Guess where I Am!

Its NTI time! National Training Institute. Most of the instuctors for the Electrical JATC are here taking over Knoxville Tennessee.

I got here early this year and I'm so glad. No running around trying to do everything in one afternoon. I'll try to post more pictures but my camera broke! More to follow its late and I have to go to bed, classes start tomorrow

BALTIMORE MARYLAND HMMMM?

WELL I'LL SAY BALTIMORE HARBOR WAS COOL. I LOVE WATER AND WATCHING THE BOATS AND PEOPLE . I ATE CRAB CAKES IN MARYLAND. PHILLIPS SEAFOOD VERY GOOD, YEAH!

THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM SUCKED I PAID $28.00 TO BE LIMITED TO THE TIME I COULD SEE THE MARINE LIFE, ITS WAS SO CROWED THAT YOU DID NOT SEE A THING. THE TANKS WHERE TO LOW OR RIGHT AT EYE LEVEL, SO IF THERE WAS A CROWED OF PEOPLE, YOU'RE JUST OUT OF LUCK.THAT WAS MY WHOLE EXPERIENCE. AS FAR AS VIEWING MARINE LIFE I DIDN'T.

THE DOLPHIN SHOW WAS PRETTY GOOD. THE BEST PART WAS THE 3-D MOVIE BY PLANET EARTH- THE BOMB! I SHOULD HAVE STAY IN THE THEATRE ALL DAY, AT LEST I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MY MONIES WORTH. THEY NEED TO REMODEL THAT PLACE. I WILL NOT GO BACK THERE!!!!

THE LAST PICTURE IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW I FELT AND HOW I SAW MOST OF THE FISH.

LURAY CAVERNS ,VA

I'M THE NATURE FREAK, SO THE CAVERNS WERE ON MY LIST. AND DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE ABOUT NEEDING WARM CLOTHES DISPITE THE WEBSITE INFO. IT'S NOT 54 DEGREE IN THE CAVERNS IN THE SUMMER TIME! OTHER THAN THAT I HAD A NICE DAY. ALOT COOLER THAN VEGAS.

The Animal Lover At the ZOO

My son loves watching animals, so he picked the zoo. I just added a few photo of the fun animals. I have a ton of pictures. lol. We had a great time. The Washington National Zoo is FREE!!!!!!!! Its also larger than you think. We got a little wet later that afternoon, it started to shower. I was not a happy camper!

My Little Astronant

My Little Astronaut Shes something. We visited the Air And Space Museum. One the two things on her list. Shes a true teenager, we blazed through the exhibits, she knew exactly what she wantes to see.

A Day In D.C.

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1. WASHINGTON MONUMENT
2. LINCOLN MEMORIAL
3. JC & ME ON STEPS OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL
4. THE FAMILY & LINCOLN STATUE INSIDE MEMORIAL
5. JC, CHANTEL & SWEETS WALKING TO THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL PAST REFLECTING POOL
6. MAMA DUCK AND BABIES -they are very friendly
7. NATURE MOMENT - the babies didn't look very old

A Day In D.C. Part Two

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KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

We here in America we take these words for granted. I don't agree with the War, but I truly appreciate anyone in the military and what they go through.

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The Holocaust Museum
My daughter has been learning about the Holocaust this year at school and she has been moved by the Jewish experience. After visiting the Museum. My hope is that people will be kind to other ethnic groups. We all have to be accepting of different cultures.
Everyone should visit this Museum. I wish we could have taken pictures but it was not allowed.

Welcome to Washington D.C.

Why did we take the red eye fight? It was cheap, and I thought we would get some sleep. NOT! Our flight was on Jet Blue. Plenty of leg room but the plane was very loud. They have XM radio and satellite TV in every headrest. They charge you for a pillow and a blanket $5.00
but they give earplugs and sleeping mask. LOL. I BOUGHT MY OWN! So we left at 11:50 our time and arrived at 4:25 Vegas time (7:25 D.C. time). Sleep deprived luckily the hotel we are staying at let us check in early. We slept for hours. Later we drove to D.C. to sight see.LOL. No where to park so we drive around for a couple of hours and went back to our hotel.

VACATION TIME IS NEAR

HEADED TO WASHINGTON D.C. SEE YOU WHEN WE GET BACK!

SAD REASON TO GET DAY OFF!

I'm off today, my Union is picketing unsafe work conditions. On last Saturday the six person died on site due to unsafe working conditions, the twelfth person to die due to work injuries on that job. Funny how City Center tries to keep the number of deaths low by only reporting actual deaths on site! And not total do to work injury. My condolences goes out to the family of Dustin Tarter.

People always think Union Construction workers are paid to much. But the truth is everyday we go to work, we may not return home because its a very dangerous job.

If you would like to read more about City Center picket, go here...
http://www.lvrj.com/news/19483444.html

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

It's My 38th year on this Earth. I'm truly BLESSED, my family and friends asked what I wanted, and honestly I have everything I want and need. Loving family, great friends, a career that challenges me and allow me never to be bored, pays great and gives me the choice to pick and choose when and where I want to work.

As a teenager I dreamed of peace of mind, A good job that allowed me to buy a home, have a nice car, go on vacation once a year, and be able buy things I would wanted. Last but not lest lose a 100 pounds. I've done everything except lose 100 pounds. not bad for 38. Guess I should up with a few more dreams!!

My sister Bonita and I went furniture shopping, I'm looking for a new sectional for my family room. I'd been sick for about a week, so it was nice to leave the house other than for work. It also felt nice to put on real clothes. One of the hazards of being a Electrician, you always look like a construction worker

Fisk Lake Utah

Our Cabin, the Spruce was great. We spent Memorial Day weekend at Fish Lake And despite the weather, loved every minute of it. Snow was the first sight at the lodge. We fished all weekend but didn't catch a thing. Must have been the weather. It rained and snowed and rained. Funny weather must have had something to do with us being about 10,000 feet above sea level!

BACK AT WORK

Well after a long break from constuction, and alot missed weekends working conventions, I decided to hit the dirt and dust for awhile.
Conventions are slow during the summer and after buying a house, I see a few things I would like to buy. Not to mention we have a lot of trips planned this summer. So off to build The Veer Towers East and West, City Center in Las Vegas Nevada.
http://www.citycenter.com/

MY 25th Of The Month Album

I'm so proud of myself...I'm almost caught up will all my scrapbooking projects. And I enjoyed scrapbooking and used my stash. This album is really cool because on the 25th of the month you take pictures and scrap about the day. This is done for a year, what's neat about this album is years from now remembering the little things.

Maklikai's Birthday Part 2

Malikai's Birthday party THE BOMB! I've never had so much fun at a five year old party, I talked about the party till I fell asleep. Actually my old man said "please go to sleep", so I did. Malikai had a balloonist and she also face painted. I'm kinda silly so I kept asking her to make me a red BMW with grey interior.LOL. She made so cool stuff with her balloons, the face painting was not shabby either. Her name is Corina and Shes a graduate of a clown University. Betcha didn't know that! Malikai also had a pinata from hell. The little ones couldn't get it open, so we got help from the big kids.

I must be getting older because I don't think I could have had so much fun at this party 10 years ago. Or may be I have realized that the little things truly count and seize each day as it happens!

Thanks Malikai for such a wonderful day!

Malikai's Birthday

Happy Birthday Malikai Brunke !


Malikai turns 5 today and he invited me to his party at the park this afternoon.

Mailikai's Aunt is my best friend and she knows how the throw a party. I'll have Pictures tomorrow. Well, Tee Tee Trinkie (that's what he calls me) is off to get presents for the cutest 5 year old I know!

New Challenge from Shimelle

The 25 of Every Month Album


The idea of starting early comes both from saving time and for motivating you later on in the project. The idea is to record the 25th day of every month for one year, documenting a tiny snapshot of your everyday life. Some things will remain the same, others will change with the seasons, still others may change entirely in a year’s time.

This is the first time I've done anything with scrapbooking that I had to commit to for a whole year! I will have my album finished and posted Saturday.
So are you in? http://www.shimelle.com/

Food for thought

How many families eat breakfast together? My family eats breakfast together about once a month on the weekend. You may say"I go to work early" ,"the kids are doing this or that." Its funny how easy it is to let the small, but important things go. I talk more to my kids while cooking or eating. They usually help me cook. Its a good way to help them learn also. They have to read, follow directions and measure. So if you think eating together is over rated you may want to think again.