Hi all I know i has been a little while since I have posted. Lisa and I survived another Amazon peak. I include Lisa in that since she does not get to see me so much. The items that seemed to go out big was Hana Montana stuff, Elmo talking doll, Chou Chou Bottle feeding baby and a whole bunch of Rock band and Guitar Hero/Rock band Items, oh and I fogot the thousabds of Wiivfits we shippde out also. I did my usual great job as ambassador and grew to appreciate all the different people I worked with.
I also enjoyed getting to see how much the nephews and Niece have grown. I will try to keep up on the blogs so I can continue to see their growth. Lisa and I are looking forward to hopefully seeing some of the other neices and nephews in the coming year.
At work I had won some tickets to a movie called, "Seven Pounds." I am greatful to have won the tickets It gave Lisa and I something to do and hey I will never say no to a free movie. After saying all this the movie was depressing. It had some good parts but was weighed downby the begining which gives away the ending also. It is a man trying to make up for something he did which is a positive message. The problem is the way he goes about making up for that mistake. Not sure if anyone is going to see it but if not e-mail me at bdobkins@yahoo.com and I will fill you in a little more. It kept me watching which If I had to grade the move it would be 3 out of five stars. I can't wait to take Lisa to go see The day the Earth stood Still though. We will do that with the tickets we got from Scott and his family. Thanks Scott & Family. Till next time we love you all.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Amazon Christmas Peak.
Well it is that time of year for me.last week I worked about 54 hours this week is 48 and next two weeks will be 60 hours. Early last month we were not even sure what things were going to look like since the economy is not so good. I even saw a plan from one of the big chiefs that showed us only working 40 hour weeks through till the week of Christmas. Then about two weeks ago that all changed. They offered voluntery overtime the week of Thanksgiving so I took it. I also worked thanksgiving so that turned into double overtime. On top of that we are working 12 hour days. Though I start a little early becasue I have to do Truck Audits so I work 12.5 hours, did I also mention that on Wednsdays and Thrusdays I go from work to Church becuase I need to help with Tithing Settlement.
During the course of the day I am called on to help train people on various functions. It can be anything from Printing out packing slips to Packing the boxes to picking, just to name a few functions. I had one day were I was trying to train 20 people on 4 different pack lines. I got them up and running though.
After all is said and done with the amount of people we have there it is like organized chaos. I love it. I love the interaction I have with all the temps that come in. I also like that even the big wigs sometimes look to me for advice. I also will admit I look forward to post peak when things slow down for a little bit. Hope everyone has a merry Merry Christmas
During the course of the day I am called on to help train people on various functions. It can be anything from Printing out packing slips to Packing the boxes to picking, just to name a few functions. I had one day were I was trying to train 20 people on 4 different pack lines. I got them up and running though.
After all is said and done with the amount of people we have there it is like organized chaos. I love it. I love the interaction I have with all the temps that come in. I also like that even the big wigs sometimes look to me for advice. I also will admit I look forward to post peak when things slow down for a little bit. Hope everyone has a merry Merry Christmas
Sunday, November 23, 2008
A test
Hi everyone. I was looking at another blog and they had a link to this civis test. It is only 33 questions but it would be interesting to see how people do on it. Would love to know. I scored an 84% on it. Here is the Link: http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx. Please let me know how you did.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Yes we are still alive
Well It has been a long time since we have posted to this blog. Though Lets face it, Lisa and I live pretty dull lives. We work, we go to work out and occasionally will drive somewhere but nothing exiting, just a drive up to Virginia City.
As far as weight loss goes Lisa is Doing great. She went from a high if 145 lbs to a low right now of 123 lbs. Great Job Lisa! Work has been going good for her. She was getting nervous for a while because she was only working for about 12 hours a week but she is back to her 20 hour weeks so she is happy. Lisa has also been released from Nursery. It will be interesting to see what her next calling will be. She has been in Nursery in one ward or another for 12 years. I guess Relief Society has a calling for her but not sure what it is since they have not extended it to her yet.
I have pretty much reached a point where I am happy about where I am. I may or may not reach below 155 lbs but I have been maintaining a weight from about 160 - 165 so I am very happy. I can wear a size 34 pants. I do go to the Gym about 4 to five times a week. I can do 5 pull ups and about 3 reverse pull ups. My record on the treadmill last week was 31 minutes and 30 seconds. and I do a lot of weights. Though I do need to focus a little more on ab exercises but hey I have come a long way.
As far as work goes out the economy is starting to catch up to it. I have been working anywhere from 20 to 30 hours. Things have changed so much that we are staying in the same building and not upgrading to a larger building. They did not decide to do a night shift here so I will not be the Night Shift training manager and it has reached a point they are not even going to do like last year and run a shift to 10 pm. The plus side of all of this is Lisa and I payed the car off so no debts and even our Rent has gone down. It dropped 10 dollars. It was a complete shock to me.
Well that is our life.
As far as weight loss goes Lisa is Doing great. She went from a high if 145 lbs to a low right now of 123 lbs. Great Job Lisa! Work has been going good for her. She was getting nervous for a while because she was only working for about 12 hours a week but she is back to her 20 hour weeks so she is happy. Lisa has also been released from Nursery. It will be interesting to see what her next calling will be. She has been in Nursery in one ward or another for 12 years. I guess Relief Society has a calling for her but not sure what it is since they have not extended it to her yet.
I have pretty much reached a point where I am happy about where I am. I may or may not reach below 155 lbs but I have been maintaining a weight from about 160 - 165 so I am very happy. I can wear a size 34 pants. I do go to the Gym about 4 to five times a week. I can do 5 pull ups and about 3 reverse pull ups. My record on the treadmill last week was 31 minutes and 30 seconds. and I do a lot of weights. Though I do need to focus a little more on ab exercises but hey I have come a long way.
As far as work goes out the economy is starting to catch up to it. I have been working anywhere from 20 to 30 hours. Things have changed so much that we are staying in the same building and not upgrading to a larger building. They did not decide to do a night shift here so I will not be the Night Shift training manager and it has reached a point they are not even going to do like last year and run a shift to 10 pm. The plus side of all of this is Lisa and I payed the car off so no debts and even our Rent has gone down. It dropped 10 dollars. It was a complete shock to me.
Well that is our life.
Friday, October 10, 2008
First Snow
AS I was writting the blog below this I looked out side and today is the first official snow day. It is even starting to stick to the trees. All I ask is that the roads to work in the morning are snow and Ice free.
Parents
The other day between sessions of General Conference I had gone out and sat on the bench at the in-laws house. The sun was shining and at that time there was no wind so it felt real good just to sit there and think about what I had heard. I was also thinking about my parents. I know I never really gave them as much credit as I could have. The thing I was thinking about was how they helped shape my faith. I was not raised in the church, at least not the first 13 years of my life, but I would like to share two things that my parents did that got me to that point.
I wanted to start with my dad. He, like my mom, was not super religious. He became catholic because of something he had witnessed in WWII. He was in the middle of a battle and there was the priest running around, with bullets flying every where, administering last rites and comfort where he could. Through all this he never got a scratch. To my dad that was incredible to see. It was that experience and a few other things that dad shared with me. He gave me a personal testimony that he knew God was out there. I was young and it was before I knew about the church but dad at least tried to give me a sense that there is a God.
My mom also tried to instill in me her belief that there was a God and Jesus Christ was real. Some times she would alternate regular stories with stories from the bible, the standards like Noah, Moses Joseph, just to name a few. In the little town of Washington where I spent most of my formative years my mom started a Sunday School for us kids. There was probably about 7 of us but she made sure we each had a Bible, it was the good news bible if I remember right. And we would sing a hymn and then "read" or talk about a story in the bible. Since we were all kids (ages between 7 - 12) we would do art activities afterwards to show what we had learned. We also had to memorize certain passages from the bible, my moms answer to 12 articles of faith memorization. It was not to many the two that stand out was the Lords prayer and the Psalm that begins, "the Lord is my Shepard I shall not want...". Plus the ten commandments.
Between the two of them they at least instilled in my a sense that there was a God. Even when there was not a Church around. I would sometimes of my own free will read from the bible. I always liked the stories about the prophets. I was also blessed that when I did come to know the church and wanted to join they were supportive of me. Thanks Mom and Dad
I wanted to start with my dad. He, like my mom, was not super religious. He became catholic because of something he had witnessed in WWII. He was in the middle of a battle and there was the priest running around, with bullets flying every where, administering last rites and comfort where he could. Through all this he never got a scratch. To my dad that was incredible to see. It was that experience and a few other things that dad shared with me. He gave me a personal testimony that he knew God was out there. I was young and it was before I knew about the church but dad at least tried to give me a sense that there is a God.
My mom also tried to instill in me her belief that there was a God and Jesus Christ was real. Some times she would alternate regular stories with stories from the bible, the standards like Noah, Moses Joseph, just to name a few. In the little town of Washington where I spent most of my formative years my mom started a Sunday School for us kids. There was probably about 7 of us but she made sure we each had a Bible, it was the good news bible if I remember right. And we would sing a hymn and then "read" or talk about a story in the bible. Since we were all kids (ages between 7 - 12) we would do art activities afterwards to show what we had learned. We also had to memorize certain passages from the bible, my moms answer to 12 articles of faith memorization. It was not to many the two that stand out was the Lords prayer and the Psalm that begins, "the Lord is my Shepard I shall not want...". Plus the ten commandments.
Between the two of them they at least instilled in my a sense that there was a God. Even when there was not a Church around. I would sometimes of my own free will read from the bible. I always liked the stories about the prophets. I was also blessed that when I did come to know the church and wanted to join they were supportive of me. Thanks Mom and Dad
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Test Results
Hi everyone and welcome to my humble little hovel. Well in the past two weeks I have gone through three medical tests. They were not bad tests 2 were easy the third easy except for the prep work the day before.
Well let me get the first test out of the way. That was the one I did this morning. The colonoscopy went great no signs of trouble and doc said to jsut come back in five years for another. YEA!
The second and third test were done last tuesday. The First test was the eckocardiogram. The news on that was there was no issues in fact nothing has changed in the two years since I had my last one so I guess I get taht one in another 2 years. Another, "YEA!"
Thje third test took a little longer. It was right after the echo. They hooked my up with five monitering patches with wired and I had to wear for 24 hours a Holter (or portable EKG machine. It is not the most comfortable thing to wear but oh well I managed to live with it. I did my normal routine around the house and going to work out. Was afraid that when I was sweating the patches would fall off but the held on real good. I guess it is some kind of sticky stuff that is just a step below superglue becuase I was able to remove it from myself with little or no pain a all. The results from this test were there have been changes since two years ago. I guess my heart is slowing down with age. befoer we I had these tests my Cardio Doc was talking about me maybe switching to one year apart visits but when the relutls for the second test came back she decided 6 months would be a better idea. I guess compared tot he one I took two years ago there was enough of a difference to warrent this action. To give you an idea the normal resting heart rate for most people is between 55 and 60. Well I guess mine averaged about 42 and there have been a few times it dipped below 40. When I was doing the Echo it dropped to 39 twice and this morning at my other test they clocked a 38 at one point.
There is good news from this. I do not feignt or get dizzy spells so that is good news. I know I do get tired. You all have seen how quick I can dose anytime anywhere. but somewhere down the line I will need a pace maker. It is no longer a metter of if, but when.
Lisa is Happy she is back to working her 20 hors per week and today she started her new time change which is 12 pm to 4 pm. She likes that better. Enjoy
Well let me get the first test out of the way. That was the one I did this morning. The colonoscopy went great no signs of trouble and doc said to jsut come back in five years for another. YEA!
The second and third test were done last tuesday. The First test was the eckocardiogram. The news on that was there was no issues in fact nothing has changed in the two years since I had my last one so I guess I get taht one in another 2 years. Another, "YEA!"
Thje third test took a little longer. It was right after the echo. They hooked my up with five monitering patches with wired and I had to wear for 24 hours a Holter (or portable EKG machine. It is not the most comfortable thing to wear but oh well I managed to live with it. I did my normal routine around the house and going to work out. Was afraid that when I was sweating the patches would fall off but the held on real good. I guess it is some kind of sticky stuff that is just a step below superglue becuase I was able to remove it from myself with little or no pain a all. The results from this test were there have been changes since two years ago. I guess my heart is slowing down with age. befoer we I had these tests my Cardio Doc was talking about me maybe switching to one year apart visits but when the relutls for the second test came back she decided 6 months would be a better idea. I guess compared tot he one I took two years ago there was enough of a difference to warrent this action. To give you an idea the normal resting heart rate for most people is between 55 and 60. Well I guess mine averaged about 42 and there have been a few times it dipped below 40. When I was doing the Echo it dropped to 39 twice and this morning at my other test they clocked a 38 at one point.
There is good news from this. I do not feignt or get dizzy spells so that is good news. I know I do get tired. You all have seen how quick I can dose anytime anywhere. but somewhere down the line I will need a pace maker. It is no longer a metter of if, but when.
Lisa is Happy she is back to working her 20 hors per week and today she started her new time change which is 12 pm to 4 pm. She likes that better. Enjoy
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