Jennifer, Caden, Emma (our dog) and myself would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!
We’ll have lots of FUN pictures on-line after Christmas, but to hold you over until then, I do realize, you care more about the pictures, than the updates, here is our Christmas e-card: http://www.nealbreeding.com/2007/
God Bless!
The Breedings
About 2 years ago, I read Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul written by John Eldredge. It was a really refreshing take on Christianity and men. Now that we have a “little man,” I thought it would be good to read it again, and maybe blog a bit on different asspects of the book that spoke to me that I was willing to share. So here goes…
John Eldredge talks about little boys wanting adventure. I believe Eldredge is right on target with this statement, at least for myself. Let me chase a few rabbits here… (as my sister and I always say)
As a little boy, nothing was better than spending long summer days “exploring” in the woods behind the house. First behind the shop, what was known as “The Little Creek.” Then following the creek until it became “The Big Creek,” a washed out gully that seemed to be 10 feet deep (really is was about 4-5 ft).
There was Brierland, with briers that were at least 4 inches think (in our minds, in reality, they were more like about an 1 inch), and the remnants of a fort with a tree leaning so far over that if it fell, it would have made a perfect bridge over “the Big Creek.”
There was one long day’s journey with cousins from KY, us with our rubber boots so we could walk in the creek without getting wet. The plan was to follow the creek for as long as we could maybe even to the “Red River?” We finally came to an area where the creek was very shallow, flowing in a steady stream over quicksand (ok, not the real stuff, but the stuff that if you stood in place too long, your boot got stuck). The creek was very wide at this point, it was late in the day and had started wondering how/if we were going to get home. Of course we did, we soon came up to a neighborhood that we knew called and had our parents come pick us up at the McBrides.
I remember the first time I was allowed to ride on the shoulder of Hwy 28E down to Charlie’s, a local convenience store, to get some candy. The thrill of “riding on the road” and the danger (in my eyes) with cars driving by me.
I could go on… he talks about his first toy gun set… I had one pearl handle cap gun that I LOVED… bit, enough rabbits for now… those are very vivid childhood memories I still have of my “adventures” growing up.
It is hard to believe another month has gone but it has – actually more than
a month. I sent out the last update on October 10th. Caden is 5 months+
and growing like a weed that has been fed micarle grow and watered ever day,
ha! ha!
He has attended 3 Louisiana Tech Football games (at least until half time)
and can’t wait for his parents to take him to some basketball games! 🙂
He has made two road trips in the last month, one to Pineville, only a
couple of hours away. He apparently didn’t like the last half of the trip
home, because he yelled most of the way. He did must better on the next
road trip, to Hot Springs Village and Benton, AR (about 3.5 to 4 hours
away). He slept most of the way there, expect the last 30 minutes, and he
slept the ENTIRE way home! His parents were VERY excited about this LONG
nap.
Speaking of sleep, we ARE getting it. Of course, we really can’t complain,
we’ve he has been a great sleeper since we brought him home. He does
however, have his dad’s daytime sleeping habits (I’ve been told).
“A 30-40 minute cat nap is great, all I need and I’m ready to go again!”
ha! ha!
We are hanging around Ruston for Thanksgiving, grandma Breeding and Auntie K
and Uncle Clint are all coming to stay. I wonder if there will be any food
cooked at our house during this time?
On to what you really want! Pictures of the boy!
http://www.nealbreeding.com
October and November links).
Here is a bonus shot we took tonight!
God Bless!
Love Neal, Jennifer, Caden and Emma (the dog)
Neal’s Notes: This may or may not work. On Windows Server 2003, it did not report the right bios (or the one I was looking for) and the registry entry was blank.
(Taken from “How To Find the BIOS Version in the Windows Registry,” written by Tim Fisher)
Note: If the BIOS date is shown, it can be useful in determining the current BIOS version from a motherboard manufacturer’s website if the version is not clear here.
Try it from the Registry
Note: No changes are made to the registry in these steps.
I recently was setting up a new PC for a friend. After uninstalling all of the “extra” junk that the companies stick on teh machine, I started installing the basics of what the DID need.
There are a number of free/shareware programs that I recommend for new PC computers. This list is really for myself more than others, but I figured by adding it to my blog, I could always find the program list in the future. All of the download links go to www.download.com — a safe place to download software (no spyware allowed on their site).
There are more I could list, an “Microsoft Office” alternatives, more programs on spyware removal, like Spybot – Search & Destroy (download) and Trend Micro HijackThis (download), but I’ll stop here for now.