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Friday, July 01, 2005

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:57:47 GMT

www.grillmasta.com it is then...

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Tue, 31 May 2005 12:32:27 GMT

Apparently that's all I had for approximately 6 months.

...

So i figured i could start to blog again...I might get off xanga though...there's some much better ones out there...

I was checking out typepad.com it's only $4.95 a month...or if i wanted $8.95 a month I could put my own domain name up there...that's not too bad of a deal...

I was also thinking that I could just put it up on my own server...grillmasta.com

Anyone have any thoughts one way or another?

Friday, November 26, 2004

Fri, 26 Nov 2004 06:03:31 GMT

I like turkey day. Lots of good food to eat.

Lots of time to sleep.

I like to sleep.

That is all i have for now.

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:32:48 GMT

the most amazing thing happened this week.

Friday, October 22, 2004

Fri, 22 Oct 2004 04:28:36 GMT

Another long day. It had its ups and downs, but we all made it through. The funeral was tough. After the funeral, when they walked her body out of the church, that was tough too. Hugging my friend right after the funeral was good, but emotionally tough.

Hanging out at their house tonight with almost all of the old crew (and some new faces) was awesome. We played Apples to Apples and just spent some time together laughing and eating some Chicken Shack! We had some great times remembering Kim as someone would speak up imitating her high loud voice responding to something in only a way that Kim would respond -- then laughing about it and coming up with a story starting off like "Remember that time when..." All the laughter and joy we had was bittersweet though. It was great to remember the awesome times, but sad to think that we will not have those times again with her on this earth.

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:10:01 GMT

Today was a bit easier. All the encouragement, kind words, and offers of prayer really were awesome. Thanks everyone for those. It is still super hard for us all, and tomorrow will be super tough at the viewing. I'm gunna be there the whole time for my friend though, so hopefully that will help him out.

That's it for now. i'm super tired. I stayed out with Ryan too late tonight. Oh! The highlight of my night...The Offering. It is so good to worship God and attempt to take your mind off things. It was good seeing some of my friends too.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:55:07 GMT

It has been a tough couple of days.

Yesterday afternoon I found out that my friend's mom had been taken to the hospital around 2 sunday morning for having trouble breathing. They found out that there was fluid in her lungs. On further inspection, they found out that there was a problem with her heart. Sometime later she had a heart attack. They operated, and replaced a valve that had torn. That surgery was yesterday afternoon. The surgery did what it was supposed to.

Last night, maybe about midnight? maybe 1 o'clock, my friend called me, told me she was stablized, and he was going home to shower up and change and get some stuff to go back to the hospital to spend the night there.

This morning about 10:00, I got a phone call from another friend who let me know that "she [was] slipping away." I thought about it a bit, called a couple buddies who are all close to my friend, and we all decided to head up to the hospital to be there for our friend. We all left work right away, and headed up to the hospital. When we got there, they had just decided to take her off of life support.

I can't believe it.

There is a group of us who are really tight from high school.

She wasn't just "like a mom" to us. She was a mom to us..

Pray for the family, and for us this week.

It has been a tough couple days.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:12:51 GMT

Here's the abridged version: Had a wonderful evening. Started out by leaving work for the day--oh boy was it a long one. Then moved on to having some coffee with Naomi, and ended beating Fudge, Josh, and Steph in Poker. Thank-you Fudge for taking Josh out for me...and thank-you Fudge, Josh, and Steph the pleasure of beating you.

Here's the unabridged version: Work was pretty crazy today. Had someone else quit :-/ The government only allowed a certain number of new work visas to be issued, and they ran out of them, so Cynthia can't work for us anymore. She is now moving to canada, where she has a green card. Then I had a lot going on with the GM project I am currently the lead on -- which all took place while i was on site at another customer's. --- blah blah blah,... in short, i had a lot of work to do, and not enough time to do it.

Went to Starbucks with Naomi, and had a good time just chillin, talking, and generally catching up on life. I saw my old pastor there. Talked with him for a couple minutes. It was kinda weird seeing him...it was especially weird, 'cause last time I ran into him in rochester i was with Naomi as well...except that time i was with Naomi AND Ben...and we were playing Snaps with the people at Kmart...that was a great time!

After coffee at starbucks I went home, got there, and Josh wanted me to drive back out to novi to play cards with them....I told him no, and of course -- he talked me into it. I'm glad i went, because I did end up winning.

Now I am going to bed, because i am super tired...and i have a meeting at my customer's first thing in the morning.

Monday, October 04, 2004

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 17:26:22 GMT

Mike : So how long do I wait to call?
Trent : A day.
Mike : Tomorrow.
Sue : Tomorrow, then a day.
Trent : Yeah.
Mike : So two days?
Trent : Yeah, I guess you could call it that, two days.
Sue : Definitely, two days is like industry standard.
Trent : You know I used to wait two days to call anybody, but now it's like everyone in town waits two days. So I think three days is kind of money. What do you think?
Sue : Yeah, but two's enough not to look anxious.
Trent : But I think three days is kind of money. You know because you...
Mike : Yeah, but you know what, mabey I'll wait 3 weeks. How's that? And tell her I was cleaning out my wallet and I just happened to run into her number.
Charles : Then ask her where you met her.
Mike : Yeah, I'll ask her where I met her. I don't remember. What does she look like? And then I'll asked if we fucked. Is that... would that be... T, would that be the money?
Trent : You know what. Ha ha ha Mike, laugh all you want but if you call too soon you might scare off a nice baby who's ready to party.
Mike : Well how long are you guys gonna wait to call your babies?
Trent , Sue : Six days.

Monday, September 27, 2004

Mon, 27 Sep 2004 03:12:17 GMT

The hurricane missed us mostly. We got some crazy wind and some rain. It was still a fun time. I've had a blast in Florida.

Tonight we went to the beach for the last time. I went off on my own for a bit. I stood on the beach, and let the waves crash up into me. I got my shorts wet, but that was ok. I was looking out over the ocean, and thinking about life. I stopped thinking for a while and just concentrated on how big the ocean was, and how awesome it is, especially mixed with the sand under my feet and ocean air. God created all of that, and it is beautiful. As I stood there for a while, all I could do was praise my God for how great he is.

He's got it all under control. He knows what He is doing, even if we do not know what is going on. As long as we follow His heart in all that we do, we cannot go wrong.

Spend some time with God tonight. Ask Him to make Himself apparent in your day. Keep your mind and heart open to it. It may not be exactly how you picture it, but He will be there.