Friday, February 18, 2011

Update Time!

Finally! At long last, I have a little bit of time to make a blog post. Lets see.....what's happened since the last time I've done a real post? Well, back in December I applied for an Electrician Apprenticeship Program. The entrance exam took place in January. I'm happy to report that I passed the exam, and if I make it through the committee board interview next week, I'll be enrolled in the five year program. At the end of that time I'll receive a Journeyman Wireman Card. That card would enable me to go anywhere in the U.S. and do electrical work. (Plus Puerto Rico and a few other territories.)


Spring Break is fastly approaching. I have a concert report due before March 1st, a music test, and a Math test (or two) before the 7th of March. I'm taking English Composition 111, Spanish 101, Music Appreciation 121, and Math 158, College Algebra. I'm glad that I only had two classes last semester. I think that allowed me to acclimate to a different learning environment without having too much on my plate. Spanish class is the most enjoyable for me. Even though I think it has the biggest workload, something about that language has got me fascinated. After Spanish, music class is next on my list of favorites. Right now we're finishing up the Renaissance era. English is probably next on my list. It's mostly just essays due every two or so weeks. At the one week point, we do peer editing in class. It's a hybrid class, so the majority of our assignments are on Tuesdays. On Thursdays our professor will post an assignment due by midnight on Saturday. Math is going better than I expected. Having taught myself for most of my highschool years, I wasn't sure how well I'd do in this class. As it turns out, I'm in the "A" group praise God! On my last test, I was expecting a C or a B. But it was a score of 74 out of a possible 76.


Dr. Dale Sides and his wife Vicki of LMCI (www.lmci.org) were here this past week. He did a two night class at our house, then a two night/one day class at the Hansen's house. Many were blessed and eyes were opened. He will be coming back into town in March to do another class. Very excited about that.


I think that just about wraps it up for this post. God bless, and have a great weekend!

Gavin

Oh, for those of you who aren't local, we're having close to 80 degree weather right now. It's amazing to go outside without a heavy jacket!

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Apologies

Hi everyone. I'm sorry about my lack of posts lately. I have been really busy with homework from college and I'm trying to slow down enough to be able to do things that I normally do. So, with all that said, I will endeavour to make a 'real' post sometime soon. Until then, stay well, stay safe, and be blessed.


Gavin

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Happy Birthday Mom and Patrick!!

Yesterday was my mom's birthday and today was my little brother's 11th birthday!

More to follow. Time for homework:)

Gavin

Monday, January 17, 2011

Just a Google Funny

Hi electronic world. I think some of you have probably already seen this, but it still strikes me as funny.

Disclamer: I intend no offense to the French people. I didn't come up with this.


Q: What happens when you Google "French Military Victories"?

A: This:   Did you mean, "French Military Defeats?"

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Dear Dead Fred

Well our dear..........no, that's not gonna work. It seems that I've started too many blog posts with that word. Ahh. Found it. Here we go......

After four brief but love filled months, our cat Freddy, or Fredward, as yours truly nick-named him,  (and also Fredfugglesworth. Don't ask, it just came out and stuck.) passed away this evening. Over the past week or so he lost about 3 pounds. As 9 pounds was a healthy weight for him, you can see he couldn't really afford to lose that much. He got very thin and bony. For those of you who know me, let me provide an illustration. I weigh 150 or thereabouts. Imagine if I lost a third of my body weight. Yeah, I'd be 100 pounds. And me being 6'1", it wouldn't be a pretty sight. (not that it was to begin with but you should get my point.) So my mom took him to the vet's office today and had his chest x-rayed. There was a lot of fluid around his heart and in his lungs. The vet didn't know if he had pancreatic cancer or not. But he wasn't doing well at all. So we had to make the tough decision to put him to sleep. It was very difficult for my mom because they were my aunt's cats. (the one who passed away unexpectedly back in Oct. Here is the link for that story.  http://gavinlarum.blogspot.com/2010/10/live-your-life-with-no-regrets.html. And for pictures of the cats and their story http://gavinlarum.blogspot.com/2010/10/heidi-and-freddie.html.) Those cats were a tangible reminder of my aunt. So having the cats was kinda like having her around. Anyhow, he lived to be over 15 years old. He had a wonderful 4 months and so did we. We'll miss ya Fredward!


Gavin

Friday, January 7, 2011

What a Trashy Thing to Say

Yeeaaahhh.......don't let the title fool ya. My dad was on the news! He works for Tidewater Fibre Corporation as the Director of Sales and Customer Relations. There is a recycling center in Portsmouth Virginia that TFC has a contract to empty the cans from that location. Hold up. Why don't you guys just read the news report and watch the video? Just click on the link. Have fun! For those of you who don't know my dad, his name is Nikolas Larum. Look for the name in the video and the story.

Gavin


http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/ports-residents%3A-recycling-site-is-a-dump

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Happy New Year

HAH!! Am I the only one with this idea?

Gavin


Happy New year.
again.