Icewind's Ramblings

It has been one of those weird Saturday’s with various things going on and nothing in particular. It was a bits and pieces kind of day with morning coffee and waiting for the concrete guy to show up to start his forms for pouring a slab in the garage.   Needless to say it was about noon before the phone call came in that he would not be here until Monday.   Possible morning golf missed before the weather turned, typical for this summer so far.   Then it was debated on heading out to the lake with golf tomorrow but the boat is still in for a tune up and not ready until next week so again no golf. Have a tee time for noon tomorrow so it allows time to piddle around finish laundry and other chores so not totally a wash plus I went to Lowe’s this afternoon and bought a BBQ grill and a couple chairs for the deck. A friend of mine emailed me this joke once he heard I was installing drains in the garage and possibly was going to install a urinal along with a slop sink in t...

Happy 4 th of July, a time to pause for reflection This past week has been a busy one filled with plenty of activities both at work and personal. The work time spent preparing several new projects added to this construction season which means taking of material lists so I can order all the parts and pieces to be shipped to the remote work sites.   The logistics of these endeavors are daunting trying to coordinate barge or air freight schedules with the crews and getting everything organized for a successful project. On the personal front there was “The Moving Wall” a half size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial.   It is making its way through Alaska and was in Anchorage last week. I wanted to make my way to ‘The Wall’ at first with friends and then I knew it was a solo personal time for me to visit my fallen brothers.   I made my way to the Park Strip across the street from our Anchorage Vietnam Veterans Memorial and there it was the black mon...

We’ve all heard this one before. Most of us think about this when it comes to being generous with money, but this lesson applies to way more than charitable giving.  You literally get back everything you put out there.  It starts with the concept of “paying it forward” in your daily life.   Give that smile to the person who serves your coffee or brings you that lunch or dinner.   Help that person you can see struggling even if you know they will never ask for assistance. If you want more of anything in your life, then be aware of what you are personally putting out there . . . kindness, generosity, love, anger, frustration, and money.  It all comes right back to you. In the theme of that great 1967 song . . . “You can get anything you want . . .” Give freely, of your time, yourself and let the river of abundance flow through your being and welcome the things and blessing it brings. Have a n Ice day!