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  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesI know, I’m a day late. But it felt a little weird to miss this. Yesterday, we had a busy day. I woke up and worked on a friend’s website all morning. Kristen ran some errands. Before we knew it, it was time to go to the beach with our friends from community group. We went up to Torrey Pines, where we met our group along with our refugee family. How is it possible they had never been to the beach before? Not only that… but we were completely amazed at the kids language acquisition. Last Fall they barely spoke any English at all… now the kids feel mostly comfortable with English and mom and dad aren’t too far behind. That’s fun to see.

    A lazy evening followed. This was capped off by the delivery of a brand new mattress. Since moving to this house Kristen and I have slept on a double size mattress on the floor. It was fine but excessively ghetto. On Friday, Kristen and I decided to finally solve this aching (literally) problem and headed to a furniture store in Kearney Mesa called “Real Deal.” Just like the reviews of the place promised, this was a great furniture store. Lots of choices and a friendly, no commission staff. Long story short, we got our long-awaited mattress delivered last night. We went from a double mattress on the floor to a massive king sized bed. We both slept like rocks last night. I went to bed about 10 minutes after Kristen last night and she was completely knocked out… that never happens.

    Anyway, this morning is quiet. Kristen is off running a 5k and I am home with the kids before church. Here are the next 10 tunes I’m listening too. As always, these are completely random and my ratings are included.

    #1 Night Drive by Jimmy Eat World ****

    #2 Plain White Rapper by KJ-52 ***

    #3 Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer *****

    #4 Sea of Love by Cat Power ***

    #5 Nothing Left to Lose by Mat Kearney ****

    #6 Enough by Chris Tomlin ***

    #7 Filled With Your Glory by Starfield ****

    #8 I Alone by Live

    #9 A King A Kingdom by Derek Webb ****

    #10 Lose Yourself by Eminem *****

  • 5 Songs that Pump Me Up

    Music is a powerful measuring stick for where a person is in their life, isn’t it?

    The songs that I identify with right now reflect a lot of who I am as well as a lot about how I feel about the stuff going on in my life. Here are songs that I listen to on a regular basis and just get me all fired up-n-stuff. A couple of them are obvious while a couple may only make sense to me.

    1. Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

    2. Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer

    3. Lose Yourself by Eminem (not sure when I haven’t loved this song!)

    4. Rise by Eddie Vedder

    5. You Found Me by The Fray

    What gets you all fired up-n-stuff?

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesIt’s amazing how fast the last few weeks have gone. It just seems like every time I turn around I’m here talking about what I’m listening to on a Saturday morning! Last night, we took the kids to Gio’s in La Mesa for our family date night. Then, they came home and everyone crashed by about 9:00 PM. This morning is normal Saturday morning stuff. We had waffles and coffee and in a little bit I’ll take Stoney over to dog beach so he can run around and play with other dogs. Kristen is pretty occupied thinking about our move, which starts in just 8 days!

    Here are the next 10 songs I’m listening to this morning. Completely random, my ratings included.

    1. We All Want the Same Things by Kevin Michael ****

    2. I Will Not be Silent by David Crowder Band *****

    3. Lose Yourself by Eminem ***** (Shout out to Cathy N. on that one!)

    4. Change Me by Brae **** (Romeo peeps, this is Brandon’s album)

    5. When I Come Around by Green Day *****

    6. Bye Bye Blackbird by Joe Crocker ****

    7. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes by Paul Simon ****

    8. Ballad for the Lost Romantics by A New Found Glory  ****

    9. Amazing Grace My Chains are Gone by Chris Tomlin ****

    10. Hard Sun by Eddie Vedder *****