hey! This is Karen Denise, not Jose'. I'll be writing some on here now that my life is not consumed by my job. I know an elderly lady who was diagnosed as needing a heart transplant due to a genetic disorder. while pondering about her, I got these verses...

"I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people and I will be their God." Ezekiel 11:19-20

"Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!" Ezekiel 18:31-32

Now that's a heart transplant! And isn't it great that our God takes no pleasure in death? So much so that "...He gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting LIFE..."

I know that death is real and painful but, yea!, it's TEMPORARY, as opposed to EVERLASTING and ETERNAL!

I could go on and on and on, but I won't. God is trying to teach me, a confirmed babbler, to be concise.

GETTIN' A NEW SKIN

Well....today I started the transformation of my Gibson Les Paul. I stripped off all of the hardware and electronics.......and some of the paint. My plans are to take it back to its original color ( white ) with a blue/silver pearl mix. I'll mix up the pearl myself ( so I'll have to see how it turns out ). I am excited about it . I've been researching humbuckers for a long time now and finally decided on some Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups. They're a matched set.....like those used by Slash. I've always enjoyed his signature sounds.......and I know it takes more than a set of pickups to get a sound.....it's a beginning. Anyways......I'm looking forward to the process. Right now the guitar is pretty ugly. I'm also going to be adding a Jimmy Page Les Paul wiring set up. If you're not familiar with it....his Les Paul is set up with a push/pull knob that switches the humbucker to a single coil. Gets lots of cool sounds out of it.



I know it's looking pretty rough right now....but it's been a long time coming. I was never really happy with the sound of the factory pickups. They're standard Gibson issue humbuckers. The wiring will be an upgrade as well. It'll look nice back white. I'll put some pics up in a few weeks after it is done.

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!

We've all been so busy the last few weeks that blogging has been left out. In a nutshell here's what has been going on. Denise is now out of school. She has really needed this time to recover from the year and rest up. Carolina is enjoying her summer of freedom and relaxation. Last week she went to Florida. She also turned 7 last week as well. I've been working. I'm really looking forward to this summer (while Denise is out) to have time with her and Carolina. There are a lot of projects I'd like to do around the house...I know that Denise has a few of her own.

Things are happening! Rodriguez Home Builders LLC is bonafide!

After a lot of red tape and waiting......I've got a business license and am insured. I would also like to thank David Finlayson for all of his help and work he put into creating business cards and post cards for me. Take a look.........

I seriously recommend David for any design/layout work. He's a top notch professional! Check out his web page(s) at http://www.finlaysonconcept.com/ and http://www.dfinlayson.blogspot.com/