Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Thursday, June 23, 2005
After
It's camp! What can I say? I lost half of my beard & the opposite half of my moustache! 4 baptisms & 1 rededication so far...one more day to go.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Banana boat
Lauren Collins & crew ride the banana boat om Lake Aurora. It's been a great day at camp. So far, 3 campers have decided to be baptized into Chrlst!
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Monday, June 20, 2005
This is Camp!
The Program Director's bedroom in the apartment at Lake Aurora. Sweet suite, eh? We have 91 campers and thigs are going great so far!
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Hurry up & wait
After the first hour & a half in the waiting room at the dentist's office. This, after getting my annual physical earlier!
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Ianburn
Our Native American Son, Ian, showing off his reddness. He is actually much more red than this photo shows. Painfully so.
Pistin
Okay, in the midst of the numerous projects I must complete before heading for camp (several of which I completed between my late night ventures, and my early morning work here in the office), I have done a further word study on Faith. You know, I have named our new silver van Faith, but want to address her in the Greek. Well, the accusative singular feminine form of the greek word Pistis is Pistin. Now that sounds more like a car name. After all, they have pistons that drive the engine, and if I have to choose an NBA team to "like" (I'm not a fan of the NBA, I like the college game much better), then Detroit is my choice. Can you say Tayshaun Prince? Yes, I know that Nazr Mohammed plays for the Spurs, so I really can't lose in this Chapmpionship series, but my heart is more with the Pistons. Anyway, enough of the side trip...so I am refining the name of oour new van to Pistin. Maybe Peggy won't be so afraid to call the van by her name now.
As I have previously indicated, I head out for a week of church camp at Lake Aurora on Sunday (Father's Day), and then for a two week vacation to Sunset Beach, NC. Yeah, I know, I am driving 10 hours to go to the beach when I live five minutes away from the beach. Don't get me started on that line of thought.
I do have three of the four books I will read at the beach already picked out, just gotta find a good novel for pure pleasure reading to round out my selections. Guess I will hafta get busy with that pretty soon, since I won't have a chance to get a book next week, eh?
Your continued prayers concerning Ian and his lack of school work would be appreciated. He is going to take the 2nd semester work of his Chemistry 1 class online when we get back from vacation, and he will be repeating his Algebra 2 class next year in school (we already knew that before the final grades came out for the year). Peggy and I are very worried about our big man. He has a sevant's heart, but he just doesn't seem to see the importance of doing school work. Thanks for your prayers for Ian and for us as we all try to deal with this very sticky situation.
Elliott is off traveling for Florida Christian College for the summer. This week he is at Milligan College for a Christ In Youth Summer Conference We won't see him again until early August, but we talk a couple of times a week by phone or by text message.
Emily and her fellow are enjoying each other's company (a little too much for her Dadda's taste). Matt is a nice guy, and he's been able to take my teasing just fine. Emily and Ian babysat on Monday for some kids in our church, and they spent much time at the pool, getting rather red. I should have taken a picture of Ian's back two days ago when it was glowing red, maybe this afternoon, I'll get him out by our pool with his shirt off and snap a quick picture before making him come back in out of the sun.
Peggy is doing well following her surgery. Still has her stitches in, but she should get them out next Monday. The swelling has gone down a lot, and she is finishing up her third round of antibiotics, so I hope that she will finally start to feel human again. She looks mah-vah-lous dahling, and after all it is better to look mah-vah-lous than to feel mah-vah-lous, dahling.
Well, lesson plan writing is calling my name again. It was good to do some Greek Word studies this morning, just to get the juices flowing, now let's communicate the Truth of the Gospel of Jesus as we write these Bible Studies for the teens, eh?
As I have previously indicated, I head out for a week of church camp at Lake Aurora on Sunday (Father's Day), and then for a two week vacation to Sunset Beach, NC. Yeah, I know, I am driving 10 hours to go to the beach when I live five minutes away from the beach. Don't get me started on that line of thought.
I do have three of the four books I will read at the beach already picked out, just gotta find a good novel for pure pleasure reading to round out my selections. Guess I will hafta get busy with that pretty soon, since I won't have a chance to get a book next week, eh?
Your continued prayers concerning Ian and his lack of school work would be appreciated. He is going to take the 2nd semester work of his Chemistry 1 class online when we get back from vacation, and he will be repeating his Algebra 2 class next year in school (we already knew that before the final grades came out for the year). Peggy and I are very worried about our big man. He has a sevant's heart, but he just doesn't seem to see the importance of doing school work. Thanks for your prayers for Ian and for us as we all try to deal with this very sticky situation.
Elliott is off traveling for Florida Christian College for the summer. This week he is at Milligan College for a Christ In Youth Summer Conference We won't see him again until early August, but we talk a couple of times a week by phone or by text message.
Emily and her fellow are enjoying each other's company (a little too much for her Dadda's taste). Matt is a nice guy, and he's been able to take my teasing just fine. Emily and Ian babysat on Monday for some kids in our church, and they spent much time at the pool, getting rather red. I should have taken a picture of Ian's back two days ago when it was glowing red, maybe this afternoon, I'll get him out by our pool with his shirt off and snap a quick picture before making him come back in out of the sun.
Peggy is doing well following her surgery. Still has her stitches in, but she should get them out next Monday. The swelling has gone down a lot, and she is finishing up her third round of antibiotics, so I hope that she will finally start to feel human again. She looks mah-vah-lous dahling, and after all it is better to look mah-vah-lous than to feel mah-vah-lous, dahling.
Well, lesson plan writing is calling my name again. It was good to do some Greek Word studies this morning, just to get the juices flowing, now let's communicate the Truth of the Gospel of Jesus as we write these Bible Studies for the teens, eh?
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Why Am I Still Up?
Yes, it's nearly 12:30 AM, and I am still up. I just finsihed some work on newsletter articles for our church newsletter. I am working late because I leave for camp on Sunday, and for vacation on Friday, June 24th.
Overall, life keeps going at an extremely hectic pace, filled with the usual disappointments and challenges. After all, grades are now in.
Well, I will try to do a real post before I head out for camp (I am really excited about the week), but as for now, I will simply say, "good night."
Overall, life keeps going at an extremely hectic pace, filled with the usual disappointments and challenges. After all, grades are now in.
Well, I will try to do a real post before I head out for camp (I am really excited about the week), but as for now, I will simply say, "good night."
Friday, June 10, 2005
Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing
It's not that I don't have anything about which to write, I just don't have the time right now. I am preparing for a week of camp, vacation, CIY Trip, a carry-in dinner at the church tonight, a summer's worth of youth group lessons to write, a summer's worth of song services to plan, and then there is the whole dealing with end of the school year grades thing. Whew.
I've got nothing right now. Nothing.
In fact, posts on the site may be very sporodic as we go through the next several weeks. I know that the two people who check this site will be sorely disappointed, but they will get over it.
I've got nothing right now. Nothing.
In fact, posts on the site may be very sporodic as we go through the next several weeks. I know that the two people who check this site will be sorely disappointed, but they will get over it.
Monday, June 06, 2005
happy pills
Peggy underwent 3 1/2 hours of oral surgery on Monday, June 6th to repair a hole in her gum from a root canal done last year. She gave me permission to take this photo of her in the dentist's chair following the surgery, so she surely won't be upset with me for posting on the blog, eh? At least not until she sees it. Oh well, with the happy pills in her, she is sleeping soundly as I type this entry to the blog just a few feet from her slumbering self. The dentist said all went very well, so hopefully we are putting this all behind us now! Happy first day out of school, Peggy!
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Top O the River
Oh yeah, I forgot to send this picture from my phone last week. Middle Bro took it of me standing in front of the Fabulous "Top O' The River" restaurant in Anniston, Alabama. In fact, I just ate the last of the leftover catfish from there for lunch today. Good stuff!
What is this?
Three guesses and the first two don't count. No, members of my immediate family are not elibible for the grand prize, as they already know. Let's just say this is not a one-of-a-kind deal, there are actually three of them. And oh boy, is Mamma ever proud.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
The Best Day In Alabama
Oh yeah!
Alabama Journal 5
Friday, May 27, 2005
It was only 62 on the back porch when I was talking with my Bride on the phone this morning. A ten degree difference from yesterday, yay! I had a shirt on today, too! After returning to the warmth of Dad’s house, I got a hot shower, and got ready for what would be a most eventful day. Lil Bro and I spent some time on the porch chillin’ and then headed to the Anniston Public Library for some Internet time. Thus, the earlier posts from Alabama.
After our trip to the Library (and the near-miss with the stealth red car at the four-way stop), we returned home to find the “vampires” had all risen. We had the hanerkin’ for some Sonic Frito Chili Pie, so plans were finally hammered out for the trip. Lil Bro, Baby Sis and I made the journey, and when we placed the order that confused the poor Sonic Employee to no end, we got the bad news. Sonic is apparently removing Fritos Chili Pie from the menu. We were told that they only had enough ingredients left to give us three orders (not the four that we wanted)! No Fritos Chili Pie? That is not Sonic! It was a foreshadowing of many “interesting” things to come on this most eventful day.
Now, Lil Bro and I had been wanting to make the trip to Cheaha Mountain (almost as badly as we had been wanting to show “Napoleon Dynamite” to Dad, Middle Bro and Baby Sis), so after eating the last of the Fritos Chili Pie from Sonic ever, we firmed up the trip to the mountain. Baby Sis didn’t make the trip with us as she was not feeling well (more than just a little “run” down, with the key word in quotations, if you catch my drift…if you don’t, then never mind). Middle Bro had the highlight of the day to that point with his blast on Bald Rock! I’ve never experienced that kind of nasty stink on top of a mountain. An enclosed structure, like the mall concourse that Lil Bro stunk up the day before, maybe…but in the open air of a mountaintop? WHEW!
We took a different route back home from the mountain top, and the drive was beautiful! The winding roads and the lush green forest were perfect. Lil Bro was in driving heaven! Please check out the pictures Lil Bro will post on his Flickr site.
If the day had ended then, it would have been classified as a Top Ten Day of all time. But, no! The best was yet to come!
We had dinner plans for the Top O The River and it was the best meal ever! After taking a picture of Middle Bro with the bunnies outside the restaurant, we made our way in and had no waiting to be seated. Our waitress, Derrika, commented that we were a “quiet group.” Serious mistake. Middle Bro lay in wait for her with his straw and straw paper loaded for some blow dart action. He nailed her right in the face from point blank range! She smiled, and said she would take care of matters. Lil Bro reminded her that Middle Bro was the one who ordered onion rings (the rest of us had baked potatoes). Soon, a guy from the kitchen came to deliver three of the five meals, so Dad, Baby Sis and Lil Bro had theirs (we had munched on the cornbread, and cole slaw as well as some greens and fried pickles…great stuff!). Shortly afterwards, Derika showed up to apologize because they had “run out of fish” and were fixing some more for us. Right. At her next appearance, she gave me my fried catfish and baked potato (both of which were delicious). She then “served” Middle Bro his plate, which has already been pictured on the blog: raw catfish and raw onion rings. Derika rawks! I told the cashier so, and wrote a nice comment on the bill as well. She got a nice tip from us all, and Middle Bro eventually even got a cooked meal. Now, the day had moved into a top seven status.
Desert was the long-awaited “Napoleon Dynamite” screening at Dad’s house that night. I didn’t think Donna would ever stop laughing during the Napoleon Dance scene after Pedro’s campaign speech. Dad just kept saying “there’s something not right about that boy” throughout the movie. Tim was in awe. Mission accomplished. GOSH! They finally watched the flippin’ movie! After taking them through the hidden wedding scene and the deleted scenes from the flip side of the disk, I went to bed dreaming of a trip back to Paradise on Earth: Vero Beach. The day had to be a top six day (Number one is August 27, 1985 when I was baptized into Christ. Number Two is August 8, 1981, when my Bride said “I do.” There is a three way tie for third with the dates January 30, 1985; November 7, 1988; and December 27, 1989…yeah, the kids’ birthdays)!
Alabama Journal 5
Friday, May 27, 2005
It was only 62 on the back porch when I was talking with my Bride on the phone this morning. A ten degree difference from yesterday, yay! I had a shirt on today, too! After returning to the warmth of Dad’s house, I got a hot shower, and got ready for what would be a most eventful day. Lil Bro and I spent some time on the porch chillin’ and then headed to the Anniston Public Library for some Internet time. Thus, the earlier posts from Alabama.
After our trip to the Library (and the near-miss with the stealth red car at the four-way stop), we returned home to find the “vampires” had all risen. We had the hanerkin’ for some Sonic Frito Chili Pie, so plans were finally hammered out for the trip. Lil Bro, Baby Sis and I made the journey, and when we placed the order that confused the poor Sonic Employee to no end, we got the bad news. Sonic is apparently removing Fritos Chili Pie from the menu. We were told that they only had enough ingredients left to give us three orders (not the four that we wanted)! No Fritos Chili Pie? That is not Sonic! It was a foreshadowing of many “interesting” things to come on this most eventful day.
Now, Lil Bro and I had been wanting to make the trip to Cheaha Mountain (almost as badly as we had been wanting to show “Napoleon Dynamite” to Dad, Middle Bro and Baby Sis), so after eating the last of the Fritos Chili Pie from Sonic ever, we firmed up the trip to the mountain. Baby Sis didn’t make the trip with us as she was not feeling well (more than just a little “run” down, with the key word in quotations, if you catch my drift…if you don’t, then never mind). Middle Bro had the highlight of the day to that point with his blast on Bald Rock! I’ve never experienced that kind of nasty stink on top of a mountain. An enclosed structure, like the mall concourse that Lil Bro stunk up the day before, maybe…but in the open air of a mountaintop? WHEW!
We took a different route back home from the mountain top, and the drive was beautiful! The winding roads and the lush green forest were perfect. Lil Bro was in driving heaven! Please check out the pictures Lil Bro will post on his Flickr site.
If the day had ended then, it would have been classified as a Top Ten Day of all time. But, no! The best was yet to come!
We had dinner plans for the Top O The River and it was the best meal ever! After taking a picture of Middle Bro with the bunnies outside the restaurant, we made our way in and had no waiting to be seated. Our waitress, Derrika, commented that we were a “quiet group.” Serious mistake. Middle Bro lay in wait for her with his straw and straw paper loaded for some blow dart action. He nailed her right in the face from point blank range! She smiled, and said she would take care of matters. Lil Bro reminded her that Middle Bro was the one who ordered onion rings (the rest of us had baked potatoes). Soon, a guy from the kitchen came to deliver three of the five meals, so Dad, Baby Sis and Lil Bro had theirs (we had munched on the cornbread, and cole slaw as well as some greens and fried pickles…great stuff!). Shortly afterwards, Derika showed up to apologize because they had “run out of fish” and were fixing some more for us. Right. At her next appearance, she gave me my fried catfish and baked potato (both of which were delicious). She then “served” Middle Bro his plate, which has already been pictured on the blog: raw catfish and raw onion rings. Derika rawks! I told the cashier so, and wrote a nice comment on the bill as well. She got a nice tip from us all, and Middle Bro eventually even got a cooked meal. Now, the day had moved into a top seven status.
Desert was the long-awaited “Napoleon Dynamite” screening at Dad’s house that night. I didn’t think Donna would ever stop laughing during the Napoleon Dance scene after Pedro’s campaign speech. Dad just kept saying “there’s something not right about that boy” throughout the movie. Tim was in awe. Mission accomplished. GOSH! They finally watched the flippin’ movie! After taking them through the hidden wedding scene and the deleted scenes from the flip side of the disk, I went to bed dreaming of a trip back to Paradise on Earth: Vero Beach. The day had to be a top six day (Number one is August 27, 1985 when I was baptized into Christ. Number Two is August 8, 1981, when my Bride said “I do.” There is a three way tie for third with the dates January 30, 1985; November 7, 1988; and December 27, 1989…yeah, the kids’ birthdays)!
Alabama Four
Will it never end? Not yet.
Alabama Journal 4
Thursday, May 26, 2005
It was a crisp 50 degrees on the back porch at 7:20 AM REAL time. My phone conversation with my Bride was chilly to say the least. Okay, our conversation was warm, but I was not. Guess I should have had a shirt and shoes on along with my Hot Tamale sleep pants, eh? My Bride is worth every freezing moment on the phone. She is battling the sinus junk and having to play Mom and Dad this week, so I can at least sacrifice by calling her on the way to school each morning, even if it means freezing my toes off!
I did warm back up after spending some time in the house and eventually in a hot shower! Lil Bro and I spent a pleasant morning on the back porch with Sam (the cat), and lamented that we hadn’t gone to the Library while the rest of the crew was asleep. With no internet access at Dad’s, Lil Bro and I are both experiencing withdrawals. Ha!
Our plans were to go to I-HOP for a brunch before Baby Sis headed to work, and we left about 30 minutes later than originally planned. Of course, by then, Lil Bro and I had already put in half a day…I worked on some of my church camp stuff, so it wasn’t a totally wasted morning.
We did make it to I-HOP and got our grub on. Most satisfying. Baby Sis headed for work from there, and Lil Bro and I kidnapped Middle Bro and Dad for a trip to the mall, the movies to see “Revenge of the Sith.” It gets better every time I see it! (This makes three times). Middle Bro and Dad were sufficiently pleased, neither being big Star Wars fans. Lil Bro was more than satisfied, although I’ll defer to his blog for any comments he wants to make on the flick. After the movie, we walked to Radio Shack in search of a pillbox timer for Dad. No such luck, but in addition to the five missed phone calls I got during the movie, I had calls from both Elliott and my Bride. I’m not sure, but I think Lil Bro gets a big laugh out of the time I spend on the phone talking with those two. Jealous. Ha! I was still hoping we would finish off the evening with a good screening of “Napoleon Dynamite” at the house later in the evening, but a Braves game won out instead.
It was a nice day, filled with some fun, and I got to click off one of my “to-do’s” for the trip…ROTS with my bros and my dad. Still, I gotta get ND in the DVD player that now works in Dad’s TV room! You might say things are getting pretty serious around here.
Alabama Journal 4
Thursday, May 26, 2005
It was a crisp 50 degrees on the back porch at 7:20 AM REAL time. My phone conversation with my Bride was chilly to say the least. Okay, our conversation was warm, but I was not. Guess I should have had a shirt and shoes on along with my Hot Tamale sleep pants, eh? My Bride is worth every freezing moment on the phone. She is battling the sinus junk and having to play Mom and Dad this week, so I can at least sacrifice by calling her on the way to school each morning, even if it means freezing my toes off!
I did warm back up after spending some time in the house and eventually in a hot shower! Lil Bro and I spent a pleasant morning on the back porch with Sam (the cat), and lamented that we hadn’t gone to the Library while the rest of the crew was asleep. With no internet access at Dad’s, Lil Bro and I are both experiencing withdrawals. Ha!
Our plans were to go to I-HOP for a brunch before Baby Sis headed to work, and we left about 30 minutes later than originally planned. Of course, by then, Lil Bro and I had already put in half a day…I worked on some of my church camp stuff, so it wasn’t a totally wasted morning.
We did make it to I-HOP and got our grub on. Most satisfying. Baby Sis headed for work from there, and Lil Bro and I kidnapped Middle Bro and Dad for a trip to the mall, the movies to see “Revenge of the Sith.” It gets better every time I see it! (This makes three times). Middle Bro and Dad were sufficiently pleased, neither being big Star Wars fans. Lil Bro was more than satisfied, although I’ll defer to his blog for any comments he wants to make on the flick. After the movie, we walked to Radio Shack in search of a pillbox timer for Dad. No such luck, but in addition to the five missed phone calls I got during the movie, I had calls from both Elliott and my Bride. I’m not sure, but I think Lil Bro gets a big laugh out of the time I spend on the phone talking with those two. Jealous. Ha! I was still hoping we would finish off the evening with a good screening of “Napoleon Dynamite” at the house later in the evening, but a Braves game won out instead.
It was a nice day, filled with some fun, and I got to click off one of my “to-do’s” for the trip…ROTS with my bros and my dad. Still, I gotta get ND in the DVD player that now works in Dad’s TV room! You might say things are getting pretty serious around here.
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