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September 3, 2008 by D. Gardner Leave a Comment

Today I swam again. The first time in two weeks. My arms were a bit sore to start off. I only swam 2000 meters.
10 x 100m
2x(50 x 100 x 200 x 100 x 50) m

I did something different and ran about half way to the pool which is about a mile.
The extra distance from yards to meters is mentally hard to adjust to.
It sure feels good later though.

Liz and Charles had a meeting today with a company that will help Charles find a job for a fee. I watched the kids. I was trying to help Daniel with his homework, but the rest of the kids were distracting.

Still job hunting.

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Today's happenings

September 2, 2008 by D. Gardner Leave a Comment

The internet is making it easier to find and connect with old friends. I sent a message through Linked-in to John Hall, a fellow that attended high school in St. George with Liz. He was always fun to hang out with. He is living in France working for Mercer.
I also talked to Mike my brother today and he has sold a couple more of his web videos. I also convinced Charles to buy the movie “Stardust” last night. It’s definately a fun movie.

Gustav the Storm didn’t do much damage, the Dow Jones Industrial average was down .26 % and Oil was down $5.75 a barrel today. So when will gas go down?

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Jake eats rats every 5 to 7 days

September 2, 2008 by D. Gardner Leave a Comment

Jake is my nephew Sessel’s pet snake. He’s some sort of python boa constrictor that is about 20 inches long. He’s big enough to be eating the medium size rats. On Saturday we went to the pet store and bought a live rat and took him home.

Sessel opened the top to the snake aquarium, held the rat by the tail, and dangled him above the snake. It was amazing how quickly, less than a second, the snake grabbed the rat out of the air, wrapped his body around the rat and started squeezing. The snake had grabbed the rat by the face so the rate wouldn’t be able to bite him. Jake also kept clear of the rats hind legs so he would not get scratched. And in less than 10 minutes the rat was swallowed by Jake. I am sure that scene is repeated thousands maybe millions of times everyday. It was brutal.

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20 year highschool reunion is in September

August 31, 2008 by D. Gardner 1 Comment

Because of the my 20 year high school reunion is comming up I have been contacted by a couple of people from school. Three girls from my seminary class have contacted me Genia (Shy) Spencer, Nikki Allen and Justin Rylander. I have contacted a couple of people through facebook, John Krause and Kevin Couderman. It’s fun to think about the great time I had in High School. For the most part the stress, what little there was, has all but been forgotten and only the good and fun memories remain.

But I do feel like it is all in the past and I for sure don’t believe that I or any one else can bring that fun back even for a few moments.

Life for me has always had it’s magic. Where ever I am and what ever I am doing it seems like I am blessed to be having a magical time.

High School was magic, it was fun, it was exciting and it was freedom.

Filed Under: Happy Thought, History, Journal Entry Tagged With: El Camino

Texas is Hot!!!

August 30, 2008 by D. Gardner Leave a Comment

Today, Charles, Sessel, Tony, Aiden and I helped Daniel and Chelsea move into there new apartment on the third floor. The high today in Austin was 97 degrees Fahrenheit and the humidity was between 60% and 70%. It’s been a while since I hung out much in the humidity. The humidity wasn’t that bad but the 3 flights of stairs I was not prepared for. We worked for a couple of hours up and down those stairs. It was good to feel the sweat. In Utah it all evaporates and you don’t really get that soaked. I actually wish I had an excuse to do that kind of work every day. I would definately be stronger and in better shape. Food tastes so much better after working hard.

After the moving we went to Ikea to get a desk. They were out of the desk Charles wanted. It’s been a long while, maybe 6 or 7 years since I have been in an Ikea. Ikea feels more like an art gallery, well maybe the gift shop in an art gallery. But definately not a regular store.

Charles showed me around his neighborhood, Steiner Ranch. He showed me a couple of pools were I will probably do some lap swimming next week.

We got some food from HEB also. It’s been over two years since I was in an HEB. We got some of their root beer and stuff to make omelets for dinner tomorrow.

Talking to Amanda on the phone today she said she wants to move back to Texas. The schools here are definately better than in Utah. I don’t know if she would be able to handle the Heat. 🙂

Filed Under: History, Journal Entry

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