Update 2012

Here were in 2012 and I have not added a new blog. I have had a bit of writers block. I actually have a draft, but have not been able to come to a good conclusion as to what should be said and what shouldn't. It has been a very tumultuous year for us. A lot of groaning as well as growing!

I have been out of work since August of 2010. Well, I was officially medically retired in 2010. I have not been working since 2008 or 2009, can't remember. That is bad, can't remember. I went back to work for a month, in July of 2009 if I remember correctly. I was very excited, thinking that I was on my way back to working and so forth. Then they called me after almost a month and said, your doctor still says you are limited. We need you to go home......and I never returned. So weird.

So, I am out of work, being paid half of what I used to make and in deep need of a job. But because I am disabled, it can't be a physical job. This limits my choices of jobs to such a degree, that here we are at the end of 2012 and I still don't have a job.

My passion, and the area of interest I feel God leading me towards, is Web Design.

I have prayed a lot about this and Web Design keeps coming up. So, I delved into it, and low and behold, I love it. I am not totally surprised. I have a love for computers, and hopefully someday programming. I have always wanted to write my own program. I still have a yearning to do so; that is on hold for the moment. I am feeling led to Web Design and I enjoy it immensely.

My first customer is a friend. A long time friend. She is my wife Nicole's friend from a long time back. The used to work together at a building inspection company. Jeff, her husband started a business of taking old musical instruments and turning them into Art/Furniture. His stuff is fantastic. So Kim asked if I would be willing to make them a web site. They had already made one, but they were not happy with it.

We decided that this would be a test drive, to see if I could actually do it, so no payment was asked for. I figured if I was successful, then they would be a great reference. I plowed ahead and came up with something they both loved. I was very surprised. I was not as taken with it, but it did fit their needs.

So, now I am learning WordPress. I love WordPress. I am so impressed with it. I want more than anything to change the site of my only client, who doesn't pay me, to a WordPress site. I have been working on WordPress.com to learn and see what I could come up with. I love what I have already and it is just a skeleton. So, I have been a bit preoccupied and the blog has suffered.

Hopefully soon, I will be able to put up my next post in an attempt to encourage Christians and non Christians alike. God bless and have a fantastic Thanksgiving and Christmas!