I’m a bit late, but this post needs to be out there. I just wanted to extend a huge thank you to everyone who helped and passed the word along about my A family in need post. I was able to gather enough to give the family a boost to their Christmas.
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Thank You!
Friday, January 21st, 2011A Family in Need
Friday, December 3rd, 2010Normally I wouldn’t write a post like this, there’s a lot of people out there that need help these days, especially in this economy. This case hits too close to home to not pass the word along. Last year my family was down and out and had a very hard time making ends meet and was on the verge of not having any type of Christmas for my younger siblings. Word got out and many many people came forward to help out my family. My brother came home one night from the farm he worked at with a carload full of gifts, etc for my family and sisters so they could have a Christmas celebration. This year, we are trying to Pay It Forward. Not only did that movie strike home and make a good point, but my family was helped last year, this year it’s time to help another.
My best friend, and best man from my wedding, has fallen on hard times. He has been getting less than 20 hours/week at work to support his family of 4, wife and 2 kids, 13 and 9, but since last week has been taken off the schedule by a boss who is egotistical and backstabbing to say the least. (I never got along with her either, and I get along with most people.) Now it’s the holidays, he has a job, but has no hours; the boss won’t fire him so she doesn’t have to pay unemployment (it’s a known fact as she’s done this with many other people in the past), but he’s still employed so he can’t get the benefits he needs to support his family.
Angela and Jason:
Ciera and Collin:
My Mom and I are working gathering anything and everything we can to help this family out. As I said before, he has two kids, Ciera, 13, and Collin, 9, who could really use a Christmas to look forward too. Ciera wears a medium to large shirt and size 11 pants and 11 women’s shoe. Collin wears size large boys shirt (10/12) and size 12 boys pants and size 8 shoes. They have an Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii that they could use games for as well.
Anything and everything would help. If you can give even a $5 gas card, or $5 cash towards gas, or food, that would mean more than you know to this family. They have hearts made of gold and would do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING they could to help you out, down to giving you the shirt of their back. Even in the situation they are in now, they would do that, if it would help you.
Please help us Pay It Forward to a family who is in desperate need. If you can help in ANY way please let me know. You can contact me at any one of the methods on my contact page.
I have a Paypal address you can use for donations as well: payitforward@gizmokid2005.com
Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this. Please pass it along, I’d like to help this family as much as I possibly can.
-Michael
Why work doesn’t happen at work. [VIDEO]
Monday, November 29th, 2010This is a PERFECT video/talk about why work doesn’t actually happen at work. Everybody, especially management, should watch this and take it to heart.
Why I Don’t Want Kids
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010With all the people I’ve seen recently having kids or getting pregnant, I’ve decided to make a nice post as to why I have decided to not have kids. This post is not meant to offend, mock, make fun of, laugh at, or degrade anyone, it’s just my opinions and reasoning for not having kids myself. (more…)
Symbian, N8, N900 Thoughts and Questions
Monday, October 11th, 2010Tonight I was thinking, as I so often do, about mobile phones, how my current usage dictates what I buy and use, and how a different device, in one way or the other, can benefit or change my current experience of a mobile device. (more…)
Attitude
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010I didn’t write this, but it was shown to me by a teacher in high school. Figured I’d post it again for everyone. Good lesson here.
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appreance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home…a school. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have and that is our attitude…I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of our Attitudes.
TTFN
-Michael
Oh the seasons
Monday, September 6th, 2010Well, lets see what we can do with this update…
Not a whole lot is new. We’ve dropped off all our application material to the USDA Rural Housing division and are waiting to hear back from them about whether or not we’ve been approved for a mortgage…I can only hope. I can’t describe how happy I would be to have a house of my own, one where we don’t have to listen to the park’s bullshit rules, deal with the ever increasing rent, etc. By their application it says 21 days is when it should be completed in, but they said it would be between 4 and 8 weeks because of their current workload…so we have to wait a bit, but we can only hope. There’s a few houses we like, and if we could move before the snow flies, that would be amazing.
I’ve been neglecting my blog a lot lately, but I’ve been really busy, working at least 60 hours/week most weeks lately. It’s been that way at work, lots to get done and I’m the only one who can do most of it. I am getting a fair bit worn out, but it happens. Hopefully things slow down a bit so I don’t have to work all the time. After this week it should slow down quite a bit. Only a few smaller projects that I have to take care of now.
Today is Sophie and Lola’s second birthday. That means we’ve had Sophie nearly a year already. She’s still quite the puppy, but she’s definitely pretty well behaved. They’re some of the best dogs I’ve ever had. Lola is a bit more of a spoiled puppy than Sophie is, a lot like Romeo because that’s how she was spoiled from her previous owner.
I’ve got to get my N900 sent in again to get the dust cleaned out from under the screen and fix the 2 bright spots that are in my screen. Though, Nokia World is coming up here in 10 days, and they’ll be announcing their new phones there, including the N9! I’m very excited to hear about it and see that exactly the phone is and the specifications. If it’s anything like what I’ve heard, I’m definitely going to be purchasing one. I miss AT&T 3G support very much.
Now…the weather…WTF. It’s been low-mid 60s pretty much all weekend, yet it’s supposed to get 80s this week, and then 60s in between them…oh Michigan weather, how I love you. Now hurry up and get some snow here so I can have some fun in it!
Well, I hope everyone (In the US at least) is enjoying their Labor day! That’s all for now.
TTFN
-Michael
Update to Sun debacle
Monday, August 16th, 2010I sent this email back to the COO, John this morning. I’ve yet to call Josh back, but will probably do so later.
Hmmm, what to do?
Sunday, August 15th, 2010I recently got a flier from the company (Sun Communities aka Sun) that owns the mobile home park I live in, and it said they were giving out my information (name and phone number at minimum) to a third party company so that they can do a survey for them…I don’t know about you, but I don’t like my information randomly being given out…especially when a huge public company could just as well do the survey themselves… (more…)
YAY for Ranting
Friday, August 13th, 2010Right now, this post doesn’t even have a title…I just have a few things that I need to get off my chest. No offense to anyone, but this may be…harsh in some spots. You’ve been warned.