The crazy life I live

Since the first part of May my life has been a crazy, busy, non-stop mess. With my resignation from Welsh and starting of the Bumper Man business life has passed by really quick. I did some training in Atlanta, GA and New Orleans the second and third week of June and kicked the business off the last week of June. From the start the used car managers have been very open and receptive to what I do. I have worked most everyday and stay really busy. God has opened doors as every turn for me. As time goes on hopefully I will get more efficient and it will pick up. The hardest part is that the car market has hit a dead time with gas prices and everyone having cars they owe more than it is worth on and can't get out from under it.

The kids keep us really busy. Michelle has decided to homeschool Riley this year. We decided it was best to help her do some catch up and hopefully give her a great joy of learning. She seems to like it after the first week. The biggest challenge is taking care of the two boys at the same time. I know my wife can handle it.

My favorite MLB Player

I have been a Texas Rangers fan since I was a little kid. I have a plastic batting helmet and little wooden bat from from childhood with the Rangers logo on it. As I am typing this I am wearing my Rangers shirt. Toby Harrah and Buddy Bell were my favorite players as a kid. I remember the greats like Odibie McDowell and Ferggie Jenkins with the Rangers. I watched Nolan Ryan pitch one night. I know you would think I would cheer for a winner, but I am from the metroplex so I grew up watching those teams. I used to sit in the outfield seats as a kid in the old Arlington Stadium. The Rangers are 7 games out of the wildcard this year and are doing well, though they have trading away three pretty good pitchers over the past several years, Chris Young (Padres), John Danks (White Socks) and All-Star Edison Volquez (Reds). The Rangers have not seen much return on the players they got from the first two, but Volquez brought my new favorite Ranger. He is not my favorite player because he is good, which he is! He is my favorite because of what he has come through. If you don't know the story of Josh Hamilton it is one you need to know. After being drafted No. 1 overall by the Tampa Bay Rays, he got hurt and during the down time he got addicted to achohol and drugs. He was kicked out of baseball. I have followed his story even before he came to the Rangers and liked him, but the more I read about him the more impressed with him I am. My new favorite Ranger is first time and starting All-Star Josh Hamilton. Here is a neat story about Josh from the Dallas Morning News.

Here are some great quotes:

Sunday, the first player interviewed by Ernie Johnson and the network's baseball analysts was Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton. "I should be dead right now or in jail."

"When I get the urge to have a drink or do something I'm not supposed to do, I think about what a hypocrite I would be to my Christianity and my sobriety," he said. "My wife told me in the midst of my addiction that God was going to let me get back to baseball. "Being able to share my story, that's what it's all about."

Even if you don't like baseball, Josh Hamilton is someone you can cheer and prayer for.