School Has Started

August 23, 2010 on 8:41 am | In Family | Comments Off

Today is the beginning of a whole new adventure.  Today, my daughter begins her Freshman year of high school!

She was up bright and early, dressed before the sun came up, wearing the outfit she had chosen weeks earlier.  She is so thrilled to be wearing those new shoes!  The excitement was almost overwhelming and she was ready to go before I even had time to turn on the coffee pot.

We headed out the door, her in her shiny new clothes and shoes, me, looking like I wanted to go back to bed!  We drove off and headed to her friends house to pick her up.  I don’t think either one of them had slept much, they were both too excited.  Minutes later I was dropping them off at the doors of the school.  They never looked back.

A Homeless Man’s Funeral

August 13, 2010 on 1:10 pm | In Family | Comments Off

(As received in an email):

A homless Man’s Funeral

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs.  Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man.  He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the Kentucky back country.  As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn’t stop for directions.  I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight.  There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.  I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late.  I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place.  I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play.  The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around.  I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends.  I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man.  And as I played ‘Amazing Grace’, the workers began to weep.  They wept, I wept, we all wept together.  When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car.  Though my head hung low, my heart was full.  As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.”

Apparently I’m still lost………….

Band Registration

August 7, 2010 on 2:30 pm | In Family | Comments Off

Today is Marching Band Registration.  My daughter is a freshman this year and so this will be our first time through.  I’m bringing the check book because it’s going to cost hundreds of dollars today!

We have the instrument rental, $100.

Band Uniform rental, $100

Marching shoes , $62 (2 pair)

Uniform Cleaning Fee, $10

Band Booster Membership, $25

Band Polo Shirt (for pep rallies), $28

Add-ons (I’m sure there will be!), $50

Good thing I’ve been saving up my money!

randomness

August 1, 2010 on 1:14 pm | In Some of This Some of That | 2 Comments

This is a random day, thus, a random post.

Men love to play with kitchen utensils

White Sox rule.

Life is a box of chocolates and I think I ate them all.

Birthdays are not for the faint of heart.

Broken bones are a pain.

I despise cleaning house.

Did I mention, White Sox rule!

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