A Productive Day

Yesterday was not productive. Today was extremely productive. The difference...getting out of the office. You see, yesterday I was at the office. I was working hard trying to get stuff done. At 10:00 in the morning one of our youth kids showed up with a friend and wanted my help with some stuff. So I helped until noon, ate lunch, then went and helped...

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Christmas in...well...December

Right now Gabriel is giving kisses to his sibling. Yes folks, he is kissing Pam's tummy. This after a fun night of opening yet a few more gifts. A football and a puzzle book. He even had a stocking even though Santa doesn't exist (I feel I have to add the "Santa doesn't exist" part so that Pam's family knows that I don't actually believe in Santa)....

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How He Loves

Last night we were playing "Boxers or Briefs" (its a board game) and someone gave me a card that said "I am going to sing my favorite song" (no time to explain the rules. Just go with it.). Until a few months ago I would have had to pick a song out of a hat because I didn't have a favorite song. I love a lot of music for a lot of different reasons....

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Ashley oh Ashley! Wherefore art thou, Ashley?

So does anyone else wonder why Ashley Lang doesn't have a blog? For those who may not know, she is the sister of Pam (my wife) and Emily (who's blog is in my blogging friends). She says she has a boring life and nothing to blog about. I think that is a terrible excuse. Just by blogging your life's boring quotient disappears. You officially have an...

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Kudos to Jase

This is a shout out to my super super super cool brother Jase. He is currently on his way to California and therefor wearing sandals, no coat, no hat, no mittens...completely ready to walk off into southern CA. He left his neato thick flannel jacket, arctic furry hat, and giant mittens so that I could use them. Yes, I used them to push Doug out of...

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Home Alone

99.999% of the time I would tell you that I have the best job in the world. I have a flexible schedule, I do a lot of different things, I work with people on a regular basis, I am cared for deeply by a special body of people, and I am allowed to have fun on the job. Tonight, I don't like my job. Just tonight. You see, I am stuck 4 hours away from...

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The Story of My Night

We went to a Go Fish concert tonight with Gabriel. It was weird how insanely involved he was in the concert. I don't think kids his age typically sit for two hours completely focused on what is going on in front of him.The Story of Gabriel at the concert in very short musings:The lights go off announcing the start of the concert, big pillars glow...

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Football Day!

Today at church we had a congregational meeting so we got home about an hour later than normal. We went to Doug and Nancy's house (good friends of ours) and had dinner. We had football on the tv while we ate. Then I got super sleepy and almost fell asleep on their couch when we decided it was time to go. So we got home and football went on the tv,...

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My Selfish Wish List Part 1

Okay, in keeping with the trend, here are my selfish wishes. In no particular order.1. A DVR with a HUGE hard drive.2. A new TV to watch my recordings from the DVR3. The keys to a mini-van with great gas mileage4. Season tickets to the Quad City River Bandits5. A heavy fleece lined zip up hoody6. An X-Box 360 with NCAA '097. A Martin Acoustic Guitar...

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State of the House Search Address

My Fellow Blog Watchers,As some of you may know, my family is in the process of looking for a house. We are in no hurry as we have a comfy apartment that is on a monthly lease. We have another family member on his/her way, however, and are thinking that we may be in need of more room. Especially since right now, visitors are stuck sleeping on a couch....

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To My Dear Brother Jase:

Okay, so this is getting good. This whole blogging thing is really bringing out the best in everyone. If you are interested read this. It's a blog by Jase in response to Jake and my conversation about Fantasy Football.Dear Jase,I that I would tell you the main reasons that I partake in fantasy.1. I can name 4 guys out of the 12 in our league that...

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To My Dear Brother:

I encourage you to read my previous post, and the response to the post at http://bluestarcowboys.blogspot.com/2008/12/fantasy-not-for-me.html before you read any further.Dear Jake,Personally I think that you took my post about fantasy football a little too...um...personally? I know that I had no intention of making you feel bad about not being a fantasy...

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Polite Children, Fantasy Football, and Stocks

So Gabriel is officially polite. Pam and I have wanted to teach baby sign language to Gabriel for awhile now and have failed miserably. Not because Gabriel hasn't picked it up but because we just haven't spent any time teaching him. So we decided that we should start teaching him now. We have begun with the word "please". Apparently kids who sign...

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