New phone!

I'm posting this from my new phone. its pretty nifty, but I'm still getting used to it. Audrey got a new phone too. Anyway, I don't have anything else to say...

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A Money Observed, Part 2

I want stuff all the time. Like a lot of stuff. I've noticed something though. The more stuff I get the more I have to take care of it. I had no problem hooking up my old TV and just taking it wherever I needed it, but my new TV can’t be handled roughly. I make sure it stays in one spot and that when I have to move it, it’s moved very delicately. I even dust my new TV, making sure there's nothing wrong with it. I like my new TV, but the old one was simpler. It got by, and truth be told, I didn't really need a new TV (although I really like my TV now...). And when I bought a new computer, I didn't just replace it with another one that was the same. I got one with more bells and whistles that led to more maintenance and more headaches (I'm looking at you Sony). 

More stuff leads to more, well, problems. The more we have the more time we have to have to take care of it. 

I knew I forgot something.

Hmmm... well, I forgot to post the article I was working on. Oh well. It'll be up next week.

I'm thinking about taking a different approach to the blog though. I'm not sure what I would do, but maybe spending time writing like once a week instead of every other day like I wanted before.

Anyway, the post will be up. Promise.

A Year Observed

In the last year, I've:

-bought a house
-worked a different job
-got a dog
-started a blog
-lost the dog
-was told my grass was too high
-taught the dog to give high-fives
-found out I was a dad

and I did it all with my best friend...

Boom

This week's been nuts. I made a girl cry, got yelled at, and waived at a complete stranger like a dork, and that was just yesterday at work...

Truth be told, I feel like I'm in a dry spell as far as writing stuff for the blog. I have another post about money coming up, but I haven't got anything after that. I'll see what I can come up with.

A Money Observed, Part 1

The relationship between money and us is a strange one. Money can be used for good, but it can also be used for not-so-good. It can be fun to have or a burden to maintain. It can get you stuff or make you lose it all. Money is just... strange.

Uh oh....

So Audrey and I went to the Apple store today and played with an iPad. It's a lot smaller than I expected, and despite what I thought in my mind, it was easy to handle and looked really good.

So now I want one...

I've even started trying to trying to come up with reasons why I needed. Some are dumb, but others are legitimate. Oh well.... A girl can dream.

On a more serious note, I've been struggling with my thought-life. I have the worst road-rage and in general just have a hateful attitude towards people. Pray that I can find my strength in Christ and that I have a better attitude. I guess I'm still having some overflow from the last post.

I hope your week has been a blessing to you, others, and Christ. Shout out to Justin who's in Colombia right now.

A Man Observed

Gather round! It’s story time!

A few months ago I waited on this man at work. It was the day I first saw Garrett. Anyway, this guy was picking up his prescriptions for his mother or something like that, and the price came to like 90 bucks. So I asked the man if this was the price the prescription was supposed to be, and he said he didn’t know. I decided to look the prescription up in the computer to see why it cost so much, but I needed the bag to read the numbers to know what prescription I was looking at. The man then starting telling me to (and I’m really cleaning this up) “don’t touch the bag or I’ll hurt you”. He had his fist up like he was going to punch me at any moment and kept yelling to let go of the bag. Great way to start off the day you get to see your son for the first time…

New Stuff!

I've got some new posts coming up soon. A few of them are on random subjects, but some of them are actually going to be part of a study on money. Every Monday for the next couple of weeks I'll talk about what the Bible has to say about money. Anyway, check them out!

You've a graduated

Go Shane! I know he graduated like 2 weeks ago, but his party was today. It was fun, although the best part for me was throwing a bunch of rolls at my other cousin Kendall's head. She said I would get AIDS if I ate the roles since they touched the chair. Awesome...

On a side note, Audrey is out of town and I miss her, but she and Garrett will be back shortly!

The Greatest Walmart Cake Ever

Today is the last day for my boss at Walmart, Kay Anne. So I decided to bake her a cake. I thought I would walk you through the steps I took to not only bake the cake, but draw Sam Walton giving Kay Anne a thumbs up for all her hard work. A few notes about this cake are in order. First, the pens I used were terrible. Worst $4 I think I've spent in a long time. Second, I don't bake, like ever, which means there like a 65% chance this things isn't edible. Now that we have that out of the way, on to the picture!

Go click some links!

I added a "Links" page. It's over here  ---->

Anyway, it's got websites I like to visit often and different resources. So if you're bored, go click some links!

A Will Observed

So much of our lives as Christians deal with what God's will is for our lives. From the moment you encounter the "language" of Christianity, the words "will" and "calling" always come up no matter what stage you're in. Don't know Christ? It's His will that you know Him. Want to do something? It's your calling that you do it. While it's true that Christ desires a relationship and that He has instilled in you gifts and abilities to work for Christ, it's always puzzled me that we are you and I are to supposed to know what God wants for us. After all, if God is all-knowing, if He is all-loving, and if He has the best things lined out for me, why do I have to figure it out?