I remodeled the main bathroom for Mrs-Pirk for Christmas. I went from one overhead light to four above the mirror lights. I see wrinkles..man did I ever get old.
Mr-Pirk
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A proud owner of a Flying Vee. Bestowed by the fine Gentleman VC1111 himself.
I end the day always thinking I should have spent more time with the wife, or the kids, or studying the Bible or prayer or thanking God for what I have in life. I sometimes think I should work harder at work
Those are the important things. Washing the car, mowing the grass, doing odds and ends etc isn't all that important in the grand scheme of things.
I am now in a weight lifting routine and run 3-4 times a week. I'll add to this as the summer progresses. I'm 35 this summer and would like to get into the best shape of my life. Why not, you know ?
I ponder death pretty often, as my Dad reaches 70 years old, and as my body ages too. We could all get terminal cancer and die in 3 months - thats reality that I have been facing recently.
I've become more conservative than I ever thought possible.
I cried through "Passion of the Christ" and it was a good thing
Lately I've discovered I'm much less racist than I previously thought.
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My mind is always active, it keeps me awake at night. I'm always challenging my own thoughts and beliefs. I drive myself crazy at time
I ran into a guy last night that I do not "know" personally, but have seen a hundred times in passing.
He was celebrating his birthday, for lack of a better word.... He had just turned fifty.
I was at the gas station getting "Stuff", and he was in there, Drunk as Cooter Brown, lamenting how he was Fifty, working for minimum wage, had a police record, and had never done anything in his life worth mentioning.
I told him "Happy Birthday" and bought him some beer.
Dave that is one heck of a tough questionto answer when you do it honestly. When I look at myself I know there is so much more I could have accomplished in life proffesionally, I did make sacrifices in my 20's to advance my career, but it was for the betterment of the family. After I made some tremendous strides proffesionally I became aware that I was sacrificing be a good husband and father, so my priorities turned to my family and has stayed that way sacrificing where I could be today proffesionally today, for that I have no regrets.
I look in the mirror and can honestly say I obviously did something right in raising my 3 older kids, they are all out on thier own and successful in life. I will admit that I know some of the things I did right with them, but I am also aware of things I did wrong.
There are so many things I wish I had done with the older kids that I didn't and I am trying with the three still living at to do them. There are many things I have started in my life and finished, but there are also things I have stuck on the back burner I do not feel really good about, as the kids at home get older and out on their own, the things on the back burner I hope and pray I can put on the front burner and get them cooking.
Overall I feel I am happy with what I have accomplished in my life with my family and along the way feel I have done for others as I could fairly well. Hopefully once all the kids are grown I can do for others more. I have had my dissappointments in life, but have learned from them and moved on. I with age have become far more conservative in certain aspects of life and more liberal in others, hence I define myself politically as an Ultra-Conservative Liberal.
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When I look at the face in the mirror I see a man where a boy once stood . Perhaps not the man that I could have been , but a decent fellow none the less . I also see a Daddy who helped to raise 4 kids to adulthood . He probably could have done a better job , but they turned out just fine . I see a husband who , while filled with faults , loves his mate even more than the day he said the fateful words that changed his life forever . In all of these men I see a little of the man they could have been , but the man I am has no regrets as he looks back at me because he knows that he did the best he could with what he had to work with . Life is never perfect .
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If you're an honest person it isn't so tough to do. You may not like the answers but you have no choice but to live with it and if unhappy about it, do something to improve it.
Did you do all the things that you wanted to... No not all of them. But it is a game or system of put and take. I have had to make choices like everyone all my life. Sometimes one choice effects the other. When I choose to get married and raise a family, that effected some other choices. I just changed my priorities but did not dilute my end goals or objectives. What I want in life as life unfolded before me is what I have or have accomplished. I have not have had to settle for less and actually have more in materal and spiritual growth than I have ever imagined.
Are you proud of your accomplishments...Yes
Are you the man that you thought you would be when you were a kid... I don't know I ever gave it a thought when I was a kid. When I was a young man returning from Nam I had some idea of what my values were and how I wanted to live my life as an honorable and good man. I have done that and will strive to continue as such a person until death.
Are you happy and content...Yes, I can not believe how good God has been to me and how fantastic my life is and it gets better every day
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Now you have to picture a combination of PeeWEE Herman and Wally Cox but with less muscle tone, trying to be intimidating None of this is funny! Message edited by Cougar Mag -- 1/7/2005 1:16:42 AM >/b]
Well, I hate brushing my hair, so I get it over with ASAP. Seriously, though, I don't regret the past; I only look forward to the future. Things happen too quickly to afford to lose focus on tomorrow. I plan carefully, make the best of the moment, and note any lessons from my mistakes.
I'm not the particle physicist I thought I'd be, but I'm certainly happy. Decent job, promotion next month, loving wife, funny dog, house, guns, family, and the mountains an hour away. Not too shabby, I think. There's plenty more that I want, but I'm working on one thing at a time.
That's a good set of questions, Dave. Makes us all think.
I'm now 36 and have found that the past 6-7 years of my life have past in a few quick blinks. I'm not really where I think I should be career wise, but nonetheless am blessed with a good job. I can't thank God enough for my children and my wife who I find to be the biggest supporter, and my best friend. I look in the mirror and see a guy that thinks he's a kid at heart but is aging. I look back on when my dad was this age and what I thought of him hoping my son looks up to me in the same ways.
Did you do all the things that you wanted to...
Not yet. Working on them, but find myself stuck. My passion is music. Over the past several years I've written and recorded 30 some songs with the hopes to put together a demo and get it in the hands of some influential music people. I would never want a band and tour or even hit it big, but would like to sell some songs. I even had a five year plan layed out for myself to be where I wanted to be musically by the time I was 35. That has come and gone without reaching those goals. There were several "unplanned" events in my life from age 30-35 that stood in the way of these goals. Most were not a bad thing, but still got in the way.
Are you proud of your accomplishments...
Yes and no. As mentioned above, I have not accomplished the goals I set out for myself and my music. But there has been several accomplishments along the way I can be proud of. The biggest - I designed and built a 3,000sf house sitting on a walk out basement overlooking horse pasture, myself. With exception to hanging drywall and siding/brick, I built the entire house myself with the help of some great friends and family. Everything - framing, roofing, all mechanicals, trim, finishing - the 9. This little project took up a year and a half of my life - it was all about never ending determination. Although building my house was my life for over a year, I walked away with some great memories, gained a ton of knowledge and experience, and a nice house to boot! (Not to mention that I convinced myself and others that doubted me I could tackle and finish such a monumental task.)
Are you the man,,,or woman,,, that you thought you would be when you were a kid...
Always wanted to be like me dad and in most ways, I am. So yes, I guess I am.
Are you happy and content...
This is where I struggle - happy and content with what I have, absolutely. Happy and content with what I don't have or have not accomplished yet? No. I can say that God has allowed me to open my eyes and be thankful for what I do have though - whether it be realizing I have a great family, or still have the ability to deer hunt, it's all good.
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We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a civilization, it expects what never was and what never will be.
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