There’s something afoot.

First apologies to all for my lack of content.  Work has been crazy busy, Upward season is in full swing, and my motivation to bloviate on the blog dwindled.  As apology, not excuse.  Mea culpa.

However, back in the days of old, when I was in sequence, Navigator, Crazy Gator, MisplacedKeys, I felt a desire to opine on topics theological.  I’m feeling a desire to resume such topics, and now that I’ve scared the majority of my readers away, I can safely assume that the readers that still click over, may not be offended by my topic de jour.

The reasons for this is legion.  I’m a better thinker when a write.  It is a time for communing with my Lord.  It makes me get into the word, to either prove my hypotheses correct or invalid.  It opens my thoughts up to the scrutiny of others, and most of all I do enjoy it.

That said, I’ll still hit it with some Lost posts and more pop-cultural stuff.  I’m not going Blog365 and insanely post everyday, because I. MUST. BE. HEARD.  I hope to quietly explain the way I live, and perhaps provide an answer to those with a question.

There is a wind in the air in our family, our church, and even my work.  I want to feel the breeze and enjoy the air.

I love you just the way you are…

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BuaHahahaha…

I said yesterday to Matt on IM, that the MacBook Air was like a cheap and sleazy tabloid while my lappy (Dell 700m – pictured here beside the air’s more mature and responsible older sister MacBook) was like a sturdy text book with a great personality.

I hope I don’t cause my lappy to get all depressed and have some sort of eating disorder. I love it just the way it is.

Today was my birthday…

Last night at the home of Blogospeer and Debily, we opened my first present (I fergit which was xmas and which was birthday), a black t-shirt with four san-serif characters, and it expressed perfectly about my feelings about the beginning of my 40th year.

meh.

The actual birthday day part was quite pleasant. I spoke on the phone with my parents and all of my siblings. I slept in. I ate at my favorite restaurant (Original Pancake House – Plano) and had a yummy breakfast. Spent money on Wii games at Target. Ate a yummy supper of spaghetti with my family. Played Wii Play with the family.

Time well spent

OMG!! We Gotta WII!!!!!!!

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I gotta admit, I was about as excited as the kids.  I knew about it for months, its only that life’s been soooo busy that I haven’t taken it to work to ‘test’ it. 🙂

Grandma Rain was the gracious benefactor, and she included the following games in the take:

  • Wii Sports (included, but cool!)
  • Sims 2 Castaways
  • Madden 2008
  • Avatar – The Burning Earth
  • Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
  • Super Paper Mario
  • Dewy’s Adventure
  • Donkey Kong Barrel Blast

I got some of the books on my list, a überkool laptop desk (Ikea Dave), shirts and stuff.  But the highlight was watching the kids open that box.  The girls are swooning over their new santa delivered cell-phones, and Dan’s enjoying his MP3, and MJ is now a ninja spy with gadgets and weapons.  MJ’s also the best wii bowler in his age group. 

Merry Christmas!

No, there is too much. Let me sum up

Wife: Wonderful, but busy with work and kids

Kids: lovable, but with full schedules

Work: busy, but rewarding.

Christmas season: Just us, but a welcome reprieve.Church: Sunday School continues, Upward season is upon us.

Hobbies: No time for hobbies. 🙂

Merry Christmas -  Talk to you in March.  (I kid)

Status – srsly.

These past few weeks have been a whirlwind, and I’ve been just not able to drum up the words to write anything of substance, or what I suppose is more my standard – non-substance.

I finished one work project to get tossed into the maelstrom of an even bigger project.  Which means a different team, and different tools, and writing, lots and lots of writing.  Editing too… which if you read this blog often, I’m sure you’ll get a belly buster laugh at that.  (see, dangling participle… ‘scuse me, my mommy raised me with a better mouth than that.  Call me Brittany)

Anyhoo, all that at work, and then its crunch time with our Upward Basketball league.  And if you know whats really happening with our league, the whole word ‘league’ is a bit funny too.   We’re partnering with another church to hopefully have more players in the league.  Which is good, and an answered prayer, but it also comes with more uncertainty and more coordination, both of which I’m horrible at dealing with.

The next few days will be interesting, packing for our Thanksgiving trip to Las Cruces, and also doing a final Upward evaluation night Saturday, then Upward draft day before we leave.  I should be good an exhausted for the 12 hours drive. YAY!

So hang with me, I have some stories to tell, so TV to gripe about and other useless drivel.  So don’t go away.. or if you do.. don’t go away mad. 😀

WHS Saved my bacon…

and my hard drive.

First, apologies for not so much content, last week and the previous two weeks were really busy with work, and after hours activities.  Don’t even get me started on how behind I am in TV watching. 

But Sunday night, I thought I had lost my hard drive.  Well, actually I did.  After a few days of the computer complaining about this and that (blue screens and random restarts) the thing would not boot.  Diagnostics said the hard drive was toasted, and I was blue.

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