know what that reason is. I do believe that God's word is true and that he will bless us. He has never let us down before. I can tell you that Sheila and I have had many ups and Downs in the past 9 years. I really believe that when the smoke clears and we pick up the pieces we are stronger. If I never got another thing that I wanted I still have my relationship with God and my relationship with my wife. There are so many people who are sitting at home tonight without someone to love them. Without someone to mess up their hair. No one to throw a pillow at you for mocking them in fun. No one to get upset with them for something said in anger. Just plain lonely. I pray that I never have to know that feeling. I lived a life as a loner (and still do somewhat) and it is just the Pitts. Everyone needs someone to love.



The sad thing is that there are many days that I get down on myself and think about all the things that I do not have, All the things that I want and will never get. I hate it when I get like that because I have to come back to reality and really look at what the big picture is. We are all here for such a short period of time. It seems that many of us go home to soon. And then there are those silver haired saints that long for the day they can go to their reward. The fact is this isn't home. This is training camp. Our treasures are not here on earth. I have to remind my self of that so often. In this very busy day to day life that we live it is often very easy to loose sight of the important things. I think I smell a New Years resolution coming :)



Blessings till I post again.

TV, Music and Christmas

Have you seen this TV show called Clash of the choirs? I am watching it while doing this blog and I have to tell you I like it. And like most TV shows that I stumble on that I like I have found that this is the Finale. Oh well, Life goes on. I guess I'll have to look it up on you space to see it. I'm sure they will have it posted by tomorrow. I just love music and songs that just move you. They sang What a wonderful world. Man it sent a chill up my spine. If you turn on the radio now days you just don't hear to much of what I consider good music or singing like that. I know people like a wide variety of music and some people only like one style. I tend to fit into the one style. My favorite hands down is gospel. If I made a pie chart of my favorites I bet gospel would fit into about 95% and various other's would go in that last 5 percent. Speaking of music you would think that I would be listening to non stop Christmas music. Which I have been listening but not like I normally do. Maybe Christmas Eve that is what I'll listen to. But as you may have already guessed I am still hooked on a few songs. A new song I am hooked on is called every time I feel the spirit. It is sung by a group called Acappella. These guys knock it out of the park. I know I have made this analogy on so many songs before, but I gotta tell you that I am not exaggerating one bit. I'm sure my co-workers are loosing sanity because I think I have had almost all of them listen to this song. I'm sure they just listen and say that's nice just to make me feel good. I don't know if their spirit is lifted as much as mine is when I listen to this song over and over again. But I just hope that they can find something to give them that warm fuzzy feeling all over. I think everyone needs something that they can pull out in a moments notice to lift their spirit when they are sagging low.

Wow, Christmas is creeping up fast. I did manage to get my Secret Santa gift wrapped tonight. Tomorrow is our exchange. I still need to go shopping for Sheila. Yes this is December 20th and I should have it done by now, but as many of you know I have not had much time with all the over time I have been working. As it stands right now my next day off will be Christmas Day. Then it starts all over again. It's just the way our business is this time of year. Come Mid January we will be back to normal hours and I will probably sleep for a week (just kidding).

Blessings till I post again.

New Picture

I have posted an updated picture of myself on the blog page. It's not one of my better pictures but it is the most recent. To really get an idea of what my new hair style looks like you really have to see it in person. Sheila still claims to like it, So I think I'll wear it like this for now. Who knows.

I'm still going crazy with nothing to do but watch TV and sleep. I can't wait to get back to exercise again. That's been the thing that has bothered me the most with being sick. I'd have to say that I feel about 50% better than I did two days ago, but I still have a way to go before I'll be back to where I was.

I slept until 1:30 in the afternoon yesterday. That is so not me. I am used to getting up at 5:00 every morning and no later than 6:00 on the weekends. That should be some kind of indication as to how bad I have felt.

I woke up this morning at 6:00 to the sounds of freezing rain hitting the grass. As bad as I felt and as tired as I was I still got out of bed to watch the freezing rain. I didn't pop any pop corn and pull up a chair though. I just watched for a few mins. I am thankful for heat, that's for sure. I saw the squirrels playing and freezing their buns off. I am so glad I am not a squirrel. I didn't see the Surveillance officer (as I call him) I assume he was watching me though. Either that or he was out planning his next attack.

Well I am very tired and ready to call it a night.

Blessings till I post again.

Greetings from the land of the near living.

My body gave out on me today. I started my day at 2:00 this morning. I woke up and immediately became aware of the fact that today I would be laying around. I felt awful. I literally ached all over. I could barely breath from being so stuffed up. I went to the kitchen to fix a hot cup of my favorite "sick tea". That's what I call it. It is a apple cinnamon tea. I drink it when I'm sick. It makes me feel really good (for a bit). I tried to sit up for a while, thinking that the sick feeling would pass, but it never did. I called work to let them know I would not be in and waited patiently till 8:00 when the Dr office opened. I called at like 8:01. Good news they had an opening at 10:45. Well as most of you know I can not be late so I was there at 10:00. Signed in and waited with all the other Germs, I mean sick people. I was called back at 10:44 (love it when it's early) and did all the normal stuff, you know check your vital signs. Everything was okay except I had a low grade fever. Now I get to do the waiting game. I'm sure you have all been there before. The nurse says the Doctor will be right in. In lamens terms that means The doctor will be here when he/she gets here and not one second sooner. I finally was seen by my doctor at 11:53. Oh well, all isn't perfect with the world but that's life.
Upon examination she discovered that I had a very tender throat (I just remembered that I forgot to tell Sheila that part. ADHD kicking in again). anyway she says that I came in just in time. She diagnosed me with the Flu and instructed me to get plenty of rest and fluids over the next 2 - 3 days. This is not going to be easy because I am used to doing something constantly. Just sitting or laying around is not my nature. I'm ready to climb the walls. Well I guess that's all I will blog about tonight. I am extremely exhausted and need some more rest.

Blessings till I post again.

The Squirrel, The Pudding and the Mouse.

It has been a while since I posted. Not by choice though. We have been without Internet and cable since Sunday. Today (Wednesday) is the first available time insight could come out. And guess what they found? A squirrel had chewed through the cable line. I won't go into details about my conspiracy theory on squirrels but when I called Sheila to find out what insight found and she told me about the squirrels I said "SEE" my theory about the squirrels are right. They are attacking our homes. Unless we do something about it we are all not safe from the wrath of the squirrels. Of course I am kidding, but I still think the "surveillance officer" had something to do with this. He knows we watch TV and Surf the web. His goal is to knock out all ties to the outside world so they can break in and steal all our nuts and anything else that squirrels eat. Did you know that squirrels loose 90% of the nuts they hide? Seems like squirrels and I both share a memory problem. But I won't go into that right now.

For those of you who have kept up with my blogs and might be wondering about the poor old dead mouse. I have not found time to go out and see if he is still there. Sheila has made no more comments about the mouse so either mother nature finally came through and removed the rodent from view or Sheila did. Well then there is always the possibility that thing is still outside. I have to think that by now it's probably smelling pretty rank and something has come to devour it. But then again most of the time I am proven wrong by my thinking. I am almost tempted to stop right here and go out side to look and see. But if I do that and it's still there I will not have an excuse to dispose of it. Therefore I'll keep rambling.

A final thought. We were in Kroger's a few day's ago and out of the corner of my eye I spotted a Holiday Display. You know the ones I'm talking about. It has all the fixings to make fudge and candy and pies. It's Kroger's way of getting you to buy even more of what you don't need. I think their plan works as well. Anyway I spotted a Pumpkin Spice pudding (Jello Brand) I purchased this pudding back in early October and I loved it. I found it at Wal-Mart. When I went back to Wal-Mart to buy more they were out. Then the higher ups at Wal-Mart decided that this seasonal item should be hidden from my view. I never did find anymore. I even told a co-worker about this delicious dessert. She was excited because she loves pumpkin anything and could not wait to taste it. So I did my good deed when I spotted this delightful pudding once again. I purchased 4 boxes and gave one to my co-worker (Who happened to enjoy it as much as I did). I'm thinking that I might need to go back to Kroger and buy all the puddings they have left. That way after Christmas is over and this "Seasonal" items goes back into hiding I'll have a stash to last me till next Christmas.

Blessings till I post again.

Gentle Shepherd

I was listening to my ipod today and the song gentle shepherd came on. I have hear this song a million times before but I really enjoyed it today. Like any song I have heard millions of times before I sometimes get fixed on a particular song. It goes like this.

Gentle Shepherd, come and lead us, for we need You to help us find our way Gentle Shepherd come and feed us, for we need Your strength from day to day There's no other we can turn to who can help us face another day Gentle Shepherd, come and lead us, for we need you to help us find our way.

I think I listened to it 10 times or more in a row. I love listening to my ipod. It gives me some time to really listen to the words of a song and get the message that the song is trying to deliver. God knew that we could not make it without guidance. He sent Jesus to be our Gentle Shepherd, to lead us home. I couldn't make it without him. I have enough trouble getting here to there without getting lost. If God had not sent his son to teach us and to guide us in the way that we should live we would all be lost with no hope. I'm so glad that there is hope. I'm glad that God laid out a plan that is so simple to follow. We don't have to be rich, famous, pretty, ugly, tall, short, (I'll stop there). All we have to do is love God, Accept his free gift, repent of our sins and confess him as our savior. I know it's hard to believe in something that you can not see. But if you look close you can see him. I can see him in a smile of a friend who just stopped by to say hello. I can see him in a stranger who took two seconds out of their busy shopping trip to the mall to hold the door for me. I can see him in a wife who loves me unconditionally. I can see him in a neighbor who is driving by and waves. He is all around us and we come in contact with him several times a day, but do we ever really stop and say I just saw Jesus! My wish for you this season is that you take a moment out of your day and spot God. He's out there and he will lead you if you let him.

Blessings till I post again.

Overtime and more

I had to work Saturday 8 hours and Today (Sunday) 4 Hours. I worked 58 hours last week and it looks as thought I may end up working about that much this week as well. The reason we are doing so much overtime is because of Annual Enrollment. This is our busy season. Overtime is not my favorite thing but the check is nice.

I had a really good day today, I am 2 lbs away from my GOAL!!!! once I hit that goal I will have lost a total of 115 lbs. That's like 2 Olsen twins for those who are counting.

We have yet to put up our Christmas tree or any decorations. My intent is to have the tree up the day after Thanksgiving so this year we are really behind. And if any of you were wondering about the dead mouse outside the garage door. Well, it's still there. Nature did not take it's course and to be honest with you I had totally forgotten about it until Sheila said something about it this evening. Guess I need to suck it up and do something about it.

We had an unofficial contest today and our team won. We get to wear Jeans to work all this week. Sheila has already got it all planned out. I'll wear my new pair of Jeans tomorrow and as soon as I get home she will wash both pairs for me and then we will repeat this process in a day or so. I know is sounds pathetic but right now I only have 2 pair of jeans that fit me. Sheila wanted to wait until I quit loosing weight because she is tired of buying me jeans that I get to wear for a month before they are tossed into the yard sale pile. So now that I am just about there and mainly going to tone the rest I should be safe to start buying clothes now.

Blessings till I post again.