MY DIARY TO 3/19/09: FROM HOUSESITTING TO WEEK GONE BY

WELL IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A WEEK SINCE MY LAST JOURNAL ENTRY SO LET ME WRAP UP THE LAST WEEK THE BEST I CAN:

SAT 3/14/09-  SPENT THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY HOUSE-SITTING FOR OUR FRIENDS.  IT WAS NICE TO HAVE A BIG SCREEN TV AND SURROUND SOUND TO WATCH TV AND SEE SOME MOVIES.  I WORKED TILL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN CAME BACK TO THE HOUSE AND CRASHED ON THE COUCH.  WELL YOU SEE THE DOG, OREO, SLEPT WITH MY WIFE SO I GOT THE COUCH………LOL……….

SUN 3/15/09- MY DAY OFF SO I SLEPT IN…….MY WIFE AND I SPENT THE DAY HOUSE-SITTING BUT WENT TO LUNCH AT J’S DELI WITH MY PARENTS.  WE DID PLAY CARDS LATER THEN WATCHED TV WHILE BABYSITTING THE DOG AND PARROT……LOL………MADISON, THE PARROT, WAS COPYING WHAT I WAS SAYING WHICH WAS HYSTERICAL EARLIER IN THE DAY…….LOL……..YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE HE WILL REPEAT IT………LOL

MON 3/16/09- AFTER HOUSESITTING DURING THE WEEKEND I WENT BACK TO MY DADS WHERE WE LIVE PRESENTLY AND THEN WENT TO WORK AND CLOSED MONDAY NIGHT.  I GOT HOME LATE THAT EVENING………

TUES 3/17/09- I WORKED DURING THE DAY AND THEN WENT BOWLING AFTER WORK.  I DID NOT BOWL THAT WELL THE FIRST GAME BUT BY THE THIRD GAME I STARTED DOING BETTER.  I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WATCH ONE OF OUR OPPONENTS BOWL A 300 GAME WHICH WAS PERFECT.  NEVER SAW A 300 GAME LIVE BUT IT WAS GREAT.  UNFORTUNATELY, OUR TEAM LOSS THREE GAMES BUT WON THE LAST GAME BY ONE POINT……LOL………GO FIGURE……….LOL

WED 3/18/09- MY DAY OFF AND I STAYED HOME ALL DAY.  I SPENT TIME ON FACEBOOK.COM AND UPDATING MY FANTASY TEAMS.  I LIKE TO STAY HOME DURING MY DAY OFF BECAUSE I AM OUT EVERYDAY AND CLOSE THREE NIGHTS A WEEK.  I ALSO BOWL SO I AM OUT LATE FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK.  WITH THE LONG DRIVE TO PEMBROKE MY DAYS SEEM LONG SO WHEN I GET A DAY OFF I CRASH………LOL……….I ALSO WATCHED THE MOVIE, “MIRRORS” WITH KIEFER SUTHERLAND…..

“MIRRORS”- DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRE AJA AND STARRING KIEFER SUTHERLAND….RATED R FOR LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, AND BRIEF NUDITY……….

THIS WAS ONE STRANGE FLICK FOR SURE.  OF COURSE SUTHERLAND IS GOOD IN THIS MOVIE AND PLAYS A COP WHO TAKES A SECURITY POSITION AFTER A TRADEGY WHILE BEING A COP.  HE FINDS OUT THAT THE MIRRORS OF AN OLD DEPARTMENT STORE ARE HAUNTED AND THERE IS SOME KIND OF EVIL THAT IS OCCURING CAUSING PEOPLE TO DIE.  THIS MOVIE CENTERS ON WHY THIS HAPPENS AND HOW TO STOP THE LOVED ONES FROM DYING.  I FOUND THIS MOVIE VERY STRANGE BUT INTERESTING AT THE SAME TIME.  I WILL NEVER LOOK AT MIRRORS THE SAME WAY…….LOL…….THIS MOVIE IS VIOLENT AND THE UNRATED VERSION HAS SOME GORY SCENES IN IT.  IF YOU LIKE HORROR MOVIES WITH A TWISTED PLOT YOU WILL LIKE THIS MOVIE…….I GIVE THIS MOVIE A C+……..SOME OF YOU WILL LIKE IT AND SOME WILL NOT…….LOL

THURS 3/19/09- I DID NOT WANT TO GET UP THIS MORNING.  I WAS VERY TIRED BUT WORKED ALL DAY TODAY.  GOT SOME PIZZA AND SALAD TO BRING HOME FROM NORTON HOUSE OF PIZZA FOR SUPPER.  CURRENTLY WATCHING THE NEW JAMES BOND MOVIE, “QUANTUM OF SOLACE”.  I WILL GIVE MY REVIEW NEXT BUT FOR NOW THAT IS THE WRAP UP FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS………GOODNIGHT………..

DIARY TO 3/13/09: FRIDAY THE 13TH……..NO JASON HERE…..LOL

WELL IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE MY LAST ENTRY SO LET ME BRIEFLY TELL YOU WHAT OCCURRED THE LAST FEW DAYS………

MON 3/9/09-  BASICALLY JUST WORKED MONDAY NIGHT AND CAME HOME AND STAYED UP FOR AWHILE CHATTING ON FACEBOOK.COM……..FELT THE EFFECTS ON TUESDAY………….LOL

TUES 3/10/09- MY MOM’S BIRTHDAY TODAY SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!  I WORKED DURING THE DAY BUT DID NOT GET OUT TILL LATER TUESDAY NIGHT SO I GOT HOME LATER THAN USUAL SO I DID NOT MAKE BOWLING TUESDAY.  I HEARD OUR TEAM STRUGGLED TUESDAY NIGHT BUT WE WERE GOING UP AGAINST A DIFFICULT TEAM……..BETTER LUCK NEXT WEEK………

WED 3/11/09- WORKED DURING THE DAY AND CAME HOME AFTER 8:30PM SO BASICALLY WAS WORN OUT.  JUST RELAXED AFTER MY LONG DAY AND PLAYED SOME PLAYSTATION 2 GAMES WHILE SURFING THE INTERNET………FACEBOOK.COM AND OF COURSE ALL OF MY FANTASY SPORT TEAMS I UPDATE THOSE EACH DAY…….STAYED UP LATE AND COULD NOT SLEEP BUT I KNEW I HAD THURSDAY OFF SO I COULD CRASH AND RELAX……LOL

THURS 3/12/09- ENJOYED MY DAY OFF AND SLEPT IN………LOL…………..DID NOT SLEEP IN VERY LONG IN THE MORNING BUT PRETTY MUCH CRASHED MOST OF THE DAY.  I DID HOWEVER CLEAN THE ROOM AND GET ALL OF OUR STUFF TOGETHER TO TAKE OVER TO OUR FRIENDS HOME SO WE CAN HOUSE SIT FOR THE WEEKEND……..GOT TO THEIR HOME EARLY EVENING AND PAM AND I WERE ABLE TO WATCH THE MOVIE, “TWILIGHT”………..WELL HERE IS MY REVIEW OF THAT MOVIE:

          “TWILIGHT”- DIRECTED BY CATHERINE HARDWICKE AND STARRING KIRSTEN STEWART AND ROBERT PATTINSON……RATED PG-13 FOR SOME VIOLENCE AND SENSUALITY…….

            PAM AND I WATCHED THIS FILM AND REALLY ENJOYED IT.  PAM DOES NOT LIKE VAMPIRE MOVIES BUT REALLY LIKED THIS MOVIE.  THE ACTING, PLOT AND DIRECTION THIS FILM TOOK I THOUGHT WAS VERY WELL DONE AND IN GOOD TASTE.  IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A VIOLENT BLOODY GORY VAMPIRE MOVIE THIS IS NOT IT!!!  THE SUSPENSE AND INTRIGUE OF THIS MOVIE IS GOOD AND THE ACTION KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES.  THIS FILM REMINDED ME OF THE LOVE STORY BETWEEN BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER AND ANGEL, THE VAMPIRE WITH A SOUL.  IT IS A LOVE STORY BETWEEN A MORTAL AND A VAMPIRE AND THE COST INVOLVED WHEN MORTALITY VIS IMMORTALITY.  SOME OF THE  PLOT IS PREDICTABLE AND SOME OF THE MAKEUP IS OVER USED.  YOU CAN TELL WHO THE VAMPIRES ARE IN THIS MOVIE BECAUSE THEY LOOK SO PALE AND WHITE…..LOL………MAYBE BLENDING THEM INTO SOCIETY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE INTRIGUING BUT THIS MOVIE IS VERY GOOD.  THE MUSIC IN THE MOVIE IS GOOD TOO SO I SUGGEST YOU RENT THIS MOVIE AND GET THE SOUNDTRACK.  OVERALL I GIVE IT A B+……….I STILL LIKE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER BETTER BUT I ENJOYED WATCHING THIS MOVIE………………

FRI 3/13/09- CURRENTLY HOUSE SITTING THIS MORNING BEFORE CLOSING TONIGHT AT WORK. I AM SURE I WILL HAVE MORE TO WRITE LATER…….JUST ENTERTAINING A DOG AND PARROT………LOL……….IN FACT I SLEPT ON THE COUCH LAST NIGHT WITH THE DOG, “OREO”………….LOL………..I HAVE TO GO BECAUSE I HEAR THE BIRD SAYING, “I NEED A CRACKER”………LOL………….HAVE A GREAT DAY……………LOL

DIARY TO 3/8/09: BUSY WEEKEND AND LOST AN HOUR SLEEP

WELL IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE MY LAST ENTRY SO I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE LAST FEW DAYS….

WED 3/4-  ENJOYED A DAY OFF AND GOT MY CAR INSPECTED TODAY……IT PASSED!!! 

THURS 3/5- WORKED TODAY DURING THE DAY BUT GOT HOME AFTER 9PM SO ANOTHER LONG DAY.  PAM AND I WATCHED THE MOVIE FIREPROOF…….HERE IS MY REVIEW…..

        “FIREPROOF”-DIRECTED BY ALEX KENDRICK AND STARRING KIRK CAMERON…..RATED PG………

         THIS WAS A GOOD MOVIE WITH MANY POSITIVE MESSAGES THAT CENTERS AROUND THE MARITAL ISSUES OF A FIREFIGHTER AND HIS WIFE HEADING FOR DIVORCE.  THE PLOT FOCUSES ON THE ISSUES THAT THIS COUPLE FACES AND HOW THEY RECONCILE THEIR RELATIONSHIP.  THIS IS A CHRISTIAN FILM WITH A CHRISTIAN MESSAGE THAT IS BOTH POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING.  SOME OF THE ACTING IS NOT DONE WELL BUT KIRK’S PERFORMANCE IS GREAT.  YOU CAN SEE HIS ACTING TALENT THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE.  I THOUGHT THE MOVIE WAS GOOD BUT COULD HAVE USED SOMETHING MORE TO MAKE IT MORE REALISTIC.  ANYWAY, THIS WILL BE A GOOD FAMILY MOVIE TO SEE…….I GIVE IT A B-………

FRI 3/6- WORKED THE EVENING SHIFT AND GOT HOME LATE SO BASICALLY IT WAS A LONG DAY……..

SAT 3/7- WENT TO OUR NIECES BIRTHDAY PARTY TODAY BEFORE GOING TO WORK AND GETTING HOME VERY LATE OF COURSE LOOSING AN HOUR OF SLEEP DUE TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME…….NO SAVING OF HOURS HERE……LOL

SUN 3/8- HAD STORE MEETING THIS MORNING AND WORKED ABOUT A HALF OF DAY BEFORE GOING TO OUR FRIENDS HOME LATER TO ENJOY SOME FOOD, MOVIES AND RELAXATION……HAD A GREAT TIME AND IT WAS NICE TO RELAX FOR A BIT……NOW BACK AT HOME EXHAUSTED AND LOOKING AT ANOTHER BUSY WEEK………I WILL REVIEW MORE MOVIES THIS WEEK……..GOOD NIGHT………..

THE WAY STATION: REFLECTION OF OUR YOUTH GROUP……

I WANTED TO REFLECT ON MY YOUTH GROUP EXPERIENCE BACK AT SOUTH ATTLEBORO ASSEMBLY OF GOD DURING THE YEARS OF 1984-1990.  DURING THIS TIME I HAVE VERY FOND MEMORIES OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE YOUTH GROUP PROGRAM THERE THAT WAS HEADED UP BY REV. RON RAY………OUR YOUTH PASTOR AT THE TIME.  MANY OF YOU READING THIS WILL HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF OUR TIME AT “THE WAY STATION”…….OTHERS OF YOU WILL HAVE NO IDEA BUT JUST ENJOY AS I TAKE A WALK BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE AND SHARE SOME GREAT MEMORIES DURING THIS TIME……..

SOMETIME IN 1984 MY FAMILY HAD CHANGED CHURCHES DURING THIS TIME AND I WAS ASKED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE YOUTH GROUP AT SOUTH ATTLEBORO ASSEMBLY OF GOD.  REV. RON RAY HAD JUST BECOME THE YOUTH PASTOR SOMETIME BEFORE MY FAMILY ATTENDED THE CHURCH.  ANYWAY, I GOT TO KNOW SOME OTHERS IN THE YOUTH GROUP AND LATER GOT INVOLVED…….PASTOR RON CALLED THE YOUTH MINISTRY THERE, “THE WAY STATION”.  WE WOULD MEET ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS HAVING A PRAISE BAND WITH SOME VIDEOS, GAMES AND OF COURSE PASTOR RON WOULD PREACH EACH WEEK.  WHAT WAS NEAT ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE YOUTH GROUP GREW EACH WEEK.  I GOT TO KNOW MANY OTHERS DURING THIS TIME AND ESTABLISHED SOME GREAT FRIENDSHIPS THAT LAST EVEN TODAY ABOUT 25 YRS LATER………LET ME SHARE WITH YOU SOME MEMORIES:

1.  SATURDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDIES:  WE WOULD MEET AT DIFFERENT HOMES AND HAVE SOMEONE LEAD A BIBLE STUDY EACH WEEK.  I REMEMBER MANY BIBLE STUDIES DURING THIS TIME BUT REMEMBER KATHY’S BIBLE STUDY ON OUTWARD APPEARANCES…….SHE USED A BARBIE DOLL AND SHARED OUR OUTWARD APPEARANCE IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS OUR INWARD APPEARANCE TO GOD…….WOW……..KATHY, REMEMBER THAT???  I REMEMBER TODD, STU, CHERYL, AND MANY OTHERS THAT LED BIBLE STUDIES…….I ALSO TAUGHT A TIME OR TOO AS WELL………I THINK I PUT MANY TO SLEEP WITH MANY OF THEM……..LOL…………..

2.  SUNDAY NIGHTS AFTER CHURCH:  WELL AS A GROUP OR I COULD SAY A “CLICK” MANY OF US WOULD GO TO A RESTAURANT AFTER SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE AND ENJOY EATING AND CHATTING……..CHELIOS, JENNINGS, THE BEEF HEARTH…….LOL…….REMEMBER???  DID WE GET KICKED OUT TOO????  LOL……….JOHN AGUIAR I THINK YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE…….LOL………..WELL LETS JUST SAY THOSE NIGHTS I LOOKED FORWARD TOO BECAUSE I GOT TO KNOW MANY OF YOU READING THIS……….GREAT RELATIONSHIPS STARTED FROM THESE EVENINGS……….

3.  WEDNESDAY NIGHTS-  EACH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WE HAD OUR YOUTH GROUP MEETING…….I ENJOYED GOING EACH WEEK AND REALLY ENJOYED IT WHEN I GOT MORE INVOLVED IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE YOUTH GROUP……..MANY NEW FACES EACH WEEK……….SOME OF US WOULD GO OUT AFTER TO ONE OF OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANTS……..CHELIOS, JENNINGS, THE BEEF HEARTH…….LOL………REMEMBER??? 

4.  MY HOUSE CRASHED BY MEMBERS OF “THE WAY STATION”- THIS HAPPENED MANY YEARS AGO…….MY PARENTS WERE GONE ON VACATION AND SOME OF YOU HAD THE IDEA TO BREAK INTO MY PARENTS HOME AND THROW CONFETTI ALL OVER THE HALLWAY, KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM……LETS JUST SAY THERE WAS A CAKE……..A GRANDMOTHER ON THE CAKE………LOL………THE BATHROOM WELL LETS JUST SAY THINGS WERE HANGING ON THE DOOR…….LOL………HMMNNNN……….THE GUILTY PEOPLE………JOHN AGUIAR, PHIL, CANDY (YEAH YOU CANDY-REMEMBER???) COLLEEN (REMEMBER???) LIZ, AND OTHERS SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS…….LOL……DO YOU REMEMBER I HAD TO GET THE VACUUM AND CLEAN THE HOUSE????  HMNN……REMEMBER PASTOR RON WAS NOTIFIED BY MY PARENTS AND SOME OF YOU PASTOR RON TALKED WITH???  REMEMBER????  LOL…………I MUST SAY YEARS LATER I LOOK BACK AND LAUGH BUT PHIL DID NOT LAUGH LATER THAT NIGHT BECAUSE HE HIT A HORSE ON THE WAY HOME…….ALMOST WAS KILLED……….GOOD THING NOTHING SERIOUS HAPPENED………

5.  REMEMBER THE BACHELOR ASSOCIATION?????  I THINK STU WAS PRESIDENT FOR AWHILE……..LOL……….US BACHELORS HUNG AROUND TOGETHER PLAYING POKER AT STUS HOUSE OR WIFFLE BALL……….LOL……….STU, YOU READY FOR ANOTHER WIFFLE BALL GAME?????  SEE YOU ONLINE WITH PLAYSTATION THEN………LOL…………MY BODY HURTS NOW……..LOL…….LADIES, DO YOU REMEMBER OUR BACHELOR ASSOCIATION???  LOL

6.  BOB, REMEMBER OUR MANY TIMES AT YOUR HOME IN SOUTH ATTLEBORO????  LOL………WE HAD SOME GREAT TIMES……..SOME GREAT BIBLE STUDIES AND LOTS OF CHATS……..LOL………RANDY, RUSSELL, MARK AND MANY OTHERS……..LOL

7.  WAY STATION LOCK IN:  REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE LOCKED IN AT THE CHURCH ONE TIME???  WE HAD MUSIC, BIBLE STUDIES AND OF COURSE OUR ROCK SOLID PERFORMANCE WITH AIR GUITARS AND DRUMS……BRUCE STANFORD, YOU REMEMBER????  JOHN AGUIAR???  RAY JACK???  AND YES YOURS TRULY………HOW RIDICULOUS WE LOOKED BUT IT WAS FUN DOING A DEGARMO AND KEY SONG…….LOL

8.  PASTOR RON, HOW MANY TIMES DID YOUR CARS AND HOME AT ROYAL PARK APARTMENTS GET TOILET PAPERED???  LOL…….GLAD YOU HAD SENSE OF HUMOR THAT IS FOR SURE……I THINK EVERYONE DID IT AT ONE TIME OR TWO……LOL……….SOME OF YOU WERE REPEAT OFFENDERS………LOL

9.  STEVE AND DORREEN LEBEAU- OUR PRAYER MEETINGS AT YOUR HOME BACK THEN WERE VERY MEMORABLE…….LOTS OF GREAT MEMORIES FOR SURE…….

10. BOB AND LORI GORMLEY-  I AM SURE MOST OF YOU REMEMBER OUR BIBLE STUDIES AND PRAYER MEETINGS THERE……..WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD TIMES THERE…….WHERE IS BOB AND LORI????  

11.  YOUTH LEADERS RETREAT IN STURBRIDGE……..WELL SOME OF YOU SHOULD REMEMBER……I KNOW RANDY HOWARD AND I REMEMBER……..I WAS TRYING TO BE SUPERMAN AND DIVE INTO THE BED WITH THE LIGHTS OFF BUT FOUND THE DESK………LOL………….ACTUALLY MY JAW FOUND THE DESK………LOL………WAS HURT AND CUT ON MY FACE……..LOL……….I REMEMBER PAM CHECKING ON ME…….HOW EMBARRASSING……….LOL

12.  NIGHT AT CHELIOS-  I THINK MANY OF US REMEMBER A WAITRESS THAT HAD A BAD DAY AND WAS CRYING IN FRONT OF US WHILE SERVING US OUR FOOD.  WE FELT BAD FOR HER AND GAVE HER ABOUT A $50 TIP………..I WONDER IS SHE IS STILL CRYING………LOL

13.  PASTOR RON, REMEMBER PLAYING BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL WITH US???  THAT WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS…….STU, I REMEMBER YOUR ELBOWS………LOL……..

14.  HEY, ELIZABETH RAY STRYSKO, REMEMBER BEING PAM AND I’S FLOWER GIRL AT OUR WEDDING???  ABOUT 20YRS AGO……..LOL……NOW YOU ARE MARRIED????  WOW………I AM REALLY FEELING OLD……….LOL

15.  DID ANYBODY DRIVE WITH JOHN AGUIAR????  I DID AND I AM THANKFUL I AM STILL ALIVE TODAY……..SORRY JOHN……….LOL………..ITS ALL GOOD……….LOL…………HEY, JENNY I HOPE YOU ARE DRIVING AND NOT JOHN……….LOL

16.  MISSION TRIP IN 1988 TO CANADA:  SEVERAL OF US WERE FORTUNATE TO GO AND EXPERIENCE THE COLD BY CAMPING WITH THE CREE INDIANS……GREAT SKITS WE DID…….MUSIC, FELLOWSHIP AND PREACHING……….ONE SONG I REMEMBER IS HES ALIVE……..THEY SANG THAT ALL THE TIME…….STEVE CAMP AND HIS WIFE WERE THERE IN A CONCERT……..WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE………..

17.  I REMEMBER ATTENDING SOME BIBLE STUDIES WITH SUE AND MANY OTHERS……..IT WAS GREAT TO BUILD SOME GREAT FRIENDSHIPS DURING THIS TIME………..

18.  CANDY, REMEMBER MY BACK BRACE????  I WORE IT ABOUT A YEAR AND YOU ENCOURAGED ME BACK THEN……..I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BUT THANKS!!!  I REMEMBER……..FELT LIKE A WALKING LIGHTNING ROD WITH A BACK BRACE AND BRACES………LOL

19.  SWIMMING AT THE ROBINSONS……….SEVERAL TIMES THE YOUTH GROUP WOULD HAVE SWIM PARTIES AT THE ROBINSONS…….

20.  MANY CHATS AT PASTOR RON’S AND ELAINE’S AFTER SERVICES…….I BET YOU BOTH DID NOT GET MUCH SLEEP BACK THEN………LOL……………

THESE ARE JUST A FEW GREAT MEMORIES I HAD DURING MY YEARS AT THIS YOUTH GROUP……..NOW I WANT TO THANK MANY OF YOU PERSONALLY FOR YOUR IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND WHAT YOU HAVE MEANT TO ME OVER THE YEARS……..IF YOUR NAME IS NOT MENTIONED DO NOT TAKE IT PERSONALLY…….HARD TO PUT EVERYONE DOWN ON THE LIST…..I WOULD NEED TO WRITE A BOOK……LOL……SOME OF YOU MIGHT SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE PEOPLE I LIST……..

1.  PASTOR RON AND ELAINE RAY- YOU BOTH MEANT MORE TO ME BACK THEN THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE……YOU WERE BOTH ROLE MODELS FOR ME AND PEOPLE OF CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY……THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ASSIST ME IN MY GROWING AND MATURING………THANKS!!

2.  STEVE AND DOREEN LEBEAU- BOTH OF YOU TOOK INTEREST IN OUR YOUTH GROUP AND LEND YOUR HOME TO US…….THANKS FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY AND CARING……YOU BOTH WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN…….GOD BLESS YOU BOTH.

3.  BOB AND LORI GORMLEY- YOU BOTH SHARED YOUR HOME WITH OUR YOUTH GROUP AND CARED ABOUT US.  BOTH OF YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND I WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR ALL YOU DID FOR US……

NOW MY PERSONAL SHOUT OUTS TO SOME OF YOU:

4.  STU ROSS- GREAT FRIENDSHIP DURING THESE YEARS….SPEAKING AT PAM AND I’S WEDDING…….THANKS BUDDY……..GOD BLESS YOU IN BULGARIA…..HOPE TO GET TOGETHER AGAIN SOMEDAY……..WIFFLEBALL????  LOL

5- TODD BELCHER AND SHAWN BELCHER- GREAT FRIENDSHIPS DURING THIS TIME AND FOR BOTH OF YOU BEING IN PAM AND I’S WEDDING…….THANKS……

6- CANDY FEDERICO-  YOU ENCOURAGED ME DURING THIS TIME AND SANG AT PAM AND I’S WEDDING……THANKS…

7- SUE JORDAN MCDONALD- OUR CHATS DURING THOSE DAYS AND THE BIBLE STUDIES ENCOURAGED ME TO KNOW I HAD A FRIEND WHO CARED….THANKS……..

8- BOB LOMBARDO- GREAT FRIEND DURING THIS TIME AND YOU OPENED YOUR HOME TO US………THANKS……

9- KATHY MOSHER CALLAHAN- WOW OUR FRIENDSHIP STARTED BACK AT BRISTOL FARMS AND BLISS…..GREAT FRIEND THROUGH THE YEARS…..YOUR PRAYERS I KNOW HAVE HELPED ME……OUR TALKS BACK THEN WERE ENCOURAGING TO ME……THANKS…….

10- CHERYL MCCABE HUGHES- WE HAD MANY TALKS ABOUT THINGS BACK THEN……NOT ALWAYS SEEING EYE TO EYE BUT YOU WERE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME…….MISS OUR FRIENDSHIP….GLAD TO HAVE FOUND YOU AGAIN……

11- TODD NEVUE-  WOW JUST SEEMED LIKE WE WERE OVER YOUR HOME PLAYING RISK OR HAVING A BIBLE STUDY…LOL……GLAD TO BE TALKING TO YOU AGAIN…..

12.  RYAN AND MARYANN SMITH- YOUR FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME…..I KNOW YOUR PRAYERS HAVE HELPED ME TOO……THANKS…

13.  JOHN AGUIAR-  WE WERE BUDS DURING THIS TIME……YOU WERE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME AND I APPRECIATED YOUR FRIENDSHIP…….THANKS…

14.  RUSSELL AND MARK HOYT- GREAT FRIENDSHIP DURING THIS TIME……LOTS OF GREAT MEMORIES……..THANKS…

15. COLLEEN BELANGER LOMBARDO- GREAT FRIENDSHIP DURING THIS TIME…….MANY TALKS WE HAD AND YOU WERE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME……..THANKS

THESE ARE ONLY A FEW NAMES OF MANY I COULD NAME BUT YOU HAVE IMPACTED MY LIFE………I TREASURED OUR FRIENDSHIP BACK THEN AND TREASURE IT TODAY…….SOME OF YOU SHOULD SHARE YOUR MEMORIES AS WELL……LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS…………I WANT TO HEAR FROM SOME OF YOU……….

DIARY TO 3/3/09: SNOW AGAIN!!

WELL IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE MY LAST JOURNAL ENTRY SO LET ME GIVE A BRIEF RECAP OF THE LAST FEW DAYS.

FIRST, OUR NIECE LINDSEY HAD SURGERY ON HER KNEE SEVERAL DAYS AGO.  OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH HER AS SHE RECOVERS AND PLANS ON REHABILITATION SOON.  IF YOU READ THIS LINDSEY WE ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU AND HOPING YOU STAY STRONG AND GET WELL SOON.

SECOND, I ENJOYED MY DAY OFF SUNDAY WATCHING TWO MOVIES WHICH I WILL DO A REVIEW ABOUT.  I WORKED MONDAY NIGHT AND TODAY UNTIL AFTER 7PM THEN WENT BOWLING.  DID NOT HAVE A GREAT NIGHT TONIGHT BOWLING.  MY HIGH SCORE WAS A 190 AND LOW ABOUT A 143…….NOT TOO GOOD TONIGHT..

THIRD, WE WERE HIT WITH ANOTHER SNOW STORM ON MONDAY GETTING ABOUT 6-8IN OF MORE SNOW.  YEAH LIKE I AM SO EXCITED……..LOL……….I GUESS IT IS TRUE WHEN THEY SAY THE OLDER YOU GET THE LESS YOU LIKE SNOW…..LOL……..IT HAS BEEN VERY COLD TOO THE PAST FEW DAYS AS WELL………DOES NOT FEEL LIKE MARCH RIGHT NOW BUT THIS IS NEW ENGLAND AND THE WEATHER CHANGES VERY QUICKLY HERE………

I DID WATCH SEVERAL MOVIES OVER THE WEEKEND SO HERE IS MY REVIEW ON EACH ONE……….

           1.   “THE EXPRESS”-DIRECTED BY GARY FEDLER AND STARRING DENNIS QUAID AND ROB BROWN……..RATED PG FOR SOME LANGUAGE…………..

             THIS MOVIE SIMPLY PUT WAS EXCELLENT.  THIS IS THE STORY OF ERNIE DAVIS AND HOW HE WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY AND WENT TO THE NFL.  HOWEVER, THIS STORY DEALS WITH HIS ILLNESS AND HOW HE BECAME A COLLEGE FOOTBALL LEGEND.  DENNIS QUAID IS AWESOME AS THE COACH AND ROB BROWN LOOKS LIKE ERNIE DAVIS IN THE FILM.  THIS STORY WILL EXCITE YOU, CHALLENGE YOU AND MAKE YOU MAD AND EVEN BE SAD.  ALL THE EMOTIONS OF TRUE LIFE ARE SHOWN IN THIS EXCELLENT MOVIE……..MY GRADE IS AN A………….THIS IS A MUST SEE MOVIE………..YOU MAY NOT LIKE FOOTBALL BUT YOU WILL BECOME AN ERNIE DAVIS FAN………..

        2. “LAKEVIEW TERRACE”- DIRECTED BY NEIL LABUTE AND STARRING SAMUEL L JACKSON AND PATRICK WILSON…….RATED PG-13 FOR LANGUAGE AND SOME VIOLENCE…….

          I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT.  THIS MOVIE DID NOT GET GREAT REVIEWS BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.  SAMUEL L JACKSON PLAY A CHARACTER THAT IS NOT HIS TYPICAL CHARACTER PORTRAYAL.  HE PLAYS A COP WHO GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO BREAK UP AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE BY GOING TO EXTREME MEASURES.  HE IS SMOOTH AND AT THE SAME TIME A PHYS CO……LOL…….PATRICK WILSON PLAYS THE NEW NEIGHBOR WHO IS IN A INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE THAT IS HARASSED BY SAMUEL L JACKSONS CHARACTER.  SOME OF THIS PLOT IS PREDICTABLE BUT WHAT IS DISTURBING IS YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS REALLY COULD BE A REAL LIFE SCENARIO.  THERE IS ACTION AND SUSPENSE IN THIS MOVIE……YOU CAN ALMOST PREDICT THE ENDING BUT IT IS INTERESTING WATCHING HOW THE MOVIE GETS TO THE END……OVERALL I GIVE THIS MOVIE A B-………..IF YOU LIKE SUSPENSE AND SAMUEL L JACKSON YOU WILL LIKE IT……..I LIKED IT………

         3.  “AUSTRALIA”- DIRECTED BY BAZ LUHRMANN AND STARRING HUGH JACKMAN AND NICOLE KIDMAN…..RATED PG-13 FOR LANGUAGE AND SOME VIOLENCE…..

         THIS IS A LONG MOVIE BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD……..IT IS NOT MY TYPICAL MOVIE BUT HUGH AND NICOLE ARE VERY GOOD IN THIS MOVIE.  YOU REALLY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE PLOT IN THIS MOVIE BECAUSE THE MOVIE IS LONG BUT IT IS A GOOD PLOT…..THE PLOT TAKES PLACE BEFORE WORLD WAR 2 AND EVERY EMOTION IS PLAYED IN THIS MOVIE…….IT IS ROMANTIC AND THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN HUGH AND NICOLE IS GREAT IN THE MOVIE……….THERE IS SOME ACTION IN THIS MOVIE WHICH KEEPS YOU INTERESTED AND AT THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT……..OVERALL, MY WIFE AND I LIKED IT BUT SHE LIKED IT MORE……..LOL……I GIVE IT A B-………PAM GAVE IT AN A…………LOL………..I SAY RENT IT……………

THESE ARE SEVERAL MOVIES I SAW THE PAST FEW DAYS AND JUST WANTED TO REVIEW THEM FOR YOU…….I LOOK FORWARD TO A DAY OFF WEDNESDAY TO WATCH SEVERAL MORE MOVIES……..LOL……..THAT’S MY JOB……..LOL…………ANYWAY, GOOD NIGHT…………..