Today i had the day off so i needed to clean our old desktop computer before i get ready to send it to my wife's sister in the Philippines. This computer is about 7 years old so its seen some good years. I've cleaned the insides of it before so this wasn't going to be a big deal for me, or so i thought. I just formatted the hard drive the other day and put a fresh copy of Windows XP Home edition on it so it was all ready to go. I just didn't want to send a dirty computer to the Philippines as that wouldn't look good on my part. I took the covers off, took the video card and main processor and cooling fans off the main board and vacuumed all the cobwebs off the board. After a thorough cleaning i put everything back together and re-booted the PC and got the black screen of death. I guess it couldn't find the video card so that's why i got a black screen. I removed the video card and checked it out for damage then re-inserted it again much to no avail. I did this many times all with the same results. Of all the problems i really didn't need this now. So now it looks like I'll have to try putting the video card in our new computer to see if it will work. If not, then it looks like I'll be taking a trip to Fry's to buy a new video card before i send the computer to the Philippines. Urghhhhhh!! I so don't need this problem now.

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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8o2EZNKXoFY/SU7l6FRnnxI/AAAAAAAABBo/OG2JmbTeBNY/s1600-h/DSCN4761.JPG">This Wednesday I had a day off so I took my wife and son up top Lake Cuyamaca for the day. The weather was terrible in San Diego because it was raining hard all the way up there. I promise my wife I would take her up to the mountain to see snow so when we got up there we had to stop at a check point and we were instructed we have to put tire chains on. By the time we got to a thousand trails we pulled over and put tire chains on. A mile of two later we hit snow and then we got up to Lake Cuyamaca and stop to get a bite to eat. So then we turn around and look for a spot to play in the snow, the picture you see here is were we stopped, we had a great time in a snow. We made a snowman. We bought a boogie board so we could slide on the snow. We had a great time and we’ll do it again soon!

<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8o2EZNKXoFY/SUwa7YUEy7I/AAAAAAAABBg/akt2zcw_Muo/s1600-h/9281.jpg">, and I remember that she mentioned that she really wants to have this kind of watch. I even read in her post that she was hoping I can read her post and surprised her with this concord luxury watch. I think this will be a great gift for her but I have to save money to get this. However, when I visited the thewatchery.com I found out that they are having a clearance up to 90% off msrp. I think this would be a best time to purchase it since their on sale. I won’t promise when I will get it but hopefully it will be soon so I can avail their clearance sale. Anyways, if you guys out there are looking for the best gifts for you love ones for this coming holiday I would highly recommend you to check out thewatchery.com because you can find all kinds of luxury watch that you will definitely fall in love with. Like I said they’re on sale at this time so you might want to avail their amazing offers and great deals. Good news to those US residents because once they place order that’s worth $100 bucks or so they can avail the free shipping programs.

As a father, i feel so fortunate that my son loves to eat vegetables. When we go to the Chinese buffet my wife feeds him broccoli floret's and green beans and he really loves to eat them. I'm so happy because i hear many little children these days don't eat enough vegetables. Vegetables are packed with all kinds of vitamins and nutrients to prevent a wide variety of diseases. Vegetables are important sources of many nutrients, including potassium, dietary fiber, folate (folic acid), vitamin A, vitamin E, and vitamin C. They can prevent stroke and cancer as well so the next time you try to feed your children vegetables and they don't like it, just remember the benefits.

<p align="center"><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KYntyuhYZL8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KYntyuhYZL8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></p>My wife mentioned to me this story about a Filipina named Leafil Alforquee who had only been here in the United States for 3 days after being petitioned by her fiancé who lives in Oregon. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYntyuhYZL8"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Click here</span></a> for the complete story. Apparently this woman and her fiancé were on a popular beach and the man was going to pop the question to her on a famous rock or beach area when a large wave came up and swept the Filipina off the rock and into the sea never to be found again. When my wife told me this story i got so mad about this guy. First question. What normal responsible man takes his fiancé to an area of a beach that's considered to be a hazardous area with Thick fog and dangerous water conditions in Neskowin Beach and proposes to her? Second question: Where is the emotions and sorrow on this guys face after this accident happens? I mean come on! We're talking about this guy’s fiancé here who he's been dating online for 3 years now. If he felt any kind of remorse, i sure missed it. You would think after that much time, there's going to be some serious tears but i don't see any. I'm so mad at this guy right now and from what I’ve heard, many other people are too. I would never, ever take my fiancé to a place that is dangerous like this to propose. And she couldn't swim either. This guy is totally irresponsible and i blame him for this whole incident. I feel so sad for the parents and i have a hard time getting this tragic accident out of my head. Anyone want to share their opinions on this and tell me how they feel i would love to hear from you.

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Yep, you heard me right. Mervyns is the next big business to be calling it quits because of the current financial crisis with the economy. My wife, son and i went to mervyns in imperial beach tonight and we bought a lot of clothes for my son and some new boots for my my wife. I cant believe the money we saved. My wife bought a pair of boots that normally cost $75.00 but she paid $30.00 for them. The cost of my sons clothes would have cost us $140.00 but after saving $80.70 the bill came out to be $59.57! My wife and i were stunned when we walked out the store saving a total of $120.00 off the regular price. We have the receipt to prove it but unfortunately my scanner is not working so i cant post it in this blog for all to see. But you can call any mervyns department store in your area and check my story with them. You really got to get to mervyns NOW before all the good stuff is gone. We bought Levis designer jeans for my son that were normally priced at $20.00 a piece but we paid like $8.00 for quality jeans. Try and find that at your local factory to you store or everything $5.99 store. I guarantee you that you wont! I'll go back on payday and get some things for me.

<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8o2EZNKXoFY/STNfPdK1_rI/AAAAAAAABAw/eXjcj19k8os/s1600-h/DSCN4027.jpg">Last night my wife, son and i drove to the market to buy milk for my son and some cheese and eggs for breakfast. When we came home my wife was putting everything in the refrigerator and my son grabbed a dozen eggs and dropped them all over the floor. We were both mad at him but we handled the problem quickly. I went to the couch to lay down and watch the news and my son started to get cranky throwing things all over. My wife fed him a bottle of milk and tried to put him to bed but he eventually came back out looking around. I told him, hey, you want mommy? then my said, "Ethan, come to mommy" but he started to cry. Then he climbed on top of my stomach and i thought he will watch his choo choo movie but he fell asleep on me and i was so touched that he miss his daddy and fall asleep on him. Although i don't have a picture of him sleeping on me, i do have some of him and i playing. I hope you enjoy this picture as much as i do. Daddy's little boy.

<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8o2EZNKXoFY/STNhOxeEetI/AAAAAAAABA4/TrG-O5xgYC4/s1600-h/walmart.jpg">Did you hear about the walmart worker who died today? I'm just appalled because of the way he died and this didnt have to happen had people act more civilized. I guess there where many shoppers waiting at the door for a long time for the store to open and when it finally did open, he was trampled to death from out of control bargain hunters eager to get in. I think this is ridiculous. I was so mad when i heard about it. Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers shouted angrily and kept shopping when store officials said they were closing because of the death, police and witnesses said. They didnt even stop to consider the injured man and just kept shopping. That people care more about hoarding material things than to act like civilized people. One person was quoted as saying that the people were acting like savages. Its a shame that this world has stooped to this low. I had to work today but even if i didn't i would have never woke up so early in the morning to wait for the stores to open just so i can get a better deal on a t.v. or computer or something else. Its sad to say that we now live in a society where success is measured by the amount of material wealth one has obtained. Who has the bigger, most bad off road vehicle or suv or house or cell phone. That's just plain crazy. I will never in my life take part in something like this! My prayers go out to the family of this poor man. I'm a Jehovah's witness and we are taught to live a simple life. The authorities say they are looking at store video to try to prosecute those involved in this tragic incident.

<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8o2EZNKXoFY/SS4YYC7xRYI/AAAAAAAABAI/ZUj2OZkTM7k/s1600-h/DSCN4585.jpg">Today was my day off and i was planning to stay home and take it easy but my son kept bothering us so we turned on the t.v. and put on the DVD Thomas the tank engine but he soon got bored of that. I had to take out the trash and clean the trash barrel outside so we took our son out to get some fresh air but soon went back in the house but my son didn't want to go so he started crying so i told him we will take him to the park. After dressing him and me and my wife we all got in the car and headed for the beach but then it started to rain so i told my wife we will go to peter piper pizza but we ended up at chuck e. cheese's and boy did we have a blast and so did my son. He don't want to leave. We played a lot of games and win tickets to get him a toy prize. He got a big ball and a lunch box and a bat and ball.

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This year i have really noticed I'm starting to gain some weight. Not a lot of weight but its definitely noticeable. I guess you could say i probably could stand to lose about 20 pounds. I currently weigh about 240 but that's a Little too much for me. The problem I'm having is trying to lose that 20 pounds. I never had to diet before in my life but after i quit smoking, i noticed that i started eating more and really enjoyed eating all kinds of foods. I even inherited the job as head cook in my family. But i find it so hard to get motivated to exercise these days since i work full time as a bus mechanic in chula vista. By the time i come home I'm so tired and just want to rest. I spoke to my doctor and he told me not to use any of those diet pills because its not good for you. So anybody got any ideas how i can diet without starving myself? please don't hesitate to comment if you got an idea. I appreciate your efforts.

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Wow! i drove by the gas station this morning and saw that gasoline had dropped to $2.03. I'm loving it right now. Then on the way home the price dropped to $1.97 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. I'm sure these prices are only temporary but us consumers we really need something like this because the oil company's are making enough money from us. I just pray that these gas prices will remain low till next year so that when we decide to go to the Philippines the prices of our tickets will not put such a big hole in my wallet. Enjoy it now while you still have the opportunity.

Went to work this morning and it was just another boring Monday doing the same old thing i usually do on Mondays. Clean up shop. Do a preventive maintenance inspection on a bus. Boring! Well, at least i didn't have to work the weekend because i took it off to attend the special assembly for our congregation. If helped me to feel spiritually refreshed. Normally i have to do PMI on the weekends but i got out of doing it this weekend.Cool! Hopefully the rest of the week wont be so boring.

With the holidays fast approaching, now is the time to check your wish list and lock it down with a layaway plan from sears. Yes, you can get that favorite apparel, craftsman tool or kitchen item for your favorite friend or a family member now that sears has brought back their <a href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/post?slot_id=25168&amp;url=http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3A4E|0|0|%2a|n;209333365;0-0;0;31257846;31-1|1;28928014|28945893|1;;%3fhttp://www.sears.com/layaway?sid=IMxMCx20081112x00008" target="_top" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sears Layaway</span></a><span style="color:#3333ff;"> </span>program just in time for the holidays to make all your special wishes come true. I think this is a great idea because with the tight economy, many consumers just don't have the cash to pay for everything now. And the timing couldn't be more perfect. I've been planning to get my brother-in-law a new set of mechanics 3/8" standard socket set with some ratchets because he don't have this set. My sister has been wanting a new Timex watch to replace the broken she has so i put her on my list for a new watch. And my wife loves those bath and body cosmetics that sears has on sale all the time so i decided to give her some cosmetics and i want to get her some channel no 5 perfume. She really loves channel products. What i like about the sears layaway program is i can pay a little at a time and be able to fullfill my wish list just in time for the holidays. Thats one less thing i have to worry about. Thanks sears!

I was happy to see that the prop 8 initiative passed with flying colors but now i feel disgusted that there are some people who just don't get it and are staging protest and rallies against this. I firmly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman. I'm a faithful christian of Jehovah's witness and we are taught to follow bible principles. Just like the bible said that their will be signs like we see today with man marrying man and woman marrying woman. Whats next? And if gay marriage is permitted how do you explain to your children that its OK if a man kisses another man? Next thing you know they will make it legal for a man to marry one of his own family. Who knows. The important thing to note is that Jesus Christ said in the bible that these will all be signs of the critical times hard to deal with. The Bible is clear: God does not approve of or condone homosexual practices. He also disapproves of people who “consent with those practicing them.” (<a href="javascript:showCitedScripture(">Romans 1:32</a>) And “marriage” cannot give homosexuality a cloak of respectability. God’s direction that “marriage be honorable among all” precludes homosexual unions, which he considers detestable.—<a href="javascript:showCitedScripture(">Hebrews 13:4.</a> .”— <a href="javascript:showCitedScripture(">Leviticus 18:22</a>.

My wife, son and i just came home from a day at the kingdom hall in Escondido. We had our special assembly this weekend and our souls were spiritually refreshed with important spiritual food. We learned that as Christians, we need to remain humble and to live a simple life because a material life will not create happiness. Well, many material things may give you temporary happiness but later on you will still feel empty inside. And besides, you cant take any of these material things with you when you pass away so what good is it? We learned that we need to store up treasures in heaven, not for this world because the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the showy display of one’s means of life—does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world. Furthermore, the world is passing away and so is its desire, but he that does the will of God remains forever.

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Well, more bad news came in this week for the economy as the unemployment rate went up to 6.5% which resulted in 1.2 million people without work. And if that wasn't enough to swollow, 2 more banks went belly up and the feds ended up taking over Franklin Bank, a Houston bank with $5.1 billion in assets, and Security Pacific Bank of California, with assets of $561 million, raising the tally of failed banks this year to 19. I feel so sad for all those people who have lost their jobs and their homes. I think about all those people and how their lives have come to a screaching halt all because of the economy. I just have to say i feel so fortunate that i have such a good job and am so fortunate to be able to continue to support my wife and son. Jehovah god really blesses my family and keeps us safe. Thats all for now.