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been silent for a while

So y'all may have noticed that I have been silent on Facebook and my blog for the last little bit, the reason is that I have just been busy, between work, school, church, and homework there aren't really that many hours left in any given week. This semester I have Speech, Introduction to Education, Class Piano 1, ASL1, and Drawing 1 <-- that is just my school schedule then I work as many rush shifts @ Domino's as I can, Wednesdays I have AWANA, and Sundays I have Children's Church, now don't get me wrong I enjoy doing most of that stuff but there just aren't enough hours to all that and keep up with Facebook and my blog. Unfortunately I am being forced to take a break from some of this stuff to have my gallbladder taken out on Thursday, then my birthday is on Friday(lovely birthday present huh?)and then hopefully next week I can get back to full activity load. For now my plan is to attempt to go to classes tomorrow morning and then hopefully to the art show t

The #3, Childress, Big E, and Austin Dillon

What's in a number? For some nothing at all, for others everything. Some people see nothing in a number but a digit or an age, others see a driver or football/baseball/hockey/basketball player. The number I am referring to is the # 3 made famous by Dale Earnhardt Sr. in the NASCAR Winston(now Nextel)Cup series, and thought by some to be retired by NASCAR or by Richard Childress(Big E's car owner and friend/hunting buddy)but neither was true as NASCAR does not retire numbers(hence the numbers 43, Richard Petty, and 45, Adam Petty, both run.) Richard Childress said in 2001 that he would not run # 3 again and while yes we have seen two or three times where Dale Earnhardt Jr. has run the number(02 Daytona-win, 02 Charlotte-36th, and 10 Daytona-win) most people thought that those were OK to do because Jr. was driving the same number that he drove to two(2) Busch(now Nationwide) championships(1998,99) and he was driving the car as a tribute to his father. Big E, Dale Sr., The Intim