They call me Sleeve

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Bambi Killer

I get to go hunting today....hurrrraayy!!! I havent been yet this season and I am so excited.

Monday, October 30, 2006

brothers

"i am blessed to have guys in my life that truly care about my relationship with God. that dont care about our value the way the world sees it, so we can all fit in the life boat. guys that are willin to hurt just to expose the pain of sin. thank you brothers for the encouragement and the much needed companionship as we learn to be men of God." Grant E. Turner


last night was amazing. the plan was we were going over to Adams for some shrimp boil and some good 'ol guy time, thats all. and we ended up having some real...in-your-face spuring toward Jesus. it was great and much needed. God is so good. it is obvious that the Holy Spirit has been working in all of our hearts for awhile and God the Father set it up that all of us would come together...over shrimp boil, but it still happened. i love feeling like God is in control, cause He is, and that i am part of a bigger plan. i cannot say enough...God is good, so good.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

its the simple things in life

i know there are more out there like me...come on...you can fess up. one of the best times of my day is going to the bathroom at work and while im in there thinking to myself..."i am so getting paid for this right now."

Oddest Places-Interesting People

What is it about plane rides that get interesting stories of encountering people? I was reading my friend AJ's blog (Kaleidoscope) where she was talking about a great conversation she had with a man from Jordan and I got to thinking about how many different stories I have heard about people having meaningful conversations on plane rides. Why is that and why is it always plane rides?

I think its because we are forced to interact with these people. There are no other options...you will be sitting uncomfortably close to this same person for the next 3-5 hours and you know you don't have enough battery life left in your iPod to last that long. Its going to happen. You know you are going to get bored enough that you have to stike up a conversation to pass the time. And what do you know...these people actually have an interesting story to tell. I think these interesting people are all around us, everyday. We just choose to pass on by with meaningless conversation or none at all.

And then I started thinking about these people you see everyday, the people you work with. I work with people everyday that I really know nothing about, but I could sit on a plane and learn someones complete life story and never see them again. Does that seem odd to you too? Why is this so? My answer is...usually...it just doesn't come up. (not a good enough excuse)

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Inner Desires

I want to just go spend time in the woods in the mountains. I take that back...I need to go spend time in the woods soon. Its has been bumped up from a desire to a need.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Stupid Stuff

I need to vent.

Ok. So, one of the things that pushes my buttons is making something more difficult than it really is. Let me give you an example. I am putting together a Hay Ride this Friday at Fort Jackson to go along with a Haunted House that is already happening. It’s nothing difficult…just a Hay Ride. Honestly it just tractor + wagon + hay + course + participant = HAY RIDE. Not hard at all. But, we are running into so much “red tape” that I don’t want to do it anymore. There are issues with the tractor operator being certified, the hay being arranged a certain way, the water sprinkler heads, the water sprinkler boxes, the bleachers not being allowed to be moved (but it would be easier), the ground being too steep (which it isn’t), bumpy ground (which isn’t bad), low lying limbs, line configuration, and everything else that you can possible think of. Yet, in the back of my mind, I keep thinking two thoughts:
1. It’s just a Hay Ride…not that difficult.
2. Its probably going to get cancelled anyways because its supposed to rain.

Monday, October 23, 2006

This is what I posted a year ago and I felt it was worth repeating.

French Kissing Life
there is a kenny chesney song that talks about french kissing life right in the mouth. for some reason those words leap right out of the song and hit me square in the heart. thats what i want to do. i want to grab the bull by the horns...live life to the fullest...take the red pill and stay in wonderland...play rough and ride hard...french kiss life right in the mouth. i dont know, maybe i am different. maybe its the high action, adventurous guyness come out of me. i just feel like people miss it. myself included sometimes. we just get wrapped up in the day-to-day class/work and miss out on what life has to offer. so, to all you fuddy-duddy's, you have to keep it spicy cause you dont know if tomorrow will be there like we think it will. so, climb that mountain, tell your mom you love her, get up early and watch the sunrise in the cool morning, and hold that girls hand in the moonlight.

A special SHOUT OUT

Happy Birthday to Katie Hogue. She is pretty great and its time we celebrate her presence on this earth. She is getting old but she is still a fox.

I know...its been awhile

Honestly...I really havent felt all that whitty or clever or had any crazy experiences that I felt were worth blogging. But I realized today...thats definitly not the point. I will try to get better.