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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Saturday Pic
In December we had our kitchen re-done by one of them make over shows. This was from one of the shoot days. They totally re-did the kitchen in 12 days. The show will be on in March sometime. ¶ 8:20 PM 0 Comments
In December we had our kitchen re-done by one of them make over shows. This was from one of the shoot days. They totally re-did the kitchen in 12 days. The show will be on in March sometime. ¶ 8:20 PM 0 Comments
Friday, February 27, 2009
Bottle Bouquet
One night during the summer the neighbors gathered for a meal. At the end of dining this was the lovely center piece in the middle of the table. ¶ 10:06 PM 0 Comments
One night during the summer the neighbors gathered for a meal. At the end of dining this was the lovely center piece in the middle of the table. ¶ 10:06 PM 0 Comments
classic red
This bike was chained to the rail by the coop nursery school where my wife works. I thought it classic.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Nice Cans
The Coke machine at the office has a window. Hello cans, you all look cozy in there, I guess you need to huddle to stay warm. ¶ 9:56 PM 0 Comments
The Coke machine at the office has a window. Hello cans, you all look cozy in there, I guess you need to huddle to stay warm. ¶ 9:56 PM 0 Comments
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Picture Day 2
The last day of fall...or at least it was in our books. This was the last day the leaves were still o the trees before the wind swept them away in preparation for the long cold winter. We took this walk knowing the following day would be a blustery sunday when the color would disappear. Grateful that we took this walk
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The last day of fall...or at least it was in our books. This was the last day the leaves were still o the trees before the wind swept them away in preparation for the long cold winter. We took this walk knowing the following day would be a blustery sunday when the color would disappear. Grateful that we took this walk
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Picture Pages
I think i am going to start uploading photos. I am always trying to think of something to put out here, and writing words takes more brain power than I usually have stored up inside my head.
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I think i am going to start uploading photos. I am always trying to think of something to put out here, and writing words takes more brain power than I usually have stored up inside my head. Its seems reasonable (because i have I have been taking shots since i was about 7 years old) to begin showing the rest of the world what i am seeing. i love photographs, and i have about 50,000 between my 2 computers, so i thought maybe its time to start sharing.
They may be crap, they may be spectacular, either way they are mine, and i am going to open this up as my own little online gallery.
The goal to start with will be to share a shot a day. I know this is not an earth shattering new concept, but i have insomnia and right now at 3.23 in the am it sounds like a dandy little idea.
For starters, this is my greeting to you (3) who will be stopping by to see what i am seeing. (see we are waving)
For the record, I usually use a Canon 20 d, but there may be may occasion in which the iPhone camera is utilized. I have tons of shots already gathered from the past few years, so i may not need to take a new pic for quite some time.
Please comment, critique, or criticize what you see. I am just a guy who sees stuff and tries to capture what i see. I am by no means a professional photographer.
With all that, lets begin this little experiment, and see how long i can keep it up.
Mike
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Choose Joy
A friend of mine from college (i use the term loosely because we never hung out or spent time together, but he was a guy I knew, who was friendly.) He was in a "rival" band during our college years. He was the brooding good looking lead singer of his band. Myself...I was the chubby, not so brooding drummer of my band. Any how, Through the miracle of facebook he is now my "friend"
He put this on his blog yesterday. I found it inspiring and thought provoking. It goes along with my new philosophy on life: "I have a choice. I can bring in the joy, or i can suck the life out of the room"
Mr. Ivey has good thoughts, His blog is called "The Protagonist Theory" I asked him If i could share this with everyone i come into contact with, and he said "yes". So...I am reposting and linking to his blog here. Good Stuff.
He put this on his blog yesterday. I found it inspiring and thought provoking. It goes along with my new philosophy on life: "I have a choice. I can bring in the joy, or i can suck the life out of the room"
Mr. Ivey has good thoughts, His blog is called "The Protagonist Theory" I asked him If i could share this with everyone i come into contact with, and he said "yes". So...I am reposting and linking to his blog here. Good Stuff.
There’s a lot of bad stuff happening right now. I won’t get into the details as the details seem to be penetrating everyone’s lives these days. I have been forced to dwell on circumstances lately, and that’s a dangerous and silly place to be.
My father died of Lou Gehrig’s disease a long time ago. A few weeks before he died, I woke up one morning to a note taped to the outside of my bedroom door. My dad wrote it some time in the middle of the night… said he was just thinking about me and how hard it must be to be a seventh-grader.
Father was right-handed. He made mention to me on several occasions – while we were playing ball or throwing rocks into a lake – that he’d always wished he was ambidextrous. He said most great athletes “could go both ways.” Father was not ambidextrous, but as it turned out, he got to write the note with his left hand. It had been several weeks since the last twitch took his good arm from him.
Here’s what the note said:
You are going to have a great day. It’s yours, and you can make it anything you want it to be. If the weather calls for rain, decide now that you will enjoy getting wet. If the test score is low, make up your mind that ‘it can only get better from here.’ If punished unfairly for something, just smile for the many things you’ve not been caught for… Attitude is everything. Today is not yet anything. Fill it with laughter. Dad.
I’m trying to remember that. Trying to choose joy over circumstance. Trying to truly believe that I am fearfully and wonderfully made and that the only thing we’re supposed to do every day… no matter what… is choose joy.
Posted by Billy Ivey
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Monday, February 02, 2009
25 Random Things
So I did this on Facebook, and thought..i have not put anything on the old blog lately, so I'll just throw this on over here. ( this image has nothing to do with it, i just thought it was neat-o and random so it fit )
Enjoy.
1. My Name is Michael Frederick, My Great Grandfather was Frederick Michaels. My Brother thinks its funny to call me Fred-er-dick, But thats because his name is Richard...
2. When i was 3 my family moved to puerto rico (NAVY) and I used to play alone as a 4 and 5 year old kid on cliffs above the ocean...and climb on giant rocks all alone while the Caribbean sea waves crashed against them, Again, ALONE, 4 or 5 years old...
3. I am an officially licensed Baptist minister in the state of Florida. I can legally marry and bury people. I super secretly still want to be a pastor/preacher.
4. When I was 4 or 5 years old, i threw open the back door of our house and hosed down the laundry room with a real hose and real water. I was pretending it was on fire. My Mother and Father both gave me a beating i have never forgotten.
5. The first time I heard the song "Gracie" by Ben Folds it was Live at a lunchtime concert at the electric factory and i stood by the sound board and nearly burst out sobbing. I had to drink water, and choke back the tears.
6. When Scout was born, I sobbed uncontrollably like a little boy.
7. The first time I Smoked pot was on a High School Church Retreat called "Spark".
8. I have only consumed alcohol until inebriation once in my life. I threw up many many times and I swore I would never do it again, and I never have.
9. If i only had one album to listen to over and over and over again, it would be "The Essential Johnny Cash" Volume 1-3
10. I am still bitter that I missed the first and second lollapalooza's because they were conflicts with church related activities. (the rest of them sucked, so i didn't go and don't care)
11. I wrestled with a monkey on top of "The Rock of Gibraltar" over my back pack and a loaf of bread. I won.
12. I had to go to summer school in second grade. My IQ test in 3rd grade was 134, In 4th grade i tested at an 11th grade reading level. I failed 8th grade, was kicked out of 2 christian schools. Dropped out of High School in 10th grade, got my GED and graduated from college 7 years later.
13. I did not read a book from cover to cover until i was 27 years old.
14. I just inadvertently clicked off of this note and lost numbers 14 - 25. I am never going to remember what I wrote, So i'm pretty pissed.
15. I love massive wide open spaces. Like Wyoming, Montana, or Colorado. To hike up a hill and look out over expansive valleys filled with lush green grass brings me closer to jesus and makes my soul happy.
16. I have a scarf that my wife made me that is one of my favorite things in the world.
17. I am in love with my crest spin brush.
18. I am literally falling asleep while writing this.
19. I once didn't wear pants (or underpants) for 2 months. When i was 13 i nearly died in a car accident with my brother. I broke my Femur, Hip, and tibia. Was in traction for 2 months. Then was in a Half Body cast for 6 weeks after.
20. I had a half pipe (skateboard ramp) in my backyard when i was a teenage boy. It was 6ft high and 16 feet wide. It was pretty sweet.
21. I lied about my age when i was 17 so that i could drive my truck at a drag strip in bithlo Florida. I was doing 13 second 1/4 miles. I beat everyone i raced.
22. I want to be famous. I want to be on TV or in the Movies.
23. I would like to Write a book, Direct a major motion picture, write a screen play and write and record my own album.
24. The first girl I kissed was in 5th grade. Her name was Wendy, and we french kissed many many times.
25. I have been to Italy, Spain, Paris, England, Scotland, Mexico. I love to travel. I love to eat good food and drink good wine. ¶ 3:59 PM 0 Comments
So I did this on Facebook, and thought..i have not put anything on the old blog lately, so I'll just throw this on over here. ( this image has nothing to do with it, i just thought it was neat-o and random so it fit )
Enjoy.
1. My Name is Michael Frederick, My Great Grandfather was Frederick Michaels. My Brother thinks its funny to call me Fred-er-dick, But thats because his name is Richard...
2. When i was 3 my family moved to puerto rico (NAVY) and I used to play alone as a 4 and 5 year old kid on cliffs above the ocean...and climb on giant rocks all alone while the Caribbean sea waves crashed against them, Again, ALONE, 4 or 5 years old...
3. I am an officially licensed Baptist minister in the state of Florida. I can legally marry and bury people. I super secretly still want to be a pastor/preacher.
4. When I was 4 or 5 years old, i threw open the back door of our house and hosed down the laundry room with a real hose and real water. I was pretending it was on fire. My Mother and Father both gave me a beating i have never forgotten.
5. The first time I heard the song "Gracie" by Ben Folds it was Live at a lunchtime concert at the electric factory and i stood by the sound board and nearly burst out sobbing. I had to drink water, and choke back the tears.
6. When Scout was born, I sobbed uncontrollably like a little boy.
7. The first time I Smoked pot was on a High School Church Retreat called "Spark".
8. I have only consumed alcohol until inebriation once in my life. I threw up many many times and I swore I would never do it again, and I never have.
9. If i only had one album to listen to over and over and over again, it would be "The Essential Johnny Cash" Volume 1-3
10. I am still bitter that I missed the first and second lollapalooza's because they were conflicts with church related activities. (the rest of them sucked, so i didn't go and don't care)
11. I wrestled with a monkey on top of "The Rock of Gibraltar" over my back pack and a loaf of bread. I won.
12. I had to go to summer school in second grade. My IQ test in 3rd grade was 134, In 4th grade i tested at an 11th grade reading level. I failed 8th grade, was kicked out of 2 christian schools. Dropped out of High School in 10th grade, got my GED and graduated from college 7 years later.
13. I did not read a book from cover to cover until i was 27 years old.
14. I just inadvertently clicked off of this note and lost numbers 14 - 25. I am never going to remember what I wrote, So i'm pretty pissed.
15. I love massive wide open spaces. Like Wyoming, Montana, or Colorado. To hike up a hill and look out over expansive valleys filled with lush green grass brings me closer to jesus and makes my soul happy.
16. I have a scarf that my wife made me that is one of my favorite things in the world.
17. I am in love with my crest spin brush.
18. I am literally falling asleep while writing this.
19. I once didn't wear pants (or underpants) for 2 months. When i was 13 i nearly died in a car accident with my brother. I broke my Femur, Hip, and tibia. Was in traction for 2 months. Then was in a Half Body cast for 6 weeks after.
20. I had a half pipe (skateboard ramp) in my backyard when i was a teenage boy. It was 6ft high and 16 feet wide. It was pretty sweet.
21. I lied about my age when i was 17 so that i could drive my truck at a drag strip in bithlo Florida. I was doing 13 second 1/4 miles. I beat everyone i raced.
22. I want to be famous. I want to be on TV or in the Movies.
23. I would like to Write a book, Direct a major motion picture, write a screen play and write and record my own album.
24. The first girl I kissed was in 5th grade. Her name was Wendy, and we french kissed many many times.
25. I have been to Italy, Spain, Paris, England, Scotland, Mexico. I love to travel. I love to eat good food and drink good wine. ¶ 3:59 PM 0 Comments
