Saw on CNN that the volcano had a major eruption just after we left for Kona. Big river of lava. I'm sure they have something about it on the website or on Volcano National Park site. Just missed a big blow.
Off to the West side of Maui today, maybe Big beach, and some of the other beaches. Maybe Haleakala, not sure. Then to Kapalua and finish the day at Lahaina for a Luau tonight. I'll try to blog and put up some pics tonight. de
Friday, May 25, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Rest day today!
Originally had a full day scheduled for Kona today. We're both kinda pooped and decided to take a rest day so we can fully enjoy the two days we've got coming up in Maui. Hang out by the pool or maybe do a couple of miles on the treadmill and work off some of these pounds they begin installing the moment you step foot on the ship. Maybe I'll take a look at the rest of the pics and post some more this afternoon. Beats trying to keep up with the Astros!
May the Lord bless all our days!
de & ke
May the Lord bless all our days!
de & ke
Day Something
Night lava, Ninini Point Lighthouse,Lava coast, real live lava, me standing on old lava flow 300' wide,
You know its truly vacation when you're not sure what day it is. I did finally figure out it's Wednesday, yeah. Time sure flies, you know? Today was our day in Hilo on the big island of Hawaii. Kinda a short day as our daysgo on the islands but hey, the upside is you get to see several islands. The downside is,you never really get to see that much of the island.
The big island is really big. We were a little slow getting off this morning which made for an even shorter day. Got to the rental car and headed out for Volcanoes National Park. Bout 30 milesor so from Hilo. Pretty much straight up the whole way, from sea level to over 4000' at Mt Kilauea. Right in front of you the whole way is Mauna Loa or 'long mountain' which rises to over 13,500. All in all pretty impressive. An hours drive around the crater rim drive to overlook the crater. No active lava here. That's later. Just volcano leftovers and there are plenty everywhere you look after major eruptions in the 70's & 80's.
Back down to town, a bite, and back to the airport to check in for our helicopter ride out to the active part of the volcano.Sometimes you see real lava, sometimes not. It's seldom like the pictures of when it first started erupting in the 80's but its still going. We got to see it from an hours copter ride. One of the things I truly wanted to do on this trip. Cars can't go there. The road got destroyed in the big eruption and has never been rebuilt. Technically, its a National Park and you can hike there and some do but it's not stable. Helicopter's the way to go. Awesome! God did some really special things here and He's still doing them!
Back to the ship for a shower and some dinner now. Explore the ship some. Back to the room for when the ship passes the lava flowing into the sea at 10 pm. Wow! Pretty unbelievable during the day, even better in the dark. Pictures weren't much but I'll try to post a couple anyway.
On to the other side of the big island tomorrow, to Kona. Not sure what's up with that. Will try to blog something anyway.
lata. de & ke
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Day 1 or Day 2? or Day 3?
I'm not for sure what day it is. I guess that's what you want when you go on vacation. Not really sure where you are or precisely what day it is. Day 1 was really a blur. We got up pretty early, loaded the bags and headed for the airport. The goal was to go ahead and check the bagscause we were cutting it pretty close time wise later on. Arrived at IAH at about 8 am to findit pretty busy. Glad we came. Got the bags checked and headed back to B-town for bible classand worship. Led the first part of the song service, headed home to change and then to IAH.
Boarded and took off right on time at 1:20 for a smooth 8 hour flight to Honolulu. Arrived 8 hours laterat 3:45 pm or so. Thru the airport, board the shuttle for a $5 trip to the cruise terminal. Not bad!!Smooth boarding process about the Pride of Aloha to room 10056. Bags got there in good time. We attendedthe always mandatory and terribly exciting try on your life jacket, in case of emergency and the ship sinksmeeting. Boy I wish they made you wear those things all the time.
Up to the pool deck for dinner of gourmet burgers, steaks, and baked potatoes, while some guysang hawaiian music and some bulky girls danced the hula. Pretty tired by now @ 8:30 H-time, 1 am body time.Hit the rack for some good hard sleeping. Wake up 10 hours later, down the ships plank and out to the rental car shuttle to Dollar and our Sebring convertible for the day.
We headed out first around the west side of Kauai to Waimea Canyon. Well, first we stopped bythe Drug store for H2o and some snacks for the day. Heade around the coast about 35 milesto the Grand Canyon of the Hawaiian islands. I think I've got that pic to post. Pretty cool place.Even better was the overlook at the end of the road. Kalalua Lookout. This is where they filmed the opening of Jurassic park. There were helicopters flying in and out of it pretty much the whole time.
Then an hour drive back down the canyon and back through Lihue, port and airport town and around to the otherside of the island where the best beaches are. We drove past some pounding surf, full of people trying their skills.The farther we got around to the other side the narrower the road got. We passed over 8 or 10 one lane bridges where you went if you were first, if not you waited for the folks on the other side to go.After a number of small towns and villages we got to the other end of the road completely on the other side of the same cliff at Kalalua lookout. The road would cost to much and be impossible to build to connectthe two sides.
At the end of the road was Ke'e beach where we stayed for awhile. The giant bluff went straight up 1000's of feetright behind the beach. Awesome site. In the water, then out, shower and back towards town. Stopped for a snackin Hanalei Village. Another stop at Kilauea Point for a lighthouse and quite a picture place.
We ended the evening back around the port for a closer inspection of the Kauai Marriott to seeif we might want to come back. Impressive place. Marriott bought and refurbished an older hotel and made it oneof their timeshare properties. After a brief drive by we headed up behind the Marriott to get a closerlook at the golfcourse. We followed this road around behind and out on this point to where we could see the lighthouseand Ninini Point. One of the golf holes went almost out to it. We kept following the roadand when the road continued on beyond the golf course we kept going with no one in sight.
Off the paved road we hit a dirt and gravel road and kept going. The bride got kinda nervous cause there was no one around anywhere. We kept following until the road let right out to the lighthouse. Very awesome point. We stayedfor a few minutes and watch the surf pound the rocks. There's not a soul anywhere and dusk is coming pretty fast so we headed back in. By the time we get back to the golf course there's a chain over the road. Lucky for us theSebring is pretty low riding. The bride gets out, holds the chain up as high as it will go and we clear it by like 2 inches. Back around the golf course down to the Marriott and there's the guy pulling up another chain across the road. "Where did you guys come from," he says. Uh, well, we were back there. Whew! We smiled and then laughed out loud as we crossed the chain again and headed back to turn in our rental car and take the last shuttle to the ship at 8 p.m.
Straight to the buffett line for a light dinner, then to a show for a Las Vegas singer type who was 60+ and outstanding. Backto the room for a shower and hit the rack. More later. de & ke
Boarded and took off right on time at 1:20 for a smooth 8 hour flight to Honolulu. Arrived 8 hours laterat 3:45 pm or so. Thru the airport, board the shuttle for a $5 trip to the cruise terminal. Not bad!!Smooth boarding process about the Pride of Aloha to room 10056. Bags got there in good time. We attendedthe always mandatory and terribly exciting try on your life jacket, in case of emergency and the ship sinksmeeting. Boy I wish they made you wear those things all the time.
Up to the pool deck for dinner of gourmet burgers, steaks, and baked potatoes, while some guysang hawaiian music and some bulky girls danced the hula. Pretty tired by now @ 8:30 H-time, 1 am body time.Hit the rack for some good hard sleeping. Wake up 10 hours later, down the ships plank and out to the rental car shuttle to Dollar and our Sebring convertible for the day.
We headed out first around the west side of Kauai to Waimea Canyon. Well, first we stopped bythe Drug store for H2o and some snacks for the day. Heade around the coast about 35 milesto the Grand Canyon of the Hawaiian islands. I think I've got that pic to post. Pretty cool place.Even better was the overlook at the end of the road. Kalalua Lookout. This is where they filmed the opening of Jurassic park. There were helicopters flying in and out of it pretty much the whole time.
Then an hour drive back down the canyon and back through Lihue, port and airport town and around to the otherside of the island where the best beaches are. We drove past some pounding surf, full of people trying their skills.The farther we got around to the other side the narrower the road got. We passed over 8 or 10 one lane bridges where you went if you were first, if not you waited for the folks on the other side to go.After a number of small towns and villages we got to the other end of the road completely on the other side of the same cliff at Kalalua lookout. The road would cost to much and be impossible to build to connectthe two sides.
At the end of the road was Ke'e beach where we stayed for awhile. The giant bluff went straight up 1000's of feetright behind the beach. Awesome site. In the water, then out, shower and back towards town. Stopped for a snackin Hanalei Village. Another stop at Kilauea Point for a lighthouse and quite a picture place.
We ended the evening back around the port for a closer inspection of the Kauai Marriott to seeif we might want to come back. Impressive place. Marriott bought and refurbished an older hotel and made it oneof their timeshare properties. After a brief drive by we headed up behind the Marriott to get a closerlook at the golfcourse. We followed this road around behind and out on this point to where we could see the lighthouseand Ninini Point. One of the golf holes went almost out to it. We kept following the roadand when the road continued on beyond the golf course we kept going with no one in sight.
Off the paved road we hit a dirt and gravel road and kept going. The bride got kinda nervous cause there was no one around anywhere. We kept following until the road let right out to the lighthouse. Very awesome point. We stayedfor a few minutes and watch the surf pound the rocks. There's not a soul anywhere and dusk is coming pretty fast so we headed back in. By the time we get back to the golf course there's a chain over the road. Lucky for us theSebring is pretty low riding. The bride gets out, holds the chain up as high as it will go and we clear it by like 2 inches. Back around the golf course down to the Marriott and there's the guy pulling up another chain across the road. "Where did you guys come from," he says. Uh, well, we were back there. Whew! We smiled and then laughed out loud as we crossed the chain again and headed back to turn in our rental car and take the last shuttle to the ship at 8 p.m.
Straight to the buffett line for a light dinner, then to a show for a Las Vegas singer type who was 60+ and outstanding. Backto the room for a shower and hit the rack. More later. de & ke
Sunday, May 20, 2007
New H-town this week!
Well, its on to a brand new H-town this week, Hawaii-town. Yeah, I know it doesn't make a lot of sense but neither does planning for this kind of trip, some place we've both wanted to go our whole lives. Direct flight right after church this morning. 7 day cruise to the Big island, Oahu, Kauai, and Maui. It's going to be great fun. I'll try to blog most everyday if I can. We brought the computer, camera, etc. Maybe there will even be some pics. TTYL from H-town.
de & ke
de & ke
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Baghdad blog
Just came across Mark Goode's blog. He's from our church and fighting in the war in Baghdad. Thought you might want to check it out. http://mpfreedomfighter.blogspot.com/
Blogging again!
I'm not one of those religious-type bloggers whose habit it is to blog eveyday. Duh! you say. You're not even weekly or monthly. Well, you'd be right about that. Hopefully, I'm back to blogging on a more regular basis. I do spend enough time each day on the computer that blogging should be easy enough. Maybe I'm just not that organized or disciplined. Maybe its too much TV at night. I did get way behind on my regular shows when the STB were recording almost every night two weeks ago, during sweeps week. Maybe I've spent all my spare time over the past six weeks digging in the dirt in and around my house when I could've been blogging. I do love my yard and the flower beds and am even picking tomatoes every day right now. Gave a bunch of em away to our LIfe group this past Sunday night. They snatched em up when I offered. I guess bottom line is, I've gotta have a reason to blog. It can't be just mindless stuff. Well what do you think this is that you're doing now?
Here's the scoop for those who are interested. This Sunday, Lord willing, the bride and I will be flying to Honolulu for a 7 day cruise around the islands. I'll try to blog every day about our journey and even include some pictures and maybe video. I did manage to put a video on my myspace account yesterday. Yes, I now have a myspace page. Here's the link. There's not much there but I'm just getting started. http://www.myspace.com/davidel57
STB recording update. We spent a full Saturday this past Sat. It was slow. We've got one more song to go, not counting all the editing, then the mixdown, mastering, and duplication. Well, more later. I promise.
Here's the scoop for those who are interested. This Sunday, Lord willing, the bride and I will be flying to Honolulu for a 7 day cruise around the islands. I'll try to blog every day about our journey and even include some pictures and maybe video. I did manage to put a video on my myspace account yesterday. Yes, I now have a myspace page. Here's the link. There's not much there but I'm just getting started. http://www.myspace.com/davidel57
STB recording update. We spent a full Saturday this past Sat. It was slow. We've got one more song to go, not counting all the editing, then the mixdown, mastering, and duplication. Well, more later. I promise.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
STB Recording
I sing in a southern gospel quartet called the South Texas Boys. The group reformed a couple of years ago with three members from their former quartet, The Master's Brothers, who lost its lead singer and me as the new tenor. That rocked along for a few months when the high tenor retired from school teaching and moved and the lead singer quit. That left me and Wyatt the original member, the bass, and me. I moved to lead and Wyatt recruited one former member from years ago, John, and a former member's son, Forrest. That's where we are for about the last year.
This past week we spent four days recording our first CD. Back while I was in preacher's school in 1988, the school grabbed four of us and put together a quartet which travelled and sang to promote the school for a time and we recorded a cassette. Actually, looking back, it wasn't too bad for no more time than we spent doing it. As I recall we only spent a few hours recording the whole thing. I gotta find one of those tapes and make it into a CD for me. Anyway, that was nothing compared to this past week. When we were done Saturday, not done completed but out of time for the week, we had put in 20 hours in the studio. That's not counting the time it took to get there and back, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, nights, and Saturday. All told about 30 hours last week recording.
Hopefully, we'll finish this Saturday with another 6 or 7 hours. We'll finish our recording part. Then there's editing, mixing, and such. It may be 50 hours or more studio time before we're done. Maybe more on that later.
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This past week we spent four days recording our first CD. Back while I was in preacher's school in 1988, the school grabbed four of us and put together a quartet which travelled and sang to promote the school for a time and we recorded a cassette. Actually, looking back, it wasn't too bad for no more time than we spent doing it. As I recall we only spent a few hours recording the whole thing. I gotta find one of those tapes and make it into a CD for me. Anyway, that was nothing compared to this past week. When we were done Saturday, not done completed but out of time for the week, we had put in 20 hours in the studio. That's not counting the time it took to get there and back, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, nights, and Saturday. All told about 30 hours last week recording.
Hopefully, we'll finish this Saturday with another 6 or 7 hours. We'll finish our recording part. Then there's editing, mixing, and such. It may be 50 hours or more studio time before we're done. Maybe more on that later.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Back to the Blog
Well, here goes my blog again. After catching up on some other bloggers and finding some new ones, like Mark in Irag, and Holly in Chicago, I figured I better get back to blogging myself. The last time I tried was after they were switching to the new blogger. I tried 2 or 3 times and it just wasnt' working so I quit. Now I'm back. Can't promise much except to check in from time to time. Maybe I'll put up some pics of my grandson or my daughter being in town this weekend or the bride and mines upcoming trip to the islands or our STB in the recording studio. That was worth a blog or two. I did record an album one time in preachers school but not like this time. It was very cool. Well, whatever it is hopefully I'll be back soon. Or maybe a Rockets shout out if they win on Thursday. It wouldn't be for the slumping Astros. How bout those Mavs, back from the brink. Gotta work now.
de
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Monday, December 11, 2006
Once a Month Blogging!
Well, here I am at the blog again. Boy its been a whirlwind since the last time. Went to Cooperstown to see our daughter and a few days of R&R only to be interrupted by our first grandson, Noah David born, Nov 21st, five weeks early. We weren't even in C-town 24 hours before we got the word that he was coming. We tried that day to go and take in the Baseball Hall of Fame where our son-in-law works but couldn't get very good phone reception and had to keep stepping out. Not to mention I didn't bring my cell phone charger and up there in the hills it tried to die quick. I also wasn't expecting to make quite that many phone calls.
Then try to buy, cook, and eat Thanksgiving and change your Thanksgiving day flight to the day before. Somehow, we managed it, until we got to the airport thanks to a loving and understanding daughter and son-in-law. In Albany our first flight was delayed so that we'd have to spend the night in Newark airport. Pretty cool thought when we were trying to get to Dallas. Somehow, the nice lady at Continental got us on Delta to Cincy then to Big D, before our original flight would've made it. And this is the short version. We made it to Plano, met Noah, and then spent the next 3 days, waiting, praying, visiting, watching football and enjoying this great joy that has come into our lives.
We've since returned to Dallas this past weekend to visit, hold the baby again and spend some time with them. Well, there's plenty more about what's happening lately and some baby pics to come but that's all I've got time for now.
cya, de
Then try to buy, cook, and eat Thanksgiving and change your Thanksgiving day flight to the day before. Somehow, we managed it, until we got to the airport thanks to a loving and understanding daughter and son-in-law. In Albany our first flight was delayed so that we'd have to spend the night in Newark airport. Pretty cool thought when we were trying to get to Dallas. Somehow, the nice lady at Continental got us on Delta to Cincy then to Big D, before our original flight would've made it. And this is the short version. We made it to Plano, met Noah, and then spent the next 3 days, waiting, praying, visiting, watching football and enjoying this great joy that has come into our lives.
We've since returned to Dallas this past weekend to visit, hold the baby again and spend some time with them. Well, there's plenty more about what's happening lately and some baby pics to come but that's all I've got time for now.
cya, de
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Great Houston Sports weekend!
I can't remember a better sports weekend in H-town in a long, long time. I was talking to my oldest son about it who metioned the Sooners won, Rockets beat Miami, Texans beat Jacksonville, and the Longhorns lost? How could it get any better than that. I guess for some the Cowboys won as well. He forgot about the Houston Dynamo! I actually did watch some of match, game, whatever its called and DVR'd the penalty kicks to watch when I got home from the areawide church service. The Sooners were impressive, Paul Thompson especially I guess. I still haven't watched it yet. Longhorns went down, yes, that was sweet. Sorry, Horns fan, I'm not.
The Rockets are very impressive so far. Yao's the MVP hands down if he can keep this kind of play up. He's dominating everyone. McGrady is still trying to find his shot but I think he will and when he does they must may have the supporting crew to make vast improvements this year. The Texans won again over the Jags. They're growing, I think. I looked down and thought it was the ghost of Bob Stoops making that call at the end of the game with 4th & inches to keep the ball and run out the clock for the W. Big, big call and victory for Kubiak, Carr, the Texans in general. They may make a football team yet. Never in Dom Capers life would he make that kind of go-for-it call.
The Khou.com football pickem contest is certainly up and down. Only six picks last week right but 11 this week which will always put you back up the charts. Think I'm in the top 15 in the H-town area again. Who knows from week to week who will win. Nobody knows. Cougs won, Rice won, Ganders won. All around a winning weekend. Even caught some fish on Sunday night. Gotta go.
Cya down the road.
de
The Rockets are very impressive so far. Yao's the MVP hands down if he can keep this kind of play up. He's dominating everyone. McGrady is still trying to find his shot but I think he will and when he does they must may have the supporting crew to make vast improvements this year. The Texans won again over the Jags. They're growing, I think. I looked down and thought it was the ghost of Bob Stoops making that call at the end of the game with 4th & inches to keep the ball and run out the clock for the W. Big, big call and victory for Kubiak, Carr, the Texans in general. They may make a football team yet. Never in Dom Capers life would he make that kind of go-for-it call.
The Khou.com football pickem contest is certainly up and down. Only six picks last week right but 11 this week which will always put you back up the charts. Think I'm in the top 15 in the H-town area again. Who knows from week to week who will win. Nobody knows. Cougs won, Rice won, Ganders won. All around a winning weekend. Even caught some fish on Sunday night. Gotta go.
Cya down the road.
de
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Trying to Remember
I had something I was going to blog about, I know I did and then it was gone. I was reading my sons blog about his soon to be born son loving the Sooners and loving God and I know I had something to say but for the life of me I can't recall what it was. It certainly wasn't the Astros, they're on vacation or the Rockets, not sure what to say about them yet, we'll see. It couldn't have been the Texans, as they are on vacation as well. There it was but I hadn't finished my sentence and before I finished it was gone again, concentrate de.
Oh yeah, there it is, whew! Something I've never done, Pro football pics on KHOU.com. I signed up the first week, picked the games and came in 2nd on week one, 11/14 which was great. Then reality set in and I began to fall off the leader board over the next few weeks. I didn't fall terribly far but down to 50 something in the H-town contest. Well, I'm proud to say over the past few weeks, I've made some pretty good pics, nothing spectacular, and I'm moving back up, up to 17th overall in H-town. Just think what could happen if I really studied any of it. Nah! It's not worth the time but its kinda fun. It just confirms why I'm not a gambler. Well, enough blogging today.
Cya nexttime, de
Oh yeah, there it is, whew! Something I've never done, Pro football pics on KHOU.com. I signed up the first week, picked the games and came in 2nd on week one, 11/14 which was great. Then reality set in and I began to fall off the leader board over the next few weeks. I didn't fall terribly far but down to 50 something in the H-town contest. Well, I'm proud to say over the past few weeks, I've made some pretty good pics, nothing spectacular, and I'm moving back up, up to 17th overall in H-town. Just think what could happen if I really studied any of it. Nah! It's not worth the time but its kinda fun. It just confirms why I'm not a gambler. Well, enough blogging today.
Cya nexttime, de
Friday, October 27, 2006
Heading South
Yep, that's right heading south to Galveston today. The STB quartet is singing later this evening at the Gulf Coast spiritual Growth Workshop. We're singing from 6-7. Maybe there will be 1000 people there. It should be fun. The director invited us to sing after the evening session but we've only got like 12 songs ready to sing. We've so busy singing around at different places we haven't had time to work up any more. Oh well. Good thing we're going south cause that means I'll have the wind at my back. Yesterday, 15-20 out of the South, with buckets of rain, again, and today all thats cleared out and swung around out of the north 15 mph. Can't make up its mind.
Good report on the Rockets today on ade's blog. I like em. I haven't bought any tickets yet but I like em. The biggest question is will they jell, gel, jail? I don't know. The other question is will the Texans end up with more wins than the Cowboys. Could be? We'll see this week.
It's not much but you can check out the STB webpage at STB.com
lator gator, de
Good report on the Rockets today on ade's blog. I like em. I haven't bought any tickets yet but I like em. The biggest question is will they jell, gel, jail? I don't know. The other question is will the Texans end up with more wins than the Cowboys. Could be? We'll see this week.
It's not much but you can check out the STB webpage at STB.com
lator gator, de
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Weekend Hangover Almost Gone!
Boy did this past weekend last long into the week. And all without a dram to drink. But hangover was really the only way I know to describe it. Don't get me wrong, it was a lot of fun but I guess I don't do only 3 hours of sleep like I used to. And I don't want to either. It began early Saturday with a trip to IAH. It was crazy busy. I've finally adapted to "getting there early" like the bride. It leaves for more sitting around but I spent the time going over the Ganders last minute loss to Port Arthur Memorial in PA. Too bad for them but they'll still make the playoffs. Started to go but PA was too far with my day Sat. Good choice de.
Flight to DFW where its 73 degrees. There's no degree thing on the keyboard is there? Get the Hertz Grand Marquis, pick up the boys, stop by Braums for a burger and we're off to Norman for the game. Temperature upon arrival is 53*, you know what I mean. Game time temp is 48* wind blowing 20 mph. Great game, lots of fun, head back to DFW. How can it take 30 minutes at Taco Bell in Lindsay, OK. Further delays, drop the boys, get the motel and in the bed at 2. Alarm goes off @ 5, to the airport, fly home, to worship. Fortunately I had my stand in ready. Too much to preach that day.
Spent a good part of my evening yesterday picking up the trash washed up in the back yard. It came up into the yard from the bulkhead around 20'. Lots of other folks pier stuff, all kinds of limbs, driftwood, and trash. Got it done tho. Price of living on the water.
Bout to get my sleep back. I'm an 8 hours a night guy most of the time. Just feel better that way. Sleeps essential and most of us don't get enough to stay healthy. Well, the bride is away. The STB are singing this Friday at the Gulf Coast spiritual Growth Workshop in Galveston. Too bad we don't have a CD read to sell. Maybe soon. Check out ade's blog for his weekend activity. My Saturday night, er, Sunday paled by comparison.
cya, de
Flight to DFW where its 73 degrees. There's no degree thing on the keyboard is there? Get the Hertz Grand Marquis, pick up the boys, stop by Braums for a burger and we're off to Norman for the game. Temperature upon arrival is 53*, you know what I mean. Game time temp is 48* wind blowing 20 mph. Great game, lots of fun, head back to DFW. How can it take 30 minutes at Taco Bell in Lindsay, OK. Further delays, drop the boys, get the motel and in the bed at 2. Alarm goes off @ 5, to the airport, fly home, to worship. Fortunately I had my stand in ready. Too much to preach that day.
Spent a good part of my evening yesterday picking up the trash washed up in the back yard. It came up into the yard from the bulkhead around 20'. Lots of other folks pier stuff, all kinds of limbs, driftwood, and trash. Got it done tho. Price of living on the water.
Bout to get my sleep back. I'm an 8 hours a night guy most of the time. Just feel better that way. Sleeps essential and most of us don't get enough to stay healthy. Well, the bride is away. The STB are singing this Friday at the Gulf Coast spiritual Growth Workshop in Galveston. Too bad we don't have a CD read to sell. Maybe soon. Check out ade's blog for his weekend activity. My Saturday night, er, Sunday paled by comparison.
cya, de
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Deja Vu! TS Allison
Wow, what an interesting beginning to this week. Actually, the rain started sometime Saturday night. The only reason I knew that is because the ground was wet when I got up Sunday morning. Right as I started to preach Sunday morning the sky opened up, the rains came down and the floods came up. Everybody gets a little nervous when that happens either because its so darned loud in our auditorium when it rains like that, or they know they've really got nowhere to go until they hear it stop raining and they know the preacher knows it. Anyway, took the bride to Pappasitos for lunch, sat at the bar, while watching the 1st half of the Texans/Cowboys game. Turned out that was the only part worth watching unless your a big TO fan.
Oh yeah, the rain. The bride took a nap while I watched the TO show, then I took one while it rained, scratch that, it poured the whole time. Got to get my rain gauge working. We had our Life group over, in the rain. It rained Sunday night adn all day Monday. The wind blew off the bay all day Monday 20-30 mph. The tide came up and completely covered the bulkhead and all the piers. Lost boards began to float up in my yard. Waves crashed into the yard as the water would reach the bulkhead and then make a wave in the yard.
My nextdoor neighbor almost lost his boat on Monday evening. The water was so high it worked his boat partially out of its sling. He went down at almost dark, navigated the pier, which he couldn't see, waves crashing, bay rocking, and managed to get it back in place. Pretty scary stuff. Finally about 7 or so the rain quit and western sky cleared for a beautiful red sunset. The water stayed high for most of the next day before you could see the bulkhead. Still haven't cleaned up much. Guess I can start that tomorrow. Well, one price of living on the bay. My pier survived. Now I have enough extra pier parts to add on to mine. Remminded me of Tropical storm Allison back in 2001. Not quite as bad though. If it had kept up another few hours, we were getting there. Hopefully its gonna dry out now.
Gotta go. de
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Oh yeah, the rain. The bride took a nap while I watched the TO show, then I took one while it rained, scratch that, it poured the whole time. Got to get my rain gauge working. We had our Life group over, in the rain. It rained Sunday night adn all day Monday. The wind blew off the bay all day Monday 20-30 mph. The tide came up and completely covered the bulkhead and all the piers. Lost boards began to float up in my yard. Waves crashed into the yard as the water would reach the bulkhead and then make a wave in the yard.
My nextdoor neighbor almost lost his boat on Monday evening. The water was so high it worked his boat partially out of its sling. He went down at almost dark, navigated the pier, which he couldn't see, waves crashing, bay rocking, and managed to get it back in place. Pretty scary stuff. Finally about 7 or so the rain quit and western sky cleared for a beautiful red sunset. The water stayed high for most of the next day before you could see the bulkhead. Still haven't cleaned up much. Guess I can start that tomorrow. Well, one price of living on the bay. My pier survived. Now I have enough extra pier parts to add on to mine. Remminded me of Tropical storm Allison back in 2001. Not quite as bad though. If it had kept up another few hours, we were getting there. Hopefully its gonna dry out now.
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Monday, September 25, 2006
Gas pump had wrong price!
Something really exciting happened yesterday. I know you're probably thinking, how about them Astros, and it was very exciting to see them sweep the St Louis Cardinals over the weekend. A four game sweep with two walk off, game ending hits, which they hadn't had any this whole year. That oughta tell you how their year has been, but that's not what I decided to blog about.
I got to the gas station to fill up the bride's car so she could go to the airport (her home away from home) and the price on the pump was wrong. You're thinking, how aggravating. The sign said $2.03 which I was pretty excited about but when I looked at the pump the price was $1.99 a gallon. I have to admit I never thought it would see less than $2 a gallon anymore but was really glad to pay it. With my discout loyalty card of 1c I actually paid less than 1.99. Pretty exciting. It hadn't been that long ago I went back home and got my gas cans to go back and fill them up when it hit 2.60. So much for my predictions. HOpefully, I'll blog sooner than later.
Thanks for reading,
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I got to the gas station to fill up the bride's car so she could go to the airport (her home away from home) and the price on the pump was wrong. You're thinking, how aggravating. The sign said $2.03 which I was pretty excited about but when I looked at the pump the price was $1.99 a gallon. I have to admit I never thought it would see less than $2 a gallon anymore but was really glad to pay it. With my discout loyalty card of 1c I actually paid less than 1.99. Pretty exciting. It hadn't been that long ago I went back home and got my gas cans to go back and fill them up when it hit 2.60. So much for my predictions. HOpefully, I'll blog sooner than later.
Thanks for reading,
de
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Almost a Month Later
Well, its been almost a month since my last blog. Sounds almost like I'm in a catholic confessional. Since my last blog, I've been with the fam on vacation to South Florida, back to H-town, and settled well into summer. It's not all too hot here in H-town this year. I'm pretty sure we haven't hit 100 yet and most days have been low to mid 90's. It's still as humid as ever especially the past few days. It feels like the gulf coast though, rain, rain, and then it rains. The grass it green and you can almost watch it grow. The mosquitoes will be out in full force in a matter of days. They last about 3 weeks or so. I can't wait. Looks like the fall is shaping up. REL got another new head basketball coach, good luck to that guy. REL also almost won the 7 on 7 Texas tournament getting knocked out in the semis. It would've been their 3 title. Maybe next year. OU looks promising.
Think we're going to try to go some this year. Haven't been to an OU home game in a long time. That'll be fun. Well, gotta go now, ride my bike for some exercise. Maybe I'll see you sooner than a month.
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Think we're going to try to go some this year. Haven't been to an OU home game in a long time. That'll be fun. Well, gotta go now, ride my bike for some exercise. Maybe I'll see you sooner than a month.
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