Just a little update...

Well, we have been back in Texas for about a month. Everything is going pretty good. Tasha got a job last week through one of the accounting agencies that she was going through. Today was her first day. She said that she likes it and she has her own office. It didn't come one day too soon either. We really needed the extra income.

Speaking of, I have started a new little venture to try to make some money. I have started buying old antique pianos. I'm going to have them restored and sold for more. Hopefully it will turn out to be a good little business. If all goes well maybe it will end up being a full time thing and I won't have to have two jobs going.

Parker has been doing great. He rolls all over the floor now. We really have to watch him or he will just roll away. He has also found out that he can throw temper tantrums. When he really wants to eat he no longer just cries to let you know, he screams at you. HA HA... it's really funny to watch. He loves to sit around and play in his exersaucer and he has become an even more curious little baby. Everyday it seems like he is growing. I love to watch him look around.

Deep In The Heart Of Texas...

Well It's been a while since I have put anything up here. I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still here. We have moved back to Texas and I started my new job last week. I'm back at First American but I'm working in Download Assistance now. I really like it. Hopefully soon me and Tasha will move into a house. For the time being till we get our feet on the ground we are staying at my Grandparents house.

Tasha is still searching for a job. It has been a little more difficult to find one that we thought. Hopefully we will have word of something soon.

Parker is doing well. He is rolling over now. Before ling I know he will be crawling. I can't wait to see him scoot around the house. He is getting so big so fast. He loves to sit and watch his Baby Einstein and stare at his toys. I have never seen such a curious baby.

Well, till next time.

Little baby Parker....

Parker is doing so well. He is giggling so much. I love to see his personality develop. He knows when we walk into a room now. We don't have to say anything he just recognizes us. He has also really taking a notice to things around him. When we move across the room he follows and he loves to watch his baby Einstein movies. I know that everyone can't wait to meet him and it won't be long till you can. I love a miss everyone and can't wait to see ya'll.

Hello........

Does anyone read this anymore? Just curious.

A little update...

Well, everything here is going good. Parker is getting so big. He has to weight 12 lbs or more. We have had such a great time with him. He is starting to smile a giggle now and nothing makes you feel better that watching him smile when you walk into a room.

Mema and Pepa made it up here a few days ago. We have been heading out to the camp site with them. It is great to see them with Parker. I'm so happy that he is getting to meet his Great Grandparents. I was fortunate enough to know mine and I glad he is too. We miss everyone else who are still in Texas and we can't wait for everyone to come meet him. We love ya'll and can't wait to see you.

My Poor America...

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Hello Mother, Hello Father....

Well we are coming up on Parker's one month mark. The 17th he will officially be one month old. I can't believe how fast this first month has gone by. It seems like only yesterday I was writing a post letting everyone know that he was here. Fatherhood has been great. Better than I could have even imagined. I can't seem to get enough of this little guy. I have recently picked up a road construction job. My official title is Inspector. (Gadget HA HA....) Sorry.... uuhhhmm... I basically make sure that the contractors are doing the work according to the states specifications. I really enjoy it. Anyway, I leave for work at about 4:30 in the morning and I don't get home till between 6 and 10 pm. Long days but good money. When I get home the first thing I want to do is go up and see Parker. I feel like I have been gone from him for a month. Like I said, I can't get enough of him. Everything else has been going well. the business is in good shape and Tasha is not feeling sore anymore. All in all I couldn't really ask for things to be better. Oh ya, and I'm coming down to Texas on the 24th this month. I can't wait!!! Love you guys.

PARKER HAS ARRIVED!!!

Well, the time that I thought would never get here has finally arrived. As of 04/17/2007 at 8:04pm I have become a daddy. Baby Parker Michael Hornsby came into this would as 6lbs 7oz and 20 1/2 inches of perfection. The doctors say that he is a perfectly healthy baby. Don't worry, Mommy is perfectly healthy too. Just a little sore and tired.

Tasha, in events leading up to this wonderful day, kept asking "Are you going to watch him come out?". I told her I didn't know. By the time came and I couldn't help but watch. It was truly a miracle. Not much in my adult life has brought me to tears, but before this 6lbs 7oz little boy even so much as squeaked a sound has had me crying a river. It's amazing to see how much we love him and we haven't even know him for more than 2 days. Well we have our work cut out for us and I'm sure there will be many more posts as the days role by. I love all of you and I know that Parker can't wait to meet everyone!!

What's goin' on here....

I'm not really sure what to write about right now. I wanted to update today but I have no idea what to say. Umm... I have a meeting with an auto auction this Wed. We are trying to get them to go with us. If we do it would be really good for the business. Hopefully everything will go well. I'm also about to call Citi Financial and try to get them on with us. Other than that everything has been pretty normal. Still making trips into Trenton, NJ twice a week. We finally got our test run for Americredit. We hope to get that back tomorrow so we can get them setup with us.

Tasha is doing good. We have been going to weekly appointments. Everything with the baby is really good. They think he will be about 7 lbs. Tasha is happy to hear that because I was 10 lbs 8 oz. She was getting a little nervous about it. I don't blame her. We hope to see him soon though. Well, I guess I'll talk to everyone later. Love ya'll.

Oh, and a few new family pics. Go check them out.

Missing Link....

By now everyone knows that I am missing them. But as for the moment I am really missing my friends. It's been a long time now since I could just go hang out with someone. Or even just chill and play guitar or 360. For 3 months now I have sat at home, not much to do but work out and play xbox or guitar, alone. I have come to find a greater sense of peace though, while playing my guitar. With no one around me and Tasha upstairs I can play what I want. It been refreshing... therapeutic even. But now I have reached the point where I need some friends. I find myself more and more sitting and not doing anything. Just staring, and I know that boredom has truly set in. Soon though Parker will be here and from what I understand I will not have time to just sit here and do nothing. I sure hope that that's the case.

For those of you that care let me tell you what new skills I have learned in this time of reflection..... nothing. That's right, I have made no useful effort to take all this time that I have had and put it towards something productive. Except for maybe working out. It has just really hit me that I could be learning a new language, but why? I would never use it. Or I could teach myself to play the piano.... but I have no piano. So I guess the final question is, what do I do with all this time? Well I'm open to suggestions......

Game of Life....

So, I'm not one who likes to be negative. For those close to me you know this. But I consider this blog to be a place where I can lay my thoughts down and be done with them. Right now I need to vent. This is my disclaimer. For those of you who might not want to read about my struggles, please don't. It will not hurt my feelings in any way. I do not want to pass this burden on to anyone. I just want to get this off my chest.....

The business thing is going really slow right now. We haven't received much work. We just got some on Thur. but that was the first we have had since Tues of the prior week. The work that we receive wasn't even enough to keep us busy for more than 3 hours and we were done. I know that businesses don't start fast. I don't expect mine to. But I am a little worried about our money situation. Some of you may be thinking, "Well just go get another job". I would love to. But my business requires me to travel and sometimes at last minute. With Tasha being pregnant I'm the only one that can make the trips. Therein lies the problem. I'm torn and I have no idea what to do. My mind runs constantly trying to find a solution day and night. I lay in bed with my eyes wide open for hours trying to figure out something. But nothing comes to me. All I see is dark that fades into morning with a faint light of hope. What hope.... God. He carries me now. Because I have no strength. I have exhausted every once of my energy trying to keep things together. God is my savior. Tonight I fell. Not physically, but mentally. As I started typing this is was mad, disappointed, and scared. Mad and disappointed in myself for not being able to take care of my family the way a man is suppose to. A scared because I'm about to bring a child into this already unstable world.

Now, As i type this I find my strength. God. And I pray:

"Father God take me into your hand. Lift me up and hold me so that I may go on. Lay my head at your heart so that I may rest. Bless my family and help me to provide for them in this life. Help me to show them your way so that you may provide to them in the next life. Your are my God and I never stand alone. You will provide for me because you said that you will. I love you Father God. Thank you for every blessing in my life. Though I may not always see, they greatly out weigh the bad. Thank you most of all for Your Son Jesus. For that is the most precious gift of all. Your promise for a bridge that we may speak to our Father. As your child I drop to my knees, broken. I have only my life to offer and it is nothing. Take me and guild me to be the husband, son, christian that you want me to be. I love you Father God. In Jesus Holy name. Amen."

About 23 years ago a man had a son. He loved him, I know he did. 3 years later he had another. And he loved him too. Then 2 years after he brought a beautiful baby girl into the world and he loved all three of them. This man has been through thick and thin with his children. He has stood behind them 100%. He has held many jobs to provide for his family. Some not as glorious as the rest, but he did them anyway. This man is my father. If he can have this kind of love for us, to provide for us the way he has, then I can't even imagine what God has to offer. His love is so great and his promise so strong that he took his Son and let ME nail him to the cross. My Dad would kill and be killed so that I may live. My Father ,LET me kill, his one perfect son... so that I may live.

Baby talk...

Well today me a Tasha went to One-day prepared childbirth class. (I typed all that because I have no idea how to spell lam... lamas... no....lahmaus???) Anyway, it was neat. There was a lot of information. I'm really looking forward to this. Of coarse after the video we watched I'm not sure that I can say the same for Tasha. HA!! The birth doesn't quite happen the way I thought it did. I thought that when the she went into labor you had to hurry and rush her to the hospital. Believe it or not, you don't. The first part of the labor you just stay at home. You don't take her to the hospital until the contractions are 5 or less minutes apart or the water breaks. Also I didn't know that you could go into labor without the water breaking. They say only about 10% of women have there water break at home. The majority have it done by the doctor at the hospital. Hmmm... go figure.

Well, enough of that. Not much else is really going on in our lives right now. Just kind of going day to day. Hoping that we can get the business running a little better. I hope all is well in Texas or Arizona, depending on who is reading. I love ya'll and can't wait to visit.

Well... I don't know..

Ok. We are back in NJ. Still no NY. I'm not sure when we will be able to set it up. As for now we are trying to expand NJ. Hopefully we will be able to get a few more companies going with us soon. Not a long entry. Sorry.

We're not in Kansas anymore...

Well this weekend Tasha and I took a little trip into Albany, NY. I wanted to show her around the town that we are soon to be moving to. We did a little house rental shopping. Most of the houses that we looked at were not that great. A lot of them needed to be worked on. I was starting to get worried when we finally stumbled on these two great places. One is a condo for rent. It's only three years old. It's in PERFECT condition. The other is a town home. Maybe about six years old. We haven't seen the inside of the town home yet though. We have an appointment tomorrow at 12:30. Both of them are three bedroom. The condo has two baths, a great kitchen and living room, and backs up the a beautiful little pond. The town house is in a very, very nice neighborhood and has 2 1/2 baths. As i said I haven't been inside so I don't know how it looks. The only thing that makes the town home a little better so far is that it has a heated basement. Which sort of makes it three stories. Hopefully the inside will look nice. I will have to let you guys know tomorrow.

Anyway, we are going to go to Albany Church of Christ tomorrow. I hope that we like it. We may have to leave a little early to make it to the house appointment. Well, I should go to bed now. I love you guys and miss you all.

Quiet on the front...

Not a whole lot going on right now. We are still receiving work from GMAC so I can't complain. Hopefully soon we will be getting a few more companies added on. We are heading up to the DMV tomorrow.... wait... 2:15am... today. Hopefully we will have better luck with getting our work back from them. The past two times that I have gone they haven't had anything ready for me. We called them today and they said that they would have it ready. We'll see.

Tasha is doing good. The baby is really growing. I can't believe that we are only about 8 weeks away from the due date. It still seems like a dream almost. I can't believe that I have grown up. It feels like yesterday I was just a kid in Haltom City, livin' next door to Mema and Pepa, and ridein' bikes up and down the road. Time flies so fast. I have heard that it goes even faster once you have kids. I just hope that t doesn't pass by too fast. I'm going to love being a Dad and I would like some time to enjoy doing things with Parker that my Dad did with me. Hopefully he will enjoy being a son as much as I did. Dad, I know I don't say it enough to you but thanks. Tasha and I were talking tonight and I realized all the great things that you have taught me. I know that I wouldn't be the man I am today if it weren't for you. Mom, I love you so much and thank you for the love and care that you have have given to me. I know that without you I would not be able to love and care for my family the way I do. Thank you for being such great parents. I can't wait to start my new life with my family and put to use all the wonderful things that you have taught me. I love you all and can't wait to see you.

Rise and Shine...

Hello everyone!! As you can see today is a little different. Instead of posting at 12:00am or 1:00am as I usually do, It's about 6:55am!!! YAY FOR THE EARLY BIRD!!! HA HA!!! Anyway, I'm up because me and Mike (tash's dad) are about to head off to the mens retreat. It actually started yesterday but we took Tasha out for dinner last night so we were only able to make today.

I'm really excited about going. The speaker, from what I hear, is really good. I haven't heard of him, and I can't remember his name off the top of my head. I will let you know when I get back. Well I hope that everyone has an excellent day. I love you all and can't wait to to see ya'll.

Workin' on it...

Well everything seems to be going really good right now. We are starting to receive more work from GMAC. It's a good thing, that means more money!!! Tasha is doing great and so is Parker. He has been kicking her like crazy here lately. I can't wait for him to get here. I'm so ready to meet my baby boy.

Tasha's mom is doing really good. Last week she went to the doctor to get an x-ray of the tumors and the results showed that they had shrunk a little. So it seems that the kemo (I don't know if that is how you spell it) is working. We were very excited about the news.

As far as NY goes, we still aren't there yet. We are still waiting for GMAC to get us the info that we need. I think it's kind of a blessing though. It would be really hard on Tasha if we had to go now. So hopefully maybe it will hold off till the baby arrives. Well I got to get to bed. Love you guys.

Another day...

Well not too much going on right now. We got some more work from GMAC. That's always good news. I went out yesterday and took a few pictures of the area that we currently live in. I got some really good shots. I have posted them on the pic site. Other than that we are just relaxin' at home. I'll work a little this weekend and on Monday I'll go drop it all off. Like I said not much goin' on. Love you guys.

New pics

I'm currently updating my pics page. I just added a few more that I took today. It snowed a little and it was to beautiful to pass up. Check them out by clicking on MY PICS on the link side of this page. I just figured out how to make it look a little nicer so expect to see some changes. I love you guys!

WOO HOO!!!

Man, I have been working so hard for the past week. I'm so glad that it's the weekend. I was in NY almost all week last week trying to get business setup. We ran in to a few snags but It's goin' to all work out. We are just waiting on a bit of info from our first company. On the other hand, things here in NJ couldn't be better. We are now a registered business and we have turned in our first batch of work. YES, MONEY!!! I almost forgot what it looked like. The bank account was lookin' a little shabby, HA HA!!! So everything is going to be great. I have a lot of work for this weekend too. I took today off though and got some errands run. Well, till next time. Love ya'll!!!!

Amazing Grace....

So this is a pretty short entry. We are in NY getting the business setup. We just Had our first day of dealings with the DMV. Everybody there was so extremely nice. We are waiting on word from GMAC and the we will have the green light and we will be looking for a place to live. But the main reason that I write this entry is because I want everybody to know, GOD IS AMAZING!!! GOD IS GRACE!!! I LOVE MY FATHER GOD!!!

Always On The Move....

Ok, so big up date here. A lot has happened all in about 5 or 6 hours. So, I woke up this morning, just another day. Ate breakfast and played some video games. Then Greg called, He said that he was coming up on Monday and we would start getting things set up. I thought that this was awesome. Then there was a "but", no not the one that follows you around. He said in order to be able to run both NJ and NY we would have to move to Albany, NY.

So, Albany here we come!!! That's right, I will no longer live here in NJ. Next week when Greg comes we will be looking for a house to rent and we will start making our way to NY. I'm very excited at how this is all taking shape and a little nervous too. I have been praying about this a lot and God just keeps opening the doors. I can't wait to get everything in order.

I know that this will not be easy. I have been praying for strength to be able to get everything running. I'm ready to start puttin' it to the grid stone and make something. I know God has blessed me with people skills and good leadership. I just didn't know why until now. I do feel that this is what he wants for Tasha and me. The only thing I ask for now is your prayers. These next few month are very crucial to the business and they are going to be a little stressful. Please help us by praying for us. I will keep everyone updated. I love you all and miss you.

A few out of the loop....

Well, I have got a comment or two about the "business opportunity". For those who do not know, Tasha and I have been very blessed in our move up here. When we were in Texas Tash worked for a company called americredit. They are a leanholder for autos. (among other things) She worked with the state of Florida. When a car is repoed The DMV has to flip the title back to the lean holder so the car can be put up for auction. It usually take about 1 to 1 1/2 months for this to happen. So the lean holders use middle men to "flip" the title fast.

Well in her dealing with Florida she would work with one of these so called "middle men", his name is Greg. He is a great man and run a Christian based company. It so turns out that Greg was looking to expand his business a little further north. He has presented us with the opportunity of franchise owners. We will run his offices for New York and New Jersey. This is truly a blessing to us. We should have everything running early next week according to our talk with Greg today. This will provide us with financial freedom. We will be making nearly triple a year what we made combined in Texas. We have prayed and prayed. At one point it looked as if we were not going to be able to do this. That night I went to God in the biggest prayer session of my life. I asked him to help us and guide us. The next day, literally, he opened up the door and we were able to get things going. I do believe that this is truly the path that God has set before us. Family, I know that some of you may have questions about it. Please contact me over this and I will go a little more into detail. I love you all and thank you for the support.

Not Much New...

Well there isn't much new to report. We are still here in NJ. We are still trying to get our business up and running. Hopefully it won't be too long. Things are going smooth. Tash's belly is gettin' big with the baby. We can really feel him kickin'. Like I said, not much. Till next time.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Well it is now officially the new year. I've seen 22 other new years and they all go by about the same. This one will be different though. This year marks a great turning point in my life. A year I go from being a man of the house to a father.

I have had some great role models to look at though. First, my father. Dad if you are reading this I just want to thank you for all the great times that we shared. I know that we had some rough spot and we didn't always see eye to eye, but I don't think that I would be half the person that I am today if it wasn't for you. I love you and Hope that I'm at least half the father that you were. I also want to thank Pepa (Grandpa for those of you who don't know him). You have truly been a inspiration to me. I see the finished product of a great father through my mom. You have looked after both of your children and been there for them when they need you. I don't think of you as just a Grandfather but also another father figure in my life. Thank you and I love you.

I know that I'm going to enjoy being a father. I can't wait till I can hold him in my hands. What a great day that will be. I keep looking at my wife and I see that she is ready too. With this New Year comes a New Life. A life of change and true adulthood, and life where I can finally understand the love A FATHER shares for his family.