Things are relatively good.

This wknd I was thinking and I have to admit that, overall, things are going well.

10 years ago I was going through a divorce and my health was going downhill. I was in debt and drinking way too much. Life was terrible and I was extremely depressed.

Now I have a loving wife and a healthy kid who turns 6 this next March. WE don't have a lot of money but the only real "debt" we have is some college loans.

We rent our house from a close friend so we won't be homeless anytime soon. The house has been paid for for decades so the bank won't take it away from him. Even if the economy goes to shit we'll be OK.

We do have the ability to make money by ourselves with our mystery shopping and online merchandising.

Kim has a good job that pays the bills. I'm disabled but I have found a medicine that helps me. Tucker is safe, healthy and overall a happy kid.

Our car starts when we need it and it's paid off. It's not fancy but it'll get us around and gets decent mileage. It's also still got fairly low miles so it SHOULD be a least a few years before we even have to think about replacing it.

I know sometimes it's easy to get depressed and discouraged but looking at it honestly I have much less to complain about than I did 10 years ago. I know where my next meal will come from and I have a nice soft bed to sleep in.

All in all I'm a lucky man right now. Thank you God.

Until next time.....Bye!!!!

And now, Summer is here

Ugh, it's been hot. Nothing out of the ordinary though. I just sometimes forget how hot and sticky it can get here in the Ozarks. Thank God for air conditioners. Other than that things are about normal. Just surviving and trying to raise the boy. He went through a couple of weeks where he was a little ass but Daddy got that under control real quick.

His biggest problem is actually mine too. Temper. When he gets mad he's out of control. I have the same problem too so it's very eye opening. Hopefully I can get him to calm down and think things through. Hopefully I can do the same thing too. LOL

Anyway, that's it for now.

Until next time....Bye!!!!

Vacation

We were on vacation last week. It was our 1st "official" vacation since 2001 and the 1st with Tucker. The 1st part of the week we just stayed around home and did some stuff. We played mini-golf and found an indoor inflatable jumping toy place for Tucker here in Ozark.

The last half of the week we went to Chillicothe for Aunt Mary's 70th birthday party. We stayed 3 nights, the 1st night at a really nice hotel that had a pool. Tucker had a blast in the pool. The 2nd and third night we stayed at the Super 8. Kim had used one of those travel websites for a discount on the hotels.

There was no issue at the 1st one but the Super 8 said they couldn't honor the discount. However, when they realized we were NOT gonna be scammed they relented. We would have went to another hotel before we would pay full price there.

The last couple of days I've been trying a "new" medicine and its seeming to help. It eases my pain, doesn't ruin my appetite and doesn't make me a zombie. I'm able to function and actually participate in my son's life. There are major problems with the medicine but I won't go into further detail ;)

So, until next time....Bye!!!!!