My Job

So I have discussed how much i enjoy my job at Earth Search, but i forgot to tell you guys that as of August 16th I am an official employee...Yeay! I am so glad that I was able to find a job that I love (actually God found it..who knew I'd work for an archeology firm...only God). My days are always full of excitement and new tasks...Our boss is so awesome she bought season tickets to the Saints and is giving everyone who wants one at least one ticket to a game this year...Yeay for Jill!! My health Insurance will start in 90 days...and I actually have sick days (not that I use them..I'm to suborn to admit I am sick).

We Check out "Historic structures" to see if they are elagable for historic Preservation. We use this cool Trimble GPS devices to plot where things are (girl is using one in foreground)

We dig holes to look for signs of previous settments or structures (this shows signs of a past building foundation)

Then we go back to the office and write a report about what we found, what previous investigation have found, and our suggestions, someone makes a map and plots our findings on it, then I print it, collate it, bind it, and send copies to the state (Historic Preservation Office), and client.

Matt's Scooter

My scooter had a photo shoot today in the backyard today...isn't she pretty!

Thank you Great Aunt Karen! I love my new Bee toy!

Scooter Upgrade

I got a way cool box for my scooter so i can carry stuff (like reports, rain gear, or maybe even a pizza). It came with out any holes drilled so I had to make my own..Poor Me..HEHE :c)...It could still use a few more screws and maybe another brace plate or 2 but its way cool...and i already used it today to carry a FedEx box of 6 big reports...IN THE RAIN...Nope they didn't get wet......Me i got wet..But its all okay cuz i have a way cool box for my scooter..and its red!! and its huge!! Its 20x20x13...YEAY!!

I added a metal peice to it to help support its size (it comes past my luggage rack)

My first try at making a support for the box, and shows how far it comes off the rack.

Barge and ditch

While Sarahs away Matt will Play!
So Its almost time for Sarah to get back from the Carolinas and while i did not anticipate how much i would miss her and Emma (A LOT) I sure had a lot of fun in their absence. Two bigger events happened in the last few days that i was a part of. First of all their was the big Oil Spill and clean up along the Mississippi River. So I really wanted to see them lift the barge out of the water (it sank after the wreck) So they finally started strapping it up to lift it out last week. So after work I would go watch to see the progress...There was usually no progress but i got word on saturday that they might be raising the part of the barge finally...so i got to the port just in time to see them put this BIG oily barge piece on another barge...THEN they brought it to the bank i was standing on! So i was within 10 feet of this way cool barge..I was watching the news that night and they had put police tape up and you could not get within 100 yards of it now. A Way cool adventure.

Coast Guard Photo of Barge stick up out of water and crane boats and and the barge they are going to put it on

I took this from the bank with the camera phone

Today i went to a birthday party for a little girl at work...It was a blast i got to be the offical grill master and cooked chicken, hamburgers, garden burgers, sauage, and hot dogs. I also got to be a pool monitor and watch soem cuties swim around the pool....As i was leaving i got to help get a car out of this BIG ditch...to bad it was my car....But after getting a truck and rope and chain we pulled her out...YEAY GOD!!...We ended up with the front left bumper being crack and dented in...But i popped her out and ill work on getting the crack filled...could have been worse if i had rolled (which as i was going in the ditch i was almost sure was going to happen)....Yeay God again!...

God is good!

I am so blessed! God amazes me more and more everyday it hard to not give Him all the praise as i go through my day, then as the day ends i look back and realize that God is in everything and has blessed me more than I even thought of as the day flew by.
Today God helped me to get my bill of sale and title notarized so I can finally get a license plate for Toot. Also my teeth started to hurt and i was bummed that me and Sarah and I did not have enough money for me to get a cleaning and and X-ray...So i get home and guess what is in the mail...A coupon for not just a free cleaning but also a free X-ray...GOD IS GOOD...

God has given me the most wonderful wife who has so much love for me and our sweet daughter. She is an ever present reminder of how good God is and how wonderful his plan is for me. I could not imagine a better friend and sweetheart. Thank You Lord for my best friend!

God had given Sarah and me the cutest sweetest little girl. Only God could have designed such a wonderful fit for Sarah and my Family. Thank You Lord for our Daughter!

God has given me my job that for the first time in my life i don't dread going to, I no longer throw up every morning from the stress and dread of work. I go to work and have fun...no matter what I'm doing (checking oil, producing reports, being a nanny, or cleaning, whatever). Thank You Lord for my Job!

Scoot New Orleans...

Today I took advantage of the girls being out of town to join the Scooter Club in New Orleans for an hour of hanging out...and a ride to the lakefront then back to the quarter for the Satchmo Summerfest (Louis Armstrong's Birthday). I put some pics up on Picassa....