I found a dead Rat

So Monday I came into work to be greeted by the horrid smell of a dead animal....I turned on my sniffer and narrowed the smell down to a corner of the "green room" that i work in (35x35ft room). Well i checked all the traps around that area and found them all to be empty. So I then looked around the boxes under the table until i saw a hole in the wall and assumed the animal was in there, because 2 weeks ago i had the task of entering the attic of our 1905/1910 office house to place rat bait/poison around up there and was assuming some would come downstairs to die.... Oh well i said...the smell of a decaying animal should be gone within a few weeks...I'll live with it. Well today (Wednesday) my friend came in and said "Are you sure its in the wall"...Does she not know that is a dare to me....So I went to work going through each box to find our "little friend"...within in a few minutes I had found a friend...but he was not little. I found a Norwegian rat between two boxes, saw his size and went to get a mask and bags from downstairs.....so i could begin the clean up process...Caution Details are below....

Well when i returned and moved the boxes i was welcomed by a large amount of maggets eatting Mr. Rat, so i put him in a plastic bag and moved on to removing the maggets by brushing them onto a peice of paper with a cd then dumping them into the rat bag. I then borrowed the vaccum from the nursery and vaccumed up the remaing rat fur, poo, and other icky things....The nannies have informed me they will be buying a new vaccum and i may keep the one I borrowed. How nice of them! Here is a link to my old blogg and the pictures of my new friend...Caution Gross Pictures of Rat

Emma's Wish List

I added Emma's wish list to my side panel...And right here

Recycle you Crocs

So I found out today that after your crocs get old and the soles wear out (if they just stink, you wash them) you can donate/recycle them through solesunited and they clean them, grind them up, and make new crocs to send to people in need (the video on the web site shows people in Africa). On the web site you can find a donation center near you, or they give you an adress to send them to. So donate your old crocs!

My life as a truck driver (kind of)

So before y'all freak out and and say "How can you leave your wife and baby to drive trucks" (not that there is anything wrong with that profession).....I'm speaking of analogy I came up with to describe my working life.
Ok here is how it works:

• Monday morning I gas up (eat breakfast) and head off for a week of driving my truck (sitting at my desk at Earth search)...Some days I drive more miles than others (work on more projects)...But I always come home to a loving family (for real).
• This trend continues until Friday when after driving all day i have to unload the truck (Deliver Pitas at Pita Pit)...I get so into unloading the truck that I do not notice that i forgot to set the parking break and I get hit by my truck (Work until 4am... leaving me feeling like I got hit by a truck)....While unconscious from the truck hitting me I sometimes have some wonderful dreams of spending time with my family (The time I spend with Emma and Sarah from when I wake up on Saturday to 6pm that night when i go back to work...it seems so hazy)....When I gain consciousness I realize I still have more unloading to do, so off to unloading I go (back to the Pita Pit)....Silly me forgot the parking break again...Bamm truck hits me again (another 4am night)...Ahh dreams of Sarah and Emma again (time spent with my girls once again)....Time to finish unloading the truck (last night at Pita Pit..sometimes till 12am...last night till 2am)....Then off to drive the truck again on Monday (back to work at Earth Search).
• While it seems I am complaing about working to much in this hard time of no work for some people, I know I am blessed to have a wonderful family and two jobs that would work me 80 hrs a week each if i could. God is good...ALL THE TIME...There are blessings everywhere we look..we must simply wipe the evil of our world that clogs our eyes and open our eyes and hearts to our great and grace giving God..

My baby was in a movie.

So I was looking at pictures of my sweet Emma when I could swear I had seen the same likeness in a movie....Emma is Boo from Monsters Inc. See if you agree...

YEAY FOR SARAH!!

Haha...Sorry I tried to fool you guys....But congrads to Sarah...But I must say Sarah follows me everywhere..First ABA (i didn't want the job grant you)...then Catawba (I taught Kindergarten, she later came and taught 2 yr olds), then I guess the next job we shared we were hired on the same day (Boys Town)...Then i thought i was safe by working at an archaeology firm...How would Sarah follow me here??? Become the nanny (the position I originally applied for and did not get)....Truthfully...I love working with Sarah and I am blessed to have had so many jobs that i could enjoy Sarah's presence....God is good!!


On another note, yesterday (Saturday November 15th) was Sarah's 25th birthday...Sarah has been a blessing in my life and I can not describe how happy I am that she is my wife. Sarah is a very special woman with a heart for God, people, and children. God placed us together before time and I am pretty sure God gave Jesus a high five when they saw how perfect Their match was going to be..God is good!! I Miss You Already Sarah and Emma!!!

On an entirely different note i have been collecting State quarters since they started making them...but took a hiatus after getting married and working but recently began again (being a delivery driver has helped speed my process of catch up). I now am only missing 3 of the 50...(California, North Dakota, and Hawaii)...I'm sure they will pop up eventually but I thought I'd share :c).

Matt's Random Update

• Still Work 40 hrs at "the Search" and 35+ at "the Pit" (it helps me to give them fun nicknames). 75+ hrs total
  
• Told Pita Pit that I would be cutting my hours after thanksgiving. They are trying to convince me to still work 3 days...We will see....
• My right knee is getting A LOT better..though still tender when knealing on it and when i scrape it on the car door (did that last night).
  
• Now for some odd reason my right foot has swollen for a reason I can not recall or explain....The minds at Earth Search say it is because it drained from my knee to my foot...I don't know if it works that way...Who knows??
• Sarah's Mom (Pam) and adopted Aunt Kay have stormed into the Big Easy for a wild week of attending a Beth Moore taping (lady that does bible studies...I hear she's good)...
• Emma has refused to attend (she's already a rebel) so I took her Monday....Tuesday our Friend from Church took her....Wednesday is Daddy day again...Thursday Friend from Church...Friday Daddy day till 10pm when he goes into work....Ill work 8am-4am that day...Is my math wrong or is that 22 hrs out of 24...But Emma is not work :c)...shes a blessing!....with a sweet smile and loud cry.
• I have successfully slept on the couch with Sarah for 4 nights now without having to move somewhere else in the middle of the night (I normally get uncomfortable and have to roll around..not possible while sharing a couch)
• I don't think I can hold in Sarah's exciting news anymore!!! Sooo... here it is.. Sarah and I are......................................................................................................................................HAHA..Sorry Guys..I don't give up Exciting news that is not exclusively mine to release yet. Its going to change our lives though.