All posts by Tony Burgess

Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!

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My 17th Wedding Anniversary Is Today

559444_10151548274129917_1416816339_nSeventeen years ago I married my wife Laura in front of God, family and friends. It’s hard to believe it has been this long and I am blessed to have a great wife. This week we are going to Florida to celebrate our anniversary as well as have a much needed vacation. We hope to reconnect and renew our bond over the next few days. I love my wife for being a great partner and friend. I appreciate her support and tolerance of me all these years.

My First WordPress Post, One Year Ago “Ready For The Future”

I am not a doomsday sort of guy but with Yahoo making significant changes to Tumblr I want to be ready for the future. My “shadow” blog will be at WordPress where there seems to be a cr…

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My WordPress Blogging Anniversary…One year ago I started experimenting with WordPress because I felt like the corporate instability of Yahoo would impact it’s Tumblr blogging division where I was blogging for a long time. The more I blogged here the more I liked it. I found there were some incredibly creative, thoughtful and unique people doing some great things here. I had previously blogged here but nothing serious. So this is my first anniversary blogging here full time as my primary blog. I am thankful for you all for making this a great place to be and welcoming me warmly. Keep on blogging good people.

Facebook Fast While On Vacation

While on vacation I will be taking a Facebook fast because it gives me stress and I don’t want that while I am trying to relax and get away from stuff. Don’t worry my friends I will be blogging and Tweeting so you can see what we are up to in Orlando. I will be signing off Facebook on all platforms sometime this evening and will sign back on sometime on Thursday. Thanks for being great followers and making my experience here a great one.

The Paycheck Blues

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Haven’t we all been there. Sometimes there is more month or week than money. First world problems!

The Weekend Has Started

Happy weekend good people. For me it’s a very long weekend because I’m on vacation. I hope all of us will have a blast. What are you up to for the next couple of days.