Milo is quiet, until he hears the neighbor make noise than he is not quiet.
We all say we want quiet. But when is to quiet, to quiet?. For example, right now I am sitting hear, Milo is curled up next to me sleeping, but he dreams and makes noise in his sleep, not quiet. I am sitting hear writing, no TV. No radio, but I hear the fridge, the clock, the birds, I have a parrot and a love bird, they are usually quiet but sometimes they chirp for who knows why, and the cats will get up and walk around, not much noise, but you do hear them doing small things like getting into a box or cleaning themselves. I can hear the train in the distance even though I am over a mile away from the tracks. I can hear a truck or car go down the road though I am in a rural town on a small back road and of course I can hear the squirrels jumping from the trees onto my roof. Like I said, it is quiet!!!!
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Fluency blog 10
Milo is in a jumping around mood. The problem with that is, when he jumps on the back of my legs, he scratches!!!!!
I am finally getting into a school routine that works very nicely. I was trying so hard to find organization in how to do homework and keep up with other daily routines. I have been out of school for so long , it really took me some time to get a regular school work system that worked. I am detail oriented and I hate when things do not go as planned.
The hardest class so far has been TEC-108. This is math for the trades. The class is basically a refresher course on all kinds of math. I was very bad at math in elementary and high school. I was lucky to pass by the skin of my teeth. I remember in algebra class I was doing so bad that the teacher told me that she didn't care if I did the algebra work as long as I came to class, was quiet, I could work on what ever I wanted, pretty bad for me and what a bad teacher. She did this because I was failing so bad that she thought I wasn't trying. I got some much needed help from some freshman girls, oh I forgot to mention that I took freshman algebra as a senior. Anyway, the girls loved a band called Duran, Duran, I was a hair band guy, we were total opposites as far as music, but we got along very well and they helped me learn enough to pass.
The Tec-108 class was very hard on me in the beginning. I have worked hard on a daily routine that lets me work on all of my classes and I feel that I am getting organized. I am so surprised at how much homework I have.
ENG-101 is, of course, a composition class. That means lots of writing. I like to write. The one thing I was good at in high school was writing. My COM-105 class is cool. That is about speech writing and speech giving. I am good at speaking to groups and this is one class I really like. I have learned a lot about the speech giving and writing process. My other classes are seated classes. One is EGR-!05. This is a lecture course for new engineers. We get to hear a different speaker talk about his or her engineering field. The other seated course is IMT- 100 which is basic safety for the trades. We have learned about all aspects of job safety that affects people that work in industrial type jobs.
I am getting into a groove. I am finally finding my place at school and being able to get comfortable with a routine of studying and keeping up with my normal daily life.
I am finally getting into a school routine that works very nicely. I was trying so hard to find organization in how to do homework and keep up with other daily routines. I have been out of school for so long , it really took me some time to get a regular school work system that worked. I am detail oriented and I hate when things do not go as planned.
The hardest class so far has been TEC-108. This is math for the trades. The class is basically a refresher course on all kinds of math. I was very bad at math in elementary and high school. I was lucky to pass by the skin of my teeth. I remember in algebra class I was doing so bad that the teacher told me that she didn't care if I did the algebra work as long as I came to class, was quiet, I could work on what ever I wanted, pretty bad for me and what a bad teacher. She did this because I was failing so bad that she thought I wasn't trying. I got some much needed help from some freshman girls, oh I forgot to mention that I took freshman algebra as a senior. Anyway, the girls loved a band called Duran, Duran, I was a hair band guy, we were total opposites as far as music, but we got along very well and they helped me learn enough to pass.
The Tec-108 class was very hard on me in the beginning. I have worked hard on a daily routine that lets me work on all of my classes and I feel that I am getting organized. I am so surprised at how much homework I have.
ENG-101 is, of course, a composition class. That means lots of writing. I like to write. The one thing I was good at in high school was writing. My COM-105 class is cool. That is about speech writing and speech giving. I am good at speaking to groups and this is one class I really like. I have learned a lot about the speech giving and writing process. My other classes are seated classes. One is EGR-!05. This is a lecture course for new engineers. We get to hear a different speaker talk about his or her engineering field. The other seated course is IMT- 100 which is basic safety for the trades. We have learned about all aspects of job safety that affects people that work in industrial type jobs.
I am getting into a groove. I am finally finding my place at school and being able to get comfortable with a routine of studying and keeping up with my normal daily life.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
fluency blog 9 Why do people not do what they say
Milo is sleepy,
I do my best to keep appointments with people. I think that if you make an appointment with someone you should keep that appointment Calling 2 min before your scheduled time to say you are going to be late is just not nice.
I had an appointment with a person to come and look at my house for sale in Seymour Mo. Myself and my wife drove out to Seymour and got the house opened up, aired out and ready to show. We got there about 1 hour early so we would could spruce up the yard and garden, make the place look nice. We were working on the yard and we got a text from the potential customer asking if they could be late. I said we would be there for a while so they should come when they can, thinking that they would probably be a few minutes late. Well the woman texted back and asked if they could come at 4:30 pm. Normally I wouldn't mind waiting a little while, but this woman's original appointment was at 2 pm and she texted me at 2pm and asked if she could come at 4:30!!!!!! We made the appointment the day before, she knew she was coming at 2pm. She let me know by text at 2pm when she was suppose to be there that she was still loading a truck. She should have called or texted me sooner and said " I'm sorry ,but we have gotten behind, can we reschedule". The lack of respect of some people is mind blowing, this woman is 54 years old !!!! She knows better. Just rude, very rude. They finally showed up at 5:25 pm. I nicely showed the house to her and her boyfriend. She loved the house. She wanted the house, really bad.
In my ad for the sale of the house, my wife has written in very plain, English language, that we are selling the house, no renting, no rent to own and no owner finance option, the house is for sale, only. My wife has been nice enough to even include names and numbers of different finance company's. She has included private investors along with traditional mortgage companies. Well to put the candle on the cake on this day of showing the house to the very rude, late woman, she tells us that she wants the house, has to have the house and then says, " How much a month do you need to sell this house, I want to make the deal right now". My wife very nicely said " the house is for sale and that monthly price would be based on your finance company. Well, for her, that would not do. After all she had been a real estate sales agent [ right, and my dog Milo drives a car ] and that she had the comps [ she had no idea what she was saying ] all figured out and she wanted the house and we were going to give her what she wanted, we were going to give ownership to her and she would pay us 400.$ a month . We were very nice, yet completely frustrated and said that if she wanted the house she would have to find financing. She said no to our kind offer [ Don't I own this house ? ] and again gave us her terms and demanded we give her what she wanted. Well after some more of this craziness we said that we had to leave and go home and feed our son and that she could text, not call [ No way ] and we could talk about helping her find financing. Thank goodness she said OK and we got into our own vehicles and left, wow. I am still real ling from that wonderful day.
Thank you.
Scott Hasemeier
I do my best to keep appointments with people. I think that if you make an appointment with someone you should keep that appointment Calling 2 min before your scheduled time to say you are going to be late is just not nice.
I had an appointment with a person to come and look at my house for sale in Seymour Mo. Myself and my wife drove out to Seymour and got the house opened up, aired out and ready to show. We got there about 1 hour early so we would could spruce up the yard and garden, make the place look nice. We were working on the yard and we got a text from the potential customer asking if they could be late. I said we would be there for a while so they should come when they can, thinking that they would probably be a few minutes late. Well the woman texted back and asked if they could come at 4:30 pm. Normally I wouldn't mind waiting a little while, but this woman's original appointment was at 2 pm and she texted me at 2pm and asked if she could come at 4:30!!!!!! We made the appointment the day before, she knew she was coming at 2pm. She let me know by text at 2pm when she was suppose to be there that she was still loading a truck. She should have called or texted me sooner and said " I'm sorry ,but we have gotten behind, can we reschedule". The lack of respect of some people is mind blowing, this woman is 54 years old !!!! She knows better. Just rude, very rude. They finally showed up at 5:25 pm. I nicely showed the house to her and her boyfriend. She loved the house. She wanted the house, really bad.
In my ad for the sale of the house, my wife has written in very plain, English language, that we are selling the house, no renting, no rent to own and no owner finance option, the house is for sale, only. My wife has been nice enough to even include names and numbers of different finance company's. She has included private investors along with traditional mortgage companies. Well to put the candle on the cake on this day of showing the house to the very rude, late woman, she tells us that she wants the house, has to have the house and then says, " How much a month do you need to sell this house, I want to make the deal right now". My wife very nicely said " the house is for sale and that monthly price would be based on your finance company. Well, for her, that would not do. After all she had been a real estate sales agent [ right, and my dog Milo drives a car ] and that she had the comps [ she had no idea what she was saying ] all figured out and she wanted the house and we were going to give her what she wanted, we were going to give ownership to her and she would pay us 400.$ a month . We were very nice, yet completely frustrated and said that if she wanted the house she would have to find financing. She said no to our kind offer [ Don't I own this house ? ] and again gave us her terms and demanded we give her what she wanted. Well after some more of this craziness we said that we had to leave and go home and feed our son and that she could text, not call [ No way ] and we could talk about helping her find financing. Thank goodness she said OK and we got into our own vehicles and left, wow. I am still real ling from that wonderful day.
Thank you.
Scott Hasemeier
Friday, September 18, 2015
Fluency blog 8 Too much crazy on TV
Milo and me are just sitting here.
Have you watched TV much lately? So much reality crazy, nutty, and just out there stuff. I have seen little people, Bigfoot, UFOs, lots of Police reality stuff. You can watch what ever you want. I do admit, I like a lot of the stuff. I watch the Bigfoot people, hoping someone will actually get that perfect picture. Maybe someone will find a Bigfoot body, or maybe Bigfoot will just walk up and say, " BOO ".
The police reality shows are fun. Getting to see drunk people try and walk a straight line. Hold a foot up and out for ten seconds. It is silly, but sad. You know those drunks were actually driving a car just before the cop gets them. Scary when you think about that. How many drunks are out there right now driving?
I like the UFO. people. They all seem so smart and highly educated. The fact is, do we know what is out there? My take is the universe is so big, there must be more than us, I hope. I hope they, the aliens, are in interested in us, like we are of them. I don't want to be alien food." To serve man " a great Twilight Zone episode where people are on a space ship. They find a book titled " To serve man ". They think the aliens are going to take care of them until they realize the book is a cook book!!!!!!
So many channels to watch. When I was a kid we had five or six channels, one was the religious channel, but now, whoa, where do you begin.
Have you watched TV much lately? So much reality crazy, nutty, and just out there stuff. I have seen little people, Bigfoot, UFOs, lots of Police reality stuff. You can watch what ever you want. I do admit, I like a lot of the stuff. I watch the Bigfoot people, hoping someone will actually get that perfect picture. Maybe someone will find a Bigfoot body, or maybe Bigfoot will just walk up and say, " BOO ".
The police reality shows are fun. Getting to see drunk people try and walk a straight line. Hold a foot up and out for ten seconds. It is silly, but sad. You know those drunks were actually driving a car just before the cop gets them. Scary when you think about that. How many drunks are out there right now driving?
I like the UFO. people. They all seem so smart and highly educated. The fact is, do we know what is out there? My take is the universe is so big, there must be more than us, I hope. I hope they, the aliens, are in interested in us, like we are of them. I don't want to be alien food." To serve man " a great Twilight Zone episode where people are on a space ship. They find a book titled " To serve man ". They think the aliens are going to take care of them until they realize the book is a cook book!!!!!!
So many channels to watch. When I was a kid we had five or six channels, one was the religious channel, but now, whoa, where do you begin.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Fluency blog 7 Trees
Milo and I have been sitting here all morning doing homework. We have a guest, one of the cats, Oliver, is having a nice nap on some of my homework. Why do cats like boxes and paper?
I like tress. There are so many here in southwest Missouri. I am from Southern Arizona. People think there are no trees there. They would be mistaken. The desert has many wonderful trees. The Mesquite, The Palo Verde, The Saguaro cactus, The Ocotillo to just name a few. The desert can be full of green. There are many places where the Saguaro cactus grow like a forest.
The flowers are wonderful. the big cactus plants have some very colorful flowers. The Saguaro flower is beautiful. There are many places in the desert where wild flowers bloom like crazy. There is a spot between Tucson and Phoenix where the wild flowers are famous for the amount and the beauty they give.
Yes, I like trees. I like the trees here in Missouri. The Walnut, The Pecan, The Ash, The Box elder, The Oak, The Elm, The Dogwood and the Elm to name a few. When I moved here I was so surprised about how many trees there are in Missouri. There are over 50 common types. I have Some property outside Seymour Mo. and the place has many trees. The view from my porch is amazing. The trees in spring and summer are so full, it feels like you could walk from tree top to tree top. My son got married on the property. The pictures are perfect. He and his wife could have not picked a more wonderful spot.
Here is a funny story about Walnut trees. When I first moved here from Arizona, I noticed that one of the trees had a fruit. Well I thought it was a fruit. I asked my mother in law and she said " What fruit? " Well I showed her and she got a laugh. I was holding a walnut. Where I am from there is a lot of citrus trees. The walnut looked like a un-ripe orange. I learned something new that day.
I do love the beauty and the strength of the tree. It is so wonderful that we have so many different trees all over south west Missouri.
Thank you, Scott Hasemeier.
I like tress. There are so many here in southwest Missouri. I am from Southern Arizona. People think there are no trees there. They would be mistaken. The desert has many wonderful trees. The Mesquite, The Palo Verde, The Saguaro cactus, The Ocotillo to just name a few. The desert can be full of green. There are many places where the Saguaro cactus grow like a forest.
The flowers are wonderful. the big cactus plants have some very colorful flowers. The Saguaro flower is beautiful. There are many places in the desert where wild flowers bloom like crazy. There is a spot between Tucson and Phoenix where the wild flowers are famous for the amount and the beauty they give.
Yes, I like trees. I like the trees here in Missouri. The Walnut, The Pecan, The Ash, The Box elder, The Oak, The Elm, The Dogwood and the Elm to name a few. When I moved here I was so surprised about how many trees there are in Missouri. There are over 50 common types. I have Some property outside Seymour Mo. and the place has many trees. The view from my porch is amazing. The trees in spring and summer are so full, it feels like you could walk from tree top to tree top. My son got married on the property. The pictures are perfect. He and his wife could have not picked a more wonderful spot.
Here is a funny story about Walnut trees. When I first moved here from Arizona, I noticed that one of the trees had a fruit. Well I thought it was a fruit. I asked my mother in law and she said " What fruit? " Well I showed her and she got a laugh. I was holding a walnut. Where I am from there is a lot of citrus trees. The walnut looked like a un-ripe orange. I learned something new that day.
I do love the beauty and the strength of the tree. It is so wonderful that we have so many different trees all over south west Missouri.
Thank you, Scott Hasemeier.
Fuency blog six
Milo can curl up and put his nose under his tail like a ball, at least his nose is warm.
Teachers are wonderful. The education that is required to teach is a lot. Teachers have to start with a BS. in education. That is not the end. Continuing education must go on through their career. Pay is not very good. To compare a teacher with a person in the private sector, the person in the private sector makes money, gets better benefits.
Now you might think, "Why would after spending four to five years going to college, spending all that money and time would someone pick a carear like teaching. Well simply, they love what they do. I have heard it called getting the teaching bug, that bug bites. The amount of education a teacher must have is huge, the pay and benefits, small, very small.
Why do they do it? Its not the money. The ones who do stay and teach do it because they know it matters. They know that they are making a difference.
Teachers are wonderful. The education that is required to teach is a lot. Teachers have to start with a BS. in education. That is not the end. Continuing education must go on through their career. Pay is not very good. To compare a teacher with a person in the private sector, the person in the private sector makes money, gets better benefits.
Now you might think, "Why would after spending four to five years going to college, spending all that money and time would someone pick a carear like teaching. Well simply, they love what they do. I have heard it called getting the teaching bug, that bug bites. The amount of education a teacher must have is huge, the pay and benefits, small, very small.
Why do they do it? Its not the money. The ones who do stay and teach do it because they know it matters. They know that they are making a difference.
creedo
I know love. I know what it is to feel love. I know the pain of love The loss of love The joy of love. Can we love things? A car, a house, chair?. I learned how to love from Tami. I love Tami. I miss Tami. She has been gone for over five years. I love my kids, Brandon, Sarah and Adam. I love my wife Laurie. She and I both know the pain of love. We both lost our spouses. She loves me, she loves Mike Mile loves her We don't have Tami or Mike, but we have each other, we have love.
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