I don;t know how to explain. Sometimes though, friends understand and stand behind other friends more than (((( OTHERS)) — I am starting over in life because of all kinds of obsticals. But thanks to friends I will survive. — Might not be a very pleasant Christmas but who really cares. I honestly have hit below the bottom. I have lived in the woods and have ate fish with worms in them.My car was stollen but it is back and yes I am known to sleep in it also. – I guess I have burn;t some bridges with some ((( OTHERS)) who seemed to never care anyways. I am in a loving familly;s care now and see the opportunity to show ((( Others)) friends are sometimes the ULTIMATE family. Yes I am hitting around the bush but just don’t want to put ((OTHERS)) in their place ((YET)). I miss all of my friends and promise to try and spill my guts politelly, when I am not so pissed and confused.. I will be attending Church from this day forward with my friends also. Its just something I want to start doing on a regular basis. I am close to erasing this so I will enter it before I do

Howdy everybody- All is great in my own little world. I have been enjoying the girls and my new job. I have had 2 raises already so I guess they know I R a plumber. -I took the girls to the Woodlands mall last weekend along with a friends boy. On the way home the girls and I  had our regular review of the time we spent together  etc. I asked the girls which they liked better,  either the mall ( inside) or Northshore park ( outside). Betty Ann didn’t hesitate saying the mall. On the other hand Sheila said Northshore park . So I have a little from both sides of the world. I am headed yet again to Centerville with my little buddy Adam. We are going to manicure the front fenceline. We repaired ther fence 2 weeks back. And we are ahead of building the tornado had fun with. Wish I had a puter to talk to all but on borrowed time I gotta go. Hold those heads high and God bless all. _ John

Wow and howdy yall – I am headed north to enterville this morning with my little buddy Adam. We are going to clean up after a tornado that hurt his home away from home. Cut fire wood etc. And we will be doing our exercises also ( 12 oz curls.) Will post next week with pictures.- I am sucked in with the new company I am working for and will be retiring there one day. Till later – Love to all – John

Hey everybody. I GOT THE JOB. I start in the morning. I went for another face to face this morning since our phone calls were not working so well. I told him I need this job or hunt for another. Also jokingly I added my girls were hungry. They are not and I let him know also. I need to get my cord (for my camera to puter) to post a big Louisiana post with pictures. I will get it today at Bubba’s. He is going to loan me a few tools I have lost etc. since Iraq and Louisiana.-Sure has been  beautiful days back to back here in the Lone Star state. Hope its as good or tollerable where all my friends reside also. The crappie should be hitting the banks soon and I will bore yall with pictures from the fishing trips also. I go by the old folk lore that says when the Robins (birds) migrate through here its prime fishing. OK GOTTA run for now but as you can see I am trying to make this a regular thing again. untill later, thanks for the thoughts and wishes. – John

A big ole apology to all for abandoning everybody for so long. I will try to get back into it again soon. I have been in Louisiana etc. I look forward to sharing some ( cooney) pictures soon. But it sure does my heart good to know I am blessed with ALL. I will be back with more info on my new job. I am pretty sure I am starting with a BIG plumbing company Tuesday. So God bless and BIG HUGS to all And I shall be back soon to chat – John

Ok so I got another chance to say howdy – Gosh this is worse than Iraq as far as communicating with everybody – Stopped at a bridge where everybody else was and low and behold at the gators – Well snuck down to get some good pictures ( got them) but my buddy holors snake  – My goodness I had to make it back past that ugly big moccosin – life goes on and I love all yall -= Just don;t have the computer time – Hope all understands – john

And a big Howdy to all my xanga familly – Well my job I had didn’t pan out worth a darn. They didn’t have the work I thought they had and had to lay me off due to lack of work. So the (( AdventurousPlumber )) is headed on yet another Adventure!!! – Iam headed to Metaire Louisiana tomorrow to help rebuild Louisiana. It will be sorta like Iraq in the way that I will be having free room and board. I will be in a tent more than likelly. But after I have been there a while I will more than likelly be looking fo a place to rent if the living style

doesn’t meet my standards. If they are comforatable I will be satisfied and save every dime I can. I have deep down been wanting to do this ever since I got home from Iraq. Just something about knowing I am helping rebuild and help a community or nation better themselves feels good. Also I am in the Adventurous age in life also. Heck yes I am taking the fishing polls beings Louisiana has so many places to fish. – Speaking of fish . Me and the girls went to Onalaska for my Nephews (Trey) birthday party. I gave him one of my tackle boxes and alot of good lures I had extra’s of. David and familly got him a Shakespear rod and reel combo. Man David said thanks fast ( my idea) as Trey went bonkers over the fishing gear he got.  He re arranged his tackle from one to another box. Taking hooks out of packages and dumping them in also.He fished for a little then I had to show him how its done-  Thats him taking my ( Lunker) off for me.The girls swam nearly the whole time and had alot of fun. sheila was a little leary the first time she swam in christies pool but this time she didn’t think twice and swam her heart out. So daddy is headed to Louisian with yet more wonderful kid memories stuck freshly in my brain. I will be changing my xanga name to TheAdventurousPlumber within a couple of weeks. I have too much to do this evening to get ready to boogie in the morning. Its a 5 hour or so drive from here. I intend to just get there and scope out the scene and start working Tuesday. i will try and get online next weekend to say high to all. Hope and wish all a great week ahead. — John

Howdy all – Today started my new job and so far so good. I think i am going to fit right in and retire with this group. The week end was really grand. We found that some kittens was under my buddies porch and before long we had one sitting in my lap for the girls to pet it. And yes they had a blast.As you can see they were playing in the dirt also. I changed them twice a day they played so hard. After visiting and saying hello to Thgunder the horse I took them to play with their cousins Trey and Karli. As you can see I have me a little tow truck. Yes Sheila was pulling Betty Ann and Karli around their yard. Myself was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. When everybody realized what I was laughing at they joined me in the laughter. I swear that girl has some muscle.Notice Betty Ann just enjoying her water like on a Sunday evening cruise. So another weekend full of memories. The kids swam Sunday evening and I cruised them home. They were asleep before I got out of the drive way good. Wow there is my car -slash – back stop. Yes I played pitcher and let them all hit the ball around. Not a bad looking back stop and it sure saved some chasing the ball also. I pushed the kids in the wagon also. Yes I was ringing wet from sweat but honestly it was worth it. Hope all had a great week end and I will visit yall later. I gotta get something in this belly – john

Going to have the daughters this week end and promise to take the camera – OK EVERYBODY – I don’t ask unless needed but please , pretty please take a few minutes to help this friend out. I will spare the details but money isn’t needed. PLEASE DO IT _  Thanks to my strong group and please sign the petition at www.caringbridge.org/nc/andrea – By the way you might want to have the kleenex handy -  It would be too cool if yall would add to your posts for a day or so — Thanks tooooo much -John