Foul Balls

So last night I went to my first Silverhawks game. Well, my first Silverhawks game in many years.

We took the kids with us well. Brooklynn liked it. She clapped and cheered.. for both teams.

But one thing I was thinking while sitting there. The ball is really hard to see as it gets higher up in the sky. I found myself covering my head because of the foul balls. There seemed to be a lot of foul balls last night and a lot of them went right over the protective netting.

So as I was sitting there I was thinking that they should make the ball a color that is easier to see in the sky so you don't get smacked in the forehead.

Brooklynn went down the big slide there. We did not think she could do it by herself. But she sure showed us wrong. She climbed up there twice and slid down.

But we all had a great time and we got to watch fireworks after game!

Vacation, Well It Was More Like A Trip

So we took our first Family Vacation at the end of June.

We had a lot of fun!!!

First we went to Six Flags Great America to ride some of the rides. We were really going more for the kids than us. We had already been there about 4 times already.

Yes, we have season passes!!

Anyway, we wanted to see how the kids would do on some of the rides and we knew that Brooklynn was tall enough for some of the roller coasters. She knew what roller coaster were because I play Rollercoaster Tycoon all the time. So she was really excited to go and ride something that she had never ridden before.

So anyway the first thing that we decided to ride was the Sky Trek Tower right in the front of the park. It is really tame but really tall and we thought that would be a good place to start.

We are getting ready to go up in air!!

Brooklynn and Emmerson both loved the view from way up there. Brooklynn kept saying "We are up really high!!"

So after that we went and rode the Carousel.

But Emmerson didn't like that the Carousel started moving. He was fine while it was sitting still but once it started moving he was all done.

Then came the fun part! The moment we all had been waiting for... Will Brooklynn like roller coasters or not?!

This was actually the 2nd rollercoaster she rode. The Little Dipper.

This was her first! She rode this one with Mommy. I couldn't see them to take a picture. 

And the result.....

She LOVED THEM!!!!

She kept wanting to ride again, but the lines were really long.

We had a lot of fun!!

Then the next day we went to BrookField Zoo and saw a lot cool animals.

It was a long day. But I think that she like the Dolphin show the best!

We also got Emmerson his first stuffed toy. A Wolf.

We did the same thing for Brooklynn when we went to Shedd Aquarium. We got her Roar. I was unable to find our pictures of that event. Hmmmm....

Anyways, that was our little trip.

He's Starting To Really Get This Walking Thing!!

So as I said over the last month some things have happened. One is Emmerson started WALKING!!!!

He started just as most kids do the shaky couple of steps. But he took a couple out of the blue one day. So after he did that we tried and tried to get him to do it again but he wouldn't. It is almost as if he knew we were on to him and he didn't want to reveal any more of his secrets to fast.

But we found out that if we didn't watch him or make a big deal (to much) about it then he would randomly walk.

But then he really started to get it and we got a video of him. This video was shot from a phone so it isn't the best of quality.

Emmerson Walking
(this link may not work. it is linked to facebook.)

But now he is walking in full swing. He doesn't really crawl any more!!

He is officially a toddler!!

Oh, and a silly boy!

More stories to come!!

Dear Blog

Dear Blog,

I haven't posted on you in a while. However, there are A LOT of things that have happened over the last month. I have some things to write about and share with you so keep checking back.

I do have this for you though. This came through on my Bible widget yesterday...

Psalm 19:1-6

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 19[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
    no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice[b] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
5 
    like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens
    and makes its circuit to the other;
    nothing is deprived of its warmth.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 19:1 In Hebrew texts 19:1-14 is numbered 19:2-15.
2. Psalm 19:4 Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew measuring line

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms%2019:1-6&version=NIV

It was just a cool thought and sent me into wonder.

Totally Unexpected And in An Unexpected Place (The Final Part)

I heard back from Evangel Heights yesterday while I was at Six Flags. I received a lot of positive feedback for them. But they decided to go another way with the youth and did not select me as their Youth Pastor.

However, they did tell that I was liked by 4 of the people on the committee. One of the people that liked me was a teen in the youth group as well as a retired pastor. So that was some really good news to hear. I am glad that I did not totally bomb the whole interview process.

Brett (the person I have been talking with the most throughout this time) gave me some great insight and some resources to help me in the future.

I really enjoyed meeting all of them and I enjoyed gaining this interview experience.

I do appreciate the time they spent with me.

I also learned a lot through this process as well. God showed me something through this. As I mentioned in the first post this came out of nowhere. Just as I was getting down about the whole process and thinking that I was never going to get a good opportunity, failed interview after failed interview, God shows up and gives me this chance to interview and meet some more wonderful people. I DID almost get this position and that means that I still have some learning to do and that God does have an opportunity for me in the future and that this just simply was not it. 

Here are links to the rest of the story if you missed any of the parts.

http://alexmindmyslef.blogspot.com/2013/03/totally-unexpected-and-in-unexpected.html - Part 1
http://alexmindmyslef.blogspot.com/2013/05/totally-unexpected-and-in-unexpected.html - Part 2
http://alexmindmyslef.blogspot.com/2013/05/totally-unexpected-and-in-unexpected_8.html - Part 3
http://alexmindmyslef.blogspot.com/2013/05/totally-unexpected-and-in-unexpected_15.html - Part 4
http://alexmindmyslef.blogspot.com/2013/05/totally-unexpected-and-in-unexpected_22.html - Part 5

This Time Last Year

The thought of this is a hard thing to remember or think about. This is what my wife, Sunnshyne, posted on Facebook last night...

May 30- june 13 2012 Emmerson was in the hospital. These 14 days were very hard on us and this mommy cried a lot. He was at kidney failure when we took him to the emergency room because of blood in his diaper. We were at St. Joseph Medical Centers ER from 1130am-630pm then transferred to Memorials PICU which we were at until we left for our 10 day stay at Riley Childrens hospital. the first week was bad news after bad news and the thoughts of losing our baby was the worst thing to have stuck in the mind. And being seperated from brooklynn for so long broke my heart even more.
Today as I sat on the couch cuddling my now 1 year old son I think back to those days and thank God for not taking him away from us and blessing us with wonderful nurses and doctors who worked so hard to make my baby better and to help me stay strong for him. Even though there was nothing I could of done to prevent the problem he had I couldn't help but beat myself up. Thank you God for giving us more time with our chunky boogerhead!

These are the links to the original posts from last year. I wrote these posts last year as soon as I could and as the story evolved. It was a long hard few weeks for the Pierce Family.

http://alexmindmyslef.blogspot.com/2012/06/here-it-is-in-nutshell.html

http://alexmindmyslef.blogspot.com/2012/06/here-it-is-in-nutshell-2.html

http://alexmindmyslef.blogspot.com/2012/06/here-it-is-in-nutshell-3.html

That's The Point

So on Tuesday May 14th Sunnshyne and I took our trip to Cedar Point. We like to go in May because the crowd is smaller. We were not able to go last year because we were expecting our little boy Emmerson.

Anyway we brave the chance of it being freezing cold and we go. It's kind of our thing.

I mentioned in a Facebook status a few weeks ago that I hope to be able to ride GateKeeper, Cedar Point's new winged coaster, and I would tell you about it. But when we got there GateKeeper was closed and stayed closed for most of the day.

So we rode this first....

The line was really short (because everyone else was over at GateKeeper finding out that it was closed) and we got right on. My eyes almost froze shut because they watered up and it was a little cold.

Then we went toward the back and rode...

Maverick!!! It's a fun little coaster!

We had a great day together even though we didnt get to ride GateKeeper. That's the point!
We rode everything else and in pretty good time for being at Cedar Point.

I did however get to ride a Winged Coaster but that story is for another time.

Totally Unexpected And in An Unexpected Place part 5

So Sunday I had my 3rd interview with Evangel Heights. I finally heard back from them yesterday afternoon and posted this to Facebook...

Alex David Pierce

Yesterday via mobile

JOB UPDATE: I am at Six Flags today but I wanted to let you all know this... they felt like my interview was not fair because I was #3 after they had already done 2 other interviews. So they want me to come back on Thursday night!

So I guess getting another opportunity is a good thing. They felt as if the interview was not as good as could have been for me since I was the 3rd one over a time span of 3 hours.

So I am going back tomorrow at 6:30pm for the 2nd 3rd interview!! This is the final interview.

So will I have a new job by the end of the week?? Check back later as this story comes to a close... hopefully by the end of the week!!!

Totally Unexpected And in An Unexpected Place part 4

So for those that might have missed the facebook posts that I have been posting here is an update on the Youth Pastor position I have on the table...

My interview got moved to this past Monday Night. The interview went well.

They told me that I would here back from them within the next couple of days or even later that night.

Well, I heard back from them the next morning when I woke up. It was great news!! They wanted me to come back for a 3rd interview with them!!

So the 3rd interview is on Sunday afternoon at 4pm. This could be the last interview in the process, but I do not know for sure. This interview is with the hiring staff of the church.

Totally Unexpected And in An Unexpected Place part 3

So as I said in the last part of this story, I said that I would have more in 2 weeks because that is the time frame that the church gave me.

Well, I am excited to announce that they have ALREADY gotten back with me! We have scheduled a face-to-face interview for next Wednesday night at 630. So if all goes well with this interview there is one more after that with the hiring staff of the church.

So keeping checking back for more information.

Zonked Out

I know this is going to sound bad. But Emmerson is in his playpen screaming at the top of his lungs for no apparent reason other than he is extremely tired and needs to go to sleep.

Why do they fight it?? Why don't they just go to sleep?? I know he is very tired. He didnt get a nap today or the nap he did get wasn't a very long one. I guess this is a question that all parents ask themselves. Maybe the child is afraid that he is going to miss something if they shut their eyes for a little bit.

I guess we will never know why. But eventually they give in a zonk out.

Oh and by the way Emmerson is zonked out!

Totally Unexpected And in An Unexpected Place part 2

So here lately I have been very busy and I really haven't been blogging very much.

I have a lot of backed up thoughts and things to tell you so keep looking out for those.

But right now I want to give you an update on a post that I posted on March 12th. Here is that post in case you missed or need to be refreshed. I didn't realize that it was that long ago since I posted about this :)

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013

Totally Unexpected And in An Unexpected Place

So I got this random e-mail from a random person on an e-mail account that I have not really given out. 

Friday I received an e-mail from a guy (Joe) that I don't know on my school account that I don't give out it is just listed on my facebok. The e-mail said that he got my name from a guy that he works with. The guy he works with goes to my old church and I haven't spoke to him or seen him in over 3 years. Joe's email continued by saying that he is a member of Evangel Heights United Methodist Church and that they are looking for a Youth Pastor and he said that he was told to contact me because I might be interested. 

I AM INTERESTED!!! was my reply to his e-mail and we spoke briefly on the phone and he said that he give all my information to his Senior Pastor. 

On Monday I got a phone call from the Senior Pastor and we talked for a little bit and he told me that they are still in the very beginning of the process and being so close to Easter they were not going to be doing anything official with the position until after Easter had passed. He told me to send him my resume and that we will go from there. 

So it isn't an official position or anything but it is another opportunity that came really out of the blue. This was totally unexpected and in an unexpected place. I have not been applying for any positions since I started school so this was totally a surprise.

One other thing that he told me gave me a little bit of hope was that someone once took a chance on him. I told him that I was just getting started that I was still in school and really have no experience at all with my own group. I told him that I just looking to get started with the first chance and opportunity. That is when he said that someone took a chance with him and the rest is history. 

I hope he takes that same kind of chance with me. 

More to come as this story develops..

So last Monday I received a phone call from the Pastor of Evangel Heights! I was excited to finally here from him. It had been so long since we talked last I thought maybe he had dismissed me just as other pastors have done after they take a second and looked over my resume. The experience is always where they draw the line. But we talked over the next half an hour or so. He then told me the next steps of the process.

He said that he was going to meet with the church board and discuss the applicants and see who they were going to be bringing in for a face-to-face interviews. He said that he would notify me in about 2 weeks to let me know if they decided to bring me in for a face-to-face or not. (If I get the face-to-face there is still one more interview to go.)

So that is where I am with this. I am waiting again to see what the church decided. I have a strong passion for this and because I am still in school this would be a good way to gain experience in the field. 

I will let you know more as I find out myself.

Another Go

So I am excited to announce the restart of Hailey's!!

So what is Hailey's??

Hailey's is a small business that my wife I started back in May of 2010. We decided to try starting a business when my wife became pregnant with our daughter. We wanted to give her something to do while she was at home with the baby. But due to some financial problems later that year we had to put Hailey's on hold. So this year we finally got the opportunity to give it another go.

Just a few short weeks ago we opened a little stall in Four Flags Antique Mall. It looks like this!!

We are excited!! Come and see us sometime! We are stall #64!

This is the antique mall's website: http://www.fourflagsantiquemall.com/

I have a lot of thoughts and ideas this and a facebook page is in the works. A website is still in the distance but we are working on it.

Easter: The Day of Celebration

So today is my late grandfather's 90th birthday... I posted these words last year on this date...


Today we went to see my grandfather (Dad's Dad). He is celebrating his 89th birthday today. Oh man! 89 years.

He has seen a lot change over the years. He has seen 2 sets of kids grow up (his own and his son's). He has seen things change with the times in the area and city he has lived in for all these years.

He has also got to see his great granddaughter Brooklynn and is on course to see his great grandson Emmerson in May. I mentioned Emmerson to him today and he seemed like he understood what I meant. He sometimes knows and sometimes doesn't. But I am glad he remembers Brooklynn, Sunnshyne, my siblings, my parents and myself. So I can't wait to take little baby Emmerson up there to see him. He always seems really excited to see Brooklynn.

He's a great man.

Happy Birthday Grandpa!
___________________________________________

But then a week later on Easter Sunday (April 8) he passed away.

So this day holds a lot.. it's Easter the day of celebration of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but its also a day of celebration for my grandfather he got to meet his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!!! Even though this isn't the exact day that he passed on, its still a great story.

Scream and Cry The Whole Time

So we decided as we were leaving church tonight that the car really needed a bath.

So we went to the car wash for the first time since we have been married. We also wanted to see how Brooklynn would handle the car wash. Well I took this picture during the car wash...

She never cried or teared up. I think she might have choked Roar to death (Roar is her sea lion we got for her at Shedd Aquarium) but other than that I think she like it. Most kids are scared of the car wash the first time and scream and cry the whole time. Brooklynn wanted to cry I think but we kept telling her that the car was just getting a bath. So she was ok with that.

Time For A Change

Time for a change!!

I realized that I haven't changed my blog picture and layout in a while.

So I decided that today was a good day to do it.

I picked a different layout and background picture. I chose the background picture as maybe a hint to the weather that it is time for a change and the snow needs to go away.

Car Riders

So Zoey is one of the best car riders ever.

She is absolutely scared to death. While riding in the car to the vet yesterday she rode like this...

She had her head tucked between the seat and the center console and she did not move the whole way to Plymouth.

Then at the vet she insisted that she sit on the scale and the scale only. She would not move at all.

Lilly is a good car rider also. She will hang her head out the window for a brief period of time and then just lay down and wait. Then when we get to where we are going she will jump up and go crazy trying to get out of the car.

Totally Unexpected And in An Unexpected Place

So I got this random e-mail from a random person on an e-mail account that I have not really given out. 

Friday I received an e-mail from a guy (Joe) that I don't know on my school account that I don't give out it is just listed on my facebok. The e-mail said that he got my name from a guy that he works with. The guy he works with goes to my old church and I haven't spoke to him or seen him in over 3 years. Joe's email continued by saying that he is a member of Evangel Heights United Methodist Church and that they are looking for a Youth Pastor and he said that he was told to contact me because I might be interested. 

I AM INTERESTED!!! was my reply to his e-mail and we spoke briefly on the phone and he said that he give all my information to his Senior Pastor. 

On Monday I got a phone call from the Senior Pastor and we talked for a little bit and he told me that they are still in the very beginning of the process and being so close to Easter they were not going to be doing anything official with the position until after Easter had passed. He told me to send him my resume and that we will go from there. 

So it isn't an official position or anything but it is another opportunity that came really out of the blue. This was totally unexpected and in an unexpected place. I have not been applying for any positions since I started school so this was totally a surprise.

One other thing that he told me gave me a little bit of hope was that someone once took a chance on him. I told him that I was just getting started that I was still in school and really have no experience at all with my own group. I told him that I just looking to get started with the first chance and opportunity. That is when he said that someone took a chance with him and the rest is history. 

I hope he takes that same kind of chance with me. 

More to come as this story develops..

Evangel Heights United Methodist Church
from Google Maps

On This Day A Year Ago.. part 6

This is the last one. This one I had to put in... I just looked at the title and laughed.

Cart Jacker

So this is an amusing tale.

I was at work. I was stocking an end cap display that is across from the meat department. I turn around to get the next case of product off of my cart and I see these two ladies (Lady 1 and Lady 2 for the sake of the the story) looking at the turkeys or hams. (I am not sure what was in this particular meat bunker.) I picked up my case and turned back around. The next thing is hear is this:

Lady 1 shouts: "Wait! Ma'am! Excuse me Ma'am you have my cart!"

And the lady 2 is just a-walkin along and the other lady just keeps shouting:

"Ma'am you have my cart! Ma'am you have my cart! Ma'am you have my cart!"

I am standing there trying not to laugh at this whole thing. Lady 2 is just a-walkin along still.

Finally, the lady 1 gets the attention of lady 2 and gets her cart back. But what I hear next is the best...

Lady 2 says to Lady 1: "I wondered why my cart was so heavy. I just started shopping."

At this point I am about to explode with laughter.

Only around the holidays do you see this kind of joy and madness.

On This Day A Year Ago... part 5

So the celebration continues... This is part 5 of 6.

So this was  a great announcement by Cedar Point.

GateKeeper in 2013

This is what Cedar Point just announced LIVE to the world.

GATE KEEPER!! Watch and love it!!

http://bit.ly/gkvideo

This is going to be so cool!!!

I have said before and I will say it again I LOVE ROLLERCOASTERS!!!

On This Day A Year Ago... part 4

So continuing with my year celebration....

Here are 2 for Emmerson

Room 4415

Well, we are all home after spending the weekend in Room 4415 of St Joe Hospital. There were several wonderful things that happened there though. Here is how it went down.

At 6 am I got up (Sunnshyne had been up for hours) and got ready for the long day. We arrived at the hospital around 7 am to get registered.

We walked in and got registered. Then we were taken up to the 4th floor where we began getting prepared for the surgery.

At 9 am the Doctor came in and told us that he was just about ready for us and about 30 or so minutes later they took her back. Then I had to wait. While I waited I got dressed..

Then they finally came and got me and we went on back.

Then the moment that everyone was waiting for came!! At 954 am Emmerson was born!!

Everyone was so excited to meet him and people came to hold him.

Great Great Grandma

Grandpa

Brother and sister

We also got some great family time throughout that first day. Brooklynn loved meeting her baby brother. Sunnshyne got this wonderful picture of me and my babies!

I took a picture of her with the babies as well, but I might get in trouble if it appears on here, but then I saw it on her facebook so....

Brooklynn also gave Emmerson a kiss!! It was a very precious moment.

Then Monday finally came and we got to go home! Let me tell you that was a great moment. The hospital may be a good place to visit, but no one should live there. I mean being there like that had its good points. They are really nice and come when you need them (well if you are the Mom, Dads really are just there. Its all about Mommy and that's OK). But the food is hospital food and that's all I have to say about that. So like I said when they told us we were able to leave as soon as we wanted we didn't wait or prolong the event.

We got Emmerson all buckled in and ready to go. The nurse came and checked him and off we went. We had an OK view from the 4th floor...

Also his Aunts and Uncles wrote some things to him on the marker board in the room.

We had a lot of great and fun moments in Room 4415, but we were OK in leaving after the long weekend.

Now, it's time to get adjusted at home with BOTH kids there now.

Birth Announcement for Emmerson Lyle James Pierce

I would like to introduce to you Emmerson Lyle James!!!

He arrived on Friday May 11, 2012 at 9:54am. He weighed in at 7lbs 13oz and is 20 inches long!

He is perfectly healthy and normal. The only thing is he has a small hernia around his umbilical cord, but they don't seem to alarmed by it and they are going check it out over the next few days. But other than that all is well.

Mommy is doing well and she's alert and in a little bit of pain as to be expected. We all are doing very very good!!

One thing that we noticed right away though is... he seems to be making a little more noise than Brooklynn did when she was first born.

Brooklynn we be by soon and I can't wait to share with you there first meeting. So check back for that!!

On This Day A Year Ago... part 3

So here is another one.

Mommy's Slippers

This was a cute picture!

She was playing yesterday and got quiet. Now all parents know that when a kid is quiet that usually means that they are doing, breaking or getting into something that they aren't supposed to. Well, this is what she was doing...

She was putting on Mommy's slippers!! And I do believe that they are on the right feet even.

She's a great little girl!! She is always trying to get dressed or put on her shoes and most of the time she gets her sandals on her feet. She is busy learning and finding out what she can do herself.

I can't wait for her to get into her clothes and fully dress herself and come and show off her outfit to Mommy and Daddy.

GG

On This Day A Year Ago... part 2

So going through the posts I stumbled across this post about my grandmother that had passed away in August of 2011.

The Golden Girl

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088526/

This is not a post about the TV show The Golden Girls. Although I have seen The Golden Girls a few times, this is more about some one else.  But first a little story.

My grandma used to watch the Golden Girls all the time. I watched some of time with her. One year I bought her the first season on DVD so that we could watch it some. She loved it and we watched it a lot of the time. She thought that these four ladies were crazy. But she particularly liked Betty White's character "Rose". There were some episodes where she wouldn't stop laughing at Rose and the things she did or said. Mostly how confused Rose would get, if you have seen the show you know what I mean. 

Anyway, those four ladies Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty will always be the Golden Girls in the eyes of America. 

But let me introduce you to one Golden Girl..

My grandma. It may seem a little cheesy and what not. But was and is a Golden Girl. But what made her gold?? 

She was always looking for something that she could do for YOU, not her. She loved her 2 boys to death and would do anything in the world for them. But then again what mother wouldn't do anything for her kids. She would always be ready to cook, clean and help care for myself and my 2 siblings. That makes her gold. 

She was always looking for ways to help her friends as well and she had some great ladies in her life that helped her as much that could and she did the same. That makes her gold. 

She was a Golden mother, grandma, great-grandma, and friend. Here are some of the words to the opening theme to The Golden Girls and I think they fit my grandma in every way.

Thank you for being a friend 

Traveled down the road and back again 
Your heart is true your a pal and a confidant. 

She was truly a Golden Girl.

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/golden_girls_theme/thank_you_for_being_a_friend.html

On This Day A Year Ago...

So today is a very neat day...

On this day a year ago I started this blog!!

So I guess you could say Happy Anniversary to my blog.

I wanted to take today and look back at posts from the past year. I was looking through some of them and I noticed that there was a lot about Brooklynn and expecting Emmerson. I can't wait to post some funny things  that Emmerson does and the things that he likes.

But for this first flashback I decided to go with this post...

This was posted on Thursday March 8th

Bubbles!! My Bubbles!!

Brooklynn has found every toddlers fascination.. BUBBLES! I just grab the bottle and she knows what is inside and instantly starts saying "Bubbles". She will stand there and stare at them until they start to hit her and then she will start swinging her arms to pop them.

Another interesting thing about Bubbles is that she can say that word. I ask her to say any other word (with the exception of "Mama" and "Dada" which she has been saying for a while) and she will not say the word. It's words like "Cat" or "Dog" small simple words and she will not say them. I know she knows them, but she just will not spit them out. But "Bubbles" she will say every time. It's very funny and cute when she says it.

But it also amazing at how fast they pick up those words. It did not take her very long to start saying
"Bubbles". I wonder what she will being saying in a few weeks or months from now!!

It is so much fun to get kids to learn to talk. It is another story getting them to be quiet though. Brooklynn is not that far along yet but I know it will be soon and she will be telling me all about everything at 90mph. It is going to be fun to try and listen to that and keep up with what she is saying.

I wonder if Emmerson likes bubbles! I sure he will.

Handed Them My Keys

One year ago today I made the best decision of my life.

I quit Taco Bell... again. I was waiting for the right time to do it. I knew I had to support my family and that is why it took so long for me to quit. But Sunnshyne and I sat down one day and we knew that I (well we) had enough of Taco Bell's games and that it would be tough but we could get by with out the stress of Taco Bell in our lives and on our marriage.

So I want to say that it was around this time and day one year ago I walked in to my store and handed them my keys and told them that it was over and that I was done.

That decision got rid of a lot of stress off of my wife and I. I am happy that I made that decision. No more Taco Bell in my life!!!