My life in bullets
January 21st, 2012 |I keep telling myself that I’m going to blog more often. It keeps not happening. One of the biggest barriers has been the idea that I need to think out a thought well enough to actually write an intelligent blog post about it. So… I’m going to try posting some thoughts bullet-style so that I could possibly include info on this site more often. We’ll see how it goes.
- At my job we’ve started a “Biggest Loser” contest. So far, out of 17 people, I’m in second with 10 pounds lost. Unfortunately for the contest I lost 10 pounds before we started, so I’m now down 20 pounds but only 10 pounds count. 8 weeks to go and hopefully I’ll be able to knock out another 25-35 pounds.
- On Sunday, I surprised my wife with a trip to St. Louis to see the Civil Wars. First of all – the Civil Wars were awesome. It’s amazing how a guitar and 2 vocalists can fill a room and capture everyone’s attention. Among the funny moments on this trip was handing over the keys for our 20-year-old Camry to the valet at the hotel, then the next day having to tell the valet how to open the car because only certain door locks actually work with the key. You let things go when your car gets to be 20 because the objective becomes driving it until you drive it into the ground instead of keeping it in perfect condition.
- Took my daughter to “Dads and Doughnuts” at her school this week. The parking lot looks significantly different for Dads and Doughnuts than it does for Moms and Muffins. Less minivans, more trucks, and more trucks parked on the grass instead of in parking spaces. Also, is it really wise to give your kids an unending supply of Krispy Kremes for a full hour before school? I limited my daughter to two, but let’s just say that not all of the dads set a limit on their kids.
- My daughter calls Martin Luther King “Martha Lutin.” Once I realized that she was speaking about Martin Luther KING and not Martin Luther (the theologian) her stories about Martha Lutin started to make more sense. At first she was just talking about how Martha Lutin wanted to “change the rules.” I thought it was interesting that her public school was teaching about the theologian and fully expected a synopsis of The Ninety-Five Theses out of my kindergartener until I connected the rule-changing conversation with the time of year. “Ah… you mean Martin Luther KING.” “That’s what I SAID, daddy. Martha Lutin Queeng.” Right… we’ll keep working on that.
- Our Christmas tree is still up. Yours is, too. Right?
- So, our winters aren’t exactly cold in Nashville, but two nights of tornado warnings this week along with LOWS in the 60′s (!) last night are just bizarre.
- Meta alert:
- Coming this week here on the site – What’s coming down the pike for 2012 on the music front and Wordless Wednesday…
- Want to see me lead worship this week? Check out:
- New Vision Smyrna Campus on Sunday, the 22nd at 11:15 am
- The Loop Nashville on Monday, the 23rd at 7:30 pm
- New Vision Murfreesboro Campus on Wednesday, the 25th at 7:00 pm
- Hey, while you’re here go “like” my Facebook page and follow me on Twitter!




