Happy Birthday Abram

Happy, Happy Birthday,
Love ya,
Dad

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

To my long lost children, Happy Thanksgiving. I wish we could all be together. I miss you and love you.
Dad

Congradulations Mr. Obama

1 Million New Trees

There was an article in the Houston Chronicle this morning about plans to plant one million new trees in and around Houston, see Trees For Houston. When we came back to Houston, one of the things I notice was there were lots of new trees, especially along the freeways and at the interchanges. It was a really nice surprise. I'm so glad we are doing even more. It will make Houston an even better place to live.

Galveston oh Galveston

Brenda and I went to Galveston last Saturday. We wanted to see what has happened to her. Galveston is one of our favorite places to go. She was beat up pretty bad. Here's some pictures. Click on the pictures to get the "big" view.

81st Street Pier

Our favorite fishing pier, 81st Street Pier. Rumor has it a couple of guys were in the second floor during the storm. The pier was destroyed and the first floor washed away. There is also a pickup truck laying on the pier. If you notice, there is no beach along this part of the sea wall.

Galveston State Park

This is Galveston State Park. It was our favorite beach to go to. All of the structures you see in the pictures used to be in a grassy area behind the dunes. Now they are buried on the beach. We will miss Galveston State Park.

One of the picnic shelters. Totally destroyed and buried.

The restroom and shower building.


This was the main administrative building.

But . . . the beach looked really, really nice.

Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund MATCH

This is one thing where I have no qualms asking you to "be like me". Click on the above logo and donate some funds. The need is huge. Like Jesus said, "I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings." Luke 16:9

I'll match your gift. Here is what you have to do for me to match your gift.

1. Leave a comment that you are donating and the amount of the donation.
2. I'll follow up with you by email, so you have to use your real email when leaving the comment.
3. After I email you, you need to forward a copy of your donation email receipt.
4. I'll match your gift and then send you a copy of my email donation receipt.

I don't have unlimited funds, so I'll only match up to $1,000 above what I've already given. So, hurry up and give.

At the office

My office is without power and the electric company says that we will not have power until sometime after Monday the 22nd, but our manufacturing buildings do have power. You know what that means? On Tuesday, it was my pleasure to move the computer network from our Glenmont building to our Evergreen building. It was a lot of work, but it went pretty well. The Glenmont office is now up and running at Evergreen.


It's getting cozy and it looks like we are going to be here together for a week or more. Sometime in the future, I get to tear it all down and move it back. Yippee! Here's a couple of pics of our new customer service area and server room.