Curtis Lowe



These blogs have shown me just how boring I am. I have only done fourteen and now I am out of things to write about. I really thought I was busier or at least more interesting. I have seen first hand that I really do not have a lot of things to talk about. I will guess that it is not a bad thing. But what does make some one interesting or give them something to talk about that is a good or safe thing to mention?
  Do they have to have a lot of friends or money or family? What would give someone a lot to say? Even better when someone has a lot to say will it be something people will want to talk or hear about? How would you know something would be good subject? Is it a hit or miss thing and some people hit it a lot.
 Does personality help this topic out? Like if someone has a lot of personality will that boost their chances of people wanting to hear or talk about it? What if they are plain and monotone but have picked a killer topic would that be enough to carry a conversation? I am just not sure of how or what makes a good topic. I do know bad news seems to get every bodies attention and that seems like a shame. I would like to find happy or positive things for people top talk about.

Curtis Lowe    week 8 blog

  I am getting to take my kids to see nuclear cowboyz. I am very excited the kids have asked to go several times but this time they are in Orlando. It appears to be a great show according to the commercials. They play music and have a light show plus they ride the bike and do crazy air tricks. We actually have very good seats in the middle lower sections. I believe after this we will not be doing monster jams which wont bother me.
 I need to make the rest of the plans for before and after like what food or drinks. What are we driving? Are we tail gating? Do we need anything special for this and of course how much are we going to spend on toys and other gadgets. This will be the first so I am sure I will learn better ways to do it next time but I want this one to be awesome. I will take lots of photos and hopefully some videos if they will let me. I wonder if they will do a meet the riders and/or signings.
  This will be another awesome chance to pull the family together and have fun too. No holiday or anything to make this a pain or problem with time or schedule conflict. I feel we have enough of those things that make us come together. But things like this is great doesn't mess with work or life it is done at a off hour time and we can just have fun and talk and see something that we will talk about for a long time. I hope every family gets times like these to come together and chill and enjoy each other and have a good show or thing to be entertained

inspring people

Have you ever been around someone that was just amazing. I am not talking about dad or mom. Someone that when you are around them you just want to do better than you have. They are not pushing you to do better you just want to be a higher level than you were. They just seem to have everything under control and always know what to do or say. These people are not politicians cause they are lying. They just tell the truth in a way that is inspiring when they help you with a problem or a tough time. They give you hope when you have lost it.
Well I am lucky to have one of these people. He helps me and gives me a drive to get things done the right way. I don't get to see him a lot but when I do it is great. He has help me turn my life around so I can set an example for my kids and for that I am very thankful. I know I will never repay him for the wisdom and time he has given me. I do hope that I can be that type of person to someone  someday. That way he would know how much he has meant to me. This is a positive thing in such a negative world. I do wish there were more people that was inspiring and less that are bringing everything down. I hope everyone has one of these inspiring people in their live.

life is learning

Wow when I was a kid my uncle always told me that I would never stop learning. I kinda believed him but I would have never imagined this. Seems like every time I try to do something I have to learn how to do it or how to use it. It is getting crazy how many different things we use daily. Maybe setting the dvr to record "had to learn that" to using the new phone. Now I have to learn how to use windows 8 and so far it is a pain. I am learning a new career and still learning new things in the career I am in now. learn learn learn  I guess my uncle was right the only way to stop learning is to die.
I have learned some cool things like how to build anything I want. How to fix or mod and car or truck. But to me the most important are the life lessons I have learned being a father. I have always wanted to be the best for my kids so they could have the best chance at being their best. I have done anything I could and sometimes went to get help to learn what I needed to help the them. I hope I can be smart enough to find strong but for now I will keep learning new things like how to use the next new thing or the next new way of doing what I already do now.
I will kept my kids learning new things too, would not want them to get stagnate. I will push them as hard as I work to stay on top of the new things. As they get older it works in my favor cause we learn different things and share.    

fast food

Has anyone seen the movie "super size me" ?  Well i heard about it and was sick of my ten old always begging to go to Mc d's.  So as a loving parent we sat down as a whole family and watched. I did expect the guy to have some trouble and gain some weight but not what he went through.  I got the results i wanted my youngest does want fast food as much and now tries to think better about eating. In fact even the older kids was amazed and have slowed down on fast food and junk food  so it work for everyone including me.

I just wanted something simple to not have to go to Mc d   everyday.   But after what we seen and then discussed we all wanted to change are eating. Then we started exercising. The man in the movie only ate from Mc d and in the first thirty day he lost 10% muscle and gained 5% body fat. That doesn't seem like much but the Dr. said he should quit what he is doing now of course the man did not because this was to be a 90 day deal. he stopped his normal exercise and diet to do this and show everyone how bad  fast food really is.

After he went 60 days went back to the Dr. and he said the man had to stop or he would most likely die. Yes most likely die is what the Dr said. He also reported depression and a lost for sexual drive neither of which anyone in my family wants to happen to us. His girlfriend told him to move out she was done with this she was not going to stand by and watch him kill himself and that this was not worth his life. This man was still going to finish this through. We  as a family made the decision at this point to make a change and now. We all started working out or exercising and then we changed  he foods we eat.

The movie did finish with him alive and in really bad shape. he gained forty pounds of fat and had no breath to run anymore he was in very poor medical health. the Dr.s all decided what he did was a major lesson to them all and some were very surprised just how fast food stores could be that bad for us. Dr today now say we should not eat fast food and if we do only one time a month at most. It took that man almost two years of working and eating right to get back to his original health.  With this in mind my family now exercise and try to eat much healthier we are seeing and feeling a difference.  Kind of strange that this was all started with me wanting to NOT go to Mc d  two or more times a week.

level of dumbness

  Today I would like ramble about the phase "level of dumbness". I don't know if anyone knows what I am referring to but it deals with everyone to some degree. I get sick of this but have know I have no glue how to fix it. I see it everyday everywhere and have become numb to it except on rare times. I will tell you about this one time now
 The level of dumbness is simply. Take anyone put them into a place of work and they will do great. Then they get moved up or promoted and then if they do great they move up or promoted again. Sounds great till they move up until they reach the "level of dumbness". Somehow they move up to this level and now they can not preform. They seem lost, confused, or even dumb. The coworkers will wonder why are they in this position. This is where they can not "get a handle on it" or "figure it out" but they have made it to this position and now because they can not handle it they do not get move back down.
 This happens a lot but the employer doesn't want to punish the person. They want them to learn the new spot. Sometimes the employee just gets fired even though one level down they were great maybe even the best. So now that I have said this I wonder when this will happen to me? I hope never but hey I am only human and I do make mistakes to. It is a shame this happens I have a friend who just went through  this I felt so bad. They did the one thing so well and when they were letting them go they did ask if they could have the olds job back and was told no (it had not been filled).
 I now look at a promotion as a scary thing. Is his something I can do? Am I really ready for this? Will this be my "level of dumbness"? Is there a way to work past this or is this just the end of our limits? How would we know or even figure this out? How do you tell your friend they are they? The "level of dumbness" sooner or later we all face it and the only difference is how we deal with it.

quiet time

  Does anyone like to be in a quiet room? I do but it seems I never get to any more.With all the noise I deal with everyday and how loud some people are it is very annoying. I work in a noisy shop with tools and equipment all day. Some of the other employees will just shout over the noise like it is not even there.It was loud but they are making it even louder.I guess it is not that bad I only work ten hours a day five day one week and six the next. When I get the chance to be in a quiet room it is nice and refreshing.
  Sometimes being in a quiet place is relaxing and soothing. It will give you time to settle down your mind. It will let your ears rest and reset. It will calm any anger or bad moods. Some people use this time to get closer to their religious beliefs.I like quiet times for a lot of reasons but I think the best one is so I don't go on a killing spree. I think everyone needs this time and it would help everyone be friendlier to each other and more patient when others make a mistake. So if everyone would get just a little more quiet time the world would be a better place.
  I know when i get overloaded with work, the kids,and school or many other things if I can just get a little peace and quiet I would be right as rain in just a little while.I do think everyone needs this but I don't think they know how to use to it to benefit  them.I have ran into many that say they can't be along in a quiet place cause they get wigged out. Maybe I am just strange about this but they did use to put prisoner in solitary cells when they did not get along with others. I think this was a forced time out but it always proved to work. So maybe we should have our own quiet times to keep us mellow.