Wow it’s Sunday night already.  Another weekend down.  This weekend seemed to move really slow.  Wait..  Maybe that’s cause I didn’t do a thing today but just sit here all day long.

OK, so it started off yesterday with some soccer practice.  That was a fun 2 hours in the sun.  Then I helped my wife get her classroom ready for the kiddo’s that start tomorrow.  I finished up the night watching Street Kings, which I have to say was a really good movie.

This morning I played around with mazzie (our dog) and lounging around really.  I did some work around the house but not much really.  Ended up watching Coyote Ugly.  Not too bad of a movie really.  Then we watched this new DVD I got.  David Crowder Band Remedy DVD + CD..  That was simply awesome.  Finished up the night and currently watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Now don’t get me wrong I like watching the Olympics but sometimes when they show the same sport over and over again (*cough, cough, swimming, gymnastics, diving, volleyball) it gets old quick.

So did you all have a good weekend?

Sometimes I wish I had a Corvette.

The car is simply amazing with tons of horsepower and awesome looks.  I found this site with a huge amount of Corvette accessories. They have pretty much anything you would want to add to your Corvette.  One of the first things I would do is to add these awesome glow gauges.  They look so cool.  Then I would follow it up with some special corvette seat covers and a complete car cover.

They have so many accessories it’s unreal.  Everything from floor mats, front end bra’s to custom head lights or tail lights.  Need better exhaust or some new wheels? Check them out and boost up your Corvette.  Want some flair?  They have some really awesome body kits you can add, or just stylize yourself with some Corvette apparel.

Like I said, if I owned a Corvette this is the site I would frequent and I’m sure they would get all my money to trick out my Corvette.

By now if you have looked at, seen or even read parts of this blog, you can tell that I love taking pictures of storms and cloud formations.  So this post is no different. lol

Last night we had a storm pop up to the South of us and of course it wasn’t coming at us, but with the sun starting to set, it made for some good pictures.

Here are my 3 favorites:

I couldn’t imagine living with or taking care of someone that has Alzheimer’s.  I’m sure it’s a tough road to go down.  Here are a couple quick facts:

• Every 71 seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

• Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S.

Wow every 71 seconds that is just crazy to me.  And by the time I finish talking about this more people will have been diagnosed.

Do you know of someone that has this disease?
Have you ever known a friend or family member who has taken care of someone with this disease?

If not, that’s why I’m talking today about The Alzheimer’s Memory Walk.

Here is an overview:
The Alzheimer’s Memory Walk® is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research – and it calls on volunteers of all ages to become champions in the fight against Alzheimer’s. There are walks in more than 600 communities. A typical Memory Walk is a 2-3 mile walk held on a weekend morning in the fall.

By teaming up with the Alzheimer’s Association, you can walk with a purpose – and move us closer to a world without Alzheimer’s. Together, we can MOVE a nation.

After looking over the site I found a local walk in my city coming this October. It’s a couple miles and a couple hours of your time to raise money to fight this disease. I encourage everyone to sign up and raise some money for this great cause.

Together we can move a nation! Sign up to be a team captain today.

The other morning I was outside watering the flowers before I took off to work and we had some tons of rain and i looked over toward the east and caught the sun rising up through the clouds.

Here are two shots:

Yes I know they are the best photo’s, but wanted to share them.

Well the tournament ended for us last night after the third game and even though we lost all three games, it was a huge learning experience for the girls and they finally get to know what it is like to play in competitive soccer.

The first game Friday night as a blow-out 0-7 to Tyler Tsunami 95.  This was our first game to play competitive and the first game since last spring.  Our girls were really nervous and that played a huge part.

Saturday morning we played Fort Worth United 95 Blue and we played a lot better but started to fall apart in the second half.  It was good to play this team as they will be in our league come September.  WE lost 0-5.

Saturday evening we played East Texas Elite 95 and we lost 1-3.  This was a really good pair up and we should have won this game but we still are not clicking and communicating as a team.

In less than 2 weeks we will be heading for Austin for our second pre-league tournament.

Today is the day for my soccer team to finally do something they have been training for this last 11 months.  Finally play in a competitive tournament.  The girls all seem to be ready, and if they are not well its too late since our first game is about 10 hours. lol

I think they are ready for this challenge and we are going to use these 3 games this weekend to help us get ready for the next tournament in 2 weeks in Austin.

Us coaches are pretty excited that the season is basically beginning and the girls get to finally start playing some games, etc.

I will drop some updates after we finish up some games.

Side Note: I meant to post this on Monday or Tuesday but the work and family schedule has been busy this week so here it is.  [my little disclaimer]

This weekend we decided to do some project work around the house since we actually didn’t have any major plans on Saturday.  Over the course of the last year, storm winds and erosion have pushed our back fence the other way and it had a major lean.  I talked with a good neighbor that we have and we looked at it and figured out we both could just do the work and save tons of money hiring someone to come out and do it.  So we decided that we would tear it down and clean out the post holes and then re-cement the holes and put the fence back up.

Fence Project 1

Fence Project 2

Hammer Problems

We started about 6:45am when it was getting light out and finished up about 11:30am.  It was so hot out.  Between the 2 of us we took down about 18 bottles of water.  Have to keep hydrated you know!

Saturday afternoon I had a soccer practice to attend to for about 1.5 hours and then after that Lou, our friend in our community group had invited some people over for some dinner feasting and then to finish up the night watching the UFC fights [#87].  That was a lot of fun, hanging out with friends and meeting new ones.  I had never watched an UFC fight before and wasn’t sure I was going to like it, but it was really interesting and fun.  The drawback though I was so tired and exhausted that after the second fight I was starting to fall asleep and we had to call it a night.  Overall it was a nice and exciting party.

Lately we have been pushing to get out of debt.  Interest rates are always changing and sometimes they get out of control.  And then our monthly payment goes up and up and I truthfully believe nothing is ever guaranteed.  A couple things we usually do is a balance transfer credit card.  Most often you can get 0% interest for 12 to 16 months then after that time period you get to start off with a low interest rate.  In fact we have one about 8 months into a balance transfer.  It helps us to keep from paying an extra year’s interest rates to these card companies.

Hopefully in a few years most of our cards will be paid off and we wont have to worry about making the monthly payments on them.  Now it’s time to get back to working on paying off other debts..

Back in my home state (Washington) last weekend a pretty tragic accident happened.  One boy (14) and one adult were out bear hunting.  And before I go on, I will just state for the record that there is no law against a 14 year old that hunts and it is legal in this area for bear hunting.

Now Pamela Almli (54) was hiking with a friend around 10:30am last Saturday.  Pamela stopped on the trail (which according to the reports was a very popular hiking area) and bent over to put something into her backpack.  Then this accident took place.  The 14 year old boy mistakenly thought it was a bear and fired a fatal shot.

I can’t imagine what both families are feeling or thinking right now.
Just a horrible accident.

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