Holidays are Upon Us Part 1

I know it has been a while since I have posted and for that I apologize.  There were so many things that I wanted to write about but could never find the time to sit down at the keyboard and type it all out. 

  Part one of the holidays are now upon us.  My household will be getting a long weekend.  Some longer than others but who is counting, right?  I am so looking forward to going to Russellville for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Lots of family to come together and enjoy not just the awesome food that everyone brings but also to enjoy the company and the time to play with all of the kids and visit with one another. 

  If you have noticed, this is just part one of the holidays.  That is because Christmas will be upon us before you know it and there will be more to tell.  I will try and post some pictures later  but in the meantime, I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. 

Nerds & Geeks

Yes, I have concluded that I am a nerd.  You see, there is this upcoming event here in town called barcamp
Jonesboro.  It is this really cool "convention" coming up all about the latest trends in Technology and the web.  I purchased my ticket today and am so excited and then I thank about it and realize that I am a nerd/geek.  I really enjoy that kind of stuff as well as blogging and writing.  The event is an all day deal.  It includes meals and also they will have prizes there.  Prizes never hurt since one of the prizes is an ipad.  My Lovely wife is so understanding.  She hears my ramblings about my excitement and just doesn't say anything.  She is happy for me that I get to go.  The event takes place on September 25th.  Their website tells more information. You can go to http://barcampjonesboro.com for more information.  Maybe would be able to drum up some more computer work while I am there.  You never know.  You can follow me on twitter @jeffweir and I even have a twitter account set up for my business @WeirComputing.  Maybe one day, I will make enough from my business so that I can build a new "Family computer" that isn't so sluggish like the one we have now.  I have this awesome laptop but the main home computer we have is about 8 to 10 years old and is time for a new one.  I really want to build our next one myself.  I have built/rebuilt ones for customers but never one for us. enough of my ramblings.  Need to spend time with the family instead of in front of the computer.  I do that all day anyway.

Independence Day

  Many Americans have forgotten.  Forgotten a lot of things.  Oh yes, we all say that we remember 9-11.  But Independence day is a celebration of our separation from Great Britain and a celebration of when we became a Nation.  Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that we are giving up our Independence and giving it to the government.  Instead of this Nations’ Leaders concentrating on being friends with our foes, they need to make sure that they take care of our Friends and ourselves.  Sit down with your family and friends and read aloud the Declaration of Independence.  Afterward, Read the bible together.  Let’s try to get this country back on track.

Obama's Next Frontier for NASA: Fix Relations With Muslims?

  I saw this headline on the internet and thought that this has got to be one of the biggest jokes around.  Well I had to click on the link to find out what it was joking about.  Really, what would NASA have to do with fixing relations with anyone.  There job is space exploration.  I have noticed over the years how the space program has really been declining.  I have read and heard about the space shuttles being retired or it being their last trip to space and on and on. What ever happened to going back to the moon or exploring Mars?  Let me just clip some of the article that I read about NASA and what President Obama has in store for them.

    NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his "foremost" mission as the head of America's space exploration agency is to improve  relations with the Muslim world.

Though international diplomacy would seem well outside NASA's orbit, Bolden said in an interview with Al Jazeera that strengthening those ties was among the top tasks President Obama assigned him. He said better interaction with the Muslim world would ultimately advance space travel.

"When I became the NASA administrator -- or before I became the NASA administrator -- he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering," Bolden said in the interview.

Really?!  You have got to be kidding me. Why should we cater to “The Muslim World” ?  Why don’t we start catering to the “Israeli” World instead.  What are these hooligans doing in Washington?  Obviously not working for us.  I think every single person in Washington needs to be reprimanded for not representing the people who voted for them and sent home.  

Trip to Memphis

Michelle and I had this wonderful experience today.  We had the opportunity to be able to take some kids to Memphis this evening to LeBoneur hospital so that they could see their friend Clayton who in the hospital there after a bad ATV accident.  Clayton is in Lexi’s class at school.  It was a bad accident and Clayton was air lifted to Memphis.  There are 3 girls and 2 boys in the van with us now.  All of them are 12 years old and it is never a dull moment.  I have heard some stories, I tell you.  It can get loud at times too with all of them talking at the same time.

It has been fun though.  I am glad that Michelle came up with the idea to take some kids to see Clayton.  They were all pretty upset about Clayton’s accident.  She just thought of the kids and how good it would be great for them to be able to see him and make everyone feel better.  Michelle has thought of others as she always has.  She contacted the parents of the kids that wanted to go and made the arrangements and off we go.  Lexi is having a blast.  We left Allison and Bradley with my mother.

  I told Michelle when we stopped at McD’s on our way that I felt old and she asked why.  I told her that here you and I are and we are sitting at a table all by ourselves and 5 kids are sitting at a table together and we were responsible for them.  What a major responsibility it is to have someone else’s kid that you are making sure that they are staying safe.  We are enjoying it though and just love the kids.

Easter 2010

We had a great visit in Hector for Easter.  Enjoyed the Church service.  We had great food and Great company.  The kids really enjoyed the visit but it was just too short.  The Girls dresses actually came from a lady that made them from a pattern.  Such a lovely lady.  I had worked on her computer a few times and she had told me that she wanted to make my daughters their dresses for Easter.  What a wonderful blessing.  I won’t go into much detail though about the weekend.  For more information, go to Michelle's Blog and she will fill you in.  I have some more pictures that I will try and post later. 

  Things are going well for Weir Computing.  Hopefully, I will be able to get a web site built soon.  I have been getting some jobs here and there.  I am looking forward to more jobs coming in.  What a treat it would be to have multiple computers to work on at the same time.  Can you tell that I am just starting out? 

Health Care Hoopla

All we hear now days is about the health care reform.  I wanted to put my few cents in while I can.  Don’t get me wrong, I am not about the government running our lives and taking over all of the banks and being in control of my finances.  They are doing that now as it seems. But something does need to be done about our healthcare system.  I am sure that I don’t know both sides of the story about what the President is wanting to do with our health care system or what the GOP is wanting to do.  But the bottom line is, something needs to be done about our current system.  I know there are a lot of folks out there that are paying way too much for their coverage and that there seems to be no type of regulations in place for what insurance companies can charge or who they cover.  What we need in this country is an overhaul of our Health Care.  I don’t have all of the answers but I do know that Government doesn’t either.  We need to get back to the basics where OUR Representatives in Washington actually work for US!  If you have a Representative in Washington that is not working for you and the people of your state, DON’T vote them back in office. 

Exciting Times

Well, we ended up going to the ER last night.  I had been having chest pains on and off over the last few days and decided to go ahead and go to the hospital to get checked out.  After an extended 6 hour stay in the ER, blood work done, CT Scan and EKG, I found that all I have is acute bronchitis.  Now I feel stupid for going in but at least I found that my heart is in excellent shape and no blockages anywhere.  It was a rough night.  I think it was rougher on Michelle.  We got back home from the  hospital at 4am this morning and she stayed up until she got the kids ready for school and came back from dropping them off and got in bed at about 8am.  She did get about 5 hours sleep before getting back up to go get the kids from school.  I, of course got my sleep in but still feeling a little rough.  Michelle is now passed out on the couch and I don’t have enough nerve to wake her.  Maybe I will just bring her pillow to her and make sure she is covered up.  Then I guess I will go to bed all by myself.  Lexi is having a friend over tonight too so they are keeping themselves busy.  Allison and Bradley are already passed out in their beds asleep.  Glad I am off this weekend.  I of course had to call in sick this morning cause there would be no way I could have worked after being up all night.  God Bless to you all.

Interesting Topics Being discussed

  Hello again everyone!  I know that it has been forever since I have blogged.  Things are going well.  Been real busy at work.  The weather here has been crazy over the last month or so.  We had gotten 9” of snow in my small little world.  Now they are calling for more snow next week but just don’t know how much.  For most folks, Snow might be the “Norm” for you.  In my little world, it is not.  The Kids do enjoy it though.  Brings back childhood memories for me too.
  Enough of the jibber-jabber though.  Let’s get down to the “Topics”.  I will only mention 2 topics today since I am running short on time.  The real funny topic is that I read an article from CNN about our President.  Let me just quote that for you here.

Addressing a gathering of Senate Democrats, Obama promised to "call (Republicans) out when (Democrats) extend a hand and get a fist in return."

Let me also give you the link so that you can read the full context of the quote.  It is Here.  Now this just cracks me up.  He meets with the GOP and gets hammered and then he goes to the Democrats and says now if those folks over there bother you, you come tell me about it.  Yea, right!  Like he is the Daddy.  Come on folks.  We DO NOT have time for this little bickering going on here.  We Need elected officials to do what they were hired to do.  It doesn’t matter what side of the fence they are on, just get off the fence and make a stand.  If you make the wrong stand (as determined by the voters) then you will loose your job.   Reminds me of telling my kids that if one hits you, come tell me and I will give them a spanking.  Oh my! what a waste of taxpayer’s money.  I didn’t think that the President was elected to scold either Democrats or Republicans but was elected to run the country.
  Now for the second topic.  Are you Ready for what the Lord has for you this year?  There has been a lot of Prophetic word going on and it’s still early in the year.  I know, some of you might be going on about not believing in all of that garb.  That’s fine. But what happens if you miss out on something?  Granted, you won’t just be blessed by reading or hearing but you will be blessed if you hear the WORD of God and act upon it.  I truly believe that this is the year that God will open up to his Children and pour out a whole bunch of stuff.  No, silly, Not Wrath.  But you never know who he might have to deal with either.  I am talking about those that have a calling on their lives.  Oh, but wait.  That is all of us.  We all have a calling on our lives from God.  This is the time to ACT on what GOD is calling you to do.  Have you ever felt that the Lord was leading you to do something, like preach, teach a Sunday School class, or help at a Nursing Home?  That might be your calling.  I pray that each of you that read this, will really take the time to dig into the Word of God and then take time to meditate and listen for the voice of the Lord.  You never know, you might just hear. 
  God Bless until next time!

Mid November

This month is going too fast.  I have been asked to teach Wednesday night at Church for next week.  I am looking forward to that.  I had the day off today and was able to mow our yard (hopefully for the last time this season).  I think that my riding mower is shot.  I am truly blessed because every time the mower has broke down, my Dad has always taken it in and gotten it fixed for us.  I think that with some of our tax refund money, we need to purchase a new one, or at least a push mower. We get so spoiled to having what we want and getting it.  But we can always look at it as blessings.  We have to understand that some of the stuff we want may not be want we need.  You know, God’s word says that we need to depend on the Lord for our every need.  But do we really do that?  No, we  (and I) see what we want and go get it.  You see, if we learn to give up everything and just let the Lord move, then he will.  We go to Church and we ask why do we not see the Lord move in our lives.  We hunger to hear from the Lord but we do not stop and listen.  We pray and ask but go on about doing what WE want to do.  Sometimes if we listen, we may not like what we hear.  We just don’t drop our worldly stuff and follow.  We say we depend on him and want a miracle. 

My recommendation is that we fast.  We hear about all the stuff going on in Washington and the healthcare bill being passed to the next step and we get worried.  My 5 year old son summed it up nicely.  One night, my youngest daughter stated that she was scared.  My son then explained to her that there is no need to be scared because God is ALWAYS with us.  Give something up this week or for the next two weeks that you normally depend on.  Food, TV or whatever it might be.  Then give that time to the Lord.  Just stop during that time that you gain by giving something up and pray and listen what the Lord wants to tell you.  Let HIM guide you to get you through your times of need.

November Ramblings

It’s just not getting to the point where we have cool nights and not so hot days.  This is the first year in a while that we have actually has a slow transition between summer and fall.  I do have to say though, that it is rather warmer than normal.  Highs in the upper 60’s to lower 70’s and lows into the 40’s.  Not bad and not complaining.  I do love this kind of weather.  Just don’t want it to rain for a while so that the farmers can get their crops in.  Not sure what the Winter will bring though.  Notice how we start talking about the weather to break the ice and as a conversation starter?  Here we go.

Enjoyed Church this morning at the Bay United Methodist Church.  We visited there this morning because they were having a special Veterans service.  Pastor Angie had invited my family and I to come.  It was a touching service.  Thanks Pastor Angie for the invite, we always love coming to see everyone. 

  We also enjoyed Allison’s Birthday Party this weekend.  My how the kids are growing up.  My In-laws came for the weekend to be at the party.  It was fun for the kids and we did enjoy everyone.  Just tired after the party. 

  There are more things coming for the month and I will try to update again in a few day but we all know how that goes.  I use Windows Live Writer to do my posts and I see this link over to the side that says to upload video.  I might try the video thing later and post something on here.  Until then,  Thanks to everyone for staying tuned.  You can always follow me on Twitter or Facebook.  The links for Facebook is Here and you can also follow me on Twitter by clicking Here.

The Beginnings of Fall

It is hard to believe that it is already October.  The girls’ birthdays are this month which usually means we stay busy for the month.  Harvest Festival here in Bay is this weekend.  The good thing is that I am on vacation this week.  I have gotten a lot done around the house but still not finished yet.  The only other big thing that has to be completed before I head back to work is to install a new stove pipe for our wood stove and replace the damper in the pipe.  The weather is getting cooler here so we will need to get things ready for winter.  I hear that this winter is supposed to be colder and wetter than normal.  Things just don’t stay normal anymore when it comes to weather.  I can stand some snow but really don’t want the ice storm like we had last year.  We were the fortunate ones.  We were only out of power for about a week.  I am enjoying my week here at home.  My In-Laws have come to visit.  I enjoy them.  I finally have some one to share my coffee with.

October 6th is the run off elections for the Bay School Board.  I sure hope everyone gets out and votes.  I might have lost the primary election but there are still 2 other people that are running for the position that are more than capable to fill the position.  Becky Keith and Kevin Barnett.  Everyone has there reasons on who they will vote for.  I have my reasons of who I will vote for.  As I have said before, Both of these individuals would be excellent choices.  I will be casting my vote for Kevin Barnett.  I have known his family for a long time.  He has been a part of the Bay School system since he started Kindergarten and graduated there.  I graduated Bay Schools in 1985 with his Brother.  Whoever your choice may be, please cast your vote for your candidate.  Either way the election goes, We will all be winners.  Becky would do a good job, but just my personal preference, I will vote for Kevin.

I will be preaching again at Trinity Church on October 18th.  I will also be singing at the service too, which is a rarity. I will be singing with a friend of mine.  Michelle, I believe will be out of town that weekend.  If I sing, I normally sing with her.  I don’t sing by myself.  I am always excited when I get the opportunity to preach.  If you follow me on twitter (@jeffweir) you will se my profile which states that I am called to preach.  We all have a calling on our lives, but it is up to us to listen to the Lord for what direction we need to take.  Please join me on Sunday October 18th for an awesome, Lord Led service.    Please stay tuned.  There is more to come later.  God Bless!!

The Wonderings of September

The weather has been so awesome the last few days.  I have really enjoyed it.  This is the beginning of our busy month.  So many things going on.  The NEA District Fair is this month on top of all of the meetings at school.  Open house for the Elementary, PHT meeting and also the Bay High School Career and Technical Education Advisory Council meeting, the Election for School Board coming up on the 15th, the Elementary Book Fair and also Bradley’s night out at the end of the month by going to the Disney Live show at the Convocation Center.  I hope to be able to take Vacation towards the end of the month into the first week of October to recover.  Then In October is the Birthdays for the girls and the Bay Harvest Festival (which I always enjoy). 

I really enjoyed preaching at Trinity Church in August.  I have been asked to teach the singles class next Sunday at Trinity, so that should be exciting.  Things have been really busy at work.  We had an awesome last quarter that ended in August.  Now we have a lot of promos running and the Team is all excited about our increase.  We even get a full quarterly bonus.  That does tend to excite everyone on the team. 

The kids are really enjoying school.  Bradley has done so well in Kindergarten.  He goes to bed early with no problems because he plays so much and stays so busy at school.  Then he is up early and ready to go back.  That’s my boy, Always doing and wanting to go somewhere.  I just love the picture above of him.  We took this picture of him playing in the creek behind my in-laws house in Hector (just outside of Russellville).  They have a beautiful place there.  I am really looking forward to them coming for a visit.  It is so beautiful at there place during the fall.  Maybe we can get back down there in the fall again and try to take some pictures of the kids and maybe get Michelle’s sister, Angela to take some pictures of all of us. 

God is truly awesome.  He always meets our needs and takes care of us.  How wonderful to know that Jesus died on the cross for all of us.  Not just me and not just for my family, but for each and everyone of us.  As I have learned in the past few weeks, we don’t need to be moved by circumstances.  Just like Elijah prayed for rain and his servant didn’t see any, He continued to pray and the Lord answered.  We just need to diligently seek him in everything we do and do that every day.  Not just on Sundays and when we are at Church but in our everyday lives.  I guess I am really preaching to myself on this one because it is so easy to just follow a routine and do what we want to do but we (I) have to discipline ourselves (myself) to stay in his word and KNOW the truth about every situation. 

Jeff Weir for Bay School Board

Election Day is September 15th and coming up fast. There are two other people besides myself that are running for The Bay School Board position. All three of us would make a great member to the school board but I want to tell you more about myself and what sets me apart from the rest.

I grew up here in Bay and have attended Bay Public Schools from Kindergarten through the 12th grade. I am a 1985 graduate of Bay High School. I have 3 children that attend Bay Schools. Lexi who is in the 6th grade, Allison who is in the 3rd grade and Bradley who is in Kindergarten. My wife’s name is Michelle. She is a regular volunteer at Bay Elementary. My parents names are Gene and Norma Weir also of Bay. My Mother retired from the Bay public schools after serving 20 Years as the School Food Service Director. She taught me the importance of giving back to the community and that is exactly what I want to do. I started that journey shortly after High School by joining the U.S. Navy. I currently serve as President of the Bay PHT (Parents Helping Teachers) at Bay Elementary and have been asked to serve on the Bay High School Career and Technical Education Advisory Council. I am employed by FedEx Office in Jonesboro as the Assistant Manager.

The right person for this position needs to be able and willing to make themselves available to the community and to the parents of the students who attend Bay Public Schools as well as to the faculty. I know that I am that person who will listen and act. This position is not just about myself and my family. It is a lot bigger than that. It is about everyone in the community and about all of the children here that deserve not just an education but receive the Best that we all can give so that they can have many opportunities to be the next leaders in our Community and in our Country. I would like to have this opportunity to serve on the Bay School Board so that all of our voices can be heard. So that we all can put back into the school that has put us where we are today. The Bay Public School System plays a very vital role in our community and with me on the School Board, We can make a Difference.

Thank you for your Vote on September 15th.

Jeff Weir

Beginning of School

Off To a Good Start

The kids seem to have gotten off to a good start this year with school.  They really enjoy it.  The Sunday before school started, I woke Bradley up and told him it was time to wake up and get ready for Church.  We lazed around a little and yawned.  I also told him that it would be just a few days and he would be getting up early each morning to get ready for school every day.  He then asked, “Daddy, will it ever be summer again”.

  The girls seem to like school ok this year too.  You know, they are at that age where they don’t say much about it.  Busy school year this year though since I am the President of PHT.  I am excited about what we can do as a group for the teachers and student at our school.  I am also running for School Board this year.  The election is on September 15th.  That is less than a month away.  This is the first time I have ever run for anything.   I am a little excited.  

 

Make sure you follow me on Facebook and on Twitter.  Have a great weekend.

August

It has been a Lazy summer. It has been cooler than most other summers that I can remember and it has also been the wettest that I can remember. This is the first year that I can remember that cotton hasn’t been planted next to our house. I say it has been a lazy summer but I just haven’t had time to do anything it seems. I get off work and all I want to do is just sit around and be lazy. I want to go fishing with Bradley or play golf but just never have enough time. There is so much work to do around here at the house. I am tired of it looking like white trash around the house but it is just hard when you have a brother that has pigs at our house and he also has the chickens too. He doesn’t have enough time for them either so they just suffer. Oh but don’t misunderstand, he feeds them but I guess if they were mine I would do thing different. But if they were mine, I would get rid of them. Pigs do really stink. I sit and here my self talk or hear my thoughts and realize that I keep saying I want, I want, I need, I need. What I want and need should be what the Lord has already provided me with. I am truly blessed. I have a good job. I guess I just need a vacation.

There are so many things that I want to do. One thing I do want to do, I will be doing on August 9th. In one more week. PREACHING!! I am so excited about that. Maybe a little nervous though because I have only preached at Churches where there were about 25 people. Next Sunday, I will be preaching in front of about 200 or so people. AAAHHH!!! But I can do all thing through Christ Jesus. I am also running for Bay School Board. I have some good competition. The reason why I am running for School Board is that I want to serve the community and the kids. I have 3 kids that are now in school at Bay, and I went to school there from Kindergarten to the 12th grade. It’s an awesome school and am proud that my kids are going there.

And with that, I say Good Night.

Finally Making Headway

It is a good feeling to work in the yard.  I finally made time because I never had any to spare, to be able to work in the yard today.  With the help of my brother, We were able to scrape our yard to where there is not as big of lumps.  You see, we have had a mess in our yard since we have had to tear out our septic lines and run new ones.  I have a friend that is supposed to come towards the end of the week with his tractor and box blade to smooth it all out but My wonderful brother borrowed a backhoe this evening and we were able to really smooth things out and also burn some piles of rubbish that has been piling up.  Michelle seems to be satisfied.  Her statement tonight was “ there is hope”.  There is so much that needs to be done to this house but things are just too expensive it seems.  I would love to get our yard all straightened up and even plant some flower beds but we first need to paint the house.  Michelle has been really busy with the kids this summer but today, she even painted the front door.  It looks great.  I need to keep pushing myself to get some things done around here.  It does make one feel better about what you have. 

This is a video of My Brother and his farm in 2001.

It’s that time of Year

Here it is, the middle of June.  We just got home from Homecoming at Apt Church.  It was good to see old friends.  We enjoyed the food and fellowship along with the singing.  What a wonderful bunch of folks.  It is funny how things change over time.  This time last year, I was the Pastor at that Church and now we have gone to a different church and just became members there.  I am scheduled to preach at Trinity Church (that’s were we just became members) on August 9th at the Sunday morning service.  I am excited.  I am excited what the Lord has in store for us in the rest of this year.

     It’s that time of year where we get busy.  The kids are out of school.  Lexi is getting ready to go with her Daddy Aaron for a week.  We are getting ready to take a trip to my In-Laws house for a 3 day weekend.  I am sure that before school starts back that Michelle and the kids will go to Russellville again for a week.  Michelle will be substitute teaching at the school hopefully when school starts back.  I have the vacation time to take but really don’t think I will get the time to take it since we are short staffed but can’t hire anyone.  I can save it up until next year I guess.  Next year, we really need to make plans to go on a cruise for a vacation.  I hear that it is wonderful. 

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