tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77796492012-01-05T15:39:37.206-06:00This is a personal diary/journal, basically just what ever is on my mind when I have time to write it down.Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.comBlogger1281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-68481419664536919422007-03-04T20:48:00.000-06:002007-03-04T22:24:30.337-06:00

Sorry folks... I have been lax...I have been very busy and distracted and unorganized, uninspired... you name it.My last blog was back before Christmas. It's been kinda a blur but here are some highlights of what has gone on the past couple of months.Michelle played on her school's soccer team. They play in the winter season, which we were not use to. Since she was one of only 4 or 5 girls who

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I am, as I have mentioned before, not a student of our constitution or of our government system in general. But it seems to me that starting in grades school our teachers drove into our little brains that the country was built on the premise of "freedom of religion", amoung others. To me that means folks have the right to pray to whom/whatever form of god or idol or tree or rock that they wish,

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Greetings all,It's 5:00 AM and I just finished up my physical therapy regiment. I woke to a throbbing in my right ankle, and both feet. It has become some what of a ritual over the past couple of weeks. Waking up between 3:00 and 5:00 to one pain or another. I general take something for the pain and after 30-40 min I can go back to sleep. This morning however I got up and exercised instead.The

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Today is my official first day back at work. I worked a couple hours yesterday after my Doctor appointment. He cleared me to work and drive and I can even pick up the cats... The back feels fine. No significant or lasting pain. I can get it to hurt if I move to far in one direction or another but overall its good. I still am having leg pains however. Mostly at night.The doc is not concerned about

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I intended to blog every day or two to journal my recovery but ... well I can't say I have been busy. Much like everything else I seem to do I can't seem to keep with it. I am Just a little un-inspired I guess.My back is overall better. I was hoping to be pretty much off the meds and chomping at the bit to get back to work. And I generally don't need any meds durring the day. At night,

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Yesterday (Friday) I woke up sore and had the chills in the morning but once I was up and about I felt pretty good until late evening; I started to ache some. Karen and I took a couple of walks down the block but mostly I watched TV and rested. I did not wear the brace Thursday night to bed but I wore the brace most all day Friday, and word it to bed Friday night. I did not wake up in the middle

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Yesterday was a little rough for me. I probably over did it a little. I felt like I had a bit of a fever and the aches that usually accompanies a fever. Karen took my temperature and it was pretty consistanty 99 or below. I was a little stuffed up. I was a little inconsistant with when I took my meds, I slept to much and as a result I did not sleep well last night. Over the course of the day I

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Well It's 5:45 PM and apparently I survived.Karen drove me to the hospital at 5:00 AM. We arrived at the hospital just before 5:30. I went to the desk to register and it turned out they had no record I was on the OR schedule!!!It all worked out in the end. It was just sort of paperwork snaffu. But the 2 surgeons and the anesthesiologist were all aware of the scheduled procedure So with a short

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My surgery is scheduled for 7:00 AM tomorrow morning. I have to be at the hospital at 5:00 AM to check in etc.. The procedure should take less than an hour. Rocovery also less than an hour.I thought I would be really nervous right not but honestly I am not. I probably will be in the morning but right now I am just wishing tomorrow would just get here.I found a link on the web that showed a video

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Last week blogged that I went to 2 different doctors, Orthopedists, concerning my back troubles. The first was a sports medicine specialist and the second a spine specialist.As you might recall, the first Doc recommended surgery, spinal Fusion, to relieve my symptoms. I went to the Texas Back Institute (TBI) for a second opinion. Dr. Barten Sachs concurred with the first Doc but suggested we

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With the move(s), the medical issues, selling and buying houses etc, I have pretty much tuned out much of what has gone on around the country and around the world for the past several months, specially politics. Normally I do not read the news paper but I get my news via internet sources. Since moving, I have not found a good local source for news. And with this part of the country being on

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The house is coming along, really the only things left to do is put up shelves in the garage and hang pictures.The builder still has a rather long punch list but that is always to be expected in a new house.Kyle celebrated his 17th birthday yesterday. Traditionally the family goes out to dinner sometime around the date of the birthday so Monday we took Kyle to 'Texas Land and Cattle', A

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On Wednesday 10/18, we finally closed on our new house. We did our final walk through at 9:00 AM and signed the papers at 10:00. From that moment until now has been a bit of a blurr. I took 8 days off of work to get as much unpacking and setting up as we could get done. We are in pretty good shape. There is still bunch of stuff in the garage that need a home. We need to get inventive with

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Monday, We receive an offer to purchase our NC house. After some negotiations we came to an agreement with the buyer. The contract is not officially in hand yet but just 10 minutes ago I faxed the signed offer back to our realtor. So barring any major complications in the inspection or financing etc we can relax a bit. We certainly should be celebrating but the excitement is squelched by the

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Who would have thought we would still be waiting to sell our house in Durham.Almost 6 months ago we put the house up for sale in a hot sellers market. By all accounts the house is well maintained, in a good neighborhood, it is bright, new carpet and tile throughout... Realtors were warning we needed to be prepared to move into an apt in Durham in case the house sold before we were ready to move

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Friday night Michelle, Kyle, Karen, Howard, Nancy and I joined the the rest of the residence of the city of Wylie and attended Wylie HS's home football opener against Hebron HS.Things sure are bigger in Texas. The first thing that hit us the first time we drove onto campus is the towering press box that overlooks the artificial turf athletic field and the 10,000 seats of "Pirate Stadium". The

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Just a quick note to tidy up / respond to some comments left on my blog.I fixed "pearl" in my last blog. I saw a bunch of other typos as well but figured anyone who is gonna read the blog probably already had so it wasn't worth the additional effort. I have been getting sloppy/lazy with the blogs. I will try to get back to TRYING to make it more correct.I really wasn't trying to be sarcastic...

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Just a quick update on the activities of the TX-Grissoms.The house is moving along, though our closing date has been pushed back to the end of October.The brick arrived and as of Sunday afternoon about 1/2 of the house's brick is up. There have been several mistakes/issues in the house but after some discussion, the builder has agreed to address most, if not all of them. I will try and post new

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Why else would they have done something so utterly stupid...again.I will admit that I do not know the whole story here. In fact I really know only what I read in the Dallas Morning News. But apparently Congress has decided that our 4 legged equine friends are somehow higher in the food chain than other agricultural livestock.Someone please educate me. Where's the beef here? (sorry, I had to) Is

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We talked to the builder representative last night over the phone. It looks like our Sept. 30 deadline is in jeopardy. The reason given is that they are having difficulty with their brick distributor. If they cannot get our brick delivered by... well today (the end of August) then they will probably not be able to make the closing date targeted at Sept. 30. The Brick distributors latest estimated

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Hola from the warmth of North Texas.Things are stabilizing around here. The kids are getting into the school swing. Karen and I are getting use to 2 kids instead of 3 around the house. The apartment life seems a little less foreign....Michelle went on a school trip to a local water park with the band. She said she had a good time. She came home with a bit of a sun burn. We sent sunscreen with her

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This past weekend, Karen Tyler and I packed up and flew back to North Carolina but only Karen and I returned. Tyler moved into his new home away from home at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His room-mate Logan, a friend from high school, actually moved the lion share of his stuff into the room a couple of days before. We stored his stuff in their garage before we moved

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Another week is in the books. The kids are adjusting to school thought we had to go out this weekend and but a bunch of freaking clothes due to the new Wylie independent School District Dress Code. Maybe it won't make any difference but I am going to have to do something about this inane policy, I just have not figured out what. We told the kids to cooperate and follow the rules but we would make

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Just a quick one...We made it to Texas. We arrived in Fairview probably around 3:00 on Tuesday. We spent Monday night in Little Rock and Sunday night in Nashville. So this week we are staying at the In-Law's house in Fairview Texas. They are in Germany till next week some time. Monday our POD arrives at the apartment. So much of that day will be spent going up and down stairs. The only REAL

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I don't know how we did it but we got the house packed up, loaded into the pods and the car and van. Three kids, two cats, and three fish piled into the car and van. We left Durham Saturday evening around 9:00 and checked into the Residence Inn, Winsten-Salem just before Midnight. Sunday Morning we ate breakfast at the Hotel and got everything/everyone loaded back in the car/van and were back on

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Literally, What a Pain.Karen warned me but I did not listen. Moving is hard on your body. My back told me so around 11:30 Sunday morning. Add on top of that the suspected cracked (or at least bruised) rib sustained in a soccer game the week before....The first POD arrived Friday afternoon. We started loading it Saturday morning. At this point we have around 8' of the 16' pod filled to the ceiling

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Still no offers on the house. We are just gonna move forward and hope things work out. We will just have to keep lowering the price of the house until it sells :-We did another open house Sunday. (It is getting old for all of us) The turnout was disappointing but it was something.It is really frustrating because by all accounts (realtor and those who have viewed it up to now), the house is very

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It's been a while since I blogged and so much has happened. So much has happened yet there is SO much to do. This is not going to be eloquent. In a nutshell the move to TX moves forward. We have not yet sold our house. We were confident we would have sold it by now based on the other activity in the neighborhood but here we sit. We are having another open house Sunday. We lowered the price again

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I Think now know where the "Goth" practice of wearing black fingernail polish originates. It was not a vehicle for self expression as most self proclaimed Goth practitioners believe. It is my theory at lease, that the practice was started by a couple of high school hot-rodder wanna-bees; backyard mechanics. These youngsters were faced with constant harassment, ridicule and discrimination at

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Karen and I were in Dallas last week for just a couple of days. When we signed the contract for the construction of our new home a couple of weeks ago, one of the conditions of the contract was that we meet with the design coordinator from Ryland Homes to choose all the colors materials and options we wanted incorporated in the house. For example; The type and color of the brick; The type and

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I have no problem with folks from other countries coming to live and work in the USA. I must qualify that however with the word 'legally'. The immigrant communities late have been raising cane in recent months asking for more rights and respect and such. While everyone deserves respect, and basic human rights, If you are not in this country legally, you do not have the rights afforded to

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Karen and I made another trip to Dallas last week. We looked at dozens of model houses and floorplans and various cities and communities. We ended back up in Wylie Texas, North East of Dallas.We put money down and signed a contract to build a new home. It is scheduled to be complete by the end of September. The address will be 3211 Raegenea Dr, Wylie Texas, 75002Here is a link to the floorplan:

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Just a quick note to catch you up.The big news is still our pending move to Texas. I flew down to Dallas 2/26 for a training class. But I spent all my spare time driving around different areas of the Metroplex looking for a place to live. Karen flew down that Wednesday to join me.We pretty much decided on Wylie Texas as the town. Primarily because of the school system reputation and the fact it

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This blog is dedicated to all my junk.If you have ever watched the show "Clean Sweep" you know what our weekend was like. Karen and I spent almost all day Saturday and Sunday going through everything in the house, Every box, every do-dad, every scrap of awesome "I will use that someday" wood and hardware I have collected over the past 10 years. We have quite a stack of stuff for our yard sale.

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As some of you may know the NC Grissoms will most probably be moving west, to Dallas in fact. The target is the last of July/the beginning of August.There are not too many people that are particuarly happy about this decision but at this point. But I feel it is the best thing for my career and the family as a whole. I will be the first to admit that this poses a significant upheaval in peoples

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We have a Pirate, Bob, and now, a soon to be Tarheel...Tyler Grissom has officially been accepted to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.A couple of week ago he also received notification that he was accepted by North Carolina State University as well. NC State was his second choice, and the only other school he applied to.Tyler set his sights on UNC early on. He knew it was

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Is there a God? I certainly am not qualified to answer that question for anyone but myself however I recently have come accross a couple of articles by other notable authors on the subject that... well at least give the reader perhaps a different way of looking at the question. I appologize, up front for the length of this blog post. The bulk of this text is quoted text. I could have simply put

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Just A quick, not particularly eloquent, update on the happenings here in NC.My hand is getting better. I have been changing the dressing every day and noting the daily snapshot in the healing process. I went to the doctor yesterday and when they un-bandaged it it looked really nasty; lots of loose skin just kind of floating about. Most of the blisters were ruptured at that point. But it was

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I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving. The NC Grissom's Turkey-Day was nice; full of family, good food and even an exciting game or two (Of course Tyler, along with Michelle, won at "Cranium" )As is my traditional role, I was responsible for the Turkey and Stuffing. Nancy made the appetizers, pumpkin pie, applesauce and a pork loin, and... well...probably something else. Howard is

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I started this BLOG back in September. It quickly grew out of hand so I stopped. Since then I became busy, traveling and such... anyway I never got back to it. I started again the other day and just could not figure out how to bring it all together. It was going in too many different directions. I am making one final attempt. If the final version is a bit unfocused ... well now you know why. But

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When you walk through a storm,Hold your head up high,And don't be afraid of the dark,At the end of the storm is a golden sky.And the sweet silver song of a lark.Walk on through the wind,Walk on through the rain,Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown,Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,And you'll never walk alone.You'll never walk aloneWalk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,And you'll never

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A month or so ago is when I first heard of Sudoku. My mother-in-law apparently had found an on line source for free Sudoku puzzles (www.websudoku.com/). She printed out a couple and gave them to Karen to try. Karen enjoyed the puzzles and introduced them to the rest of us. Tyler, in particular, loves puzzles and logic problems. He did a few but it did not hold his interest. I on the other hand,

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Time flies between blogs. I have a reasonably good excuse this time however, for some of the days at least.Normally I blog when I get in the office, while I run a virus scan or Spybot/Adware scan or defrag my disk or compress/backup my mailboxes. The past couple of weeks I have been trying...TRYING to do some sort of exersize semi reguarly. I find the mornings the best time to do it. So I went to

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Bob has gained wonderful experience working for the Durham Bulls these past two seasons, and indeed over the past 5 years. The Durham Bulls are a AAA minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. (The Bull are owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, based in Raleigh. They also own Fox50, a FOX TV affiliate in Durham and WRAL, a CBS affiliate in Raleigh. So technically Bob

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I have not blogged in a couple of weeks because Nortel put me through a training class these past two weeks so I can perform my job better. It was a nice change of pace. I had been asking for this particular training for literally 10 years but for budgetary reasons I guess, I was never allowed to take the course. I had been exposed to much of the course material over the years, out of necessity.

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1123249450753111972005-08-05T07:01:00.000-05:002005-08-05T08:44:10.810-05:00

Over the past year or so gas prices have increased significantly, no big news to those who pay the bills every month. There has been significant outcry from ... well most everyone it seems, for the Federal Government to do something to limit/lower the price of gasoline and other energy sources; natural gas, electricity etc.This outcry apparently prompted our elected officials to pass sHB

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1123082849019345912005-08-03T07:54:00.000-05:002005-08-03T10:27:29.073-05:00

I am not perfect, I make mistakes, I can be selfish, inconciderate.... But ya know, sometimes thinking of yourself first is ... well, justified. After all if you don't pamper yourself on occation, who will, right? But day after day I encounter people who believe they are more important than everyone else.I drive Michelle to school in the mornings, she could ride the bus but that would mean she

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1122899538367221562005-08-01T06:59:00.000-05:002005-08-01T07:32:18.410-05:00

Good morning. This weekend was busy....Karen did a great job of cleaning up the garage Thursday. Saturday Morning/Afternoon I managed to trash it again. I build a kitchen table for Bob's house in Greenville. It came out pretty well. It had a couple of issues but for a design on the fly.... More on that later.The band had their "end of band camp performance" Saturday evening. The performance was

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1122474620777467022005-07-27T07:14:00.000-05:002005-07-27T09:48:00.950-05:00

Morning to all.I have been busy and have not blogged in a while. And this has to be quick as well. I have a conference call coming up here in 20 minutes.So last I wrote we had just returned from our trip to Arizona. Come to think of it I did not blog about the trip. I will touch on that and briefly bring you up to date on the other goings on.Arizona:My in-laws generously offered to provide

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1118675424420780582005-06-13T07:00:00.000-05:002005-06-28T08:37:01.420-05:00

(This blog was started before leaving on vacation. Sorry for the delayed post) First off I would like to thank my family and friends for helping me enjoy my 43rd birthday this past weekend. I did receive some nice gifts but more than that just ... well... ... I don't know... It was just a nice family weekend.I can not really say it was a relaxing weekend. It seems like I was busy the whole time;

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(This has sparked some emotions with some folks. Before you comment, and I welcome comments, I invite comments, please read the other comments made and my response)I am a white male, middle class American. And, as such, I have lead a pretty sheltered life. Sure I see atrocities and famine and hatred and decease but only the media, while enjoying the comfort of my living room couch.Two weeks

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1118063444319367732005-06-06T07:08:00.000-05:002005-06-06T08:10:44.356-05:00

Top -o- the mornin to ya!It's Monday morning and here I sit. I had a good editorial Blog in mind for this morning but I just don't have time this morning. Those tend to take longer to compose; I have to look some stuff up sometimes etc. Make sure I choose my words reasonably carefully so as not to rile someone over poor wordings. I mean if I am gonna rile someone I just assume it be on purpose.So

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When I BLOG on a topic not of a personal or family nature, it is usually a result of listening to the news or NPR on my drive into work. Lately I have been listening to Johnboy and Billy on my drive in so I my mind has been pretty much emptied of anything significant in nature when I sit down in front of my computer.Today however the topic of stem cell research was in the news, again. The debate,

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Over the past couple of months Michelle has got me on edge. It's not because of her all to frequent whining about got getting to sit in the front seat of the car or having to go to bed at her assigned time. It's not because of her constant jabbering on about... well, most of the time, nothing at all. It is not the fact that she believes household rules apply to her only when she agrees with them,

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1115651499256836272005-05-09T08:50:00.000-05:002005-05-09T10:11:39.373-05:00

I was successful this weekend, again, in not turning on my work computer. Slowly but surly I have been able to dial back and get out of the work work work mentality. Things are slowing down a bit at work. Much of our responsibilities have already begun to be shipped overseas; India and China. They are throwing some, what amounts to 'busy work' our way but it is generally accepted that the new

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1115041761520985532005-05-02T07:20:00.000-05:002005-05-04T12:04:47.786-05:00

What does it mean "to die"? I know, happy topic, but it's a question I have asked myself over the years, and in fact a question I have recently been asked to answer by one of my readers. I really first thought about this when my father died a few years back. And every so often, mostly after a family death, the question pops up again.Certainly this is much to significant a topic to be covered in a

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The NC Grissom household has received some good news over the past several days.First, Tyler was elected to the position of Band Vice President. Jordan High School's band officers play a integral part in the planning, execution and day to day operation of the band program. The board of directors is run by parents but their roll, entirely, is to support the program as defined by the Band Director

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1114434320153026152005-04-25T07:05:00.000-05:002005-04-25T08:15:51.540-05:00

Man, What happened to last week. It does not seem like it has been over a week since the last BLOG. Guess I have been busy.Michelle's Soccer team had a game on Saturday, their third. It all came together this week and they played well. It was their first win of the season. The score was 6-0. Michelle scored 2 with at least 1 assist. I wrote earlier that she was saving up to buy an Apple IPOD

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1113410834531138612005-04-13T07:54:00.000-05:002005-04-13T12:27:05.146-05:00

I was listening to NPR a week or so ago, on my way into work, and I heard a quote from Martha Graham. I did not know at the time who Martha Graham was but who ever she is, what she said struck a chord with me. The following quote was taken from a "This I believe" radio essay she did back in the 1950s. It was re-broadcast On NPR April 4th 2005.“"I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1113356680692768992005-04-12T20:31:00.000-05:002005-04-12T20:45:59.866-05:00

On Friday, Kyle received a call from Edy's Ice Cream parlor. They thanked him but could not use him right now. The good new is that 10 minutes earlier he also received a call from Cold Stone Creamery, another Ice cream parlor near by, not Quite as close but not too bad. He had his "audition" on Monday and he got the call tonight and they offered him a Job. He starts the first week of May. Good

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1112968615511844132005-04-08T08:17:00.000-05:002005-04-08T09:20:45.163-05:00

I enjoy writing about random thoughts and beliefs. I enjoy ranting about political events etc. But I know most folks that read this blog regularly really are more interested in what the family is up to etc. So I will put aside my philosophies and opinions, for at least a day, to catch my loyal readers up on the NC Grissom's happenings.The news of the day concern employment activities. I will

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1112622135281359922005-04-04T07:00:00.000-05:002005-04-04T10:00:07.093-05:00

It's Monday again, and again I sit here at my desk, a backlog of work weighing heavily on my mind. This Monday morning, like most Monday mornings, I resolve that this week is the week I will pull it all together. I sit here at my computer an plan how I will defeat the sins of the past. The sins of other, and the sins I myself committed; Software sins.This Monday morning, on the drive in to work,

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Well Terry Shivo passes away yesterday. Not to be callous or insensitive but I am glad her suffering is done.I feel bad for both sides of the battle. Mostly for her husband however. From all reports, and I must admit I did not follow the story closely, He was trying to do his wife's wishes. He was prevented from doing so by years and years of court battles, which, I am sure, did not help him

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Easter has come and gone. Say what you will about it's historical and religious significance but in our household, like probably every other recognized holiday or "Hallmark day", Easter is pretty much about family. Alas, Santa and Mr. Easter bunny, and are out of the bag, and even the tooth fairy is just a tooth-less grin on Michelle's face now. But still we carry on. The Easter bunny still

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1111416590259083442005-03-21T08:24:00.000-06:002005-03-21T08:49:50.260-06:00

I took the weekend off from Nortel this past weekend and boy it was nice. Not to say I completely forgot about all the issues and other garbage going on at work, but I did not turn on/open my (laptop) computer from Friday evening until 8:30 this morning when I got to work.I did work from home Thursday and Friday. Karen chaperoned two band trips so I stayed home with Michelle who is on her

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Just a quickie while my code compiles...I am pretty sick of hearing about the steroid issue and major league baseball. In fact it is beginning Tick me off a bit.WHY is there a special congressional committee holding hearing on steroids in baseball? How is this topic so important to the country as to tie up our law makers and the significant resources involved, never mind our tax dollars, to ask

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1110983861711741082005-03-16T06:57:00.000-06:002005-03-16T08:37:41.716-06:00

As a general statement I have never really been much into censorship, by governments anyway. "One man's pornography is another man's art" and all that.I must be getting old or something but last night Karen and I were watching "My wife and kids". A show we usually watch and enjoy, and the boys enjoy. It is on at 8:00 PM, "Prime Time."In this particular episode, discounting the numerous sexual

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1110896287752866742005-03-15T07:03:00.000-06:002005-03-15T08:18:07.756-06:00

This is a quick. I have work to do.A parent's role:1) assure the physical and mental health of the children2) prepare the child to be a morally ground productive citizens as an adult3) equip the child with knowledge and experiences that will provide them as adult, as many opportunities and choices as possible. Career, sociological, financial etc.The first 2 priorities are generally performed on a

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1110810420030717492005-03-14T07:03:00.000-06:002005-03-14T08:27:00.036-06:00

Long time no hear I know. Life has gotten away from me in so many ways of late. No time to go into great detail right now but here is a brief overview of happenings:Me: I am basically half nuts by now. I have been working crazy hours. Literally 18 hours a day on average, through the weekends, through some nights.... There are a lot of pressures at work, deadlines etc. But more than that Nortel is

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1105714067495996392005-01-14T08:21:00.000-06:002005-01-14T08:47:47.496-06:00

Let me catch you up on what has been happening with the NC Grissom's. Friday night Michelle and I went to a Duke Women's basketball game with the Girl Scouts. It was not much of a game. Duke just annihilated Holy Cross. It was fun non the less. Well, we are still waiting for the shower glass to be installed. It is supposed to be today. We shall see. In the mean time I bought a shower door for

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1105628429824138572005-01-13T08:22:00.000-06:002005-01-13T09:29:48.316-06:00

I don't know about you but I receive a BUNCH of junk e-mail or SPAM. Nortel's filters keep much of the spam from getting to my Nortel e-mail account but I receive anywhere from 12 -30 spam a day in my roadrunner account. I receive a good amount in my Yahoo account as well but I really only use that for just that purpose, I give that e-mail address when I suspect an on-line vendor or service will

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Well it had to end sometime. Nortel let me off early Christmas eve. I have been off since. It's gonna be REAL tough getting up tomorrow at 6:40, driving the kids to school and then myself to work. So in retrospect the highlights of the vacation... Tyler received a gamed named 'Puerto Rico' It was one of the most popular of the gifts this year. The first game we played took probably 4 hours. The

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1104465181600676692004-12-30T21:31:00.000-06:002004-12-30T21:53:01.600-06:00

Tuesday night we spent several hours getting most all the breakables and nik-naks stowed. Wednesday morning we finished up in anticipation for the carpet installers arrival sometime that morning. We loaded the bathrooms and kitchen with laps and pictures and TVs and computers etc. They installers arrived at around 11:00 and moved all the rest of the furniture, filling all the rest of the free

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1104183144062367862004-12-27T15:17:00.000-06:002004-12-27T15:32:24.063-06:00

My goal today is to finish sealing all of the grout and put the quarter round molding around the master bath. It's 4:15 and I just finished the second coat of sealer. The quarter round will have to wait 2-3 hours until the sealer is dry. I SHOULD be able to get it finished tonight. There really is not too much molding required. We have to have the tile guy back because the two toilets rock a

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Christmas Eve our traditional dinner is a variety of hors de oreves. This year we had several kinds of dips and chips etc.. We also had some Mini Corn Souffles and Mini Empanadas, Mini Pigs in a Blankets, Sweet & Sour Meatballs and Sausages, Pizza Muffins... I could go on. The kids have sparkling cider and the adults had wine. One of my favorites this year was Karen's homemade Humus and Pita

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My posts have been getting further and further apart. My apologies. Lemme tell you what has been going on and perhaps I can use it as an excuse. Well as I mentioned before, Karen and I are doing some renovation to our house. It is 8 years old and has withstood the punishment of 6 people and 2 cats and... well, it shows. The initial plan was that we would have someone tile the Master bathroom

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1102624519412044852004-12-09T13:58:00.000-06:002004-12-09T15:01:50.200-06:00

I have been asking my boss for months, literally, for additional memory for my computer at work. It is a laptop and the standard laptop configuration, when I received this computer back in August of 2002, contained only 256 MB of memory. They told me I could not upgrade the memory. If I wanted more memory I would need to get a desktop computer instead of a laptop. Now I did not want to give up

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I was lounging this morning in the blue, sturdy, functional chair. I am not sure you could characterize it a comfortable but good enough for the hour-ish I would be sitting in it. The pungent anticeptic hospital smell in the air. You know the scent, Like sticking your nose in a box of BandAids. The place was unusually quiet. Many of the chairs stood empty where normally there were folks in line

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Good Morning. I have a busy day ahead so just a quick note. Not too much has happened since Wednesday so this is more of a What's up this weekend kinda post. Tyler has been studying for a couple of weeks now in order to be prepared for Saturday. It's his first attempt at the SAT. He has high hopes. His goal is to attend UNC. Their acceptance standards are pretty high. (See UNC's Demographic Page

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Thanksgiving have come and gone and with it a all to short respite from the daily grind. Wednesday before Thanksgiving my manager "suggested" that everyone take a "looooong lunch. " In other words "see ya Monday. That was nice. When I arrived home everyone was waiting for me so we could play a round of Disc Golf. It came down to a 3 hole sudden death playoff between Gary, Karen's brother, and

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While driving in to work today I was listening to "The Big Show" with Johnboy and Billy. Robert D. Raiford, the show's commentator, read a letter from a listener complaining about the "idiot drivers who cruise in the left lane". Mr Raiford concurs with the letter and he goes on to state that in most states it is in fact illegal to cruise in the left hand lane. I will agree that slow traffic

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Okay, Kyle's birthday was more than a week ago, I just have not mentioned it yet in my blog postings. His Birthday was Sunday November 7th. But we celebrated on Saturday. Like last year, Kyle wanted to take some friends and play paintball. He also wanted me to play. I was quite honored. His friends were a little skeptical at first. In fact they were arguing about who had to be on my team. But as

Tim Grissomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01924244474133136206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779649.post-1100526674872966632004-11-15T06:56:00.000-06:002004-11-15T08:10:40.803-06:00

Good Monday morning to you. I woke this morning and decided to take back, if not just a little, control of my life. First things first; Today I am going to weed through the 700+ e-mails in my in-box, the 24 voicemails. Delete what is stale or already taken care of and prioritize what's left. I am going to take the first hour of each work day to organize and work through the more extraneous

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Hi, My name is Tim. I new this guy once who use to write web logs a couple of times a week. This guy, he enjoyed writing logs but he has this crazy job. He got to working 20 hour days. Staying up all night, eating at his desk... Just crazy. He did not have time to update his web log. He did not have time to read e-mail His inbox got to more than 500 unread messages. His voicemail 21 unread

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Saturday was disappointing for the Jordan Marching band. Their field show performance was good but did not compare to the polish and flair of the performances of the larger bands in competition. They did win second place in the parade competition and they received a rating of "superior" on the performance of their field show but received no place awards. This is not something this band is use to.

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Morning to ya. I just have couple of minutes to spend. I have a conference call in 20 min. So far this week I have worked probably 70 hours and counting. I have figured out at least one contributing factor to my alzheimer's like symptoms; Stress. The harder I work the dumber I seem to get. I need to change something but unfortunately no matter what I do will probably mean a pay cut. My weight

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Tyler was nominated to attend the North Carolina Governors School. The Governors school is a state funded, 6 week program where the students live on campus at Meredith College. It is intended as an enrichment for the most talented students in the state. I do not know how many students from his school were nominated but it was a select few.

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There were several contests to report on this weekend: Friday night was Home Coming night at Jordan High School. The football team lost their game to Northern Durham. However the band had a contest on the field of their own. As I indicated in my last post, The marching band has a tradition of having each section compete against each other in a costume contest. Tyler and he trumpet section

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It's Friday morning. After a greuling week, the weekend is almost here. So to that I raise my mug, of water because I am cutting back on Soda, and toast "To another successful week!" At work I have gotten rather behind in my customer issues over the past several weeks because of internal issues that management set as my priority. We pretty much have a handle on those now so I can go back to my

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(serves 8) ingredients: 1 1/2 cups - fresh, coarsely chopped cranberries 2-3 Tablespoons - sugar 1/2 teaspoon - finely grated Orange zest (optional) 1/4 cup - water 1 cup - your favorite orange juice 1 1/2 cups - low-fat milk (whole milk works too) 2 - eggs 4 cups - Reduced fat Bisquick mix (regular Bisquick works well also) 3/4 cup - coarsely chopped almonds (pecans

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I have been swamped at work so I have not been able to take the time in the morning for a blog. Thanks to those of you who have been patiently waiting and, well, still came back to read this one. We had a full weekend so I could write for pages about what transpired. I will try and keep it brief, or at least as brief as I am capable of. Friday night the five of us went to our friends Alison an

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Michelle was just saying this morning "This week has gone by really fast." I told her "Time flies when you are having fun at school." She didn't buy that. For me this week seems like it is taking forever. Not to much interesting happened this week so far. I worked through the night Monday night. Michelle went back to school this week after the 3 week intersession. Karen had a Dr. appt. to talk

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I went to the Dr. on Thursday for a follow-up on the Strattera and to go over test results from blood work done last a few weeks back. I have pretty much figured out the Strattera. I have been taking it right before going to bed so I do not get nauseous. Before I started taking the medication I could usually fall asleep anywhere, any time without too much trouble. Once asleep I may get up once

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Here it is Sunday night again. It just does not seem fair. We all work so hard all week and it drags on. Then Friday comes, you blink your eyes, catch a breath and it is Sunday night again. Friday night, team Israel had a soccer game. We played well but lost 3-0. I think we overplayed a bit. Perhaps I overcoached a bit as well. Michelle did not score this game but I must say she played hard. I

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A month or so ago I blogged a complaint about how the NC state legislature put a limit on the school calendar. (not-good-decision-governor-easily) Well the Durham School board stuck their foot in it again. The difference is, this time, I actually agree with it, for the most part. Karen and I attended an information session at the High School last night. David Christenbury, principal of Jordan

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Friday, I was able to finish up my 2 hot issues for work so Michelle and I took off around lunch time to finish up Karen's birthday shopping. Michelle is fun to shop with. We have similar styles, we both like to wonder around looking at lots of different thing, finally picking somthing out, or not. Karen is a much more efficient shopper and gets frustraited at times with me because I slow her

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I received a less than positive response from one of my readers for going political in my last post. I guess I don't do politics well. I was listening to NPR on the way to work yesterday and they did yet another piece on gay marriages. That's what got me started. Tonight Michelle and I have soccer practice. We practice only an hour a week then play a game on the weekend. This week we play two

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I don't know what has taken so long. I am over forty after all. But I have noticed recently, say over the past couple of years, that more and more many government policies and actions, and Politician's just, pardon the expression, piss me off. One example of public policy that has me gritting my teeth lately is this whole Gay marriage debate. Now, this has nothing to do with me personally. I

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Team "Israel" defeated team "Paraguay" Friday night in a 2-0 shutout. The only goal of the first half goal came ten minutes into the game on a passing shot from Kayla Daniels. Team Israel maintained possession probably 2/3 of the first half limiting Israel's goal keeper, Michelle Grissom to only a single touch. Team Paraguay came back the second period with new determination, generating several

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It's Friday already. I just hope the weekend does not go as quickly. I have been incredibly busy this week. Work is hammering me. On top of my old responsibilities, I am responsible for a new product, and like all new products it has ... well, some issues. I am getting hammered. It seems like, I receive a new "HOT" issue every day. Anyway, my apologies to my loyal readers for the lack of posts.

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