A wife who I love with all my heart and gives me lots of love back. I truly feel we have a special relationship that neither of us takes for granted. I enjoy life because she is with me.
2 sons and their significant others (1 Daughter-in-law and 1 Girlfriend) who I am proud of and want the best for.
The relationships I have with both Kolby and Kaleb, individually. They are my Son's and I am the Dad but we're friends too and I love them more than they'll ever know.
A Granddaughter, not even a year old, who makes me happy and proud as well.
2 dogs who teach me how the big picture is always much better than things sometimes appear to be. As the saying goes...If I could only be the person they think I am.
A very hard and painful divorce that was the best thing to happen to me, though it was hard to see at the time. I don't wish anyone any will ill, even in that type of situation. Having gone through it and being on this side, it is so easy to see the pain was worth it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to be thankful for some of things in this post!
Memories of my parents that bring a smile to me and thoughts of things I wish they were here to experience with me now.
Our emergence from a very tough financial situation after having closed a business. Thank God for Lori and her patience in enduring what I put us though financially. It's paying off now.
A Mother-in-Law who is the greatest. She is such a strong woman and has great love for my wife and her other other kids/grandkids. I feel lucky to be included.
Living in a great place (Coeur d Alene) and in a great house and neighborhood.
My job. I get to help people.. It has a noble purpose to it from all sides and done right, I get paid very well.
My close personal friends. As a guy in his mid-40's my male friends are important to me. My best friend and I have known each other for over 30 years since school. I don't know what I'd do without that relationship and what is gives me. My other guy friends mean a lot to me as well, we are there for each other.
Patience and perseverance. Both have helped me get past a lot of crap and realize that sometimes good things take a while to make their way to you, but if you're patient it will come.
My ability to look at life as a "glass half full" not as a "glass half empty".
A belief that I am worthy of all the good things in my life and look forward to all sorts of more good things (material and otherwise).
Friday, May 18, 2007
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Lawn Mowing Time Again
Well, spring is here or at least very close. I've had to mow my lawn twice already!
We live in a nice Coeur d Alene neighborhood. Not a cookie cutter subdivision but a neighborhood with nice sized lots and a mix of older (20+ years) and newer (ours is 10 years old).
Our house is on a large lot on a corner as you come into our neighborhood. It's in what I refer to as the "Pole Position", the 1st one seen by everyone coming around the bend in the road.
I like pole position. I work hard to have a nice looking lawn and flower beds. In a couple of more weeks the flowers will get planted and the added color will be nice. Being on the corner I have large area that takes a lot of flowers to fill up so once they are all planted and blooming the look is quite dramatic for those folks driving into the neighborhood.
My Dad passed this onto me because he always had the best looking lawn in the house we grew up in in Pasco, Wa. He was disabled but could get around the yard easily so he was always working to keep it looking nice. He passed away almost 20 years ago and to this day I miss going over to his house and mowing his lawn for him.
Some people may call me weird but I mow my lawn a different direction every time. It is better for the grass and and I always alternate the mowing pattern to make the grass look cool in a major league ball park sort of way! I never butcher it too short either, keeping it a little taller makes it look better than being scalped the way most of my neigbors do theirs!
I've mowed straight lines, diagonal lines, checkerboard lines and wavy lines on the 4th of July that look like a flag in the wind. It's a guy thing I guess!
The style of our house is such that is has an old-fashioned wrap around porch that when all the hanging baskets and flower beds are blooming and the yard is deep green and trimmed nice and neat, she's a real beauty......One to be proud of....Nothing better than being out front and watering the flowers on a warm summer eve and have neighbors or even strangers stop and tell me how nice it looks. That's something I like.
We live in a nice Coeur d Alene neighborhood. Not a cookie cutter subdivision but a neighborhood with nice sized lots and a mix of older (20+ years) and newer (ours is 10 years old).
Our house is on a large lot on a corner as you come into our neighborhood. It's in what I refer to as the "Pole Position", the 1st one seen by everyone coming around the bend in the road.
I like pole position. I work hard to have a nice looking lawn and flower beds. In a couple of more weeks the flowers will get planted and the added color will be nice. Being on the corner I have large area that takes a lot of flowers to fill up so once they are all planted and blooming the look is quite dramatic for those folks driving into the neighborhood.
My Dad passed this onto me because he always had the best looking lawn in the house we grew up in in Pasco, Wa. He was disabled but could get around the yard easily so he was always working to keep it looking nice. He passed away almost 20 years ago and to this day I miss going over to his house and mowing his lawn for him.
Some people may call me weird but I mow my lawn a different direction every time. It is better for the grass and and I always alternate the mowing pattern to make the grass look cool in a major league ball park sort of way! I never butcher it too short either, keeping it a little taller makes it look better than being scalped the way most of my neigbors do theirs!
I've mowed straight lines, diagonal lines, checkerboard lines and wavy lines on the 4th of July that look like a flag in the wind. It's a guy thing I guess!
The style of our house is such that is has an old-fashioned wrap around porch that when all the hanging baskets and flower beds are blooming and the yard is deep green and trimmed nice and neat, she's a real beauty......One to be proud of....Nothing better than being out front and watering the flowers on a warm summer eve and have neighbors or even strangers stop and tell me how nice it looks. That's something I like.
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