It’s Wednesday already. I was in 6th grade at camp and first heard the term, Hump Day, I’ve always giggled at that expression. I’m 32 years old and it still makes me snort a little.
Here are some random tidbits going on in my life, none big enough for a whole thought.
#1 We’re entering into the 21st century of television soon. When we moved to San Diego I cut back on our cable costs for a while until I could grasp all our bills. To say the least, housing in Southern California is a lot different than in Michigan and I feared there were other hidden costs I wasn’t seeing. With all that settled and a normal monthly budget in play, we upgraded. I know this surprises some people to know that we did analog cable, being that I’m such a total tech dork. So we will soon have a bazillion channels, including tons of HD choices, and a DVR. You mean I won’t need my VCR anymore?
#2 Social networking tools and the church. Kristen and I are getting more and more engaged in the church in an awesome way. One thing I’ve agreed to help out with is getting their website in order. Now, in addition to that, we have a Facebook group and I’m asking the staff (no office, decentralized staff) to play with Google Groups for their collaborations instead of emailing everything all over the place. Next step for them, they want a team blog to help tell their story. The biggest challenge for me is that we truly are a multi-cultural church. Yet, I’ve never done a website in multiple languages. I have to figure this one out!
#3 Proud of YS this week. There’s been quite a stir about our publication of the book, Barack Obama: An American Story. It’s a team that rallies together, prays for one another, and genuinely loves one another. We knew this release would cause some people to question our sanity so we weren’t taken by surprise by the response. But it’s really cool to see Marko (the president of YS) be transparent about it on his blog. I love the values of YS, always have, and am proud to be a part of what God is doing through them.
#4 Speaking of politics. It’s been a slow news week. I’m pretty sure by the end of the week Katie Couric will have a story, “A Retrospective of My Time on The Today Show.” With gas prices diving, a peaceful presidential transition, all of my sports teams sucking, and even murders and teen pregnancy on the decline… there really isn’t much to report on.
#5 One more week until NYWC Nashville. Half of me says, “I’m still tired from the first two!” The other half of me says, “Bring it on!” Someone in the YS office loves me. After being in the adjoining room to Marko’s suite in Pittsburgh, I got moved down to the adjoining room to our VP of Marketing’s suite in Nashville. I think Dave knows every person in Nashville! Sleep? Who needs sleep? Not going to lie, I’m a social butterfly so I’m looking forwad to it.
#6 Our kids rock! Don’t take my word for it, read Megan’s guest blog post on Kristen’s blog yesterday. I think Megan will have a guest post here soon. Turns out mommy is paying Megan to be her editor now, $1 per piece. She’s going to need an agent soon.
#7 The Wii is back. After a summer’s long hiatus, the kids noticed we had a Wii again. In fact, Paul told me… “Your friend Ian has a Wii, so I want to play.” Kid’s brains work in the weirdest ways. It is true, Ian has a Wii… Paul saw that when we dropped off a stray turtle at his house over the weekend.
#8 Reading again. Glance over at my sidebar and you’ll see what’s currently on my nightstand. I really am reading all of those books at the same time. Perhaps that’s why I rarely finish books?
#9 Kristen’s new job. It’s been a fun challenge as we’re figuring out life with both of us working. She’s doing customer service for Calorie King in nearby La Mesa. We now have an ongoing joke that while she is the Calorie Queen, I am the King of Calories.
#10 I don’t really have a tenth one. It just sounded like a good idea since I had nine.
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