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I've Moved

2009-08-23T09:16:00.000-04:00

It's official....

On Aug. 23, 2009 I moved to Cobourg, Ontario.

SOLD

2009-06-17T09:13:00.001-04:00

Thank you for your interest....

The Miller home has been SOLD!!!

Estate Home For Sale

2009-04-15T08:36:00.002-04:00

Decatur, Indiana... Beautiful two story, 4-5 bedroom, 2.5 bath home located on 2.48 acres.

3487 square feet living area, 1523 square feet basement.

Spring 2009 Photos
** New Inside Photos **

Main floor:

Elegant Tile entry way and guest bathroom.
Kitchen: 10 x 20, with lots of hardwood cabinets, gas stove, built-in dishwasher, refrigerator, pantry and dinette area with kitchen table and 4 chairs.
Dining room: 12 x 15.5, with two large French windows, with beautiful private park like view.
Family room: 14 x 26, w/wood burning fireplace, large bay windows on three sides.
Library: 13 x 15, with solid wood paneling, gas log fireplace and built in bookcases.
Sun room: 9 x 12, fully enclosed.

Second Floor:

Two full bath rooms, and 2 stairways. All Bedrooms have Oak floors, and ceiling fans.
Master Bedroom: 15 x 17.5, with X-large walk-in closet.
2nd Bedroom: 13.5 x 15.5, sunny, with 2 full closets.
3rd Bedroom: 13 x 14, leading to outside balcony, with 2 full closets, and jacuzzi tub in bathroom.
4th Bedroom: 9.5 x 12.5, with large French Windows, ideal for nursery or study, includes laundry shoot.
Large Recreation room/5th Bedroom: 20 x 20, includes 2nd stair way, oak floors, and Spanish Laced ceiling and ceiling fan.
Bonus room: 6x8, Can be used as laundry room, storage, dressing room or closet for 4/5 bedroom.

Two car garage/new openers, A/C, Gas Heat, 2 1/2 acres of mature landscaping, and much more.
Full basement with cement floors.

Fall 2006 Photos

Beautiful 2 story, 4-5 bedrooom Home For Sale

2008-02-25T00:00:00.017-05:00

Decatur, Indiana... Beautiful two story, four-five bedroom home located on 2.5 acres.

Main floor:
Elegant entry way and powder room.
Kitchen: 10 x 20, with lots of hardwood cabinets, gas stove, built-in dishwasher, refrigerator.
Dining room: 12 x 15.5, with two large French windows, beautiful private back yard view.
Family room: 14 x 26, w/wood burning fireplace, large bay windows on three sides.
Library: 13 x 15, w/gas fireplace.
Sun room: 9 x 12, fully enclosed.

Second Floor:
Two full bath rooms, and 2 stairways. All Bedrooms have Oak floors, and ceiling fans.
Master Bedroom (MB): 15 x 17.5, with large walk-in closet.
2nd Bedroom: 13.5 x 15.5, sunny.
3rd Bedroom: 13 x 14, leading to outside balcony.
4th Bedroom: 9.5 x 12.5, ideal for nursery or study, includes laundry shoot.
Large recreation room: 20 x 20, includes 2nd stair way, oak floors, and ceiling fan.

More photos here
Winter Photos
Two car garage, Gas Heat. And lots of mature landscaping.
Full basement w/cement floors.

The surgery went well.

2008-02-23T14:06:00.003-05:00

The surgery went well. Although it lasted some 11 hours and there was a bit of blood loss.
We talked to Mike this morning and he in good spirits.

We hope and pray that after over four years of pain and suffering Mike will quickly recover and be able to resume a normal healthy life.
It is interesting that several years ago while at Truman State (Missouri) Mike developed computer software for cancer research.
Here is the link to the project that he finished up about one year ago: pyrite.truman.edu/~millerm/

I'll keep you posted as he recovers.
Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement.

Monday Mikejr went to the Mayo Clinic for a biopsy.

2008-02-20T14:04:00.004-05:00

Monday Mikejr went to the Mayo Clinic for a biopsy. Yesterday the biopsy report came back.

Mikejr http://www2.truman.edu/~mdm162/ has a grade 1 Chondrosarcoma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrosarcoma which is a type of cancer of the bone.

He is scheduled for surgery on Friday. ::pray

When it rains is pours. Lord thank you for Pouring out you Grace.

2008-01-22T14:07:00.000-05:00

It is official. I have a hernia. :(

Update on our son Mikejr

2007-12-27T14:11:00.001-05:00

Update on our son Mikejr,

As some of you know two weeks ago our oldest son, Mike had an MRI that showed a possible bone cancer.

I am happy to report after further tests and examination that it is not a tumor or cancer. Praise God!!!!
The specialist that he saw today thinks he has a bone disorder that I can’t pronounce.

Our son Mike has suffered much the past 3-4 years trying to figure out why he has so much pain.

Thank you all for your many prayers and concern.

Edit: Sadly the Dr was wrong, See post the week of Feb. 20-24

2007-01-08T09:03:00.000-05:00

A lot has been happening the past few weeks.

David was home for the holidays.
Mike and his gf Kristan, visited from Dec. 20 - 30, 2006

Jan. 2, 2007 Shari went to Israel. She will be there until Jan. 20, 2007. She's there on business. If you wish you may contact her by email slm at sogwap dot net -- Shari is volunteering with Livnot, attending meeting, and taking care of some business.

Jan 4 - 7 MikeJr was invited to fly to New Orleans, to present his Vascular Network Toolkit, that he has been working.

Jan. 7 David went back to school, that means I'll be home alone for the next couple of weeks.

2006-12-04T15:18:00.000-05:00

Just a quick update to show this blog is still active.

2005-10-26T22:12:00.000-05:00

The importance of Sex

A quality sexual sharing is a common thread that seems to weave itself through long-lasting, happy marriages. It is a cherished bond that a couple can share throughout the marriage. Their sexual satisfaction indirectly affects most other areas of the relationship. When sex is good in a marriage, it represents about 10% to 15% of what is good in the marriage. But when sex is bad in a marriage, it represents about 85% to 90% of what is bad in the marriage.

When a marriage ends in divorce, sexual deprivation is common, and in most cases has occurred over a lengthy time. Many couples who divorce describe their sexual relationship as never having been good, mechanical, or satisfying to only one partner. In these kinds of situations sexual relationship often becomes a tool for control.

Remember, sex is not just a fringe benefit, it is a vital energy that can nourish a relationship throughout the marriage. And the best of all is that God thought it up. It is His good gift.

2005-10-24T03:12:00.000-05:00

Fall Into Fitness.

We are currently into week five of the Fall Into Fitness, a program designed to encourage exercise
It's like getting paid to workout, well sort-of. Ok, so they don't pay us to exercise, but it is healthy for the body and mind.

2005-08-09T12:48:00.000-05:00

Take Hold of Every Moment

A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:

"This," he said, "isn't any ordinary package." He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.

"She got this the first time we went to New York, 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on...was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it." He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothings he was taking to the funeral house; his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:

"Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion".

I still think those words changed my life.

Now I read more and clean less. I sit on the porch without worrying about anything. I spend more time with my family, and less at work. I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day. I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it. I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words "Someday..." and "One Day..." are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now.

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends. She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favourite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come. I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would meet, letters... letters that I wanted to write "One of these days" I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brothers and sons, not enough times at least, how much I love them. Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives.

And, on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day. Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.

2005-05-07T20:25:00.000-05:00

It is Spring time.

After 49 years, I am learning to love God's creation. Sometimes you have to quiet your mind and listen.

2005-04-28T00:51:00.000-05:00

For updates on Shari's condition, go here: http://www.sogwap.net/weblog/

As you may know Shari fell and broke her foot/ankle while in Israel.

2005-04-07T18:26:00.000-05:00

Spring into Fitness.

The company that I work for, DRG sponsors a fitness program called Spring Into Fitness and Fall Into Fitness. The purpose is to increase my level of fitness and health.
They must have gotten this from Dr. Schulze!!!
Step # 7 Start Walking and Breathe more.

Since I recently got serious about regular exercise I figured that I should be a part of the program.
On the weekends weather permitting I ride my bike often an hour or more each day. During the week I walk 20-40 minutes, 2-3 times a week.

Recently I obtained a "CatEye" Cyclocomputer. After wrestling for about an hour to mount it on the bike, (too bad that time didn't count in the fitness program), I was went out for 1.5 hours and traveled 15 miles. The unit features distance, current speed, average speed, odometer, maximum speed, elapsed time, clock.

It's kind of cool to have a device measure my millage. The only down side is that I'm sure that it is a lot more accurate than my guesses.

2005-03-28T08:44:00.003-05:00

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Very facinating reading about the temple in Jerusalem. Jews and Christians have a vested interest in knowing and understanding about the temple that was built to honor and worship The Lord. In 1990 I had the privilage of walking on what is believed to be the temple mount area. Today that is impossible. As much as man has tried to hid, bury, and discount G-d's plans. The Lord G-d is preserving His people and His promises for this time and promised in scripture.

http://www.templemount.org/

2005-03-13T20:16:00.000-05:00

It's been a while since I updated the web log.

In October I started visiting The Marriage Bed
The Marriage Bed provides a Christian alternative for married and engaged couples seeking information about marital intimacy.

In December I found out about Theophostic Prayer Ministry
From their main page: Our approach to Prayer Ministry is being used by thousands of people around the world who are reporting wonderful results. Pastors, Professional Counselors, and Lay Ministers world-wide have reported our training program to be highly effective in bringing relief to people with a wide variety of emotional duress.
Both Shari and I have received healing through Theophostic.

I finally received my long overdue review the end of February.

2005-03-06T08:32:00.000-05:00

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. - 1 Thessalonians 5:16
Right now I want you to agree with me in a prayer, that even if you don't understand it, I want you to agree because it is scriptural.
The Bible says, "In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."
The Bible says, "For everything give thanks." and it says "All Things (all things, even this) will work together for good (some way, some how) to conform you to the image of Jesus." Some how, some how.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't pray that it be changed. But for a while, Let's stop praying that way if you are, and agree with me in prayer right now. Would you do that?

Father in Jesus name, I lift up my situation, that I've shared with my brother. And right now, I'm going to do something, that it's hard for me to do. But I am going to thank you, for the situation that I am in. I'm going to thank you that my needs are not being met in this area. I'm going to thank you like Paul, "my necessities are not even being met." I'm going to thank you for the way the other person is affecting my life. I'm thanking you for them, that some way, somehow I am going to give you thanks for this. And I am going to trust you with whatever the results are. So I'm giving you right now my will, to be God to do what needs to be done. Remind me by your Spirit for as long as you want me to, to pray like this, concerning this situation. And every other avenue of life, that comes against me, that's harmful. I am going to just put my faith in you, that his man knows what he is talking about. And that God you will move on my behalf, some how, some way because I thank you. And I praise you in Jesus name. Amen.

2004-12-11T23:26:00.000-05:00

Evidence I have gathered to date:

Anti-depressant drugs' greatest danger is their evocation of suicidal and/or homicidal feelings and behavior; both teenagers who attacked their fellow students at Columbine happened to be taking anti-depressants. Another danger from "feel-good" drugs is the creation of dependency or addiction. Psychiatry has badly mishandled depression in its all-consuming reliance on drugs as the first line of treatment. ("Drug Treatment for Depression is Dead Wrong," by Nathaniel S. Lehrman, the former Clinical director of the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center in Boston, NY. - in Red Flags Weekly, August 15, 2002) Author's comment: other news items have made the statement that those people who have committed many of the horrendous crimes these past few years were on psychiatric drugs for depression.

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This is part of a letter written by my son Mike Jr. about the effects of being on prescription "Anti-depresant drugs" Click here to read the complete letter.
If you have doubts about the extreme dangers of these drugs, please read this article written just over a year ago. How's Mike? He's fine and drug free.

2004-12-08T22:12:00.000-05:00

SOGWAP

SOGWAP Software, the acronym standing for Son Of God With All Power, was a company developing and producing Commodore home computer software from 1985 to 1996. Its products were sold through Creative Micro Designs (CMD) until 2001.

SOGWAP's best known products were the Big Blue Reader, for allowing Commodore 1571, 1581, and CMD floppy disk drives to read and write MS-DOS disks; and Bible Search, a KJV or NIV Bible search program and database on floppy disk for the Commodore 64/128 and Amiga.

2004-12-08T01:00:00.001-05:00

Today, December 8, 2004 is my 49th birthday. It's also our 22nd wedding anniversary.

What do I want for my birthday and anniversary?
For my wife to be healed. After that she would understand the importance of the following scripture.

1 Corinthians 7

Marriage

¹Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. ² But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. ³The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. ⁴The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. ⁵ Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

2004-11-15T01:00:00.000-05:00

God has given us an incredible gift, life. Are we going to sleep walk through it or are we going to live each day to its fullness.

The choice is up to each of us.

Life may not be fair, but I have found that God has given each of us an incredible strength, physically, emotionally and spiritually. This strength is innate, born within each of us.

It is your choice, to live a mundane life filled with heartache, or to life each day to it's fullness as God designed and created.

2004-11-14T23:56:00.000-05:00

Sex, Lies, and the truth. I've been thinking about these three words all day.

Sex is a very personal thing. The scripture says that Adam knew his wife Eve and she conceived and had a child. Very personal and intimate. What does Satan do. He often gets us to look inward or outward (inappropriately) when intimacy is not working God's way. When you are married the issue is compounded because you think that it's just suppose to work. The problem is that the world magnifies what sex is not (the lies), and says nothing about intimacy as God created it (the Truth).

Lies, I want to classify two types of lies. The first is were someone lies, for whatever the reason. The second is where we believe a lie about ourselves. When we believe a lie about our very nature, we believe that we are not good enough, that we are defective, we ask why me, only if, if only, and the list goes on. If we believe the lie long enough, we fall into various sin, guilt and condemnation. This is from Satan the father of lies (John 8:44), and not from the Lord.

The Truth - First and foremost, God's Word is truth. Jesus said I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life. He also said Thy Word is truth. If we do not believe and confess His truth (the Word) we are believing and confessing a lie. For all of us (as Christians) this is daily battle, to speak the truth and live it as God's Word declares. In marriage when truth is lacking, trust is broken. This is why adultery is one of the most hurtful trespasses. Our most intimate trust with our spouse is broken. This trust ultimately breaks down the oneness that God designed for marriage.

This is why it is so important to speak the truth, and refuted the lies.

2004-10-28T22:40:00.000-05:00

"Notice how the flowers grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass in the field that grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?" (Luke 12:27-28)

Two years ago my 1978 Simplicity riding lawn mower blew up. We have about 2.5 acres of grass. Last year my brother, Steve, lent me his mower. Earlier this year, Steve fixed the mower lent it back to me, but it blew up again. So my grass has not been mowed since June.
Anyways most of the summer I spent that time bike riding as noted earlier. Several weeks ago I went out into the yard and discovered a truly amazing thing.
The grass grew without my help what-so-ever. God in His infinite mercy brought the rain and sun to cause the grass and trees to continue growing with out my help.
It didn't die and didn't look horrible. Ok, so it only grew so high then leaned over.
In another act of God's mercy, we bought (ok, on credit!) a closeout riding mowers at Walmart. Normally $1700, paid $1150 plus tax. Guess who brought it home, my fantastic brother, Steve.

It was so good to mow my own lawn with a new riding mover that we purchased.

THANK YOU GOD!!!