time to write

I would like to publicly thank my wife for taking over the blog site, while I was just not in the mood to type anything. I would like to think of it as a plot to get her to join me in this blogging thing, but I'm not that crafty.

We had to take a General knowledge test saturday, which lasted about 5 hours. I was jumping out of my skin. The lady giving the test even noticed my figiting around and came over and told me that she can see that I can relate well with my kids. I told her they have all my sympathy.

I remember all too well how horrible it is to sit in class ALL DAY. That is one of the things that I hate about this job. I feel like a person that tortures kids for a living.

School is actually getting better for me, but it seems to be getting worse for Christine. She has had 2 bad weeks and the week ends have not been enjoyable for one reason or another. AND we have about a month before our next long weekend, so it's going to be tough.

As far as stuff around the house. I planted 3 palm trees last weekend, which is a great deal more effort than just saying it. The proverb that talks about a wise man builds his house on rock, and a fool builds his house on sand, never thought about planting trees. We are on rock and coral! I had to use a heavy bar with a sharp point to break it up and then shovel it out. ALL DAY! 3 holes. We were going to plant pineapples, but that hole ain't worth no stupid $3 pineapple. If it's not going to provide shade or privacy, it's not getting a hole.

Last weekend we also got TIVO for our direct TV. It's very nice. All I got to say is don't get it, if you don't want it the rest of your life. I usually don't watch alot of TV other than couple of shows, football, and news, but now I can scope out the good stuff and watch it when ever I want. So in a way it's giving me freedom to do what I want when I want, but it also gives me more that I want to do that is not productive. blah, blah, blah, blah.

Today I'm going to change the oil in the "lower end" of my motor and hopefully finish the shelves and start new ones. The wind has been too bad for the boat, and hopefully I'll start my sailing lessons next week. AND hopefully start doing some stuff worth writing about.