Just a Glimpse

Interests of mine are very eclectic. Movies, books and other blogs. I love computers and spend as much time on line as I can. I bounce form Facebook to Twitter collecting life stories and sharing tidbits of my own. My family is larger than most so that makes me someone who either loves my wife and wants a large family, or a man who loves sex and lives with the consequences. I've heard both theories. If you knew me, you would know I love my children. I have my youngest in my lap as I write this blog. My oldest is a very big help and has a son of her own. That makes me a grandfather before I am forty. @smiles@ Yes family is important to me. I try to teach my children the best in life is earned. The work you do is not for you. If is for the people in your life. Choose a career that will provide the things you need. School is important. Their mother pushes that point well enough without my help. She is, after all, the educator.

I admit I am not the easiest man to live with. My expectations are high for my children and myself. I work hard and I expect them to do the same. My wife works for the government, so you know she works hard. We share the responsibilities of the home. She cooks, I run the baths and dishes we get my children to do.
We catch up with the housework on the weekends since that is the only time we have to do it. We catch up on our relationship on the weekends too. We talk while we do the things that need to be done after work and occasionally, I get a day off on the weekends. I work retail and I'm good at it. I make a good enough living for my kids not to feel spoiled but they get what they want in good time, usually.

Laura and I are approaching fourteen years in our marriage. I would love to put her on a cruise for a weekend.  She is my world.

We do our best. We raise the kids and we we live a very routine life. Six children keep us quite busy. As they get older, they get more expensive. Dental work and braces are what I am working for the next couple of years. My job doesn't pay more than I am worth, but her job pays quite well  and she's an awesome teacher. I've seen her do what she does. She really reaches out and touches kids' minds. She captures their imaginations and implants information. That's what she's paid to do. Numbers are both of our defining measurements. She has to make gains and so do I.  I love them all. I wouldn't trade them for the world.