Changes

A lot of changes have been happening to me and my family recently. I have been doing some major home remodeling for 2-3 years now. The reason they have taken so long is because they are big projects, so of course I am a victim of money & time. But now I am about half way through my scheduled projects. I have finished 2 out of 3 bedrooms for the kids and almost finished with room number 3.

The biggest project that I began with is about 80% completed. All I have left is the bathroom and I think that will go much quicker than the other projects have gone.


There are also other changes that we as a family have been going through. One is a new arrival of Amberly and everyone adjusting to her, especially mom. She goes through cycles of being able to sleep, to not being able to sleep at all during the night. It makes for many tired days and tough nights, but she is worth it.

I don't necessarily like changes, I'm more of a comfort zone dude. I like certain things. I especially like the phrase, "If it ain't broke, then don't fix it." At times that seems to be my life motto. But it is good to mix things up on occasion and actually make changes in your life for the better.

For example, I have some really good friends that I know will be friends to my grave and then I have many friends that are a good support system, but not in my close net circle. I don't like to make very many friends because I do have really good friends and I like to think that my quota is full. So I'm hesitant on making new friends, but I'm trying to extend my circle a little.

There is one goal on the horizon that will change everything for me and I have been putting it off for a while now. This project will cost me a lot of time & money and will severely influence my personal space out of my comfort zone. I know the time is coming very close for me to finally just do it. I will keep you updated.

Looking up to people

I have a few mentor's. I try to examine their lives and see how they handle certain situations and really see what makes them tick. Having examples in your life is good and bad. Because it is natural to look up to them and expect them to be as close to perfect as possible. So you ultimately set them up to eventually disappoint you sooner or later.

There is an one person that I have a great deal of respect and that I do in fact look up to (I'm not referring to Bo Jackson, but I did look up to him in my youth). But he has recently done and said some things that have knocked him off of the pedestal that I placed him on, thus came the disappointment. But who should I really blame? Him? Because he didn't live up to the unrealistic standards I placed before him? I don't think so, so I blame myself.

So now I try to categorize the attributes he had, that I longed to have for myself, and list the attributes, thus separating the attributes from the individual. I like this approach much better. I even have tried to regain some of the respect that I lost from this person, because of my unrealistic expectations. This approach feels much better.

Update of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

I have been trying to keep up to date with the upcoming news on Transformers 2. They just recently released a list of the robots that will be in the movie.


And here is the most recent teaser trailer.

Autobots...Transform and Roll Out!!!