The Tech Shack Personal

Thanks to all of you for coming to www.The.Tech.Shack.com Personal Site!  I have always considered myself a knowledgeable and helpful person, and always try and help / educate when and where I can.  I know technology, (he is a great person) and that is where I shine.  Hopefully hanging out, text, video & audio chatting and visiting my other pages I've made like Shopping & Deals – we all can use tips with online shopping, Travel, Books, Education & Health, Jobs & Resume, For Sale, Tasty Treats, Traveling Tips, Jobs & Resumes and all the rest will help you with your daily online presence and activities.  There is a wealth of information out there, and The Tech Shack should help.  I really wanted to have a resource for friends, family and fellow tech's to have a place to play.  I do computer on-sites where I come out and fix systems and explain how it works, as well as training and will elaborate more on this on my business page located here: http://www.TheTechShack.com

WELCOME TO THE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH MY EYES
Thanks to all of you for coming to www.The.Tech.Shack.com Personal Site!  I have always considered myself a knowledgeable and helpful person, and always try and help / educate when and where I can.  I know technology, (he is a great person) and that is where I shine.  Hopefully hanging out, text, video & audio chatting and visiting my other pages I've made like Shopping & Deals – we all can use tips with online shopping, Travel, Books, Education & Health, Jobs & Resume, For Sale, Tasty Treats, Traveling Tips, Jobs & Resumes and all the rest will help you with your daily online presence and activities.  There is a wealth of information out there, and The Tech Shack should help.  I really wanted to have a resource for friends, family and fellow tech's to have a place to play.  I do computer on-sites where I come out and fix systems and explain how it works, as well as training and will elaborate more on this on my business page located here: http://www.TheTechShack.com

Currently I have about 5 GB's (Gigabytes) of photo’s, movies and info on here.  Explore.  Relax.  Enjoy.  Have an espresso!  I have worked hard on it since July of 2004 and hope you like it.  Many of you know us and maybe wonder why I switched from my old .Mac account with the cool web site.  The main reason was .Mac gave me 1 e-mail, 100 MB's of storage, and not many options after that. Now it has grown so it is a bit better than it was.  So I searched and found Globat.com. They offered me 5,000 MB's (or 5 GB’s) of web space, and 5,000 POP3 e-mail accounts, web mail, 75 GB data transfer, 12 months (I got 14 months on a special) for $59.40!  .Mac wanted over $100 for 1% of what I got!  I love Apple, but they need some work when it comes to what they offer for how much.  Although their computers rock, if you are a smart shopper you can get a lot more for your hard earned money!  So as of 06.2006 I found a even better deal, www.GoDaddy.com and they currently offered me 1 year of 150 GB's, 1,500 GB's (that's 1.5 terabytes to those in the know) data transfer rate per month, a new domain name, (I currently own 6) my current domain and transferring it, 500 e-mails which I'll never use, privacy so no one can look up my personal info for only $85.00 a year, but wait, there's more, if you put in the coupon code of "Rose" (for Kevin Rose formerly of the ScreenSavers/Attack of the Show, Diggnation & Systm.org & The Broken) you get $20 off of any GoDaddy package of $75 or more, bringing the entire price down to $85 for a year! Those coupon codes change a lot but since I keep up on tech podcasts (free on iTunes) I can easily get you new codes.  That rocks! I then learned quickly that making a web site is not easy so I need to find a good web application...I tried Adobe’s GoLive, which is supposed to be child's play, but was not at all straight forward, so I looked into Cold Fusion, and someone said try MS Front Page (YUCK), and once you have mastered it go to a more advanced application like Adobe’s DreamWeaver (formerly MacroMedia.)  That  made me nervous since I never made a real web page before.  I decided to test the hard core DreamWeaver, and let me tell you, it is easy as pie, and it is so very intuitive I am about in love with it.  One last thing, it does have some limitations if you do not know html coding – I do not know how to do this, so I tried RapidWeaver, and decided I liked Apples iWeb – so my personal and professional sites have been recreated in iWeb, with a little bit of tweaking in DreamWeaver as iWeb has limitations as well and help forums don’t seem to be very helpful.  I actually dreaded doing this, but now I look back and laugh.  I admit I'm not an expert and I have a long way to go to be a pro at this, but I do like it and will learn a lot more in the future.  I do owe some credit to a few friends who are very good with DreamWeaver.  Matthew Hunt in Portland, OR, Cristian Ioja in Portland, OR, Michael Cohn of http://www.digi-works.us/ in Austin, TX (my old co-worker at Apple, Inc.) - they helped me when I hit a road block.  Go click on the links, go explore my world, see what we have to offer, we think it's pretty cool.  My X wife was in charge of Tasty Treats.  I will add more content to it soon.
Explore....most of the site is functional. More will be added soon. We made it fast, and now going through the forgotten parts and customizing more.  This site will always be in progress, getting updates, new movies and so on.  Look for new stuff all the time.  Enjoy!  And if you need a tech or have any corrections or additions you think should be made, click on Email Me at the bottom of the page.
Enjoy!
Kevin

JUST KEVIN!
I was born in Portland, Oregon in 1968.  Light blue eyes.  6'2", Adopted at 2 weeks old to Larry and Marlys.  I instantly had a sister, Tammy.  She liked to say I came from the zoo. ;-)  They are the best parents anyone could ask for, although I was a handful after say 10 years old.  I was great as a baby and a child.  I had a light temper, I was a bit hyper.  What fixed most of it all was their love and caring, God, and me getting into martial arts.  I went to a church camp, and one option was basket weaving, or karate.  Hmm...let me think about that....KARATE!  Then my parents saw how much interest I had and let me try it.  I started in American States Karate in Portland, OR...it was good, some teachers liked to inflict more pain than a child should endure from a black belt (major bruises, full contact act when I did not know the arts or how to properly block.)  Ron Dolf was the instructor, his main student, a middle eastern man name Cauvey maybe – he was the sadist.  I did not give up though.  After a year I got into Tae Kwon Do, taught by Master Tae Hong Choi and his sons.  I did this for about 4.5 years.  While doing this I joined wresting (ask me why one day) for a short time, long enough to know the basics and defend myself against another wrestler.  Then I started looking for more and found American Kenpo Karate (taught by Master Tim Teausant – 9th Degree Black Belt - highest Kenpo belt in America, by an American!) for a year - after doing many other arts that were not as effective.  Kenpo taught me a lot.  I got to teach the class because of my experience, and the teacher had to leave for some reason.  I studied this for a year.  At this point I had just graduated from Reynolds High School, class of 1987!  This was a point in my life where I did not know where I was going, you know, what is the meaning of MY life and what’s next?  Always what’s next and on the move, never sitting still unless dying…I think this is my Scorpio side.  ;-)  So in 1988 I joined the US Army, spent a month at Fort Knox, KY, then a few months at Fort Benning, GA, then I had the option of Hawaii or West Germany.  What did I pick?  Germany of course.  I have been to Hawaii.  Europe….wow….that story is for another day.  While there, I studied some kick boxing in Aschaffenburg (right on the famous Rhine river) by the European Intercontinental Champion, I have some video’s I may add under “Fun Films.”  I have many Army and German stories to share in my upcoming book.  ;-)  Spain was a hoot as well.  So next I went to Fort Carson, CO – right next to the famed N.O.R.A.D. (North American Aerospace Defense Command) on Cheyenne mountain.  There I took some Shotokan Karate by a full bird Colonel.  That was fun, but normal Japanese karate is not what I had a passion for.  Joined the U.S. Army in 1988 and learned all there is to know about T.O.W. II missiles, went to basic training and AIT (Advanced Individual Training) at Fort Benning, GA, then I was home for a short time and went to Aschaffenburg West Germany, where I learned the language, met some great people, learned a new culture and saw the Berlin wall...fall. Then I met some east Germans, and in 1990 I flew back to America, came back to Portland, Oregon for 2 weeks then went to Fort Carson, Colorado. It too was a blast, but the high altitude takes it's toll. After the Army.  I got out with an honorable discharge, and went to Al Collins Graphic Design School in Tempe, AZ – now it is called Collis College.  I met Al Collins that year, and that was the year he died.  After graduation, I went back to Portland, worked for security company’s while I looked for some design jobs, worked at the World Trade Center in Portland, OR.  SARJAM – Johnstone Supply, Payless-Thrifty and others.  Then I tried one of my movie hero's (Steven Segal) art of Aikido.  What he does in the movies is what they really teach, but they do it safe.  ;-)  It was called 2 Rivers Aikikai in Portland, OR.  It was awesome as well..I'll never look at a wrist the same again.  My temper was way under control after that.  I stopped 4 months later after hurting my wrist on a boating trip with friends.  , I went home once more and then I was off to college in Tempe, Arizona. I graduated from Al Collins Graphic Design School. Al Collins by this time was a frail old man, in a motorized 3 wheel cart, and he wheeled up to me, looked up, then stood and said you are a big one (I am 6 foot 2 inches) and shook my hand. Later in the year, he died. I came back home and worked a lot of odd jobs, then got a few graphic design jobs, working with Smith Ski Goggles, Nike, Creative Media Development, Strickland Graphics, A-dec, inc, Johnstone Supply, Sorrenson, Jolink, Turbo Law Offices, HSI, Community Newspapers, Inc, US Army, Division Cash, Larry's Pole Vaulting, Nautilus Dive Resort, Payless/Thrifty, Sarjam Communications, RCW, Nan Heim Assoc, Dr. Terry O'Barr, Good Samaritan Hospital, Bullseye Secretarial Service Inc, The Networker and others. The one thing I learned from doing all of these jobs, is I love Apple Computer and the ease of use and the power still unmatched today in the personal computer industry. I then learned how to fix them, how to operate them, even how the components worked. I then took the technical route, fixing other peoples mistakes...it is rare it is the computer, usually what people do to it and what they install or download to it. I then met 2 people online and was bored so I looked at their IP addresses and found out they were visiting from Apple Computer! They told me about working there and helped me get my foot in the door. I was at the time living in North West Portland, very old buildings, coffee shops on every corner, clubs, shopping....I actually walked to buy my groceries. I went to my favorite coffee shop called Coffee Time, and they had outdoor seating with heaters over your head for the winter time, and I played my first game of chess there. I ended up playing this one guy, beating him, and he said how long have you been playing? I told him about 22 games now. He was not happy with this and stared in disbelief. I later found out he had been playing his whole life. It is amazing what you can do in life if you try. About this time I saw on TV Measure 58 they were trying to pass...it was to let anyone over the age of 18 obtain their original birth certificate. I jumped on it, supported it and help to get the measure to pass, having 2 TV interviews. But before it passed....well...read the bottom segment called: The Moment of Truth I wrote. I do not want to ruin it. So, back to Apple Computer. I had a telephone interview, which I aced, then got offered a job! I was trying for their new facilities in Sacramento, California, but the offer was in Austin, Texas. Well, other than family and friends, I had nothing going for me at the time, and I was just out of a very deceitful relationship, so I was really ready for a change. But Texas? That was about the last place I wanted to go to. When I go there though, it had a lot more trees than expected, a lot of water and damned off rivers to make huge lakes for water fun. And Fun I had. Working for Apple was like a dream come true. My sister said "The mother ship has called Kevin home." After moving up a little, winning a few awards, going to tons of work party's and events and going to meetings with they guy who works directly under Steve Jobs himself. If you have not read, "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs," I really suggest it. Very entertaining and enlightening. I also met this awesome gal (so I thought) I married September 13th, 2003...the details of that are on the link called About Bridgette. She also covered our pride and joy...our son Aedan....so when you are done reading this, read hers too! After 4 years I searched for better horizons and found...cough...Dell Computer, now called Dell, Inc. the enemy! Not so, I went in as a salesman...for Dell's, which I have never to this day owned a PC, then really hated it and moved to technical support. After 2 days on the phone I was promoted to the Dell R.E.C. (Resolutions Expert Center) which is a supervisor position and a hybrid of technical support and customer care. I am the last stop for a disgruntled customer or company or CEO. I talked to enough of them. Usually they were much better off when I was done talking to them. It is a very nice working environment although I was very skeptical at first and I am having fun. I just got (in 2003) 2 cars, a BMW 525i, and a Kia Sorento. Both are great. Yes, I did say the Kia Sorento was great. Kia the company is another story for another day. Lets just say if you ask about it, it will not be a happy conversation. And lastly, I am looking to the future, I own a condo (have for 4+ years) and want to get a house and get out of the heat. I sold the condo, rented a house in Portland, now in an apartment going through a divorce. It is very hard. I'm glad to be here with my family though. I currently work at a marketing/advertising firm downtown Portland called Yesmail, Inc. My title is Desktop Support, but I am in the Sysadmin group and I am the Information Technology (I.T.) Guy. I'll update my resume soon.

Here is my adoption story and what helped me find my birth mother....following it is a link to some photo's.
A Moment of Truth, 1.26.99
I was told I was adopted when I was around 10 years old, and I had a hard time understanding why my mother would not want me. I felt hurt and angry at the time. As the years went by, I had high school on the mind, girls and martial arts. Followed by 4 years in the US Army and graduation from graphic design school. All in all I always thought about it and the mystery lady, but figured she had no desire to contact me, and wondered if I would ever find her.  Then, when I was about 24, I decided to look into the adoption agency, The Boys and Girls Aid  Society. They gave me non-identifying information about my birth mother and about my adoption.  I thought more about it and wondered why and how it all came to be.  Then one day, when I was 29 years old, I found out that the people of Oregon were considering  having birth certificates of adoptee's opened with measure 58. I was very ecstatic. I watched ever so closely on TV to see if it had a chance to pass, and I saw a lady on television who was funding the measure talk about the issues and found out about OARA (Oregon Adoptive Rights Association.) I then called and talked to Judy Linquist and she was going to a hotel to help support it, so I showed up to support it as well. Then in November 1998, I went to my first OARA meeting and heard about a heart touching reunion, and knew it was the place for me. In December of 1998 I joined OARA and met the search guru named Darlene Wilson. She helped me tremendously on my search and ideas where to start. She suggested I get my decree of adoption from the courthouse. they did not cross out her name dark enough, I could finally see what her last name was! Kind of. I scanned it into my Macintosh, used PhotoShop to lighten it and found her last name. She encouraged me to check with White Shield Home where I was born. I did, and Sondra Beatly sent me information confirming her name and date of birth. She also gave me her hometown, which was Gold Beach, Oregon, in Curry County. This information would help change my life forever. Darlene also found out that a man named Thomas Paulsen got married to a Linda Chapman in  1969-1972. I called Gold Beach High School and Karen was nice enough to fax me a photo of her senior picture. Now I wanted to know whom the mystery lady was more than ever!  I was getting excited and getting large phone bills, but I knew I was getting closer. Most avenues  I took seemed to be a dead end, so I tried getting information on Thomas Paulsen. Darlene got me his address, and a friend of mine who works for the state, Krista, got me his phone number. On the 26th of January 1999, I called Thomas and said Hi, my name is Kevin and I have a few  questions for you if you have a minute. He said sure, and I went on to asking him about Linda, and he said he never had children with her, and that he last heard from her about 15 years ago, and she was living in Tucson, AZ. She had re-married and has 3 boys. He told me her sisters name was Shirley Lippse and her husband was Burt. He told me Linda's 2 brothers live in L. A. and her father's name is Harry, and mother's name was Violet.  I was so excited with my new news, I called Darlene with the new information. she found about 6  Lippse's in the area of Tucson, Arizona within seconds! We got off the phone and I called Carl, the first one on the list, and I asked if he knew Shirley and Burt and he said he did, and he gave me his parents phone number. I then looked at my list and that number was Shirley and Burts, and I realized I had just talked to my biological cousin and was about to call my biological aunt and uncle!  Their number was busy for about 30 minutes, and finally I got through to Burt. I said I was trying  to get a hold of Linda, and he asked why. I told him it was a confidential matter, he said hold on, and got Shirley, she asked the same thing, so I said it was important and confidential, and she said she would not give her my phone number unless I told her! She then asked, How old are you? I knew she knew who I was at this point. I said 30. She then said, are you her son? I said, yes I am. (She knew! She knew!) She then asked for my address and phone number and said, I'll write to her and see what she says. Maybe I’ll call. I said, so technically you are my aunt. She said, I sure am! I said I am very excited and hope that she is too. Shirley was kind of curt, and said maybe. I could tell she really did not want to talk to me at the time.  When I got off of the phone, I immediately called Darlene and told her the good news, and a little later my phone rang, Darlene sounded excited and I said, No, It's probably my girlfriend. I clicked over and a strange woman said, Kevin? I said, yes? She then said this is Linda....Day. I said could you please hold on a second? She said yes, I clicked over and told Darlene that my birth mother was on the phone!. I have to go. She was excited and said goodbye.  I clicked over and she said she was my mother and we talked and talked. I found out that her  parents had passed away, and she was living on Beaumont, Texas. She is married to a nice man named Larry. He got on the phone and said she talks about me often, and that on my birthday she sings happy birthday to me! She said she has loved me for 30 years, and not a day goes by that she does not think about me. She also said while in the hospital that she demanded to hold me or she would not sign the papers. They let her, and she cried all over the adoption release papers.  The whole time we talked I was crying and it was hard to talk. I feel that a large weight has been  lifted from me, and although it seems like the end of the quest I have sought out for my life, I feel there is much more to know, see and do. I never want to replace my family, but I do want to get to know more about my birth family and spend some time with them. I have two half brothers and many other family members I'd like to know more about. It is a day I will never forget. She told me she knew how the world  was, and that she did not want to interfere with my life. She also said her childhood was difficult, and wanted me to have a better one than she did, and requested me to go to a good Christian home. I told her I had the best childhood anyone could ask for, other than I never got a pony! ;-) I told her how I had dreamed of meeting her ever since I was told about being adopted. My parents would encourage me to look for her, and said that one day I'll find her. They were right!  I guess the next step is meeting in person. I wish everyone who is searching for their family to  continue, and not everyone will turn out as good as mine has thus far, but hang in there, have an open mind, a big heart, and most of all have God on your side.
“It feels like a dream now that two days have gone by, and I can't wait for my day off to talk to  her again. We have 30 years of catching up to do, and I have a lifetime to get to know her.”
Kevin
Special thanks to: • OARA & all of the members, with out my knowledge of them and their help, I would still be at square one! • Mom, Dad and my family, with out their support and love through the years I would have never made it! • Darlene, who helped me with searches, and always told me not to give up, with out her this would not have come together. • Krista, who found Thomas Paulsen's phone number. • Thomas Paulsen, who helped me with the name and address of Linda’s family. • Karen of Gold Beach High School, who faxed me my birth mothers high school photo. • Shirley Lippse, who got me in touch with her sister, my birth mother. • Sherry Steele, of the Boy’s and Girls Aid Society who gave me my non-identifying information. • Sondra Beatly, with out knowing where she was from, I would still be chasing my tail! • The Portland Courthouse, with out their mistake I would still be wondering who the mystery lady was!  • Linda Joyce Day, who wanted to call me, who spent one and a half hours with me on the phone,  who gave me up for adoption so I could have the childhood that she never did, with her compassion and yearning to meet me as well. • God, because he has a plan for my life and put me with my family for a reason, and made me search for my birth mother for a reason as well. He helped motivate me, and told me to stop being so lazy, stop complaining and just go for it. I did, and don’t regret it for a second!

UPDATED 03.06.05 - Well, after working for Dell, Inc. for about a year as a temp employee, they decided to hire me. The raise was very large as well, so who knows where my life will take me, but I am excited about the raise and makes me wonder if I can get a job that pays the same and that I like doing as much in Portland. Time will tell. Miss and love you all!

UPDATED 12.06.09 - So I have gotten married in 2003, divorced officially in 2010. 7 years of a very good life I thought. I would not change much because I got experience, a dog and 3 AWESOME kids out of it who are the only reasons I have to continue living.

The Divorce
This is a super sad story as in July-August of 2009 she went to Austin with my 3 kids, and when she came back she told me she did not want to stay married to me. We have had issues for awhile now, but this was final and she got an apartment once our lease on the house was up and I got my own as well. She is by 148th and Burnside and I am by 102 and Burnside. Not too far but this is horrible for our family. As I write this it is December 6th, 2009, my son is on the couch next to me as we watch Fringe, my 2 daughters are upstairs sleeping, and I am heart broken and sad, but doing my darndest to move on and one day find someone who will not lie to me and will accept me even if I am hard to get along with, and not break my heart. I think the saddest part is that some of it is my fault, but after she lost her weight she totally changed, he attitude and more. She hangs out with teenagers from work and she is adopting their personalities and it's sad for me. She is not who I married. She says it is just more confidence now that she is not close to 300 pounds anymore. I say when you are cruel, it is more than that. I always miss the old Bridgette. She was kind and thoughtful. Neven has been much of a house cleaner, very lazy and that has not changed, but her whole personality has and it is so sad as I love her still so much and always will, but when the other party does not care, there is not much you can do about it.

Bridgette's Story
Hi, I am Bridgette, previously Bridgette May. I was born and raised in Austin,Texas. Beside the one year I lived in Houston (blah.) I was born on May 15th, to Ronda and Edward May. My parents were divorced after I was born. My father was not ready for kids. My mother had me at 24. She worked in a bank when I was born. I was raised partially by my grandmother and grandfather until my grandfathers passing in 1986. From what I remember he was a great man. My mother remarried when I was two and she had three more children, Amber, Stephanie and Beau. They are great to have around. We have been through some rough patches in our life. When I was 11 my stepfather left my mother so we were homeless for about 3 months. We finally found a cute duplex in south austin where we would stay for about 3 years. My mom had to work hard to raise 4 kids so she worked a graveyard shift as a waitress. She has always tried her hardest to make our life better. After 3 years. My mother accepted my stepfather back and we moved to Del Valle (different area of austin) where my parents bought a home and we would stay for the next four years. At 16 I found a job working at Minimax so I wouldn't have to rely on my parents to buy me the things I wanted. I also semi-spoiled my sister Amber. I worked there for a year. It was a fun job. I found the job because of a close friend of mine Richelle. We worked there together and I made a lot of friends. I loved the job. At this point towards the end of my years working for Minimax I moved in with my grandmother because my parents wanted to move to Rosanky and I couldn't see myself living in the country 60 miles from all of my friends. When I departed from Minimax it wasn't even 2 weeks later and I was at my aunt's house to watch her children. I got on the internet and thought it would be fun to look into dating services. So I did. I stumbled upon Matchmaker.com and I filled out the profile and about an hour later a strange man messaged me. He thought I was someone else. We started to talk and after a few hours I needed to leave so I asked him to call me. He said he would. *I didn't believe he would* BUT HE DID! I was so excited. He had the sweetest voice. We talked for a while and decided to set up a date to meet.

(Me having no car he would naturally have to come and get me.) So on April 15th, he came and picked me up around 6pm and I was very nervous. I remember the whole thing like it was yesterday. I started to get ready as soon as I came home from school. I was done around 5:30 and had no idea what we were going to do or talk about. So when he picked me up I had brought some CDs with me so he could take a listen to them (he said he like local music so I brought all of my local cds with me.) We couldn't think of anything to do so we thought we would go back to his house and listen to them. He liked what he was listening to. I was still very nervous. He seemed very calm. Sometime that evening when I was there is parents called and all the tension was broken (he wasn't a psycho, he has parents... hehehe.) So we talked about all kinds of things and later on that night he took me home and we decided we had so much fun together to do it again on the 17th of the month. So we did and we have been inseparable ever since.

November of that year we decided we may want to get a dog. Kevin had talked about his Cocker Spaniels back at home and he was just so excited every time he talked about them so I wanted to get him one. We looked at two different shelters on the 7th (Kevin's birthday) and on the 8th we went to the Human Society and we found a pretty little blonde Cocker Spaniel (she was perfect) so we adopted her. She was a lovely addition to what soon would become a family. *Jumping ahead* We were together for 10 months when I found out I was pregnant.

In July of 2003 we found out we were having a baby boy. We were excited. I think it was the happiest moment of my life except for when I realized I was in love with Kevin.

Well on Aug, 1st of 2003 when went to San Antonio at the River Walk for a little get away (well that is what I thought anyway) around 6PM Kevin got on one knee inside the Marriott hotel and proposed to me while we looked out at the view. It was a moment in my life I will never forget. I couldn't wait to tell the whole world. So that night we planned about the time we would like to get married and that would be the following month in Portland, Oregon. The wedding would be given to us by his parents. We flew there on September 8th and we were married on September 13th. It was a beautiful wedding and reception. It was a beautiful day.
Our honeymoon was given to us by Kevin's sister & brother in law and parents. We spent one night at the beautiful Benson hotel (where the President of the United States stays when in town) and then we spent two wonderful nights at the coast (Canon Beach.) It was a wonderful trip. Well time passed and on December 26th our beautiful son Aedan was born.

It was all so surreal. I love my family and I am grateful everyday to have them in my life.

Bridgette



This is a super sad story as in July-August of 2009 she went to Austin with my 3 kids, and when she came back she told me she did not want to stay married to me. We have had issues for awhile now, but this was final and she got an apartment once our lease on the house was up and I got my own as well. She is by 148th and Burnside and I am by 102 and Burnside. Not too far but this is horrible for our family. As I write this it is December 6th, 2009, my son is on the couch next to me as we watch Fringe, my 2 daughters are upstairs sleeping, and I am heart broken and sad, but doing my darndest to move on and one day find someone who will not lie to me and will accept me even if I am hard to get along with, and not break my heart. I think the saddest part is that some of it is my fault, but after she lost her weight she totally changed, he attitude and more. She hangs out with teenagers from work and she is adopting their personalities and it's sad for me. I'll add more under my page "Meet Kevin" when I can. But this is nto really the right place for my feelings.

St. Aedan of Ferns ('Aedh-og or Mo-Aedh-og, Maedoc, Aidan, or Mogue) was an early bishop of Ferns, in Ireland.
Wow, there is so much to say about him. I love the way he smiles at me, and bobs up and down saying dadadadada and mamamama. This is a totally different experience that can be rivaled only by another one. Don't hold your breath. ;-) He will do great things one day I hope, will walk in our foot steps as long as possible then go on his own way. We will hope and pray for the best. He is in the 95th percentile for his size, and when he was 6 months old he was taller than most 1 year olds. He has baby blue eyes, and likes anything daddy eats or drinks. ;-) He looks like us both and he is one in a million. I know that this could be better, there is a lot to be said about Aedan, but maybe my wife will add more. She put a lot in under her profile, "About Bridgette." I hope you all enjoy this as we have and have a great day.
Update. He is now 5 years old and loves to play Ghost Recon with me and tags along everywhere I go. He is growing so fast. He starts kindergarten this year. How freaky is that?



If you want to see more picts and movies about this devilishly handsome child of mine, have a look in the photo gallery and movie section. He is a doll and as my sister says very well behaved.

So sweet, so precious!!! My first girl, and she is very cute but a troublemaker in the works, you can just tell! She just turned 2 and she is the cutest thing! The way she says I love you, sounds like I luboo. Very cute. I'll be watching her close!

Addy is very special. When she was born she broke out in a bad rash and the Dr's gave us quite a scare. We are sure glad all is well with her now. She almost always has a matter of fact look like she is scheming. She just turned 1 and she is standing all by herself and thinking about walking, it will happen any day now. We love all 3 kids very, very much. I'm still wondering how I made them, I don't look that good!

ca·lyp·so - n. pl. ca·lyp·sos
A terrestrial orchid (Calypso bulbosa) native to northern temperate regions, having a rose-pink flower with an inflated pouch like lip usually marked with white, purple, and yellow.

I got Caly as I like to call her as a birthday gift from my wife on November 8th, 2002, she was actually born in January I think of 2000. She has been a blessing and a joy and I love her much. She protect me from other dogs, frogs, cats and other strange critters in Texas....I wonder what will happen in Oregon? ;-) Bears? Hahahahha. She loves her stuffed squirrel, and most any food. She waits by the door for me everyday for me to come home from work, so I'll feed and walk her and hunt things that go bump in the night. She often sleeps at the foot of my bed waking to her bad breath in my face. ;-)

Larry & Marlys in Portland, OR




Anita, Russ, Deidra, Mikalya & Julia in Gresham, OR



Misty, Arlo & Chanel in Gresham, OR



Grandma & Grandpa (he is missed!) in Grants Pass, OR


Grandma in Gresham, OR


Troy in Hollywood, CA



Linda & Dennis in Gresham, OR


Tiffany Mittleider

Tammy, Kevin & Megan in Collyville, TX





Ronda in Austin, TX



Don in Austin, TX



Amber in Oklahoma City, OK




Stephanie in Austin, TX



Baby Mo in Austin, TX


Beau in Austin, TX - Pretty Fly for a white guy!


Grandma Betty & others in Austin, TX


Aunt Patty in FL


Linda (my biological mother) & Larry Day, Chris and family in Beaumont, TX!