The Low Down from Mickey Town

I have found myself *really* enjoying a break from the details. I guess things were a little more stressful than I realized, because it has been so easy to do absolutely nothing for several days now. At first I struggled with some guilt, but now I have no regrets. I'm looking forward to a fresh start at the beginning of the next month. (One of the advantages of being an O/O is that sometimes you can vanish from sight for a time.) Atlas had some reloads to run by me, but they needed to start loading too soon. To explain, first you have the vacation time itself. But after that, you have all the repairs and other things that were put on hold in order to set up the vacation. Since the repairs, etc. still need to be done after the vacation ends, and since they've been put off for quite a while now, we need more time for these things. And considering that it took 4 or 5 days just to get a water pump replaced, a list of *several* repairs could take the same amount of time very easily, depending on the abilities and availability of the mechanic(s) we hire.

Here's some comments from the last post:





(The above quote was from "jn")

Thanks for the good wishes, VM. Believe me, señor, ranting is expected. I've worked locally, and I can honestly say you guys work *hard* for the money. If anyone is entitled to rant, it's you, amigo. BTW, thanks for keeping the birds fed so people like me can keep enjoying those Cali Cluckers!

(Also, here's a shout-out to Lenutt: Good to hear your lady-bird is doing better. Greetings to you from both Karen and I.)

Thanks for the prayers, jn. Karen and I would love to meet you, too. I'll try to keep our position updated on Navizon so you can see where we are, and if we get near your place maybe we'll have some time to visit. I don't share alot of relationship stuff on our blog and podcast, but it's a vital part of the whole thing. It's actually not very difficult to live together in close quarters, and it's something I would recommend to anyone who is married and likes to travel together. We've met couples that have been on the road together as long as 20 years or more. The key to the whole thing is *conflict resolution*, which is something we still struggle with. It's very easy to slip into destructive patterns that just keep repeating, and we frequently have to separate ourselves for a while and then start fresh again. Our faith is a big factor in all of this, because we know the final outcome (Romans 8:28). The only question is how we will finally get there.

Meanwhile, I've been playing with this new photo morphing program I found for free. I noticed that a certain daytime talkshow host had a strangely familiar smile. Just for fun, I did some digital manipulations with a couple of photos and came up with a short video that I uploaded to YouTube. Here's the link:

YouTube Video

(If you click the link and it shows an error message, just right click the link above and select "Open in New Window".)

I'm still a big fan of the Dog Whisperer. In one episode, the guy enters a room with a couple of very vicious looking dogs that are barking ferociously. Without making a sound, he manages to approach the dogs without getting bitten, and in a few minutes they are sitting there quietly like they were the calmest animals in the world. To be honest, he doesn't just go running into the room. He opened the door very slowly, moving into the room little-by-little. But in a relatively short time, the dogs were completely under his control, even though their owners could not get them to obey in the least. I mean, here the owners have been yelling at the dogs for weeks trying to get them to obey, and with a few subtle motions and sounds the DW is able to put them in their place in a matter of minutes. Amazing stuff.

I'm still waiting for guesses about the photos in the last post. Any ideas? Jeff? Curtis? Anyone?

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