last post

hey all. this is my last post for the semester. hope you all had a good time. i had some struggles but i am almost out of the woods. this is the last work i have to do. i have turned in my essay 6 so all i have is my final blog. if anyone reads this i would like to wish you success in all that you do. i do hope that God will bless you in all that you do. i am going to start a new job tomorrow and i am really not looking forward to it. i do not know if they have found Madeleine or not. i was going to try and see today but i have not found the time. i really hope i get a good grade in this class. i got an a and a b so far. a good grade here would really bring my grade point average up. i am going to save this as a draft. i am typing this in the car. i am sure that the internet has kicked me off by now. i really enjoyed doing my classwork on the internet. the only thing i did not like was that i did not get to meet anyone in the class. i really like getting know people. i really help people lighten up in class. everyone in my speech class was glad i was there. they said i made it look so easy. it was kind of a challenge but it was well worth it. i wish you all good luck and take care. thank you. scott

hey all

hey all. how is everyone. i am not going to capitalize any words. i have some very important words and do not want them to wait to be posted. there is a missing girl in Portugal. i just found out this morning. even if you are not a praying type of person, please pray for her and her family. i cannot imagine the horror this family is going through. you can log in to my space and type in find madeleine. this is a very sad case. this hits very close to home. this post may never be read but if you read it please do whatever you do for this family. i do not know why this has caught my attention but it has. i am sure there are American girls that are missing and i will now pray for them also. please make it home safe madeleine, you are in my prayers.
also please pray for my friend Scott. he is having heart surgery today in Minnesota. he seems to be in good spirits but is in for a long recovery.
on a lighter note, school is almost done. i have a final tonight and i have to write essay 6. i am going to rewrite a paper i got a low grade on and hopefully bring it up. gotta go and study for a final. God bless and have a good day

A little early

Hi everyone. I am posting this a few days earlier than normal. It is still raining outside and is suppose to clear up tomorrow. I have a lot of work to do on my aunts truck. I am going to try and get the motor back in. I still have about an hour or so before it will be ready. I hope it does not get to hot. I also have to put another set of pads on another aunts car. Thanks Oreily's. They are the biggest junk I have ever used. I put a set on my van and they squealed a little. I just figured I got a bad set. I put some on my aunt's car and they are horrible. I think I have learned my lesson again. life time warranties are good, just not on car parts. How is everyone else doing. I have not been able to read anyone else's posts. I have really wanted to but just cannot keep up. I hope tha everyone is doing alright. I am currently looking for a job. I sure do miss working at General Electric. I always had money. Oh well. i am going to start on my essay five now. Everyone who reads this have a good weekend. Be safe and God bless.

Brother Westbrook

Hello all. We just had a missionary at our church and man was he awesome. He is trying to raise money to go to Australia. He really spoke to me tonight. He showed us biblically how we are here for one purpose and one purpose alone, and this is to win souls for the Lord. He had great illustrations how God should come first in everything we do. If it were not for God we could not do anything. My pastor has a good illustration he likes to use. He will tell us all to take a breath. Then he says, if it were not for God, you could not do that. God gives us everything. I now believe that everything I do from now I will try and put God first. Brother Westbrook also told us how God will let us know if we are doing something we should not be doing. If we are doing something that we did not ask God to bless, we probably should not be doing it. This is really a great illustration. There were some things in my life that I did that I would not want God to bless. I will do my best to no longer do these things. I am trying to turn over a new leaf. I believe God will bless me and show me where he wants me to go with my life. I have often questioned where should I be and what should I be doing. I will add this to my daily prayer and ask God for the answer. God knows what we need before we ask. I was really touched this evening and I wanted to share. If anyone who reads this has any questions about your faith, please do not hesitate to send me a message or email. We have an awesome tract that explains how to get saved. I would like for anyone that would like on to let me know. Thank you, and God bless.

Woo hoo

The semester is almost over. I cannot wait. I am so sick of school I will probably not come back. This is in big part because I am not learning a darn thing. The SWIC classes are a joke. I want to go to SIUE but you have to have a certain gpa and so many hours. I am 4 hours away. This is very aggravating. It seems like I have so far to go. It would not be so bad if I could concentrate on school. Now I must try to find a job. My wife is almost good enough to take the kids to school so this should help. I am looking for a job that does not require the use of my body. I am 31 years old and I feel like I am 50. There has go tot be something out there. I must find the right person to lead me there. This is how it works. You must know somebody to get good jobs. My best job was at General Electric. I got this job because of my cousin in law. I repaired a car for him and he put in a good word for me. They had a test i had to take. I did better on the test than the college graduates did. I was actually hired before 5 of the college grads. It did not help me at layoff time though.
Alright now that I am done complaining, how about this weather? Wait. Is anyone really reading this? I bet not. I am going to bed. If you read this please post. If not that is ok. This is just like all the other Swic stuff, totally useless.

another blog

I am posting again. I do not know why but I am. I do not have time to read other students, therefore I do not expect them to read mine. I really wish we could get our essays back. I do not know if i am passing, failing or what. Oh well typical of community college. I am trying to go to SIU and only need 4 more hours. This will be better. I sold my 4-wheeler yesterday. I miss it already. With my wife having surgery and me not able to work, we have no money. By selling my bike, we are good for another week. It is amazing how things have a way of working out. God gives us what we need when we need it. He knows us better than we do. My pastor just said last week that God knows what you need before you even ask. I must say that Saturday morning when I got up I was worried. Then I just went to my computer listed some items for sale and then my 4-wheeler was gone. I always said i would never sell my toys for money again but my girls come first. They do not understand why it had to leave but I hope someday they will understand how much I love them. They are the reason that I do not race anymore. I really love to do it but I must be there for them. This is hard trying to eat a hamburger and brat and type. Well i guess I have said enough . Good night.

finally

hello everyone. thank you for the comments on my last post. i am going to try and post some comments on your blogs but i just have no time. my wife is recuperating pretty good. i finally got my computer working again. i had a free upgrade to vista and i installed it. this was a bad thing to do. i was late turning in 2 papers because of it. i am so mad at Microsoft. i called them first and then they sent me to hp. then hp tried to tell me to call Microsoft. i was on the phone over 2 hours and then i spent 4 hours reinstalling back to xp. i should have known better. live and learn i guess.
i have been taking the kids back and forth to school. this is more work than i thought it would be. i am ready to get a new job. it is fun and all but i want to go work, not to mention i am out of money and my house payment is due.
why is it so cold? i had to go to town and man is it cold. i am ready for a good spring. i have been fishing twice already and only caught one bluegill. my friend Greg is suppose to go fishing in Kentucky this weekend. hahaha he is going to freeze. he usually goes once every other month and i am jealous. that is not fair to laugh at him for freezing but he laughs at me for freezing when i go 4 wheeler riding and freeze in the rain. he is a good guy. i have to go and work on the reading assignments that are due tonight. have a good day and i will write more tonight.

I do not want to

I do not want to write this. I am very tired and have a test tomorrow. I also have to write 2 speeches before Wednesday night. I am glad that my wife is home. She had to have surgery Wednesday. She is very strong. I would have just laid there and cried like a baby. The kids have been great. I have really enjoyed being with them. I do not like that my wife had to get sick for me to be with them more, but I am glad I had this time with them. They really are a lot of fun. They can really try your patience. I really enjoy the way they play when they do not know I am watching. They can be really creative. Wow! This headache is getting worse. I am going to take some Ibuprofen. I am not allowed to take Tylenol anymore. This post will not be 250 words but I am getting nauseas and I am going to lay down. I will make up for it next week. Take care and God bless.

Spring Break

I have a busy week planned for this spring break. I have an essay for English class, a paper for History, and an informative speech. How is this a spring break? I am going to work on my favorite aunt's car on Monday. I will go fishing on Tuesday. On Wednesday I will try to do all of my homework. On Thursday I will finish the schoolwork I do not get done. On Friday I will finish up the plans to go out of town for the weekend.
I am planning on going to Paducah KY to see a friend I have not seen for 6 years. I want him to meet my kids. I am very proud of them. I am also trying to finish my room downstairs and work on my other aunt's truck. If there is anyone who would like to work on a truck, let me know. I have a lot of it done but still have a long way to go.
Is there anyone who has figured out how to make time last longer? I need a little more time in the day to get this stuff done.
On a different note, my wife will be going for what I hope is her last surgery. She will be going in on March 21 for a hysterectomy. She will be in the hospital for a few days. I pray that she will be alright. It is a routine surgery these days but I know that it is really in God's hands. Please pray for her the on the 21 until she returns home. Thank you for this.
I am not going to post this week because I do not feel like it. I have enough work to do without posting on here. Have a great week.

almost spring break

Where has the semester gone? Are we really going on spring break next week? I am just now starting to get the the hang of this going to school stuff. Have you ever noticed that as you get older time goes by much faster? Why is this? Someone gave me a mathematical explanation one time but i cannot remember what it was. It was something about at 16 you have seen a 16th of your life or something. I know that is not right but it was something like that. If anyone knows the real answer, please let me know.
Has anyone received a grade from their first essay yet? I have not. I was kind of wanting to know how bad i did. This is the first time in my life that I have ever had to do any writing. I think i should have taken classroom instruction rather than online. It takes so much time to get on here and read the other students info let alone get your own work done. I just hope to get through the semester and move on. Have a good night, I am going to bed. I just posted this and it said it was 12:20 on Saturday. It is 11:35 Friday night. Does anybody know how to set the date and time. It is right on my computer just not the blog.

Another week

The Watson family has had another busy week. There was school and all the normal stuff. Then there was Thursday. We knew it was coming but you never really think about it until the day comes.
My wife had to go for exploratory surgery. She was there about 6 hours. She is still in the recuperating mode now. She was told that she will have to have a hysterectomy in the near future. She is kind of relieved that now she knows what has to be done but does not know what to expect. I will be researching this for her as the doctors only tell you what you need to know. Any help on info would be greatly appreciated.
Then there is me. I have an appointment on Monday to talk to the surgeon about removing my gall bladder and fixing my acid reflux disease. I really would like to get this over with so that I can have surgery on my hands. I never really paid any attention to my hands until my elbows started to hurt. It is amazing that I am so young yet so much can be falling apart.
On a better note, we were able to go see Mr. Steve. He is a great performer for children and my kids had a blast. He makes balloon animals sings songs and brings kids on stage. This was a very fun time. My kids got an autographed picture of him with his name. This is the first autograph they received with their names on it. We also received a lot of tootsie rolls and a Frisbee.
Ray has an awesome booth at the home show. It has every detail in mind. He builds log homes and his booth looked just like the front of a house. He even took the time to put animals on the outside. I was very impressed. It is hard to find someone who takes as as much pride in his work as he does. Great job Ray, my kids loved it.

My weekend

I am tired. I have a big weekend ahead and I should be excited. I am going to take my girls to "Monster Jam". Tonight I am taking my wife out. Tomorrow is truck races. Sunday we have church and I am going to try to go to Du Quoin for midget races. I have a lot of school work to do. I have a history test on Monday, English assignment due today, and a test in Speech on Wednesday. This is a lot to do. How will I get it all done? Just watch. I will because this is something I want to do.I also have now added a Dr. appointment at 11:00. I will stop by my aunt's to wire up her printer.
I have drywalled my room downstairs and I am one sheet short. I figured I was going to be 2 short. Even better. Now I only have to buy one sheet instead of two. My friend Greg helped last night. He is very helpful and said he was going to help me mud the seams. It is nice to have good friends like him. We call him the swiss army Buddha. It does not matter what we are doing he always has the tools we need.(usually in his pocket)
In closing I am going to do my English homework and go to the Dr. Have a great day.

I finally did it

I finally finished building the walls in my new bedroom. I have been trying to get this done for over a year and now the walls are there. This is a good accomplishment for me. I have been so busy with school and doing other things I did not ever think I was going to get done.
I asked my daughter if she wants to have my room or the new room. She says she wants the new room. I am not sure if she is going to get it or not. The new room is in the basement and I do not know if she will stay there or not. She is always willing to do something new but I do not think she really understands that she will be the only one down there.
I still have to put up drywall and ceiling but the framing is all done. I am very happy with the way it turned out. It was kind of chore to do. My basement has all kinds of beams in it that I had to work around. I still cannot figure out how to frame around the one window. It is going to be challenging to make it look right. I have confidence that once I start hanging the drywall I will see how to make it look right.
Just a little information for you. If you are going to be wiring anything, Lowes has 250 feet of 12-2 wire for around $60. You have to be careful. They also have 100 feet of 12-2 wire for $60. This information is for your own reference. I do not understand how you can pay the same price for 100 feet or 250 feet. I just wanted to let you know. Have a great day.

Why do we worry

I went this morning and had some tests done. I had to have an endoscopy of my stomach. I know there is a term for it, but I do not know what it is. I have known for a couple days that I had to have it done. I did not really worry about it until last night. I read the brochure. Not really a big deal. Then I started to really just think about it. They want to do WHAT? I do not like to go to the dentist let alone have a big camera ran down my throat. In the brochure it says you are sedated , but you also have to swallow the tube. All I could do was think about how can I be awake enough to swallow something I do not want to and also be sedated. I could not sleep all night.

This morning I got up to go have the test. I was so nauseas that I did not want to go. I went early so I could get it over with. The problem with going so early is the Dr. was not even there yet. Now I have to lay in the bed feeling like crap. The nurses were very polite and understanding of my fear. They kept telling me that there was nothing to it. This does help a little. Before I knew it the Dr. is asking me questions. The nurse comes in and started talking about signing some forms. I knew it was almost time to get started.

The nurse says here put this in your mouth and role on your side. Just about the time I start to say hang on....... I am waking up. The nurse says how are you feeling. I tell her I feel fine. She says here is your jacket you can go home now. I was just wondering why we get so worked up even though we know there is nothing to it. Am I the only one that does this or is this normal? If there are so many of us out here with this, why cant we find a way to overcome it.

Something that needs to be adressed

About a week ago I was listening to the radio. They were talking about a state that was trying to make it illegal to smoke in a car with kids. Everyone that was calling in said it was government trying to micro-manage every ones life. I happen to agree with the legislation. I feel that we should be able to do what we want. However, I think if it takes someone else to show you your mistakes, then so be it. Both of my parents were smokers and we could not say anything about it. Many kids, like I was, just have to breath that nasty air. I would have been so glad if the government could have helped me not have to smell that stuff. At that age you have really no control over what happens.

I was at dinner with my family yesterday and we had to wait for a table. There were plenty of places to sit, in the smoking section, but we waited almost fifteen minutes for a table. I have enough common sense to do everything in my power to keep my kids safe from things that can possibly hurt them. I am not saying you can protect them from everything, but you can at least try. To get to the restrooms you have to walk through the smoking section to get there. That is when I saw it. There was a lady holding a baby that could not have been more than eleven months old. She had a cigarette in one hand and her daughter in the other. You could just see the smoke hanging right around that poor child's head. I feel so sorry for children that have to go through that. What can we do?

The easiest thing would be to outlaw smoking. Is that practical? Not really. The government makes so much money off of taxes it will never happen. The government also makes alot of money from insurance companies when someone gets sick from smoking. Can we make laws that can protect our kids from people who do not understand the harm they may be causing? Yes we can. I believe at this time that is a step in the right direction. There is no harm in trying to better the next generation.

If you have an opposing opinion, please let me know. I am very open minded on most things. If you have any other resolutions to this, feel free to post a comment. I will always stick up for the kids. They cannot do it for themselves. Thank you for reading my blog.

scooters blog test

I have started on my English assignments already. This is something new for me. I am actually kind of excited about doing this assignment. I feel that i am finally getting out of the 1980's.