I came home from work to find that the game I ordered just last Saturday has arrived already. I mean… it was a holiday weekend and i still got it in 3 days! That is absolutely amazing.
Month: November 2005
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Man is Amazon.com fast
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Back in the saddle again….
As of this moment, there are high schoolers on their way to my house for zero hour bible study and my vacation is over. It was nice while it lasted and I am ready to get back to it.
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One last project for my vacation
It has been quite a productive week away from the job. Today we spent most of our time taking advantage of the lull in the weather (mid 50s today) to take care of oodles of yard work one last time. So far this fall we’ve done a lot of big minor things to the house with the electrical clean-up outside being the major one. (Having good wiring in the house makes for better sleep!)
I just have 1 project to finish and 1 to complete tonight and I will be very pleased with the last week. First I have to finish updating our Microsoft Money. I’ve been keeping tabs of our bills and we’ve not had problems, but it has been about 6 weeks since I last balanced the checkbook and that is bad. Bad bad bad. I’ve entered in about 160 total transactions! Just about 10 to go as of right now. It’s kind of weird assigning all these categories to things you bought a month ago. I think Kristen is tired of me saying, "Hey babe, what did you buy at KMart on October 22nd for $13.80?"
The last thing I have to do is to install 2 more "windows" in the shed behind our garage. I don’t think the previous owners stored anything in there… there massive windows in that thing are just screened in and there wasn’t any way to keep the snow or rain out. So I’ve hung some plywood over them and mounted them with some hinges so I can open the windows in the spring but still protect our stuff in the winter. About 2 hours with a saw and a screw gun and it should be all sealed up.
Big props to Kristen who spent the entire afternoon cleaning the garage out. I just looked in it and realized we really do have a 2.5 car garage!
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last day of vacation
Well, today is it. The last week I’ve just layed around and rested… but today is the last day. At 6:15 AM on Tuesday, I’m officially back to work.
OK, let’s face it… I’ve been working a bit today as well. Drats!
The really cool thing is that in less than 1 month I get another week of R&R. This has all be much needed since in a lot of ways I still feel behind from last summer’s mission trip. As soon as I got back we launched Light Force, bought a house, golf season began… and life just spun out of control. For the first time since then I feel pretty grounded.
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It’s a hard knock life, for me!
Think you’ve got it tough?How’d you like to have your house on the market for $40 million and not get any offers. Poor baby has to suffer in one of the 14 bedrooms. [See story}
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Notre Dame survives and advances to a BCS game
Last night Notre Dame survived a major scare to comeback and win against a defenseless and otherwise pathetic Stanford team. [Story] There was one thing that I noticed with the game yesterday. Obviously, they should have blown Stanford out. But keep in mind that ND has a history of getting beaten with "everything on the line." It was just 12 years ago that they lost to Boston College a week after beating #1 Florida State.
But last night, for the first time in a long time… Notre Dame played with moxie. They drove the field and scored a TD to win the game. $14.5 million on the line, no big deal. Put the ball in the endzone and move on to the BCS.
I am not on the bandwagon just yet. True enough that my Irish look pretty solid, but if they don’t get some more fresh talen we’ve got Bob Davie all over again. For that matter, Bob Davie and Tyrone Willingham both took the Irish to a BCS game early in their career only to get fired a few years later. I am being pesimistic. If they win the BCS game… then I will jump on the bandwagon.
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Finally purchased Jungle Speed
Well, after liking this game for almost a year, looking for it in 2 countries, and just plain liking the thing… I finally bought it today from Amazon. The funny thing about me buying this thing, I hate board games… I generally call them bored games since they are so boring to me. But this one is different. It is a mental test and a downright physical test sometimes. If you’ve never played it, I suggest getting it… I will guarantee you’ll like it.
Gadget guide? I am looked at as someone "in the know" for what are the cool toys out there and all kinds of techie stuff. So, I just thought it might be nice if I started posting some of the gadgets I’d suggest looking into. Some of these things are what "everyone knows about" and others are ones I’ve picked up or seen online somewhere that qualify as uber-cool. So if you think it’s just a cheap excuse for me to put up more Amazon.com crap… you are wrong. After the holidays I’ll get rid of it.
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MCREST McSuccess
This week the people of our church have been providing transportation for Macomb County Rotating Emergency Shelter Team. (MCREST) Let me just say this, it has been incredible to see the helpers come out of the woodwork and pitch in.
Last week as I was trying to fill slots, one member of our church said to me, "This is the type of thing our church should be involved in." I couldn’t agree more. I believe you move an old church like ours in baby steps and this was exactly that a baby step in the right direction. Perhaps another succesful year or so and we will be ready to host.
I couldn’t be more proud of the people who have put aside their own "stuff" to help out. Their type of service to the Lord is much needed in our community and I look forward to witnessing more of it.
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DTE = da terrible electric company
Well, our electric problems are now behind us. After the supervisor lady came last night to put a bandaid on the problem we were told that no one would come here until Saturday at the earliest.Afterwards, the T-day meal wore off and I quickly fell asleep on the couch with Stoney warming my toes on the floor below me.
About 1:00 AM the doorbell rang. I had been asleep for hours so I wasn’t actually sure if it really rang or if I just had some sort of weird dream that had a doorbell in it that woke me up. About 3-4 minutes after the doorbell I decided that it must have really rung and I checked on it. Sure enough there were two DTE trucks. Within a few minutes they drove one of those massive trucks into our backyard and started working.
So, it’s all done. I am glad for that but did I tell you they came at 1:00 AM? Strange.
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the fattened pastor
Thanksgiving Day went off without a hitch. While we had some power problems early in the day, for some reason the power held steady until about 3 PM when everything suddenly went off again. Not too long after that the lady from DTE showed up and did some sort of band-aid. We have some power, but our stove and washer/dryer won’t work until after they finally do the work. So the pressure is on DTE to get this done.
It was nice having the family here. I think it was less stressful here as opposed to having it other places. (Cough cough… no names mentioned!) Like almost American in the country… I am slowly waiting for my body to digest just enough food so I can feel a little hungry… at least enough for some more pie.
