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A Little More About Me

Mar 27th, 10 / 1 Comment

There are a few things you may not know about me.  I thought I’d share a few.

  • I own every Bond movie made – even the ones not a part of the official canon.  (and yes, even the Pierce Brosnan ones)  Somehow, I still find them difficult to turn off if they are on tv.
  • I enjoy reading, but don’t get to do it enough.
  • If I had to choose between the beach or the mountains, I’d choose the beach every time.  Or I’d visit California and take both!
  • I love to travel… a lot.
  • The greatest love of my life is my relationship with my Savior.
  • One of my favorite things in the world is hearing my son scream “daddy” when I come home.
  • I always wanted a pet turtle growing up.  As a seminary student I got one — it’s not all the glitz and glamour one might think.
  • One of the items on my bucket list is to shoot a .50 caliber (preferably a Barrett sniper rifle) off of a helicopter.  I have done neither separately.
  • I married WAY up!
  • I started working on a book about a year ago.  I need to pick it back up, but I had the best title.  I called it “touche” since my son’s name is Shay – and it’s kind of a long letter to him about growing up and taking risks.  Now that we are expecting a daughter, I feel bad not putting her name in the title.
  • Nobody will ever  buy my book, but one day I hope to finish it for my own benefit.
  • I plan to get a Doctorate of Ministry one day — once I find a good way to pay for it!
  • I love music too much.  I am convinced God hasn’t given me the talents in music I wish I had because I’d struggle with following my calling if I did.
  • I am a night owl.  I mean, it’s bad.  The thing that stinks is that I am much more efficient and ‘with it’ at night.
  • I wish I was taller sometimes.
  • I really enjoy British humor.
  • If I had one superficial wish to come true, it would be that I could sing.
  • If I had 2, I would also have cool hair.
  • I am an unashamed geek.
  • I talk (and apparently write) entirely too much. I need to work on being a listener.

Wow, that was much more than I intended. I hope it was as fun to read as it was to type.

Fake Tree…

Nov 17th, 07 / 1 Comment

This year Mel and I bought a fake Christmas tree.  We pick it up tomorrow.  

I used to be against them.  I was one of the purists that thought you had to have a real tree.  Now, that’s all changed.
To be honest, I don’t want a tree at all.  If it wasn’t for my wife I wouldn’t even have one.  It’s not just because they really don’t have anything to do with Jesus (and ‘the reason for the season’) or because they were supposedly originally some pagan practice — I just hate dealing with them.  You have to move furniture around, clean up after them, decorate them, and remember to turn them on (ok, that last one makes me sound lazy).
The only reason they are still around is by putting them up we all live a little bit m
ore of our childhood.
So, instead of getting a real one (which prices are supposed to be up this year as a result of the drought down here in the south) – we opted to get a fake one.  It’s pre-lit.  It breaks down into 3 pieces.  It will be easy to break down and store in the off season.