We’re moving in two weeks, and there’s a lot to do. So I’m going to take a break on here until Aug. 15th.
My posting has been slow lately because of all this move stuff, but I’m collecting posts and writing down ideas. There will be a new look and a slightly different focus.
I took a week off of writing because my to-do list was long last week.
But I still finished three books last week: Blackwater; Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire; and Act of Treason. I may post more on them later.
Ellie is teething again and grumpy.
Everything is getting set for our move. I’ve got a job, we’ve got a house lined up, and Emma’s packing like mad. We’re getting really excited.
I’ve been waiting for a little while to change the status of this blog. It’s been random things I’m thinking about for a while. After the move, I’ll probably have a 3-times-a-week schedule on the things I find most interesting. I’m curious about a lot of things and will start writing about those things (how-to’s, intros to topics, etc.).
We watched The Blind Side last week. It was good. Emma was pleasantly surprised. I cried.
I’m excited about the new Harry Potter film coming out in November. We watched HP 2 last night.
I’m trying to finish Jonathan Edwards: A Life by the end of July. It’s too hard to read a 500 page book like that quickly.
The USA is out of the World Cup. I’m disappointed but moving on. I’m now rooting for Uruguay. Anybody outside of a European team, Brazil, or Argentina, please.
I finished The Beckham Experiment by Grant Wahl over the weekend. It is excellent. If I’d had the time, I wouldn’t have put it down.
I’m also reading Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George Marsden (I’m not a big fan of the young Edwards to be honest) and Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by John Cymbala.
Today is our 2nd Anniversary. It’s been two great years. I couldn’t have asked for better.
Lord-willing, we’re moving to Bloomington, IL in early August to live as missionaries to an under/un-reached part of the city and plant a church. We’re really excited about it.
We received several card games for our anniversary. And the Monopoly card game is way better than the board game. Trust me.
I’m loving the World Cup. And I don’t know how people say no one cares about the WC in the States; everyone I know is talking about it, texting me, posting on it. Forget the old sportswriters who spend their time talking about how no one cares about soccer. Why don’t they also write about how no one cares about badminton? Because no one cares. (Speech finished)
I finished Unleashing the Word by McLean and Bird last week and The Cross and Christian Ministry by D. A. Carson this morning. I skimmed The Ragamuffin Gospel and will skim The Essential Writings of Pope Benedict this week. When I skim, I read whatever sounds interesting and the whole thing if something captures me. Every book doesn’t require a close reading.
We took Ellie swimming for the first time last week. She loves swimming. But if you give her an interesting pool toy, she just chews on that the whole time.
We’ve got big changes coming at the end of the summer. We’re moving to IL-more on that later. We’ve started talking about all our good memories from TX and about places we want to revisit before we leave. The problem is that money and time are tight, so we’ll just have to remember them instead.
Here is another list of books to read this summer. There are several I want to pick up.
Finished Spiritual Warfare by Jerry Rankin and started reading Unleashing the Word: Rediscovering the Public Reading of Scripture by McLean and Bird.
The June issue of Wired Magazine is my favorite in years. There are so many interesting things in it-including the creative process behind Pixar movies, Trent Reznor’s music, and stand-up comedy. Really fascinating stuff.
Me: I’m an aspiring businessman-I caught the bug working for small business owners in the past. I have 3 business ideas with business plans. I’m just waiting to pull the trigger down the road. And I have 2-3 other ideas that I like, but haven’t figured out the details yet.
We’ve been quoting movies this week. “Woe to Me!” from My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The sermon at church was probably not the best time to pull this one out.
Ellie is grumpy this week. And I mean GRUMPY. She’s teething. I don’t think Emma will allow me to use that excuse.
Name the movie. girl: “I have rights too, you know. What about the 6th amendment?” guy: “The right to a speedy and public trial?”
I finished Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp. I feel like these days I only read great books (except for the thrillers I read to pass the time), but this book was amazing. I’m better equipped to parent Ellie, but Tripp explained the gospel and gospel implications in ways that I really needed to hear right now.
There are two kinds of people in the world: do-it-now (all of it) kind of people and give-me-a-process kind of people. I tend to be impatient and want it all done now, but I find I’m most effective when I work a process for a long time- with fitness, money, writing, etc.
Sunday was my last time to teach the middle school gathering at my church. It was a great 5 months. They encouraged me more than I deserved.
From an sarcastic post on homeschooling: “Stop saying that my kid is shy, outgoing, aggressive, anxious, quiet, boisterous, argumentative, pouty, fidgety, chatty, whiny, or loud because he’s homeschooled. It’s not fair that all the kids who go to school can be as annoying as they want to without being branded as representative of anything but childhood.”
