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Yesterday morning I had a septoplasty. The septum is the piece of cartilage that separates the nostrils. Mine was deviated and was restricting my breathing. So my doctor went in a peeled back the skin in my nose and cut a piece of my cartilage out and straightened it out. This is not what a Rhinoplasty which is done from the outside so did not have any bruising from the outside. > I feel generally good today without much pain. I am just biding my time right now. I

can’t eat anything solid for 5 days. So I am a soup and mashed potato sort of guy! The packing comes out of my nose on Tuesday! Let me tell you that I cannot wait for that. I will finally get to breath right. You can see a video on YouTube of a surgery like mine.

Mama is now tasked with running Skeeter and Pork Chop around to soccer, swimming parties and a graduation today. What fun! I will be glad when I am back up and running so that I can help out again and get to moving on my projects!

Today was a very productive day! I was able to get the bikes hung up in the garage and get a lot of the "stuff" that needed to go to the Salvation Army taken out.  Now I can park a car in there! Only one car, but that is a start.

I have some work to do still and will upload more pictures as I get them done. Some of you might know that I am a Knight of Columbus and that I follow the Fathers For Good website. They have great information for families and specifically focus on a Fathers role in the family.

One of the articles that I found with some great audio is this one. It talks about pornography and treatment of women. I think that many man more than likely have a problem with these subjects. Many men think that it is not a problem but Deacon Ralph Poyo tells about his own former addiction to porn and how simple things in our life sparked by the liberal media establishment can lead to a life of addiction and heartbreak.

Please take a few minutes to listen to his podcast interview at the website. Good day, I am off to fix the leaking sink…

Hello all and I am sorry that it has been so long since my last post. I have been busy transitioning to full time Dad. My last week at work is this week and there has been a lot to do. I sell insurance and there is a lot to transition over on my current leads. As I write this, Astro our fat cat jumps up on the desk and flops down. What a life they have. I clean up their poop and feed them and even pet them when they feel like getting petted. But I digress…. I am currently working on Operation Organize the House (OOH). If you missed that post check it out here.

I have been spending a lot of time at the baseball park so it is slow going.  One thing that I did accomplish is that I cleared one side of the garage. You can actually park a car in there now. I also installed eight sets of hooks for the four bikes that are in the garage right now.

Pork Chop’s last day at full time day care is Friday, so starting Monday I will have him with me all day and Skeeter after school at 3 pm. This will be a challenge for sure.

I have to focus this weekend on getting the week organized.

My list of to do’s is as follows:

• Study plan for Pork Chop
• Daily Schedule : Must include education, physical activity, character building and fun time (gotta have some of this) – House cleaning rotation schedule finalized
• Work ahead in school so that I am ahead 1 week before my surgery on the 29th

I must do some homework now, so Hasta La Vista!

Good morning! This morning I encountered an old nemesis, Arroz con Leche.  If you are not familiar with the Mexican traditions it is the same thing as rice pudding. It is Very delicious. The problem is that I hardly ever make it correctly. The rice is either burned or not quite done and Skeeter loves Arroz con Leche.  Today I got it right!

Here is the recipe.

• 4 Cups Water
• 2 Cups Mahatma Rice
• 1 Tbs. Vanilla Extract
• 2 Cups sugar
• 1 Cinnamon Stick
• 2 Tbs. Cinnamon Powder
• 2 cups 1% milk
• 1 tsp oil

1. Add water, oil and cinnamon stick to medium saucepan and bring to boil
2. Add rice and cook until water is almost gone on Medium temp.
3. Add milk, sugar (or sugar replacement) and vanilla. Cook 8 minutes stirring frequently
4. Remove from heat and cover for 10 minutes.
5. Serve hot with a bit of cold milk and cinnamon sprinkled on top.

Enjoy!