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October 29, 2009

Week of Peace and Fun

Life is blazing by except at the bad times it's then it seems like it's dragging but this week has flown by because well we had some fun and peace.

The fun was when we took a jaunt up to PA to go to my sister in laws baby shower for their first little one. We of course were able to see family and friends that we have not seen in years.

The shower seemed like it went really well and my brothers church seemed to be good host and they were overwhelmed with gifts for the little one. There was alot of pink things going around. So by that statement you can assume that I will be an uncle to a little girl and I can't wait to share stories with her about her dad. Oh we will laugh.

This was also good times for grandmas, grandpas,aunts and uncles to see Bryson. He is growing so much and is at that stage of life where he is becoming so playful. We were able to run around, play on the swing set and play in the leaves at grandma and grandpa Robertson's. Bryson had so much fun. He has never had that much room to run. So it was so much fun for him and us.

I to got to get out and have a little fun. My dad drives a standard Jeep and so I took that out for a little late night spin to visit my brother and watch a horror film at his new house and play with his high strung puggle (half pug and half beagle). It's cute but a little high strung. I also got to take my brothers new bike out for a ride. It was a dream come true. I have always had a route in my head that if I ever got a chance to take a motorcycle for a ride in my home town I would go and I did it. It was a blast and I can't wait to do it again. Who knows maybe next time it will be on my own bike. (Thanks again bro)

Now for the peace. The peace is that we found a good daycare for Bryson. Is it perfect, No. Is it good, yes. They have taken Bryson in with arms wide open and we are having to do less work which in the end gives the wife and I more time. Ok, Nickie has more time because she has less work. It also seems like they do alot of extracurricular activities like to help keep the parents involved so it just doesn't become the place you drop your kids off. They also listen to you when you give your input and not blow you off. It is so refreshing.

I have tons of video and pics to post but I think Nickie beat me to the pics so check out her Picasa pics or if your are friends with her on facebook you can check it out there.

Till the next blog.

Derek D. Robertson
www.DerekDRobertson.com

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October 19, 2009

Another Reason

Here is a prime example of why we know that it is time to change day cares. We are tired of this type of selfishness. We realize there are things that are hard to do during week because you are working. I would assume if she had a job where she was required to show up everyday or have consequences to pay. Now granted I realize more and more employers try to be flexible. But when I am paying you to do a service you don't pass your responsibilty on to someone else and that is exactly what this lady is doing. This is an actual email that we just got about what she is doing today. Feel free in the comment section below to tell me how you feel and if I am overreacting.

"Just wanted to tell you that I have somewhere that I need to be at 5:30 today and wanted to tell you that Wade will be here to watch the boys until you arrive to pick Bryson up. Also, my mother-in-law is on Fall break this week. And, they will be here on Thursday & Friday, and my Sister-in-Law and 8 year old neice will be here Tuesday and Wednesday. Hope you are having a great day and we'll see you soon!"

To me it's just total selfishness and glad that Thursday of this week is our last day.

Derek D. Robertson
www.DerekDRobertson.com

Sent from Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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October 15, 2009

Day Care

Day care is not by any means easy. You have to take your child to a complete stranger and hope to God that they will give it the love you would. Will that happen. No, no it won't. Why you ask and the answer to that is simple. It's not there child. They will never love that child the way you do. Is there anything you can do about it. That is a two fold answer. The first answer is pray and pray hard that you don't have to send your wife into the work force on a full time basis or second at least be able to let her stay home part time. Now, Part time is not the perfect scenario but it is better than full time.

Both are situations that I currently cannot provide. Will I ever be able to. I hope so. I would love Nickie to be able to stay home and watch however many children we have. So that is just why I just have to pray and pray hard that the Lord will direct me down the right path to provide for my family. I don't need a million dollars but a few more than what I got would allow me to do so. So pray for us to be able to move out of this situation.

Now on a happier note here are some pics of us at the pumkin farm.

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October 8, 2009

Creating A Brand

Creating a brand is the last thing I would have thought about when I started blogging. I was just doing it to update my family and friends on what was going on in my life at the time. Well to the ones who cared. It was also just a good outlet to clear my mind and get things off my chest. Because for some reason or another all the people I come in contact with don't want to really talk for some reason or another. They are mostly men and to get a grunt out them your doing good. Unless of course they want to talk to somebody then you can't shut them up. So for me to be able to blog and do all the other social connecting I do is my way of talking without being told to shut up. Also if someone doesn't want to be bothered then they don't read my remarks. Am I offended. Yes when I know good and well that family members are not reading it. How do I know they are not reading them, I bring it up a month later and they say I didn't know that happened. Why didn't you say something? Well I did in my blog. Oh I never read that. I know.

Anyway I started out with branding. The way I look at branding is basically you character. We have been branding ourselves all our life. We all want to create a name for ourselves. I know a lot of people that don't get all the social networking craze. It's like anything else because usually if you don't understand something you don't do it. At the same time lets say you have a mobile car wash company and you need business so you tell all your friends and then they tell all their friends and pretty soon you start getting calls but you still want more business and the local cable company tells you if you advertise with them you will double your business. I think you would do it. So then that explodes. At the same time you say I still can get more business and someone says you need a website but you not only need a website but you need to implement the right tools to make that website turn into a viral fire. See once the word gets out that you provide a good service through all means you have now branded yourself in the way that you want to be known. So be careful what you do and say anywhere because you want to create a good brand.

Derek D. Robertson
www.DerekDRobertson.com

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October 1, 2009

Long Time A Coming

Well, it's been quite sometime since I have blogged. Why, well ask my wife. She is a slave driver and has removed my rights from the internet. Well, lilke I would listen even if that was the case. No it's a little boy named Bryson. He consumes way more time than I ever thought he would but at the same time I am learning that investing in him is way more important than a blog. Does this mean this is my last blog for several years. I don't think you are that lucky. I will continue to express myself as much as possible and keep you the reader up todate on what is going on. Of course if you really want to know what I am up to day by day. Well, then you need to click on the twitter icon on my blog. You can also search for me on twitter @DerekDRobertson.

To show you how I value my blogging experience I have purchased my own domain. www.DerekDRobertson.com. You can still acess the blog the way you have been but this is all part of my branding. Branding in the sense that I am trying to make a name for myself on the web. Don't believe me google Derek D. Robertson. If I set things up really right you might be able to google Derek some day and see me come up first. Just a thought.

Any ways since it has been awhile I will give you a shortened version of what is going on. First some of you know that I was in the South Nash Dash which was a race in our community to merely bring a name to the area and get the community together. It was a great experience especially since I have not done a 5k in oh 20 years. So that being said I was beat by a mom in a stroller but she had the figure for it (OUCH Honey) I mean it looked like she ran a lot. Any way I not only ran a race but I collected shoes for an organization called Soles4Souls. It was a great experience and I will probably do it again. Only this time I will be more prepared and it will be bigger than this time. To prove what I did check this link out. http://www.soles4souls.org/friends/people.html?id=206

So all in all we have been busy and I cant forget Bryson's first Birthday. We made a lot of memories. We went camping with the inlaws and outlaws and had a great time. No blood was shed but thats cause I didn't have my knife on me at all times. We also had an somewhat initmate party at our good friends Steve and Carrie's. Then we had a party basically with our Sunday School class and close friends. Bryson has received enough presents so far for his siblings to come.

So that Is the the short version. You know me I could go on and on.

Good to be back and blogg you later.

Derek

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September 18, 2009

Chip in

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August 16, 2009

The Race Is on For Soles 4 Souls

Several Months ago I read a post from Michael Hyatt about a friend of his who had an organization called Soles 4 Souls. There whole purpose was to giveshoes to the needy all across the world. I looked into it and thought that's a pretty neat organiztion because you are not really obligated to give money on a monthly basis or even a one time gift but a pair of shoes that you know you have plenty of in your closet. So when I heard about this community run I said hey I will try to use the race to collect shoes for them so here I go.

So with that said I am going to try to raise funds for them and I will be running a race on September 19 th called the <a href="http://southnashdash.com/Default.aspx">South Nash Dash.</a>

I will have a drop off spot at the race. So even if you don't run the race please feel free to come and drop off your shoes. These do not have to be brand new. Just go through your closet and clean out the old cause you know you want to buy some new ones. You can give new ones if you like I wont stop you.

Now if you do want to give money feel free to. I have set up a widget that will allow you to use your paypal, debit and credit cards. As far as a receipt. I guess I did not due my homework. I will look into that. If your are adiment about a receipt that you gave to a charity feel free to go to their website and maybe you can mark somewhere That I forwarded you there. Not really worried about it. Just as long as you contribute.

A neat little fact that I learned at my tour of Soles 4 Souls the other day is that they operate on 2 percent of the donations. Most operate on 50 percent or more. Thats money management.

Check out <a href="http://www.soles4souls.org/">Soles4Souls</a> Also feel free to check out my norma blog where you can donate if you choose to do so. http://familyupdate-drock76.blogspot.com/

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July 23, 2009

Summer Madness

This summer has just been some serious madness. We really haven't done anything big but we have been busy. To the point that I have even forgotten my parents and and brothers anniverssary. I literally was laying in bed last night and was just starting to dose off when I realize I was a a few days off on remembering my parents anniverssary and over a week on remebering my brothers anniverssary. After I blurted this out I looke at Nickie and said where i life going. I mean really if I did not have the faith in God that I did I would really question the point of this life. That is just the way I am. I know there are people out there who are cool with just living and dying but I just can't do that. I need more. Thats just the way Iam.

I mean what fun is it just to come home, eat, play with Bryson for a few minutes and put him to bead. Then clean up from dinner and go to bead. Wow thats a lot of fun. I think we should go for a 3 day weekend. I mean as short as the evening time is I wouldn't mind working a 4 day week at 40 hours to have a three day weekend.

Well big news for this week is that Bryson is starting to balance himself on his own. Which means he will be walking soon. Which will be cool for his first birthday which I am really looking forward to. We are meeting my inlaws, parents and brother inlaws at a camp in Indianna . It will be our summer get away and Brysons celebration with his family for his birthday. Just to show you how God is in the details. My wife called the camp today to see what we would have to pay to come early Friday Morning so we can drive at night and they said nothing. Then they said they would leave the keys for us in the cabin so we wouldn't have to worry about checking in. Now on top of all that we had reserved two cabins a month ago but they were not at all close to each other and the lady realized this and said you know what the people in this cabin have backed out so now I can put your families side by side. It is turning out better and better yet.

Some cool things going on for us lately have been that I got to mix sound for a bennefit dinner last week and the one song writer wrote the big hit for Randy Travis Three Wooden Crosses. It was really cool. that wasn't the only hit writer there that night. THere were two amazing song writers and two ok. That is one mans opinion. The cool thing for Nickie is that tomorrow the 24th of July she will be getting out at noon and going to a spa treament courtesy of work. Ya you and I both wish our jobs cared about us that much.

Happy Blogging and until next time.

Derek D. Robertson

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July 13, 2009

So that others may live...

THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A SOLDIER

IN IRAQ .

I was just watching the news, and I caught part of a report
on Michael Jackson . As we all know, Jackson died the other
day. He was an entertainer who performed for decades. He made
millions, he spent millions, and he did a lot of things that make him a
villain to many people. I understand that his death would affect a
lot of people, and I respect those people who mourn his death, but that
isn't the point of my rant.

Why is it that when ONE man dies, the whole of America loses their
minds with grief. When a man dies whose only contribution to the
country was to ENTERTAIN people, the American people find
the need to flock to a memorial in Hollywood , and even
Congress sees the need to hold a "moment of silence" for his passing?

Am I missing something here? ONE man dies, and all of
a sudden he's a freaking martyr because he entertained us for a few
decades? What about all those SOLDIERS who have died to give us
freedom? All those Soldiers who, knowing that they would be asked to fight in a war, still raised their hands and swore to defend the
Constitution and the United States of America . Where is
their moment of silence? Where are the people flocking to their graves or memorials and mourning over them because they made the ultimate sacrifice?
Why is it when a Soldier dies, there are more people saying "good
riddance," and "thank God for IED's?" When did this country become so
calloused to the sacrifice of GOOD MEN and WOMEN, that they can arbitrarily
blow off their deaths, and instead, throw themselves into mourning
for a "Pop Icon?"

I think that if they are going to hold a moment of silence
IN CONGRESS for Michael Jackson, they need to hold a moment of silence
for every service member killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. They need
to PUBLICLY recognize every life that has been lost so that the
American people can live their callous little lives in the luxury and
freedom that WE, those that are living and those that have gone on, have
provided for them. But, wait, that would take too much time,
because there have been so many willing to make that sacrifice. After
all, we will never make millions of dollars. We will never star in
movies, or write hit songs that the world will listen too. We only shed
our blood, sweat and tears so that people can enjoy what they have.

Sorry if I have offended, but I needed to say it.
Feel free to pass this along if you want.

Remember these five words the next time you think of
someone who is serving in the military;
"So that others may live..."

Isaac

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Caveats: NONE

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July 5, 2009

Sereal Week

Wow, what a weird last two weeks with all the deaths especially with the death of our local hero Steve McNair. Although from the sound of things he was misbehaving which seems to be Typical for Nashville athletes.

The good thing about this week was that we got Friday off so that was a plus. So Friday we just relaxed around the house and went shopping at Target. Needless to say we wont go there for awhile that place will get you in trouble. At the same time we had a good time shopping. Saturday the 4th we chilled and picked up a little around the house. Then we went to our little book store here in Lenox Village and had free hot dogs, coleslaw , assortment of chips and Ice cream. It was good meeting more of our Neighbors and a local real estate agent who gave us the skinny on things here in the Village. After all the good food and fellowship we headed back to the house. Once we got there we fed Bryson, put him down for a nap, piddle and picked up then once he woke got ourselves ready and headed down to Nolensville for some live music. Unfortunately a storm was heading our way so we packed out bags and headed to the house. That really did not bother us because we can see at least 4 different firework displays from our house.

Now the weekend is almost over and its back to the grind. I am just thankful for the freedom to work I guess. Well you all have a great week and be thankful for your freedom because its guys like my cousin who are over in Iraq away from their wife and children fighting for what theybelieve. Thanks Jake We are very proud.

Derek

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