Here we are again

Well, life here at Hide Manor is still puttering along. We are recovering from some major redecorating in Zach's room. One word for the color scheme - VIVID. It is white, a fairly bright blue, and Wal-mart sticker green. Yeah, that's right it is that bright neon green. It looks really nice though. Hats off to Zach for picking his own colors. They really look good together.

Anyway, lots going on otherwise. Somebody broke into the church and wreaked all kinds of holy havoc (get the pun) on the media computer upstairs. It is packed full of virus programs, adware, spyware, worms, and parasites. Hang on I need an inoculation! I got a lot of it fixed before church this past Sunday, but there is a hard drive wipe in my future. I am not looking forward to doing that again.

Work has been slow the last couple of weeks with Spring break going on. Things are looking up a bit this week, but Wal-mart is really giving me fits. I've somehow got to figure out a way to get the people there to look at reality. They have a hard time with that. Once I get Wally World running smooth again I should be on easy street.

We are still working on getting our finances going in the right direction. Kinda decided to go back and start from scratch on the budgeting (Spending Plan). Hoping that a "reboot" will clean up the gunk and get us rolling better. God will bless, I have no doubt of that. It's hard when you realize that if you had just done it right in the first place you wouldn't have to struggle so much to learn the lesson later. Things would be a lot easier if you got smacked immediately for screwing up with money and then received instant relief when turning it around. Not complaining, just thinking out loud.

I was kinda cheesed today when I realized that once again Broke Butt Mountain was going to steal the thunder from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It happened at the Oscars, and now they are released on DVD on the same day. How can people way that Hollywood is not pushing a homo agenda when the biggest publicity during the Oscars went to Broke Butt instead of TLTW&TW? Broke Butt didn't even begin to compete with TLTW&TW at the box office, but the media regurgitates whatever Hollywood tells them to. Anyway, that just cheesed me off.

Well, I am going to run our and put the dogs in for the night. Say a prayer for old Clyde. He is having some problems with his back legs. He has a neurological disorder that is causing all the feeling to slip away in his back legs. Eventually he won't be able to walk. He has been such a good dog, and I am going to really miss him when he's gone. Best dog I have ever owned. Okay I'm gonna go have a cry now.

Take care you all and drop me a line! It has been nice to hear from all of you lately!
In HIS Grip
Tom