Did someone steal my banner?

No idea what happened to it.
Can you view it because it looks like a big black box to me.

I wanna see the world through his eyes!

Almost caught up

Getting caught up on Heroes has been the thorn in my flesh.
Badly hacked versions of season 2 online.
Subtitles that took up half the screen in season 3.
We finally got to episode 5 and 6 in season 3 so we could watch it on nbc.com...priceless!
Creepy clown guy.
Mohender is mo-lamer
We're getting close.
I can almost enter conversations with people again.
Why is my life so lame.
I need a hobby or something.

Great moments in speaking

Sunday at the Stirring I was talking about the Green Elephant in the church and I started talking about how Alyssa and I use cloth diapers for the kids. The message was not about cloth diapers...trust me.
Anyways...I was talking about choices we've made and how I see it as worship, not brownie points.
I thought I said scraping poop out of my kids diapers has turned into worship for me, but Juan and Nate said they heard me clear as day say, "it's worship for me when I scrape poop out of the toilet!" I'm still convinced I didn't say this but they assure me that I did.
Amazing.
I have no idea why I was talking about poop and worship anyways.
I should probably stick closer to the script.
Oh...the joys of speaking to crowds of people!
I'll forever be the "scooping the poop out of the toilet worship guy!"
Brilliant.
Anyone else hear it?
I'm having Nate post the 7pm gathering for the podcast. I got my poop straight that time!

Patrick is my hero!!!

I now have wireless in my house. Patrick is awesome.
I'm blogging from my front room as I neglect my kids that are crying :)
It's been a great Sabbath so far...gotta go.

wireless, inlaws, projects, bond, environment

That's been my last few days...
Still no wireless in the house...hence the sparse blogs
Inlaws came in on Thursday night
We've been doin' projects like crazy...
Hanging and trimming door
Ceiling fan
Kitchen light
Blinds
Water line
Leaks
Grout
Gutters
Trim
Closets
Saw the new Bond flick last night...wow...two words...axe to the foot!
Bringin' the green elephant this weekend to wrap up the series.
That's my life.
Monday...wireless internet
After Monday...blogs are back!
Stick around.

You've officially been pimped...

Adam needed some love to tell the world that his blog has moved. Go give him a blog hi-five.
In exchange for blog love I'm getting some tech love in setting up my wireless connection.
We totally need to move back to a bartering society...that would be awesome.
The only problem is my skill set kind of sucks.
I could pray for you.
Sing you a song.
Teach you how to be mediocre in golf.
Preach at you.
Give you advice that doesn't work in raising kids.
Pick paint colors for your house.
Pimp your blog.
That's all I got!
I'd probably go hungry in that kind of society...bummer.
I need to get good at a hobby or something.
Would anyone trade goods and services with me? Whatcha got?

I have internet...

after a week of fighting with at&t and an hour and seventeen minutes on the phone with them tonight before life group...good times.
we only have one jack in the house that works and that's in the bedroom.
only problem...Moses sleeps in our room right now...hence the dark picture.
can anyone tell me how to use my wireless router? it would be amazing to get on the internet and be able to see the keyboard.
I promise to have a productive post soon...

Off to a retreat

Our staff is getting away for a couple days.
Can't wait.
Time with God.
Time to be refreshed.
Time with friends.
Sean's cookin'.
Should be sweet.
No blogs till Saturday.
Try to survive!

One of these things is not like the others...

It's a new day.
Thanks for the post Longbrake

Did you miss me?

I haven't seen the internet in 6 days.
In that time I have...
Packed up an entire house
Painted an entire house
Moved into a new house
Spoke at the Stirring about the political elephant in the church
Go listen to it here if you want. I know Hagquist is chompin' at the bit
We have a new president
I have 104 blogs to read
Pretty crazy 6 days.
It's good to be back!

Moving party

Got the whole house painted...pictures are coming.
Mom got in tonight.
Message is close to ready for the weekend.
Saturday at 9am we are moving.
We'll be done by 11am.
We'd love the help.
Our new place is literally 30 seconds from this place so it will be a breeze to move.
Let me know if you plan on comin' so I can get the appropriate amount of donuts and Sunny D!
It's just not a move without donuts and Sunny D...it gives you solar energy...and that's good for the environment :)

Thoughts on Sunday

Go here.

Paint and politics

That's my life this week.
Paintin' my house.
Speaking about the political elephant in the church on Sunday.
Blogs might be sparse.

what in the world?

I just found out last week that it was the world series.
Phillies and Tampa Bay...seriously?
I did not watch one full game this season...crazy.
Baseball used to be my life.
It doesn't help that I have rabbit ears that pick up two stations.
I'm catching the end of the game tonight but honestly I could care less.
What happened to me?

the curse of the keys

remember the post where I was talking about the simplicity of keys?
Yeah...I'm not that guy any more.
Now I have keys to:
Bechelli campus
2 keys to Eureka campus
new house
old house
mail
vespa
echo
vue
bike lock
church office
what happened?
Keys come with responsibility.
When you plant a church and don't have a lot of money and have the keys you:
Drive to the Naz with Nate on Saturday night at 8pm...
grab painting, mics, keyboard, drums, monitor, and mic stand...
take it to Eureka campus...
repeat next week!
We're trying to figure something out...
Anyone want my key? I'm willing to give it up :)
What do your keys say about you?

Back at it...

It's quite possible that Alyssa and I have put the contents of our lives in boxes more than any other people on the planet. We've been married 9 years...this is going to be dwelling #8 for us!
Wow. We have it down to a science.
It's all about paint colors. I think I love to move because I love to completely change the look of a house. It's the HGTV in me...dirty little secret.
Party at my new place in a couple weeks...stay tuned!

Did that just happen???

Did I just go into a title company and sign papers to move into a house this Monday?
Daniel (our agent) was showing us houses two weeks ago...
We were on our way home when I motioned to him to roll down his window...
There was one other house he had talked about that we decided to look at for kicks...
We loved it...
It was a short sale...
We have had a bid on another short sale for 3 months...
This one was different...
It already had an accepted offer...
This house had to get picked up or it was going to the bank November 1st...
We got it...
We get keys Monday...
What the heck!!!??!
I'm stoked!

Unbelievable...

Ian sent this to me...classic!

I miss my family

Tonight I watched the Redding fireworks for the first time. They got postponed because of the fires earlier this year. They were amazing...hands down...best fireworks I've seen!
But it was bitter sweet.
I wasn't holding Zeke in my lap for them.
Fireworks and Zeke have a love / hate relationship.
He will scream and yell and punch you in the face and put his hands over his ears and shake uncontrollably during the fireworks but the minute they are over he will talk about them till next July 4th. If you don't know my son this might sound weird.
There were tons of kids around and I would of loved to have my family there.
Instead I was sitting next to the Gafners and a lady that was having an interactive worship service during the show. My favorite line to come out of her mouth was, "Father God, America blesses you with our fireworks...praise Jesus!"
I seriously can't make stuff like that up...ask the Gafners...classic.
Come home family...I miss you!