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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:46:41 GMT

   Since I haven't updated since March, I thought I should put something down. Life has been pretty normally recently. It's been lot's of fun seeing our two lovely daughters growing up. Jolynn seems to be coming up with new things to say every day. It's hard to believe she is 2 already. And Carina is so much fun these days. She will be 3 months old on Sunday. She loves being talked to and responds by grinning ear to ear and cooing. Being a parent is a great joy and blessing.
   Work has been busy lately. Several of the districts I shipped books to have set a bunch of new displays recently, so I am needing to send them more books more often. We also are setting a bunch in our district, so the service guys here are using more books as well. There are two young guys from church helping out over the summer, so that lightens my workload somewhat.
   Well, I need to run. "Talk" to you in a couple months.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:44:06 GMT

Hi everybody,
   Looks like it's been way too long since my last post. I don't really have much to say. However, I will say that it's really hard to believe that after tomorrow it will be only 4 weeks until Noami's due date. Then again, if this baby follows in his/her big sister Jolynn's footsteps, it could be born in two weeks. No matter when, I just hope that everything goes well and that God blesses us with a healthy baby. I think health, whether it's our own or our children's, is something that we take for granted too often.
   This week is fairly normal here at work, with not many books getting shipped out and not many shipments coming in. That's fine by me, since the last several weeks have been crazy busy. Between helping price and send out skid loads of books to Southern Cal for over 100 new CVSs that are getting set, and filling orders for other districts, I was pretty much working non stop. It didn't help matters that I took off work this past Friday afternoon to help my dad cut more firewood. But even with taking off half a day, I will still able to get my time in for the week.
   Well, I need to head home. We have to be at my parent's place in about half an hour for supper. So I need to scram. Have a blessed rest of the week.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:35:19 GMT

Hey folks,
   I figured I may as well squeeze in one last post before the New Year. We are at my parents place for the evening. Probably won't stay much after midnight, since we need to get home and go to bed. Not because we are old, married people, but because we get to drive to PA in the morning. My mom's side of the family gets together every New Year's Day. I guess this will be the first time we got together since my Grandpa's funeral. I most like will then take the day off on Friday. I really do love 4 day weekends.
   This evening at my parents place we have spent our time making and eating soft pretzels (yummy) and watching the newest Tim Hawkins DVD that I have in my collection. For those of you who don't know who he is, Tim Hawkins is a very funny Christian comedian from St. Louis He does impersonations, straight stand up, physical humor, and parodies, which are hilarious. I have put two songs off of his newest CD into the audio folder(?) here on my site. Make sure to check them out, and let me know what you think. I have seen him once in person and would go again in a heartbeat. It's just good, clean, family friendly humor.
   Speaking of family, Naomi and I continue looking forward to the arrival of our second child. It's hard to believe it's only a little over three months away, Lord willing. Time just goes a lot faster with a 19 month old taking up your time and attention. We thank God that the pregnancy has been going great so far.
   Well, got to run. "Talk" to you in the New Year. God bless......

Friday, November 28, 2008

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:56:08 GMT

   Well, since it's Thanksgiving time and we are in OH with not much going, thought I would blog a little bit. Life has been pretty good recently. Naomi and I are involved in an ensemble at church. We had been practicing for the last several months on about 8 songs that we sang this past Tuesday at our church's Thanksgiving service. The program went well. It was fun to give a program again.  It almost felt like being back at SMBI. I would think the next thing we will be practicing songs for would be Easter.
   It's hard to believe that in another month it will be Christmas. I am already dreading having to listen to Christmas music for a whole month. I mean, there are only so many Christmas songs and I, for one, tend to get tired of them after awhile. Christmas is a good time though to remember and be thankful for our Saviour's birth. It's also nice to have an excuse to get together with family.
   Well, I should go. Have a blessed rest of the Thanksgiving season. Darrell

New Experience

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:28:01 GMT

   Well, today I experienced something that I hadn't experienced before. And that was finding out from my dad that my grandfather on my mom's side of the family passed away this morning. It didn't come as a shock to me, since he had been suffering from dementia for quite some time now, plus he was thought to have had prostate cancer as well, though it was never really diagnosed. And he had been really going backwards in the last week and a half after he and Grandma went to spend some time at one of my aunt and uncle's place.  They had done that so that there would be somebody to help Grandma, since Grandpa was needing almost 24 hour care.  But I guess he knew that he wasn't at home anymore and was so homesick that he went downhill fast. So even though it's sad that he's gone, you are glad that he is in his real home now, as my mom put it. No more suffering.
   I haven't heard yet when the funeral is going to be. We are having revival meetings at church this week, so Naomi and I probably will have to skip a service or two. Anyway, you can pray for my family, and especially my mom. Dad said she is taking it pretty hard.
   Well, I should head to my earthly home. Have a blessed rest of the week.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:42:02 GMT

   Well well, look who is posting again after almost 4 months of silence. I figured since today is a very important day, I would ask you all one question. And that is: ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? Yes, that is correct: the NFL season kicks off tonight with the hometown 'Skins playing the defending Super Bowl champion Giants. I hope to catch at least the last half of the game. There is singing at the Blue Ridge nursing home this evening, so I figured I should probably go there first, since cheering up older people is more important that cheering on NFL players who can't hear or see me and don't even know I exist.
   The last four months have been good. I haven't done too much out of the ordinary, except I did go on a 5 day canoe trip way back in the middle of July. Myself and two other men from church took 6 boys from Manassas on a trip designed to teach them about relating to God, each other, and nature. All but one of the boys attend the Kids Klub that we have in Manassas during the school year. Nelson Beachy from Camp Andrews went along as our guide. We canoed around 50 miles of the James River down close to Lynchburg. It was a very good, but stretching trip for us. Things didn't go all the way as smoothly as we would have liked, what with bad attitudes and lack of motivation on the guys parts. But it did give us an up close and personal look at their everyday lives, and there were brief glimpses of goodness that we saw, included some moments of positive peer pressure. The boys had lots of fun swimming and fishing, as well as going thru some of the bigger rapids. Overall, I was glad that I went, even though it meant leaving Naomi and Jolynn back home for most of a week.
   Well, I should run along home. Hopefully it won't be 4 months before you "hear" from me again. Godspeed to you all. Darrell

Monday, May 12, 2008

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:42:42 GMT

   Hey hey, look who's back! I figured I should at least do a little post today, seeing as it's Jolynn's 1rst birthday. It's hard to believe it's been a year already since she was born. On the other hand, it seems like we have had her forever.  She has been a real blessing to us, as well as our families.  They have spoiled her rotten.    What amazes me is how much she has changed in a year. You compare pictures of her now to what she was like when she was a few weeks/months old and you realize that she is hardly a baby anymore. Granted she isn't walking yet so she can't be called a toddler. But she sure is a crawler! Anyway, we are planning on having a little party for her tonight, with my family being invited over, of course. Naomi's brother, Mark, and his girlfriend are around for the week, so they will be there to.
   Then tomorrow it's my birthday. I don't think there will be much of a party for me, considering Kids Klub is scheduled for tomorrow evening. Plus at my age birthday parties don't do much for me. One thing for sure, the older I get the faster time seems to goes. Some weeks my house feels like a motel, what with working long hours at Choice, then having stuff going in the evenings. But I am surviving. I am just glad at the end of the day I can look forward to being together with my beautiful wife and baby girl.
   Well, looks like a shipment of books just showed up, so I should run along. Have a blessed week. -Darrell-

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:05:50 GMT

Here is a picture of my two favorite girls. I've got bragging rights, you know! {This is not Darrell. I hacked onto his site. But I'm sure these words are true to his heart.]

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:40:56 GMT

    MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Ok, so it's been awhile since I posted. Small matter, since but a handful of people read this stuff. Anyway, we (Naomi, Jolynn and myself) are over at my parents place for Christmas. We actually stayed over last night, which kept up a tradition that was started two years ago. Two years ago we knew that there was a good chance we would be getting a lot of snow on the night of Christmas Eve, which was on Saturday, and that church would be canceled the next day. Since we were planning on being at Mom and Dads' place for Christmas anyway, we thought it would be fun just to sleep over Christmas Eve. So that's what we did. It's hard to believe that was three Christmases ago already.
    I am enjoying my four day weekend. Since I was only going to have a little bit of work for yesterday, I decided to go in on Saturday and finish up my work, since it was only going to take a few hours. I was glad I did. Yesterday we slept in late, then ate waffles for breakfast, made on the waffle maker that I had gotten for Naomi for Christmas. Yummy! After the dishes were done, we opened up the rest of our gifts, including the ones from Naomi's parents and brothers. John had given several movies, so that's what we did most of the rest of the day, until we came over to my parent's place around 7. Ok, so Naomi did take some time gluing the dried flowers and ribbons from her wedding bouquet on a wreath that Mark had given her. It is now hanging on our bedroom door and look rather nice, if I may say so myself.
    This morning we get to open up gifts that are from my family. We exchanged names this year again. I got Dad's name and got him a NIV Thomas Chain Ref Bible (which was on sale for half price), some work socks, and a CD of the Gaither Vocal Band and Signature Sound Quartet intitled Together. Hopefully he will enjoy them. We spent a little much this year on gifts but that's fine, since it's more blessed to give than to receive. Plus, God gave us the ultimate gift, JESUS. I think that cost Him more than any gifts will ever cost us. Thank You, God!!
    Well, I need to go. Brunch is supposed to be at 10. Merry Christmas again!! And a blessed New Year!

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:32:35 GMT

   Wow, look who's back in the land of the living! It's been too long since I last posted. I've been kept pretty busy with the normal activities of life. It's been neat being a dad to Jolynn, now that she is getting older and responding more. It's crazy how fast she is growing. But I guess it would be a problem if she stayed little all her life. It's also great being a husband to my sweetheart, Naomi. She is wonderful.  Lord willing, the 10th of next month we will have been married two years. As they say, time flies when you're having fun.
   Speaking of fun, tomorrow in a week we plan on going to OH to visit Naomi's family for Thanksgiving. Besides eating, I am not sure what all we will be doing. We had been planning on coming back the Sunday after Thanksgiving, but I found out that the next evening Tim Hawkins is going to be at the Funny Bone Comedy Club in Columbus.  He is a very funny Christian comedian who has written some great parodies. I have two of his videos and love em. So at this point we are planning on staying Monday and going to the show. Which means that by the time we come back, I will have been off work a whole week. But that ok. I need some time off every now and then.
   Well, I should go. Tonight is time for Kids Klub and I am waiting for Naomi to show up here at Choice. Ya'll have a great Thanksgiving. I'm out.........