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Feed Your Faith
Dateline: Apr. 4, 2009
So stinkin' proud ...
OK, I brag on my children. I joke about them here, but I have always been the biggest fan of FirstBorn2Me, Daughter2Me and Youngest2Me. Today, I'm gonna' love all over my oldest. He came into the world nearly three months early and hasn't been able to wait for anything ever since. He's smart (too smart), funny, enjoyable to be around (most of the time), and downright beautiful. He was accepted to the University of Tennessee (go Vols!) and has a huge future ahead of him being whatever he wants to be. In spite of all of that, I'm posting all of this just so you can look at him. Good grief ... could he be any better looking?
All I can say is, FirstBorn2Me, you got some good genes from your momma and pappa. You should thank us every day ... all day, without ceasing.
Dateline: Apr. 4, 2009
"American Idol" and the American idol
From John Stewart's The Daily Show: "Barack Obama has the Taylor Hicks syndrome. He begged the whole world to vote for him -- and they did -- but now nobody's buyin' his records."
Dateline: Apr. 3, 2009
Spring 2009 - Backyard Vacation
One of the nicest things about living just 30 minutes from America's most-visited national park is being just 30 minutes from America's most-visited national park. We get to play in the Great Smoky Mountains pretty much whenever we feel like it. A few weeks ago, it warmed up fast, was sunny, and everyone felt like playing. So we packed up the car, called Nog and Pap (who now split their time between their house in Ohio and their house in Tennessee) and headed for the hills.
The most beautiful girly in the world was by my side, Wife2Me, and she was lookin' fine in my "Life Is Good" t-shirt.
The Nog and her Nikon equipment (that she should likely trade with me for the D200) shot each and every one of us (but we shot her, too).
Daughter2Me and Jo-Lo were actin' the fools ...
And then "Party Boy" showed up.
Pap strikes the "Fabio."
Daughter2Me and Jo-Lo take a break (they were tired from resting all day).
And the day finished up with a performance by the original Three Stooges.
Nothing like a quick vacation in your own backyard.
Dateline: Feb. 7, 2009
Cheerleader2Me ...
Everyone who knows Daughter2Me knows what she is all about. Allow me, for just one minute, to change everything you know about her ... bows and all !!!
There has never been a more beautiful cheerleader anywhere, at any time, in the ENTIRE history of cheerleading.
Dateline: Feb. 1, 2009
Still more about that amazing baby
My little babykins is now two and a half years old, but he is wise well beyond his years. Picture slightly frayed mother, cradling aforementioned toddler in her arms, walking furiously up the stairs, clearly on a mission. She's beyond ready to put the little stinker down for his nap, when he wails through his tears in one last, desperate-yet-comical attempt to save himself: "No mommy! Want to watch the NEWS!" Dateline: Jan. 31, 2009
99 Things to Do
Madam SmallWorld did this on her blog and it looked like it might be just what the doctor ordered to get the rust scrubbed off my brain so I can start blogging again! (Items in blue are ones that I have done.) 1. Started your own blog 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling Dateline: Jan. 18, 2009
Feed Your Faith and Fireproof Marriage Conference
 Feed Your Faith, a group I'm involved with that I have written about here before, is bringing Kirk Cameron and his wife, actress Chlesea Noble, to Knoxville this July. Since it is still months away, I will likely be writing about it here pretty regularly. In the mean time, if you are interested in attending this exciting event, go to the Feed Your Faith website where you can order your tickets today. If you are planning to attend, don't wait to order your tickets -- we have done very little advertising and promotion at this point and tickets are already selling quickly. Once the advertising campaign gets going, we could sell out of seats.
You can read more about our event here and here.
Dateline: Jan. 18, 2009
Inauguration Day
Inauguration Day 2009.
Yeah.
Dateline: Jan. 16, 2009
Why am I up at 3am ...
because my son can't sleep ... probably because he's got a cold, slept all day (except for doing math and reading) and now, well, he's insulted but he's like a 3 month old who has his days and nights mixed up ... that happens too much around here. don't know the solution, but anyway ... since I'm refusing to turn on the tv for him ... I thought possibly i would lull him to sleep with the tapping of keys on the keyboard ... I'm in the grip of a Facebook Frenzy ... I've found several long lost friends lately and it's been fun to catch up with them. One of the side effects of this newfound hobby is that I find it hard to construct sentences with much depth ... I think in Facebook terms, sort of 3rd person-ish ... Amy is ... or Amy was ... or Amy has been ... today I wondered if I should write Amy is a has been ... Nevertheless ... looking into the small window of lives that were at sometime connected to mine in various ways has been, well, interesting to say the least. I know who looks better, who looks worse, who cares, who doesn't, who married, who divorced, who is bitter and who who is blessed ... at least I can construct a story (fact or fiction, who knows) from the picture and snippet they give on their wall ... if you do the FB thing, don't you find yourself wanting to ask "why do you want to tell me that ..." or "why is that significant enough to go on your wall" I always want to be clever ... and yet I read other FB entries and see that they share very, very personal things ... one fella advertised the yard sale that his ex-wife is having in Indiana this Saturday (temp is supposed to be below zero) and encouraged friends to go and buy everything really cheap so that they could settle quickly ... uhhhh ... yeah, I think he's bitter. So tonight, sleep deprived but unable to sleep - here's my status updates ... Amy is ... tired, ready for spring if it isn't going to snow, loving having the stereo downstairs, thankful for a husband who works harder than anyone I know, has a sore throat, is missing some real friends she's neglected because of her FB frenzy, wants potato soup for supper, experimenting with a hundred different uses for Pat's Yeast Roll recipe, hoping AJ feels better for the ball game, doubts AJ will get to play airsoft this weekend, sorry, memorizing Psalm 73:26, glad that the biscotti is gone studying Esther, tired of te cold - did I say that already, hoping that this spiritual funk won't last long, craving a big ole real Coke, wondering if Ms. magazine thinks that saying Obama is a feminist is a good thing, considering writing short story, has a headache, wonders why her family of origin seems so foreign to her, wants to buy new socks, loves playing Wii, WHAT I WANT MY STATUS TO BE ... amy is ... rested prayed up secure in her relationships
CONTENT. We'll see what tomorrow (or later today rather) brings!
Dateline: Dec. 30, 2008
No New Music Needed …
I just got finished listening to the new Police Reunion Tour DVD on my television – a gift from a former colleague who knows good writing AND good music. As of tonight, there is no reason for any musician to write or make new music … ever again. Everything that can be done has been done already – and FAR better than you will ever dream of doing it. Thank Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland for the best CD and DVD set known to mankind – “The POLICE – Certifiable.”
These guys are better LIVE than most bands are after six months in the studio with re-recordings and computer voice enhancements – so just give it up already. The POLICE are the best band EVER !!!!
Now, I want all of you to pray – and I mean pray HARD – that I will look like Sting when I’m in my 50s. If I don’t … I’m coming to ask you where your faith is and why your prayers weren’t answered. I’ll bet he hasn’t had shrimp pasta with Cajun sauce, a Buddy's BBQ or an Outback Steakhouse steak since he was 12 years old. Oh, the agony of envy.
Right now, go to www.Amazon.com and order The Police – Certifiable on CD and DVD. You will NOT be disappointed (unless, of course, you have NO musical taste whatsoever – and, if that is the case, you should order this right now).
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