The Million $ Mystery House Across The Street??????

This is the house that just showed up across the street from us one day. Well, it was more than one day but it feels like an eternity since they started building it. For nearly two years now they have been working on this castle and it has done nothing but annoy the the snot out of me.

Supposedly the people who are building it are loaded, filthy loaded. I think they are originally from Michigan and he owns a RV manufacturing company and sells them to the celebrities.

This house has three RV garages to house his own elephants on wheels. I've never met them but the reason they moved to Searcy was so his wife could take care of her ailing mother. The house never should've been built on this lot, it's just way to big for the little bit of acreage it sits on. A neighbor of my in laws stated they have put at least 1.5 Million into it. Just to let you know we don't live in a area where the house are 1.5 million in worth, that's another reason why it doesn't belong where it sits. It makes our house look like the servants quarters.

So everybody has asked who is building the castle or the mortuary. We said we have no clue. The inside of the house is not even nearly finished and is constantly at a stand still when it comes to anybody working on it. It just annoys me so bad. If someone were to hand it over to me for free, I'd take the keys and blow it up.

Here is the kicker! I was driving to work the other morning and saw this huge sign in front of it. It is now for sale, just great! Who in Searcy can ever afford to buy this house. I'm just sick that some ding-dong came to this area and knocked down a beautiful fall setting of trees to build a house that no one will ever buy and it will sit there vacant probably for years.

Here is another thing that makes me sick!!!!!!!!!!! The rumor going around is that he is PART OWNER OF THE GREEN BAY PACKERS! I had to highlight that of course. Could you imagine if he was part owner of the Steelers, they would have to cart me off to the ER.

I will leave you with that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ebay Update On Ortiz Jersey

One hour was left on the auction for this cursed Ortiz jersey and it was going for $87,000 Dollars. I just checked the final result of the bidding and it finished at $175,000. WOW! It went for a good cause though to fight cancer. I don't think it would've gone for that much if it wasn't going for charity.

Pictures That Will Make You Crosseyed!

Look at this picture and count the dots. Makes you feel crazy in the eyes.
This one I believe you are to see if all the horizontal lines are all the same or if they are straight. I don't really remember what the purpose of it is, I just like to look at it. I've been on a lack of inspiration lately on my blog, I guess nothing really interesting has happened for me to write about. I'm sure something will come about soon. Thanks for reading- Clint

Parking The Sequoia!

I think we need to trade our SUV in. These aren't the prices yet in the south but if they reach that here in Searcy, we're not going anywhere. It's election year doesn't Bush have the power to do something about this. He seems to have the power to do everything else why not lower gas prices.

They say its because of a Japanese oil tanker that was attacked by TERRORISTS in the middle east. Imagine that, a terrorist had something to do with it. Plus investors are putting their money into oil because of the weak dollar and no increase in production of the towel heads in Saudi Arabia and terrorism. I need to buy some oil stock, forget buying gas I'll just buy oil stock. It's just plain crazy.

The Stupid Things The Rich Spend Their Money ON!

Those of you that keep up with every sport like me, have heard of the David Ortiz jersey that was buried. It was buried by a construction worker (a Red Sox fan) in New York at the new Yankee stadium to curse it. Well they dug it up and made a big deal of it. It was kind of humorous though. It's been put up on Ebay and is going for $71 thousand dollars with one day left on the auction.

I couldn't believe that a $69 dollar jersey would go for that much, obviously somebody is not hurting by the high prices and pitiful economy. Then I found out a little more about the auction and saw that the proceeds are going to the Jimmy V cancer foundation.

So if someone is going to blow a wad of cash like that, charity would be a good thing to spend it on.

Maybe somebody should check the concrete outside of PNC Park, maybe someone buried a jersey to curse the Pirates. Probably not, they just stink!

Clean Sweep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Pens! A nice sweep of the Senators. They got to pay them back from last years series loss. Who do they play next? Does anybody know?

Tree Man!

I found this picture on another blog today, and I was in complete shock. He really looks like he is turning into a tree. He had cut his knee when he was little and it got infected with a disease called (HPV). A rare wort disease that causes this to happen to a person. He will be going through a couple more surgeries to get most of it removed. Poor guy.

Late Night Blog, 12 am!

It's 12 am Saturday April 12th. I'm not quite to the sleepy point yet, even though Brayden has a soccer game tomorrow at 9 am, I should be counting the sheep.

Lately on this blog I get a thought running through my head and just come in here and start blabbering away. Well guess what? I have nothing running through my head, but I just enjoy blogging.

I have recently taken a part-time job at Lowe's here in Searcy. I was getting bored with insurance and Arkansas is not the best place to sell insurance. All the medicare special sessions ran out on march 31st so now I can only sell to those who are turning 65 and to medicaid disabled people. So spring hit and I got the plant fever again. Lowe's hired me to work in their garden department. 3 years out of the business and I forgot how out of shape I had become and how my plant knowledge went to the back of my brain to become a couch potato.

I'm enjoying it alot! I always knew I had a calling and I guess it is in the plant business, I just can't keep out of it. I always enjoy when somebody asks me about a plant type and chemicals, i just love talking about it.

I went to school to be a radio-tv major and just lost all interest in it, so I stayed in the nursery business i felt it just came natural. In insurance the drive is the money behind it, I don't really feel like talking about it at all to anybody. I do like sharing Aflac with people though, I guess it's because it can really help people. But getting people to buy it is very difficult, it's something extra they would have to spend their money on just in case something might happen. They just don't understand.

I had made a friend at Cingular when I worked there. He came in, an older man and we hit it off. He is from Princeton,WV and lives down here in the winter and resides there in the summer. He is a member of the Church and his daughters both work for Harding. So he would just stroll into Cingular and just wanted to shoot the breeze with me. After I left cingular he would come in looking for me and worried about me and what I was doing. I hadn't seen him for about a year and I was wondering what he was up to. Well, he found me at Lowe's, and I was very happy to see him. He will talk your ear off and I don't mind. He's been in three times since, and we stand there and talk about WV and whatever else comes to mind. The only thing is I don't know his name. I don't think we ever told each others names, of course mine is displayed on a name tag. But it's nice to have someone to talk to about home every once in awhile. God brought him to me for a reason. And I am thankful.

Well the penguins took another one tonight and it was fun listening to it on the radio through the Internet. I love to listen to Mike Lang make the call. And I guess the Pirates still realize they are the worst team in town again. When are they going to wake up and realize they stink? They need some money and a better front office. Hum, who could they get some direction from to become better? There are two teams right there in town that could show them some way to get back into winning. Oh, well I'm getting tired and need to count the sheep, have a good weekend and remember to say a prayer or two.

Rain, Tornadoes and Lightning Go Away!

Here is what our weather map looked like for today, a slight to moderate risk of severe weather. How fun! I believe a tornado touched down in the southern part of the state, but it missed us again. So we got at least 4 inches of rain this afternoon, it was a washout. My house will be floating down the street soon if it doesn't quit. I'm getting tired of the sound of the "beep,beep,beep" in the middle of a show telling us we still have a tornado and severe thunderstorm warning on our county and state. I think we know by now!
On a better note how about that 4- 0 shutout by the Penguins in the first game of the playoffs against the Senators. Michael, Michael Motorcycle! As Mike Lang would say after a goal.
It's a good thing my mother didn't come down here for Macy's birthday, she would not have survived our weather down here. Last year they were here and they had to go through a tornado with us in the basement of our house. The tornado hit about 6 miles from us, and she was calling everybody back home to say she loved them if she didn't make it. Bless her heart! Dad stood outside the door looking at the sky, I know he was wanting to see a tornado. Brayden was yelling, "Pappy are you crazy, get inside."
I've come to not be as shaky as I used to be about tornadoes. I used to worry all day about them arriving, I don't think nothing about them until that siren goes off and then I'm about to fill my diaper. Having a safe room makes me feel a little better. When we lived in the apartment all we had was a bathtub to hide in, luckily the potty was right next to it. Of course the safe room has to be proven before I can say it's a safe haven. Hopefully, we will never have to prove it, EVER! I'll just always believe it's safe.

I can't stop thinking about the Powell family.

I just can't stop thinking of this little guy. I wish I had met this little child. I continue to read the updates on his website, his father continues to update on it. His last update was heart breaking. He said that Ethan has been in Heaven for 54 hours and 12 minutes. They are in complete misery, and I can't blame them. I have held all three of my children alot more the last couple of days since the passing of Ethan.

I can't imagine what they are going through. When you become a parent for the first time, that child is your prize possession. You want to protect them so much, you don't want to be away from them at all.

I remember when Brayden had to sleep in that suitcase for his jondis (I have no idea how to spell that word), it broke my heart. But that was nothing compared to a child battling cancer. Constant prayer and many nights up worrying about them and when God will give you His grace for healing of the cancer.

Losing a child is probably the most frightening thing a parent can go through. I say I couldn't handle it, but God will never give you more than you can handle. I took Cayden to bed tonight and we just looked in the mirror and I thought how crushed I would be if anything would happen to him. As I walked Brayden and Macy into school this morning, I just walked behind them and just watched them. Not a care in the world, just doing their normal routine. But to me it was more than that, I love taking them to school even though they sometimes fight on the way. After this weekends event with the loss of Ethan I couldn't be without them one moment. They are an amazing gift from God and I will take care of those little presents as much as I can.

Please continue to pray for the Powell family and the many other parents facing the same situation. Pray for all the little children in this world and for their little futures.

Macy's 5th Birthday Party

These are the pictures from Macy's party the other night. She was very excited for it to finally come. She's spoiled and she knows it!!!!!!!!! Today is the first time I have nothing to really blog about. I'm ready for the Penguins to start their Stanley cup playoff run. The draft is coming up soon and hopefully the Steelers will get some good prospects this year. That's it I guess! Continue to pray for the parents of Ethan Powell! Thanks

May God's Little Angel Rest In Peace. Ethan Powell April 5th 2008

At 11:37 am Little Ethan Powell went to be with the Lord and join others who have fought the battle of cancer and lost. His father Ben apologized for his lack of faith and said sorry if he let us down. His faith was stronger than anybody I know of. Ben you didn't let us down you built us up and never let us down. I believe God had better intentions for Ethan and now he is in the care of The Heavenly God. The place where we all desire to be one day. I ask that you please pray for Ben and Becky Powell and that they will go forward and remember the great times they had with Ethan and remember that beautiful smile we all read about. God has great plans for them and all of us and we can't let Him down by not reach for the stars. I believe He will create another child for these two loving parents, one that will be stronger and healthier.

Please pray for a new beginning and blessings upon these two and that they will be faithful no matter what life brings them. I have decided to continue to reach out through this blog and find another child at St. Judes to write about and ask for prayers. For they all need our prayers at this time. May God comfort the Powell family in their mourning and that His favor will be upon them.

Psalm 23

"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures,

He leads me beside quiet waters,

He restores my soul.

He guides me in the paths of righteousness,

For His name's sake.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadows of death,

I will fear no evil,

For you are with me; your rod and your staff

they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

Surely goodness and love will follow

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

A Story Of Great Faith. Ethan Powells Parents

I have never seen great faith in two parents like I have seen in Ethan Powell's. Faith that makes mine look foolish. I wrote them a long email and told them what great parents they were. I don't know this family at all, but the Christian bond runs thick and through that Christian bond I feel like I've known them for a long time.

Your have to log onto his website and read the last paragraph he wrote, it will bring you to tears.

I don't know what I would do if one of my children were going through this same type pf situation. But I wrote to Ethan's father Ben if something like this were to happen that their story would run through my mind. Never giving up not one inch. Believing the situation was going to be handled through God, not the doctors but God working through the doctors. Through faith they have asked many to pray hard and lengthy prayers. I believe they knew that death may result in little Ethan but that was the last resort.

Of last report Ethan is in limbo between life or death, but we all know that God is the decider of all things He will bring the final decision. We all hope that Ethan will make a full recovery and that he will be playing baseball and doing other things that we have all enjoyed in our childhood.

If God decides to choose the other path for him, we all know he will be better off than any of us right now.

Ethan has become the rainbow in my life, I have seen a sign that has showed me to let the world be the world and let me and us be the pot of gold for those who need God in their life.

May God place all His comfort upon Ethan and the many others who are suffering also.

Please say a huge prayer for Ethan. Go to his website http://www.ethanpowell.com/ and read the stories of all his friends and adopt one of them for your prayers every night. May God bless the Christians in this world. - Clint

Ethan In His Critical Hour Of Life, Please Pray!

I just got done reading the updates on Ethan Powell and things are very critical right now for him. His little lungs have collapsed and his urine was blood red. This virus he has caught is trying to defeat him and it seems to be getting the upper hand. I pray that you would please pray that Ethan will make it through this time of distress and that he feels no pain. Pray that his parents won't lose their faith one bit and that God may give them the comfort they need at this very moment.

Rough Weather Night For US!

It's was a rough night for the entire state of Arkansas. This is a picture of a tornado that hit down toward Little Rock. They were the ones that recieved the worst damage.

There was a storm cell that broke loose from the original line of storms that landed tornadoes in Hot springs, Benton, Bryant, Little Rock , Jacksonville, Cabot and then it came directly through Searcy. It was probably the worst storm I have seen in a long time. So the sirens went off here about 11 o'clock. We had to wake up the kids get their shoes on and head to our little Fraidy hole below the house. Pouring down rain lightning everywhere, it looked like something out of the movie twister. Shannon was looking out the door of the basement and saw our neighbor pacing back and forth in his carport. It was pretty crazy, but I think we all had fun going through it. So the sirens quit and we headed back up to the house. It wasn't thirty minutes later that another storm had just come through Conway and was approaching us quick. This one was looking massive and scary, it had 10 signs of rotation in it. I said kids put your shoes on were going back down, Shannon said she wasn't going. My eye brows came together and I said you're crazy!

So the sirens went off again and we sat there watching the TV, Brayden is yelling at me that I am crazy for sitting there and not going downstairs. So I said let's go. I took Cayden and Brayden down in the Sequoia and headed down to the room. Bad mistake it was flooded in front of the door with about 3 inches of rain. So I wheeled the car in the grass. The tires started spinning, GREAT!

So I backed it out in a massive rain storm and drove up the road, big mistake because there was three inches of rain running down the street. By the time we got back into the garage the sirens had quit and the storms seemed to be over. Ah, I just love Arkansas!

A Prayer For Ethan !

Our Father in Heaven we need you in this desparate hour for healing and great strength for a true fighter and a true hero.

Loving God, we know we can never match your power and wisdom, but we humbly ask for your hand upon this little one. He has fought hard to be able to enjoy a normal life like any other child.

At this hour he is using every thing he has to fight

a virus that seems to be winning. Father his parents ask nothing more than to have their child to hold, to love and raise as one of your warriors upon this earth. Miracles come about every day through you and we pray for one more upon little Ethan. His parents are tired and worn out but they won't quit fighting until your will be done. Father we ask for your mercy and compassion for this little angel of yours that he might regain strength and healing through you. Millions are praying for his fight right now and we know you have heard our plea for help, hope and healing. It's through your loving Son , we pray. Amen

How Ignorant Can We Be?

I didn't really have a picture to match my writing tonight, so I just thought I would put this one in.

Nikki had a link on her blog about a story of 9 third graders plotting to do some harm to their teacher in Waycross, Georgia.

They had a knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other things in their possession also. What the heck is going on? Ah,bad parenting, not raising your children in a Christian environment, allowing kids at that age to watch extremely violent movies and allowing them to play terribly violent video games. DUH!

The principal of the school was dumbfounded by the plot and can't believe kids at that age could think of something like that. Hello!

Parents these days don't care about what their kids do. Not all parents, but there are many out there that don't give a hoot, what their children are doing. To some parents these days their children are nothing but a chore. If they can find them something to watch or do that keeps them entertained and keeps them off their backs they will let them do it.

We live in a strange and violent world. We have a bunch of parents who in my mind should never been allowed to breed. I mean that,truly and deeply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many would say it's the black people who are the poor parents NO! There are just as many white people who are pitiful parents too. Trust me I've seen and grew up with kids who had not so great parents or home structure. Parents are not taking on the responsibility of raising children like they should be. Then there are those ignorant people and corporations that produce violent movies and video games that should be hung upside down like a pinata until they confess to their horrible inventions.

If Brayden's principal called me and said your son was involved in a plot like this one above, the kid better be afraid to come home. He wouldn't be allowed to move for a week, he would get the spanking of a lifetime and then he would sit until he could not cry anymore tears. Then he would apologize to the school and the teacher and I would probably call one of the TV stations in Little Rock and he would do the apology on the air to the whole state of Arkansas. Discipline!

What ever happened to good ole' discipline? Not the time out junk, sit 1 minute for the age of the child. My kids would never learn that way, that's too short. The world has gotten to soft on this, I believe schools should paddle. The public school has lost their fear from the students, and therefore they are the ones who hide from the students. Pretty soon the school falculty will be packing heat in fear of their students.

I remember my principal at Triadelphia Junior High Ted Mattern he was to be feared. Big man and the Big Dog of the school. He would've given Hulk Hogan a match for his money, I feared Mr. Mattern. Then there was Mr. Richardson at Woodsdale elementary, my fifth grade teacher, that guy would've clocked you in the head if he was permitted to. If you talked in his class he would take you out in the stairwell an scream at the top of his lungs at you. He took a big class stud out there one time and the stud was balling his eyes out. Those 3rd graders would not have a chance with Big R. He would have thrown them like a bear throwing a bunch of cats. Fear in a teacher and fear of the faculty, that's what we need. But thanks to the ACLU and whatever else softy group is out there they have destroyed the world and it's culture by their ignorance.

We just continue to let them have their way. Why? Do we fear the activists groups? If we do we are just a bunch of cowards like the faculties in our public schools! These things will continue to happen if somebody doesn't stand up and say Enough is Enough!