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Well, so far today… We

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Well, so far today…
We went to church - went to Sunday School, then during church, we were in the tv/radio control room. It looks like I will be ‘training’ to be a substitue director/editor. I am beginning to remember stuff, but there’s still a lot I need to learn yet. When I worked in the tv station, I mostly did set-up and camera work. The linear editing equipment was one of the things that I was going to learn next, but it never happened. So I guess now it will be the thing I learn next. I have also talked to PK about helping out with the church website - he said to call P sometime this week. I also need to call her about the baby dedication… I will probably call her on Tuesday.
While I was standing there watching the guys edit, Steve came up with Elijah and said that Karebear had to talk to me “NOW.” So I left and the thought running through my mind was “oh no, someone died.” When I talked to her, I realized that was true. A friend of ours just lost her baby after about 10 weeks of pregnancy. And she’s pretty devastated from what I hear. So as I sit here and write & give the baby a bottle, I want to cry. I want to talk to her, but I don’t know what to say yet. So I am thinking very seriously about this.
Anyway I guess I’d better go now, need to start getting ready to head back to church. Tonight we are hearing the guy who is up for the Associate Pastor’s position again and after service we will vote on him.

It’s actually Sunday

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It’s actually Sunday, but it’s still Saturday to me. Gina, Sheila, and Elizabeth are still here, watching a movie (well actually I think Elizabeth’s asleep), but I can’t sit still so I thought I’d come check my mail and drop a note in here. I’m scanning Elijah’s 2 month photo to send to J before she signs offline. Ah, but she can’t get files via IM, so I gues I will have to email it. That sucks. Why can I send files via AIM but AOL users can’t get them? What is the point in that? But when I get a chance, maybe Monday, I will post that photo on the website. I just don’t feel like taking the time to do it now.
Anyway - Elijah is still stuffy, I think I might take him to the doctor Monday so that this doesn’t turn into something worse than it has to be. But he’s actually sleeping now, so that is good (he’s been pretty crabby all week it seems). Gina and Sheila (maybe Elizabeth since she’s already asleep?) are going to be staying the night tonight, so maybe I just make them take care of him when he wakes up in the middle of the night? hehe
Well they are laughing at the movie up there, so I better go see what is going on! Besides, I forgot what else I was going to write! :-) Maybe tomorrow!!!

Elijah’s playing in his bouncy

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Elijah’s playing in his bouncy seat, so I figure I’ll write in before I start the dishes.
He’s feeling a bit better today, but he’s still congested. Still no fever though, so I guess that’s good. But he actually has smiled today, unlike yesterday.
The other day (14th) was the year annivesary of Grandma D’s death and I wanted to go put some roses on her grave, but our car battery turns out to be shot. Stinks too, because it’s a 2000 and is supposed to be good for 5 years. Oh well, that’s the first problem we’ve really had with the car, so I guess we are doing good. I’ll be getting a new battery either tonight or tomorrow, so I can go next week. But I miss Grandma so much, I just wish that she could have hung around for at least another year - to see Elijah. But it wasn’t meant to be.
I’m also supposed to be picking up Elijah’s 2 month pictures tomorrow, if they’re in. Next week, I’ll go get his 3 month ones taken. Then probably next month, all three of us will go. And of course, I will post them all in the pictures section.

I want to go to Mexico!! I want to go and visit all the ancestral places and the cousins I’ve recently met. I guess I need to learn Spanish then, huh? In the meantime, I need to go to Hannibal, MO again and to Obion and Tipton Counties TN.

Why do I get so much freaking junk mail? What did I ever do to deserve this? All the junk mail at my hw address gets caught by the Spam Assassin, which is great, but for some reason, everyone comes through twice! And Yahoo junk mail almost all gets caught in the bulk mail folder but there is so much. Luckily a few weeks ago I took all my messages I wanted to save and forwarded them to my holifieldweb address & therefore to my computer. Now I am down to like only 3% of my usage of 6 megs. :-D I considered changing my Yahoo address, but then I would only start with 4 megs of storage and I’d have to tell everyone and change some subscriptions - naw, too much trouble. I guess I will just hang around there until the junk mail swallows me up.

Anyway, what else to say? Nothing now I suppose… :-)

So hey…

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on 10.15.03
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so hey… thanks to a fellow CyberPixelean, BigFatSwimmer aka Philip, this thing is now looking a lot better - no more default whites and greys!
So I guess this is my first official entry.
Well, Elijah has a cold today, poor baby, his first one. So he’s been pretty crabby and sleepy at the same time. It’s no wonder he’s got a cold, because I’ve got the same thing, I think. Last night he decided to try and kill himself by flying backwards as I got his medicine ready with my other hand and as I “caught” him, I spilled the medicine everywhere. So of course, The Rimshot thinks that he has to clean it up for me. Arg. Hopefully by tomorrow, he will be feeling better though.
As for me, I am wanting to get this house in order for this weekend, but obviously, I’m sitting here writing something down that no one will read anyway. What is it about the evenings that make me want to waste my time and not get anything done? Oh well, I guess as long as I’m busy all day I can get to deserve this. :-)
So I hope you all out there like this new blog thingy. I think it’s pretty cool, even if what I will have to say probably won’t interest anyone. Guess it’s time I started a diary anyway.