HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

Grandma bought new boxers and left them for the boys. Oh the love.

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t shirt design

Well, I don't have a graphic guy anymore. So I'm stuck doing my own. Here's my t-shirt design for our next trip- this will either encourage Michael that I learned something by watching him work or reiterate how badly I need a graphic designer.

One day to the roller coasters of Magic Mountain and one day to snow summit to go snowboarding. Should be quite the road trip.

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ONE TO ONE

There is a one to one ratio of blogging to stress in my life.

• I have a paper topic due
• a midterm this week
• we've had family in town the past two weekends
• I had a nasty cold for a week
• my truck broke. then I fixed my truck.
  
• I'm taking 50 high school students and leaders to magic mountain and snow summit this weekend. We have no bus. I'm back to carpools. I hate carpools. Shhh. Don't tell anyone.
  
• I leave for my first cruise with my wife in 10 days
• I volunteered to serve at the National Pastors Conference last week so I could go for free to some of the general sessions I wanted to see (Eugene Peterson and Brian McLaren were both well worth it- My only regret was making the time to go hear one preacher who wung it- something that always amazes me in a national context- and it was a total flop from my perspective- he said that God wanted someone in the audience to hear what he had to say and then he wung it and eventually found his way back to saying what I'd heard him say in 2 national meetings already... makes me scratch my head and wonder how this guy keeps getting the job. I don't get it. Write a hip new book or have a big church and Christians flock to you. It's a weird subculture)
  
• I've been working on family projects: I installed 4 recessed can lights in the ceiling of my downstairs playroom, a light in the closet, and painted my "office area" in the garage and installed a desk and some shelves I built.

So.... stress is high and bloggin is at a standstill. Gonna be that way for a while. I'll post some pics of my ski/rollercoaster trip next week.

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MY MECHANIC JUST E-MAILED ME

Ha, my mechanic just e-mailed me to ask how my alternator replacement is and to tell me that he's online. They also have his bio and stats online. Look at all he knows. I love this guy.

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MY MECHANIC IS ONLINE 24-7

Go figure. I'm at a mini retreat for a summer event we do called OGN in a really nice hotel and my alternator goes on in my truck as I'm pulling into the parking lot. So, last night I went out to see how difficult it will be to replace it. The alternator is right in front, right on top, but I can't find the tension adjuster for the belt. So, after looking for 20 minutes I finally gave up and tried to find the answer by googling it. No luck. Then, I ran across this site that I submitted my question to at like 10 pm, and $9, and an hour and a half later, I had a diagram and an explanation of how to do it from a mechanic. You also don't pay until you get your answer and one that you're satisfied with. That's awesome.

I surfed around and they have what they say are "professionals" in many fields (medicine, carpentry, autos, etc) who answer your questions for a small fee. Cheapest mechanic I ever had... and the answer was cheaper than buying the manual myself. Cool.

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JOURNEY PODCAST

Welp, Journey is now in the 21st century and the messages are live via podcast. Cool. Here's the link.

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