Dear Diary,
I have had a good weekend, busy but good. I really enjoyed church this morning. We had a good sunday school lesson(this was carson’s week to teach, that always helps) this morning. We talked about doing everything as if we were doing it for The Lord. Weather it be working or witnessing or being a student or shopping for groceries, do it as if we are doing it in the name of Jesus Christ, because as christians , we are doing it for Christ. We had some good discussion from the youth. I have noticed since they have been on the mission trip they are more active in discussing the lesson as opposed to just listening. I think the trip has made a big difference in their lives, and I pray that it is a long lasting difference.

Yesterday, I had training, pressure washing training, it went pretty good. I got some pretty valuable info on what kind of accesories are needed, which ones are actually useful and which ones are wasteful spending. I asked lots of questions and they volunteered lots of stuff I hadn’t thunk of. I think my start up cost will be slightly higer than I thought but not over what I have planned to spend, I may have to wait awhile on shirts and stuff like that, but it will come. It seems to be working out pretty good. I need to keep in mind the ss lesson and pressure wash as if it is for God. I realize that if I am to be successful it will be because God’s hand is in it. If it was up to VonStegall I would have already made a mess of it.

One way of cutting expense that I have thought of is to rely on my contacts at first. Instead of putting business signs on my truck I will have some yard signs made, they cost less, and ask customers if I can put one in their yard if they are satisfied with my work, and come get it after a week and use it later. That way people in the neigborhood can see my work and see who done it and decide if they want to hire me. The signs on my truck just put my name out there, it does not show quality of work. I will try this and if I think I need truck signs I can get them later.

We had a good sermon this morning, after he wasted 10 minutes reading the announcements in the bulletin(which everyone gets a copy of and can read if they care), and after he did the spirit-quenching happy birthday crap that he does every single sunday. Once all the crap is over and we get to praise The Lord in song and hear His Word preached I think The Holy Spirit has a chance to work in the hearts of the congregation. I have been real aggravated at all of the bullcrap that goes on during the service lately mainly because I think it does quench The Spirit. Then the preacher preaches on participating in worship and when my son tries to participate I up do what I have thought the preacher does alot, I quench The Spirit. The preacher says we need to be excited to be in God’s house and we need to participate in the service and Jamie throws up his hand and says amen real loud and I tell him to stop. After I did it I realized that I should have been thankful that he was listening and was willing to participate. I guess I had better examine my own thoughts and actions before I go critizing someone else for theirs.

I guess I need to get me some lunch and go to bed, I got to go build tires for Jesus tonight. Later Dairy dude.

1 JOHN 3:12 NOT AS CAIN, WHO WAS OF THAT WICKED ONE, AND SLEW HIS BROTHER. AND WHEREFORE SLEW HE HIM? BECAUSE HIS OWN WORKS WERE EVIL, AND HIS BROTHER’S RIGHTEOUS.

I AM VONSTEGALL AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE MY WORKS ARE RIGHTEOUS AND NOT WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT CAIN’S!!!!

Dair deary,
I have had a busy day. First after a crappy night at work I went to get Roofus a hitch, turns out it has to be ordered. It will be hear early next week. Today is Lynn’s day to take her grandma to get her hair done and go shopping. Since I got home late we all went(me and the kids usually stay home), after we dropped grandma off we went and opened us a business account, the money should go in early next week. It took longer to open an account than it did to get the loan. After we took grandma home we took the kids to moms and we went and got us a couple of cell phone/radios, almost everyone in construction uses them. Then we went to Bruster’s for ice cream, my card was full so today’s cone was free, then on top of that the girl says “It’s raining you get a free extra scoop if you want it”. I said “Umm boy slap it on”.

Now it is nearly bed time. I will get up early and head out to get some training. It is so hard to believe that I am starting a business, it almost makes me hope there is a strike next year so I can give it a shot full time for awhile. Who knows maybe one day I will be able to say goodbye to building tires. Lynn has been incredibly supportive and exhibits a tremendous amount of confidence in me. She also helped me make that sentence with such big words in it. If I succeed,(I seem to have a comma fettish) it will not be because of anything I do, it will be because The Lord saw fit to bless a simple minded peon,(see I told ya I had a comma fettish) with a wild hair up his but to do something that he has never done before, and then expect to get paid for it, but stranger things have happened,(6 commas in one sentence) and I have a wife to prove that.

Good night to all and to all a goodnight!

1 JOHN 3:11 FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT YE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

I AM VONSTEGALL AND I HOPE JORDY BRINGS THEM HORSES SOON!!

My dearest Dairy,
I have some training lined up for saturday and some more for next week. I am getting excited and hope that I can make some money and enjoy myself while doing it. If this goes pretty good I may try to bid on an easier job at the plant and not work any overtime at all. Gonna be a busy few weeks getting things going, business cards, business phone, maybe some shirts. I also gotta get Roofus hitched, get a trailer and then a water tank and then a washer. Then I have to get some customers or it won’t do me any good.

Hey Dairy, remember I told ya about the surpervisor cussing the deptartment manager in an e-mail? Well the supervisor was right on his facts about the situation and all the dept manager said was “I got wrong information”. Even if he was right, he was still lucky the guy didn’t fire him.

Hey guess what Dairy? We need to pick a date for Bingo night. We are thinking the 15 or 22 of october. We still have a few more things get, but not much other than the food things. So long buddy, old pal.

1 JOHN 3:10 IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL: WHOSOEVER DOETH NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NEITHER HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER.

I AM VONSTEGALL AND AND MY MACHINE ACTUALLY RAN GOOD LAST NIGHT!!

Dear Dairy,
Well, I am commmitted now. I have no choice but to give this business a shot. I got the money today, so I better get busy and get started repaying it. Of course, the payment is real low so I can pay it back pretty easy. I can pay it back with a mimimal of work, although the goal is to pay back the loan and make some extra.

We had to take Jamie to the doctor today, his leg has been hurting for a few days. Actually he says it has hurt for weeks, he just never said anything. He was having trouble walking this morning. The doctor gave him some medicine and said if he was still hurting in a couple of weeks he would send him to a specialist. He also said that he needed to walk. This doctor tells you to walk no matter what is wrong with ya. You need to lose weight, walk. Your back hurts, walk. Your leg hurts, walk. Your hair is falling out, walk. Hey, he is a real good doctor, he just has a walking fettish.

I may have lost one of the best supervisors at work today. He sent the department manager an e-mail in which he calls the dept manager an ignorant illegitimate child. He had a few other choice words and is expecting some drastic measures against him. I doubt anything will come of it, I hope not this is a good supervisor.

That’s all.

1 JOHN 3:9 WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN; FOR HIS SEED REMAINETH IN HIM: AND HE CANNOT SIN, BECAUSE HE IS BORN OF GOD.

I AM VONSTEGALL AND I NEED A HAIRCUT!!

Dear Dairy,
It’s been a pretty good weekend, we ate dinner with friends friday. Saturday I fixed my lawn mower, how? you ask, I bought another one. It was nice to get the yard cut after so long. My neighbor was cutting his grass and he came over and helped me finish the backyard. That was pretty cool of him. I still intend on trying to fix the old one though, that way me and Jamie both can do some cutting.

I sure hope this business denture, uh I mean venture goes good. I would really like to be able to run my own business on a full time basis, but realistically I will be satisfied if I can run it part time and never have to work overtime at the plant. We will just see how things go.

I have decided not to buy a rig. I think I will buy a trailer and all the equipment I need seperately, that way I will not need to rent a storage building. I can keep the trailer and water tank at home and my day says I can keep the washer in his shop. This will save about 75 to 100 dollars a month. If it goes good then I may build me a building later. The washer itself will only be a couple of feet wide and about 3 feet long so it won’t take up much room.

I have prepared my sunday school lesson and I am gonna talk about a subject which I really disagree with the preacher on. I am gonna state my views and tell why I think the preacher is wrong. It is not major doctrine but it is something he talks about alot. The interesting thing is that his teenage son is in my class, so he should hear what I say, I wonder if he will say anything to me about it. I try to encourage the kids to talk to their parents about what they hear at church classes, parents need to know what is being taught. Just because someone teaches at church doesn’t mean they are always right. I am real particular about who teaches my kids and we usually discuss with the kids what they are taught to make sure we agree.

Along these lines, there is dude who teaches sunday school, and he believes that before a baby is born they are in heaven waiting to come to earth. That is complete bullcrap. The bible says nothing that can even be confused with that as far as I have seen. But, that really doesn’t matter. The important thing is that this guy believes that salvation is through Jesus Christ, and that the only way to have a relationship with God is through his son.

Dairy dude I am getting tired of thinking right now so I am gonna give my brain a rest. See ya later pal.

1 JOHN 3:8 HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN IS OF THE DEVIL; FOR THE DEVIL SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING. FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SON OF GOD WAS MANISFESTED, THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL.

I AM VONSTEGALL AND I HEAR A BOWL OF ICE CREAM CALLING, I MUST ANSWER.

Dear Dairy,
I had a pretty easy night last night. My machine kept breaking down and the set up tech kept fixin the results of the break down and not what was actually broke down. I even told him what to work on the first 2 times it tore up and on the third time he finally listened to me. It was to late by then to make any money, but I feel pretty good today.

I went the the bank to check on a loan for business start up. The bankin lady had a better idea. I can increase my home equity loan and and only use what I need. I get a better rate and lower payments and there is not closing cost. I also got another insurance quote with a local agent it was about the same so I’ll go with the local company. Since it looks like I can get the money I want I may just get a boat instead, that would be better than working, don’t ya think.

See ya.

1 JOHN 3:7 LITTLE CHILDREN, LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU: HE THAT DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS IS RIGHTEOUS, EVEN AS HE IS RIGHTEOUS.

I AM VONSTEGALL AND I AM GETTING SLEEPY , REAL SLEEPY !! !!!

Dear Dairy,
I met with the accountant today. I pretty much know what to expect as far taxes, insurance, workerman’s comp, and price of equipment. Now there is one more thing to do, decide if I really want to do this. Once I buy the equipment I am committed, I have also been told I need to be committed.

I still can’t decide if I like this new schedule better than the old one. I have more recovery time between shifts now, but I have less overall days off. Hmmm. Hmmm. I still don’t know, maybe after another week I will know.

As far as family time I think this shift is pretty good. Oh well if I go into business it will be work, work, work and it won’t really matter. Oh well that’s it.

1 JOHN 3:6 WHOSOEVER ABIDETH IN HIM SINNETH NOT: WHOSOEVER SINNETH HATH NOT SEEN HIM, NEITHER KNOWN HIM.

I AM VONSTEGALL, THESE ARE THE WORDS OF MY LIFE.

Dear Dairy,
We went to church tonight. Before service ever started people lifted their hands up. They not only raised their hands they were waving them. I thought this is gonna be one spirit filled service. Then the one elderly stood up and started dancing. My first thought was whoa up, this here is a baptist church, what are these folks doing, then I saw the horsefly and it all made since. That squirrel in Pascagoola ain’t got nothing on that horsefly in Alton.

I called a lady about training for pressure washing she is suppose to call me back and set a time within the next few weeks. I got my insurance quote and it is very affordable, and tomorrow I visit the accountant. But in the mean time I must go to work and sweat like a dog for 8 hours. So long Dairy my pal.

1 JOHN 3:5 AND YE KNOW THAT HE WAS MANIFESTED TO TAKE A2WAY OUR SINS: AND IN HIM IS NO SIN.

I AM VONSTEGALL AND I NEED TO GET A NEW LAWN MOWER!!

Dairy, my old pal,

I am getting started. Appointment with an accountant thursday, I have an insurance quote coming in, and I am suppose to be contacting a company in Grensboro this week, for some training. I hope to go in early august to work for a day or two with this company. They have offered to familiarize me with the equipment and to talk about the pressure washing business and I will accompany him while he washes a house. He will be giving pointers on the chemicals and techniques and overall efficiency.

Dairy, I am so sorry I have been so serious lately. It is just that I have been so preoccupied with serious stuff that I ain’t had time to act stupid. I sure do miss it. But I promise you this and I promise on your mama’s hard drive, I will try to make time to act stupid, whatever it takes I will be stupid more than I have been lately.

I am gonna start this business and start it right, and I will succeed or I will suck seed. Hey if it fails I can go into another field, like maybe become a business consultant, or something like that.

Well I have to go, the insurance agent just called and gave me some numbers to call. If I say he told me to call I will get two free issues a magazine on my chosen profession. I like that “my chosen profession”, not some job I am stuck in, but to work for a company that I chose and created. If this is gonna fly I better put alot of effort and even more prayers into it.

See ya!

1 JOHN 3:4 WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN TRANSGRESSETH ALSO THE LAW: FOR SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.

I AM VONSTEGALL AND MY LAWN MOWER WILL NOT START!!

Dear Dairy,
I feel so good right now, we just got back from church. It feels so good to unbutton these tight pants. Also I am so proud of our youth at church. They went on a mission trip this week and they done the worship service this morning. They showed us what they did with kids,youth, and adults this week. Alot of the kids did things that they were uncomfortable with and they did such a great job.

I have been teaching the youth in sunday school for about four years now, and while I had nothing to do with this mission trip, this was probably one of my proudest moments as a sunday school teacher. I hope so much that me and Jamie will be able to participate on the next trip. It was good to see them so excited about sharing God’s word with others. I truly hope that a seed was planted this week that will eventually be harvested for The Lord today. Or maybe one of these young people will be called into the ministry from this experience. I sure was proud. I also hope that the youth who didn’t go will be encouraged to be more active and to get involved. I think it was also great for us adults to see Lord working in and using the lives of these kids. It was such an uplifting service.

I thought it was kind of funny that as I watched these kids, I was sitting there watching one young man in particular and thinking how proud I would be, to be able to call this young man my son-in-law one day. There was also another young man that I was thinking that I would allow him to court my daughter when we allow her to court. I feel either one of these young men will be fine christian men one day and that either one will be good son-in-laws. They are cousins so I would hate for them to have a family fued over my little girl. I will have to make it a matter of prayer.

1 JOHN 3:2 AND EVERY MAN THAT HATH THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIETH HIMSELF, EVEN AS HE IS PURE.

I AM VONSTEGALL AND I AM PROBABLY JUMPIN THE GUN WITH THIS SON-IN-LAW STUFF.