My son,

My son, whom still remains nameless (only God and your mother know what you will be named - yes, I have imput, but she has to do all the work and go through all the hurt so I leave it with her to finalize your name) I wanted to take a quick second to tell [...]

Four (4) Weeks Left!

Laura has four weeks until the due date of our son!  We are both so excited, nervous and scared.  She will be having one more baby shower, so hopefully we will have everything we will need to handle this critter. 
Last week we took some pictures of the kid’s with their heads between my belly and [...]

pilonidal cyst surgery: update

It has been seven months now since I have had my initial pilonidal cyst surgery.  Because of the way the wound was healing I had to have a second surgery to adjust it.  Now, seven months later that area that I had surgery on hurts often, usually when I am sitting for long periods of [...]

Pondo Prophet

A past employee (who will remain nameless) and I were closing together, and I was asking this employee how he was doing, etc.
“Dude, I’m livin the life of a porn star.”
“Wha..? Really?”
“Yeah, dude, my old lady stays at her friends house, so I go over there after work and do her, then she leaves [...]

Getting Closer

This Friday Laura will be 35 weeks.
5 to go.
We still haven’t picked a name yet. I still don’t think Thor is even a consideration. Oh well.
The kids are so excited. Laura and I were worried about how they would take this, but when we told them, Joshua’s response was that he always [...]

Butterscotch Cookies

Every time I open, JoAnn brings me a warm, freshly baked Butterscotch Cookie. MMmmm, it tastes SOO good with my coffee in the morning. JoAnn is the mother of one of my High School buddies, Bill. Bill was partly responsible for my flunking of first semesister Biology (he wasn’t however in my [...]

Congrats Amy & Jim!

Yesterday I had the awkward honor of officating the wedding of my first high school girlfriend, Amy, and her great husband, Jim. I say awkward because, well, it was. Not in the weird way that you can’t talk or look at the people you’re around, but more of in the “man, I have [...]

Church Slogan?

I was thinking yesterday that if I was to start a “church” (I put it in quotes because what I would start would not be considered one according to people who are in them) I would have out purpose/mission/slogan go something like this:
“Helping people find meaning and connection in a way that is right for [...]

Pondo Bucks

At almost every gas station, hotel, business that you stop in northern Michigan you will be sure to find a stack of Ponderosa Coupons sitting near the register. Our Division is holding a contest called the “Pondo Buck Contest” through the summer to help drive sales. Here’s how it works and how you [...]

The Shack - 2

I finished The Shack last night (since I couldn’t sleep - I finally fell asleep at 5:30am).
I wanted to post more originally, but for some reason WordPress wigged out and I couldn’t.
Anyway.
What I forgot to mention is that The Shack is supposed to be a true story, or better said a story told by a [...]

Odd Phrases

Ever heard a phrase and thought it was odd? For instance: “It’s colder than Hell out here!”
What?
Colder than where?
Hell?
Oh, that’s odd, cause I thought Hell was a place of burning fire? You know, as it flames…heat…fire? The opposite of cold?
Anyway.
Here’s another one that I heard used that has always puzzled me: [...]

The Shack

Awhile back I received a book to review called The Shack.
I put it in the bathroom and began reading it.
I got about page 80 and left it there.
I put it on the shelf thinking I might get back to it. I might not.
Corey started talking about this book that was causing a great stir [...]

The Golden Compass

This, by far, will not be a movie review of The Golden Compass.  Quickly just let me say that I LOVED this movie.  I know it seemed long in parts, and it also seemed like they were trying to cram a lot in (and there was a lot to cram in!), but I absolutely loved [...]

Marriage

Why do people get married?  Indeed they don’t have to, or do they?  I realize that our culture(especially religion) has had much to do with the necessity of marriage, and that is fine.  I know people have gotten married because it was “the right thing to do”.  I know people have gotten married for tax [...]

Recreation with a Purpose

That was the tagline on the tag a guy had on his key chain that drew my attention. The tag was a gym pass for Second Baptist Church’s recreation center. The guy who had it joined the church to be able to go to the gym for free.
Recreation with a Purpose.
I wonder how [...]