To add to todays blog...I would like to dedicate a poem to my daddy that I saw the other night at a fire house.


My father was a fireman,
He drove a big red truck.
And when he'd go to work each night,
He'd say "Mother wish me luck"

Then dad would not come home again,
till: sometime the next day.
But the thing that bothered me the most,
Was the things some folks would say.

"A fireman's life is easy,
He eats and sleeps and plays.
And sometimes he don't fight a fire
For days and days and days"

When I first heard these comments,
I was too young to understand.
Cause I knew, when people had troubles
Dad was there to lend a hand.

Then my father went to work one day,
And he kissed us all good-bye.
But little did we realize that night,
we all would cry.

My father gave his life that night,
When the floor gave way below.
And I wondered why He'd risk his life,
For someone that he didn't even know.

But now I realize,
The greatest gift a man can give,
Is to lay his life upon the line,
So that someone else might live.

So as we go from day to day,
And we pray to God above.
Say a prayer for your local fireman,
He may save the ones you love.

Author: Jim Martinez
This is presently the official poem of the
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and is
featured at the IAFF Fallen' Fire Fighter Memorial in
Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Now to that I want you to know that my daddy is still thankfully very much alive today. But the thought of this just gives me chills. However I can also proudly say that my daddy was a fire fighter. He would put his life on the line every day to save peoples lives. He has many stories but I think the one I remember the most was when he was at a fire and almost walked off the roof of a house. Thankfully the Chief had seen him about to go off the roof and grabbed him up by the collar of his coat and pulled him back up on the roof and then asked him where he thought he was going. That story impacted me the most with this poem because I would not be the person I was today if he had not been there.

I love you daddy.

Todays thought...Bad karma for cars month.

Let me just tell you what a month it has been for the cars of this family. First, in the beginning of the month, the hundred dollar wonder car was rear ended. Thats right. Someone fell asleep with his foot on the gas and hit us. I really did feel bad for the guy that hit us. You could tell that he really did not mean for it to happen and he had just made him an honest mistake. Well they totalled out the hundred dollar wonder car. Knew it was going to happen but was still sad to hear it. However on the bright side, they are going to let us keep it since it is driveable and told us that because it was more than 10 years old we would not have to file for a salvaged title. They are going to give us a pretty good amount and we can use it to go to a junkyard down the road and just replace the trunk. So, getting it fixed.

Then, my room mate has 3 cars. One, we can't figure out what is wrong with, the other has been broken down but when we went to replace the engine we found that we will have to convert the engine because while it will work, it's the wrong one. Then, another one broke down and was down for a few days while we tried to figure out what was wrong with it. We found out that the people that owned the place where he'd take the car for the first oil change since he had owned it didn't put something back on there right and cause damage. But we got it fixed none the less.

Then, my mama's truck. She'd taken it in because for some reason during the spring she couldn't get anything but heat to come out of the vents. So they tell her that the little switch in there that changes it from heat to cold was broke. So instead of having to pay $400 to get it fixed she just had them switch it to cold. Well guess what. It's cold now. Still no heat unfortunately. She has to go back to the dealership and get it fixed.

Now, Pooh Bear is at his dads house fixing the hundred dollar wonder car. The bearings on the front drivers side come out completely. Glad he found it now and not later.
Thats about all I can think of at this exact moment on the cars issue. But holy cow. After all of that, do you really need any more stories about bad karma month for cars?

Happy Halloween everyone. Hopefully November will be a better Carma month!