Update

Baby Smith came home today after spending 11.5 days in the hospital.

Last Sunday our church met in the new building and it was awesome. David even got out from behind the guitar/piano.

Today during worship we sang My Savior My God. I love this song. It took me back my summer in New York. I made a play list of songs that I would listen to on my IPod as a commuted back and forth to work. I listened to it as I made my way first from the subway station on 68th and down to 14th street, then from the 58th street station. Whenever I hear these songs I feel a wave of remembrance wash over me. I can see myself riding the subway, walking down Park avenue with Grand central in the distance, and looking out the window onto the street while exercising on the eliptical. SOOO many memories.

Goodyear, Births and hospitals

Things have been kinda crazy around here the lately.....

First and most important..my friends Cindy and Katie had their babys.

Katie beat out Cindy on Dec. 28th with the birth of Kennedy Susan Oliff,

and then Jan 13th Cindy to Jospeh David Smith...

I know that Jospeh's pic is small but I took it with my phone ok.

Both Kennedy and JD turned into bathing beauties by spending some time under the Billi lights to take care of Juandice.

BUT, JD is still in the Hospital due to a staff infection. He will be at the hospital for at least a week to get antibiotics by IV.

On another note.....

Gracie is feeling better. Her wounds are healing and she has got a bounce in her step once again.

That pic only shows two of the wounds. If you look down on the left you can make out where there is only a line of hair then she is shaved again.

Goodyear is back at work after a 3 month strike. By the end of the strike we had very few GY patients left, but the census is quickly on the rise again. On Tues, Thurs and Fri the GY clinic opens at 6am, which means I have to leave my house by 5am to get to the clinic about 10 till 6. It really only takes about 35 min to get to union city but at GY you have to swipe a card to get in the gate and then walk into the clinic through part of the plant. You can walk in throught the front and bypass the plant floor, but when it is 23 at 6am, walking through the power house and tire room is warm.....although I have to wear ear plugs and keep my hands around my mouth and nose so I can breath in the rubber gunk in the air....lung cancer anyone?

All in all I like being at the plant. They just got a new plant manager and a local Italian grill sets up lunch across the hall from the clinic.

I awoke Monday to a nasty cold that has settle into my right tonsil. I sound like a man who has laryngitis and my throat hurts like a bad word. I asked my co-workers if anyone would cut out my throat with a butter knife..no takers.

I feel like I haven't gotten to talk to some friends lately so here is a shout out:

Amanda and Cara: WOO HOO about 4 months till beaches !!

Judy, Dinah and Kristen: I miss ya'll

Sarasota: Ken, man I am sorry I haven't gotten a chance to call you back yet. I hope that everything is going good. You realize that you and Joy need to move to nashville!

Joy: You need to move to Nashville, but keep your FL home for vacations!

Gracie-my cat

Well, I was covering a Basketball game Thursday night and when I got home my dad informed me that there was something wrong with Gracie.

He said that she was not acting normal and she had been just laying around. I found her in the dining room and when I went to pick her up she went cute to mean in .001. As she tried to take my hand off I noticed that she was bleeding on her stomach, but since she has grey hair I could not really tell. As she limped into the kitchen I felt the tears coming But I held them at bay. Gracie was walking like an old women.

After finding more wounds and ruling out getting run over we decided that she must have gotten in a fight.With who we don't know...Tiffany? She didn't seem beat up at all..no scratches there.

A t the vets she got shaved to find most of the wounds and a pain shot. I am now giving her antiobiotics that make her foam at the mouth.

She seems to be feeling better.

Do you feel like Dancing today?

Here is one
http://www.dancesisterdance.com/myvid/index.php?v=c4700b28759cc

Here is two

http://www.dancesisterdance.com/myvid/index.php?v=87511560788a6

Are you ready?

The other day I was doing a very mundane chore..I was getting my oil changed. As I sat in the waiting room a man came in a sat RIGHT next to me...practically ontop of me if you will. He made small talk but I was not in the talking mood. I just wanted to sit and be quiet. He eventually got around to asking me if I was ready for Christmas yet. I responded, "Sure." The lady on the other side of the man chirrped in with some long explaination of presents and such. He started talking to her an forgot all about me. I guess I wasn't meeting his words spoken quota.
His question got me thinking though. How do you get ready for Christmas? I am sure he meant buying gifts, but just what if there are families out there who only celebrate the truy meaning of the Christmas holiday. How do they prepare for or get ready for Christmas?
So I am on a mission this year to figure out how to "prepare" for Christmas.

oh and by the way everyone google the word "failure" and see what pops up first.