Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
Friday, June 13th, 2008
The Bible has so many incredible things to say regarding our identity. Here are just a few of them for you to meditate on.
1 John 3:1-2
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
We all have a little awesome in us. Bill Cosby is the exception and is almost completely awesome. But being awesome and being part of the Awesome Club are different matters entirely.
Admittance into the Awesome Club requires a special knack for simple acts that can, in some way, be ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Last year we were most likely grilling up hot dogs for residents of Biscayne Bay apartments. I forget. This year we’re spending Memorial Day as low key as possible. We played outside in the back yard. The kids swam in a little play pool we got from Freecycle. We ate ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
With a multitude of ice cream brands and flavors you’d think I’d like something like Super Chocolate Chunka Peanut Butter and Raisin Cancun Vacation Monkey (ala Ben & Jerry’s). But I’m really not one for all those fancy schmancy ice cream adornments. Me, I’m a plain old fashioned vanilla guy. ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
I woke up late this morning. Apparently I hit the snooze button on my alarm clock every 7 minutes for an hour. You know what the first thing I said to Mary was? “Did you reset the alarm clock?” I checked the clock on the stove, above the bookshelf, and ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
So I was recently reading the post 7 Signs That You’re Living in Denial on Dumb Little Man. Great Post. It got me on several points:
I am above failure
I suppose I’ve failed a one or two times in the past but that’s basically negligible compared to others
If You Want Something ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
I just woke up. My shoulder hurts. I’m lying face down in my bed. The lights are off. The blinds are open but it’s dark outside. A quick glance at the alarm clock and it’s 7:14. I overslept. But where’s Mary? The bed is made and she’s not beside me. ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Remember the classic Nintendo days? I do. I happened across this website where you can play all the classic Nintendo games online and I was immediately enveloped in the blissful nostalgia of my youth. I remember the day we got our Nintendo, Faressa and I. We had begged our parents ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
So I’m trying to be a better husband and father. Mary and I were talking about this tonight and we came upon an interesting question: How much personal time–”Me Time”–is acceptable. I’m an introvert so I could spend all day and all night in the house, preferably in front of ...
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Based on photography by Catface3 and Seamoor
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
Just over a year ago we had paid off all of our debt. Every last cent. No student loans, no car payments. Not even a mortgage payment. We didn’t have any credit cards. What we did have was an awesome credit score, though.
But now we’re in debt. $30,000 in ...
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
This is how we reduce our environmental impact (and save a little money too). It makes life more simple and it helps to have a more sustainable environment. All of these action points were taken from Make Me Sustainable, a great website for managing your carbon footprint.
What we already do
Eat ...
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Since I got my bike (and subsequently had it fixed) the weather has either been very hot during the day or very cold in the mornings. I’ve ridden it for sure but it hasn’t been the best it could be. This week things cooled down quite a bit during the ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
I’ll take the bait on Mary’s meme. Here are a couple of my “guilty secrets.” Note: I had to think hard to come up with these ;)
The Good
I sent Mary a postcard, everyday, for the entire month of July. Every day I told her something that I liked about her. ...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
I’ve started a bit of a night time ritual. At about 10 PM, when Mary and the babies are asleep I get out the laptop, prop it up against my pillow, and read blogs until I’m tired. I love it.
I’ve read about economics, recessions, the housing market, celebrities, blogging, ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
We just signed on our new house yesterday. Although we won’t move in until the end of next month, I already feel a sense of stability. We’ve moved several times in the past 2 years and with our recent marital issues it’s just time to settle down a little.
First ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
I had the most absurd conversation with my banker yesterday. This is how it went. Seriously, almost verbatim. Click the image to get a better view.
Created at Stripgenerator
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
I just got back from a conference by Desert Stream Ministries and I just wanted it to be known that it really changed my life. I thought it was just going to be about sexual brokenness, but as it turns out it helped me to identify some deep rooted ...
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Controversy brings traffic but, more importantly, it helps define our philosophy and views.…We don’t do this just to be difficult. We do it to take a stand for things we believe in…Matt. Conflict is good for business. 22 Sep 2006 [Online] Signal vs. Noise.
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