The Gift From The "Amazon"

I have found that Amazon is the greatest gift to the online shopping world. The best feature is the "Wish List" You can add anything you can search for on Amazon into a wish list, and you can specify the type of list it is. For instance I have created a Supplements wish list, Computer Parts wish list, Car Part wish list etc. You can set this up to be for private viewing only, or open it publicly for your friends and family to be able to search for you wish list through Amazon. I honestly did the maj0rity of my xmas shopping through the wish list options for many family member and friends. I was able to see what they really wanted and was able to shop around for the right price right there on amazon. At first the "Wish List" feature was exclusive to what you could find on Amazon.. until I discovered the "Universal Wish list" Now you can go to any website, click on any specific item you may want to buy and add it to your amazon wish list so that it appears under your regular wish list for yourself to remember a product or to have it set aside for maybe a birthday or a holiday when someone might want to look for something to get you. I highly recommend getting an Amazon account with a Wish List so you can share these items with loved ones, especially if you are one of mine.

Life: the recognition

To all those that have befriended, loved, appreciated and attempted to understand.

It is always the simplest things we regret to recognize. The gestures are so plain to see, yet they never register within our eyes. Each scene on the reel spins quickly as each day goes by. If we can stop to question why, we find that the many events that occur happen only for specific reasons. Days turn to weeks, weeks to months from season to season, what is it that stands out most? Being accepting to all that surrounds us, helps us appreciate the film that encases each living moment. A photo captures a single point in time, the mind comprehends all but is never capable of reliving the already lived again. To recognize hello, the voice and the face is to be seen, heard and remembered in return. Each choice is followed by a chain of actions and reactions, it is the choice of the individual to recognize the simplest things, to accept them, to comprehend them and to remember them. It is the choice of others, the receiving end of these things to do the same.

The end of a long weekend

Not a lot has happened during the extended weekend that has been granted to me. I was able to go to the gym all three days. It wasn't that great due to the fact that there are two gyms on base, the one that is across the street from the hotel is closed during the weekend and all holidays and the other across base is under construction and very limited to the equipment i need. It is always crowded at both places. I have discovered just recently, in fact in the last ten minutes that mozilla firefox solves all the issues i was having with internet explorer 7. I can type at a regular, non-delayed speed without the need of any driver upgrade/updates and I have been able to open websites without a little annoying window that says operation aborted: memory on line #... I am now a fan of Firefox is what i am getting at.

I look forward for this week to be over with already. I will have been here for 3 weeks come Friday. I am awaiting a waiver from my unit back home so I can return on March 16th rather than March 31st. My birthday is March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) I would actually make it home for my birthday for once if all goes according to plan.

Something new: a higher position opened up at Logitech. I applied four different ways and interviewed last week. I will find out by this Friday if i was selected for the position. It is different than what I was doing before, it is more specific with accounts. I have felt like a big fish in a small tank lately, so this could be really good for me. I have chosen to actually get a degree in sales and marketing and stay in this field of business. A promotion is exactly what I need to stay motivated and challenged at this point. I have too many ideas with how things could and should be with the business to business channel for sales.

I stumbled upon a show last night on cable that I thought was very interesting, it is called Storage Wars. These people go to storage units and without looking in detail to the contents of the unit it is auctioned off to the highest bidder. The winner then gets to see if he owns anything valuable through the unit and resells it.

Interesting thing came up, Hydroxycut has a new formula.. again. It is now Hydroxycut Hardcore Pro Series and not Hardcore X.
The price doubled due to a little print on the bottle, "Scientifically proven" I think that is a little bogus. I can't trust whoever put this on the bottle. I do know that the original hardcore series made me crazy, the x series tasted terrible due to all the paprika but both did what it was meant to do. I was able to feel increased energy and able to lose more weight during the time i took these supplements than when I cycled off.

Speaking of cycling off supplements: I haven't had any creatine since Christmas. I am taking the time that I am here to focus on cutting and trimming down. So no more N.O. Xplode or Cellmass

until i get back. I do miss it a lot, also haven't had BCAA's, I am currently taking ZMA, Mega Men Sport Multi Vitamin, Hydroxycut Hardcore X, Triple Omega and Glutamine. Occasionally I'll take a scoop of Jack3d, but not everyday.

Friday

I used to love friday. Honestly, I would go into work and follow up with all the accounts i was working with, set up some appointments for the following week, put on some pandora radio listening to Ronald Jenkees while i finish up some administrative tasks. I would be looking forward to going to the gym before lunch so i wouldn't screw up my diet and eating with Natalie. I would probably look forward to losing press your luck, that game hates me. I would head home at the end of the day to wonderful weekend with all my girls. Instead, I have this 3 day weekend here in Texas to study and turn in assignments for my online class at WSU. I will have two of the three classes finished by the end of January due to the amount of work i put in for them during my weekends. Next, I will probably head to the gym tonight, tomorrow, sunday and monday as well as rent movies from the wanna be redbox we have situated in the common area of the hotel. The selection of movies is very limited, in fact i think that in a about two weeks i will end up having watched everything available. I have been very interested in graphic novels lately. I have been searching on amazon for video games that I like as well as other weird things that interest me. I ordered Resistance the graphic novel, based off of my favorite PS3 game thus far. It was very interesting, in fact I liked the first few pages of it that i couldn't set it down. I finished it within an hour. I have another that I ended up getting, it is based on the Planeswalkers in the magic the gathering trading card game. I really wanted to get back into reading, since I have absolutely nothing to do except study and work out here in good ol' San Angelo. I started reading "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien again for the third time. I read it initially for credits i was missing in high school for English. I read it in one day the first time around. I have about 75 pages left, then i can set it down for another 4 years and call it good. I have tried to give fast food a chance the last week or so while i've been here, ya no luck. Burger King refuses to put fresh patties on the sandwiches, when you ask for ketchup only they give you mustard and pickles instead. Subway tried to toast my sub, the bread was toasted alright but the cheese was no where close to being melted.. It is surely a sign that i must endure only eating spagettios, cheerios, protein shakes and fiber one bars the durationof my stay here. I watched a movie that i must purchase. It is based off of a manga called "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World." Michael Cena is the lead character and he has not let me down yet.

Monday

I hate Monday. I couldn't sleep last night, i miss my pillows, my comforter, fan and snuggle bunny (Natalie). I woke up with a dry mouth around 330am and the urge to go to the restroom. Normally you can turn over and go back to sleep. But not today, today i decided to drink water to solve the dry mouth which in turn made me get up and go to the restroom. My alarm was set for 440am, so of course I cant get to sleep. I ended up laying in bed for nearly an hour. I headed out to pt around 515 for a run day. I thought of anything to get out of it. I ended up staying.. I was soaked due to the wet fake particle football field and the fog. It wasn't terribly cold, so it wasn't so bad. We did stretches forever before we started our 300 meter sprints, twice and then two quarter mile intervals, stretch and done by 645. This gives me until 715 to leave to head to class. I only share a shower with someone, he was in the shower from the time i got back until 7. It was close, but i managed to shower and change in the appropriate time. Class was tiring, i scored 80/100 on our second test and 92/100 on our first so I am doing well so far. There are so many effing acronyms! The worst part of my day is waking up, formation and pt. After these events my day is pretty down hill.For lunch i called Gus, Allan, Nat and Darin. Darin is looking into some parts for my car for me, and dropped off my laptop at P.C. Laptops to get diagnosed. We think it is the motherboard. The woman has self respect and self worth! We heart her, The Howells that is. Gus looked into cheer flights for me, very nice gesture. I was trying to come home for the long weekend. It is too expensive for such a short time. I applied for the position at Logitech. I hope i get it. Went to gym after Urinalysis and fleece jacket and haircut. I wont freeze during the day! I have accomplished a lot so far and hope to progress with class and physical fitness.

Ink

Explananations of my Ink

This Is a tribute to my youngest daughter

Addison Kate Howell

Born: May 7th 2010

10:10 PM

I really enjoy getting meaningful tattoos. For this it signifies the night, due to her being born so late.

To me, there is nothing more perfect sent from the sky at night than a full moon. They are a rarity in the sky, each time you see the full moon it is never the same twice. Not the same location.

I thought the footprint on the moon was perfect. It is from her first day of life. It was the day she entered my life and made her presence known to my heart. This is on my right shoulder. The clouds around it is an opening in the sky in order for you to see the perfection.

This is a tribute to my oldest daughter

Mckenzie Ava Howell

Born: July 13, 2007

11:31 AM

This Signifies the early morning when the sun shines bright. In the rays of the sun are the letters of her name going clockwise around the sun. The numbers are all even. Each number of her birth was odd. 7/13/07 11:31AM

The marking under the hand is the cancer zodiac, for she is a cancer.

The long hand and short hand are switched. It was a long anticipation for her to join us in this world and seemed forever for her to come to us. In short, it took her only a few minutes once she was ready to meet us.

This is placed on the left of my chest, right over my heart.

The other tattoo i have coverst the entire upper portion of my back.

At this time i dont have a picture of it.

In the center of my upper back there is an outline of a four leaf clover.

I was born March 17th on St. Patrick's Day

I am a pisces and have the symbol within the clover

Expanding out of the clover is tribal in the outline wings.

Friendship

It has been too long since i have kept up with my blog. I now have time to do so, so i thought i should start. For the past few months my life has been ultimately altered. I have been able to enjoy life in a way never before. I have struggled with making the right choices, fallen to my knees in desperation, lost all that has mattered to me. I wasn't able to see clearly. I now enjoy all that i have ever wanted and all is getting better and better as each day goes on. Striped lines on the road is all that separates us at this time, but soon it will be over and i will be where my heart resides again. I have met the most amazing people and for that i am grateful. Ryan- You are like a brother to me, mcsteamy to mcdreamy, you and I have much in common and met at the most appropriate time. You helped me see that some people are worth taking a chance on, that some can be truthful and trusted. Shalay- you have been a missing piece of our life for some time. It is so nice to finally have a wonderful relationship with another married couple that we see on a day to day basis that we get along with. You and your husband are great together and I am so grateful for all that you do, Thank You. Peter- you have gone out of your way upon faith and stumbled upon my door step. Had it not been for you, i wouldn't have been able to survive the worst summer of my life. Darin- I have never had someone willing to drive out of their way during an extremely busy schedule to help me as much as you have. Every time I had an issue with my car you were there to help me solve it and help me save a lot of money! I am grateful we met under the circumstances that we did. Gustavo- I look forward to help you reach your personal goals. You are a great person and I am very thankful for this. My kids love you as if you were family from day one, and that doesn't happen often. I cant wait to get back to start having get together more often. Shawn- You were perfect for her. I didn't see it at first, but it clicked very early on. When you were lost during that short period of time i told her that even I needed second chances often and to wait. She listened. Now you will live happily ever after. You have helped me see the mellow part of friendship, the willingness to do what one can do for strangers with a belief in being non judgemental. This is to all those that have helped me in such a dire need for strength, support, encouragement and a stability of friendship that will last a lifetime.