Almostt Month 2 in JJB"S GA

Well as month 2 comes to a close, I find myself waiting for month 12. However today I was finally able to get the times straght when the members get together. I was actually able to attend a meeting tonight. That made it a great night. With the passing of President Hinkley I find myself pondering the many blessings I as an individual and America as a country have been given. We have been blessed with so many great leaders. Our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independance with thousands of troups in the harbor ready to kill them. Than they were able to fight it out with each other and come up with the Constatution. They were not perfect,but men are not perfect and wont be anytime soon. They were good enough for a modern day Profit to be born and begin the final desponsation. Most of our goverment leaders did a miraculous job with the problems they were faced with. The leaders of our church all did miricles in there lifetime which brought the church to were we are today. We truly do God's work. With the grace of God America as a nation and the Church of Jeasus Christ and of Latterday Saints both go forward indipendintly of one another and Feed, cloth, and educate people all over the world. When Americans are asked for help we give more than is required. When are chrurch leaders talk about a service project or someone in need more then is required step up happily. Presidently Hinkley once said
our lives are the symbol of our church. Presidently Hinkley's life was the Purest example of the symbol. He is now back in our Heavenly Home with his wife he missed so much. I am very happy for him. For the rest of poor people still on trile down here we still have to remember Chose The Right and Endure to the End. And some day with our familys we will see him again. I have a new question I will ask myself every night "did I Talk to someone about the gospel today?". I am so thankful for the people who talked to me.
Love Jim

Another Day In JJB'sGA

Well what a GREAT day. It started when I got up and read the blog. The Grandbabies really made me laugh. SNOW Is the best time to ride the Quad. QUIT BEING SO MEAN. Tell AAron to take the baffle out of the air cleaner it will double the speed. As for the cheap flattery from Abrion and Elaina do you think I am That easy. Your right just give me a shopping list and I will fill it. Gold can come in bracelets, earings, necklesses. bangles, or all of the above. And prestents for the baby. WHAT ever she wants. Esepecially if it makes noise and drives mom and dad and nanna NUTS. What can I say I am weak.
Everythng is going about the same. We are getting more work. What we do do is kind of fun. I just wish we had more to do. I have been doing a lot of reading. I am even starting to enjoy it. One of the guys I work with and I have started a Satilite tv Installition business. We get lots of work and it give me money to fill the grandbabies list of stuff. It seem we are the only ones that can line them up. I will write more later customers are waiting.
JIMMY

Adventure a bore

Well so far the most exciting part of this is, My mommy was able to post a comment. It only took 35 people and 3000 hrs of instructions but it happend. YEA MOM. Now send me treats. Now that I know you can do this I will be placing my orders for treats on the blog. Thanks mom. As for the rest of my family THINK POSTEM.
Kraft has stopped making it. So if it is on the shelf that is all that is left. The weather is FREEZING at night and pretty nice during the day. We are still boored but I found out something new. I can read. Imagine my suprise. I have been reading books. And not just the ones with pictures. Actuall history books. I was stunned to find out I could actually be boored enough to sit still and read a book. I dont want to make anyone nervious about the end of the world or anythig but it snowed in Hell last week and I am sitting still and reading books on the constitution, and the decliration of indipendance. I evan several others lined up. This is truly scary times.
I still really am really glad I came. I will be evan happier to get home. Time seems to be going fast. I really enjoy the pictures that have been posted. Marlyn I was waiting to see some pictures of Hawaii. The big joke around here is when we ask each other. "Are we in Hawaii or the Bahamas?" we got confused at the airport. We should have been carful we could have ended up in Iraq or something terrable like that. I will post again soon.
All my Love Jim
P.S. Dina stop picking on my puppies

Adventure????????????????????????

Ok today I hit rock bottom. I cant believe that I am in Iraq and Nothing exciting ever happens. So this has mostly been a big Yawn. After hearing how risky things are and the people dont like us, and the heat is misrable and all the other garbage I was hearing. The riskiest part of my day is getting out of my bed at 4:15am. I am still in a coma. The Iraqs I meet are alot of fun. They love getting there pictures taken with us. And today it SNOWED. All my hopes and dreams of excitment are crushed. The way is sounded in the job application was very diffrent. But I guess If the would have said. Job opening in Iraq qualified canidate would be able to Stay awake for 12 hours a day with nothing to do, Willing to use .00001% of there talent, Withstand the lafter of there friends when they find out your in camp cup cake, and feel good about sucking up a check that you did absolutly nothing to earn, Please Apply. I may have had a diffrent outlook. I am happy to be here, It gives me more reason to appericate the country that God Blessed and I live in. I get lots of time to read scriptures, so when Dina and I get the chance to go on a mission I will actually know somethng. I know that My lovely Wife is having a hard time as well. This is a learning experance for both of us. I pray we both appericat all that we have more when I return home. We have been greatly blessed with friends whom always help and familys that support our decesions. (2 perfect puppies) and our health. We have the gospel in our lives, which gives the understanding that there is a reason for all that happens. As I continue on the strange learning curve, I do so knowing that all will work out and there is a reason I am here. In the mean time it is snowing and boaring here at camp cup cake. But I have never been more thankful for the Blessed Nation family, frineds and gospel that sooner or later I will go home to.
Love always Jimmy

jimmyjoebob's great adventure

Well today was the most fun so far. A small crew (including my self) was asked to go to the marine camp were they train the iraqi army. We were not sure we were allowed to be there. We did not care either . Off we went to install a AC/HEAT system. Every thing was going fine until we had to cut power to the electrical box to wire up the new system. ( I prefer to be carful and keep the power on but safty wimps are all around) we traced out the wires so we new what we were cutting power to. Than took an extra step and got the marines involved and told them what we were doing. They said OK. Seconds after we cut the power some VERY Painiced looking marines came up to us and explained that the hole section of the base we were on including the COC (command operations center) did as well. OOOOPPPPSSSI When I walked into the COC there were buzzers and bells going off. Everyone seem to be very nervious. So I asked "are those buzzers and bells the battery backups?" They said "No they are telling us are radios to the guys in the field are not working" OOOOOPPPPPPPSSIIIII
We better get the back up generator working than. After running around in circles for about half and hour and tracing wires we found out the problem had nothing to do with us. That hole section of the camp lost power due to an unrelated problem. We did not have the heart to tell them our stuff worked all along. We were running off a generator. I dont know what they were so worried about. Its not like we are in Iraq in a war zone. Any way the weather here is freezing 30 to 40 at night and around 70 in the day. When the sun goes down the temp goes with it. I hope all is well with everyone
Love Jim

It started with Daises

Today was a busy day!!!! I finally found time to put away Christmas 2007. It was quite a perfect day for this rainy and gray. Listened to some great talks from and Jim and my business and before you new it, it was time for me to prepare to work in the Temple, but first I needed to go and deliver some much needed flowers for some friend's of ours. To bring you up to speed as to why that was my first stop. Yesterday we started out early and were on our way to a qtrly meeting in Frankfort KY with my Real estate Group. Well no sooner did we get the conference room setup and Realtors were piling in when my dear friend gets a call from the school that her Daughter (high school senior) was bleeding from a place she should not. So off she went to tend to her daughter an hour away, by the way. I am sure it felt like an eternity......so the conference went on without a hitch, one of the best we have had in awhile.
Well no sooner did we get back to Louisville same friends mother got the results of her Biopsy from a lump in her breast. The results were not good although they have got it early she will be now seeing a surgeon. All in one day, one family....
So Thank you for Service, I was off to deliver flowers that just happened to fall into my hands from another service evening the night before. Which lead me to what I could do for this other family. It was perfect, we visited and shared the comforts well needed by all three of us. What an amazing feeling, I felt the spirit like so many times before.
Which brings me to the Temple, well I thought I was scheduled to work (laundry for baptism's) which was cancelled and I wasn't even on the schedule anyway. So Sis Hatton whisked me off to the sealing room. As I was listening I realized only in this church you can for a moment be someone else. Many have often thought for a moment in crises or in a daydream have wished for a moment they were not themselves and were someone else. It was a silly thought, but at the same time I thought Today I was many someone else's in the sealing room. For time and all eternity families can be together for ever. What a wonderful gift. What a wonderful work!!!! I was in the service of our Lord today!!!! What great joy I have found today. I am full and I am grateful!!!!

My starving puppies

My starving Puppies If the one the right is smiling he just saw something he wants. They look like they are starving. I have been warning them about Steff and Stupid Rules. They get what they want in the end. I cant believe I turned 26. I dont look that old. It must be the 65 miles I run every day before work. Or the 3 hours I work out in the gym every day. For some reason I cant break that 400 pound bench press limit. Anyway all is the same here at camp cup cake. I am in more danger when I show up at Stephs house with my little puppies than I am in here. So dont worry Sandy. Or anyone else. The only indication I have that I am in Iraq is that I cant go home at night and there strange vehicles in the air and on the road. I still cant believe they sent me "Mr Macho " to camp cup cake. I will up date later thank you all for the birthday wishes and concern. And Cindy dont worry Tom Petty is an antique. He is probably on oxygen when he is not on camera.Jim

Happy Birthday from your Puppies

They wanted you to know, they miss you terribly but they are still running the show and are always first and foremost and everyone is catering to there beck in call!!!!! No worry about us DAD. I am sure they would say that mommy is getting on our nerves and lets not talk about that Stephanie chick, I really do not think she favors the cute cuddly kind if you know what I mean. But HAPPY BIRTHDAY and we really miss you, and can not wait until May 8th is is just not coming fast enough!!

New Years Day Camp Cup Cake

Well it is a new year. I got up this morning and looked around still dirt in all 360 degrees. Yea I am sill in Iraq. This place can get to you. But than I realized (in the middle of feeling sorry for my self) that the people of Iraq are not so fortunate as I. They will not be going home in a year, they still will not have electricty, and many will still be woundering how they will feed the family. Almost 4000 of our braveist have returned to there heavenly home and there familys are left behind. My New Years Resilution is to appericat what I have. And to be grateful for all the blessing including the One Nation Under God that has been givin to me. Lets all pray that the people In Iraq as well as the people in the many other troubled spots around the world find that 2008 will bring some sort of peace to there lifes. And maby evan give them the oppertunity to feel how great the feeling is when they get a chance to give service and help to someone else. I am so thankful for the example my friends and family have set for me. And all the people God has brought into my life. I finally figioured out that 2008 will be what I make it. As were all the other years.
Happy New Year
Jim