Month: October 2015

TommyLog – Postcard from a Friend!

Hey Kids it’s dad, and for today’s TommyLog I want to share with you how much excitement can be generated by sending one simple postcard.

So I have the super awesome friend from Phoenix who went to Disneyland. Not the world, but the land. And she took time out of her busy hectic schedule to send me a personalized card.

How awesome is that?!

This totally brightened my day. Thank you Sara so much. Your thoughtfulness is just tops!

Each morning when the Clifford’s say prayers, I always pray that we will be able to do something for somebody else. Do something special, reach out to somebody else to make their day brighter. This made my day bright.

Thank you!! This rocks!!

Do something special for somebody else. Make a difference in somebody else’s life. Send a postcard. Make a phone call, send an email. Make a difference.

TommyLog – Things Happen for a Reason!

Hey Kids it’s dad, and for today’s TommyLog I want to talk to you about how things happen for reason.

For the weekend, Drew was diagnosed with strep throat. Monday morning mom and I flipped to coin for who would stay home. I decided it would be good for me to stay home from work. A few minutes later as I was walking out to take the trash to the curb and, I noticed the smell of gas around the outside heat vent exhaust. I spent a moment and the smell went away so I didn’t think anything else about it. A few minutes later back inside I heard a strange noise coming from the heater. I immediately called the heater guy to have it checked out. I thought to myself I’ll be home all day might as will get it taken care of. A really nice guy named Eric came over to check out the heater. He found that a smart relay device was defective.

Apparently at the beginning of a heating cycle,  the heater sends out 2 bursts of gas. One small burst to begin and then a much larger burst after that first burst has been ignited. Well the regulator wasn’t working properly and there was no first burst of gas only a second much larger burst of gas. Eric stressed to me how dangerous this was and could have led to an explosion. He didn’t want to scare me but he was certainly firm on the fact that this was a bad bad situation.

So let’s think for a second if Drew had not gotten strep throat, I would not have stayed home, and could not have had the heater guy come over to take care of the problem. This could’ve been tragic.

Things happen for a reason. The good Lord was watching over the Clifford family for sure!

TommyLog – Drew’s Top 5 Nintendo Wii U Games

Hey Kids it’s dad. And for today’s TommyLog I’m actually home today with a sick Drew. Drew was diagnosed with strep throat yesterday so he is grounded with a 102° temperature. he has to  take the pink medicine 2x daily till its all gone. Being sick is no fun. But then there’s a plot twist 🙂

So for today’s video Drew want to talk about  his top five Nintendo Wii U games.

So in order from bottom to top here is Drew’s list

5. Super Luigi U

4. Super Smash Bro’s

3. Splatoon

2. Super Mario 3-D World

And Drew’s most favorite Nintendo Wii you game i:

1. Super Mario Maker

And there you have it, Drew’s I’m home sick, top five Nintendo Wii U games. I hope you get better soon Drew.

TommyLog – The Colors of School

Hey Kids it’s dad, and for today’s TommyLog I want to share the stage with my sweet Emma. Everyone that knows Emma, knows that I really don’t share the stage with her, she just takes over as you’ll soon see!

So we want to talk about the color system in Emma and Drew’s classroom. Everybody starts the day on green “ready to learn” and from there your choices determine what color you land on. Listen to Emma and I talk about the different colors

TommyLog – Preventative Maintenance in Your Life with Robyn Wright

Hey Kids it’s dad, and for today’s TommyLog I’m coming to you live and in person from the W Hotel in Midtown Atlanta. I’m joined by my awesome Verizon friend Robyn Wright.

We want to talk about preventive maintenance. At work there are many large complicated machines. Every two or three months we have preventive maintenance done on the machines to keep them running smoothly. We do this during downtime to take care of little issues that could potentially become big issues if they’re not taking care of properly. Just like your vehicle, getting the oil changed is something that’s important on a regular basis. In life we need to also do preventive maintenance. No matter if it’s some downtime, a vacation, or just a family dinner. We also need to make sure to take care of our bodies. A check up our yearly check up is important. We need to watch over ourselves!

Preventive maintenance is important. Never forget that.

Thank you Robyn for doing this video with me. It’s always a pleasure to be around you. You bring the best out of everybody. You can find more about Robyn at www.Robynsonlineworld.com, or @Robynsworld on Twitter. YOU ROCK!